¹After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

¹ከዚህም በኋላ ኢየሱስ አይሁድ ሊገድሉት ይፈልጉ ስለ ነበር በይሁዳ ሊመላለስ አይወድም ነበርና በገሊላ ይመላለስ ነበር።

²Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.

²የአይሁድም የዳስ በዓል ቀርቦ ነበር።

³His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here, and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.

³እንግዲህ ወንድሞቹ። ደቀ መዛሙርትህ ደግሞ የምታደርገውን ሥራ እንዲያዩ ከዚህ ተነሣና ወደ ይሁዳ ሂድ፤

⁴For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”

⁴ራሱ ሊገለጥ እየፈለገ በስውር የሚሠራ የለምና። እነዚህን ብታደርግ ራስህን ለዓለም ግለጥ አሉት።

⁵For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.

⁵ወንድሞቹ ስንኳ አላመኑበትም ነበርና።

⁶Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.

⁶ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አላቸው። ጊዜዬ ገና አልደረሰም፥ ጊዜያችሁ ግን ዘወትር የተመቸ ነው።

⁷ The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

⁷ዓለም እናንተን ሊጠላ አይቻለውም፤ እኔ ግን ሥራው ክፉ መሆኑን እመሰክርበታለሁና እኔን ይጠላኛል።

⁸ You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.”

⁸እናንተ ወደዚህ በዓል ውጡ፤ እኔስ ጊዜዬ ገና ስላልተፈጸመ ወደዚህ በዓል ገና አልወጣም።

⁹Having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee.

⁹ይህንም አላቸውና በገሊላ ቀረ።

¹⁰But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.

¹⁰ወንድሞቹ ግን ወደ በዓሉ ከወጡ በኋላ በዚያን ጊዜ እርሱ ደግሞ በግልጥ ሳይሆን ተሰውሮ ወጣ።

¹¹The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?”

¹¹አይሁድም። እርሱ ወዴት ነው? እያሉ በበዓሉ ይፈልጉት ነበር።

¹²There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”

¹²በሕዝብም መካከል ስለ እርሱ ብዙ ማንጐራጐር ነበረ፤ አንዳንዱም። ደግ ሰው ነው፤ ሌሎች ግን። አይደለም፥ ሕዝቡን ግን ያስታል ይሉ ነበር።

¹³Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.

¹³ዳሩ ግን አይሁድን ስለ ፈሩ ማንም ስለ እርሱ በግልጥ አይናገርም ነበር።

¹⁴But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

¹⁴አሁንም በበዓሉ እኩሌታ ኢየሱስ ወደ መቅደስ ወጥቶ ያስተምር ነበር።

¹⁵The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”

¹⁵አይሁድም። ይህ ሰው ሳይማር መጻሕፍትን እንዴት ያውቃል? ብለው ይደነቁ ነበር።

¹⁶Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

¹⁶ስለዚህ ኢየሱስ መለሰ እንዲህም አላቸው። ትምህርቴስ ከላከኝ ነው እንጂ ከእኔ አይደለም፤

¹⁷ If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

¹⁷ፈቃዱን ሊያደርግ የሚወድ ቢኖር፥ እርሱ ይህ ትምህርት ከእግዚአብሔር ቢሆን ወይም እኔ ከራሴ የምናገር ብሆን ያውቃል።

¹⁸ He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

¹⁸ከራሱ የሚናገር የራሱን ክብር ይፈልጋል፤ የላከውን ክብር የሚፈልግ ግን እርሱ እውነተኛ ነው በእርሱም ዓመፃ የለበትም።

¹⁹ Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”

¹⁹ሙሴ ሕግን አልሰጣችሁምን? ከእናንተ ግን ሕግን የሚያደርግ አንድ ስንኳ የለም። ልትገድሉኝ ስለ ምን ትፈልጋላችሁ?

²⁰The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”

²⁰ሕዝቡ መለሱና። ጋኔን አለብህ፤ ማን ሊገድልህ ይፈልጋል? አሉት።

²¹Jesus answered them, “I did one work, and you all marvel because of it.

²¹ኢየሱስ መለሰ አላቸውም። አንድ ሥራ አደረግሁ ሁላችሁም ታደንቃላችሁ።

²² Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.

²²ስለዚህ ሙሴ መገረዝን ሰጣችሁ፤ ከአባቶችም ነው እንጂ ከሙሴ አይደለም፤ በሰንበትም ሰውን ትገርዛላችሁ።

²³ If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?

²³የሙሴ ሕግ እንዳይሻር ሰው በሰንበት መገረዝን የሚቀበል ከሆነስ ሰውን ሁለንተናውን በሰንበት ጤናማ ስላደረግሁ ትቈጡኛላችሁን?

²⁴ Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

²⁴ቅን ፍርድ ፍረዱ እንጂ በመልክ አትፍረዱ።

²⁵Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?

²⁵እንግዲህ ከኢየሩሳሌም ሰዎች አንዳንዶቹ እንዲህ አሉ። ሊገድሉት የሚፈልጉት ይህ አይደለምን?

²⁶Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?

²⁶እነሆም፥ በግልጥ ይናገራል አንዳችም አይሉትም። አለቆቹ ይህ ሰው በእውነት ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ በእውነት አወቁን?

²⁷However we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”

²⁷ነገር ግን ይህን ከወዴት እንደ ሆነ አውቀናል፤ ክርስቶስ ሲመጣ ግን ከወዴት እንደ ሆነ ማንም አያውቅም።

²⁸Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don’t know.

²⁸እንግዲህ ኢየሱስ በመቅደስ ሲያስተምር። እኔንም ታውቁኛላችሁ ከወዴትም እንደ ሆንሁ ታውቃላችሁ፤ እኔም በራሴ አልመጣሁም ነገር ግን እናንተ የማታውቁት የላከኝ እውነተኛ ነው፤

²⁹ I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”

²⁹እኔ ግን ከእርሱ ዘንድ ነኝ እርሱም ልኮኛልና አውቀዋለሁ ብሎ ጮኸ።

³⁰They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

³⁰ስለዚህ ሊይዙት ይፈልጉ ነበር፤ ነገር ግን ጊዜው ገና ስላልደረሰ ማንም እጁን አልጫነበትም።

³¹But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, “When the Christ comes, he won’t do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?”

³¹ከሕዝቡ ግን ብዙዎች አመኑበትና። ክርስቶስ በመጣ ጊዜ ይህ ካደረጋቸው ምልክቶች ይልቅ ያደርጋልን? አሉ።

³²The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

³²ፈሪሳውያንም ሕዝቡ ሰለ እርሱ እንደዚህ ሲያንጐራጕሩ ሰሙ፤ የካህናት አለቆችም ፈሪሳውያም ሊይዙት ሎሌዎችን ላኩ።

³³Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.

³³ኢየሱስም። ገና ጥቂት ጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር እቆያለሁ ወደ ላከኝም እሄዳለሁ።

³⁴ You will seek me, and won’t find me; and where I am, you can’t come.”

³⁴ትፈልጉኛላችሁ አታገኙኝምም፤ እኔም ወዳለሁበት እናንተ ልትመጡ አትችሉም አለ።

³⁵The Jews therefore said among themselves, “Where will this man go that we won’t find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

³⁵እንግዲህ አይሁድ። እኛ እንዳናገኘው ይህ ወዴት ይሄድ ዘንድ አለው? በግሪክ ሰዎች መካከል ተበትነው ወደሚኖሩት ሊሄድና የግሪክን ሰዎች ሊያስተምር አለውን?

³⁶What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me; and where I am, you can’t come’? ”

³⁶እርሱ። ትፈልጉኛላችሁ አታገኙኝምም እኔም ወዳለሁበት እናንተ ልትመጡ አትችሉም የሚለው ይህ ቃል ምንድር ነው? ብለው እርስ በርሳቸው ተነጋገሩ።

³⁷Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

³⁷ከበዓሉም በታላቁ በኋለኛው ቀን ኢየሱስ ቆሞ። ማንም የተጠማ ቢኖር ወደ እኔ ይምጣና ይጠጣ።

³⁸ He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

³⁸በእኔ የሚያምን መጽሐፍ እንዳለ፥ የሕይወት ውኃ ወንዝ ከሆዱ ይፈልቃል ብሎ ጮኸ።

³⁹But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.

³⁹ይህን ግን በእርሱ የሚያምኑ ሊቀበሉት ስላላቸው ስለ መንፈስ ተናገረ፤ ኢየሱስ ገና ስላልከበረ መንፈስ ገና አልወረደም ነበርና።

⁴⁰Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”

⁴⁰ስለዚህ ከሕዝቡ አያሌ ሰዎች ይህን ቃል ሲሰሙ። ይህ በእውነት ነቢዩ ነው አሉ፤

⁴¹Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?

⁴¹ሌሎች። ይህ ክርስቶስ ነው አሉ፤ ሌሎች ግን። ክርስቶስ በእውኑ ከገሊላ ይመጣልን?

⁴²Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, 2 Samuel 7:12 and from Bethlehem, Micah 5:2 the village where David was?”

⁴²ክርስቶስ ከዳዊት ዘር ዳዊትም ከነበረባት መንደር ከቤተ ልሔም እንዲመጣ መጽሐፍ አላለምን? አሉ።

⁴³So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.

⁴³እንግዲህ ከእርሱ የተነሣ በሕዝቡ መካከል መለያየት ሆነ፤

⁴⁴Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.

⁴⁴ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶቹ ሊይዙት ወደዱ ነገር ግን እጁን ማንም አልጫነበትም።

⁴⁵The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”

⁴⁵ሎሌዎቹም ወደ ካህናት አለቆችና ወደ ፈሪሳውያን መጡ፤ እነዚያም። ያላመጣችሁት ስለ ምን ነው? አሉአቸው።

⁴⁶The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”

⁴⁶ሎሌዎቹ። እንደዚህ ሰው ማንም እንዲሁ ከቶ አልተናገረም ብለው መለሱ።

⁴⁷The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?

⁴⁷እንግዲህ ፈሪሳውያን። እናንተ ደግሞ ሳታችሁን?

⁴⁸Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?

⁴⁸ከአለቆች ወይስ ከፈሪሳውያን በእርሱ ያመነ አለን?

⁴⁹But this multitude that doesn’t know the law is accursed.”

⁴⁹ነገር ግን ሕግን የማያውቀው ይህ ሕዝብ ርጉም ነው ብለው መለሱላቸው።

⁵⁰Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,

⁵⁰ከእነርሱ አንዱ በሌሊት ቀድሞ ወደ እርሱ መጥቶ የነበረ ኒቆዲሞስ።

⁵¹“Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”

⁵¹ሕጋችን አስቀድሞ ከእርሱ ሳይሰማ ምንስ እንዳደረገ ሳያውቅ በሰው ይፈርዳልን? አላቸው።

⁵²They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee. See Isaiah 9:1 and Matthew 4:13-16. ”

⁵²እነርሱም መለሱና። አንተም ደግሞ ከገሊላ ነህን? ነቢይ ከገሊላ እንዳይነሣ መርምርና እይ አሉት።

⁵³Everyone went to his own house,

⁵³እያንዳንዱም ወደ ቤቱ ሄደ።