¹ከዚህ በኋላ ኢየሱስ ወደ ገሊላ ባሕር ማዶ ተሻገረ፤ እርሱም የጥብርያዶስ ባሕር ነው።

¹After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee, [or] of Tiberias,

²በበሽተኞችም ያደረገውን ምልክቶች ስላዩ ብዙ ሕዝብ ተከተሉት።

²and a great crowd followed him, because they saw the signs which he wrought upon the sick.

³ኢየሱስም ወደ ተራራ ወጣና በዚያ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ተቀመጠ።

³And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there sat with his disciples:

⁴የአይሁድ በዓልም ፋሲካ ቀርቦ ነበር።

⁴but the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

⁵ኢየሱስም ዓይኖቹን አንሥቶ ብዙ ሕዝብ ወደ እርሱ ሲመጣ አየና ፊልጶስን። እነዚህ እንዲበሉ እንጀራ ከወዴት እንገዛለን? አለው።

⁵Jesus then, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great crowd is coming to him, says to Philip, Whence shall we buy loaves that these may eat?

⁶ራሱ ሊያደርግ ያለውን ያውቅ ነበርና ሊፈትነው ይህን ተናገረ።

⁶But this he said trying him, for he knew what he was going to do.

⁷ፊልጶስ። እያንዳንዳቸው ትንሽ ትንሽ እንኳ እንዲቀበሉ የሁለት መቶ ዲናር እንጀራ አይበቃቸውም ብሎ መለሰለት።

⁷Philip answered him, Loaves for two hundred denarii are not sufficient for them, that each may have some little [portion].

⁸ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ አንዱ የስምዖን ጴጥሮስ ወንድም እንድርያስ።

⁸One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, says to him,

⁹አምስት የገብስ እንጀራና ሁለት ዓሣ የያዘ ብላቴና በዚህ አለ፤ ነገር ግን እነዚህን ለሚያህሉ ሰዎች ይህ ምን ይሆናል? አለው።

⁹There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but this, what is it for so many?

¹⁰ኢየሱስም። ሰዎቹን እንዲቀመጡ አድርጉ አለ። በዚያም ስፍራ ብዙ ሣር ነበረበት። ወንዶችም ተቀመጡ ቍጥራቸውም አምስት ሺህ የሚያህል ነበር።

¹⁰[And] Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place: the men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand.

¹¹ኢየሱስም እንጀራውን ያዘ፥ አመስግኖም ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሰጠ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ለተቀመጡት ሰዎች ሰጡአቸው እንዲሁም ከዓሣው በፈለጉት መጠን።

¹¹And Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks, distributed [them] to those that were set down; and in like manner of the small fishes as much as they would.

¹²ከጠገቡም በኋላ ደቀ መዛሙርቱን። አንድ ስንኳ እንዳይጠፋ የተረፈውን ቍርስራሽ አከማቹ አላቸው።

¹²And when they had been filled, he says to his disciples, Gather together the fragments which are over and above, that nothing may be lost.

¹³ሰለዚህ አከማቹ፥ ከበሉትም ከአምስቱ የገብስ እንጀራ የተረፈውን ቍርስራሽ አሥራ ሁለት መሶብ ሞሉ።

¹³They gathered [them] therefore together, and filled twelve hand-baskets full of fragments of the five barley loaves, which were over and above to those that had eaten.

¹⁴ከዚህ የተነሣ ሰዎቹ ኢየሱስ ያደረገውን ምልክት ባዩ ጊዜ። ይህ በእውነት ወደ ዓለም የሚመጣው ነቢይ ነው አሉ።

¹⁴The men therefore, having seen the sign which Jesus had done, said, This is truly the prophet which is coming into the world.

¹⁵በዚህም ምክንያት ኢየሱስ ያነግሡት ዘንድ ሊመጡና ሊነጥቁት እንዳላቸው አውቆ ደግሞ ወደ ተራራ ብቻውን ፈቀቅ አለ።

¹⁵Jesus therefore knowing that they were going to come and seize him, that they might make [him] king, departed again to the mountain himself alone.

¹⁶በመሸም ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ወደ ባሕር ወረዱ፥

¹⁶But when evening was come, his disciples went down to the sea,

¹⁷በታንኳም ገብተው በባሕር ማዶ ወደ ቅፍርናሆም ይመጡ ነበር። አሁንም ጨልሞ ነበር፤ ኢየሱስም ገና ወደ እነርሱ አልመጣም ነበር፤

¹⁷and having gone on board ship, they went over the sea to Capernaum. And it had already become dark, and Jesus had not come to them,

¹⁸ብርቱ ነፋስም ስለ ነፈሰ ባሕሩ ተናወጠ።

¹⁸and the sea was agitated by a strong wind blowing.

¹⁹ሀያ አምስት ወይም ሠላሳ ምዕራፍ ከቀዘፉ በኋላም፥ ኢየሱስ በባሕር ላይ እየሄደ ወደ ታንኳይቱ ሲቀርብ አይተው ፈሩ።

¹⁹Having rowed then about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they see Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the ship; and they were frightened.

²⁰እርሱ ግን። እኔ ነኝ፤ አትፍሩ አላቸው።

²⁰But he says to them, It is I: be not afraid.

²¹ስለዚህ በታንኳይቱ ሊቀበሉት ወደዱ፤ ወዲያውም ታንኳይቱ ወደሚሄዱበት ምድር ደረሰች።

²¹They were willing therefore to receive him into the ship; and immediately the ship was at the land to which they went.

²²በነገው በባሕር ማዶ ቆመው የነበሩ ሕዝቡ ከአንዲት ጀልባ በቀር በዚያ ሌላ ጀልባ እንዳልነበረች፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ለብቻቸው እንደ ሄዱ እንጂ ኢየሱስ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ወደ ታንኳይቱ እንዳልገባ አዩ፤

²²On the morrow the crowd which stood on the other side of the sea, having seen that there was no other little ship there except that into which his disciples had got, and that Jesus had not gone with his disciples into the ship, but [that] his disciples had gone away alone;

²³ዳሩ ግን ሌሎች ጀልባዎች ጌታ የባረከውን እንጀራ ወደ በሉበት ስፍራ አጠገብ ከጥብርያዶስ መጡ።

²³(but other little ships out of Tiberias came near to the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks;)

²⁴ሕዝቡም ኢየሱስ ወይም ደቀ መዛሙርቱ በዚያ እንዳልነበሩ ባዩ ጊዜ፥ ራሳቸው በጀልባዎቹ ገብተው ኢየሱስን እየፈለጉ ወደ ቅፍርናሆም መጡ።

²⁴when therefore the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, *they* got into the ships, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

²⁵በባሕር ማዶም ሲያገኙት። መምህር ሆይ፥ ወደዚህ መቼ መጣህ? አሉት።

²⁵And having found him the other side of the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, when art thou arrived here?

²⁶ኢየሱስም መልሶ። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ የምትፈልጉኝ እንጀራን ስለ በላችሁና ስለ ጠገባችሁ ነው እንጂ ምልክቶችን ስላያችሁ አይደለም።

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me not because ye have seen signs, but because ye have eaten of the loaves and been filled.

²⁷ለሚጠፋ መብል አትሥሩ፤ ነገር ግን ለዘላለም ሕይወት ለሚኖር መብል የሰው ልጅ ለሚሰጣችሁ ሥሩ፤ እርሱን እግዚአብሔር አብ አትሞታልና።

²⁷Work not [for] the food which perishes, but [for] the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, [even] God.

²⁸እንግዲህ። የእግዚአብሔርን ሥራ እንድንሠራ ምን እናድርግ? አሉት።

²⁸They said therefore to him, What should we do that we may work the works of God?

²⁹ኢየሱስ መልሶ። ይህ የእግዚአብሔር ሥራ እርሱ በላከው እንድታምኑ ነው አላቸው።

²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom *he* has sent.

³⁰እንግዲህ። እንኪያ አይተን እንድናምንህ አንተ ምን ምልክት ታደርጋለህ? ምንስ ትሠራለህ?

³⁰They said therefore to him, What sign then doest thou that we may see and believe thee? what dost thou work?

³¹ይበሉ ዘንድ ከሰማይ እንጀራ ሰጣቸው ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ አባቶቻችን በምድረ በዳ መና በሉ አሉት።

³¹Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.

³²ኢየሱስም። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ እውነተኛ እንጀራ ከሰማይ የሚሰጣችሁ አባቴ ነው እንጂ ከሰማይ እንጀራ የሰጣችሁ ሙሴ አይደለም፤

³²Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, [It is] not Moses that has given you the bread out of heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.

³³የእግዚአብሔር እንጀራ ከሰማይ የሚወርድ ለዓለምም ሕይወትን የሚሰጥ ነውና አላቸው።

³³For the bread of God is he who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.

³⁴ስለዚህ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ይህን እንጀራ ዘወትር ስጠን አሉት።

³⁴They said therefore to him, Lord, ever give to us this bread.

³⁵ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አላቸው። የሕይወት እንጀራ እኔ ነኝ፤ ወደ እኔ የሚመጣ ከቶ አይራብም በእኔ የሚያምንም ሁልጊዜ ከቶ አይጠማም።

³⁵[And] Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst at any time.

³⁶ነገር ግን አይታችሁኝ እንዳላመናችሁ አልኋችሁ።

³⁶But I have said to you, that ye have also seen me and do not believe.

³⁷አብ የሚሰጠኝ ሁሉ ወደ እኔ ይመጣል፥ ወደ እኔም የሚመጣውን ከቶ ወደ ውጭ አላወጣውም፤

³⁷All that the Father gives me shall come to me, and him that comes to me I will not at all cast out.

³⁸ፈቃዴን ለማድረግ አይደለም እንጂ የላከኝን ፈቃድ ለማድረግ ከሰማይ ወርጃለሁና።

³⁸For I am come down from heaven, not that I should do *my* will, but the will of him that has sent me.

³⁹ከሰጠኝም ሁሉ አንድን ስንኳ እንዳላጠፋ በመጨረሻው ቀን እንዳስነሣው እንጂ የላከኝ የአብ ፈቃድ ይህ ነው።

³⁹And this is the will of him that has sent me, that of all that he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up in the last day.

⁴⁰ልጅንም አይቶ በእርሱ የሚያምን ሁሉ የዘላለም ሕይወትን እንዲያገኝ የአባቴ ፈቃድ ይህ ነው፥ እኔም በመጨረሻው ቀን አስነሣዋለሁ።

⁴⁰For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁴¹እንግዲህ አይሁድ። ከሰማይ የወረደ እንጀራ እኔ ነኝ ስላለ ስለ እርሱ አንጐራጐሩና።

⁴¹The Jews therefore murmured about him, because he said, I am the bread which has come down out of heaven.

⁴²አባቱንና እናቱን የምናውቃቸው ይህ የዮሴፍ ልጅ ኢየሱስ አይደለምን? እንግዲህ። ከሰማይ ወርጃለሁ እንዴት ይላል? አሉ።

⁴²And they said, Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then does *he* say, I am come down out of heaven?

⁴³ኢየሱስ መለሰ አላቸውም። እርስ በርሳችሁ አታንጐራጕሩ።

⁴³Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves.

⁴⁴የላከኝ አብ ከሳበው በቀር ወደ እኔ ሊመጣ የሚችል የለም፥ እኔም በመጨረሻው ቀን አስነሣዋለሁ።

⁴⁴No one can come to me except the Father who has sent me draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

⁴⁵ሁሉም ከእግዚአብሔር የተማሩ ይሆናሉ ተብሎ በነቢያት ተጽፎአል፤ እንግዲህ ከአብ የሰማ የተማረም ሁሉ ወደ እኔ ይመጣል።

⁴⁵It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every one that has heard from the Father [himself], and has learned [of him], comes to me;

⁴⁶አብን ያየ ማንም የለም፤ ከእግዚአብሔር ከሆነ በቀር፥ እርሱ አብን አይቶአል።

⁴⁶not that any one has seen the Father, except he who is of God, he has seen the Father.

⁴⁷እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ በእኔ የሚያምን የዘላለም ሕይወት አለው።

⁴⁷Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes [on me] has life eternal.

⁴⁸የሕይወት እንጀራ እኔ ነኝ።

⁴⁸I am the bread of life.

⁴⁹አባቶቻችሁ በምድረ በዳ መና በሉ ሞቱም፤

⁴⁹Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and died.

⁵⁰ሰው ከእርሱ በልቶ እንዳይሞት ከሰማይ አሁን የወረደ እንጀራ ይህ ነው።

⁵⁰This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.

⁵¹ከሰማይ የወረደ ሕያው እንጀራ እኔ ነኝ፤ ሰው ከዚህ እንጀራ ቢበላ ለዘላለም ይኖራል፤ እኔም ስለ ዓለም ሕይወት የምሰጠው እንጀራ ሥጋዬ ነው።

⁵¹I am the living bread which has come down out of heaven: if any one shall have eaten of this bread he shall live for ever; but the bread withal which I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

⁵²እንግዲህ አይሁድ። ይህ ሰው ሥጋውን ልንበላ ይሰጠን ዘንድ እንዴት ይችላል? ብለው እርስ በርሳቸው ተከራከሩ።

⁵²The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying, How can he give us this flesh to eat?

⁵³ስለዚህ ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አላቸው። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ የሰውን ልጅ ሥጋ ካልበላችሁ ደሙንም ካልጠጣችሁ በራሳችሁ ሕይወት የላችሁም።

⁵³Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Unless ye shall have eaten the flesh of the Son of man, and drunk his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.

⁵⁴ሥጋዬን የሚበላ ደሜንም የሚጠጣ የዘላለም ሕይወት አለው፥ እኔም በመጨረሻው ቀን አስነሣዋለሁ።

⁵⁴He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal, and I will raise him up at the last day:

⁵⁵ሥጋዬ እውነተኛ መብል ደሜም እውነተኛ መጠጥ ነውና።

⁵⁵for my flesh is truly food and my blood is truly drink.

⁵⁶ሥጋዬን የሚበላ ደሜንም የሚጠጣ በእኔ ይኖራል እኔም በእርሱ እኖራለሁ።

⁵⁶He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I in him.

⁵⁷ሕያው አብ እንደ ላከኝ እኔም ከአብ የተነሣ ሕያው እንደምሆን፥ እንዲሁ የሚበላኝ ደግሞ ከእኔ የተነሣ ሕያው ይሆናል።

⁵⁷As the living Father has sent me and I live on account of the Father, *he* also who eats me shall live also on account of me.

⁵⁸ከሰማይ የወረደ እንጀራ ይህ ነው፤ አባቶቻችሁ መና በልተው እንደ ሞቱ አይደለም፤ ይህን እንጀራ የሚበላ ለዘላለም ይኖራል

⁵⁸This is the bread which has come down out of heaven. Not as the fathers ate and died: he that eats this bread shall live for ever.

⁵⁹በቅፍርናሆም ሲያስተምር ይህን በምኵራብ አለ።

⁵⁹These things he said in [the] synagogue, teaching in Capernaum.

⁶⁰ከደቀ መዛሙርቱም ብዙዎች በሰሙ ጊዜ። ይህ የሚያስጨንቅ ንግግር ነው፤ ማን ሊሰማው ይችላል? አሉ።

⁶⁰Many therefore of his disciples having heard [it] said, This word is hard; who can hear it?

⁶¹ኢየሱስ ግን ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ስለዚህ እንዳንጐራጐሩ በልቡ አውቆ አላቸው። ይህ ያሰናክላችኋልን?

⁶¹But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmur concerning this, said to them, Does this offend you?

⁶²እንግዲህ የሰው ልጅ አስቀድሞ ወደ ነበረበት ሲወጣ ብታዩ እንዴት ይሆናል?

⁶²If then ye see the Son of man ascending up where he was before?

⁶³ሕይወትን የሚሰጥ መንፈስ ነው፤ ሥጋ ምንም አይጠቅምም፤ እኔ የነገርኋችሁ ቃል መንፈስ ነው ሕይወትም ነው።

⁶³It is the Spirit which quickens, the flesh profits nothing: the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life.

⁶⁴ነገር ግን ከእናንተ የማያምኑ አሉ። ኢየሱስ የማያምኑት እነማን እንደ ሆኑ አሳልፎ የሚሰጠውም ማን እንደ ሆነ ከመጀመሪያ ያውቅ ነበርና።

⁶⁴But there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would deliver him up.

⁶⁵ደግሞ። ስለዚህ አልኋችሁ፥ ከአብ የተሰጠው ካልሆነ ወደ እኔ ሊመጣ የሚችል የለም አለ።

⁶⁵And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no one can come to me unless it be given to him from the Father.

⁶⁶ከዚህም የተነሣ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ብዙዎች ወደ ኋላ ተመለሱ፤ ወደ ፊትም ከእርሱ ጋር አልሄዱም።

⁶⁶From that [time] many of his disciples went away back and walked no more with him.

⁶⁷ኢየሱስም ለአሥራ ሁለቱ። እናንተ ደግሞ ልትሄዱ ትወዳላችሁን? አለ።

⁶⁷Jesus therefore said to the twelve, Will ye also go away?

⁶⁸ስምዖን ጴጥሮስ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወደ ማን እንሄዳለን? አንተ የዘላለም ሕይወት ቃል አለህ፤

⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast words of life eternal;

⁶⁹እኛስ አንተ ክርስቶስ የሕያው የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆንህ አምነናል አውቀናልም ብሎ መለሰለት።

⁶⁹and we have believed and known that thou art the holy one of God.

⁷⁰ኢየሱስም። እኔ እናንተን አሥራ ሁለታችሁን የመረጥኋችሁ አይደለምን? ከእናንተም አንዱ ዲያብሎስ ነው ብሎ መለሰላቸው።

⁷⁰Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you the twelve? and of you one is a devil.

⁷¹ስለ ስምዖንም ልጅ ስለ አስቆሮቱ ይሁዳ ተናገረ፤ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ አንዱ የሆነ እርሱ አሳልፎ ይሰጠው ዘንድ አለውና።

⁷¹Now he spoke of Judas [the son] of Simon, Iscariote, for he [it was who] should deliver him up, being one of the twelve.