Was Jesus Reluctant?

Then Jesus left them a second time and prayed, “My Father! If this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will be done.” [Matthew 26.42]

I don't know if the New Living Translation is the only one that conveys this statement this way - frankly, it seems that it is.  What I do want to discuss today however is what it spoke to me on this day.

I have always wondered about Jesus pleading with God in prayer that He be spared the suffering of the Cross.  But just for a moment today, I almost got the idea from this particular translation of Matthew's account of the Gospel, that Jesus was asking God to spare all mankind of the impending suffering.  However, if that was not possible because that suffering was going to be suffered by someone, then Jesus offered Himself as the sole substitute for all mankind.

I realize it would take a lot of exegesis for my suggested meaning to be proven the accurate translation of this scripture, but it sure makes for better continuity with the whole of the Story of Redemption, than the popular understanding that Jesus, in a weak human moment, was begging for Himself to be spared.  If the other Gospel accounts didn't include the words "from me" when referring to Jesus praying that the suffering be withheld, it would make better Redemption sense!

Jesus' life, up to, and after the Garden of Gethsemane, never portrayed anything weak or cowardly.  However, it has always come across that this Garden episode revealed a chink in Jesus' armor - but I struggle to accept it that way.  I think we all need the understanding that, without exception, Jesus did what He did for us and on purpose and without reluctance.  Mankind was destined for suffering and Jesus was pleading with God that the sacrifice of His single life be accepted on behalf of all mankind for all time.

I guess I need to do some digging to make sure I am wrong on my theory here...

Father, I wish we had better understanding of the Bible and its translation.  Help me to learn what I can with what I have to learn with!