¹It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples,

¹ኢየሱስም እነዚህን ቃሎች ሁሉ በፈጸመ ጊዜ፥

² “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”

²ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ። ከሁለት ቀን በኋላ ፋሲካ እንዲሆን ታውቃላችሁ፥ የሰው ልጅም ሊሰቀል አልፎ ይሰጣል አለ።

³Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

³በዚያን ጊዜ የካህናት አለቆች የሕዝብም ሽማግሎች ቀያፋ በሚባለው በሊቀ ካህናቱ ግቢ ተሰበሰቡ፥

⁴They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.

⁴ኢየሱስንም በተንኰል ሊያስይዙት ሊገድሉትም ተማከሩ፤

⁵But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”

⁵ነገር ግን። በሕዝቡ ዘንድ ሁከት እንዳይነሣ በበዓል አይሁን አሉ።

⁶Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

⁶ኢየሱስም በቢታንያ በለምጻሙ በስምዖን ቤት ሳለ፥

⁷a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.

⁷አንዲት ሴት ዋጋው እጅግ የበዛ ሽቱ የሞላው የአልባስጥሮስ ብልቃጥ ይዛ ወደ እርሱ ቀረበች በማዕድም ተቀምጦ ሳለ በራሱ ላይ አፈሰሰችው።

⁸But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

⁸ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ይህን አይተው ተቈጡና። ይህ ጥፋት ለምንድር ነው?

⁹For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.”

⁹ይህ በብዙ ዋጋ ተሽጦ ለድሆች ሊሰጥ ይቻል ነበርና አሉ።

¹⁰However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.

¹⁰ኢየሱስም ይህን አውቆ እንዲህ አላቸው። መልካም ሥራ ሠርታልኛለችና ሴቲቱንስ ስለ ምን ታደክሙአታላችሁ?

¹¹ For you always have the poor with you; but you don’t always have me.

¹¹ድሆች ሁልጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር ይኖራሉና፥ እኔ ግን ሁልጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር አልኖርም፤

¹² For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

¹²እርስዋ ይህን ሽቱ በሰውነቴ ላይ አፍስሳ ለመቃብሬ አደረገች።

¹³ Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her.”

¹³እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ይህ ወንጌል በዓለም ሁሉ በማናቸውም ስፍራ በሚሰበክበት እርስዋ ያደረገችው ደግሞ ለእርስዋ መታሰቢያ እንዲሆን ይነገራል።

¹⁴Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests,

¹⁴በዚያን ጊዜ የአስቆሮቱ ይሁዳ የሚባለው ከአሥራ ሁለቱ አንዱ ወደ ካህናት አለቆች ሄዶ።

¹⁵and said, “What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?” They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.

¹⁵ምን ልትሰጡኝ ትወዳላችሁ እኔም አሳልፌ እሰጣችኋለሁ? እነርሱም ሠላሳ ብር መዘኑለት።

¹⁶From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

¹⁶ከዚያችም ሰዓት ጀምሮ አሳልፎ ሊሰጠው ምቹ ጊዜ ይሻ ነበር።

¹⁷Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”

¹⁷በቂጣው በዓል በመጀመሪያ ቀን ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ወደ ኢየሱስ ቀርበው። ፋሲካን ትበላ ዘንድ ወዴት ልናሰናዳልህ ትወዳለህ አሉት።

¹⁸He said, “Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.”’”

¹⁸እርሱም። ወደ ከተማ ከእገሌ ዘንድ ሄዳችሁ። መምህር። ጊዜዬ ቀርቦአል፤ ከደቀ መዛሙርቴ ጋር ከአንተ ዘንድ ፋሲካን አደርጋለሁ ይላል በሉት አለ።

¹⁹The disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they prepared the Passover.

¹⁹ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ኢየሱስ እንዳዘዛቸው አደረጉ ፋሲካንም አሰናዱ።

²⁰Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.

²⁰በመሸም ጊዜ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር በማዕድ ተቀመጠ።

²¹As they were eating, he said, “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.”

²¹ሲበሉም። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከእናንተ አንዱ እኔን አሳልፎ ይሰጣል አለ።

²²They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, “It isn’t me, is it, Lord?”

²²እጅግም አዝነው እያንዳንዱ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እኔ እሆንን? ይሉት ጀመር።

²³He answered, “He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me.

²³እርሱም መልሶ። ከእኔ ጋር እጁን በወጭቱ ያጠለቀ፥ እኔን አሳልፎ የሚሰጥ እርሱ ነው።

²⁴ The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”

²⁴የሰው ልጅስ ስለ እርሱ እንደ ተጻፈ ይሄዳል፥ ነገር ግን የሰው ልጅ አልፎ ለሚሰጥበት ለዚያ ሰው ወዮለት፤ ያ ሰው ባልተወለደ ይሻለው ነበር አለ።

²⁵Judas, who betrayed him, answered, “It isn’t me, is it, Rabbi?” He said to him, “You said it.”

²⁵አሳልፎ የሚሰጠው ይሁዳም መልሶ። መምህር ሆይ፥ እኔ እሆንን? አለ፤ አንተ አልህ አለው።

²⁶As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for TR reads “blessed” instead of “gave thanks for” it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”

²⁶ሲበሉም ኢየሱስ እንጀራን አንሥቶ ባረከ ቈርሶም ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሰጠና። እንካችሁ፥ ብሉ ይህ ሥጋዬ ነው አለ።

²⁷He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, “All of you drink it,

²⁷ጽዋንም አንሥቶ አመስግኖም ሰጣቸው እንዲህም አለ። ሁላችሁ ከእርሱ ጠጡ፤

²⁸ for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

²⁸ስለ ብዙዎች ለኃጢአት ይቅርታ የሚፈስ የአዲስ ኪዳን ደሜ ይህ ነው።

²⁹ But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s Kingdom.”

²⁹ነገር ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ በአባቴ መንግሥት ከእናንተ ጋር ከዚህ ከወይን ፍሬ አዲሱን እስከምጠጣበት እስከዚያ ቀን ድረስ ከዛሬ ጀምሬ አልጠጣውም።

³⁰When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

³⁰መዝሙርም ከዘመሩ በኋላ ወደ ደብረ ዘይት ወጡ።

³¹Then Jesus 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 of the flock will be scattered.’ Zechariah 13:7

³¹በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ። በዚች ሌሊት ሁላችሁ በእኔ ትሰናከላላችሁ፤ እረኛውን እመታለሁ የመንጋውም በጎች ይበተናሉ የሚል ተጽፎአልና፤

³² But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.”

³²ከተነሣሁ በኋላ ግን ወደ ገሊላ እቀድማችኋለሁ አላቸው።

³³But Peter answered him, “Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble.”

³³ጴጥሮስም መልሶ። ሁሉም በአንተ ቢሰናከሉ እኔ ከቶ አልሰናከልም አለው።

³⁴Jesus said to him, “Most certainly I tell you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

³⁴ኢየሱስ። እውነት እልሃለሁ፥ በዚች ሌሊት ዶሮ ሳይጮኽ ሦስት ጊዜ ትክደኛለህ አለው።

³⁵Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you.” All of the disciples also said likewise.

³⁵ጴጥሮስ። ከአንተ ጋር መሞት እንኳ የሚያስፈልገኝ ቢሆን፥ ከቶ አልክድህም አለው። ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁሉ ደግሞ እንደዚሁ አሉ።

³⁶Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go there and pray.”

³⁶በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ ከእነርሱ ጋር ጌቴሴማኒ ወደምትባል ስፍራ መጣ ደቀ መዛሙርቱንም። ወዲያ ሄጄ ስጸልይ ሳለ በዚህ ተቀመጡ አላቸው።

³⁷He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled.

³⁷ጴጥሮስንም ሁለቱንም የዘብዴዎስን ልጆች ወስዶ ሊያዝን ሊተክዝም ጀመር።

³⁸Then he said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me.”

³⁸ነፍሴ እስከ ሞት ድረስ እጅግ አዘነች፤ በዚህ ቆዩ ከእኔም ጋር ትጉ አላቸው።

³⁹He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

³⁹ጥቂትም ወደ ፊት እልፍ ብሎ በፊቱ ወደቀና ሲጸልይ። አባቴ፥ ቢቻልስ፥ ይህች ጽዋ ከእኔ ትለፍ፤ ነገር ግን አንተ እንደምትወድ ይሁን እንጂ እኔ እንደምወድ አይሁን አለ።

⁴⁰He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What, couldn’t you watch with me for one hour?

⁴⁰ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም መጣ፤ ተኝተውም አገኛቸውና ጴጥሮስን። እንዲሁም ከእኔ ጋር አንዲት ሰዓት እንኳ ልትተጉ አልቻላችሁምን?

⁴¹ Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

⁴¹ወደ ፈተና እንዳትገቡ ትጉና ጸልዩ፤ መንፈስስ ተዘጋጅታለች ሥጋ ግን ደካማ ነው አለው።

⁴²Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup can’t pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done.”

⁴²ደግሞ ሁለተኛ ሄዶ ጸለየና። አባቴ፥ ይህች ጽዋ ሳልጠጣት ታልፍ ዘንድ የማይቻል እንደ ሆነ፥ ፈቃድህ ትሁን አለ።

⁴³He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

⁴³ደግሞም መጥቶ ዓይኖቻቸው በእንቅልፍ ከብደው ነበርና ተኝተው አገኛቸው።

⁴⁴He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, saying the same words.

⁴⁴ደግሞም ትቶአቸው ሄደ፥ ሦስተኛም ያንኑ ቃል ደግሞ ጸለየ።

⁴⁵Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, “Sleep on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴⁵ከዚያ ወዲያ ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ መጥቶ። እንግዲህስ ተኙ ዕረፉም፤ እነሆ፥ ሰዓቲቱ ቀርባለች የሰው ልጅም በኃጢአተኞች እጅ አልፎ ይሰጣል።

⁴⁶ Arise, let’s be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand.”

⁴⁶ተነሡ፥ እንሂድ፤ እነሆ፥ አሳልፎ የሚሰጠኝ ቀርቦአል አላቸው።

⁴⁷While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priest and elders of the people.

⁴⁷ይህንም ገና ሲናገር፥ እነሆ፥ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ አንዱ ይሁዳ መጣ፥ ከእርሱም ጋር ብዙ ሕዝብ ሰይፍና ጐመድ ይዘው ከካህናት አለቆችና ከሕዝቡ ሽማግሎች ዘንድ መጡ።

⁴⁸Now he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, “Whoever I kiss, he is the one. Seize him.”

⁴⁸አሳልፎ የሚሰጠውም። የምስመው እርሱ ነው፤ ያዙት ብሎ ምልክት ሰጥቶአቸው ነበር።

⁴⁹Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, “Hail, Rabbi!” and kissed him.

⁴⁹ወዲያውም ወደ ኢየሱስ ቀረበና። መምህር ሆይ፥ ሰላም ለአንተ ይሁን ብሎ ሳመው።

⁵⁰Jesus said to him, “Friend, why are you here?” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

⁵⁰ኢየሱስም። ወዳጄ ሆይ፥ ለምን ነገር መጣህ? አለው። በዚያን ጊዜ ቀረቡ እጃቸውንም በኢየሱስ ላይ ጭነው ያዙት።

⁵¹Behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear.

⁵¹እነሆም፥ ከኢየሱስ ጋር ከነበሩት አንዱ እጁን ዘርግቶ ሰይፉን መዘዘና የሊቀ ካህናቱን ባሪያ መትቶ ጆሮውን ቈረጠው።

⁵²Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.

⁵²በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አለው። ሰይፍ የሚያነሡ ሁሉ በሰይፍ ይጠፋሉና ሰይፍህን ወደ ስፍራው መልስ።

⁵³ Or do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?

⁵³ወይስ አባቴን እንድለምን እርሱም አሁን ከአሥራ ሁለት ጭፍሮች የሚበዙ መላእክት እንዲሰድልኝ የማይቻል ይመስልሃልን?

⁵⁴ How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?”

⁵⁴እንዲህ ከሆነስ። እንደዚህ ሊሆን ይገባል የሚሉ መጻሕፍት እንዴት ይፈጸማሉ?

⁵⁵In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me.

⁵⁵በዚያን ሰዓት ኢየሱስ ለሕዝቡ። ወንበዴን እንደምትይዙ ሰይፍና ጐመድ ይዛችሁ ልትይዙኝ ወጣችሁን? በመቅደስ ዕለት ዕለት እያስተማርሁ ከእናንተ ጋር ስቀመጥ ሳለሁ አልያዛችሁኝም።

⁵⁶ But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him, and fled.

⁵⁶ነገር ግን ይህ ሁሉ የሆነ የነቢያት መጻሕፍት ይፈጸሙ ዘንድ ነው አለ። በዚያን ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁሉ ትተውት ሸሹ።

⁵⁷Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

⁵⁷ኢየሱስን የያዙትም ጻፎችና ሽማግሎች ወደ ተከማቹበት ወደ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ወደ ቀያፋ ወሰዱት።

⁵⁸But Peter followed him from a distance, to the court of the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the end.

⁵⁸ጴጥሮስ ግን እስከ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ግቢ ድረስ ሩቅ ሆኖ ተከተለው፥ የነገሩንም ፍጻሜ ያይ ዘንድ ወደ ውስጥ ገብቶ ከሎሌዎቹ ጋር ተቀመጠ።

⁵⁹Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

⁵⁹የካህናት አለቆችና ሽማግሎች ሸንጐውም ሁሉ እንዲገድሉት በኢየሱስ ላይ የሐሰት ምስክር ይፈልጉ ነበር፥ አላገኙም፤

⁶⁰and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward,

⁶⁰ብዙም የሐሰት ምስክሮች ምንም ቢቀርቡ አላገኙም።

⁶¹and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’”

⁶¹በኋላም ሁለት ቀርበው። ይህ ሰው። የእግዚአብሔርን ቤተ መቅደስ አፍርሼ በሦስት ቀን ልሠራው እችላለሁ ብሎአል አሉ።

⁶²The high priest stood up, and said to him, “Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?”

⁶²ሊቀ ካህናቱም ተነሥቶ። እነዚህ ለሚመሰክሩብህ አንድ ስንኳ አትመልስምን? አለው።

⁶³But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

⁶³ኢየሱስ ግን ዝም አለ። ሊቀ ካህናቱም። አንተ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ክርስቶስ የሆንህ እንደ ሆነ እንድትነግረን በሕያው እግዚአብሔር አምልሃለሁ አለው።

⁶⁴Jesus said to him, “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky.”

⁶⁴ኢየሱስም። አንተ አልህ ነገር ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ የሰው ልጅ በኃይል ቀኝ ሲቀመጥ በሰማይም ደመና ሲመጣ ታያላችሁ አለው።

⁶⁵Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.

⁶⁵በዚያን ጊዜ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ልብሱን ቀዶ። ተሳድቦአል እንግዲህ ወዲህ ምስክሮች ስለ ምን ያስፈልገናል? እነሆ፥ ስድቡን አሁን ሰምታችኋል፤ ምን ይመስላችኋል? አለ።

⁶⁶What do you think?” They answered, “He is worthy of death!”

⁶⁶እነርሱም። ሞት ይገባዋል ብለው መለሱ።

⁶⁷Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,

⁶⁷በዚያን ጊዜ በፊቱ ተፉበት፤ ጐሰሙትም፥ ሌሎችም በጥፊ መትተው። ክርስቶስ ሆይ፥ በጥፊ የመታህ ማን ነው?

⁶⁸saying, “Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?”

⁶⁸ትንቢት ተናገርልን አሉ።

⁶⁹Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, “You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!”

⁶⁹ጴጥሮስም ከቤት ውጭ በአጥሩ ግቢ ተቀምጦ ነበር፤ አንዲት ገረድም ወደ እርሱ ቀርባ። አንተ ደግሞ ከገሊላው ከኢየሱስ ጋር ነበርህ አለችው።

⁷⁰But he denied it before them all, saying, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”

⁷⁰እርሱ ግን። የምትዪውን አላውቀውም ብሎ በሁሉ ፊት ካደ።

⁷¹When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him, and said to those who were there, “This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.”

⁷¹ወደ በሩም ሲወጣ ሌላይቱ አየችውና በዚያ ላሉት። ይህ ደግሞ ከናዝሬቱ ከኢየሱስ ጋር ነበረ አለች።

⁷²Again he denied it with an oath, “I don’t know the man.”

⁷²ዳግመኛም ሲምል። ሰውየውን አላውቀውም ብሎ ካደ።

⁷³After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, “Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known.”

⁷³ጥቂትም ቈይተው በዚያ ቆመው የነበሩ ቀርበው ጴጥሮስን። አነጋገርህ ይገልጥሃልና በእውነት አንተ ደግሞ ከእነርሱ ወገን ነህ አሉት።

⁷⁴Then he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately the rooster crowed.

⁷⁴በዚያን ጊዜ። ሰውየውን አላውቀውም ብሎ ሊራገምና ሊምል ጀመረ። ወዲያውም ዶሮ ጮኸ።

⁷⁵Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” He went out and wept bitterly.

⁷⁵ጴጥሮስም። ዶሮ ሳይጮኽ ሦስት ጊዜ ትክደኛለህ ያለው የኢየሱስ ቃል ትዝ አለው፤ ወደ ውጭም ወጥቶ መራራ ልቅሶ አለቀሰ።