¹And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

¹አንዳንዶችም ከይሁዳ ወረዱና። እንደ ሙሴ ሥርዓት ካልተገረዛችሁ ትድኑ ዘንድ አትችሉም ብለው ወንድሞችን ያስተምሩ ነበር።

²When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

²በእነርሱና በጳውሎስ በበርናባስም መካከል ብዙ ጥልና ክርክር በሆነ ጊዜ፥ ስለዚህ ክርክር ጳውሎና በርናባስ ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶች ሌሎች ሰዎች ወደ ሐዋርያት ወደ ሽማግሌዎችም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ይወጡ ዘንድ ተቈረጠ።

³And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

³ቤተ ክርስቲያኑም በመንገድ እየረዳቸው እነርሱ የአሕዛብን መመለስ እየተረኩ በፊንቄና በሰማርያ አለፉ፥ ወንድሞችንም ሁሉ እጅግ ደስ አሰኙአቸው።

⁴And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

⁴ወደ ኢየሩሳሌምም በደረሱ ጊዜ ቤተ ክርስቲያንና ሐዋርያት ሽማግሌዎችም ተቀበሉአቸው፥ እግዚአብሔርም ከእነርሱ ጋር ያደረገውን ሁሉ አወሩ።

⁵But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

⁵ከፈሪሳውያን ወገን ግን ያመኑት አንዳንዶቹ ተነሥተው። ትገርዙአቸው ዘንድና የሙሴን ሕግ እንዲጠብቁ ታዙአቸው ዘንድ ይገባል አሉ።

⁶And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

⁶ሐዋርያትና ሽማግሌዎችም ስለዚህ ነገር ለመማከር ተሰበሰቡ።

⁷And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

⁷ከብዙ ክርክርም በኋላ ጴጥሮስ ተነሥቶ እንዲህ አላቸው ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ አሕዛብ ከአፌ የወንጌልን ቃል ሰምተው ያምኑ ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር በመጀመሪያው ዘመን ከእናንተ እኔን እንደ መረጠኝ እናንተ ታውቃላችሁ።

⁸And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

⁸ልብንም የሚያውቅ አምላክ ለእኛ ደግሞ እንደ ሰጠን መንፈስ ቅዱስን በመስጠት መሰከረላቸው፤

⁹And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

⁹ልባቸውንም በእምነት ሲያነጻ በእኛና በእነርሱ መካከል አንዳች አልለየም።

¹⁰Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

¹⁰እንግዲህ አባቶቻችንና እኛ ልንሸከመው ያልቻልነውን ቀንበር በደቀ መዛሙርት ጫንቃ ላይ በመጫን እግዚአብሔርን አሁን ስለ ምን ትፈታተናላችሁ?

¹¹But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

¹¹ነገር ግን በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋ እንደ እነርሱ ደግሞ እንድን ዘንድ እናምናለን።

¹²Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

¹²ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ዝም አሉ፥ በርናባስና ጳውሎስም እግዚአብሔር በእጃቸው በአሕዛብ መካከል ያደረገውን ምልክትና ድንቅ ሁሉ ሲተርኩላቸው ይሰሙ ነበር።

¹³And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

¹³እነርሱም ዝም ካሉ በኋላ ያዕቆብ እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰ። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ስሙኝ።

¹⁴Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

¹⁴እግዚአብሔር ለስሙ የሚሆንን ወገን ከአሕዛብ ይወስድ ዘንድ አስቀድሞ እንዴት እንደ ጐበኘ ስምዖን ተርኮአል።

¹⁵And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

¹⁵ከዚህም ጋር የነቢያት ቃል ይሰማማል፥ እንዲህ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ።

¹⁶After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

¹⁶ከዚህ በኋላ የቀሩት ሰዎችና በስሜ የተጠሩት አሕዛብ ሁሉ ጌታን ይፈልጉ ዘንድ እመለሳለሁ፥ የወደቀችውንም የዳዊትን ድንኳን እንደ ገና እሠራታለሁ፥ ፍራሽዋንም እንደ ገና እሠራታለሁ እንደ ገናም አቆማታለሁ ይላል ይህን የሚያደርግ ጌታ።

¹⁷That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

¹⁸ከጥንት ጀምሮ ሥራው ሁሉ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ የታወቀ ነው።

¹⁸Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

¹⁹ስለዚህ ከአሕዛብ ወደ እግዚአብሔር የዞሩትን እንዳናስቸግራቸው፥

¹⁹Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

²⁰ነገር ግን ከጣዖት ርኵሰትና ከዝሙት ከታነቀም ከደምም ይርቁ ዘንድ እንድንጽፍላቸው እቈርጣለሁ።

²⁰But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

²¹ሙሴስ ከቀደሙት ትውልድ ጀምሮ በሰንበት በሰንበት በምኵራቦቹ ሲያነቡ በየከተማው እርሱን የሚሰብኩ አሉት።

²¹For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

²²ያን ጊዜ ሐዋርያትና ሽማግሌዎች ከቤተ ክርስቲያኑ ሁሉ ጋር ከእነርሱ የተመረጡትን ሰዎች ከጳውሎስና ከበርናባስ ጋር ወደ አንጾኪያ ይልኩ ዘንድ ፈቀዱ፤ እነርሱም በወንድሞች መካከል ዋናዎች ሆነው በርስያን የተባለው ይሁዳና ሲላስ ነበሩ።

²²Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

²³እንዲህም ጽፈው በእነርሱ እጅ ላኩ። ሐዋርያትና ሽማግሌዎች ወንድሞችም በአንጾኪያና በሶርያ በኪልቅያም ለሚኖሩ ከአሕዛብ ወገን ለሆኑ ወንድሞች ሰላምታ ያቀርባሉ።

²³And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.

²⁴ያላዘዝናቸው ሰዎች ከእኛ ወጥተው። ትገረዙ ዘንድና ሕግን ትጠብቁ ዘንድ ይገባችኋል ብለው ልባችሁን እያወኩ በቃል እንዳናወጡአችሁ ስለ ሰማን፥

²⁴Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:

²⁵ስለ ጌታችን ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም ነፍሳቸውን ከሰጡት ከምንወዳቸው ከበርናባስና ከጳውሎስ ጋር የተመረጡትን ሰዎች ወደ እናንተ እንልክ ዘንድ በአንድ ልብ ሆነን ፈቀድን።

²⁵It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

²⁷ራሳቸውም ደግሞ በቃላቸው ያንኑ ይነግሩአችሁ ዘንድ ይሁዳንና ሲላስን ልከናል።

²⁶Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁸ለጣዖት ከተሠዋ፥ ከደምም፥ ከታነቀም፥ ከዝሙትም ትርቁ ዘንድ ከዚህ ከሚያስፈልገው በቀር ሌላ ሸክም እንዳንጭንባችሁ እኛና መንፈስ ቅዱስ ፈቅደናልና፤ ከዚህም ሁሉ ራሳችሁን ብትጠብቁ በመልካም ትኖራላችሁ። ጤና ይስጣችሁ።

²⁷We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.

³⁰እነርሱም ተሰናብተው ወደ አንጾኪያ ወረዱ፥ ሕዝቡንም ሰብስበው ደብዳቤውን ሰጡአቸው።

²⁸For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;

³¹ባነበቡትም ጊዜ ከምክሩ የተነሣ ደስ አላቸው።

²⁹That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

³²ይሁዳና ሲላስም ደግሞ ነቢያት ነበሩና ወንድሞችን በብዙ ቃል መክረው አጸኑአቸው።

³⁰So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:

³³አያሌ ቀንም ከተቀመጡ በኋላ ከወንድሞች በሰላም ተሰናብተው ወደ ሐዋርያት ሄዱ።

³¹Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.

³⁴ሲላስ ግን በዚያ ይኖር ዘንድ ፈቀደ።

³²And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

³⁵ጳውሎስና በርናባስም ከሌሎች ከብዙ ሰዎች ጋር ደግሞ የጌታን ቃል እያስተማሩና ወንጌልን እየሰበኩ በአንጾኪያ ይቀመጡ ነበር።

³³And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.

³⁶ከጥቂት ቀንም በኋላ ጳውሎስ በርናባስን። ተመልሰን የጌታን ቃል በተናገርንበት በየከተማው ሁሉ ወንድሞችን እንጐብኛቸው፥ እንዴት እንዳሉም እንወቅ አለው።

³⁴Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.

³⁷በርናባስም ማርቆስ የተባለውን ዮሐንስን ደግሞ ከእነርሱ ጋር ይወስድ ዘንድ አሰበ፤

³⁵Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

³⁸ጳውሎስ ግን ይህን ከእነርሱ ጋር ሊወስድ አልፈቀደም፥ ከእነርሱ ዘንድ ከጵንፍልያ ተለይቶ ነበርና፥ ወደ ሥራም ከእነርሱ ጋር አልመጣም ነበርና።

³⁶And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the LORD, and see how they do.

³⁹ስለዚህም እርስ በርሳቸው እስኪለያዩ ድረስ መከፋፋት ሆነ፥ በርናባስም ማርቆስን ይዞ በመርከብ ወደ ቆጵሮስ ሄደ።

³⁷And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.

⁴⁰ጳውሎስ ግን ሲላስን መረጠ፥ ወንድሞችም ለእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ አደራ ከሰጡት በኋላ ወጣ፤

³⁸But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

⁴¹አብያተ ክርስትያናትንም እያጸና በሶርያና በኪልቅያ ይዞር ነበር።

³⁹And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

⁴⁰And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.

⁴¹And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.