¹ሁሉም በሞላው ተነሥተው ወደ ጲላጦስ ወሰዱትና።

¹And the whole multitude of them, rising up, led him to Pilate.

²ይህ ሕዝባችንን ሲያጣምም ለቄሣርም ግብር እንዳይሰጥ ሲከለክል ደግሞም። እኔ ክርስቶስ ንጉሥ ነኝ ሲል አገኘነው ብለው ይከሱት ጀመር።

²And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this [man] perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

³ጲላጦስም። አንተ የአይሁድ ንጉሥ ነህን? ብሎ ጠየቀው። እርሱም መልሶ። አንተ አልህ አለው።

³And Pilate demanded of him saying, Art *thou* the king of the Jews? And he answering him said, Thou sayest.

⁴ጲላጦስም ለካህናት አለቆችና ለሕዝቡ። በዚህ ሰው አንድ በደል ስንኳ አላገኘሁበትም አለ።

⁴And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, I find no guilt in this man.

⁵እነርሱ ግን አጽንተው። ከገሊላ ጀምሮ እስከዚህ ድረስ በይሁዳ ሁሉ እያስተማረ ሕዝቡን ያውካል አሉ።

⁵But they insisted, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee even on to here.

⁶ጲላጦስ ግን። ገሊላ ሲሉ በሰማ ጊዜ። የገሊላ ሰው ነውን? ብሎ ጠየቀ፤

⁶But Pilate, having heard Galilee [named], demanded if the man were a Galilaean;

⁷ከሄሮድስም ግዛት እንደ ሆነ ባወቀ ጊዜ ወደ ሄሮድስ ሰደደው፤ እርሱ ደግሞ በዚያ ጊዜ በኢየሩሳሌም ነበረና።

⁷and having learned that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, remitted him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem in those days.

⁸ሄሮድስም ኢየሱስን ባየው ጊዜ እጅግ ደስ አለው፤ ስለ እርሱ ስለ ሰማ ከብዙ ጊዜ ጀምሮ ሊያየው ይመኝ ነበርና፥ ምልክትም ሲያደርግ ሊያይ ተስፋ ያደርግ ነበር።

⁸And when Herod saw Jesus he greatly rejoiced, for he had been a long while desirous of seeing him, because of hearing many things concerning him, and he hoped to see some sign done by him;

⁹በብዙ ቃልም ጠየቀው፤ እርሱ ግን አንድ ስንኳ አልመለሰለትም።

⁹and he questioned him in many words, but *he* answered him nothing.

¹⁰የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎችም አጽንተው ሲከሱት ቆመው ነበር።

¹⁰And the chief priests and the scribes stood and accused him violently.

¹¹ሄሮድስም ከሠራዊቱ ጋር ናቀው ዘበተበትም፥ የጌጥ ልብስም አልብሶ ወደ ጲላጦስ መልሶ ሰደደው።

¹¹And Herod with his troops having set him at nought and mocked him, having put a splendid robe upon him, sent him back to Pilate.

¹²ሄሮድስና ጲላጦስም በዚያን ቀን እርስ በርሳቸው ወዳጆች ሆኑ፥ ቀድሞ በመካከላቸው ጥል ነበረና።

¹²And Pilate and Herod became friends with one another the same day, for they had been at enmity before between themselves.

¹³ጲላጦስም፥ የካህናትን አለቆችና መኳንንትን ሕዝቡንም በአንድነት ጠርቶ እንዲህ አላቸው።

¹³And Pilate, having called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

¹⁴ሕዝቡን ያጣምማል ብላችሁ ይህን ሰው ወደ እኔ አመጣችሁት፤ እነሆም፥ በፊታችሁ መርምሬ ከምትከሱበት ነገር አንድ በደል ስንኳ በዚህ ሰው አላገኘሁበትም።

¹⁴said to them, Ye have brought to me this man as turning away the people [to rebellion], and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found nothing criminal in this man as to the things of which ye accuse him;

¹⁵ሄሮድስም ደግሞ ምንም አላገኘም፤ ወደ እኛ መልሶታልና፤ እነሆም፥ ለሞት የሚያደርሰው ምንም አላደረገም፤

¹⁵nor Herod either, for I remitted you to him, and behold, nothing worthy of death is done by him.

¹⁶እንግዲያስ ቀጥቼ እፈታዋለሁ። በበዓሉ አንድ ይፈታላቸው ዘንድ ግድ ነበረና።

¹⁶Having chastised him therefore, I will release him.

¹⁸ሁላቸውም በአንድነት። ይህን አስወግድ፥ በርባንንም ፍታልን እያሉ ጮኹ፤

¹⁷( Now he was obliged to release one for them at the feast.)

¹⁹እርሱም ሁከትን በከተማ አንሥቶ ሰውን ስለ ገደለ በወኅኒ ታስሮ ነበር።

¹⁸But they cried out in a mass saying, Away with this [man] and release Barabbas to us;

²⁰ጲላጦስም ኢየሱስን ሊፈታ ወድዶ ዳግመኛ ተናገራቸው፤

¹⁹who was one who, for a certain tumult which had taken place in the city, and [for] murder, had been cast into prison.

²¹ነገር ግን እነርሱ። ስቀለው ስቀለው እያሉ ይጮኹ ነበር።

²⁰Pilate therefore, desirous to release Jesus, again addressed [them].

²²ሦስተኛም። ምን ነው? ያደረገውስ ክፋት ምንድር ነው? ለሞት የሚያደርሰው በደል አላገኘሁበትም፤ ስለዚህ ቀጥቼ እፈታዋለሁ አላቸው።

²¹But they cried out in reply saying, Crucify, crucify him.

²³እነርሱ ግን እንዲሰቀል በታላቅ ድምፅ አጽንተው ለመኑት። የእነርሱ ጩኸትና የካህናት አለቆችም ቃል በረታ።

²²And he said the third time to them, What evil then has this [man] done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will chastise him therefore and release him.

²⁴ጲላጦስም ልመናቸው እንዲሆንላቸው ፈረደበት።

²³But they were urgent with loud voices, begging that he might be crucified. And their voices [and those of the chief priests] prevailed.

²⁵ያንን የለመኑትንም፥ ስለ ሁከት ሰውንም ስለ መግደል በወኅኒ ታስሮ የነበረውን አስፈታላቸው፥ ኢየሱስን ግን ለፈቃዳቸው አሳልፎ ሰጠው።

²⁴And Pilate adjudged that what they begged should take place.

²⁶በወሰዱትም ጊዜ ስምዖን የተባለ የቀሬናን ሰው ከገጠር ሲመጣ ይዘው ከኢየሱስ በኋላ መስቀሉን እንዲሸከም ጫኑበት።

²⁵And he released him who, for tumult and murder, had been cast into prison, whom they begged for, and Jesus he delivered up to their will.

²⁷ዋይ ዋይ ከሚሉና ሙሾ ከሚያወጡ ሴቶችና ከሕዝቡ እጅግ ብዙዎች ተከተሉት።

²⁶And as they led him away, they laid hold on a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, and put the cross upon him to bear it behind Jesus.

²⁸ኢየሱስ ግን ወደ እነርሱ ዘወር ብሎ እንዲህ አለ። እናንተ የኢየሩሳሌም ልጆች፥ ለእኔስ አታልቅሱልኝ፤ ዳሩ ግን። መካኖችና ያልወለዱ ማኅፀኖች ያላጠቡ ጡቶችም ብፁዓን ናቸው የሚሉበት ጊዜ እነሆ ይመጣልና ለራሳችሁና ለልጆቻችሁ አልቅሱ።

²⁷And a great multitude of the people, and of women who wailed and lamented him, followed him.

³⁰በዚያን ጊዜ ተራራዎችን። በላያችን ውደቁ፥ ኮረብቶችንም። ሰውሩን ይሉ ዘንድ ይጀምራሉ፤

²⁸And Jesus turning round to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep over me, but weep over yourselves and over your children;

³¹በእርጥብ እንጨት እንዲህ የሚያደርጉ ከሆኑ፥ በደረቀውስ እንዴት ይሆን?

²⁹for behold, days are coming in which they will say, Blessed [are] the barren, and wombs that have not borne, and breasts that have not given suck.

³²ሌሎችንም ሁለት ክፉ አድራጊዎች ደግሞ ከእርሱ ጋር ይገድሉ ዘንድ ወሰዱ።

³⁰Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us; and to the hills, Cover us:

³³ቀራንዮም ወደሚባል ስፍራ በደረሱ ጊዜ፥ በዚያ እርሱን ክፉ አድራጊዎቹንም አንዱን በቀኝ ሁለተኛውንም በግራ ሰቀሉ።

³¹for if these things are done in the green tree, what shall take place in the dry?

³⁴ኢየሱስም። አባት ሆይ፥ የሚያደርጉትን አያውቁምና ይቅር በላቸው አለ። ልብሱንም ተካፍለው ዕጣ ተጣጣሉበት።

³²Now two others also, malefactors, were led with him to be put to death.

³⁵ሕዝቡም ቆመው ይመለከቱ ነበር። መኳንንቱም ደግሞ። ሌሎችን አዳነ፤ እርሱ በእግዚአብሔር የተመረጠው ክርስቶስ ከሆነ፥ ራሱን ያድን እያሉ ያፌዙበት ነበር።

³³And when they came to the place which is called Skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, the other on the left.

³⁶ጭፍሮችም ደግሞ ወደ እርሱ ቀርበው ሆምጣጤም አምጥተው።

³⁴And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And, parting out his garments, they cast lots.

³⁷አንተስ የአሁድ ንጉሥ ከሆንህ፥ ራስህን አድን እያሉ ይዘብቱበት ነበር።

³⁵And the people stood beholding, and the rulers also [with them] sneered, saying, He has saved others; let him save himself if this is the Christ, the chosen one of God.

³⁸ይህ የአይሁድ ንጉሥ ነው ተብሎ በግሪክና በሮማይስጥ በዕብራይስጥም ፊደል የተጻፈ ጽሕፈት ደግሞ በእርሱ ላይ ነበረ።

³⁶And the soldiers also made game of him, coming up offering him vinegar,

³⁹ከተሰቀሉት ከክፉ አድራጊዎቹም አንዱ። አንተስ ክርስቶስ አይደለህምን? ራስህንም እኛንም አድን ብሎ ሰደበው።

³⁷and saying, If *thou* be the king of the Jews, save thyself.

⁴⁰ሁለተኛው ግን መልሶ። አንተ እንደዚህ ባለ ፍርድ ሳለህ እግዚአብሔርን ከቶ አትፈራውምን?

³⁸And there was also an inscription [written] over him in Greek, and Roman, and Hebrew letters: This is the King of the Jews.

⁴¹ስለ አደረግነውም የሚገባንን እንቀበላለንና በእኛስ እውነተኛ ፍርድ ነው፤ ይህ ግን ምንም ክፋት አላደረገም ብሎ ገሠጸው።

³⁹Now one of the malefactors who had been hanged spoke insultingly to him, saying, Art not thou the Christ? save thyself and us.

⁴²ኢየሱስንም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በመንግሥትህ በመጣህ ጊዜ አስበኝ አለው።

⁴⁰But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost *thou* too not fear God, thou that art under the same judgment?

⁴³ኢየሱስም። እውነት እልሃለሁ፥ ዛሬ ከእኔ ጋር በገነት ትሆናለህ አለው።

⁴¹and *we* indeed justly, for we receive the just recompense of what we have done; but this [man] has done nothing amiss.

⁴⁴ስድስት ሰዓትም ያህል ነበረ፥ ጨለማም እስከ ዘጠኝ ሰዓት በምድር ሁሉ ላይ ሆነ፥ ፀሐይም ጨለመ፥

⁴²And he said to Jesus, Remember me, [Lord,] when thou comest in thy kingdom.

⁴⁵የቤተ መቅደስም መጋረጃ ከመካከሉ ተቀደደ።

⁴³And Jesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

⁴⁶ኢየሱስም በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኾ። አባት ሆይ፥ ነፍሴን በእጅህ አደራ እሰጣለሁ አለ። ይህንም ብሎ ነፍሱን ሰጠ።

⁴⁴And it was about [the] sixth hour, and there came darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour.

⁴⁷የመቶ አለቃውም የሆነውን ነገር ባየ ጊዜ። ይህ ሰው በእውነት ጻድቅ ነበረ ብሎ እግዚአብሔርን አከበረ።

⁴⁵And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple rent in the midst.

⁴⁸ይህንም ለማየት ተከማችተው የነበሩ ሕዝብ ሁሉ፥ የሆነውን ባዩ ጊዜ፥ ደረታቸውን እየደቁ ተመለሱ።

⁴⁶And Jesus, having cried with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. And having said this, he expired.

⁴⁹የሚያውቁቱ ግን ሁሉ ከገሊላ የተከተሉት ሴቶችም ይህን እያዩ በሩቅ ቆመው ነበር።

⁴⁷Now the centurion, seeing what took place, glorified God, saying, In very deed this man was just.

⁵⁰እነሆም፥ በጎና ጻድቅ ሰው የሸንጎ አማካሪም የሆነ ዮሴፍ የሚባል ሰው ነበረ፤

⁴⁸And all the crowds who had come together to that sight, having seen the things that took place, returned, beating [their] breasts.

⁵¹ይህም በምክራቸውና በሥራቸው አልተባበረም ነበር፤ አርማትያስም ከምትባል ከአይሁድ ከተማ ሆኖ እርሱ ደግሞ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት ይጠባበቅ ነበር።

⁴⁹And all those who knew him stood afar off, the women also who had followed him from Galilee, beholding these things.

⁵²ይኸውም ወደ ጲላጦስ ቀርቦ የኢየሱስን ሥጋ ለመነው፤

⁵⁰And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good man and a just

⁵³አውርዶም በተልባ እግር ልብስ ከፈነው፥ ማንም ገና ባልተቀበረበት ከዓለትም በተወቀረ መቃብር አኖረው።

⁵¹(this [man] had not assented to their counsel and deed), of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who also waited, [himself also,] for the kingdom of God

⁵⁴የመዘጋጀት ቀንም ነበረ፤ ሰንበትም ሊጀምር ነበረ።

⁵²-- he having gone to Pilate begged the body of Jesus;

⁵⁵ከገሊላም ከእርሱ ጋር የመጡት ሴቶች ተከትለው መቃብሩን ሥጋውንም እንዴት እንዳኖሩት አዩ።

⁵³and having taken it down, wrapped it in fine linen and placed him in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no one had ever been laid.

⁵⁶ተመልሰውም ሽቱና ቅባት አዘጋጁ። በሰንበትም እንደ ትእዛዙ ዐረፉ።

⁵⁴And it was preparation day, and [the] sabbath twilight was coming on.

⁵⁵And women, who had come along with him out of Galilee, having followed, saw the sepulchre and how his body was placed.

⁵⁶And having returned they prepared aromatic spices and ointments, and remained quiet on the sabbath, according to the commandment.