የኢየሱስ ትንሣኤ
24፥1-10 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 28፥1-8፤ ማር 16፥1-8፤ ዮሐ 20፥1-8
1በሳምንቱ መጀመሪያ ቀን ሴቶቹ ያዘጋጁትን ሽቱ ይዘው እጅግ ማለዳ ሳለ ወደ መቃብሩ ሄዱ። 2ድንጋዩም ከመቃብሩ ደጃፍ ተንከባልሎ አገኙት፤ 3ወደ ውስጥ ዘልቀው በገቡ ጊዜ ግን የጌታ ኢየሱስን ሥጋ አላገኙም። 4በሁኔታው ግራ ተጋብተው ሳሉ፣ እነሆ፤ እጅግ የሚያንጸባርቅ ልብስ የለበሱ ሁለት ሰዎች ድንገት አጠገባቸው ቆሙ። 5ሴቶቹም ከመፍራታቸው የተነሣ ወደ ምድር አቀርቅረው ሳሉ፣ ሰዎቹ እንዲህ አሏቸው፤ “ሕያው የሆነውን እርሱን ለምን ከሙታን መካከል ትፈልጋላችሁ? 6እርሱ ተነሥቷል! እዚህ የለም፤ ደግሞም በገሊላ በነበረ ጊዜ ምን እንዳላችሁ አስታውሱ፤ 7‘የሰው ልጅ በኀጢአተኞች እጅ ዐልፎ ሊሰጥ፣ ሊሰቀልና በሦስተኛውም ቀን ሊነሣ ይገባል’ ብሎ ነበርና።” 8ሴቶቹም በዚህ ጊዜ ቃሉን አስታወሱ።
9ሴቶቹ ከመቃብሩ ስፍራ ተመልሰው ይህን ሁሉ ነገር ለዐሥራ አንዱና ለተቀሩት ሁሉ ነገሯቸው። 10ይህን ለሐዋርያት የነገሯቸውም፣ መግደላዊት ማርያም፣ ዮሐና፣ የያዕቆብ እናት ማርያምና ከእነርሱ ጋር የነበሩት ሌሎች ሴቶች ነበሩ። 11እነርሱ ግን ሴቶቹ የተናገሩት ቃል መቀባዠር ስለ መሰላቸው አላመኗቸውም። 12ጴጥሮስ ግን ተነሥቶ ወደ መቃብሩ ሮጠ፤ እዚያ ደርሶም ጐንበስ ብሎ ወደ ውስጥ ሲመለከት፣ በፍታው እንዳለ ለብቻው ተቀምጦ አየ፤ በሆነውም ነገር እየተገረመ ወደ ቤቱ ተመለሰ።
በኤማሁስ መንገድ ላይ
13በዚሁ ቀን ከደቀ መዛሙርት ሁለቱ፣ ከኢየሩሳሌም ዐሥራ አንድ ኪሎ ሜትር24፥13 ግሪኩ ስድሳ ምዕራፍ ይላል። ያህል ወደሚርቅ፣ ኤማሁስ ወደሚባል መንደር ይሄዱ ነበር፤ 14እነርሱም ስለ ሆነው ነገር ሁሉ እርስ በርስ ይነጋገሩ ነበር። 15እየተነጋገሩና እየተወያዩ ሳሉም ኢየሱስ ራሱ ቀርቦ ከእነርሱ ጋር ይሄድ ጀመር፤ 16ነገር ግን እንዳያውቁት ዐይናቸው ተይዞ ነበር።
17እርሱም፣ “እየሄዳችሁ፣ መንገድ ላይ እርስ በርስ እንዲህ የምትወያዩት ምንድን ነው?” አላቸው።
እነርሱም በሐዘን ክው ብለው ቆሙ። 18ከእነርሱም አንዱ፣ ቀለዮጳ የተባለው፣ “በእነዚህ ቀናት እዚህ በኢየሩሳሌም የሆነውን ነገር የማታውቅ፣ አንተ ብቻ ለአገሩ እንግዳ ነህን?” ሲል መለሰለት።
19እርሱም፣ “የሆነው ነገር ምንድን ነው?” አላቸው።
እነርሱም እንዲህ አሉት፤ “በእግዚአብሔርና በሰው ሁሉ ፊት በተግባርና በቃል ብርቱ ነቢይ ስለ ነበረው ስለ ናዝሬቱ ኢየሱስ ነው፤ 20እርሱን የካህናት አለቆችና ገዦቻችን ለሞት ፍርድ አሳልፈው ሰጡት፤ ሰቀሉትም። 21እኛ ግን እስራኤልን ይቤዣል ብለን ተስፋ ያደረግነው እርሱን ነበር፤ ከሁሉም በላይ ደግሞ፣ ይህ ከሆነ ዛሬ ሦስተኛው ቀን ነው። 22ደግሞም ከእኛው መካከል አንዳንድ ሴቶች አስገረሙን፤ እነርሱም ማልደው ወደ መቃብሩ ሄደው ነበር፤ 23ሥጋውንም ባጡ ጊዜ መጥተው እርሱ በሕይወት እንዳለ የነገሯቸውን መላእክት በራእይ እንዳዩ አወሩልን። 24ከእኛም መካከል አንዳንዶች ወደ መቃብሩ ሄደው፣ ልክ ሴቶቹ እንዳሉት ሆኖ አገኙት፤ እርሱን ግን አላዩትም።”
25እርሱም እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “እናንተ የማታስተውሉ ሰዎች፣ ልባችሁም ነቢያት የተናገሩትን ሁሉ ከማመን የዘገየ፣ 26ክርስቶስ24፥26 ወይም መሲሕ እንዲሁም 46 ይመ ይህን መከራ መቀበልና ወደ ክብሩም መግባት አይገባውምን?” 27ከሙሴና ከነቢያት ሁሉ ጀምሮ በቅዱሳት መጻሕፍት ስለ እርሱ የተጻፈውን አስረዳቸው።
28ወደሚሄዱበትም መንደር በተቃረቡ ጊዜ፣ ኢየሱስ ዐልፎ የሚሄድ መሰለ። 29እነርሱ ግን፣ “ምሽት እየተቃረበ፣ ቀኑም እየተገባደደ ስለሆነ ከእኛ ጋር ዕደር” ብለው አጥብቀው ለመኑት፤ ስለዚህ ከእነርሱ ጋር ለማደር ገባ።
30አብሯቸውም በማእድ በተቀመጠ ጊዜ፣ እንጀራውን አንሥቶ ባረከ፤ ቈርሶም ሰጣቸው። 31በዚህ ጊዜ ዐይናቸው ተከፈተ፤ ዐወቁትም፤ እርሱም ከእነርሱ ተሰወረ። 32እነርሱም፣ “በመንገድ ሳለን፣ እያነጋገረን ቅዱሳት መጻሕፍትንም ገልጦ ሲያስረዳን፣ ልባችን ይቃጠልብን አልነበረምን?” ተባባሉ።
33በዚያኑም ሰዓት ተነሥተው ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሱ፤ ዐሥራ አንዱና ከእነርሱ ጋር የነበሩትም በዚያ በአንድነት ተሰብስበው አገኟቸው፤ 34“እነርሱም ጌታ በርግጥ ተነሥቷል! ለስምዖንም ታይቷል” ይባባሉ ነበር። 35ሁለቱ ደቀ መዛሙርትም በመንገድ ላይ የሆነውንና ኢየሱስ እንጀራውን በቈረሰ ጊዜ እንዴት እንዳወቁት ተረኩላቸው።
ኢየሱስ ለደቀ መዛሙርት ተገለጠ
36ይህን እየተነጋገሩ ሳሉ፣ ኢየሱስ ራሱ በመካከላቸው ቆሞ፣ “ሰላም ለእናንተ ይሁን” አላቸው።
37እነርሱ ግን ደንግጠው በፍርሀት ተዋጡ፤ መንፈስም ያዩ መሰላቸው። 38እርሱም እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “ለምን ትጨነቃላችሁ? ለምንስ ጥርጣሬ በልባችሁ ይገባል? 39እጆቼንና እግሮቼን ተመልከቱ፤ እኔው ራሴ ነኝ። ደግሞም ንኩኝና እዩ፤ በእኔ እንደምታዩት መንፈስ ሥጋና ዐጥንት የለውምና።”
40ይህንም ብሎ እጆቹንና እግሮቹን አሳያቸው። 41እነርሱም ከመደሰትና ከመገረም የተነሣ ገና ሳያምኑ፣ “በዚያ ቦታ አንዳች የሚበላ ነገር አላችሁን?” አላቸው። 42እነርሱም ከተጠበሰ ዓሣ አንድ ቍራሽ ሰጡት፤ 43እርሱም ተቀብሎ በፊታቸው በላ።
44እርሱም፣ “ከእናንተ ጋር በነበርሁበት ጊዜ፣ ‘በሙሴ ሕግ፣ በነቢያትና በመዝሙር መጻሕፍት ስለ እኔ የተጻፈው ሁሉ ይፈጸም ዘንድ ይገባል’ ብዬ የነገርኋችሁ ቃሌ ይህ ነው” አላቸው።
45በዚህ ጊዜ ቅዱሳት መጻሕፍትን እንዲያስተውሉ አእምሯቸውን ከፈተላቸው፤ 46እንዲህም አላቸው፤ “ ‘እንዲህ ተብሎ ተጽፏል፤ ክርስቶስ መከራን ይቀበላል፤ በሦስተኛውም ቀን ከሙታን ይነሣል፤ 47ከኢየሩሳሌም ጀምሮ ለሕዝቦች ሁሉ ንስሓና የኀጢአት ስርየት በስሙ ይሰበካል፤’ 48እናንተም ለዚህ ምስክሮች ናችሁ። 49እኔም አባቴ የሰጠውን ተስፋ እልክላችኋለሁ፤ እናንተ ግን ከላይ ኀይል እስክትለብሱ ድረስ በኢየሩሳሌም ከተማ ቈዩ።”
የኢየሱስ ዕርገት
50ከዚህ በኋላ እስከ ቢታንያ ይዟቸው ወጣ፤ እጆቹንም አንሥቶ ባረካቸው። 51እየባረካቸውም ሳለ፣ ከእነርሱ ተለይቶ ወደ ሰማይ ዐረገ። 52እነርሱም ሰገዱለት፤ በታላቅ ደስታም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሱ፤ 53እግዚአብሔርንም እያመሰገኑ ዘወትር በቤተ መቅደስ ነበሩ።
Jesus has risen
1On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, ‘Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7“The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.” ’ 8Then they remembered his words.
9When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
On the road to Emmaus
13Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles24:13 Or about 11 kilometres from Jerusalem. 14They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16but they were kept from recognising him.
17He asked them, ‘What are you discussing together as you walk along?’
They stood still, their faces downcast. 18One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, ‘Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?’
19‘What things?’ he asked.
‘About Jesus of Nazareth,’ they replied. ‘He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 20The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 21but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. 22In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning 23but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. 24Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.’
25He said to them, ‘How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?’ 27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
28As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going further. 29But they urged him strongly, ‘Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.’ So he went in to stay with them.
30When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31Then their eyes were opened and they recognised him, and he disappeared from their sight. 32They asked each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?’
33They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together 34and saying, ‘It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.’ 35Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognised by them when he broke the bread.
Jesus appears to the disciples
36While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’
37They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. 38He said to them, ‘Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? 39Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.’
40When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. 41And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, ‘Do you have anything here to eat?’ 42They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43and he took it and ate it in their presence.
44He said to them, ‘This is what I told you while I was still with you: everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.’
45Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46He told them, ‘This is what is written: the Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48You are witnesses of these things. 49I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.’
The ascension of Jesus
50When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. 51While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. 52Then they worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. 53And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.
