¹Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

¹ሲነጋም የካህናት አለቆችና የሕዝቡ ሽማግሎች ሁሉ ሊገድሉት በኢየሱስ ላይ ተማከሩ፤

²and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

²አስረውም ወሰዱት፥ ለገዢው ለጴንጤናዊው ጲላጦስም አሳልፈው ሰጡት።

³Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

³በዚያን ጊዜ አሳልፎ የሰጠው ይሁዳ እንደ ተፈረደበት አይቶ ተጸጸተ፥ ሠላሳውንም ብር ለካህናት አለቆችና ለሽማግሎች መልሶ።

⁴saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”

⁴ንጹሕ ደም አሳልፌ በመስጠቴ በድያለሁ አለ። እነርሱ ግን። እኛስ ምን አግዶን? አንተው ተጠንቀቅ አሉ።

⁵He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.

⁵ብሩንም በቤተ መቅደስ ጥሎ ሄደና ታንቆ ሞተ።

⁶The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.”

⁶የካህናት አለቆችም ብሩን አንሥተው። የደም ዋጋ ነውና ወደ መባ ልንጨምረው አልተፈቀደም አሉ።

⁷They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them, to bury strangers in.

⁷ተማክረውም የሸክላ ሠሪውን መሬት ለእንግዶች መቃብር ገዙበት።

⁸Therefore that field was called “The Field of Blood” to this day.

⁸ስለዚህ ያ መሬት እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ የደም መሬት ተባለ።

⁹Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah some manuscripts omit “Jeremiah” the prophet was fulfilled, saying, “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced,

⁹በዚያን ጊዜ በነቢዩ በኤርምያስ የተባለው። ከእስራኤል ልጆችም አንዳንዶቹ የገመቱትን፥ የተገመተውን ዋጋ ሠላሳ ብር ያዙ፥

¹⁰and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.” Zechariah 11:12-13; Jeremiah 19:1-13; 32:6-9

¹⁰ጌታም እንዳዘዘኝ ስለ ሸክላ ሠሪ መሬት ሰጡት። የሚል ተፈጸመ።

¹¹Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “So you say.”

¹¹ኢየሱስም በገዢው ፊት ቆመ፤ ገዢውም። የአይሁድ ንጉሥ አንተ ነህን? ብሎ ጠየቀው፤ ኢየሱስም። አንተ አልህ አለው።

¹²When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

¹²የካህናት አለቆችም ሽማግሎችም ሲከሱት ምንም አልመለሰም።

¹³Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many things they testify against you?”

¹³በዚያን ጊዜ ጲላጦስ። ስንት ያህል እንዲመሰክሩብህ አትሰማምን? አለው።

¹⁴He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.

¹⁴ገዢውም እጅግ እስኪደነቅ ድረስ አንዲት ቃል ስንኳ አልመለሰለትም።

¹⁵Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.

¹⁵በዚያም በዓል ሕዝቡ የወደዱትን አንድ እስረኛ ሊፈታላቸው ለገዢው ልማድ ነበረው።

¹⁶They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

¹⁶በዚያን ጊዜም በርባን የሚባል በጣም የታወቀ እስረኛ ነበራቸው።

¹⁷When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?”

¹⁷እንግዲህ እነርሱ ተሰብስበው ሳሉ ጲላጦስ። በርባንን ወይስ ክርስቶስ የተባለውን ኢየሱስን ማንኛውን ልፈታላችሁ ትወዳላችሁ? አላቸው፤

¹⁸For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

¹⁸በቅንዓት አሳልፈው እንደ ሰጡት ያውቅ ነበርና።

¹⁹While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.”

¹⁹እርሱም በፍርድ ወንበር ተቀምጦ ሳለ ሚስቱ። ስለ እርሱ ዛሬ በሕልም እጅግ መከራ ተቀብያለሁና በዚያ ጻድቅ ሰው ምንም አታድርግ ብላ ላከችበት።

²⁰Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

²⁰የካህናት አለቆችና ሽማግሎች ግን በርባንን እንዲለምኑ ኢየሱስን ግን እንዲያጠፉ ሕዝቡን አባበሉ።

²¹But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas!”

²¹ገዢውም መልሶ። ከሁለቱ ማንኛውን ልፈታላችሁ ትወዳላችሁ? አላቸው፤ እነርሱም። በርባንን አሉ።

²²Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?” They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”

²²ጲላጦስ። ክርስቶስ የተባለውን ኢየሱስን እንግዲህ ምን ላድርገው? አላቸው፤ ሁሉም። ይሰቀል አሉ።

²³But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, saying, “Let him be crucified!”

²³ገዢውም። ምን ነው? ያደረገው ክፋት ምንድር ነው? አለ፤ እነርሱ ግን። ይሰቀል እያሉ ጩኸት አበዙ።

²⁴So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”

²⁴ጲላጦስም ሁከት እንዲጀመር እንጂ አንዳች እንዳይረባ ባየ ጊዜ፥ ውኃ አንሥቶ። እኔ ከዚህ ጻድቅ ሰው ደም ንጹሕ ነኝ፤ እናንተ ተጠንቀቁ ሲል በሕዝቡ ፊት እጁን ታጠበ።

²⁵All the people answered, “May his blood be on us, and on our children!”

²⁵ሕዝቡም ሁሉ መልሰው። ደሙ በእኛና በልጆቻችን ላይ ይሁን አሉ።

²⁶Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.

²⁶በዚያን ጊዜ በርባንን ፈታላቸው፥ ኢየሱስን ግን ገርፎ ሊሰቀል አሳልፎ ሰጠ።

²⁷Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.

²⁷በዚያን ጊዜ የገዢው ወታደሮች ኢየሱስን ወደ ገዢው ግቢ ውስጥ ወሰዱት ጭፍራውንም ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ አከማቹ።

²⁸They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.

²⁸ልብሱንም ገፈው ቀይ ልብስ አለበሱት፥

²⁹They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

²⁹ከእሾህም አክሊል ጎንጉነው በራሱ ላይ፥ በቀኝ እጁም መቃ አኖሩ፥ በፊቱም ተንበርክከው። የአይሁድ ንጉሥ ሆይ፥ ሰላም ለአንተ ይሁን እያሉ ዘበቱበት፤

³⁰They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.

³⁰ተፉበትም መቃውንም ይዘው ራሱን መቱት።

³¹When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

³¹ከዘበቱበትም በኋላ ቀዩን ልብስ ገፈፉት፥ ልብሱንም አለበሱት ሊሰቅሉትም ወሰዱት።

³²As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.

³²ሲወጡም ስምዖን የተባለው የቀሬናን ሰው አገኙ፤ እርሱንም መስቀሉን ይሸከም ዘንድ አስገደዱት።

³³They came to a place called “Golgotha,” that is to say, “The place of a skull.”

³³ትርጓሜው የራስ ቅል ስፍራ ወደሚሆን ጎልጎታ ወደሚባለው ስፍራ በደረሱ ጊዜም፥

³⁴They gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.

³⁴በሐሞት የተደባለቀ የወይን ጠጅ ሊጠጣ አቀረቡለት፤ ቀምሶም ሊጠጣው አልወደደም።

³⁵When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots, TR adds “that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: ‘They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots;’” [see Psalm 22:18 and John 19:24]

³⁵ከሰቀሉትም በኋላ ልብሱን ዕጣ ጥለው ተካፈሉ፥

³⁶and they sat and watched him there.

³⁶በዚያም ተቀምጠው ይጠብቁት ነበር።

³⁷They set up over his head the accusation against him written, “THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

³⁷ይህ ኢየሱስ የአይሁድ ንጉሥ ነው የሚል የክሱን ጽሕፈት ከራሱ በላይ አኖሩ።

³⁸Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.

³⁸በዚያን ጊዜ ሁለት ወንበዶች አንዱ በቀኝ አንዱም በግራ ከእርሱ ጋር ተሰቀሉ።

³⁹Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,

³⁹የሚያልፉትም ራሳቸውን እየነቀነቁ ይሰድቡት ነበርና።

⁴⁰and saying, “You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

⁴⁰ቤተ መቅደስን የምታፈርስ በሦስት ቀንም የምትሠራው፥ ራስህን አድን፤ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅስ ከሆንህ ከመስቀል ውረድ አሉት።

⁴¹Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, TR omits “the Pharisees” and the elders, said,

⁴¹እንዲሁም ደግሞ የካህናት አለቆች ከጻፎችና ከሽማግሎች ጋር እየዘበቱበት እንዲህ አሉ።

⁴²“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

⁴²ሌሎችን አዳነ፥ ራሱን ሊያድን አይችልም፤ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ከሆነ፥ አሁን ከመስቀል ይውረድ እኛም እናምንበታለን።

⁴³He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

⁴³በእግዚአብሔር ታምኖአል፤ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነኝ ብሎአልና ከወደደውስ አሁን ያድነው።

⁴⁴The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.

⁴⁴ከእርሱ ጋር የተሰቀሉት ወንበዶች ደግሞ ያንኑ እያሉ ይነቅፉት ነበር።

⁴⁵Now from the sixth hour noon there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 3:00 P. M.

⁴⁵ከስድስት ሰዓትም ጀምሮ እስከ ዘጠኝ ሰዓት ድረስ በምድር ሁሉ ላይ ጨለማ ሆነ።

⁴⁶About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima TR reads “lama” instead of “lima” sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Psalm 22:1

⁴⁶በዘጠኝ ሰዓትም ኢየሱስ። ኤሎሄ ኤሎሄ ላማ ሰበቅታኒ? ብሎ በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኸ። ይህም። አምላኬ አምላኬ፥ ስለ ምን ተውኸኝ? ማለት ነው።

⁴⁷Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.”

⁴⁷በዚያም ከቆሙት ሰዎች ሰምተው። ይህስ ኤልያስን ይጠራል አሉ።

⁴⁸Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.

⁴⁸ወዲያውም ከእነርሱ አንዱ ሮጠ፤ ሰፍነግም ይዞ ሆምጣጤ ሞላበት፥ በመቃም አድርጎ አጠጣው።

⁴⁹The rest said, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.”

⁴⁹ሌሎቹ ግን። ተው፥ ኤልያስ መጥቶ ያድነው እንደ ሆነ እንይ አሉ።

⁵⁰Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.

⁵⁰ኢየሱስም ሁለተኛ በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኾ ነፍሱን ተወ።

⁵¹Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.

⁵¹እነሆም፥ የቤተ መቅደስ መጋረጃ ከላይ እስከ ታች ከሁለት ተቀደደ፥ ምድርም ተናወጠች፥ ዓለቶችም ተሰነጠቁ፤

⁵²The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

⁵²መቃብሮችም ተከፈቱ፥ ተኝተው ከነበሩትም ከቅዱሳን ብዙ ሥጋዎች ተነሡ፤

⁵³and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.

⁵³ከትንሣኤውም በኋላ ከመቃብሮች ወጥተው ወደ ቅድስት ከተማ ገቡና ለብዙዎች ታዩ።

⁵⁴Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

⁵⁴የመቶ አለቃም ከእርሱም ጋር ኢየሱስን የሚጠብቁ መናወጡንና የሆነውን ነገር አይተው። ይህ በእውነት የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነበረ ብለው እጅግ ፈሩ።

⁵⁵Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.

⁵⁵ኢየሱስን እያገለገሉ ከገሊላ የተከተሉት ብዙ ሴቶች በሩቅ ሆነው ሲመለከቱ በዚያ ነበሩ፤

⁵⁶Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

⁵⁶ከእነርሱም መግደላዊት ማርያምና የያዕቆብና የዮሳ እናት ማርያም የዘብዴዎስም የልጆቹ እናት ነበሩ።

⁵⁷When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus’ disciple came.

⁵⁷በመሸም ጊዜ ዮሴፍ የተባለው ባለ ጠጋ ሰው ከአርማትያስ መጣ፥ እርሱም ደግሞ የኢየሱስ ደቀ መዝሙር ነበረ፤

⁵⁸This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.

⁵⁸ይኸውም ወደ ጲላጦስ ቀርቦ የኢየሱስን ሥጋ ለመነው።

⁵⁹Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

⁵⁹ጲላጦስም እንዲሰጡት አዘዘ። ዮሴፍም ሥጋውን ይዞ በንጹሕ በፍታ ከፈነው፥

⁶⁰and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.

⁶⁰ከዓለት በወቀረው በአዲሱ መቃብርም አኖረው፥ በመቃብሩም ደጃፍ ታላቅ ድንጋይ አንከባሎ ሄደ።

⁶¹Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

⁶¹መግደላዊት ማርያምም ሁለተኛይቱም ማርያም በመቃብሩ አንጻር ተቀምጠው በዚያ ነበሩ።

⁶²Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

⁶²በማግሥቱም ከመዘጋጀት በኋላ በሚሆነው ቀን፥ የካህናት አለቆችና ፈሪሳውያን ወደ ጲላጦስ ተሰበሰቡና።

⁶³saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’

⁶³ጌታ ሆይ፥ ያ አሳች በሕይወቱ ገና ሳለ። ከሦስት ቀን በኋላ እነሣለሁ እንዳለ ትዝ አለን።

⁶⁴Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, ‘He is risen from the dead;’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

⁶⁴እንግዲህ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ መጥተው በሌሊት እንዳይሰርቁት ለሕዝቡም። ከሙታን ተነሣ እንዳይሉ፥ የኋለኛይቱ ስሕተት ከፊተኛይቱ ይልቅ የከፋች ትሆናለችና መቃብሩ እስከ ሦስተኛ ቀን ድረስ እንዲጠበቅ እዘዝ አሉት።

⁶⁵Pilate said to them, “You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.”

⁶⁵ጲላጦስም። ጠባቆች አሉአችሁ፤ ሄዳችሁ እንዳወቃችሁ አስጠብቁ አላቸው።

⁶⁶So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.

⁶⁶እነርሱም ሄደው ከጠባቆች ጋር ድንጋዩን አትመው መቃብሩን አስጠበቁ።