¹Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

¹ኢየሱስም ከፋሲካ በዓል በፊት፥ ከዚህ ዓለም ወደ አብ የሚሄድበት ሰዓት እንደ ደረሰ አውቆ፥ በዚህ ዓለም ያሉትን ወገኖቹን የወደዳቸውን እስከ መጨረሻ ወደዳቸው።

²During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,

²እራትም ሲበሉ ዲያብሎስ በስምዖን ልጅ በአስቆሮቱ በይሁዳ ልብ አሳልፎ እንዲሰጠው አሳብ ካገባ በኋላ፥

³Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came forth from God, and was going to God,

³ኢየሱስ አብ ሁሉን በልጁ እንደ ሰጠው ከእግዚአብሔርም እንደ ወጣ ወደ እግዚአብሔርም እንዲሄድ አውቆ፥

⁴arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel, and wrapped a towel around his waist.

⁴ከእራት ተነሣ ልብሱንም አኖረ፥ ማበሻም ጨርቅ ወስዶ ታጠቀ፤

⁵Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

⁵በኋላም በመታጠቢያው ውኃ ጨመረ፥ የደቀ መዛሙርቱንም እግር ሊያጥብና በታጠቀበትም ማበሻ ጨርቅ ሊያብስ ጀመረ።

⁶Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?”

⁶ወደ ስምዖን ጴጥሮስም መጣ፤ እርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አንተ የእኔን እግር ታጥባለህን? አለው።

⁷Jesus answered him, “You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.”

⁷ኢየሱስም መልሶ። እኔ የማደርገውን አንተ አሁን አታውቅም፥ በኋላ ግን ታስተውለዋለህ አለው።

⁸Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”

⁸ጴጥሮስም። የእኔን እግር ለዘላለም አታጥብም አለው። ኢየሱስም። ካላጠብሁህ፥ ከእኔ ጋር ዕድል የለህም ብሎ መለሰለት።

⁹Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”

⁹ስምዖን ጴጥሮስም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እጄንና ራሴን ደግሞ እንጂ እግሬን ብቻ አይደለም አለው።

¹⁰Jesus said to him, “Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.”

¹⁰ኢየሱስም። የታጠበ እግሩን ከመታጠብ በቀር ሌላ አያስፈልገውም፥ ሁለንተናው ግን ንጹሕ ነው፤ እናንተም ንጹሐን ናችሁ፥ ነገር ግን ሁላችሁ አይደላችሁም አለው።

¹¹For he knew him who would betray him, therefore he said, “You are not all clean.”

¹¹አሳልፎ የሚሰጠውን ያውቅ ነበርና፤ ስለዚህ። ሁላችሁ ንጹሐን አይደላችሁም አለው።

¹²So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?

¹²እግራቸውንም አጥቦ ልብሱንም አንሥቶ ዳግመኛ ተቀመጠ፥ እንዲህም አላቸው። ያደረግሁላችሁን ታስተውላላችሁን?

¹³ You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am.

¹³እናንተ መምህርና ጌታ ትሉኛላችሁ፤ እንዲሁ ነኝና መልካም ትላላችሁ።

¹⁴ If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

¹⁴እንግዲህ እኔ ጌታና መምህር ስሆን እግራችሁን ካጠብሁ፥ እናንተ ደግሞ እርስ በርሳችሁ እግራችሁን ትተጣጠቡ ዘንድ ይገባችኋል።

¹⁵ For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.

¹⁵እኔ ለእናንተ እንዳደረግሁ እናንተ ደግሞ ታደርጉ ዘንድ ምሳሌ ሰጥቻችኋለሁና።

¹⁶ Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.

¹⁶እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ባሪያ ከጌታው አይበልጥም። መልእክተኛም ከላከው አይበልጥም።

¹⁷ If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

¹⁷ይህን ብታውቁ፥ ብታደርጉትም ብፁዓን ናችሁ።

¹⁸ I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’ Psalm 41:9

¹⁸ስለ ሁላችሁ አልናገርም፤ እኔ የመረጥኋቸውን አውቃለሁ፤ ነገር ግን መጽሐፍ። እንጀራዬን የሚበላ በእኔ ላይ ተረከዙን አነሣብኝ ያለው ይፈጸም ዘንድ ነው።

¹⁹ From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.

¹⁹በሆነ ጊዜ እኔ እንደ ሆንሁ ታምኑ ዘንድ፥ ከአሁን ጀምሬ አስቀድሞ ሳይሆን እነግራችኋለሁ።

²⁰ Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me.”

²⁰እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ማናቸውን የምልከውን የሚቀበል እኔን ይቀበላል፥ እኔንም የሚቀበል የላከኝን ይቀበላል።

²¹When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.”

²¹ኢየሱስ ይህን ብሎ በመንፈሱ ታወከ መስክሮም። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከእናንተ አንዱ አሳልፎ ይሰጠኛል አለ።

²²The disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom he spoke.

²²ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ስለ ማን እንደ ተናገረ አመንትተው እርስ በርሳቸው ተያዩ።

²³One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table, leaning against Jesus’ breast.

²³ኢየሱስም ይወደው የነበረ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ አንዱ በኢየሱስ ደረት ላይ ተጠጋ፤

²⁴Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to him, “Tell us who it is of whom he speaks.”

²⁴ስለዚህ ስምዖን ጴጥሮስ እርሱን ጠቅሶ። ስለማን እንደ ተናገረ ንገረን አለው።

²⁵He, leaning back, as he was, on Jesus’ breast, asked him, “Lord, who is it?”

²⁵እርሱም በኢየሱስ ደረት እንዲህ ተጠግቶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ማን ነው? አለው።

²⁶Jesus therefore answered, “It is he to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

²⁶ኢየሱስም። እኔ ቍራሽ አጥቅሼ የምሰጠው እርሱ ነው ብሎ መለሰለት። ቍራሽም አጥቅሶ ለአስቆሮቱ ለስምዖን ልጅ ለይሁዳ ሰጠው።

²⁷After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”

²⁷ቍራሽም ከተቀበለ በኋላ ያን ጊዜ ሰይጣን ገባበት። እንግዲህ ኢየሱስ። የምታደርገውን ቶሎ ብለህ አድርግ አለው።

²⁸Now no man at the table knew why he said this to him.

²⁸ነገር ግን ከተቀመጡት ስለ ምን ይህን እንዳለው ማንም አላወቀም፤

²⁹For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, “Buy what things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.

²⁹ይሁዳ ከረጢቱን የያዘ ስለ ሆነ፥ ኢየሱስ። ለበዓሉ የሚያስፈልገንን ግዛ፥ ወይም ለድሆች ምጽዋት እንዲሰጥ ያለው ለአንዳንዱ መስሎአቸው ነበርና።

³⁰Therefore having received that morsel, he went out immediately. It was night.

³⁰እርሱም ቍራሹን ከተቀበለ በኋላ ወዲያው ወጣ፤ ሌሊትም ነበረ።

³¹When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.

³¹ከወጣም በኋላ ኢየሱስ እንዲ አለ። አሁን የሰው ልጅ ከበረ እግዚአብሔርም ሰለ እርሱ ከበረ፤

³² If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately.

³²እግዚአብሔር ስለ እርሱ የከበረ ከሆነ፥ እግዚአብሔር ደግሞ እርሱን ራሱን ያከብረዋል ወዲያውም ያከብረዋል።

³³ Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come,’ so now I tell you.

³³ልጆች ሆይ፥ ገና ጥቂት ጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር ነኝ፤ ትፈልጉኛላችሁ፤ ለአይሁድም። እኔ ወደምሄድበት እናንተ ልትመጡ አይቻላችሁም እንዳልኋቸው፥ አሁን ለእናንተ ደግሞ እላችኋለሁ።

³⁴ A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

³⁴እርስ በርሳችሁ ትዋደዱ ዘንድ፥ እንደ ወደድኋችሁ እናንተ ደግሞ እርስ በርሳችሁ ትዋደዱ ዘንድ አዲስ ትእዛዝ እሰጣችኋለሁ።

³⁵ By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

³⁵እርስ በርሳችሁ ፍቅር ቢኖራችሁ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቴ እንደ ሆናችሁ ሰዎች ሁሉ በዚህ ያውቃሉ።

³⁶Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you can’t follow now, but you will follow afterwards.”

³⁶ስምዖን ጴጥሮስም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወዴት ትሄዳለህ? አለው። ኢየሱስም። ወደምሄድበት አሁን ልትከተለኝ አትችልም፥ ነገር ግን በኋላ ትከተለኛለህ ብሎ መለሰለት።

³⁷Peter said to him, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

³⁷ጴጥሮስም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አሁን ልከተልህ አለመቻሌ ስለ ምንድር ነው? ነፍሴን ስንኳ ስለ አንተ እሰጣለሁ አለው።

³⁸Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for me? Most certainly I tell you, the rooster won’t crow until you have denied me three times.

³⁸ኢየሱስም እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰለት። ነፍስህን ስለ እኔ ትሰጣለህን? እውነት እውነት እልሃለሁ፥ ሦስት ጊዜ እስክትክደኝ ድረስ ዶሮ አይጮኽም።