የመጨረሻው እራት

በቂጣው በዓል በመጀመሪያ ቀን ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ወደ ኢየሱስ ቀርበው። ፋሲካን ትበላ ዘንድ ወዴት ልናሰናዳልህ ትወዳለህ አሉት። እርሱም። ወደ ከተማ ከእገሌ ዘንድ ሄዳችሁ። መምህር። ጊዜዬ ቀርቦአል፤ ከደቀ መዛሙርቴ ጋር ከአንተ ዘንድ ፋሲካን አደርጋለሁ ይላል በሉት አለ። ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ኢየሱስ እንዳዘዛቸው አደረጉ ፋሲካንም አሰናዱ። በመሸም ጊዜ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር በማዕድ ተቀመጠ። ሲበሉም። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከእናንተ አንዱ እኔን አሳልፎ ይሰጣል አለ። እጅግም አዝነው እያንዳንዱ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እኔ እሆንን? ይሉት ጀመር። እርሱም መልሶ። ከእኔ ጋር እጁን በወጭቱ ያጠለቀ፥ እኔን አሳልፎ የሚሰጥ እርሱ ነው። የሰው ልጅስ ስለ እርሱ እንደ ተጻፈ ይሄዳል፥ ነገር ግን የሰው ልጅ አልፎ ለሚሰጥበት ለዚያ ሰው ወዮለት፤ ያ ሰው ባልተወለደ ይሻለው ነበር አለ። አሳልፎ የሚሰጠው ይሁዳም መልሶ። መምህር ሆይ፥ እኔ እሆንን? አለ፤ አንተ አልህ አለው። ሲበሉም ኢየሱስ እንጀራን አንሥቶ ባረከ ቈርሶም ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሰጠና። እንካችሁ፥ ብሉ ይህ ሥጋዬ ነው አለ። ጽዋንም አንሥቶ አመስግኖም ሰጣቸው እንዲህም አለ። ሁላችሁ ከእርሱ ጠጡ፤ ስለ ብዙዎች ለኃጢአት ይቅርታ የሚፈስ የአዲስ ኪዳን ደሜ ይህ ነው። ነገር ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ በአባቴ መንግሥት ከእናንተ ጋር ከዚህ ከወይን ፍሬ አዲሱን እስከምጠጣበት እስከዚያ ቀን ድረስ ከዛሬ ጀምሬ አልጠጣውም።

On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’” So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover. When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve. And while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.” They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?” Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.” Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely you don’t mean me, Rabbi?” Jesus answered, “You have said so.” While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”