¹በመጀመሪያው ቃል ነበረ፥ ቃልም በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ነበረ፥ ቃልም እግዚአብሔር ነበረ።

¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

²ይህ በመጀመሪያው በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ነበረ።

²The same was in the beginning with God.

³ሁሉ በእርሱ ሆነ፥ ከሆነውም አንዳች ስንኳ ያለ እርሱ አልሆነም።

³All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.

⁴በእርሱ ሕይወት ነበረች፥ ሕይወትም የሰው ብርሃን ነበረች።

⁴In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

⁵ብርሃንም በጨለማ ይበራል፥ ጨለማም አላሸነፈውም።

⁵The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome The word translated “overcome” (katelaben) can also be translated “comprehended.” It refers to getting a grip on an enemy to defeat him. it.

⁶ከእግዚአብሔር የተላከ ስሙ ዮሐንስ የሚባል አንድ ሰው ነበረ፤

⁶There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

⁷ሁሉ በእርሱ በኩል እንዲያምኑ ይህ ስለ ብርሃን ይመሰክር ዘንድ ለምስክር መጣ።

⁷The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

⁸ስለ ብርሃን ሊመሰክር መጣ እንጂ፥ እርሱ ብርሃን አልነበረም።

⁸He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.

⁹ለሰው ሁሉ የሚያበራው እውነተኛው ብርሃን ወደ ዓለም ይመጣ ነበር።

⁹The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

¹⁰በዓለም ነበረ፥ ዓለሙም በእርሱ ሆነ፥ ዓለሙም አላወቀውም።

¹⁰He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him.

¹¹የእርሱ ወደ ሆነው መጣ፥ የገዛ ወገኖቹም አልተቀበሉትም።

¹¹He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.

¹²ለተቀበሉት ሁሉ ግን፥ በስሙ ለሚያምኑት ለእነርሱ የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ይሆኑ ዘንድ ሥልጣንን ሰጣቸው፤

¹²But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

¹³እነርሱም ከእግዚአብሔር ተወለዱ እንጂ ከደም ወይም ከሥጋ ፈቃድ ወይም ከወንድ ፈቃድ አልተወለዱም።

¹³who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁴ቃልም ሥጋ ሆነ፤ ጸጋንና እውነትንም ተመልቶ በእኛ አደረ፥ አንድ ልጅም ከአባቱ ዘንድ እንዳለው ክብር የሆነው ክብሩን አየን።

¹⁴The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁵ዮሐንስ ስለ እርሱ መሰከረ እንዲህም ብሎ ጮኸ። ከእኔ በኋላ የሚመጣው እርሱ ከእኔ በፊት ነበረና ከእኔ ይልቅ የከበረ ሆኖአል፤ ስለ እርሱ ያልሁት ይህ ነበረ።

¹⁵John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’”

¹⁶እኛ ሁላችን ከሙላቱ ተቀብለን በጸጋ ላይ ጸጋ ተሰጥቶናልና ሕግ በሙሴ ተሰጥቶ ነበርና፤

¹⁶From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.

¹⁷ጸጋና እውነት ግን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሆነ።

¹⁷For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

¹⁸መቼም ቢሆን እግዚአብሔርን ያየው አንድ ስንኳ የለም፤ በአባቱ እቅፍ ያለ አንድ ልጁ እርሱ ተረከው።

¹⁸No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, NU reads “God” who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

¹⁹አይሁድም። አንተ ማን ነህ? ብለው ይጠይቁት ዘንድ ከኢየሩሳሌም ካህናትንና ሌዋውያንን በላኩበት ጊዜ፥ የዮሐንስ ምስክርነት ይህ ነው።

¹⁹This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

²⁰መሰከረም አልካደምም፤ እኔ ክርስቶስ አይደለሁም ብሎ መሰከረ።

²⁰He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Christ.”

²¹እንኪያስ ማን ነህ? ኤልያስ ነህን? ብለው ጠየቁት። አይደለሁም አለ። ነቢዩ ነህን? አይደለሁም ብሎ መለሰ።

²¹They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”

²²እንኪያስ። ማን ነህ? ለላኩን መልስ እንድንሰጥ፤ ስለራስህ ምን ትላለህ? አሉት።

²²They said therefore to him, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

²³እርሱም። ነቢዩ ኢሳይያስ እንዳለ። የጌታን መንገድ አቅኑ ብሎ በምድረ በዳ የሚጮኽ ሰው ድምፅ እኔ ነኝ አለ።

²³He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ Isaiah 40:3 as Isaiah the prophet said.”

²⁴የተላኩትም ከፈሪሳውያን ነበሩና። እንኪያስ አንተ ክርስቶስ ወይም ኤልያስ ወይም ነቢዩ ካይደለህ፥ ስለ ምን ታጠምቃለህ? ብለው ጠየቁት።

²⁴The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

²⁶ዮሐንስ መልሶ። እኔ በውኃ አጠምቃለሁ፤ ዳሩ ግን እናንተ የማታውቁት በመካከላችሁ ቆሞአል፤

²⁵They asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”

²⁷እኔ የጫማውን ጠፍር ልፈታ የማይገባኝ፥ ከእኔ በኋላ የሚመጣው ከእኔ ይልቅ የሚከብር ይህ ነው አላቸው።

²⁶John answered them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.

²⁸ይህ ነገር ዮሐንስ ያጠምቅበት በነበረው በዮርዳኖስ ማዶ በቢታንያ በቤተ ራባ ሆነ።

²⁷He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”

²⁹በነገው ዮሐንስ ኢየሱስን ወደ እርሱ ሲመጣ አይቶ እንዲህ አለ። እነሆ የዓለምን ኃጢአት የሚያስወግድ የእግዚአብሔር በግ።

²⁸These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

³⁰አንድ ሰው ከእኔ በኋላ ይመጣል፥ ከእኔም በፊት ነበርና ከእኔ ይልቅ የከበረ ሆኖአል ብዬ ስለ እርሱ ያልሁት ይህ ነው።

²⁹The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

³¹እኔም አላውቀውም ነበር፥ ዳሩ ግን ለእስራኤል ይገለጥ ዘንድ ስለዚህ በውኃ እያጠመቅሁ እኔ መጣሁ።

³⁰This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.’

³²ዮሐንስም እንዲህ ብሎ መሰከረ። መንፈስ ከሰማይ እንደ ርግብ ሆኖ ሲወርድ አየሁ፤ በእርሱ ላይም ኖረ።

³¹I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel.”

³³እኔም አላውቀውም ነበር፥ ዳሩ ግን በውኃ አጠምቅ ዘንድ የላከኝ እርሱ። መንፈስ ሲወርድበትና ሲኖርበት የምታየው፥ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ የሚያጠምቅ እርሱ ነው አለኝ።

³²John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.

³⁴እኔም አይቻለሁ እርሱም የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆነ መስክሬአለሁ።

³³I didn’t recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, ‘On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’

³⁵በነገው ደግሞ ዮሐንስ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱም ሁለት ቆመው ነበር፥

³⁴I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”

³⁶ኢየሱስም ሲሄድ ተመልክቶ። እነሆ የእግዚአብሔር በግ አለ።

³⁵Again, the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples,

³⁷ሁለቱም ደቀ መዛሙርት ሲናገር ሰምተው ኢየሱስን ተከተሉት።

³⁶and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

³⁸ኢየሱስም ዘወር ብሎ ሲከተሉትም አይቶ። ምን ትፈልጋላችሁ? አላቸው። እነርሱም። ረቢ፥ ወዴት ትኖራለህ? አሉት፤ ትርጓሜው መምህር ሆይ ማለት ነው።

³⁷The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

⁴⁰መጥታችሁ እዩ አላቸው። መጥተው የሚኖርበትን አዩ፥ በዚያም ቀን በእርሱ ዘንድ ዋሉ፤ አሥር ሰዓት ያህል ነበረ።

³⁸Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), “where are you staying?”

⁴¹ከዮሐንስ ዘንድ ሰምተው ከተከተሉት ከሁለቱ አንዱ የስምዖን ጴጥሮስ ወንድም እንድርያስ ነበረ።

³⁹He said to them, “Come, and see.” They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour. 4:00 PM.

⁴²እርሱ አስቀድሞ የራሱን ወንድም ስምዖንን አገኘውና። መሢሕን አግኝተናል አለው፤ ትርጓሜውም ክርስቶስ ማለት ነው።

⁴⁰One of the two who heard John, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

⁴³ወደ ኢየሱስም አመጣው። ኢየሱስም ተመልክቶ። አንተ የዮና ልጅ ስምዖን ነህ፤ አንተ ኬፋ ትባላለህ አለው፤ ትርጓሜው ጴጥሮስ ማለት ነው።

⁴¹He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Christ “Messiah” (Hebrew) and “Christ” (Greek) both mean “Anointed One”. ).

⁴⁴በነገው ኢየሱስ ወደ ገሊላ ሊወጣ ወደደ፥ ፊልጶስንም አገኘና። ተከተለኝ አለው።

⁴²He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is by interpretation, Peter).

⁴⁵ፊልጶስም ከእንድርያስና ከጴጥሮስ ከተማ ከቤተ ሳይዳ ነበረ።

⁴³On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”

⁴⁶ፊልጶስ ናትናኤልን አግኝቶ። ሙሴ በሕግ ነቢያትም ስለ እርሱ የጻፉትን የዮሴፍን ልጅ የናዝሬቱን ኢየሱስን አግኝተነዋል አለው።

⁴⁴Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.

⁴⁷ናትናኤልም። ከናዝሬት መልካም ነገር ሊወጣ ይችላልን? አለው። ፊልጶስ። መጥተህ እይ አለው።

⁴⁵Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

⁴⁸ኢየሱስ ናትናኤልን ወደ እርሱ ሲመጣ አይቶ ስለ እርሱ። ተንኰል የሌለበት በእውነት የእስራኤል ሰው እነሆ አለ።

⁴⁶Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

⁴⁹ናትናኤልም። ከወዴት ታውቀኛለህ? አለው። ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ፊልጶስ ሳይጠራህ፥ ከበለስ በታች ሳለህ፥ አየሁህ አለው።

⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”

⁵⁰ናትናኤልም መልሶ። መምህር ሆይ፥ አንተ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነህ፤ አንተ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ነህ አለው።

⁴⁸Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

⁵¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ከበለስ በታች አየሁህ ስላልሁህ አመንህን? ከዚህ የሚበልጥ ነገር ታያለህ አለው።

⁴⁹Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”

⁵²እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ሰማይ ሲከፈት የእግዚአብሔርም መላእክት በሰው ልጅ ላይ ሲወጡና ሲወርዱ ታያላችሁ አለው።

⁵⁰Jesus answered him, “Because I told you, ‘I saw you underneath the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these!”

⁵¹He said to him, “Most certainly, I tell you, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”