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

¹Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

²አስረውም ወሰዱት፥ ለገዢው ለጴንጤናዊው ጲላጦስም አሳልፈው ሰጡት።

²and they bound him, and 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 betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

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

⁴saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”

⁵ብሩንም በቤተ መቅደስ ጥሎ ሄደና ታንቆ ሞተ።

⁵He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.

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

⁶The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.”

⁷ተማክረውም የሸክላ ሠሪውን መሬት ለእንግዶች መቃብር ገዙበት።

⁷They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them, to bury strangers in.

⁸ስለዚህ ያ መሬት እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ የደም መሬት ተባለ።

⁸Therefore that field was called “The Field of Blood” to this day.

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

⁹Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah some manuscripts omit “Jeremiah” the prophet was fulfilled, saying, “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced,

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

¹⁰and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.” Zechariah 11:12-13; Jeremiah 19:1-13; 32:6-9

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

¹¹Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “So you say.”

¹²የካህናት አለቆችም ሽማግሎችም ሲከሱት ምንም አልመለሰም።

¹²When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

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

¹³Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many things they testify against you?”

¹⁴ገዢውም እጅግ እስኪደነቅ ድረስ አንዲት ቃል ስንኳ አልመለሰለትም።

¹⁴He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.

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

¹⁵Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.

¹⁶በዚያን ጊዜም በርባን የሚባል በጣም የታወቀ እስረኛ ነበራቸው።

¹⁶They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

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

¹⁷When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?”

¹⁸በቅንዓት አሳልፈው እንደ ሰጡት ያውቅ ነበርና።

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

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

¹⁹While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.”

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

²⁰Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

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

²¹But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas!”

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

²²Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?” They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”

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

²³But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, 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።

²⁴So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”

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

²⁵All the people answered, “May 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 he flogged and delivered to be crucified.

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

²⁷Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.

²⁸ልብሱንም ገፈው ቀይ ልብስ አለበሱት፥

²⁸They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.

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

²⁹They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

³⁰ተፉበትም መቃውንም ይዘው ራሱን መቱት።

³⁰They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.

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

³¹When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

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

³²As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.

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

³³They came to a place called “Golgotha,” that is to say, “The place of a skull.”

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

³⁴They gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.

³⁵ከሰቀሉትም በኋላ ልብሱን ዕጣ ጥለው ተካፈሉ፥

³⁵When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots, TR adds “that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: ‘They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots;’” [see Psalm 22:18 and John 19:24]

³⁶በዚያም ተቀምጠው ይጠብቁት ነበር።

³⁶and they sat and watched him there.

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

³⁷They set up over his head the accusation against him written, “THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

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

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

³⁹የሚያልፉትም ራሳቸውን እየነቀነቁ ይሰድቡት ነበርና።

³⁹Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,

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

⁴⁰and saying, “You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

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

⁴¹Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, TR omits “the Pharisees” and the elders, said,

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

⁴²“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

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

⁴³He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

⁴⁴ከእርሱ ጋር የተሰቀሉት ወንበዶች ደግሞ ያንኑ እያሉ ይነቅፉት ነበር።

⁴⁴The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.

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

⁴⁵Now from the sixth hour noon there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 3:00 P. M.

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

⁴⁶About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima TR reads “lama” instead of “lima” sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Psalm 22:1

⁴⁷በዚያም ከቆሙት ሰዎች ሰምተው። ይህስ ኤልያስን ይጠራል አሉ።

⁴⁷Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.”

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

⁴⁸Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.

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

⁴⁹The rest said, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.”

⁵⁰ኢየሱስም ሁለተኛ በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኾ ነፍሱን ተወ።

⁵⁰Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.

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

⁵¹Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.

⁵²መቃብሮችም ተከፈቱ፥ ተኝተው ከነበሩትም ከቅዱሳን ብዙ ሥጋዎች ተነሡ፤

⁵²The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

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

⁵³and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.

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

⁵⁴Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

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

⁵⁵Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.

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

⁵⁶Among them were Mary Magdalene, 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፤

⁵⁷When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus’ disciple came.

⁵⁸ይኸውም ወደ ጲላጦስ ቀርቦ የኢየሱስን ሥጋ ለመነው።

⁵⁸This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.

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

⁵⁹Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

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

⁶⁰and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.

⁶¹መግደላዊት ማርያምም ሁለተኛይቱም ማርያም በመቃብሩ አንጻር ተቀምጠው በዚያ ነበሩ።

⁶¹Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

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

⁶²Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

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

⁶³saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’

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 tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, ‘He is risen from the dead;’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

⁶⁵ጲላጦስም። ጠባቆች አሉአችሁ፤ ሄዳችሁ እንዳወቃችሁ አስጠብቁ አላቸው።

⁶⁵Pilate said to them, “You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.”

⁶⁶እነርሱም ሄደው ከጠባቆች ጋር ድንጋዩን አትመው መቃብሩን አስጠበቁ።

⁶⁶So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.