¹Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:

¹ወደ ደርቤንና ወደ ልስጥራንም ደረሰ። እነሆም፥ በዚያ የአንዲት ያመነች አይሁዳዊት ልጅ ጢሞቴዎስ የሚባል አንድ ደቀ መዝሙር ነበረ፤ አባቱ ግን የግሪክ ሰው ነበረ።

²Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

²ለእርሱም በልስጥራንና በኢቆንዮን ያሉ ወንድሞች መሰከሩለት።

³Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.

³ጳውሎስ ይህ ከእርሱ ጋር ይወጣ ዘንድ ወደደ፥ በእነዚያም ስፍራዎች ስለ ነበሩ አይሁድ ይዞ ገረዘው፤ አባቱ የግሪክ ሰው እንደ ሆነ ሁሉ ያውቁ ነበርና።

⁴And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.

⁴በከተማዎችም ሲዞሩ በኢየሩሳሌም የነበሩት ሐዋርያትና ሽማግሌዎች የቈረጡትን ሥርዓት ይጠብቁ ዘንድ ሰጡአቸው።

⁵And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

⁵አብያተ ክርስቲያናትም በሃያማኖት ይበረቱ ነበር፥ በቍጥርም ዕለት ዕለት ይበዙ ነበር።

⁶Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,

⁶በእስያም ቃሉን እንዳይናገሩ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ስለ ከለከላቸው በፍርግያና በገላትያ አገር አለፉ፤

⁷After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

⁷በሚስያም አንጻር በደረሱ ጊዜ ወደ ቢታንያ ይሄዱ ዘድን ሞከሩ፥ የኢየሱስ መንፈስም አልፈቀደላቸውም፤

⁸And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.

⁸በሚስያም አጠገብ አልፈው ወደ ጢሮአዳ ወረዱ።

⁹And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.

⁹ራእይም ለጳውሎስ በሌሊት ታየው፤ አንድ የመቄዶንያ ሰው። ወደ መቄዶንያ ተሻገርና እርዳን እያለ ቆሞ ሲለምነው ነበር።

¹⁰And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.

¹⁰ራእዩንም ካየ በኋላ ወዲያው ወደ መቄዶንያ ልንወጣ ፈለግን፥ ወንጌልን እንሰብክላቸው ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ጠራን መስሎናልና።

¹¹Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;

¹¹ከጢሮአዳም ተነሥተን በቀጥታ ወደ ሳሞትራቄ በነገውም ወደ ናጱሌ በመርከብ ሄድን፤

¹²And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.

¹²ከዚያም ወደ ፊልጵስዩስ ደረስን፤ እርስዋም የመቄዶንያ ከተማ ሆና የወረዳ ዋና ከተማና ቅኝ አገር ናት፤ በዚህችም ከተማ አንዳንድ ቀን እንቀመጥ ነበር።

¹³And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

¹³በሰንበት ቀንም ከከተማው በር ውጭ የጸሎት ስፍራ በዚያ መሆኑን ስላሰብን ወደ ወንዝ አጠገብ ወጣን፤ ተቀምጠንም ለተሰበሰቡት ሴቶች ተናገርን።

¹⁴And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

¹⁴ከትያጥሮን ከተማም የመጣች ቀይ ሐር ሻጭ እግዚአብሔርን የምታመልክ ልድያ የሚሉአት አንዲት ሴት ትሰማ ነበረች፤ ጳውሎስም የሚናገረውን ታዳምጥ ዘንድ ጌታ ልብዋን ከፈተላት።

¹⁵And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

¹⁵እርስዋም ከቤተ ሰዎችዋ ጋር ከተጠመቀች በኋላ። በጌታ የማምን እንድሆን ከፈረዳችሁልኝ፥ ወደ ቤቴ ገብታችሁ ኑሩ ብላ ለመነችን፤ በግድም አለችን።

¹⁶And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:

¹⁶ወደ ጸሎት ስፍራም ስንሄድ፥ የምዋርተኝነት መንፈስ የነበረባት ለጌቶችዋም እየጠነቈለች ብዙ ትርፍ ታመጣ የነበረች አንዲት ገረድ አገኘችን።

¹⁷The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

¹⁷እርስዋ ጳውሎስንና እኛን እየተከተለች። የመዳንን መንገድ የሚነግሩአችሁ እነዚህ ሰዎች የልዑል አምላክ ባሪያዎች ናቸው ብላ ትጮኽ ነበር።

¹⁸And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

¹⁸ይህንም እጅግ ቀን አደረገች። ጳውሎስ ግን ተቸገረና ዘወር ብሎ መንፈሱን። ከእርስዋ እንድትወጣ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም አዝሃለሁ አለው፤ በዚያም ሰዓት ወጣ።

¹⁹And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,

¹⁹ጌቶችዋም የትርፋቸው ተስፋ እንደ ወጣ ባዩ ጊዜ ጳውሎስንና ሲላስን ይዘው ወደ ገበያ በሹማምት ፊት ጐተቱአቸው፤

²⁰And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

²⁰ወደ ገዢዎችም አቅርበው። እነዚህ ሰዎች አይሁድ ሆነው ከተማችንን እጅግ ያናውጣሉ።

²¹And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

²¹እኛም የሮሜ ሰዎች ሆነን እንቀበላቸውና እናደርጋቸው ዘንድ ያልተፈቀደልንን ልማዶች ይናገራሉ አሉ።

²²And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

²²ሕዝቡም አብረው ተነሡባቸው፥ ገዢዎቹም ልብሳቸውን ገፈው በበትር ይመቱአቸው ዘንድ አዘዙ፤

²³And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

²³በብዙም ከደበደቡአቸው በኋላ ወደ ወኅኒ ጣሉአቸው፥ የወኅኒውንም ጠባቂ ተጠንቅቆ እንዲጠብቃቸው አዘዙት።

²⁴Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

²⁴እርሱም የዚህን ዓይነት ትእዛዝ ተቀብሎ ወደ ውስጠኛው ወኅኒ ጣላቸው፥ እግራቸውንም በግንድ አጣብቆ ጠረቃቸው።

²⁵And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

²⁵በመንፈቀ ሌሊት ግን ጳውሎስና ሲላስ እየጸለዩ እግዚአብሔርን በዜማ ያመሰግኑ ነበር፥ እስረኞቹም ያደምጡአቸው ነበር

²⁶And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.

²⁶ድንገትም የወኅኒው መሠረት እስኪናወጥ ድረስ ታላቅ የምድር መንቀጥቀጥ ሆነ፤ በዚያን ጊዜም ደጆቹ ሁሉ ተከፈቱ የሁሉም እስራት ተፈታ።

²⁷And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

²⁷የወኅኒውም ጠባቂ ከእንቅልፉ ነቅቶ የወኅኒው ደጆች ተከፍተው ባየ ጊዜ፥ እስረኞቹ ያመለጡ መስሎት ራሱን ይገድል ዘንድ አስቦ ሰይፉን መዘዘ።

²⁸But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.

²⁸ጳውሎስ ግን በታላቅ ድምፅ። ሁላችን ከዚህ አለንና በራስህ ክፉ ነገር አታድርግ ብሎ ጮኸ።

²⁹Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

²⁹መብራትም ለምኖ ወደ ውስጥ ሮጠ፥ እየተንቀጠቀጠም ከጳውሎስና ከሲላስ ፊት ተደፋ፤

³⁰And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

³⁰ወደ ውጭም አውጥቶ። ጌቶች ሆይ፥ እድን ዘንድ ምን ማድረግ ይገባኛል? ኣላቸው።

³¹And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

³¹እነርሱም። በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እመን አንተና ቤተ ሰዎችህ ትድናላችሁ አሉት።

³²And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.

³²ለእርሱና በቤቱም ላሉት ሁሉ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ተናገሩአቸው።

³³And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

³³በሌሊትም በዚያች ሰዓት ወስዶ ቍስላቸውን አጠበላቸው፥ ያን ጊዜውንም እርሱ ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር ተጠመቀ፤

³⁴And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

³⁴ወደ ቤቱም አውጥቶ ማዕድ አቀረበላቸው፥ በእግዚአብሔርም ስላመነ ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር ሐሤት አደረገ።

³⁵And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.

³⁵በነጋም ጊዜ ገዢዎቹ። እነዚያን ሰዎች ፍታቸው ብለው ሎሌዎቻቸውን ላኩ።

³⁶And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

³⁶የወኅኒውም ጠባቂ። ትፈቱ ዘንድ ገዢዎቹ ልከዋል፤ እንግዲህ አሁን ወጥታችሁ በሰላም ሂዱ ብሎ ይህን ቃል ለጳውሎስ ነገረው።

³⁷But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

³⁷ጳውሎስ ግን። እኛ የሮሜ ሰዎች ስንሆን ያለ ፍርድ በሕዝብ ፊት ደብድበው በወኅኒ ጣሉን፤ አሁንም በስውር ይጥሉናልን? አይሆንም ራሳቸው ግን መጥተው ያውጡን አላቸው።

³⁸And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.

³⁸ሎሌዎቹም ይህን ነገር ለገዢዎች ነገሩ። የሮሜ ሰዎችም እንደ ሆኑ በሰሙ ጊዜ ፈሩ፤

³⁹And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.

³⁹መጥተውም ማለዱአቸው፥ አውጥተውም ከከተማ ይወጡ ዘንድ ለመኑአቸው።

⁴⁰And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

⁴⁰ከወኅኒውም ወጥተው ወደ ልድያ ቤት ገቡ፥ ወንድሞችንም ባዩ ጊዜ አጽናኑአቸውና ሄዱ።