¹But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

¹ሐናንያም የተባለ አንድ ሰው ሰጲራ ከተባለች ከሚስቱ ጋር መሬት ሸጠ፥

²And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

²ሚስቱም ደግሞ ስታውቅ ከሽያጩ አስቀረና እኩሌታውን አምጥቶ በሐዋርያት እግር አጠገብ አኖረው።

³But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

³ጴጥሮስም። ሐናንያ ሆይ፥ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ታታልልና ከመሬቱ ሽያጭ ታስቀር ዘንድ ሰይጣን በልብህ ስለ ምን ሞላ?

⁴Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

⁴ሳትሸጠው የአንተ አልነበረምን? ከሸጥኸውስ በኋላ በሥልጣንህ አልነበረምን? ይህን ነገር ስለ ምን በልብህ አሰብህ? እግዚአብሔርን እንጂ ሰውን አልዋሸህም አለው።

⁵And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

⁵ሐናንያም ይህን ቃል ሰምቶ ወደቀ ሞተም፤ በሰሙትም ሁሉ ላይ ታላቅ ፍርሃት ሆነ።

⁶And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

⁶ጐበዞችም ተነሥተው ከፈኑት አውጥተውም ቀበሩት።

⁷And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

⁷ከሦስት ሰዓት ያህል በኋላም ሚስቱ የሆነውን ሳታውቅ ገባች።

⁸And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

⁸ጴጥሮስም መልሶ። እስቲ ንገሪኝ፥ መሬታችሁን ይህን ለሚያህል ሸጣችሁትን? አላት። እርስዋም። አዎን፥ ይህን ለሚያህል ነው አለች።

⁹Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

⁹ጴጥሮስም። የጌታን መንፈስ ትፈታተኑ ዘንድ ስለ ምን ተስማማችሁ? እነሆ፥ ባልሽን የቀበሩት ሰዎች እግር በደጅ ነው አንቺንም ያወጡሻል አላት።

¹⁰Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

¹⁰ያን ጊዜም በእግሩ አጠገብ ወደቀች ሞተችም፤ ጐበዞችም ሲገቡ ሞታ አገኙአት አውጥተውም በባልዋ አጠገብ ቀበሩአት።

¹¹And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.

¹¹በቤተ ክርስቲያን ሁሉና ይህንም በሰሙ ሁሉ ላይ ታላቅ ፍርሃት ሆነ።

¹²And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.

¹²በሐዋርያትም እጅ ብዙ ምልክትና ድንቅ በሕዝብ መካከል ይደረግ ነበር፤ ሁሉም በአንድ ልብ ሆነው በሰሎሞን ደጅ መመላለሻ ነበሩ።

¹³And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

¹³ከሌሎችም አንድ ስንኳ ሊተባበራቸው የሚደፍር አልነበረም፥

¹⁴And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

¹⁴ሕዝቡ ግን ያከብሩአቸው ነበር፤ የሚያምኑትም ከፊት ይልቅ ለጌታ ይጨመሩለት ነበር፤ ወንዶችና ሴቶችም ብዙ ነበሩ።

¹⁵Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.

¹⁵ስለዚህም ጴጥሮስ ሲያልፍ ጥላውም ቢሆን ከእነርሱ አንዱን ይጋርድ ዘንድ ድውያንን ወደ አደባባይ አውጥተው በአልጋና በወሰካ ያኖሩአቸው ነበር።

¹⁶There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

¹⁶ደግሞም በኢየሩሳሌም ዙሪያ ካለችው ከተማ ድውያንንና በርኵሳን መናፍስት የተሣቀዩትን እያመጡ ብዙ ሰዎች ይሰበስቡ ነበር፤ ሁሉም ይፈወሱ ነበር።

¹⁷Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,

¹⁷ሊቀ ካህናቱ ግን የሰዱቃውያን ወገን ሆነውም ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት ሁሉ ተነሡ ቅንዓትም ሞላባቸው።

¹⁸And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

¹⁸በሐዋርያትም ላይ እጃቸውን ጭነው በሕዝቡ ወኅኒ ውስጥ አኖሩአቸው።

¹⁹But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,

¹⁹የጌታ መልአክ ግን በሌሊት የወኅኒውን ደጅ ከፍቶ አወጣቸውና።

²⁰Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

²⁰ሂዱና ቆማችሁ የዚህን ሕይወት ቃል ሁሉ ለሕዝብ በመቅደስ ንገሩ አላቸው።

²¹And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

²¹በሰሙም ጊዜ ማልደው ወደ መቅደስ ገብተው አስተማሩ። ግን ሊቀ ካህናቱና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት መጥተው ሸንጎውንና የእስራኤልን ልጆች ሽማግሌዎች ሁሉ በአንድነት ጠሩ፥ ያመጡአቸውም ዘንድ ወደ ወኅኒ ላኩ።

²²But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,

²²ሎሌዎችም መጥተው በወኅኒው አላገኙአቸውም፤ ተመልሰውም። ወኅኒው በጣም በጥንቃቄ ተዘግቶ ጠባቂዎችም በደጁ ፊት ቆመው አገኘን፥ በከፈትን ጊዜ ግን በውስጡ አንድ ስንኳ አላገኘንም አሉአቸው።

²³Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

²⁴የመቅደስ አዛዥና የካህናት አለቆችም ይህን ነገር በሰሙ ጊዜ። እንጃ ይህ ምን ይሆን? እያሉ ስለ እነርሱ አመነቱ።

²⁴Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

²⁵አንድ ሰውም መጥቶ። እነሆ፥ በወኅኒ ያኖራችኋቸው ሰዎች እየቆሙ ሕዝቡንም እያስተማሩ በመቅደስ ናቸው ብሎ አወራላቸው።

²⁵Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

²⁶በዚያን ጊዜ አዛዡ ከሎሌዎች ጋር ሄዶ አመጣቸው፥ በኃይል ግን አይደለም፤ ሕዝቡ እንዳይወግሩአቸው ይፈሩ ነበርና።

²⁶Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

²⁷አምጥተውም በሸንጎ አቆሙአቸው።

²⁷And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

²⁸ሊቀ ካህናቱም። በዚህ ስም እንዳታስተምሩ አጥብቀን አላዘዝናችሁምን? እነሆም፥ ኢየሩሳሌምን በትምህርታችሁ ሞልታችኋል፤ የዚያንም ሰው ደም በእኛ ታመጡብን ዘንድ ታስባላችሁ ብሎ ጠየቃቸው።

²⁸Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

²⁹ጴጥሮስና ሐዋርያትም መልሰው አሉ። ከሰው ይልቅ ለእግዚአብሔር ልንታዘዝ ይገባል።

²⁹Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

³⁰እናንተ በእንጨት ላይ ሰቅላችሁ የገደላችሁትን ኢየሱስን የአባቶቻችን አምላክ አስነሣው፤

³⁰The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

³¹ይህን እግዚአብሔር፥ ለእስራኤል ንስሐን የኃጢአትንም ስርየት ይሰጥ ዘንድ፥ ራስም መድኃኒትም አድርጎ በቀኙ ከፍ ከፍ አደረገው።

³¹Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

³²እኛም ለዚህ ነገር ምስክሮች ነን፥ ደግሞም እግዚአብሔር ለሚታዘዙት የሰጠው መንፈስ ቅዱስ ምስክር ነው።

³²And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

³³እነርሱም ሲሰሙ በጣም ተቈጡ ሊገድሉአቸውም አሰቡ።

³³When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

³⁴ነገር ግን በሕዝብ ሁሉ ዘንድ የከበረ የሕግ መምህር ገማልያል የሚሉት አንድ ፈሪሳዊ በሸንጎ ተነሥቶ ሐዋርያትን ጥቂት ፈቀቅ እንዲያደርጉአቸው አዘዘ፥

³⁴Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

³⁵እንዲህም አላቸው። የእስራኤል ሰዎች ሆይ፥ ስለ እነዚህ ሰዎች ምን እንደምታደርጉ ለራሳችሁ ተጠንቀቁ።

³⁵And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.

³⁶ከዚህ ወራት አስቀድሞ ቴዎዳስ። እኔ ታላቅ ነኝ ብሎ ተነሥቶ ነበርና፥ አራት መቶ የሚያህሉ ሰዎችም ከእርሱ ጋር ተባበሩ፤ እርሱም ጠፋ የሰሙትም ሁሉ ተበተኑ እንደ ምናምንም ሆኑ።

³⁶For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.

³⁷ከዚህ በኋላ ሰዎች በተጻፉበት ዘመን የገሊላው ይሁዳ ተነሣ ብዙ ሰዎችንም አሸፍቶ አስከተለ፤ እርሱም ጠፋ የሰሙትም ሁሉ ተበታተኑ።

³⁷After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

³⁸አሁንም እላችኋለሁ። ከእነዚህ ሰዎች ተለዩ ተዉአቸውም፤ ይህ አሳብ ወይም ይህ ሥራ ከሰው እንደ ሆነ ይጠፋልና፤

³⁸And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

³⁹ከእግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆነ ግን ታጠፉአቸው ዘንድ አይቻላችሁም፥ በእርግጥ ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር ስትጣሉ ምናልባት እንዳትገኙ።

³⁹But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

⁴⁰ሰሙትም፥ ሐዋርያትንም ወደ እነርሱ ጠርተው ገረፉአቸው፥ በኢየሱስም ስም እንዳይናገሩ አዝዘው ፈቱአቸው።

⁴⁰And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

⁴¹እነርሱም ስለ ስሙ ይናቁ ዘንድ የተገባቸው ሆነው ስለ ተቈጠሩ ከሸንጎው ፊት ደስ እያላቸው ወጡ፤

⁴¹And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

⁴²ዕለት ዕለትም በመቅደስና በቤታቸው ስለ ኢየሱስ እርሱ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ ማስተማርንና መስበክን አይተዉም ነበር።

⁴²And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.