¹Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

¹ሊቀ ካህናቱም። ይህ ነገር እንዲህ ነውን? አለው፤

²And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

²እርሱም እንዲህ አለ። ወንድሞችና አባቶች ሆይ፥ ስሙ። የክብር አምላክ ለአባታችን ለአብርሃም በካራን ሳይቀመጥ ገና በሁለት ወንዝ መካከል ሳለ ታየና።

³And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

³ከአገርህና ከዘመዶችህም ወጥተህ ወደማሳይህ ወደ ማንኛውም ምድር ና አለው።

⁴Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

⁴በዚያን ጊዜ ከከለዳውያን አገር ወጥቶ በካራን ተቀመጠ። ከዚያም አባቱ ከሞተ በኋላ እናንተ ዛሬ ወደምትኖሩባት ወደዚች አገር አወጣው።

⁵And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

⁵በዚችም የእግር ጫማ ስንኳ የሚያህል ርስት አልሰጠውም፤ ነገር ግን ልጅ ሳይኖረው ለእርሱ ከእርሱም በኋላ ለዘሩ ርስት አድርጎ ይሰጠው ዘንድ ተስፋ ሰጠው።

⁶And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

⁶እግዚአብሔርም ዘሩ በሌላ አገር መጻተኞች እንዲሆኑ አራት መቶ ዓመትም ባሪያዎች እንዲያደርጉአቸው እንዲያስጨንቁአቸውም እንዲህ ተናገረ፤

⁷And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

⁷ደግሞም እግዚአብሔር። እንደ ባሪያዎች በሚገዙአቸው ሕዝብ ላይ እኔ እፈርድባቸዋለሁ፥ ከዚህም በኋላ ይወጣሉ በዚህም ስፍራ ያመልኩኛል አለ።

⁸And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

⁸የመገረዝንም ኪዳን ሰጠው፤ እንዲሁም ይስሐቅን ወለደ በስምንተኛውም ቀን ገረዘው ይስሐቅም ያዕቆብን ያዕቆብም አሥራ ሁለቱን የአባቶችን አለቆች።

⁹And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

⁹የአባቶችም አለቆች በዮሴፍ ቀንተው ወደ ግብፅ ሸጡት፤ እግዚአብሔርም ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረ፥

¹⁰And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

¹⁰ከመከራውም ሁሉ አወጣው፥ በግብፅ ንጉሥ በፈርዖንም ፊት ሞገስንና ጥበብን ሰጠው፥ በግብፅና በቤቱ ሁሉ ላይም ቢትወደድ አድርጎ ሾመው።

¹¹Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

¹¹በግብፅና በከነዓንም አገር ሁሉ ራብና ብዙ ጭንቅ መጣ፥ አባቶቻችንም ምግብን አላገኙም።

¹²But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

¹²ያዕቆብም በግብፅ እህል መኖሩን በሰማ ጊዜ በመጀመሪያ አባቶቻችንን ሰደዳቸው፤

¹³And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

¹³በሁለተኛውም ዮሴፍ ለወንድሞቹ ታወቀ፥ የዮሴፍም ትውልድ በፈርዖን ዘንድ ተገለጠ።

¹⁴Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

¹⁴ዮሴፍም አባቱን ያዕቆብንና ሰባ አምስት ነፍስ የነበረውን ቤተ ዘመድ ሁሉ ልኮ አስጠራ።

¹⁵So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

¹⁵ያዕቆብም ወደ ግብፅ ወረደ እርሱም ሞተ አባቶቻችንም፤

¹⁶And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

¹⁶ወደ ሴኬምም አፍልሰው አብርሃም ከሴኬም አባት ከኤሞር ልጆች በብር በገዛው መቃብር ቀበሩአቸው።

¹⁷But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

¹⁷እግዚአብሔርም ለአብርሃም የማለለት የተስፋው ዘመን ሲቀርብ፥ ዮሴፍን የማያውቀው ሌላ ንጉሥ በግብፅ ላይ እስኪነሣ ድረስ፥ ሕዝቡ እየተጨመሩ በግብፅ በዙ።

¹⁸Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

¹⁹እርሱም ወገናችንን ተተንኵሎ ሕፃናትን በሕይወት እንዳይጠብቁ ወደ ውጭ ይጥሉ ዘንድ አድርጎ አባቶቻችንን አስጨነቀ።

¹⁹The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

²⁰በዚያን ጊዜ ሙሴ ተወለደ በእግዚአብሔርም ፊት ያማረ ነበር፤ በአባቱ ቤትም ሦስት ወር አደገ፤

²⁰In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:

²¹በተጣለም ጊዜ የፈርዖን ልጅ አነሣችው ልጅም ይሆናት ዘንድ አሳደገችው።

²¹And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

²²ሙሴም የግብፆችን ጥበብ ሁሉ ተማረ፥ በቃሉና በሥራውም የበረታ ሆነ።

²²And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

²³ነገር ግን አርባ ዓመት ሲሞላው ወንድሞቹን የእስራኤልን ልጆች ይጐበኝ ዘንድ በልቡ አሰበ።

²³And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

²⁴አንዱም ሲበደል አይቶ ረዳው፥ የግብፅን ሰውም መትቶ ለተገፋው ተበቀለ።

²⁴And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

²⁵ወንድሞቹም እግዚአብሔር በእጁ መዳንን እንዲሰጣቸው የሚያስተውሉ ይመስለው ነበር፥ እነርሱ ግን አላስተዋሉም።

²⁵For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

²⁶በማግሥቱም እርስ በርሳቸው ሲጣሉ አገኛቸው፥ ሊያስታርቃቸውም ወዶ። ሰዎች ሆይ፥ እናንተስ ወንድማማች ናችሁ፤ ስለ ምን እርስ በርሳችሁ ትበዳደላላችሁ? አላቸው።

²⁶And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

²⁷ያም ባልንጀራውን የሚበድል ግን። አንተን በእኛ ላይ ሹምና ፈራጅ እንድትሆን የሾመህ ማን ነው?

²⁷But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

²⁸ወይስ ትናንትና የግብፁን ሰው እንደ ገደልኸው ልትገድለኝ ትወዳለህን? ብሎ ገፋው።

²⁸Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

²⁹ሙሴም ከዚህ ነገር የተነሣ ሸሽቶ በምድያም አገር መጻተኛ ሆኖ ኖረ፤ በዚያም ሁለት ልጆች ወለደ።

²⁹Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

³⁰አርባ ዓመትም ሲሞላ የጌታ መልአክ በሲና ተራራ ምድረ በዳ በቍጥቋጦ መካከል በእሳት ነበልባል ታየው።

³⁰And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

³¹ሙሴም አይቶ ባየው ተደነቀ፤ ሊመለከትም ሲቀርብ የጌታ ቃል። እኔ የአባቶችህ አምላክ የአብርሃም አምላክ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ ነኝ ብሎ ወደ እርሱ መጣ። ሙሴም ተንቀጥቅጦ ሊመለከት አልደፈረም።

³¹When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him,

³³ጌታም። የቆምህባት ስፍራ የተቀደሰች ምድር ናትና የእግርህን ጫማ አውልቅ።

³²Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

³⁴በግብፅ ያሉትን የሕዝቤን መከራ ፈጽሜ አይቼ መቃተታቸውንም ሰምቼ ላድናቸው ወረድሁ፤ አሁንም ና፥ ወደ ግብፅ እልክሃለሁ አለው።

³³Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

³⁵ሹምና ፈራጅ እንድትሆን የሾመህ ማን ነው? ብለው የካዱትን፥ ይህን ሙሴን በቍጥቋጦው በታየው በመልአኩ እጅ እግዚአብሔር ሹምና ቤዛ አድርጎ ላከው።

³⁴I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

³⁶ይህ ሰው በግብፅ ምድርና በኤርትራ ባሕር በምድረ በዳም አርባ ዓመት ድንቅና ምልክት እያደረገ አወጣቸው።

³⁵This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

³⁷ይህ ሰው ለእስራኤል ልጆች። እግዚአብሔር ከወንድሞቻችሁ እንደ እኔ ያለ ነቢይ ያስነሣላችኋል፤ እርሱን ስሙት ያላቸው ሙሴ ነው።

³⁶He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

³⁸ይህ ሰው በሲና ተራራ ከተናገረው መልአክና ከአባቶቻችን ጋር በምድረ በዳ በማኅበሩ ውስጥ የነበረው ነው፤ ይሰጠንም ዘንድ ሕይወት ያላቸውን ቃላት ተቀበለ፤

³⁷This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.

³⁹ለእርሱም አባቶቻችን ሊታዘዙት አልወደዱም፤ ነገር ግን ገፉት በልባቸውም ወደ ግብፅ ተመለሱ፤

³⁸This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

⁴⁰አሮንንም። በፊታችን የሚሄዱ አማልክት ሥራልን፤ ይህ ከግብፅ ምድር ያወጣን ሙሴ ምን እንደ ሆነ አናውቅምና አሉት።

³⁹To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

⁴¹በዚያም ወራት ጥጃ አደረጉ ለጣዖቱም መሥዋዕት አቀረቡ፥ በእጃቸውም ሥራ ደስ አላቸው።

⁴⁰Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

⁴²እግዚአብሔር ግን ዘወር አለ የሰማይንም ጭፍራ ያመልኩ ዘንድ አሳልፎ ሰጣቸው፥ በነቢያትም መጽሐፍ። እናንተ የእስራኤል ቤት፥ አርባ ዓመት በምድረ በዳ የታረደውን ከብትና መሥዋዕትን አቀረባችሁልኝን?

⁴¹And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

⁴³ትሰግዱላቸውም ዘንድ የሠራችኋቸውን ምስሎች እነርሱንም የሞሎክን ድንኳንና ሬምፉም የሚሉትን የአምላካችሁን ኮከብ አነሣችሁ፤ እኔም ከባቢሎን ወዲያ እሰዳችኋለሁ ተብሎ እንዲህ ተጽፎአል።

⁴²Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

⁴⁴እንዳየው ምስል አድርጎ ይሠራት ዘንድ ሙሴን ተናግሮ እንዳዘዘው፥ የምስክር ድንኳን ከአባቶቻችን ዘንድ በምድረ በዳ ነበረች፤

⁴³Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

⁴⁵አባቶቻችንም ደግሞ በተራ ተቀብለው እግዚአብሔር በፊታቸው ያወጣቸውን የአሕዛብን አገር በያዙት ጊዜ ከኢያሱ ጋር አገቡአት፥ እስከ ዳዊት ዘመንም ድረስ ኖረች።

⁴⁴Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

⁴⁶እርሱም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ሞገስ አግኝቶ ለያዕቆብ አምላክ ማደሪያን ያገኝ ዘንድ ለመነ።

⁴⁵Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

⁴⁷ነገር ግን ሰሎሞን ቤት ሠራለት።

⁴⁶Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

⁴⁸ነገር ግን ነቢዩ። ሰማይ ዙፋኔ ነው ምድርም የእግሬ መረገጫ ናት፤ ለእኔ ምን ዓይነት ቤት ትሠራላችሁ? ይላል ጌታ፥ ወይስ የማርፍበት ስፍራ ምንድር ነው? ይህንስ ሁሉ እጄ የሠራችው አይደለምን? እንዳለ፥ ልዑል የሰው እጅ በሠራችው አይኖርም።

⁴⁷But Solomon built him an house.

⁵¹እናንተ አንገተ ደንዳኖች ልባችሁና ጆሮአችሁም ያልተገረዘ፥ እናንተ ሁልጊዜ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ትቃወማላችሁ፤ አባቶቻችሁ እንደ ተቃወሙት እናንተ ደግሞ።

⁴⁸Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

⁵²ከነቢያትስ አባቶቻችሁ ያላሳደዱት ማን ነው? የጻድቁንም መምጣት አስቀድሞ የተናገሩትን ገደሉአቸው፤ በመላእክት ሥርዓት ሕግን ተቀብላችሁ ያልጠበቃችሁት እናንተም አሁን እርሱን አሳልፋችሁ ሰጣችሁት ገደላችሁትም።

⁴⁹Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

⁵⁴ይህንም በሰሙ ጊዜ በልባቸው በጣም ተቈጡ ጥርሳቸውንም አፋጩበት።

⁵⁰Hath not my hand made all these things?

⁵⁵መንፈስ ቅዱስንም ተሞልቶ ወደ ሰማይ ትኵር ብሎ ሲመለከት የእግዚአብሔርን ክብር ኢየሱስንም በእግዚአብሔር ቀኝ ቆሞ አየና።

⁵¹Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

⁵⁶እነሆ፥ ሰማያት ተከፍተው የሰው ልጅም በእግዚአብሔር ቀኝ ቆሞ አያለሁ አለ።

⁵²Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

⁵⁷በታላቅ ድምፅም እየጮኹ ጆሮአቸውን ደፈኑ፥ በአንድ ልብ ሆነውም ወደ እርሱ ሮጡ፥

⁵³Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

⁵⁸ከከተማም ወደ ውጭ አውጥተው ወገሩት። ምስክሮችም ልብሳቸውን ሳውል በሚሉት በአንድ ጎበዝ እግር አጠገብ አኖሩ።

⁵⁴When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

⁵⁹እስጢፋኖስም። ጌታ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፥ ነፍሴን ተቀበል ብሎ ሲጠራ ይወግሩት ነበር።

⁵⁵But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

⁶⁰ተንበርክኮም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ይህን ኃጢአት አትቍጠርባቸው ብሎ በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኸ። ይህንም ብሎ አንቀላፋ። ሳውልም በእርሱ መገደል ተስማምቶ ነበር።

⁵⁶And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

⁵⁷Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

⁵⁸And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

⁵⁹And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

⁶⁰And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.