¹Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

¹በአንጾኪያም ባለችው ቤተ ክርስቲያን ነቢያትና መምህራን ነበሩ፤ እነርሱም በርናባስ፥ ኔጌር የተባለው ስምዖንም፥ የቀሬናው ሉክዮስም፥ የአራተኛው ክፍል ገዥ የሄሮድስም ባለምዋል ምናሔ፥ ሳውልም ነበሩ።

²As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

²እነዚህም ጌታን ሲያመልኩና ሲጦሙ መንፈስ ቅዱስ። በርናባስንና ሳውልን ለጠራኋቸው ሥራ ለዩልኝ አለ።

³And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

³በዚያን ጊዜም ከጦሙ ከጸለዩም እጃቸውንም ከጫኑ በኋላ አሰናበቱአቸው።

⁴So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

⁴እነርሱም በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ተልከው ወደ ሴሌውቅያ ወረዱ፤ ከዚያም በመርከብ ወደ ቆጵሮስ ሄዱ።

⁵And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.

⁵በስልማናም በነበሩ ጊዜ በአይሁድ ምኵራቦች የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ሰበኩ፤ አገልጋይም ዮሐንስ ነበራቸው።

⁶And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:

⁶ደሴቲቱንም ሁሉ እስከ ጳፉ በዞሩ ጊዜ፥ በርያሱስ የሚሉትን ጠንቋይና ሐሰተኛ ነቢይ የሆነውን አንድ አይሁዳዊ ሰው አገኙ፤

⁷Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

⁷እርሱም አስተዋይ ሰው ከሆነው ሰርግዮስ ጳውሎስ ከሚባለው አገረ ገዥ ጋር ነበረ። ይህም በርናባስንና ሳውልን ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ሊሰማ ፈለገ።

⁸But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

⁸ጠንቋዩ ግን ኤልማስ፥ ስሙ እንዲሁ ይተረጐማልና፥ አገረ ገዡን ከማመን ሊያጣምም ፈልጎ ተቃወማቸው።

⁹Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.

⁹ጳውሎስ የተባለው ሳውል ግን መንፈስ ቅዱስን ተሞልቶ ትኵር ብሎ ሲመለከተው።

¹⁰And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

¹⁰አንተ ተንኰል ሁሉ ክፋትም ሁሉ የሞላብህ፥ የዲያብሎስ ልጅ፥ የጽድቅም ሁሉ ጠላት፥ የቀናውን የጌታን መንገድ ከማጣመም አታርፍምን?

¹¹And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

¹¹አሁንም፥ እነሆ፥ የጌታ እጅ በአንተ ላይ ናት፥ ዕውርም ትሆናለህ እስከ ጊዜውም ፀሐይን አታይም አለው። ያን ጊዜም ጭጋግና ጨለማ ወደቀበት፥ በእጁም የሚመራውን እየዞረ ፈለገ።

¹²Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

¹²በዚያን ጊዜ አገረ ገዡ የተደረገውን ባየ ጊዜ ከጌታ ትምህርት የተነሣ ተገርሞ አመነ።

¹³Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

¹³ጳውሎስም ከጓደኞቹ ጋር ከጳፉ ተነሥቶ የጵንፍልያ ወደምትሆን ወደ ጴርጌን መጣ፤ ዮሐንስም ከእነርሱ ተለይቶ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሰ።

¹⁴But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

¹⁴እነርሱ ግን ከጴርጌን አልፈው የጲስድያ ወደምትሆን ወደ አንጾኪያ ደረሱ፤ በሰንበትም ቀን ወደ ምኵራብ ገብተው ተቀመጡ።

¹⁵And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

¹⁵ሕግና ነቢያትም ከተነበቡ በኋላ የምኵራቡ አለቆች። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ሕዝብን የሚመክር ቃል እንዳላችሁ ተናገሩ ብለው ላኩባቸው።

¹⁶Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

¹⁶ጳውሎስም ተነሣና በእጁ ጠቅሶ እንዲህ አለ። የእስራኤል ሰዎችና እግዚአብሔርን የምትፈሩት ሆይ፥ ስሙ።

¹⁷The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

¹⁷የዚህ የእስራኤል ሕዝብ አምላክ አባቶቻችንን መርጦ በግብፅ አገር በእንግድነት ሳሉ ሕዝቡን ከፍ ከፍ አደረጋቸው፥ ከፍ ባለችውም ክንዱ ከዚያ አወጣቸው።

¹⁸And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

¹⁸በበረሀም አርባ ዓመት ያህል መገባቸው።

¹⁹And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

¹⁹በከነዓንም አገር ሰባት አሕዛብን አጥፍቶ ምድራቸውን አወረሳቸው።

²⁰And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

²⁰ከዚህም በኋላ እስከ ነቢዩ እስከ ሳሙኤል ድረስ አራት መቶ አምሳ ዓመት ያህል መሳፍንትን ሰጣቸው።

²¹And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

²¹ከዚያም ወዲያ ንጉሥን ያነግሥላቸው ዘንድ ለመኑ፥ እግዚአብሔርም ከብንያም ወገን የሚሆን ሰው የቂስን ልጅ ሳኦልን አርባ ዓመት ሰጣቸው፤

²²And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

²²እርሱንም ከሻረው በኋላ ዳዊትን በእነርሱ ላይ እንዲነግሥ አስነሣው፥ ሲመሰክርለትም። እንደ ልቤ የሆነ ሰው ፈቃዴንም ሁሉ የሚያደርግ የእሴይን ልጅ ዳዊትን አገኘሁ አለ።

²³Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

²³ከዚህም ሰው ዘር እግዚአብሔር እንደ ተስፋው ቃል ለእስራኤል መድኃኒትን እርሱም ኢየሱስን አመጣ።

²⁴When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

²⁴ከመምጣቱ በፊት ዮሐንስ አስቀድሞ ለእስራኤል ሕዝብ ሁሉ የንስሐን ጥምቀት ሰብኮ ነበር።

²⁵And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.

²⁵ዮሐንስም ሩጫውን ሲፈጽም ሳለ። እኔ ማን እንደ ሆንሁ ታስባላችሁ? እኔስ እርሱን አይደለሁም፤ ነገር ግን እነሆ፥ የእግሩን ጫማ እፈታ ዘንድ ከማይገባኝ ከእኔ በኋላ ይመጣል ይል ነበር።

²⁶Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

²⁶እናንተ ወንድሞቻችን፥ የአብርሃም ዘር ልጆች ከእናንተ መካከልም እግዚአብሔርን የምትፈሩ ሆይ፥ ለእናንተ የዚህ የመዳን ቃል ተላከ።

²⁷For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

²⁷በኢየሩሳሌም የሚኖሩ ሰዎችና አለቆቻቸው እርሱንና በየሰንበቱ የሚነበቡትን የነቢያትን ድምፆች ስላላወቁ በፍርዳቸው ፈጽመዋልና፤

²⁸And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

²⁸ለሞትም የሚያደርስ ምክንያት አንድ ስንኳ ባያገኙበት፥ ይገድለው ዘንድ ጲላጦስን ለመኑት፤

²⁹And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.

²⁹ስለ እርሱም የተጻፈውን ሁሉ በፈጸሙ ጊዜ ከእንጨት አውርደው በመቃብር አኖሩት።

³⁰But God raised him from the dead:

³⁰እግዚአብሔር ግን ከሙታን አስነሣው፤

³¹And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

³¹በሕዝብም ዘንድ ምስክሮቹ ለሆኑት ከእርሱ ጋር ከገሊላ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ለወጡት ብዙ ቀን ታያቸው።

³²And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,

³²እኛም ለአባቶች የተሰጠውን ተስፋ የምስራቹን ለእናንተ እንሰብካለን፤

³³God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

³³ይህን ተስፋ እግዚአብሔር በሁለተኛው መዝሙር ደግሞ። አንተ ልጄ ነህ እኔ ዛሬ ወለድሁህ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ፥ ኢየሱስን አስነሥቶ ለእኛ ለልጆቻቸው ፈጽሞአልና።

³⁴And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.

³⁴እንደገናም ወደ መበስበስ እንዳይመለስ ከሙታን እንደ አስነሣው፥ እንዲህ። የታመነውን የዳዊትን ቅዱስ ተስፋ እሰጣችኋለሁ ብሎአል።

³⁵Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

³⁵ደግሞ በሌላ ስፍራ። ቅዱስህን መበስበስን ያይ ዘንድ አትሰጠውም ይላልና።

³⁶For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

³⁶ዳዊትም በራሱ ዘመን የእግዚአብሔርን አሳብ ካገለገለ በኋላ አንቀላፋ፥ ከአባቶቹም ጋር ተጨምሮ መበስበስን አየ፤

³⁷But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

³⁷ይህ እግዚአብሔር ያስነሣው ግን መበስበስን አላየም።

³⁸Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:

³⁸እንግዲህ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በእርሱ በኩል የኃጢአት ስርየት እንዲነገርላችሁ፥ በሙሴም ሕግ ትጸድቁበት ዘንድ ከማይቻላችሁ ሁሉ ያመነ ሁሉ በእርሱ እንዲጸድቅ በእናንተ ዘንድ የታወቀ ይሁን።

³⁹And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

⁴⁰እንግዲህ። እናንተ የምትንቁ፥ እዩ ተደነቁም ጥፉም አንድ ስንኳ ቢተርክላችሁ የማታምኑትን ሥራ በዘመናችሁ እኔ እሠራለሁና ተብሎ በነቢያት የተነገረው እንዳይደርስባችሁ ተጠንቀቁ።

⁴⁰Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;

⁴²በወጡም ጊዜ ይህን ነገር በሚመጣው ሰንበት ይነግሩአቸው ዘንድ ለመኑአቸው።

⁴¹Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.

⁴³ጉባኤውም ከተፈታ በኋላ ከአይሁድና ወደ ይሁዲነት ገብተው ከሚያመልኩ ብዙዎች ጳውሎስንና በርናባስን ተከተሉአቸው፥ እነርሱም ሲነግሩአቸው በእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ ጸንተው እንዲኖሩ አስረዱአቸው።

⁴²And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

⁴⁴በሁለተኛውም ሰንበት ከጥቂቶቹ በቀር የከተማው ሰው ሁሉ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ይሰሙ ዘንድ ተሰበሰቡ።

⁴³Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

⁴⁵አይሁድም ብዙ ሕዝብ ባዩ ጊዜ ቅንዓት ሞላባቸው፥ እየተሳደቡም ጳውሎስ የተናገረውን ቃል ተቃወሙ።

⁴⁴And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

⁴⁶ጳውሎስና በርናባስም ገልጠው። የእግዚአብሔር ቃል አስቀድሞ ለእናንተ ይነገር ዘንድ ያስፈልጋል፤ ከገፋችሁትና የዘላለም ሕይወት እንዳይገባችሁ በራሳችሁ ከፈረዳችሁ ግን፥ እነሆ፥ ወደ አሕዛብ ዘወር እንላለን።

⁴⁵But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

⁴⁷እንዲሁ ጌታ። እስከ ምድር ዳርቻ ድረስ ለማዳን ትሆን ዘንድ ለአሕዛብ ብርሃን አድርጌሃለሁ ብሎ አዞናልና አሉ።

⁴⁶Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

⁴⁸አሕዛብም ሰምተው ደስ አላቸው የእግዚአብሔርንም ቃል አከበሩ፥ ለዘላለም ሕይወትም የተዘጋጁ ሁሉ አመኑ፤

⁴⁷For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

⁴⁹የጌታም ቃል በአገሩ ሁሉ ተስፋፋ።

⁴⁸And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

⁵⁰አይሁድ ግን የሚያመልኩትን የከበሩትንም ሴቶችና የከተማውን መኳንንት አወኩ፥ በጳውሎስና በበርናባስም ላይ ስደትን አስነሥተው ከአገራቸው አወጡአቸው።

⁴⁹And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.

⁵¹እነርሱ ግን የእግራቸውን ትቢያ አራግፈውባቸው ወደ ኢቆንዮን መጡ።

⁵⁰But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.

⁵²በደቀ መዛሙርትም ደስታና መንፈስ ቅዱስ ሞላባቸው።

⁵¹But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.

⁵²And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.