¹ “Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

¹እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ወደ በጎች በረት በበሩ የማይገባ በሌላ መንገድ ግን የሚወጣ እርሱ ሌባ ወንበዴም ነው፤

² But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

²በበሩ የሚገባ ግን የበጎች እረኛ ነው።

³ The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

³ለእርሱ በረኛው ይከፍትለታል፤ በጎቹም ድምፁን ይሰሙታል፥ የራሱንም በጎች በየስማቸው ጠርቶ ይወስዳቸዋል።

⁴ Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

⁴የራሱንም ሁሉ ካወጣቸው በኋላ በፊታቸው ይሄዳል፥ በጎቹም ድምፁን ያውቃሉና ይከተሉታል፤

⁵ They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know the voice of strangers.”

⁵ከሌላው ግን ይሸሻሉ እንጂ አይከተሉትም፥ የሌሎችን ድምፅ አያውቁምና።

⁶Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.

⁶ኢየሱስ ይህን ምሳሌ ነገራቸው፤ እነርሱ ግን የነገራቸው ምን እንደ ሆነ አላስተዋሉም።

⁷Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.

⁷ኢየሱስም ደግሞ አላቸው። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ እኔ የበጎች በር ነኝ።

⁸ All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

⁸ከእኔ በፊት የመጡ ሁሉ ሌቦችና ወንበዴዎች ናቸው፤ ዳሩ ግን በጎቹ አልሰሙአቸውም።

⁹ I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.

⁹በሩ እኔ ነኝ፤ በእኔ የሚገባ ቢኖር ይድናል፥ ይገባልም ይወጣልም መሰማሪያም ያገኛል።

¹⁰ The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

¹⁰ሌባው ሊሰርቅና ሊያርድ ሊያጠፋም እንጂ ስለ ሌላ አይመጣም፤ እኔ ሕይወት እንዲሆንላቸው እንዲበዛላቸውም መጣሁ።

¹¹ I am the good shepherd. Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:11-12,15,22 The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

¹¹መልካም እረኛ እኔ ነኝ። መልካም እረኛ ነፍሱን ስለ በጎቹ ያኖራል።

¹² He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.

¹²እረኛ ያልሆነው በጎቹም የእርሱ ያልሆኑ ሞያተኛ ግን ተኵላ ሲመጣ ባየ ጊዜ በጎቹን ትቶ ይሸሻል፤ ተኵላም ይነጥቃቸዋል በጎቹንም ይበትናቸዋል።

¹³ The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn’t care for the sheep.

¹³ሞያተኛ ስለ ሆነ ለበጎቹም ስለማይገደው ሞያተኛው ይሸሻል።

¹⁴ I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;

¹⁴መልካም እረኛ እኔ ነኝ፥ አብም እንደሚያውቀኝ እኔም አብን እንደማውቀው የራሴን በጎች አውቃለሁ የራሴም በጎች ያውቁኛል፤ ነፍሴንም ስለ በጎች አኖራለሁ።

¹⁵ even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.

¹⁶ከዚህም በረት ያልሆኑ ሌሎች በጎች አሉኝ፤ እነርሱን ደግሞ ላመጣ ይገባኛል ድምፄንም ይሰማሉ፥ አንድም መንጋ ይሆናሉ እረኛውም አንድ።

¹⁶ I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. Isaiah 56:8 I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

¹⁷ነፍሴን ደግሞ አነሣት ዘንድ አኖራለሁና ስለዚህ አብ ይወደኛል።

¹⁷ Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, Isaiah 53:7-8 that I may take it again.

¹⁸እኔ በፈቃዴ አኖራታለሁ እንጂ ከእኔ ማንም አይወስዳትም። ላኖራት ሥልጣን አለኝ ደግሞም ላነሣት ሥልጣን አለኝ ይህችን ትእዛዝ ከአባቴ ተቀበልሁ።

¹⁸ No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.”

¹⁹እንግዲህ ከዚህ ቃል የተነሣ በአይሁድ መካከል እንደ ገና መለያየት ሆነ።

¹⁹Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.

²⁰ከእነርሱም ብዙዎች። ጋኔን አለበት አብዶአልም፤ ስለ ምንስ ትሰሙታላችሁ? አሉ።

²⁰Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?”

²¹ሌሎችም። ይህ ጋኔን ያለበት ሰው ቃል አይደለም፤ ጋኔን የዕውሮችን ዓይኖች ሊከፍት ይችላልን? አሉ።

²¹Others said, “These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn’t possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?” Exodus 4:11

²²በኢየሩሳሌምም የመቅደስ መታደስ በዓል ሆነ፤

²²It was the Feast of the Dedication The “Feast of the Dedication” is the Greek name for “Hanukkah,” a celebration of the rededication of the Temple. at Jerusalem.

²³ክረምትም ነበረ። ኢየሱስም በመቅደስ በሰሎሞን ደጅ መመላለሻ ይመላለስ ነበር።

²³It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.

²⁴አይሁድም እርሱን ከበው። እስከ መቼ ድረስ በጥርጣሪ ታቆየናለህ? አንተ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆንህ ገልጠህ ንገረን አሉት።

²⁴The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, “How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

²⁵ኢየሱስም መለሰላቸው፥ እንዲህ ሲል። ነገርኋችሁ አታምኑምም እኔ በአባቴ ስም የማደርገው ሥራ ይህ ስለ እኔ ይመሰክራል፤

²⁵Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you don’t believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, these testify about me.

²⁶እናንተ ግን እንደ ነገርኋችሁ ከበጎቼ ስላልሆናችሁ አታምኑም።

²⁶ But you don’t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.

²⁷በጎቼ ድምፄን ይሰማሉ እኔም አውቃቸዋለሁ ይከተሉኝማል፤

²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

²⁸እኔም የዘላለም ሕይወትን እሰጣቸዋለሁ፥ ለዘላለምም አይጠፉም፥ ከእጄም ማንም አይነጥቃቸውም።

²⁸ I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

²⁹የሰጠኝ አባቴ ከሁሉ ይበልጣል፥ ከአባቴም እጅ ሊነጥቃቸው ማንም አይችልም።

²⁹ My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

³⁰እኔና አብ አንድ ነን።

³⁰ I and the Father are one.”

³¹አይሁድ ሊወግሩት ደግመው ድንጋይ አነሡ።

³¹Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him.

³²ኢየሱስ። ከአባቴ ብዙ መልካም ሥራ አሳየኋችሁ፤ ከእነርሱ ስለ ማናቸው ሥራ ትወግሩኛላችሁ? ብሎ መለሰላቸው።

³²Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”

³³አይሁድም። ስለ መልካም ሥራ አንወግርህም፤ ስለ ስድብ፤ አንተም ሰው ስትሆን ራስህን አምላክ ስለ ማድረግህ ነው እንጂ ብለው መለሱለት።

³³The Jews answered him, “We don’t stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God.”

³⁴ኢየሱስም እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰላቸው። እኔ። አማልክት ናችሁ አልሁ ተብሎ በሕጋችሁ የተጻፈ አይደለምን?

³⁴Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’ Psalm 82:6

³⁵መጽሐፉ ሊሻር አይቻልምና እነዚያን የእግዚአብሔር ቃል የመጣላቸውን አማልክት ካላቸው፥

³⁵ If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken),

³⁶የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነኝ ስላልሁ እናንተ አብ የቀደሰውን ወደ ዓለምም የላከውን። ትሳደባለህ ትሉታላችሁን?

³⁶ do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’

³⁷እኔ የአባቴን ሥራ ባላደርግ አትመኑኝ፤

³⁷ If I don’t do the works of my Father, don’t believe me.

³⁸ባደርገው ግን፥ እኔን ስንኳ ባታምኑ አብ በእኔ እንደ ሆነ እኔም በአብ እንደ ሆንሁ ታውቁና ታስተውሉ ዘንድ ሥራውን እመኑ።

³⁸ But if I do them, though you don’t believe me, believe the works; that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”

³⁹እንግዲህ ደግመው ሊይዙት ፈለጉ፤ ከእጃቸውም ወጣ።

³⁹They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.

⁴⁰ዮሐንስም በመጀመሪያ ያጠምቅበት ወደ ነበረው ስፍራ ወደ ዮርዳኖስ ማዶ እንደ ገና ሄደ በዚያም ኖረ።

⁴⁰He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and there he stayed.

⁴¹ብዙ ሰዎችም ወደ እርሱ መጥተው። ዮሐንስ አንድ ምልክት ስንኳ አላደረገም፥ ነገር ግን ዮሐንስ ስለዚህ ሰው የተናገረው ሁሉ እውነት ነበረ አሉ።

⁴¹Many came to him. They said, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true.”

⁴²በዚያም ብዙዎች በእርሱ አመኑ።

⁴²Many believed in him there.