¹Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, drew near.

¹ፋሲካም የሚባለው የቂጣ በዓል ቀረበ።

²The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

²የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎችም እንዴት እንዲያጠፉት ይፈልጉ ነበር፤ ሕዝቡን ይፈሩ ነበርና።

³Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered with the twelve.

³ሰይጣንም ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ቍጥር አንዱ በነበረው የአስቆሮቱ በሚባለው በይሁዳ ገባ፤

⁴He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them.

⁴ሄዶም እንዴት አሳልፎ እንዲሰጣቸው ከካህናት አለቆችና ከመቅደስ አዛዦች ጋር ተነጋገረ።

⁵They were glad, and agreed to give him money.

⁵እነርሱም ደስ አላቸው፥ ገንዘብም ሊሰጡት ተዋዋሉ።

⁶He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude.

⁶እሺም አለ፥ ሕዝብም በሌለበት አሳልፎ እንዲሰጣቸው ምቹ ጊዜ ይፈልግ ነበር።

⁷The day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover must be sacrificed.

⁷ፋሲካንም ሊያርዱበት የሚገባው የቂጣ በዓል ደረሰ፤

⁸He sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.”

⁸ጴጥሮስንና ዮሐንስንም። ፋሲካን እንድንበላ ሄዳችሁ አዘጋጁልን ብሎ ላካቸው።

⁹They said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare?”

⁹እነርሱም። ወዴት እናዘጋጅ ዘንድ ትወዳለህ? አሉት።

¹⁰He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered into the city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him into the house which he enters.

¹⁰እርሱም አላቸው። እነሆ፥ ወደ ከተማ ስትገቡ ማድጋ ውኃ የተሸከመ ሰው ይገናኛችኋል፤ ወደ ሚገባበት ቤት ተከተሉት፤

¹¹ Tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’

¹¹ለባለቤቱም። መምህሩ። ከደቀ መዛሙርቴ ጋር ፋሲካን የምበላበት የእንግዳ ቤት ክፍል ወዴት ነው? ይልሃል በሉት፤

¹² He will show you a large, furnished upper room. Make preparations there.”

¹²ያም በደርብ ላይ ያለውን የተነጠፈ ታላቅ አዳራሽ ያሳያችኋል፤ በዚያም አሰናዱልን።

¹³They went, found things as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

¹³ሄደውም እንዳላቸው አገኙና ፋሲካን አሰናዱ።

¹⁴When the hour had come, he sat down with the twelve apostles.

¹⁴ሰዓቱም በደረሰ ጊዜ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ሐዋርያት ጋር በማዕድ ተቀመጠ።

¹⁵He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,

¹⁵እርሱም። ከመከራዬ በፊት ከእናንተ ጋር ይህን ፋሲካ ልበላ እጅግ እመኝ ነበር፤

¹⁶ for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.”

¹⁶እላችኋለሁና፥ በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እስኪፈጸም ድረስ፥ ወደ ፊት ከዚህ አልበላም አላቸው።

¹⁷He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, “Take this, and share it among yourselves,

¹⁷ጽዋንም ተቀበለ አመስግኖም። ይህን እንካችሁ በመካከላችሁም ተካፈሉት፤

¹⁸ for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes.”

¹⁸እላችኋለሁና፥ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እስክትመጣ ድረስ ከአሁን ጀምሮ ከወይኑ ፍሬ አልጠጣም አለ።

¹⁹He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.”

¹⁹እንጀራንም አንሥቶ አመሰገነ ቆርሶም ሰጣቸውና። ስለ እናንተ የሚሰጠው ሥጋዬ ይህ ነው፤ ይህን ለመታሰቢያዬ አድርጉት አለ።

²⁰Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

²⁰እንዲሁም ከእራት በኋላ ጽዋውን አንሥቶ እንዲህ አለ። ይህ ጽዋ ስለ እናንተ በሚፈሰው በደሜ የሚሆን አዲስ ኪዳን ነው።

²¹ But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table.

²¹ነገር ግን አሳልፎ የሚሰጠኝ እጅ እነሆ በማዕድ ከእኔ ጋር ናት።

²² The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined, but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!”

²²የሰው ልጅስ እንደ ተወሰነው ይሄዳል፥ ነገር ግን አልፎ ለሚሰጥበት ለዚያ ሰው ወዮለት።

²³They began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing.

²³ከእነርሱም ይህን ሊያደርግ ያለው ማን እንደ ሆነ እርስ በርሳቸው ይጠያየቁ ጀመር።

²⁴There arose also a contention among them, which of them was considered to be greatest.

²⁴ደግሞም ማናቸውም ታላቅ ሆኖ እንዲቈጠር በመካከላቸው ክርክር ሆነ።

²⁵He said to them, “The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’

²⁵እንዲህም አላቸው። የአሕዛብ ነገሥታት ይገዙአቸዋል፥ በላያቸውም የሚሠለጥኑት ቸርነት አድራጊዎች ይባላሉ።

²⁶ But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.

²⁶እናንተ ግን እንዲህ አትሁኑ፤ ነገር ግን ከእናንተ ታላቅ የሆነ በመካከላችሁ እንደ ታናሽ፥ የሚገዛም እንደሚያገለግል ይሁን።

²⁷ For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn’t it he who sits at the table? But I am in the midst of you as one who serves.

²⁷በማዕድ የተቀመጠ ወይስ የሚያገለግል ማናቸው ታላቅ ነው? የተቀመጠው አይደለምን? እኔ ግን በመካከላችሁ እንደሚያገለግል ነኝ።

²⁸ But you are those who have continued with me in my trials.

²⁸ነገር ግን እናንተ በፈተናዎቼ ከእኔ ጋር ጸንታችሁ የኖራችሁ ናችሁ፤

²⁹ I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me,

²⁹አባቴ እኔን እንደ ሾመኝ እኔ ደግሞ በመንግሥቴ ከማዕዴ ትበሉና ትጠጡ ዘንድ፥ በአሥራ ሁለቱ በእስራኤል ነገድ ስትፈርዱ በዙፋኖች ትቀመጡ ዘንድ ለመንግሥት እሾማችኋለሁ።

³⁰ that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

³¹ጌታም። ስምዖን ስምዖን ሆይ፥ እነሆ፥ ሰይጣን እንደ ስንዴ ሊያበጥራችሁ ለመነ፤

³¹The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,

³²እኔ ግን እምነትህ እንዳይጠፋ ስለ አንተ አማለድሁ፤ አንተም በተመለስህ ጊዜ ወንድሞችህን አጽና አለ።

³² but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” .”

³³እርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወደ ወኅኒም ወደ ሞትም ከአንተ ጋር ለመሄድ የተዘጋጀሁ ነኝ አለው።

³³He said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!”

³⁴እርሱ ግን። ጴጥሮስ ሆይ፥ እልሃለሁ፥ እንዳታውቀኝ ሦስት ጊዜ እስክትክደኝ ድረስ ዛሬ ዶሮ አይጮኽም አለው።

³⁴He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today until you deny that you know me three times.”

³⁵ደግሞም። ያለ ኮረጆና ያለ ከረጢት ያለ ጫማም በላክኋችሁ ጊዜ፥ አንዳች ጐደለባችሁን? አላቸው። እነርሱም። አንዳች እንኳ አሉ።

³⁵He said to them, “When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.”

³⁶እርሱም። አሁን ግን ኮረጆ ያለው ከእርሱ ጋር ይውሰድ፥ ከረጢትም ያለው እንዲሁ፤ የሌለውም ልብሱን ሽጦ ሰይፍ ይግዛ።

³⁶Then he said to them, “But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword.

³⁷እላችኋለሁና፥ ይህ። ከዓመፀኞች ጋር ተቈጠረ ተብሎ የተጻፈው በእኔ ሊፈጸም ግድ ነው፤ አዎን፥ ስለ እኔ የሚሆነው አሁን ይፈጸማልና አላቸው።

³⁷ For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me: ‘He was counted with transgressors.’ Isaiah 53:12 For that which concerns me has an end.”

³⁸እነርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እነሆ፥ በዚህ ሁለት ሰይፎች አሉ አሉት። እርሱም። ይበቃል አላቸው።

³⁸They said, “Lord, behold, here are two swords.” He said to them, “That is enough.”

³⁹ወጥቶም እንደ ልማዱ ወደ ደብረ ዘይት ሄደ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ደግሞ ተከተሉት።

³⁹He came out, and went, as his custom was, to the Mount of Olives. His disciples also followed him.

⁴⁰ወደ ስፍራውም ደርሶ። ወደ ፈተና እንዳትገቡ ጸልዩ አላቸው።

⁴⁰When he was at the place, he said to them, “Pray that you don’t enter into temptation.”

⁴¹ከእነርሱም የድንጋይ ውርወራ የሚያህል ራቀ፥ ተንበርክኮም። አባት ሆይ፥

⁴¹He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and he knelt down and prayed,

⁴²ብትፈቅድ ይህችን ጽዋ ከእኔ ውሰድ፤ ነገር ግን የእኔ ፈቃድ አይሁን የአንተ እንጂ እያለ ይጸልይ ነበር።

⁴²saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”

⁴³ከሰማይም መጥቶ የሚያበረታ መልአክ ታየው።

⁴³An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.

⁴⁴በፍርሃትም ሲጣጣር አጽንቶ ይጸልይ ነበር፤ ወዙም በምድር ላይ እንደሚወርድ እንደ ደም ነጠብጣብ ነበረ።

⁴⁴Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.

⁴⁵ከጸሎትም ተነሥቶ ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ መጣና ከኀዘን የተነሣ ተኝተው ሲያገኛቸው።

⁴⁵When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples, and found them sleeping because of grief,

⁴⁶ስለ ምን ትተኛላችሁ? ወደ ፈተና እንዳትገቡ ተነሥታችሁ ጸልዩ አላቸው።

⁴⁶and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

⁴⁷ገናም ሲናገር እነሆ፥ ሰዎች መጡ፤ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ አንዱም ይሁዳ የሚባለው ይቀድማቸው ነበር፥ ሊስመውም ወደ ኢየሱስ ቀረበ።

⁴⁷While he was still speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He came near to Jesus to kiss him.

⁴⁸ኢየሱስ ግን። ይሁዳ ሆይ፥ በመሳም የሰውን ልጅ አሳልፈህ ትሰጣለህን? አለው።

⁴⁸But Jesus said to him, “Judas, do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”

⁴⁹በዙሪያውም የነበሩት የሚሆነውን ባዩ ጊዜ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በሰይፍ እንምታቸውን? አሉት።

⁴⁹When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said to him, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?”

⁵⁰ከእነርሱም አንዱ የሊቀ ካህናቱን ባሪያ መትቶ ቀኝ ጆሮውን ቈረጠው።

⁵⁰A certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.

⁵¹ኢየሱስ ግን መልሶ። ይህንስ ፍቀዱ አለ፤ ጆሮውንም ዳስሶ ፈወሰው።

⁵¹But Jesus answered, “Let me at least do this” —and he touched his ear, and healed him.

⁵²ኢየሱስም ወደ እርሱ ለመጡበት ለካህናት አለቆችና ለመቅደስ አዛዦች ለሽማግሌዎችም። ወንበዴን እንደምትይዙ ሰይፍና ጐመድ ይዛችሁ ወጣችሁን?

⁵²Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

⁵³በመቅደስ ዕለት ዕለት ከእናንተ ጋር ስሆን እጆቻችሁን አልዘረጋችሁብኝም፤ ይህ ግን ጊዜያችሁና የጨለማው ሥልጣን ነው አላቸው።

⁵³ When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn’t stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”

⁵⁴ይዘውም ወሰዱት ወደ ሊቀ ካህናት ቤትም አገቡት፤ ጴጥሮስም ርቆ ይከተለው ነበር።

⁵⁴They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed from a distance.

⁵⁵በግቢ መካከልም እሳት አንድደው በአንድነት ተቀምጠው ሳሉ ጴጥሮስ በመካከላቸው ተቀመጠ።

⁵⁵When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and had sat down together, Peter sat among them.

⁵⁶በብርሃኑም በኩል ተቀምጦ ሳለ አንዲት ገረድ አየችውና ትኵር ብላ። ይህ ደግሞ ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረ አለች።

⁵⁶A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, “This man also was with him.”

⁵⁷እርሱ ግን። አንቺ ሴት፥ አላውቀውም ብሎ ካደ።

⁵⁷He denied Jesus, saying, “Woman, I don’t know him.”

⁵⁸ከጥቂት ጊዜም በኋላ ሌላው አይቶት። አንተ ደግሞ ከእነርሱ ወገን ነህ አለው። ጴጥሮስ ግን። አንተ ሰው፥ እኔ አይደለሁም አለ።

⁵⁸After a little while someone else saw him, and said, “You also are one of them!” But Peter answered, “Man, I am not!”

⁵⁹አንድ ሰዓትም የሚያህል ቆይቶ ሌላው አስረግጦ። እርሱ የገሊላ ሰው ነውና በእውነት ይህ ደግሞ ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረ አለ።

⁵⁹After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, “Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean!”

⁶⁰ጴጥሮስ ግን። አንተ ሰው፥ የምትለውን አላውቅም አለ። ያን ጊዜም ገና ሲናገር ዶሮ ጮኸ።

⁶⁰But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you are talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

⁶¹ጌታም ዘወር ብሎ ጴጥሮስን ተመለከተው፤ ጴጥሮስም። ዛሬ ዶሮ ሳይጮኽ ሦስት ጊዜ ትክደኛለህ እንዳለው የጌታ ቃል ትዝ አለው።

⁶¹The Lord turned, and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the Lord’s word, how he said to him, “Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times.”

⁶²ጴጥሮስም ወደ ውጭ ወጥቶ ምርር ብሎ አለቀሰ።

⁶²He went out, and wept bitterly.

⁶³ኢየሱስንም የያዙት ሰዎች ይዘብቱበትና ይደበድቡት ነበር፤

⁶³The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him.

⁶⁴ሸፍነውም ፊቱን ይመቱት ነበርና። በጥፊ የመታህ ማን ነው? ትንቢት ተናገር እያሉ ይጠይቁት ነበር።

⁶⁴Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?”

⁶⁵ሌላም ብዙ ነገር እየተሳደቡ በእርሱ ላይ ይናገሩ ነበር።

⁶⁵They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.

⁶⁶በነጋም ጊዜ የሕዝቡ ሽማግሌዎችና የካህናት አለቆች ጻፎችም ተሰብስበው ወደ ሸንጎአቸው ወሰዱትና

⁶⁶As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

⁶⁷ክርስቶስ አንተ ነህን? ንገረን አሉት። እርሱ ግን እንዲህ አላቸው። ብነግራችሁ አታምኑም፤

⁶⁷“If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you won’t believe,

⁶⁸ብጠይቅም አትመልሱልኝም አትፈቱኝምም።

⁶⁸ and if I ask, you will in no way answer me or let me go.

⁶⁹ነገር ግን ከአሁን ጀምሮ የሰው ልጅ በእግዚአብሔር ኃይል ቀኝ ይቀመጣል።

⁶⁹ From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

⁷⁰ሁላቸውም። እንግዲያስ አንተ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነህን? አሉት። እርሱም። እኔ እንደ ሆንሁ እናንተ ትላላችሁ አላቸው።

⁷⁰They all said, “Are you then the Son of God?” He said to them, “You say it, because I am.”

⁷¹እነርሱም። ራሳችን ከአፉ ሰምተናልና ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ምን ምስክር ያስፈልገናል? አሉ።

⁷¹They said, “Why do we need any more witness? For we ourselves have heard from his own mouth!”