¹Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

¹ከፋሲካም በፊት በስድስተኛው ቀን ኢየሱስ ከሙታን ያስነሣው አልዓዛር ወደ ነበረበት ወደ ቢታንያ መጣ።

²So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

²በዚያም እራት አደረጉለት፤ ማርታም ታገለግል ነበር፤ አልዓዛር ግን ከእርሱ ጋር ከተቀመጡት አንዱ ነበረ።

³Mary, therefore, took a pound a Roman pound of 12 ounces, or about 340 grams of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

³ማርያምም ዋጋው እጅግ የከበረ የጥሩ ናርዶስ ሽቱ ንጥር ወስዳ የኢየሱስን እግር ቀባች፤ በጠጕርዋም እግሩን አበሰች፤ ቤቱም ከናርዶስ ሽቱ ሞላ።

⁴Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,

⁴ነገር ግን ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ አንዱ አሳልፎ ሊሰጠው ያለው የስምዖን ልጅ የአስቆሮቱ ይሁዳ።

⁵“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, 300 denarii was about a year’s wages for an agricultural laborer. and given to the poor?”

⁵ይህ ሽቱ ለሦስት መቶ ዲናር ተሽጦ ለድሆች ያልተሰጠ ስለ ምን ነው? አለ።

⁶Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.

⁶ይህንም የተናገረ ሌባ ስለ ነበረ ነው እንጂ ለድሆች ተገድዶላቸው አይደለም፤ ከረጢትም ይዞ በውስጡ ከሚገባው ይወስድ ስለ ነበረ ነው።

⁷But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.

⁷ኢየሱስም። ለምቀበርበት ቀን እንድትጠብቀው ተውአት፤

⁸ For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”

⁸ድሆችስ ሁልጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር ይኖራሉና፥ እኔ ግን ሁልጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር አልኖርም አለ።

⁹A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

⁹ከአይሁድም ብዙ ሕዝብ በዚያ እንደ ነበረ አውቀው መጡ፥ ከሙታንም ያስነሣውን አልዓዛርን ደግሞ እንዲያዩ ነበረ እንጂ ስለ ኢየሱስ ብቻ አይደለም።

¹⁰But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,

¹⁰የካህናት አለቆችም አልዓዛርን ደግሞ ሊገድሉት ተማከሩ፥

¹¹because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

¹¹ከአይሁድ ብዙዎች ከእርሱ የተነሣ ሄደው በኢየሱስ ያምኑ ነበርና።

¹²On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

¹²በማግሥቱ ወደ በዓሉ መጥተው የነበሩ ብዙ ሕዝብ ኢየሱስ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንዲመጣ በሰሙ ጊዜ፥

¹³they took the branches of the palm trees, and went out to meet him, and cried out, “Hosanna “Hosanna” means “save us” or “help us, we pray.” ! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, Psalm 118:25-26 the King of Israel!”

¹³የዘንባባ ዛፍ ዝንጣፊ ይዘው ሊቀበሉት ወጡና። ሆሣዕና፤ በጌታ ስም የሚመጣ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ የተባረከ ነው እያሉ ጮኹ።

¹⁴Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written,

¹⁴አንቺ የጽዮን ልጅ አትፍሪ፤ እነሆ፥ ንጉሥሽ በአህያ ውርንጫ ላይ ተቀምጦ ይመጣል ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ፥ ኢየሱስ የአህያ ውርንጫ አግኝቶ በእርሱ ተቀመጠ።

¹⁵“Don’t be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey’s colt.” Zechariah 9:9

¹⁶ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ይህን ነገር በመጀመሪያ አላስተዋሉም፤ ነገር ግን ኢየሱስ ከከበረ በኋላ በዚያን ጊዜ ይህ ስለ እርሱ እንደ ተጻፈ ይህንም እንዳደረጉለት ትዝ አላቸው።

¹⁶His disciples didn’t understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.

¹⁷አልዓዛርንም ከመቃብር ጠርቶ ከሙታን ሲያስነሣው ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት ሕዝብ ይመሰክሩለት ነበር።

¹⁷The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, was testifying about it.

¹⁸ስለዚህ ደግሞ ሕዝቡ ይህን ምልክት እንዳደረገ ስለ ሰሙ ሊቀበሉት ወጡ።

¹⁸For this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he had done this sign.

¹⁹ሰለዚህ ፈሪሳውያን እርስ በርሳቸው። አንድ ስንኳ ልታደርጉ እንዳይቻላችሁ ታያላችሁን? እነሆ፥ ዓለሙ በኋላው ተከትሎት ሄዶአል ተባባሉ።

¹⁹The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.”

²⁰በበዓሉም ሊሰግዱ ከወጡት አንዳንዶቹ የግሪክ ሰዎች ነበሩ፤

²⁰Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast.

²¹እነርሱም ከገሊላ ቤተ ሳይዳ ወደሚሆን ወደ ፊልጶስ መጥተው። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ኢየሱስን ልናይ እንወዳለን ብለው ለመኑት።

²¹These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

²²ፊልጶስም መጥቶ ለእንድርያስ ነገረው፤ እንድርያስና ፊልጶስ መጥተው ለኢየሱስ ነገሩት።

²²Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn, Andrew came with Philip, and they told Jesus.

²³ኢየሱስም መለሰላቸው፥ እንዲህ ሲል። የሰው ልጅ ይከብር ዘንድ ሰዓቱ ደርሶአል።

²³Jesus answered them, “The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

²⁴እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ የስንዴ ቅንጣት በምድር ወድቃ ካልሞተች ብቻዋን ትቀራለች፤ ብትሞት ግን ብዙ ፍሬ ታፈራለች።

²⁴ Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

²⁵ነፍሱን የሚወድ ያጠፋታል፥ ነፍሱንም በዚህ ዓለም የሚጠላ ለዘላለም ሕይወት ይጠብቃታል።

²⁵ He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.

²⁶የሚያገለግለኝ ቢኖር ይከተለኝ፥ እኔም ባለሁበት አገልጋዬ ደግሞ በዚያ ይሆናል፤ የሚያገለግለኝም ቢኖር አብ ያከብረዋል።

²⁶ If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

²⁷አሁን ነፍሴ ታውካለች ምንስ እላለሁ? አባት ሆይ፥ ከዚህ ሰዓት አድነኝ። ነገር ግን ስለዚህ ወደዚህ ሰዓት መጣሁ።

²⁷ “Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this time?’ But for this cause I came to this time.

²⁸አባት ሆይ፥ ስምህን አክብረው። ስለዚህም። አከበርሁት ደግሞም አከብረዋለሁ የሚል ድምፅ ከሰማይ መጣ።

²⁸ Father, glorify your name!” Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”

²⁹በዚያ ቆመው የነበሩትም ሕዝብ በሰሙ ጊዜ። ነጐድጓድ ነው አሉ፤ ሌሎች። መልአክ ተናገረው አሉ።

²⁹The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”

³⁰ኢየሱስም መለሰ፥ እንዲህ ሲል። ይህ ድምፅ ስለ እናንተ መጥቶአል እጂ ስለ እኔ አይደለም።

³⁰Jesus answered, “This voice hasn’t come for my sake, but for your sakes.

³¹አሁን የዚህ ዓለም ፍርድ ደርሶአል፤ አሁን የዚህ ዓለም ገዥ ወደ ውጭ ይጣላል፤

³¹ Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.

³²እኔም ከምድር ከፍ ከፍ ያልሁ እንደ ሆነ ሁሉን ወደ እኔ እስባለሁ።

³² And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

³³በምን ዓይነትም ሞት ይሞት ዘንድ እንዳለው ሲያመለክታቸው ይህን ተናገረ።

³³But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

³⁴እንግዲህ ሕዝቡ። እኛስ ክርስቶስ ለዘላለም እንዲኖር ከሕጉ ሰምተናል፤ አንተስ የሰው ልጅ ከፍ ከፍ ይል ዘንድ እንዲያስፈልገው እንዴት ትላላህ? ይህ የሰው ልጅ ማን ነው? ብለው መለሱለት።

³⁴The multitude answered him, “We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. Isaiah 9:7; Daniel 2:44 (but see also Isaiah 53:8) How do you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up?’ Who is this Son of Man?”

³⁵ኢየሱስም። ገና ጥቂት ጊዜ ብርሃን ከእናንተ ጋር ነው። ጨለማ እንዳይደርስባችሁ ብርሃን ሳለላችሁ ተመላለሱ፤ በጨለማም የሚመላለስ ወዴት እንዲሄድ አያውቅም።

³⁵Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.

³⁶የብርሃን ልጆች እንድትሆኑ ብርሃን ሳለላችሁ በብርሃኑ እመኑ አላቸው። ኢየሱስም ይህን ተናግሮ ሄደና ተሰወረባቸው።

³⁶ While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.

³⁷ነገር ግን ይህን ያህል ምልክት በፊታቸው ምንም ቢያደርግ፤ ነቢዩ ኢሳይያስ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ማን ምስክርነታችንን አመነ? የእግዚአብሔርስ ክንድ ለማን ተገለጠ? ብሎ የተናገረው ቃል ይፈጸም ዘንድ በእርሱ አላመኑም።

³⁷But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him,

³⁹ኢሳይያስ ደግሞ። በዓይኖቻቸው እንዳያዩ፥ በልባቸውም እንዳያስተውሉ፥ እንዳይመለሱም፥ እኔም እንዳልፈውሳቸው፥ ዓይኖቻቸውን አሳወረ ልባቸውንም አደነደነ ብሎአልና ስለዚህ ማመን አቃታቸው።

³⁸that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, “Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” Isaiah 53:1

⁴¹ክብሩን ስለ አየ ኢሳይያስ ይህን አለ፥ ስለ እርሱም ተናገረ።

³⁹For this cause they couldn’t believe, for Isaiah said again,

⁴²ከዚህም ጋር ከአለቆች ደግሞ ብዙዎች በእርሱ አመኑ፤ ነገር ግን ከምኵራብ እንዳያስወጡአቸው በፈሪሳውያን ምክንያት አልመሰከሩለትም፤

⁴⁰“He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.” Isaiah 6:10

⁴³ከእግዚአብሔር ክብር ይልቅ የሰውን ክብር ወደዋልና።

⁴¹Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him. Isaiah 6:1

⁴⁴ኢየሱስም ጮኸ፥ እንዲህም አለ። በእኔ የሚያምን በላከኝ ማመኑ ነው እንጂ በእኔ አይደለም፤

⁴²Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,

⁴⁵እኔንም የሚያይ የላከኝን ያያል።

⁴³for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.

⁴⁶በእኔ የሚያምን ሁሉ በጨለማ እንዳይኖር እኔ ብርሃን ሆኜ ወደ ዓለም መጥቻለሁ።

⁴⁴Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me.

⁴⁷ዓለምን ላድን እንጂ በዓለም ልፈርድ አልመጣሁምና ቃሌን ሰምቶ የማይጠብቀው ቢኖር የምፈርድበት እኔ አይደለሁም።

⁴⁵ He who sees me sees him who sent me.

⁴⁸የሚጥለኝ ቃሌንም የማይቀበለው እርሱ የሚፈርድበት አለው፤ እኔ የተናገርሁት ቃል እርሱ በመጨረሻው ቀን ይፈርድበታል።

⁴⁶ I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

⁴⁹እኔ ከራሴ አልተናገርሁምና፤ ነገር ግን የላከኝ አብ እርሱ የምለውን የምናገረውንም ትእዛዝ ሰጠኝ።

⁴⁷ If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

⁵⁰ትእዛዙም የዘላለም ሕይወት እንደ ሆነች አውቃለሁ። ስለዚህ እኔ የምናገረውን አብ እንደ ነገረኝ እንዲሁ እናገራለሁ።

⁴⁸ He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.

⁴⁹ For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

⁵⁰ I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.”