¹After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;

¹ከዚህም በኋላ ጳውሎስ ከአቴና ወጥቶ ወደ ቆሮንቶስ መጣ።

²And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.

²በወገኑም የጳንጦስ ሰው የሚሆን አቂላ የሚሉትን አንድ አይሁዳዊ አገኘ፤ እርሱም ከጥቂት ጊዜ በፊት ከሚስቱ ከጵርስቅላ ጋር ከኢጣልያ መጥቶ ነበር፥ አይሁድ ከሮሜ ይወጡ ዘንድ ቀላውዴዎስ አዞ ነበርና፤ ወደ እነርሱ ቀረበ፥

³And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

³ሥራቸውም አንድ ስለ ነበረ በእነርሱ ዘንድ ተቀምጦ በአንድ ላይ ሠሩ፤ ሥራቸው ድንኳን መስፋት ነበረና።

⁴And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

⁴በየሰንበቱም ሁሉ በምኵራብ ይነጋገር ነበር፥ አይሁድንና የግሪክንም ሰዎች ያስረዳ ነበር።

⁵And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.

⁵ሲላስና ጢሞቴዎስም ከመቄዶንያ በወረዱ ጊዜ፥ ጳውሎስ ኢየሱስ እርሱ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ ለአይሁድ እየመሰከረ ለቃሉ ይተጋ ነበር።

⁶And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

⁶ነገር ግን በተቃወሙትና በተሳደቡ ጊዜ፥ ልብሱን እያራገፈ። ደማችሁ በራሳችሁ ነው፤ እኔ ንጹሕ ነኝ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ወደ አሕዛብ እሄዳለሁ አላቸው።

⁷And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.

⁷ከዚያም ወጥቶ ኢዮስጦስ ወደሚባል እግዚአብሔርን ወደሚያመልክ ሰው ቤት ገባ ቤቱም በምኩራብ አጠገብ ነበረ።

⁸And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

⁸የምኵራብ አለቃ ቀርስጶስም ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር በጌታ አመነ፥ ከቆሮንቶስ ሰዎችም ብዙ በሰሙ ጊዜ አምነው ተጠመቁ።

⁹Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:

⁹ጌታም ሌሊት በራእይ ጳውሎስን። እኔ ከአንተ ጋር ነኝ፥ ማንም ክፉ ሊያደርግብህ የሚነሣብህ የለምና አትፍራ፥ ነገር ግን ተናገር ዝምም አትበል፤ በዚህ ከተማ ብዙ ሕዝብ አሉኝና አለው።

¹⁰For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

¹¹በመካከላቸውም የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እያስተማረ ዓመት ከስድስት ወር ተቀመጠ።

¹¹And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

¹²ጋልዮስም በአካይያ አገረ ገዥ በነበረ ጊዜ፥ አይሁድ በአንድ ልብ ሆነው በጳውሎስ ላይ ተነሡ፥ ወደ ፍርድ ወንበርም አምጥተው።

¹²And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,

¹³ይህ ሕግን ተቃውሞ እግዚአብሔርን ያመልኩት ዘንድ ሰዎችን ያባብላል አሉ።

¹³Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

¹⁴ጳውሎስም አፉን ሊከፍት ባሰበ ጊዜ፥ ጋልዮስ አይሁድን። አይሁድ ሆይ፥ ዓመፅ ወይም ክፉ በደል በሆነ እንድታገሣችሁ በተገባኝ፤

¹⁴And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

¹⁵ስለ ቃልና ስለ ስሞች ስለ ሕጋችሁም የምትከራከሩ ከሆነ ግን፥ ራሳችሁ ተጠንቀቁ እኔ በዚህ ነገር ፈራጅ እሆን ዘንድ አልፈቅድምና አላቸው።

¹⁵But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.

¹⁶ከፍርድ ወንበርም ፊት አስወጣቸው።

¹⁶And he drave them from the judgment seat.

¹⁷የግሪክ ሰዎችም ሁሉ የምኩራብ አለቃ ሶስቴንስን ይዘው በወንበሩ ፊት መቱት፤ በእነዚህም ነገሮች ጋልዮስ ግድ የለውም ነበር።

¹⁷Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

¹⁸ከዚህም በኋላ ጳውሎስ እጅግ ቀን ተቀምጦ ወንድሞቹንም ተሰናብቶ በመርከብ ወደ ሶርያ ሄደ፤ ስለትም ነበረበትና ራሱን በክንክራኦስ ተላጨ፤ ጵርስቅላና አቂላም ከእርሱ ጋር ነበሩ።

¹⁸And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

¹⁹ወደ ኤፌሶንም በደረሱ ጊዜ እነዚያን ከዚያ ተዋቸው፥ ራሱ ግን ወደ ምኵራብ ገብቶ ከአይሁድ ጋር ይነጋገር ነበር።

¹⁹And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

²⁰እነርሱም ብዙ ጊዜ እንዲቀመጥላቸው ሲለምኑት እሺ አላለም፤

²⁰When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;

²¹ነገር ግን ሲሰናበታቸው። የሚመጣውን በዓል በኢየሩሳሌም አደርግ ዘንድ ይገባኛል እግዚአብሔር ቢፈቅድ ግን ወደ እናንተ ደግሞ እመለሳለሁ አላቸው። ከኤፌሶንም በመርከብ ተነሣ።

²¹But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

²²ወደ ቂሣርያም በደረሰ ጊዜ ወጥቶ ለቤተ ክርስቲያን ሰላምታ ከሰጠ በኋላ ወደ አንጾኪያ ወረደ።

²²And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.

²³ጥቂት ቀንም ቆይቶ ወጣ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርትንም ሁሉ እያጸና በገላትያ አገርና በፍርግያ በተራ አለፈ።

²³And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

²⁴በወገኑም የእስክንድርያ ሰው የሆነ ነገር አዋቂ የነበረ አጵሎስ የሚሉት አንድ አይሁዳዊ ሰው ወደ ኤፌሶን ወረደ፤ እርሱም በመጻሕፍት እውቀት የበረታ ነበረ።

²⁴And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

²⁵እርሱ የጌታን መንገድ የተማረ ነበረ፥ የዮሐንስንም ጥምቀት ብቻ አውቆ በመንፈስ ሲቃጠል ስለ ኢየሱስ ይናገርና በትክክል ያስተምር ነበር።

²⁵This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.

²⁶እርሱም በምኵራብ ገልጦ ይናገር ጀመር። ጵርስቅላና አቂላም በሰሙት ጊዜ፥ ወስደው የእግዚአብሔርን መንገድ ከፊት ይልቅ በትክክል ገለጡለት።

²⁶And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

²⁷እርሱም ወደ አካይያ ማለፍ በፈቀደ ጊዜ፥ ወንድሞቹ አጸናኑት፥ ይቀበሉትም ዘንድ ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርት ጻፉለት፤ በደረሰም ጊዜ አምነው የነበሩትን በጸጋ እጅግ ይጠቅማቸው ነበር፤

²⁷And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

²⁸ኢየሱስ እርሱ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ ከመጻሕፍት እየገለጠ ለአይሁድ በሁሉ ፊት በጽኑ ያስረዳቸው ነበርና።

²⁸For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.