| Vers | Amharic NT | English: King James Version |
| 1 | በመጀመሪያው ቃል ነበረ፥ ቃልም በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ነበረ፥ ቃልም እግዚአብሔር ነበረ። | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
| 2 | ይህ በመጀመሪያው በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ነበረ። | The same was in the beginning with God. |
| 3 | ሁሉ በእርሱ ሆነ፥ ከሆነውም አንዳች ስንኳ ያለ እርሱ አልሆነም። | All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. |
| 4 | በእርሱ ሕይወት ነበረች፥ ሕይወትም የሰው ብርሃን ነበረች። | In him was life; and the life was the light of men. |
| 5 | ብርሃንም በጨለማ ይበራል፥ ጨለማም አላሸነፈውም። | And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. |
| 6 | ከእግዚአብሔር የተላከ ስሙ ዮሐንስ የሚባል አንድ ሰው ነበረ፤ | There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. |
| 7 | ሁሉ በእርሱ በኩል እንዲያምኑ ይህ ስለ ብርሃን ይመሰክር ዘንድ ለምስክር መጣ። | The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. |
| 8 | ስለ ብርሃን ሊመሰክር መጣ እንጂ፥ እርሱ ብርሃን አልነበረም። | He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. |
| 9 | ለሰው ሁሉ የሚያበራው እውነተኛው ብርሃን ወደ ዓለም ይመጣ ነበር። | That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. |
| 10 | በዓለም ነበረ፥ ዓለሙም በእርሱ ሆነ፥ ዓለሙም አላወቀውም። | He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. |
| 11 | የእርሱ ወደ ሆነው መጣ፥ የገዛ ወገኖቹም አልተቀበሉትም። | He came unto his own, and his own received him not. |
| 12 | ለተቀበሉት ሁሉ ግን፥ በስሙ ለሚያምኑት ለእነርሱ የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ይሆኑ ዘንድ ሥልጣንን ሰጣቸው፤ | But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: |
| 13 | እነርሱም ከእግዚአብሔር ተወለዱ እንጂ ከደም ወይም ከሥጋ ፈቃድ ወይም ከወንድ ፈቃድ አልተወለዱም። | Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. |
| 14 | ቃልም ሥጋ ሆነ፤ ጸጋንና እውነትንም ተመልቶ በእኛ አደረ፥ አንድ ልጅም ከአባቱ ዘንድ እንዳለው ክብር የሆነው ክብሩን አየን። | And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. |
| 15 | ዮሐንስ ስለ እርሱ መሰከረ እንዲህም ብሎ ጮኸ። ከእኔ በኋላ የሚመጣው እርሱ ከእኔ በፊት ነበረና ከእኔ ይልቅ የከበረ ሆኖአል፤ ስለ እርሱ ያልሁት ይህ ነበረ። | John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. |
| 16 | እኛ ሁላችን ከሙላቱ ተቀብለን በጸጋ ላይ ጸጋ ተሰጥቶናልና ሕግ በሙሴ ተሰጥቶ ነበርና፤ | And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. |
| 17 | ጸጋና እውነት ግን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሆነ። | For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. |
| 18 | መቼም ቢሆን እግዚአብሔርን ያየው አንድ ስንኳ የለም፤ በአባቱ እቅፍ ያለ አንድ ልጁ እርሱ ተረከው። | No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. |
| 19 | አይሁድም። አንተ ማን ነህ? ብለው ይጠይቁት ዘንድ ከኢየሩሳሌም ካህናትንና ሌዋውያንን በላኩበት ጊዜ፥ የዮሐንስ ምስክርነት ይህ ነው። | And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? |
| 20 | መሰከረም አልካደምም፤ እኔ ክርስቶስ አይደለሁም ብሎ መሰከረ። | And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. |
| 21 | እንኪያስ ማን ነህ? ኤልያስ ነህን? ብለው ጠየቁት። አይደለሁም አለ። ነቢዩ ነህን? አይደለሁም ብሎ መለሰ። | And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. |
| 22 | እንኪያስ። ማን ነህ? ለላኩን መልስ እንድንሰጥ፤ ስለራስህ ምን ትላለህ? አሉት። | Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? |
| 23 | እርሱም። ነቢዩ ኢሳይያስ እንዳለ። የጌታን መንገድ አቅኑ ብሎ በምድረ በዳ የሚጮኽ ሰው ድምፅ እኔ ነኝ አለ። | He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. |
| 24 | የተላኩትም ከፈሪሳውያን ነበሩና። እንኪያስ አንተ ክርስቶስ ወይም ኤልያስ ወይም ነቢዩ ካይደለህ፥ ስለ ምን ታጠምቃለህ? ብለው ጠየቁት። | And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. |
| 26 | ዮሐንስ መልሶ። እኔ በውኃ አጠምቃለሁ፤ ዳሩ ግን እናንተ የማታውቁት በመካከላችሁ ቆሞአል፤ | John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; |
| 27 | እኔ የጫማውን ጠፍር ልፈታ የማይገባኝ፥ ከእኔ በኋላ የሚመጣው ከእኔ ይልቅ የሚከብር ይህ ነው አላቸው። | He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. |
| 28 | ይህ ነገር ዮሐንስ ያጠምቅበት በነበረው በዮርዳኖስ ማዶ በቢታንያ በቤተ ራባ ሆነ። | These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. |
| 29 | በነገው ዮሐንስ ኢየሱስን ወደ እርሱ ሲመጣ አይቶ እንዲህ አለ። እነሆ የዓለምን ኃጢአት የሚያስወግድ የእግዚአብሔር በግ። | The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. |
| 30 | አንድ ሰው ከእኔ በኋላ ይመጣል፥ ከእኔም በፊት ነበርና ከእኔ ይልቅ የከበረ ሆኖአል ብዬ ስለ እርሱ ያልሁት ይህ ነው። | This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. |
| 31 | እኔም አላውቀውም ነበር፥ ዳሩ ግን ለእስራኤል ይገለጥ ዘንድ ስለዚህ በውኃ እያጠመቅሁ እኔ መጣሁ። | And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. |
| 32 | ዮሐንስም እንዲህ ብሎ መሰከረ። መንፈስ ከሰማይ እንደ ርግብ ሆኖ ሲወርድ አየሁ፤ በእርሱ ላይም ኖረ። | And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. |
| 33 | እኔም አላውቀውም ነበር፥ ዳሩ ግን በውኃ አጠምቅ ዘንድ የላከኝ እርሱ። መንፈስ ሲወርድበትና ሲኖርበት የምታየው፥ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ የሚያጠምቅ እርሱ ነው አለኝ። | And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. |
| 34 | እኔም አይቻለሁ እርሱም የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆነ መስክሬአለሁ። | And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. |
| 35 | በነገው ደግሞ ዮሐንስ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱም ሁለት ቆመው ነበር፥ | Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; |
| 36 | ኢየሱስም ሲሄድ ተመልክቶ። እነሆ የእግዚአብሔር በግ አለ። | And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! |
| 37 | ሁለቱም ደቀ መዛሙርት ሲናገር ሰምተው ኢየሱስን ተከተሉት። | And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. |
| 38 | ኢየሱስም ዘወር ብሎ ሲከተሉትም አይቶ። ምን ትፈልጋላችሁ? አላቸው። እነርሱም። ረቢ፥ ወዴት ትኖራለህ? አሉት፤ ትርጓሜው መምህር ሆይ ማለት ነው። | Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? |
| 40 | መጥታችሁ እዩ አላቸው። መጥተው የሚኖርበትን አዩ፥ በዚያም ቀን በእርሱ ዘንድ ዋሉ፤ አሥር ሰዓት ያህል ነበረ። | One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. |
| 41 | ከዮሐንስ ዘንድ ሰምተው ከተከተሉት ከሁለቱ አንዱ የስምዖን ጴጥሮስ ወንድም እንድርያስ ነበረ። | He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. |
| 42 | እርሱ አስቀድሞ የራሱን ወንድም ስምዖንን አገኘውና። መሢሕን አግኝተናል አለው፤ ትርጓሜውም ክርስቶስ ማለት ነው። | And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone. |
| 43 | ወደ ኢየሱስም አመጣው። ኢየሱስም ተመልክቶ። አንተ የዮና ልጅ ስምዖን ነህ፤ አንተ ኬፋ ትባላለህ አለው፤ ትርጓሜው ጴጥሮስ ማለት ነው። | The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. |
| 44 | በነገው ኢየሱስ ወደ ገሊላ ሊወጣ ወደደ፥ ፊልጶስንም አገኘና። ተከተለኝ አለው። | Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. |
| 45 | ፊልጶስም ከእንድርያስና ከጴጥሮስ ከተማ ከቤተ ሳይዳ ነበረ። | Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. |
| 46 | ፊልጶስ ናትናኤልን አግኝቶ። ሙሴ በሕግ ነቢያትም ስለ እርሱ የጻፉትን የዮሴፍን ልጅ የናዝሬቱን ኢየሱስን አግኝተነዋል አለው። | And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. |
| 47 | ናትናኤልም። ከናዝሬት መልካም ነገር ሊወጣ ይችላልን? አለው። ፊልጶስ። መጥተህ እይ አለው። | Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! |
| 48 | ኢየሱስ ናትናኤልን ወደ እርሱ ሲመጣ አይቶ ስለ እርሱ። ተንኰል የሌለበት በእውነት የእስራኤል ሰው እነሆ አለ። | Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. |
| 49 | ናትናኤልም። ከወዴት ታውቀኛለህ? አለው። ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ፊልጶስ ሳይጠራህ፥ ከበለስ በታች ሳለህ፥ አየሁህ አለው። | Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. |
| 50 | ናትናኤልም መልሶ። መምህር ሆይ፥ አንተ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነህ፤ አንተ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ነህ አለው። | Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. |
| 51 | ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ከበለስ በታች አየሁህ ስላልሁህ አመንህን? ከዚህ የሚበልጥ ነገር ታያለህ አለው። | And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. |
| 52 | እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ሰማይ ሲከፈት የእግዚአብሔርም መላእክት በሰው ልጅ ላይ ሲወጡና ሲወርዱ ታያላችሁ አለው። | |
| 25 | And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? | |
| 39 | He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour. |