¹ሲነጋም የካህናት አለቆችና የሕዝቡ ሽማግሎች ሁሉ ሊገድሉት በኢየሱስ ላይ ተማከሩ፤

¹And when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus so that they might put him to death.

²አስረውም ወሰዱት፥ ለገዢው ለጴንጤናዊው ጲላጦስም አሳልፈው ሰጡት።

²And having bound him they led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

³በዚያን ጊዜ አሳልፎ የሰጠው ይሁዳ እንደ ተፈረደበት አይቶ ተጸጸተ፥ ሠላሳውንም ብር ለካህናት አለቆችና ለሽማግሎች መልሶ።

³Then Judas, who delivered him up, seeing that he had been condemned, filled with remorse, returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,

⁴ንጹሕ ደም አሳልፌ በመስጠቴ በድያለሁ አለ። እነርሱ ግን። እኛስ ምን አግዶን? አንተው ተጠንቀቅ አሉ።

⁴saying, I have sinned [in] having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see *thou* [to that].

⁵ብሩንም በቤተ መቅደስ ጥሎ ሄደና ታንቆ ሞተ።

⁵And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he left the place, and went away and hanged himself.

⁶የካህናት አለቆችም ብሩን አንሥተው። የደም ዋጋ ነውና ወደ መባ ልንጨምረው አልተፈቀደም አሉ።

⁶And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, It is not lawful to cast them into the Corban, since it is [the] price of blood.

⁷ተማክረውም የሸክላ ሠሪውን መሬት ለእንግዶች መቃብር ገዙበት።

⁷And having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter for a burying-ground for strangers.

⁸ስለዚህ ያ መሬት እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ የደም መሬት ተባለ።

⁸Wherefore that field has been called Blood-field unto this day.

⁹በዚያን ጊዜ በነቢዩ በኤርምያስ የተባለው። ከእስራኤል ልጆችም አንዳንዶቹ የገመቱትን፥ የተገመተውን ዋጋ ሠላሳ ብር ያዙ፥

⁹Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremias the prophet, saying, And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was set a price on, whom [they who were] of the sons of Israel had set a price on,

¹⁰ጌታም እንዳዘዘኝ ስለ ሸክላ ሠሪ መሬት ሰጡት። የሚል ተፈጸመ።

¹⁰and they gave them for the field of the potter, according as [the] Lord commanded me.

¹¹ኢየሱስም በገዢው ፊት ቆመ፤ ገዢውም። የአይሁድ ንጉሥ አንተ ነህን? ብሎ ጠየቀው፤ ኢየሱስም። አንተ አልህ አለው።

¹¹But Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor questioned him, saying, Art *thou* the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, Thou sayest.

¹²የካህናት አለቆችም ሽማግሎችም ሲከሱት ምንም አልመለሰም።

¹²And when he was accused of the chief priests and the elders, he answered nothing.

¹³በዚያን ጊዜ ጲላጦስ። ስንት ያህል እንዲመሰክሩብህ አትሰማምን? አለው።

¹³Then says Pilate to him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

¹⁴ገዢውም እጅግ እስኪደነቅ ድረስ አንዲት ቃል ስንኳ አልመለሰለትም።

¹⁴And he answered him not so much as one word, so that the governor wondered exceedingly.

¹⁵በዚያም በዓል ሕዝቡ የወደዱትን አንድ እስረኛ ሊፈታላቸው ለገዢው ልማድ ነበረው።

¹⁵Now at [the] feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whom they would.

¹⁶በዚያን ጊዜም በርባን የሚባል በጣም የታወቀ እስረኛ ነበራቸው።

¹⁶And they had then a notable prisoner, named Barabbas.

¹⁷እንግዲህ እነርሱ ተሰብስበው ሳሉ ጲላጦስ። በርባንን ወይስ ክርስቶስ የተባለውን ኢየሱስን ማንኛውን ልፈታላችሁ ትወዳላችሁ? አላቸው፤

¹⁷They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?

¹⁸በቅንዓት አሳልፈው እንደ ሰጡት ያውቅ ነበርና።

¹⁸For he knew that they had delivered him up through envy.

¹⁹እርሱም በፍርድ ወንበር ተቀምጦ ሳለ ሚስቱ። ስለ እርሱ ዛሬ በሕልም እጅግ መከራ ተቀብያለሁና በዚያ ጻድቅ ሰው ምንም አታድርግ ብላ ላከችበት።

¹⁹But, as he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous [man]; for I have suffered to-day many things in a dream because of him.

²⁰የካህናት አለቆችና ሽማግሎች ግን በርባንን እንዲለምኑ ኢየሱስን ግን እንዲያጠፉ ሕዝቡን አባበሉ።

²⁰But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should beg for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

²¹ገዢውም መልሶ። ከሁለቱ ማንኛውን ልፈታላችሁ ትወዳላችሁ? አላቸው፤ እነርሱም። በርባንን አሉ።

²¹And the governor answering said to them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas.

²²ጲላጦስ። ክርስቶስ የተባለውን ኢየሱስን እንግዲህ ምን ላድርገው? አላቸው፤ ሁሉም። ይሰቀል አሉ።

²²Pilate says to them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified.

²³ገዢውም። ምን ነው? ያደረገው ክፋት ምንድር ነው? አለ፤ እነርሱ ግን። ይሰቀል እያሉ ጩኸት አበዙ።

²³And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified.

²⁴ጲላጦስም ሁከት እንዲጀመር እንጂ አንዳች እንዳይረባ ባየ ጊዜ፥ ውኃ አንሥቶ። እኔ ከዚህ ጻድቅ ሰው ደም ንጹሕ ነኝ፤ እናንተ ተጠንቀቁ ሲል በሕዝቡ ፊት እጁን ታጠበ።

²⁴And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see *ye* [to it].

²⁵ሕዝቡም ሁሉ መልሰው። ደሙ በእኛና በልጆቻችን ላይ ይሁን አሉ።

²⁵And all the people answering said, His blood [be] on us and on our children.

²⁶በዚያን ጊዜ በርባንን ፈታላቸው፥ ኢየሱስን ግን ገርፎ ሊሰቀል አሳልፎ ሰጠ።

²⁶Then he released to them Barabbas; but Jesus, having scourged [him], he delivered up that he might be crucified.

²⁷በዚያን ጊዜ የገዢው ወታደሮች ኢየሱስን ወደ ገዢው ግቢ ውስጥ ወሰዱት ጭፍራውንም ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ አከማቹ።

²⁷Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus with [them] to the praetorium, gathered against him the whole band,

²⁸ልብሱንም ገፈው ቀይ ልብስ አለበሱት፥

²⁸and having taken off his garment, put on him a scarlet cloak;

²⁹ከእሾህም አክሊል ጎንጉነው በራሱ ላይ፥ በቀኝ እጁም መቃ አኖሩ፥ በፊቱም ተንበርክከው። የአይሁድ ንጉሥ ሆይ፥ ሰላም ለአንተ ይሁን እያሉ ዘበቱበት፤

²⁹and having woven a crown out of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and, bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

³⁰ተፉበትም መቃውንም ይዘው ራሱን መቱት።

³⁰And having spit upon him, they took the reed and beat [him] on his head.

³¹ከዘበቱበትም በኋላ ቀዩን ልብስ ገፈፉት፥ ልብሱንም አለበሱት ሊሰቅሉትም ወሰዱት።

³¹And when they had mocked him, they took the cloak off him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify.

³²ሲወጡም ስምዖን የተባለው የቀሬናን ሰው አገኙ፤ እርሱንም መስቀሉን ይሸከም ዘንድ አስገደዱት።

³²And as they went forth they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to go [with them] that he might bear his cross.

³³ትርጓሜው የራስ ቅል ስፍራ ወደሚሆን ጎልጎታ ወደሚባለው ስፍራ በደረሱ ጊዜም፥

³³And having come to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a skull,

³⁴በሐሞት የተደባለቀ የወይን ጠጅ ሊጠጣ አቀረቡለት፤ ቀምሶም ሊጠጣው አልወደደም።

³⁴they gave to him to drink vinegar mingled with gall; and having tasted [it], he would not drink.

³⁵ከሰቀሉትም በኋላ ልብሱን ዕጣ ጥለው ተካፈሉ፥

³⁵And having crucified him, they parted his clothes amongst [themselves], casting lots.

³⁶በዚያም ተቀምጠው ይጠብቁት ነበር።

³⁶And sitting down, they kept guard over him there.

³⁷ይህ ኢየሱስ የአይሁድ ንጉሥ ነው የሚል የክሱን ጽሕፈት ከራሱ በላይ አኖሩ።

³⁷And they set up over his head his accusation written: This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.

³⁸በዚያን ጊዜ ሁለት ወንበዶች አንዱ በቀኝ አንዱም በግራ ከእርሱ ጋር ተሰቀሉ።

³⁸Then are crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.

³⁹የሚያልፉትም ራሳቸውን እየነቀነቁ ይሰድቡት ነበርና።

³⁹But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads

⁴⁰ቤተ መቅደስን የምታፈርስ በሦስት ቀንም የምትሠራው፥ ራስህን አድን፤ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅስ ከሆንህ ከመስቀል ውረድ አሉት።

⁴⁰and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art Son of God, descend from the cross.

⁴¹እንዲሁም ደግሞ የካህናት አለቆች ከጻፎችና ከሽማግሎች ጋር እየዘበቱበት እንዲህ አሉ።

⁴¹[And] in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,

⁴²ሌሎችን አዳነ፥ ራሱን ሊያድን አይችልም፤ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ከሆነ፥ አሁን ከመስቀል ይውረድ እኛም እናምንበታለን።

⁴²He saved others, himself he cannot save. He is King of Israel: let him descend now from the cross, and we will believe on him.

⁴³በእግዚአብሔር ታምኖአል፤ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነኝ ብሎአልና ከወደደውስ አሁን ያድነው።

⁴³He trusted upon God; let him save him now if he will [have] him. For he said, I am Son of God.

⁴⁴ከእርሱ ጋር የተሰቀሉት ወንበዶች ደግሞ ያንኑ እያሉ ይነቅፉት ነበር።

⁴⁴And the robbers also who had been crucified with him cast the same reproaches on him.

⁴⁵ከስድስት ሰዓትም ጀምሮ እስከ ዘጠኝ ሰዓት ድረስ በምድር ሁሉ ላይ ጨለማ ሆነ።

⁴⁵Now from [the] sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour;

⁴⁶በዘጠኝ ሰዓትም ኢየሱስ። ኤሎሄ ኤሎሄ ላማ ሰበቅታኒ? ብሎ በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኸ። ይህም። አምላኬ አምላኬ፥ ስለ ምን ተውኸኝ? ማለት ነው።

⁴⁶but about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

⁴⁷በዚያም ከቆሙት ሰዎች ሰምተው። ይህስ ኤልያስን ይጠራል አሉ።

⁴⁷And some of those who stood there, when they heard [it], said, This [man] calls for Elias.

⁴⁸ወዲያውም ከእነርሱ አንዱ ሮጠ፤ ሰፍነግም ይዞ ሆምጣጤ ሞላበት፥ በመቃም አድርጎ አጠጣው።

⁴⁸And immediately one of them running and getting a sponge, having filled [it] with vinegar and fixed [it] on a reed, gave him to drink.

⁴⁹ሌሎቹ ግን። ተው፥ ኤልያስ መጥቶ ያድነው እንደ ሆነ እንይ አሉ።

⁴⁹But the rest said, Let be; let us see if Elias comes to save him.

⁵⁰ኢየሱስም ሁለተኛ በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኾ ነፍሱን ተወ።

⁵⁰And Jesus, having again cried with a loud voice, gave up the ghost.

⁵¹እነሆም፥ የቤተ መቅደስ መጋረጃ ከላይ እስከ ታች ከሁለት ተቀደደ፥ ምድርም ተናወጠች፥ ዓለቶችም ተሰነጠቁ፤

⁵¹And lo, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were rent,

⁵²መቃብሮችም ተከፈቱ፥ ተኝተው ከነበሩትም ከቅዱሳን ብዙ ሥጋዎች ተነሡ፤

⁵²and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints fallen asleep arose,

⁵³ከትንሣኤውም በኋላ ከመቃብሮች ወጥተው ወደ ቅድስት ከተማ ገቡና ለብዙዎች ታዩ።

⁵³and going out of the tombs after his arising, entered into the holy city and appeared unto many.

⁵⁴የመቶ አለቃም ከእርሱም ጋር ኢየሱስን የሚጠብቁ መናወጡንና የሆነውን ነገር አይተው። ይህ በእውነት የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነበረ ብለው እጅግ ፈሩ።

⁵⁴But the centurion, and they who were with him on guard over Jesus, seeing the earthquake and the things that took place, feared greatly, saying, Truly this [man] was Son of God.

⁵⁵ኢየሱስን እያገለገሉ ከገሊላ የተከተሉት ብዙ ሴቶች በሩቅ ሆነው ሲመለከቱ በዚያ ነበሩ፤

⁵⁵And there were there many women beholding from afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to him,

⁵⁶ከእነርሱም መግደላዊት ማርያምና የያዕቆብና የዮሳ እናት ማርያም የዘብዴዎስም የልጆቹ እናት ነበሩ።

⁵⁶among whom was Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

⁵⁷በመሸም ጊዜ ዮሴፍ የተባለው ባለ ጠጋ ሰው ከአርማትያስ መጣ፥ እርሱም ደግሞ የኢየሱስ ደቀ መዝሙር ነበረ፤

⁵⁷Now when even was come there came a rich man of Arimathaea, his name Joseph, who also himself was a disciple to Jesus.

⁵⁸ይኸውም ወደ ጲላጦስ ቀርቦ የኢየሱስን ሥጋ ለመነው።

⁵⁸*He*, going to Pilate, begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.

⁵⁹ጲላጦስም እንዲሰጡት አዘዘ። ዮሴፍም ሥጋውን ይዞ በንጹሕ በፍታ ከፈነው፥

⁵⁹And Joseph having got the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

⁶⁰ከዓለት በወቀረው በአዲሱ መቃብርም አኖረው፥ በመቃብሩም ደጃፍ ታላቅ ድንጋይ አንከባሎ ሄደ።

⁶⁰and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn in the rock; and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, went away.

⁶¹መግደላዊት ማርያምም ሁለተኛይቱም ማርያም በመቃብሩ አንጻር ተቀምጠው በዚያ ነበሩ።

⁶¹But Mary of Magdala was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the sepulchre.

⁶²በማግሥቱም ከመዘጋጀት በኋላ በሚሆነው ቀን፥ የካህናት አለቆችና ፈሪሳውያን ወደ ጲላጦስ ተሰበሰቡና።

⁶²Now on the morrow, which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,

⁶³ጌታ ሆይ፥ ያ አሳች በሕይወቱ ገና ሳለ። ከሦስት ቀን በኋላ እነሣለሁ እንዳለ ትዝ አለን።

⁶³saying, Sir, we have called to mind that that deceiver said when he was still alive, After three days I arise.

⁶⁴እንግዲህ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ መጥተው በሌሊት እንዳይሰርቁት ለሕዝቡም። ከሙታን ተነሣ እንዳይሉ፥ የኋለኛይቱ ስሕተት ከፊተኛይቱ ይልቅ የከፋች ትሆናለችና መቃብሩ እስከ ሦስተኛ ቀን ድረስ እንዲጠበቅ እዘዝ አሉት።

⁶⁴Command therefore that the sepulchre be secured until the third day, lest his disciples should come and steal him away, and say to the people, He is risen from the dead; and the last error shall be worse than the first.

⁶⁵ጲላጦስም። ጠባቆች አሉአችሁ፤ ሄዳችሁ እንዳወቃችሁ አስጠብቁ አላቸው።

⁶⁵And Pilate said to them, Ye have a watch: go, secure it as well as ye know how.

⁶⁶እነርሱም ሄደው ከጠባቆች ጋር ድንጋዩን አትመው መቃብሩን አስጠበቁ።

⁶⁶And they went and secured the sepulchre, having sealed the stone, with the watch [besides].