¹The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

¹ቴዎፍሎስ ሆይ፥ ኢየሱስ የመረጣቸውን ሐዋርያትን በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ካዘዛቸው በኋላ እስከ ዐረገበት ቀን ድረስ፥ ያደርገውና ያስተምረው ዘንድ ስለ ጀመረው ሁሉ መጀመሪያውን ነገር ጻፍሁ፤

²Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

³ደግሞ አርባ ቀን እየታያቸው ስለ እግዚአብሔርም መንግሥት ነገር እየነገራቸው፥ በብዙ ማስረጃ ከሕማማቱ በኋላ ሕያው ሆኖ ለእነርሱ ራሱን አሳያቸው።

³To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

⁴ከእነርሱም ጋር አብሮ ሳለ ከኢየሩሳሌም እንዳይወጡ አዘዛቸው፥ ነገር ግን። ከእኔ የሰማችሁትን አብ የሰጠውን የተስፋ ቃል ጠብቁ፤

⁴And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

⁵ዮሐንስ በውኃ አጥምቆ ነበርና፥ እናንተ ግን ከጥቂት ቀን በኃላ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ትጠመቃላችሁ አለ።

⁵For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

⁶እነርሱም በተሰበሰቡ ጊዜ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በዚህ ወራት ለእስራኤል መንግሥትን ትመልሳለህን? ብለው ጠየቁት።

⁶When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

⁷እርሱም። አብ በገዛ ሥልጣኑ ያደረገውን ወራትንና ዘመናትን ታውቁ ዘንድ ለእናንተ አልተሰጣችሁም፤

⁷And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

⁸ነገር ግን መንፈስ ቅዱስ በእናንተ ላይ በወረደ ጊዜ ኃይልን ትቀበላላችሁ፥ በኢየሩሳሌምም በይሁዳም ሁሉ በሰማርያም እስከ ምድር ዳርም ድረስ ምስክሮቼ ትሆናላችሁ አለ።

⁸But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

⁹ይህንም ከተናገረ በኋላ እነርሱ እያዩት ከፍ ከፍ አለ፤ ደመናም ከዓይናቸው ሰውራ ተቀበለችው።

⁹And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

¹⁰እርሱም ሲሄድ ወደ ሰማይ ትኵር ብለው ሲመለከቱ ሳሉ፥ እነሆ፥ ነጫጭ ልብስ የለበሱ ሁለት ሰዎች በአጠገባቸው ቆሙ፤

¹⁰And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

¹¹ደግሞም። የገሊላ ሰዎች ሆይ፥ ወደስማይ እየተመለከታችሁ ስለ ምን ቆማችኋል? ይህ ከእናንተ ወደ ሰማይ የወጣው ኢየሱስ ወደ ሰማይ ሲሄድ እንዳያችሁት፥ እንዲሁ ይመጣል አሉአቸው።

¹¹Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

¹²በዚያን ጊዜ ደብረ ዘይት ከሚባለው ተራራ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሱ፥ እርሱም ከኢየሩሳሌም የሰንበት መንገድ ያህል የራቀ ነው።

¹²Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

¹³በገቡም ጊዜ ወደሚኖሩበት ሰገነት ወጡ፥ ጴጥሮስና ዮሐንስም፥ ያዕቆብም፥ እንድርያስም፥ ፊልጶስም፥ ቶማስም፥ በርተሎሜዎስም፥ ማቴዎስም፥ የእልፍዮስ ልጅ ያዕቆብም፥ ቀናተኛ የሚባለው ስምዖንም፥ የያዕቆብ ልጅ ይሁዳም።

¹³And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

¹⁴እነዚህ ሁሉ ከሴቶችና ከኢየሱስ እናት ከማርያም ከወንድሞቹም ጋር በአንድ ልብ ሆነው ለጸሎት ይተጉ ነበር።

¹⁴These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

¹⁵በዚህም ወራት ጴጥሮስ መቶ ሀያ በሚያህል በሰዎች ማኅበር አብረው በነበሩ በወንድሞቹ መካከል ተነሥቶ አለ።

¹⁵And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

¹⁶ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ኢየሱስን ለያዙት መሪ ስለሆናቸው ስለ ይሁዳ መንፈስ ቅዱስ አስቀድሞ በዳዊት አፍ የተናገረው የመጽሐፍ ቃል ይፈጸም ዘንድ ይገባ ነበር፤

¹⁶Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

¹⁷ከእኛ ጋር ተቈጥሮ ነበርና፥ ለዚህም አገልግሎት ታድሎ ነበርና።

¹⁷For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

¹⁸ይህም ሰው በዓመፅ ዋጋ መሬት ገዛ በግንባሩም ተደፍቶ ከመካከሉ ተሰነጠቀ አንጀቱም ሁሉ ተዘረገፈ፤

¹⁸Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

¹⁹በኢየሩሳሌምም ለሚኖሩ ሁሉ ታወቀ፤ ስለዚህም ያ መሬት በቋንቋቸው አኬልዳማ ተብሎ ተጠራ፥ እርሱም የደም መሬት ማለት ነው።

¹⁹And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

²⁰በመዝሙር መጽሐፍ። መኖሪያው ምድረ በዳ ትሁን የሚኖርባትም አይኑር፤ ደግሞም። ሹመቱን ሌላ ይውሰዳት ተብሎ ተጽፎአልና።

²⁰For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

²¹ስለዚህ ከዮሐንስ ጥምቀት ጀምሮ ከእኛ ዘንድ እስካረገበት ቀን ድረስ፥ ጌታ ኢየሱስ በእኛ መካከል በገባበትና በወጣበት ዘመን ሁሉ ከእኛ ጋር አብረው ከነበሩት ሰዎች፥ ከእነዚህ አንዱ ከእኛ ጋር የትንሣኤው ምስክር ይሆን ዘንድ ይገባል።

²¹Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

²³ኢዮስጦስም የሚሉትን በርስያን የተባለውን ዮሴፍንና ማትያስን ሁለቱን አቆሙ።

²²Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

²⁴ሲጸልዩም። የሁሉን ልብ የምታውቅ አንተ ጌታ ሆይ፥ ይሁዳ ወደ ገዛ ራሱ ስፍራ ይሄድ ዘንድ በተዋት በዚህች አገልግሎትና ሐዋርያነት ስፍራን እንዲቀበል የመረጥኸውን ከእነዚህ ከሁለቱ አንዱን ሹመው አሉ።

²³And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

²⁶ዕጣም ተጣጣሉላቸው፥ ዕጣውም ለማትያስ ወደቀና ከአሥራ አንዱ ሐዋርያት ጋር ተቈጠረ።

²⁴And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

²⁵That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

²⁶And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.