¹It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.

¹ከሁለት ቀን በኋላ ፋሲካና የቂጣ በዓል ነበረ። የካህናት አለቆችም ጻፎችም እንዴት አድርገው በተንኰል እንደሚይዙትና እንደሚገድሉት ይፈልጉ ነበር።

²For they said, “Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people.”

²የሕዝብ ሁከት እንዳይሆን በበዓል አይሁን ይሉ ነበርና።

³While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.

³እርሱም በቢታንያ በለምጻሙ በስምዖን ቤት በነበረ ጊዜ፥ በማዕድ ተቀምጦ ሳለ፥ አንዲት ሴት ዋጋው እጅግ የከበረ ጥሩ ናርዶስ ሽቱ የመላበት የአልባስጥሮስ ቢልቃጥ ይዛ መጣች፤ ቢልቃጡንም ሰብራ በራሱ ላይ አፈሰሰችው።

⁴But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, “Why has this ointment been wasted?

⁴አንዳንዶችም። ይህ የሽቱ ጥፋት ለምንድር ነው?

⁵For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, 300 denarii was about a years wages for an agricultural laborer. and given to the poor.” They grumbled against her.

⁵ይህ ሽቱ ከሦስት መቶ ዲናር በሚበልጥ ዋጋ ተሽጦ ለድሆች ሊሰጥ ይቻል ነበርና ብለው በራሳቸው ይቈጡ ነበር፤ እርስዋንም ነቀፉአት።

⁶But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.

⁶ኢየሱስ ግን እንዲህ አለ። ተዉአት፤ ስለ ምን ታደክሙአታላችሁ? መልካም ሥራ ሠርታልኛለች።

⁷ For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.

⁷ድሆች ሁልጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር ይኖራሉና፥ በማናቸውም በወደዳችሁት ጊዜ መልካም ልታደርጉላቸው ትችላላችሁ፥ እኔ ግን ሁልጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር አልኖርም።

⁸ She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

⁸የተቻላትን አደረገች፤ አስቀድማ ለመቃብሬ ሥጋዬን ቀባችው።

⁹ Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her.”

⁹እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ይህ ወንጌል በዓለሙ ሁሉ በሚሰበክበት በማናቸውም ስፍራ፥ እርስዋ ያደረገችው ደግሞ ለእርስዋ መታሰቢያ ሊሆን ይነገራል።

¹⁰Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them.

¹⁰ከአሥራ ሁለቱም አንዱ የአስቆሮቱ ይሁዳ አሳልፎ ሊሰጠው ወደ ካህናት አለቆች ሄደ።

¹¹They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.

¹¹ሲሰሙም ደስ አላቸው ብርም ይሰጡት ዘንድ ተስፋ ሰጡት። በሚመች ጊዜም እንዴት አድርጎ አሳልፎ እንዲሰጠው ይፈልግ ነበር።

¹²On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare that you may eat the Passover?”

¹²ፋሲካን በሚያርዱበት በቂጣ በዓል መጀመሪያ ቀን ደቀ መዛሙርቱ። ፋሲካን ትበላ ዘንድ ወዴት ሄደን ልናሰናዳ ትወዳለህ? አሉት።

¹³He sent two of his disciples, and said to them, “Go into the city, and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,

¹³ከደቀ መዛሙርቱም ሁለት ላከ እንዲህም አላቸው። ወደ ከተማ ሂዱ፥ ማድጋ ውኃ የተሸከመ ሰውም ይገናኛችኋል፤

¹⁴ and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’

¹⁴ተከተሉት፥ የሚገባበትንም የቤቱን ጌታ። መምህሩ። ከደቀ መዛሙርቴ ጋር ፋሲካን የምበላበት የእንግዳ ቤት ወዴት ነው? ይላል በሉት።

¹⁵ He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Get ready for us there.”

¹⁵እርሱም በደርብ ላይ ያለውን የተሰናዳና የተነጠፈ ታላቅ አዳራሽ ያሳያችኋል፤

¹⁶His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found things as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.

¹⁶በዚያም አሰናዱልን። ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ወጡ ወደ ከተማም ሄደው እንዳላቸው አገኙ፥ ፋሲካንም አሰናዱ።

¹⁷When it was evening he came with the twelve.

¹⁷በመሸም ጊዜ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ጋር መጣ።

¹⁸As they sat and were eating, Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, one of you will betray me—he who eats with me.”

¹⁸ተቀምጠውም ሲበሉ ኢየሱስ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከእናንተ አንዱ፥ እርሱም ከእኔ ጋር የሚበላው አሳልፎ ይሰጠኛል አለ።

¹⁹They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, “Surely not I?” And another said, “Surely not I?”

¹⁹እነርሱም ያዝኑ፥ እያንዳንዳቸውም። እኔ እሆንን? ይሉት ጀመር።

²⁰He answered them, “It is one of the twelve, he who dips with me in the dish.

²⁰እርሱም መልሶ። ከአሥራ ሁለቱ አንዱ ከእኔ ጋር ወደ ወጭቱ እጁን የሚያጠልቀው ነው።

²¹ For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”

²¹የሰው ልጅስ ስለ እርሱ እንደ ተጻፈ ይሄዳል፤ ነገር ግን የሰው ልጅ አልፎ ለሚሰጥበት ለዚያ ሰው ወዮለት፤ ያ ሰው ባልተወለደ ይሻለው ነበር አላቸው።

²²As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had blessed, he broke it, and gave to them, and said, “Take, eat. This is my body.”

²²ሲበሉም ኢየሱስ እንጀራን አንሥቶ ባረከ ቈርሶም ሰጣቸውና። እንካችሁ፤ ይህ ሥጋዬ ነው አለ።

²³He took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them. They all drank of it.

²³ጽዋንም አንሥቶ አመስግኖም ሰጣቸው፥ ሁሉም ከእርሱ ጠጡ።

²⁴He said to them, “This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.

²⁴እርሱም። ይህ ስለ ብዙዎች የሚፈስ የአዲስ ኪዳን ደሜ ነው።

²⁵ Most certainly I tell you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it anew in the Kingdom of God.”

²⁵እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ከወይኑ ፍሬ አዲሱን እስከምጠጣበት እስከዚያ ቀን ድረስ ደግሞ አልጠጣውም አላቸው።

²⁶When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

²⁶መዝሙርም ከዘመሩ በኋላ ወደ ደብረ ዘይት ወጡ።

²⁷Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ Zechariah 13:7

²⁷ኢየሱስም። በዚች ሌሊት ሁላችሁ በእኔ ትሰናከላላችሁ፤ እረኛዉን እመታለሁ በጎችም ይበተናሉ የሚል ተጽፎአልና።

²⁸ However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.”

²⁸ነገር ግን ከተነሣሁ በኋላ ወደ ገሊላ እቀድማችኋለሁ አላቸው።

²⁹But Peter said to him, “Although all will be offended, yet I will not.”

²⁹ጴጥሮስም። ሁሉም ቢሰናከሉ እኔ ግን ከቶ አልሰናከልም አለው።

³⁰Jesus said to him, “Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”

³⁰ኢየሱስም። እውነት እልሃለሁ፥ ዛሬ በዚች ሌሊት ዶሮ ሁለት ጊዜ ሳይጮኽ ሦስት ጊዜ ትክደኛለህ አለው።

³¹But he spoke all the more, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” They all said the same thing.

³¹እርሱም ቃሉን አበርትቶ። ከአንተ ጋር የምሞት እንኳ ቢሆን ከቶ አልክድህም አለ። ሁሉም ደግሞ እንደዚሁ አሉ።

³²They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I pray.”

³²ጌቴሴማኒ ወደምትባልም ስፍራ መጡ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱንም። ስጸልይ ሳለሁ፥ በዚህ ተቀመጡ አላቸው።

³³He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed.

³³ጴጥሮስንና ያዕቆብን ዮሐንስንም ከእርሱ ጋር ወሰደ፤ ሊደነግጥም ሊተክዝም ጀመረና።

³⁴He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch.”

³⁴ነፍሴ እስከ ሞት ድረስ እጅግ አዘነች፤ በዚህ ቈዩ ትጉም አላቸው።

³⁵He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.

³⁵ጥቂትም ወደ ፊት እልፍ ብሎ በምድርም ወድቆ፥ ይቻልስ ቢሆን ሰዓቲቱ ከእርሱ እንድታልፍ ጸለየና።

³⁶He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

³⁶አባ አባት ሆይ፥ ሁሉ ይቻልሃል፤ ይህችን ጽዋ ከእኔ ውሰድ፤ ነገር ግን አንተ የምትወደው እንጂ እኔ የምወደው አይሁን አለ።

³⁷He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you watch one hour?

³⁷መጣም ተኝተውም አገኛቸው፥ ጴጥሮስንም። ስምዖን ሆይ፥ ተኝተሃልን? አንዲት ሰዓት ስንኳ ልትተጋ አልቻልህምን?

³⁸ Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

³⁸ወደ ፈተና እንዳትገቡ ትጉ ጸልዩም፤ መንፈስስ ተዘጋጅታለች፥ ሥጋ ግን ደካማ ነው አለው።

³⁹Again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words.

³⁹ደግሞም ሄዶ ያንኑ ቃል ጸለየ።

⁴⁰Again he returned, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they didn’t know what to answer him.

⁴⁰ደግሞም መጥቶ ዓይኖቻቸው በእንቅልፍ ከብደው ነበርና ተኝተው አገኛቸው፥ የሚመልሱለትንም አላወቁም።

⁴¹He came the third time, and said to them, “Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴¹ሦስተኛም መጥቶ። እንግዲህስ ተኙ ዕረፉም፤ ይበቃል፤ ሰዓቲቱ ደረሰች፤ እነሆ፥ የሰው ልጅ በኃጢአተኞች እጅ አልፎ ይሰጣል።

⁴² Arise, let us be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand.”

⁴²ተነሡ፥ እንሂድ፤ እነሆ፥ አሳልፎ የሚሰጠኝ ቀርቦአል አላቸው።

⁴³Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came—and with him a multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.

⁴³ወዲያውም ገና ሲናገር ከአሥራ ሁለቱ አንዱ ይሁዳ መጣ፥ ከእርሱም ጋር ብዙ ሰዎች ሰይፍና ጐመድ ይዘው ከካህናት አለቆችና ከጻፎች ከሽማግሌዎችም ዘንድ መጡ።

⁴⁴Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, “Whomever I will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away safely.”

⁴⁴አሳልፎ የሚሰጠውም። የምስመው እርሱ ነው፤ ያዙት ተጠንቅቃችሁም ውሰዱት ብሎ ምልክት ሰጥቶአቸው ነበር።

⁴⁵When he had come, immediately he came to him, and said, “Rabbi! Rabbi!” and kissed him.

⁴⁵መጥቶም ወዲያው ወደ እርሱ ቀረበና። መምህር ሆይ፥ መምህር ሆይ፥ ብሎ ሳመው፤

⁴⁶They laid their hands on him, and seized him.

⁴⁶እነርሱም እጃቸውን በእርሱ ላይ ጭነው ያዙት።

⁴⁷But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

⁴⁷በአጠገብ ከቆሙት ግን አንዱ ሰይፉን መዞ የሊቀ ካህናቱን ባሪያ መታ ጆሮውንም ቈረጠ።

⁴⁸Jesus answered them, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?

⁴⁸ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ወንበዴ እንደምትይዙ ሰይፍና ጐመድ ይዛችሁ ልትይዙኝ መጣችሁን?

⁴⁹ I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.”

⁴⁹በመቅደስ ዕለት ዕለት እያስተማርሁ ከእናንተ ጋር ስኖር አልያዛችሁኝም፤ ነገር ግን መጻሕፍት ይፈጸሙ ዘንድ ይህ ሆነ አላቸው።

⁵⁰They all left him, and fled.

⁵⁰ሁሉም ትተውት ሸሹ።

⁵¹A certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth thrown around himself, over his naked body. The young men grabbed him,

⁵¹ዕርቃኑን በነጠላ የሸፈነ አንድ ጎበዝ ይከተለው ነበር፥

⁵²but he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

⁵²ጎበዛዝቱም ያዙት፤ እርሱ ግን ነጠላውን ትቶ ዕራቁቱን ሸሸ።

⁵³They led Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes came together with him.

⁵³ኢየሱስንም ወደ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ወሰዱት፥ የካህናት አለቆችም ሁሉ ሽማግሌዎችም ጻፎችም ተሰበሰቡ።

⁵⁴Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.

⁵⁴ጴጥሮስም እስከ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ግቢ ውስጥ በሩቁ ተከተለው፥ ከሎሌዎችም ጋር ተቀምጦ እሳት ይሞቅ ነበር።

⁵⁵Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.

⁵⁵የካህናት አለቆችም ሸንጎውም ሁሉ እንዲገድሉት በኢየሱስ ላይ ምስክር ይፈልጉ ነበር፥ አላገኙምም፤

⁵⁶For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn’t agree with each other.

⁵⁶ብዙዎች በሐሰት ይመሰክሩበት ነበርና፥ ምስክርነታቸው ግን አልተሰማማም።

⁵⁷Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,

⁵⁷ሰዎችም ተነሥተው። እኔ ይህን በእጅ የተሠራውን ቤተ መቅደስ አፈርሰዋለሁ በሦስት ቀንም ሌላውን በእጅ ያልተሠራውን እሠራለሁ ሲል ሰማነው ብለው በሐሰት መሰከሩበት።

⁵⁸“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”

⁵⁹ምስክርነታቸውም እንዲሁ እንኳ አልተሰማማም።

⁵⁹Even so, their testimony did not agree.

⁶⁰ሊቀ ካህናቱም በመካከላቸው ተነሥቶ። አንዳች አትመልስምን? እነዚህስ በአንተ ላይ የሚመሰክሩብህ ምንድር ነው? ብሎ ኢየሱስን ጠየቀው።

⁶⁰The high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?”

⁶¹እርሱ ግን ዝም አለ አንዳችም አልመለሰም። ደግሞ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ጠየቀውና። የቡሩክ ልጅ ክርስቶስ አንተ ነህን? አለው።

⁶¹But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”

⁶²ኢየሱስም። እኔ ነኝ፤ የሰው ልጅም በኃይል ቀኝ ሲቀመጥ በሰማይም ደመና ሲመጣ ታያላችሁ አለ።

⁶²Jesus said, “I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky.”

⁶³ሊቀ ካህናቱም ልብሱን ቀደደና። ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ምስክሮችን ምን ያስፈልገናል?

⁶³The high priest tore his clothes, and said, “What further need have we of witnesses?

⁶⁴ስድቡን ሰማችሁ፤ ምን ይመስላችኋል? አለ። እነርሱም ሁሉ። ሞት ይገባዋል ብለው ፈረዱበት።

⁶⁴You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?” They all condemned him to be worthy of death.

⁶⁵አንዳንዶችም ይተፉበት ፊቱንም ሸፍነው ይጐስሙትና። ትንቢት ተናገር ይሉት ጀመር፤ ሎሌዎችም በጥፊ እየመቱ ወሰዱት።

⁶⁵Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, “Prophesy!” The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.

⁶⁶ጴጥሮስም በግቢ ውስጥ ወደ ታች ሳለ ከሊቀ ካህናቱ ገረዶች አንዲቱ መጣች፥

⁶⁶As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came,

⁶⁷ጴጥሮስም እሳት ሲሞቅ አይታ ተመለከተችውና። አንተ ደግሞ ከናዝሬቱ ከኢየሱስ ጋር ነበርህ አለችው።

⁶⁷and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, “You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus!”

⁶⁸እርሱ ግን። የምትዪውን አላውቅም አላስተውልምም ብሎ ካደ። ወደ ውጭም ወደ ደጅ ወጣ፤ ዶሮም ጮኸ።

⁶⁸But he denied it, saying, “I neither know, nor understand what you are saying.” He went out on the porch, and the rooster crowed.

⁶⁹ገረዲቱም አይታው በዚያ ለቆሙት። ይህም ከእነርሱ ወገን ነው ስትል ሁለተኛ ትነግራቸው ጀመር።

⁶⁹The maid saw him, and began again to tell those who stood by, “This is one of them.”

⁷⁰እርሱም ደግሞ ካደ። ጥቂት ቈይተውም በዚያ የቆሙት ዳግመኛ ጴጥሮስን። የገሊላ ሰው ነህና ከእነርሱ ወገን በእውነት ነህ አሉት።

⁷⁰But he again denied it. After a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, “You truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it.”

⁷¹እርሱ ግን። ይህን የምትሉትን ሰው አላውቀውም ብሎ ይረገምና ይምል ጀመር። ወዲያውም ዶሮ ሁለተኛ ጮኸ።

⁷¹But he began to curse, and to swear, “I don’t know this man of whom you speak!”

⁷²ጴጥሮስንም ኢየሱስ። ዶሮ ሁለት ጊዜ ሳይጮኽ ሦስት ጊዜ ትክደኛለህ ያለው ቃል ትዝ አለው፤ ነገሩንም አስቦ አለቀሰ።

⁷²The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he thought about that, he wept.