¹Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.

¹በዚያም ዘመን ንጉሡ ሄሮድስ መከራ ያጸናባቸው ዘንድ ከቤተ ክርስቲያኑ በአንዳንዶቹ ላይ እጁን ጫነባቸው።

²And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

²የዮሐንስንም ወንድም ያዕቆብን በሰይፍ ገደለው።

³And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

³አይሁድንም ደስ እንዳሰኛቸው አይቶ ጨምሮ ጴጥሮስን ደግሞ ያዘው። የቂጣ በዓልም ወራት ነበረ።

⁴And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

⁴በያዘውም ጊዜ ወደ ወኅኒ አገባው ከፋሲካም በኋላ ወደ ሕዝብ ያወጣው ዘንድ አስቦ እያንዳንዱ አራት ወታደሮች ሆነው እንዲጠብቁት ለአራት ጭፍራ ክፍል አሳልፎ ሰጠው።

⁵Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

⁵ጴጥሮስም በወኅኒ ይጠበቅ ነበር፤ ነገር ግን በቤተ ክርስቲያን ስለ እርሱ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጸሎት አጥብቆ ይደረግ ነበር።

⁶And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

⁶ሄሮድስም ሊያወጣው ባሰበ ጊዜ፥ በዚያች ሌሊት ጴጥሮስ በሁለት ሰንሰለት ታስሮ ከሁለት ወታደሮች መካከል ተኝቶ ነበር፤ ጠባቂዎችም በደጁ ፊት ሆነው ወኅኒውን ይጠብቁ ነበር።

⁷And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

⁷እነሆም፥ የጌታ መልአክ ቀረበ በቤትም ውስጥ ብርሃን በራ፤ ጴጥሮስንም ጎድኑን መትቶ አነቃውና። ፈጥነህ ተነሣ አለው። ሰንሰለቶቹም ከእጁ ወደቁ።

⁸And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

⁸መልአኩም። ታጠቅና ጫማህን አግባ አለው፥ እንዲሁም አደረገ።

⁹And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

⁹ልብስህንም ልበስና ተከተለኝ አለው። ወጥቶም ተከተለው፤ ራእይንም የሚያይ ይመስለው ነበር እንጂ በመልአኩ የሚደረገው ነገር እውነት እንደ ሆነ አላወቀም።

¹⁰When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.

¹⁰የመጀመሪያውንና የሁለተኛውንም ዘብ አልፈው ወደ ከተማ ወደሚያወጣው ወደ ብረቱ መዝጊያ ደረሱ፤ እርሱም አውቆ ተከፈተላቸው፤ ወጥተውም አንዲት ስላች አለፉ ወዲያውም መልአኩ ከእርሱ ተለየ።

¹¹And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the LORD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

¹¹ጴጥሮስም ወደ ልቡ ተመልሶ። ጌታ መልአኩን ልኮ ከሄሮድስ እጅና የአይሁድ ሕዝብ ይጠብቁት ከነበረው ሁሉ እንደ አዳነኝ አሁን በእውነት አወቅሁ አለ።

¹²And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.

¹²ባስተዋለም ጊዜ እጅግ ሰዎች ተከማችተው ይጸልዩበት ወደ ነበረው ማርቆስ ወደ ተባለው ወደ ዮሐንስ እናት ወደ ማርያም ቤት መጣ።

¹³And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.

¹³ጴጥሮስም የደጁን መዝጊያ ባንኳኳ ጊዜ ሮዴ የሚሉአት አንዲት ገረድ ትሰማ ዘንድ ቀረበች፤

¹⁴And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.

¹⁴የጴጥሮስ ድምፅ መሆኑንም ባወቀች ጊዜ ከደስታዋ የተነሣ ደጁን አልከፈተችም፥ ነገር ግን ወደ ውስጥ ሮጣ ጴጥሮስ በደጅ ፊት ቆሞ እንዳለ አወራች።

¹⁵And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.

¹⁵እነርሱም። አብደሻል አሉአት። እርስዋ ግን እንዲሁ እንደ ሆነ ታስረግጥ ነበር። እነርሱም። መልአኩ ነው አሉ።

¹⁶But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.

¹⁶ጴጥሮስ ግን ማንኳኳቱን አዘወተረ፤ ከፍተውም አዩትና ተገረሙ።

¹⁷But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

¹⁷ግን ዝም እንዲሉ በእጁ ጠቅሶ ጌታ ከወኅኒ እንዴት እንዳወጣው ተረከላቸውና። ይህን ለያዕቆብና ለወንድሞች ንገሩ አላቸው። ወጥቶም ወደ ሌላ ስፍራ ሄደ።

¹⁸Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.

¹⁸በነጋም ጊዜ። ጴጥሮስን ምን አግኝቶት ይሆን? ብለው በጭፍሮች ዘንድ ብዙ ሁከት ሆነ።

¹⁹And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.

¹⁹ሄሮድስም አስፈልጎ ባጣው ጊዜ ጠባቂዎችን መረመረ ይገድሉአቸውም ዘንድ አዘዘ፤ ከይሁዳም ወደ ቂሣርያ ወርዶ በዚያ ተቀመጠ።

²⁰And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.

²⁰ከጢሮስና ከሲዶና ሰዎችም ጋር ተጣልቶ ነበር፤ በአንድ ልብ ሆነውም ወደ እርሱ መጡ፥ የንጉሥንም ቢትወደድ ብላስጦስን እሺ አሰኝተው ዕርቅ ለመኑ፥ አገራቸው ከንጉሥ አገር ምግብ ያገኝ ነበረና።

²¹And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.

²¹በተቀጠረ ቀንም ሄሮድስ ልብሰ መንግሥቱን ለብሶ በዙፋን ተቀመጠ እነርሱንም ተናገራቸው፤

²²And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

²²ሕዝቡም። የእግዚአብሔር ድምፅ ነው የሰውም አይደለም ብለው ጮኹ።

²³And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

²³ለእግዚአብሔርም ክብር ስላልሰጠ ያን ጊዜ የጌታ መልአክ መታው በትልም ተበልቶ ሞተ።

²⁴But the word of God grew and multiplied.

²⁴የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ግን ያድግና ይበዛ ነበር።

²⁵And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

²⁵በርናባስና ሳውልም አገልግሎታቸውን ፈጽመው ከኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሱ፥ ማርቆስ የተባለውን ዮሐንስንም ከእነርሱ ጋር ይዘውት መጡ።