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

¹After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias.

²በበሽተኞችም ያደረገውን ምልክቶች ስላዩ ብዙ ሕዝብ ተከተሉት።

²A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick.

³ኢየሱስም ወደ ተራራ ወጣና በዚያ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ተቀመጠ።

³Jesus went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples.

⁴የአይሁድ በዓልም ፋሲካ ቀርቦ ነበር።

⁴Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

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

⁵Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?”

⁶ራሱ ሊያደርግ ያለውን ያውቅ ነበርና ሊፈትነው ይህን ተናገረ።

⁶This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

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

⁷Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that everyone of them may receive a little.”

⁸ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ አንዱ የስምዖን ጴጥሮስ ወንድም እንድርያስ።

⁸One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,

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

⁹“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?”

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

¹⁰Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

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

¹¹Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; likewise also of the fish as much as they desired.

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

¹²When they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost.”

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

¹³So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten.

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

¹⁴When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, “This is truly the prophet who comes into the world.”

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

¹⁵Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

¹⁶በመሸም ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ወደ ባሕር ወረዱ፥

¹⁶When evening came, 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 they entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

¹⁸ብርቱ ነፋስም ስለ ነፈሰ ባሕሩ ተናወጠ።

¹⁸The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing.

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

¹⁹When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, 25 to 30 stadia is about 5 to 6 kilometers or about 3 to 4 miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea, see Job 9:8 and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.

²⁰እርሱ ግን። እኔ ነኝ፤ አትፍሩ አላቸው።

²⁰But he said to them, “It is I or, I AM . Don’t be afraid.”

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

²¹They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.

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 next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn’t entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone.

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

²³However boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the 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 the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn’t there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

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

²⁵When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”

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

²⁶Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.

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

²⁷ Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”

²⁸እንግዲህ። የእግዚአብሔርን ሥራ እንድንሠራ ምን እናድርግ? አሉት።

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

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

²⁹Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

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

³⁰They said therefore to him, “What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do?

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 Greek and Hebrew use the same word for “heaven”, “the heavens”, “the sky”, and “the air”. to eat.’” Exodus 16:4; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalm 78:24-25

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

³²Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn’t Moses who gave 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።

³³ For the bread of God is that which 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, always give us this bread.”

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

³⁵Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

³⁶ነገር ግን አይታችሁኝ እንዳላመናችሁ አልኋችሁ።

³⁶ But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don’t believe.

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

³⁷ All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.

³⁸ፈቃዴን ለማድረግ አይደለም እንጂ የላከኝን ፈቃድ ለማድረግ ከሰማይ ወርጃለሁና።

³⁸ For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

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

³⁹ This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.

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

⁴⁰ This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; 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 concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.”

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

⁴²They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven?’”

⁴³ኢየሱስ መለሰ አላቸውም። እርስ በርሳችሁ አታንጐራጕሩ።

⁴³Therefore Jesus answered them, “Don’t murmur among yourselves.

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

⁴⁴ No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws 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።

⁴⁵ It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Isaiah 54:13 Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.

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

⁴⁶ Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father.

⁴⁷እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ በእኔ የሚያምን የዘላለም ሕይወት አለው።

⁴⁷ Most certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life.

⁴⁸የሕይወት እንጀራ እኔ ነኝ።

⁴⁸ I am the bread of life.

⁴⁹አባቶቻችሁ በምድረ በዳ መና በሉ ሞቱም፤

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

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

⁵⁰ This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone 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።

⁵¹ I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

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

⁵²The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

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

⁵³Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves.

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

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

⁵⁵ሥጋዬ እውነተኛ መብል ደሜም እውነተኛ መጠጥ ነውና።

⁵⁵ For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

⁵⁶ሥጋዬን የሚበላ ደሜንም የሚጠጣ በእኔ ይኖራል እኔም በእርሱ እኖራለሁ።

⁵⁶ He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.

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

⁵⁷ As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.

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

⁵⁸ This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

⁵⁹በቅፍርናሆም ሲያስተምር ይህን በምኵራብ አለ።

⁵⁹He said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

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

⁶⁰Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”

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

⁶¹But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble?

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

⁶² Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?

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

⁶³ It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

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

⁶⁴ But there are some of you who don’t believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t believe, and who it was who would betray him.

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

⁶⁵He said, “For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”

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

⁶⁶At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

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

⁶⁷Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You don’t also want to go away, do you?”

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

⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

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

⁶⁹We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

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

⁷⁰Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you 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 Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.