¹When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.

¹ኢየሱስም ይህን ብሎ አትክልት ወዳለበት ስፍራ ወደ ቄድሮን ወንዝ ማዶ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ወጣ፤ እርሱም ደቀ መዛሙርቱም በዚያ ገቡ።

²Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples.

²ኢየሱስም ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ብዙ ጊዜ ወደዚያ ስለ ተሰበሰቡ አሳልፎ የሰጠው ይሁዳ ደግሞ ስፍራውን ያውቅ ነበር።

³Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

³ስለዚህ ይሁዳ ጭፍሮችንና ከካህናት አለቆች ከፈሪሳውያንም ሎሌዎችን ተቀብሎ በችቦና በፋና በጋሻ ጦርም ወደዚያ መጣ።

⁴Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went forth, and said to them, “Who are you looking for?”

⁴ኢየሱስም የሚመጣበትን ሁሉ አውቆ ወጣና። ማንን ትፈልጋላችሁ አላቸው።

⁵They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.

⁵የናዝሬቱን ኢየሱስን ብለው መለሱለት። ኢየሱስ። እኔ ነኝ አላቸው። አሳልፎ የሰጠውም ይሁዳ ደግሞ ከእነርሱ ጋር ቆሞ ነበር።

⁶When therefore he said to them, “I am he,” they went backward, and fell to the ground.

⁶እንግዲህ። እኔ ነኝ ባላቸው ጊዜ ወደ ኋላ አፈግፍገው በምድር ወደቁ።

⁷Again therefore he asked them, “Who are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

⁷ደግሞም። ማንን ትፈልጋላችሁ? ብሎ ጠየቃቸው። እነርሱም። የናዝሬቱን ኢየሱስን አሉት።

⁸Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,”

⁸ኢየሱስ መልሶ። እኔ ነኝ አልኋችሁ፤ እንግዲህ እኔን ትፈልጉ እንደ ሆናችሁ እነዚህ ይሂዱ ተዉአቸው አለ፤

⁹that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, “Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none.” John 6:39

⁹ይህም። ከእነዚህ ከሰጠኸኝ አንዱን ስንኳ አላጠፋሁም ያለው ቃል ይፈጸም ዘንድ ነው።

¹⁰Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

¹⁰ስምዖን ጴጥሮስም ሰይፍ ስለ ነበረው መዘዘው፥ የሊቀ ካህናቱንም ባርያ መትቶ ቀኝ ጆሮውን ቈረጠ፤ የባርያውም ስም ማልኮስ ነበረ።

¹¹Jesus therefore said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?”

¹¹ኢየሱስም ጴጥሮስን። ሰይፍህን ወደ ሰገባው ክተተው፤ አብ የሰጠኝን ጽዋ አልጠጣትምን? አለው።

¹²So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,

¹²እንግዲህ የሻለቃውና ጭፍሮቹ የአይሁድም ሎሌዎች ኢየሱስን ይዘው አሰሩት፥

¹³and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

¹³አስቀድመውም ወደ ሐና ወሰዱት፤ በዚያች ዓመት ሊቀ ካህናት ለነበረው ለቀያፋ አማቱ ነበርና።

¹⁴Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should perish for the people.

¹⁴ቀያፋም። አንድ ሰው ስለ ሕዝብ ይሞት ዘንድ ይሻላል ብሎ ለአይሁድ የመከራቸው ነበረ።

¹⁵Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered in with Jesus into the court of the high priest;

¹⁵ስምዖን ጴጥሮስም ሌላውም ደቀ መዝሙር ኢየሱስን ተከተሉ። ያም ደቀ መዝሙር በሊቀ ካህናቱ ዘንድ የታወቀ ነበረ፥ ወደ ሊቀ ካህናቱም ግቢ ከኢየሱስ ጋር ገባ፤

¹⁶but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought in Peter.

¹⁶ጴጥሮስ ግን በውጭ በበሩ ቆሞ ነበር። እንግዲህ በሊቀ ካህናቱ ዘንድ የታወቀው ሌላው ደቀ መዝሙር ወጣ ለበረኛይቱም ነግሮ ጴጥሮስን አስገባው።

¹⁷Then the maid who kept the door said to Peter, “Are you also one of this man’s disciples?” He said, “I am not.”

¹⁷በረኛ የነበረችይቱም ገረድ ጴጥሮስን። አንተ ደግሞ ከዚህ ሰው ደቀ መዛሙርት አንዱ አይደለህምን? አለችው። እርሱ። አይደለሁም አለ።

¹⁸Now the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a fire of coals, for it was cold. They were warming themselves. Peter was with them, standing and warming himself.

¹⁸ብርድ ነበረና ባሮችና ሎሌዎች የፍም እሳት አንድደው ቆሙ ይሞቁም ነበር፤ ጴጥሮስም ደግሞ ከእነርሱ ጋር ቆሞ ይሞቅ ነበር።

¹⁹The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his teaching.

¹⁹ሊቀ ካህናቱም ኢየሱስን ስለ ደቀ መዛሙርቱና ስለ ትምህርቱ ጠየቀው።

²⁰Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.

²⁰ኢየስስም መልሶ። እኔ በግልጥ ለዓለም ተናገርሁ፤ አይሁድ ሁሉ በሚሰበሰቡበት በምኵራብና በመቅደስ እኔ ሁልጊዜ አስተማርሁ፥ በስውርም ምንም አልተናገርሁም።

²¹ Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, these know the things which I said.”

²¹ስለምን ትጠይቀኛለህ? ለእነርሱ የተናገርሁትን የሰሙትን ጠይቅ፤ እነሆ፥ እነዚህ እኔ የነገርሁትን ያውቃሉ አለው።

²²When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, “Do you answer the high priest like that?”

²²ይህንም ሲል በዚያ ቆሞ የነበረው ከሎሌዎች አንዱ። ለሊቀ ካህናቱ እንዲህ ትመልሳለህን? ብሎ ኢየሱስን በጥፊ መታው።

²³Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you beat me?”

²³ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ክፉ ተናግሬ እንደ ሆንሁ ስለ ክፉ መስክር፤ መልካም ተናግሬ እንደ ሆንሁ ግን ሰለ ምን ትመታኛለህ? አለው።

²⁴Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.

²⁴ስለዚህ ሐና እንደ ታሰረ ወደ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ወደ ቀያፋ ሰደደው።

²⁵Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, “You aren’t also one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it, and said, “I am not.”

²⁵ስምዖን ጴጥሮስም ቆሞ እሳት ይሞቅ ነበር። እንግዲህ። አንተ ደግሞ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ አይደለህምን? አሉት። እርሱም። አይደለሁም ብሎ ካደ።

²⁶One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with him?”

²⁶ጴጥሮስ ጆሮውን የቈረጠው ዘመድ የሆነ ከሊቀ ካህናቱ ባሮች አንዱ። በአትክልቱ ከእርሱ ጋር እኔ አይቼህ አልነበረምን? አለው።

²⁷Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed.

²⁷ጴጥሮስም እንደ ገና ካደ፥ ወዲያውም ዶሮ ጮኸ።

²⁸They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn’t enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

²⁸ኢየሱስንም ከቀያፋ ወደ ገዡ ግቢ ወሰዱት፤ ማለዳም ነበረ፤ እነርሱም የፋሲካ በግ ይበሉ ዘንድ እንጂ እንዳይረክሱ ወደ ገዡ ግቢ አልገቡም።

²⁹Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”

²⁹ስለዚህ ጲላጦስ ወደ ውጭ ወደ እነርሱ ወጥቶ። ይህን ሰው ስለ ምን ትከሱታላችሁ አላቸው።

³⁰They answered him, “If this man weren’t an evildoer, we wouldn’t have delivered him up to you.”

³⁰እነርሱም መልሰው። ይህስ ክፉ አድራጊ ባይሆን ወደ አንተ አሳልፈን ባልሰጠነውም ነበር አሉት።

³¹Pilate therefore said to them, “Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law.” Therefore the Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,”

³¹ጲላጦስም። እናንተ ወስዳችሁ እንደ ሕጋችሁ ፍረዱበት አላቸው። አይሁድም። ለእኛስ ማንንም ልንገድል አልተፈቀደልንም አሉት፤

³²that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

³²ኢየሱስ በምን ዓይነት ሞት ሊሞት እንዳለው ሲያመለክት የተናገረው ቃል ይፈጸም ዘንድ ነው።

³³Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”

³³ጲላጦስም እንደ ገና ወደ ገዡ ግቢ ገባና ኢየሱስን ጠርቶ። የአይሁድ ንጉሥ አንተ ነህን? አለው።

³⁴Jesus answered him, “Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?”

³⁴ኢየሱስም መልሶ። አንተ ይህን የምትለው ከራስህ ነውን ወይስ ሌሎች ስለ እኔ ነገሩህን? አለው።

³⁵Pilate answered, “I’m not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?”

³⁵ጲላጦስ መልሶ። እኔ አይሁዳዊ ነኝን? ወገኖችህና የካህናት አለቆች ለእኔ አሳልፈው ሰጡህ፤ ምን አድርገሃል? አለው።

³⁶Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”

³⁶ኢየሱስም መልሶ። መንግሥቴ ከዚህ ዓለም አይደለችም፤ መንግሥቴስ ከዚህ ዓለም ብትሆን፥ ወደ አይሁድ እንዳልሰጥ ሎሌዎቼ ይዋጉልኝ ነበር፤ አሁን ግን መንግሥቴ ከዚህ አይደለችም አለው።

³⁷Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

³⁷ጲላጦስም። እንግዲያ ንጉሥ ነህን? አለው። ኢየሱስም መልሶ። እኔ ንጉሥ እንደ ሆንሁ አንተ ትላለህ። እኔ ለእውነት ልመሰክር ስለዚህ ተወልጃለሁ ስለዚህም ወደ ዓለም መጥቻለሁ፤ ከእውነት የሆነ ሁሉ ድምፄን ይሰማል አለው።

³⁸Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no basis for a charge against him.

³⁸ጲላጦስ። እውነት ምንድር ነው? አለው። ይህንም ብሎ ዳግመኛ ወደ አይሁድ ወጥቶ። እኔስ አንዲት በደል ስንኳ አላገኘሁበትም።

³⁹But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

³⁹ነገር ግን በፋሲካ አንድ ልፈታላችሁ ልማድ አላችሁ፤ እንግዲህ የአይሁድን ንጉሥ ልፈታላችሁ ትወዳላችሁን? አላቸው።

⁴⁰Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.

⁴⁰ሁሉም ደግመው። በርባንን እንጂ ይህን አይደለም እያሉ ጮኹ። በርባን ግን ወንበዴ ነበረ።