¹And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

¹ሐዋርያትና በይሁዳም የነበሩት ወንድሞች አሕዛብ ደግሞ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እንደ ተቀበሉ ሰሙ።

²And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,

²ጴጥሮስም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም በወጣ ጊዜ ከተገረዙት ወገን የሆኑት ሰዎች ከእርሱ ጋር ተከራክረው።

³Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

³ወዳልተገረዙ ሰዎች ገብተህ ከእነርሱ ጋር በላህ አሉት።

⁴But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,

⁴ጴጥሮስ ግን ከመጀመሪያው ጀምሮ በተራ ገለጠላቸው እንዲህም አለ።

⁵I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:

⁵እኔ በኢዮጴ ከተማ ስጸልይ ሳለሁ ተመስጬ ራእይን አየሁ፤ ታላቅ ሸማ የመሰለ ዕቃ በአራት ማዕዘን ተይዞ ከሰማይ ወረደና ወደ እኔ መጣ፤

⁶Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

⁶ይህንም ትኵር ብዬ ስመለከት አራት እግር ያላቸውን የምድር እንስሶች አራዊትንም ተንቀሳቃሾችንም የሰማይ ወፎችንም አየሁ።

⁷And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.

⁷ጴጥሮስ ሆይ፥ ተነሣና አርደህ ብላ የሚለኝንም ድምፅ ሰማሁ።

⁸But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

⁸እኔም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አይሆንም፤ ርኵስ ወይም የሚያስጸይፍ ከቶ ወደ አፌ ገብቶ አያውቅምና አልሁ።

⁹But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

⁹ሁለተኛም። እግዚአብሔር ያነጻውን አንተ አታርክሰው የሚል ድምፅ ከሰማይ መለሰልኝ።

¹⁰And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹⁰ይህም ሦስት ጊዜ ሆነ እንደ ገናም ሁሉ ወደ ሰማይ ተሳበ።

¹¹And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.

¹¹እነሆም፥ ያን ጊዜ ሦስት ሰዎች ከቂሣርያ ወደ እኔ ተልከው ወዳለሁበት ቤት ቀረቡ።

¹²And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:

¹²መንፈስም ሳልጠራጠር ከእነርሱ ጋር እሄድ ዘንድ ነገረኝ። እነዚህም ስድስቱ ወንድሞች ደግሞ ከእኔ ጋር መጡ ወደዚያ ሰውም ቤት ገባን።

¹³And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;

¹³እርሱም መልአክ በቤቱ ቆሞ እንዳየና። ወደ ኢዮጴ ሰዎች ልከህ ጴጥሮስ የተባለውን ስምዖንን አስመጣ፤

¹⁴Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.

¹⁴እርሱም አንተና የቤትህ ሰዎች ሁሉ የምትድኑበትን ነገር ይነግርሃል እንዳለው ነገረን።

¹⁵And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

¹⁵ለመናገርም በጀመርሁ ጊዜ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ለእኛ ደግሞ በመጀመሪያ እንደ ወረደ ለእነርሱ ወረደላቸው።

¹⁶Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

¹⁶ዮሐንስ በውኃ አጠመቀ እናንተ ግን በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ትጠመቃላችሁ ያለውም የጌታ ቃል ትዝ አለኝ።

¹⁷Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

¹⁷እንግዲህ እግዚአብሔር በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ላመነው ለእኛ ደግሞ እንደ ሰጠን ያን ስጦታ ለእነርሱ ከሰጠ፥ እግዚአብሔርን ለመከልከል እችል ዘንድ እኔ ማን ነበርሁ?

¹⁸When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

¹⁸ይህን በሰሙ ጊዜም ዝም አሉና። እንኪያስ እግዚአብሔር ለአሕዛብ ደግሞ ለሕይወት የሚሆን ንስሐን ሰጣቸው እያሉ እግዚአብሔርን አከበሩ።

¹⁹Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.

¹⁹በእስጢፋኖስም ላይ በተደረገው መከራ የተበተኑት እስከ ፊንቄ እስከ ቆጵሮስም እስከ አንጾኪያም ድረስ ዞሩ፥ ቃሉንም ለአይሁድ ብቻ እንጂ ለአንድ ስንኳ አይናገሩም ነበር።

²⁰And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the LORD Jesus.

²⁰ከእነርሱ ግን የቆጵሮስና የቀሬና ሰዎች የነበሩት አንዳንዶቹ ወደ አንጾኪያ መጥተው የጌታን የኢየሱስን ወንጌል እየሰበኩ ለግሪክ ሰዎች ተናገሩ።

²¹And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.

²¹የጌታም እጅ ከእነርሱ ጋር ነበረ፤ ቍጥራቸውም እጅግ የሚሆን ሰዎች አምነው ወደ ጌታ ዘወር አሉ።

²²Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.

²²ወሬውም በኢየሩሳሌም ባለችው ቤተ ክርስቲያን ስለ እነርሱ ተሰማ፥ በርናባስንም ወደ አንጾኪያ ላኩት፤

²³Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

²³እርሱም መጥቶ የእግዚአብሔርን ጸጋ ባየ ጊዜ ደስ አለው፥ ሁሉንም በልባቸው ፈቃድ በጌታ ጸንተው ይኖሩ ዘንድ መከራቸው፤

²⁴For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

²⁴ደግ ሰውና መንፈስ ቅዱስ እምነትም የሞላበት ነበረና። ብዙ ሕዝብም ወደ ጌታ ተጨመሩ።

²⁵Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:

²⁵በርናባስም ሳውልን ሊፈልግ ወደ ጠርሴስ መጣ፤

²⁶And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

²⁶ባገኘውም ጊዜ ወደ አንጾኪያ አመጣው። በቤተ ክርስቲያንም አንድ ዓመት ሙሉ ተሰበሰቡ፥ ብዙ ሕዝብንም አስተማሩ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርትም መጀመሪያ በአንጾኪያ ክርስቲያን ተባሉ።

²⁷And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.

²⁷በዚያም ወራት ነቢያት ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ አንጾኪያ ወረዱ፤

²⁸And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.

²⁸ከእነርሱም አጋቦስ የሚሉት አንድ ሰው ተነሥቶ በዓለም ሁሉ ታላቅ ራብ ሊሆን እንዳለው በመንፈስ አመለከተ፤ ይህም በቀላውዴዎስ ቄሣር ዘመን ሆነ።

²⁹Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:

²⁹ደቀ መዛሙርትም እያንዳንዳቸው እንደ ችሎታቸው መጠን አዋጥተው በይሁዳ ለሚኖሩት ወንድሞች እርዳታን ይልኩ ዘንድ ወሰኑ፤

³⁰Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

³⁰እንዲህም ደግሞ አደረጉ፥ በበርናባስና በሳውልም እጅ ወደ ሽማግሌዎቹ ሰደዱት።