¹Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

¹ወዲያውም ማለዳ የካህናት አለቆች ከሽማግሌዎችና ከጻፎች ከሸንጎውም ሁሉ ጋር ከተማከሩ በኋላ፥ ኢየሱስን አሳስረው ወሰዱትና ለጲላጦስ አሳልፈው ሰጡት።

²Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered, “So you say.”

²ጲላጦስም። አንተ የአይሁድ ንጉሥ ነህን? ብሎ ጠየቀው። እርሱም። አንተ አልህ ብሎ መለሰለት።

³The chief priests accused him of many things.

³የካህናት አለቆችም ብዙ ያሳጡት ነበር፤ እርሱ ግን ምንም አልመለሰም።

⁴Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!”

⁴ጲላጦስም ደግሞ። አንዳች አትመልስምን? እነሆ፥ በስንት ነገር ያሳጡሃል ብሎ ጠየቀው።

⁵But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.

⁵ኢየሱስም ከዚያ በኋላ ጲላጦስ እስኪደነቅ ድረስ ምንም አልመለሰም።

⁶Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.

⁶በዚያም በዓል የለመኑትን አንድ እስረኛ ይፈታላቸው ነበር።

⁷There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

⁷በዓመፅም ነፍስ ከገደሉት ከዓመፀኞች ጋር የታሰረ በርባን የተባለ ነበረ።

⁸The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.

⁸ሕዝቡም ወጥተው እንደ ልማዱ ያደርግላቸው ዘንድ እየጮኹ ይለምኑት ጀመር።

⁹Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

⁹ጲላጦስም። የአይሁድን ንጉሥ እፈታላችሁ ዘንድ ትወዳላችሁን? ብሎ መለሰላቸው፤

¹⁰For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.

¹⁰የካህናት አለቆች በቅንዓት አሳልፈው እንደ ሰጡት ያውቅ ነበርና።

¹¹But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.

¹¹የካህናት አለቆች ግን በርባንን በእርሱ ፈንታ ይፈታላቸው ዘንድ ሕዝቡን አወኩአቸው።

¹²Pilate again asked them, “What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?”

¹²ጲላጦስም ዳግመኛ መልሶ። እንግዲህ የአይሁድ ንጉሥ የምትሉትን ምን ላደርገው ትወዳላችሁ? አላቸው።

¹³They cried out again, “Crucify him!”

¹³እነርሱም ዳግመኛ። ስቀለው እያሉ ጮኹ።

¹⁴Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, “Crucify him!”

¹⁴ጲላጦስም። ምን ነው? ያደረገው ክፋት ምንድር ነው? አላቸው። እነርሱ ግን። ስቀለው እያሉ ጩኸት አበዙ።

¹⁵Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.

¹⁵ጲላጦስም የሕዝቡን ፈቃድ ሊያደርግ ወዶ በርባንን ፈታላቸው፥ ኢየሱስንም ገርፎ እንዲሰቀል አሳልፎ ሰጠ።

¹⁶The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.

¹⁶ወታደሮችም ፕራይቶሪዮን ወደሚባል ግቢ ውስጥ ወሰዱት፥ ጭፍራውንም ሁሉ በአንድነት ጠሩ።

¹⁷They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

¹⁷ቀይ ልብስም አለበሱት፥ የእሾህ አክሊልም ጎንጉነው ደፉበት፤

¹⁸They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

¹⁸የአይሁድ ንጉሥ ሆይ፥ ሰላም ለአንተ ይሁን እያሉ እጅ ይነሱት ጀመር፤

¹⁹They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.

¹⁹ራሱንም በመቃ መቱት ተፉበትም፥ ተንበርክከውም ሰገዱለት።

²⁰When they had mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.

²⁰ከተዘባበቱበትም በኋላ ቀዩን ልብስ ገፈፉት፥ ልብሱንም አለበሱት፥ ሊሰቅሉትም ወሰዱት።

²¹They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

²¹አንድ መንገድ አላፊም የአሌክስንድሮስና የሩፎስ አባት ስምዖን የተባለ የቀሬና ሰው ከገጠር ሲመጣ መስቀሉን ይሸከም ዘንድ አስገደዱት።

²²They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, “The place of a skull.”

²²ትርጓሜውም የራስ ቅል ስፍራ ወደሚሆን ጎልጎታ ወደተባለ ስፍራ ወሰዱት።

²³They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.

²³ከርቤም የተቀላቀለበትን የወይን ጠጅ እንዲጠጣ ሰጡት፤ እርሱ ግን አልተቀበለም።

²⁴Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.

²⁴ሰቀሉትም፥ ልብሱንም ማን ማን እንዲወስድ ዕጣ ተጣጥለው ተካፈሉ።

²⁵It was the third hour, 9:00 A. M. and they crucified him.

²⁵በሰቀሉትም ጊዜ ሦስት ሰዓት ነበረ።

²⁶The superscription of his accusation was written over him, “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

²⁶የክሱ ጽሕፈትም። የአይሁድ ንጉሥ የሚል ተጽፎ ነበር።

²⁷With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.

²⁷ከእርሱም ጋር ሁለት ወንበዶች አንዱን በቀኙ አንዱንም በግራው ሰቀሉ።

²⁸The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, “He was numbered with transgressors.” NU omits verse 28.

²⁸መጽሐፍም። ከአመፀኞች ጋር ተቆጠረ ያለው ተፈጸመ።

²⁹Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

²⁹የሚያልፉትም ራሳቸውን እየነቀነቁ ይሰድቡት ነበርና። ዋ፥ ቤተ መቅደስን የምታፈርስ በሦስት ቀንም የምትሠራ፥

³⁰save yourself, and come down from the cross!”

³⁰ከመስቀል ወርደህ ራስህን አድን አሉ።

³¹Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, “He saved others. He can’t save himself.

³¹እንዲሁም የካህናት አለቆች ደግሞ ከጻፎች ጋር እርስ በርሳቸው እየተዘባበቱ። ሌሎችን አዳነ፤ ራሱን ሊያድን አይችልም፤

³²Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him. TR omits “him” ” Those who were crucified with him insulted him.

³²አይተን እናምን ዘንድ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ክርስቶስ አሁን ከመስቀል ይውረድ አሉ። ከእርሱም ጋር የተሰቀሉት ይነቅፉት ነበር።

³³When the sixth hour or, noon had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 3:00 PM

³³ስድስት ሰዓትም በሆነ ጊዜ፥ እስከ ዘጠኝ ሰዓት በምድር ሁሉ ላይ ጨለማ ሆነ።

³⁴At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Psalm 22:1

³⁴በዘጠኝ ሰዓትም ኢየሱስ። ኤሎሄ፥ ኤሎሄ፥ ላማ ሰበቅታኒ? ብሎ በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኸ፤ ትርጓሜውም አምላኬ፥ አምላኬ፥ ለምን ተውኸኝ? ማለት ነው።

³⁵Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”

³⁵በዚያም ከቆሙት ሰዎች ሰምተው። እነሆ፥ ኤልያስን ይጠራል አሉ።

³⁶One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down.”

³⁶አንዱም ሮጦ ሆምጣጤ በሰፍነግ ሞላ በመቃም አድርጎ። ተዉ፤ ኤልያስ ሊያወርደው ይመጣ እንደ ሆነ እንይ እያለ አጠጣው።

³⁷Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit.

³⁷ኢየሱስም በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኸ ነፍሱንም ሰጠ።

³⁸The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.

³⁸የቤተ መቅደስም መጋረጃ ከላይ እስከ ታች ከሁለት ተቀደደ።

³⁹When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

³⁹በዚያም በአንጻሩ የቆመ የመቶ አለቃ እንደዚህ ጮኾ ነፍሱን እንደ ሰጠ ባየ ጊዜ። ይህ ሰው በእውነት የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነበረ አለ።

⁴⁰There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

⁴⁰ሴቶችም ደግሞ በሩቅ ሆነው ይመለከቱ ነበር፤ ከእነርሱም በገሊላ ሳለ ይከተሉትና ያገለግሉት የነበሩ መግደላዊት ማርያም የታናሹ ያዕቆብና የዮሳም እናት ማርያም ሰሎሜም ነበሩ፥ ከእርሱም ጋር ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም የወጡ ሌሎች ብዙዎች ሴቶች ነበሩ።

⁴¹who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

⁴²አሁንም በመሸ ጊዜ የሰንበት ዋዜማ የሆነ የማዘጋጀት ቀን ስለ ነበረ፥ የከበረ አማካሪ የሆነ የአርማትያስ ዮሴፍ መጣ፥

⁴²When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

⁴³እርሱም ደግሞ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት ይጠባበቅ ነበር፤ ደፍሮም ወደ ጲላጦስ ገባና የኢየሱስን ሥጋ ለመነው።

⁴³Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.

⁴⁴ጲላጦስም አሁኑን እንዴት ሞተ ብሎ ተደነቀ፥ የመቶ አለቃውንም ጠርቶ ከሞተ ቆይቶአልን? ብሎ ጠየቀው፤

⁴⁴Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.

⁴⁵ከመቶ አለቃውም ተረድቶ በድኑን ለዮሴፍ ሰጠው።

⁴⁵When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

⁴⁶በፍታም ገዝቶ አውርዶም በበፍታ ከፈነው ከዓለትም በተወቀረ መቃብር አኖረው፥ በመቃብሩ ደጃፍም ድንጋይ አንከባለለ።

⁴⁶He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

⁴⁷መግደላዊትም ማርያም የዮሳም እናት ማርያም ወዴት እንዳኖሩት ይመለከቱ ነበር።

⁴⁷Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.