¹And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.

¹በደኅና ከደረስን በኋላ በዚያን ጊዜ ደሴቲቱ መላጥያ እንድትባል አወቅን።

²And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

²አረማውያንም የሚያስገርም ቸርነት አደረጉልን፤ ዝናብ ስለ ሆነም ስለ ብርዱም እሳት አንድደው ሁላችንን ተቀበሉን።

³And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.

³ጳውሎስ ግን ብዙ ጭራሮ አከማችቶ ወደ እሳት ሲጨምር እፉኝት ከሙቀት የተነሣ ወጥታ እጁን ነደፈችው።

⁴And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

⁴አረማውያንም እባብ በእጁ ተንጠልጥላ ባዩ ጊዜ፥ እርስ በርሳቸው። ይህ ሰው በእርግጥ ነፍሰ ገዳይ ነው፥ ከባሕርም ስንኳ በደኅና ቢወጣ የእግዚአብሔር ፍርድ በሕይወት ይኖር ዘንድ አልተወውም አሉ።

⁵And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

⁵እርሱ ግን እባቢቱን ወደ እሳት አራገፋት አንዳችም አልጐዳችውም፤

⁶Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

⁶እነርሱም። ሊያብጥ ወይም ወዲያው ሞቶ ሊወድቅ ነው ብለው ይጠባበቁት ነበር ብዙ ጊዜ ግን ሲጠባበቁ በእርሱ ላይ የሚያስገርም ነገር ምንም ባላዩ ጊዜ። ይህስ አምላክ ነው ብለው አሳባቸውን ለወጡ።

⁷In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.

⁷በዚያም ስፍራ አጠገብ ፑፕልዮስ የሚሉት የደሴት አለቃ መሬት ነበረ፥ እርሱም እንግድነት ተቀብሎን ሦስት ቀን በፍቅር አሳደረን።

⁸And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.

⁸የፑፕልዮስም አባት በንዳድና በተቅማጥ ታሞ ተኝቶ ነበር፤ ጳውሎስም ወደ እርሱ ገብቶ ጸለየለት እጁንም በላዩ ጭኖ ፈወሰው።

⁹So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:

⁹ይህም በሆነ ጊዜ የቀሩት ደግሞ በደሴቲቱ ደዌ የነበረባቸው እየመጡ ተፈወሱ፤

¹⁰Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary.

¹⁰በብዙ ክብርም ደግሞ አከበሩን፥ በተነሣንም ጊዜ በመርከብ ላይ የሚያስፈልገንን ነገር አኖሩልን።

¹¹And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.

¹¹ከሦስት ወርም በኋላ በደሴቲቱ ከርሞ በነበረው በእስክንድርያው መርከብ ተነሣን፥ በእርሱም የዲዮስቆሮስ አላማ ነበረበት።

¹²And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.

¹²ወደ ሰራኩስም በገባን ጊዜ ሦስት ቀን ተቀመጥን፤

¹³And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:

¹³ከዚያም እየተዛወርን ወደ ሬጊዩም ደረስን። ከአንድ ቀን በኋላም የደቡብ ነፋስ በነፈሰ ጊዜ በሁለተኛው ቀን ወደ ፑቲዮሉስ መጣን።

¹⁴Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.

¹⁴በዚያም ወንድሞችን አግኝተን በእነርሱ ዘንድ ሰባት ቀን እንድንቀመጥ ለመኑን፤ እንዲሁም ወደ ሮሜ መጣን።

¹⁵And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.

¹⁵ከዚያም ወንድሞች ስለ እኛ ሰምተው እስከ አፍዩስ ፋሩስና ሦስት ማደሪያ እስከሚባለው ሊቀበሉን ወጡ፥ ጳውሎስም ባያቸው ጊዜ እግዚአብሔርን አመሰገነ ልቡም ተጽናና።

¹⁶And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.

¹⁶ወደ ሮሜም በገባን ጊዜ ጳውሎስ ከሚጠብቀው ወታደር ጋር ለብቻው ይቀመጥ ዘንድ ተፈቀደለት።

¹⁷And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

¹⁷ከሦስት ቀንም በኋላ ጳውሎስ የአይሁድን ታላላቆች ወደ እርሱ ጠራ፤ በተሰበሰቡም ጊዜ እንዲህ አላቸው። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እኔ ሕዝቡን ወይም የአባቶችን ሥርዓት የሚቃወም አንዳች ሳላደርግ፥ ከኢየሩሳሌም እንደ ታሰርሁ በሮማውያን እጅ አሳልፈው ሰጡኝ።

¹⁸Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.

¹⁸እነርሱም መርምረው ለሞት የሚገባ ምክንያት ስላልነበረብኝ ሊፈቱኝ አሰቡ፤

¹⁹But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.

¹⁹አይሁድ ግን በተቃወሙ ጊዜ፥ ወደ ቄሣር ይግባኝ እንድል ግድ ሆነብኝ እንጂ ሕዝቤን የምከስበት ነገር ኖሮኝ አይደለም።

²⁰For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

²⁰ስለዚህም ምክንያት አያችሁና እነግራችሁ ዘንድ ጠራኋችሁ፤ ስለ እስራኤል ተስፋ ይህን ሰንሰለት ለብሻለሁና።

²¹And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.

²¹እነርሱም። እኛ ከይሁዳ ስለ አንተ ደብዳቤ አልተቀበልንም፥ ከወንድሞችም አንድ ስንኳ መጥቶ ስለ አንተ ክፉ ነገር አላወራልንም ወይም አልተናገረብህም።

²²But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.

²²ነገር ግን ስለዚህ ወገን በየስፍራው ሁሉ እንዲቃወሙ በእኛ ዘንድ ታውቆአልና የምታስበውን ከአንተ እንሰማ ዘንድ እንፈቅዳለን አሉት።

²³And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

²³ቀንም ቀጥረውለት ብዙ ሆነው ወደ መኖሪያው ወደ እርሱ መጡ፤ ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥትም እየመሰከረ ስለ ኢየሱስም ከሙሴ ሕግና ከነቢያት ጠቅሶ እያስረዳቸው፥ ከጥዋት ጀምሮ እስከ ማታ ድረስ ይገልጥላቸው ነበር።

²⁴And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.

²⁴እኵሌቶቹም የተናገረውን አመኑ፥ እኵሌቶቹ ግን አላመኑም፤

²⁵And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,

²⁵እርስ በርሳቸውም ባልተስማሙ ጊዜ፥ ጳውሎስ አንዲት ቃል ከተናገረ በኋላ ሄዱ፤ እንዲህም አለ። መንፈስ ቅዱስ በነቢዩ በኢሳይያስ ለአባቶቻችን።

²⁶Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

²⁶ወደዚህ ሕዝብ ሂድና። መስማትን ትሰማላችሁና አታስተውሉም፥ ማየትንም ታያላችሁና አትመለከቱም፤

²⁷For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

²⁷በዓይናቸው እንዳያዩ በጆሮአቸው እንዳይሰሙ በልባቸውም እንዳያስተውሉ ተመልሰውም እንዳልፈውሳቸው፥ የዚህ ሕዝብ ልብ ደንድኖአል ጆሮአቸውም ደንቁሮአል ዓይናቸውንም ጨፍነዋል በላቸው

²⁸Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

²⁸ሲል መልካም ተናገረ። እንግዲህ ይህ የእግዚአብሔር ደኅንነት ለአሕዛብ እንደ ተላከ በእናንተ ዘንድ የታወቀ ይሁን፤ እነርሱ ደግሞ ይሰሙታል።

²⁹And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.

²⁹ይህንም በተናገረ ጊዜ አይሁድ እርስ በርሳቸው እጅግ እየተከራከሩ ሄዱ።

³⁰And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,

³⁰ጳውሎስም በተከራየው ቤት ሁለት ዓመት ሙሉ ተቀመጠ፥ ወደ እርሱም የሚመጡትን ሁሉ ይቀበል ነበር፤

³¹Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

³¹ማንም ሳይከለክለው የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት እየሰበከ ስለ ጌታ ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እጅግ ገልጦ ያስተምር ነበር።