¹And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

¹በዚህም ወራት ደቀ መዛሙርት እየበዙ ሲሄዱ ከግሪክ አገር መጥተው የነበሩት አይሁድ በይሁዳ ኖረው በነበሩት አይሁድ አንጐራጐሩባቸው፥ በየቀኑ በተሠራው አገልግሎት መበለቶቻቸውን ችላ ይሉባቸው ነበርና።

²Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

²አሥራ ሁለቱም ደቀ መዛሙርት ሁሉን ጠርተው እንዲህ አሉአቸው። የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ትተን ማዕድን እናገለግል ዘንድ የሚገባ ነገር አይደለም።

³Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

³ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በመልካም የተመሰከረላቸውን መንፈስ ቅዱስና ጥበብም የሞላባቸውን ሰባት ሰዎች ከእናንተ ምረጡ፥ ለዚህም ጉዳይ እንሾማቸዋለን፤

⁴But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

⁴እኛ ግን ለጸሎትና ቃሉን ለማገልገል እንተጋለን።

⁵And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

⁵ይህም ቃል ሕዝብን ሁሉ ደስ አሰኛቸው፤ እምነትና መንፈስ ቅዱስም የሞላበትን ሰው እስጢፋኖስን ፊልጶስንም ጵሮኮሮስንም ኒቃሮናንም ጢሞናንም ጳርሜናንም ወደ ይሁዲነት ገብቶ የነበረውን የአንጾኪያውን ኒቆላዎስንም መረጡ።

⁶Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

⁶በሐዋርያትም ፊት አቆሙአቸው፥ ከጸለዩም በኋላ እጃቸውን ጫኑባቸው።

⁷And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

⁷የእግዚአብሔርም ቃል እየሰፋ ሄደ፥ በኢየሩሳሌምም የደቀ መዛሙርት ቍጥር እጅግ እየበዛ ሄደ፤ ከካህናትም ብዙ ሰዎች ለሃይማኖት የታዘዙ ሆኑ።

⁸And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

⁸እስጢፋኖስም ጸጋንና ኃይልን ተሞልቶ በሕዝቡ መካከል ድንቅንና ታላቅ ምልክትን ያደርግ ነበር።

⁹Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

⁹የነፃ ወጪዎች ከተባለችው ምኵራብም ከቀሬናና ከእስክንድርያም ሰዎች ከኪልቅያና ከእስያም ከነበሩት አንዳንዶቹ ተነሥተው እስጢፋኖስን ይከራከሩት ነበር፤

¹⁰And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.

¹⁰ይናገርበት የነበረውንም ጥበብና መንፈስ ይቃወሙ ዘንድ አልቻሉም።

¹¹Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

¹¹በዚያን ጊዜ። በሙሴ ላይ በእግዚአብሔርም ላይ የስድብን ነገር ሲናገር ሰምተነዋል የሚሉ ሰዎችን አስነሡ።

¹²And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

¹²ሕዝቡንና ሽማግሌዎችንም ጻፎችንም አናደዱ፥ ቀርበውም ያዙት ወደ ሸንጎም አመጡትና።

¹³And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

¹³ይህ ሰው በዚህ በተቀደሰው ስፍራ በሕግም ላይ የስድብን ነገር ለመናገር አይተውም፤

¹⁴For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

¹⁴ይህ የናዝሬቱ ኢየሱስ ይህን ስፍራ ያፈርሰዋል ሙሴም ያስተላለፈልንን ሥርዓት ይለውጣል ሲል ሰምተነዋልና የሚሉ የሐሰት ምስክሮችን አቆሙ።

¹⁵And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

¹⁵በሸንጎም የተቀመጡት ሁሉ ትኵር ብለው ሲመለከቱት እንደ መልአክ ፊት ሆኖ ፊቱን አዩት።