¹And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

¹በዚያን ቀንም በኢየሩሳሌም ባለች ቤተ ክርስቲያን ላይ ታላቅ ስደት ሆነ፤ ሁሉም ከሐዋርያትም በቀር ወደ ይሁዳና ወደ ሰማርያ አገሮች ተበተኑ።

²And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

²በጸሎትም የተጉ ሰዎች እስጢፋኖስን ቀበሩት ታላቅ ልቅሶም አለቀሱለት።

³As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

³ሳውል ግን ቤተ ክርስቲያንን ያፈርስ ነበር፤ ወደ ሁሉም ቤት እየገባ ወንዶችንም ሴቶችንም እየጐተተ ወደ ወኅኒ አሳልፎ ይሰጥ ነበር።

⁴Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.

⁴የተበተኑትም ቃሉን እየሰበኩ ዞሩ።

⁵Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

⁵ፊልጶስም ወደ ሰማርያ ከተማ ወርዶ ክርስቶስን ሰበከላቸው።

⁶And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

⁶ሕዝቡም የፊልጶስን ቃል በሰሙ ጊዜ ያደርጋት የነበረውንም ምልክት ባዩ ጊዜ፥ የተናገረውን በአንድ ልብ አደመጡ።

⁷For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

⁷ርኵሳን መናፍስት በታላቅ ድምፅ እየጮኹ ከብዙ ሰዎች ይወጡ ነበርና፤ ብዙም ሽባዎችና አንካሶች ተፈወሱ፤

⁸And there was great joy in that city.

⁸በዚያችም ከተማ ታላቅ ደስታ ሆነ።

⁹But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

⁹ሲሞን የሚሉት አንድ ሰው ግን። እኔ ታላቅ ነኝ ብሎ፥ እየጠነቈለ የሰማርያንም ወገን እያስገረመ ቀድሞ በከተማ ነበረ።

¹⁰To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

¹⁰ከታናናሾችም ጀምሮ እስከ ታላላቆቹ ድረስ። ታላቁ የእግዚአብሔር ኃይል ይህ ነው እያሉ ሁሉ ያደምጡት ነበር።

¹¹And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

¹¹ከብዙ ዘመንም ጀምሮ በጥንቈላ ስላስገረማቸው ያደምጡት ነበር።

¹²But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

¹²ነገር ግን ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥትና ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም እየሰበከላቸው ፊልጶስን ባመኑት ጊዜ፥ ወንዶችም ሴቶችም ተጠመቁ።

¹³Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.

¹³ሲሞንም ደግሞ ራሱ አመነ፤ ተጠምቆም ከፊልጶስ ጋር ይተባበር ነበር፤ የሚደረገውንም ምልክትና ታላቅ ተአምራት ባየ ጊዜ ተገረመ።

¹⁴Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

¹⁴በኢየሩሳሌምም የነበሩት ሐዋርያት የሰማርያ ሰዎች የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እንደተቀበሉ ሰምተው ጴጥሮስንና ዮሐንስን ሰደዱላቸው።

¹⁵Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

¹⁵እነርሱም በወረዱ ጊዜ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ይቀበሉ ዘንድ ጸለዩላቸው፤

¹⁶(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

¹⁶በጌታ በኢየሱስ ስም ብቻ ተጠምቀው ነበር እንጂ ከእነርሱ በአንዱ ላይ ስንኳ ገና አልወረደም ነበርና።

¹⁷Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

¹⁷በዚያን ጊዜ እጃቸውን ጫኑባቸው መንፈስ ቅዱስንም ተቀበሉ።

¹⁸And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

¹⁸ሲሞንም በሐዋርያት እጅ መጫን መንፈስ ቅዱስ እንዲሰጥ ባየ ጊዜ፥ ገንዘብ አመጣላቸውና።

¹⁹Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

¹⁹እጄን የምጭንበት ሁሉ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ይቀበል ዘንድ ለእኔ ደግሞ ይህን ሥልጣን ስጡኝ አለ።

²⁰But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

²⁰ጴጥሮስ ግን እንዲህ አለው። የእግዚአብሔርን ስጦታ በገንዘብ እንድታገኝ አስበሃልና ብርህ ከአንተ ጋር ይጥፋ።

²¹Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

²¹ልብህ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት የቀና አይደለምና ከዚህ ነገር ዕድል ወይም ፈንታ የለህም።

²²Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

²²እንግዲህ ስለዚህ ክፋትህ ንሰሐ ግባ፥ ምናልባትም የልብህን አሳብ ይቅር ይልህ እንደ ሆነ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ለምን፤

²³For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.

²³በመራራ መርዝና በዓመፅ እስራት እንዳለህ አይሃለሁና።

²⁴Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

²⁴ሲሞንም መልሶ። ካላችሁት አንዳች እንዳይደርስብኝ እናንተው ወደ ጌታ ለምኑልኝ አላቸው።

²⁵And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

²⁵እነርሱም ከመሰከሩና የጌታን ቃል ከተናገሩ በኋላ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሱ፤ በሳምራውያን በብዙ መንደሮችም ወንጌልን ሰበኩ።

²⁶And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.

²⁶የጌታም መልአክ ፊልጶስን። ተነሥተህ በደቡብ በኩል ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ ጋዛ ወደሚያወርደው ምድረ በዳ ወደ ሆነ መንገድ ሂድ አለው።

²⁷And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

²⁷ተነሥቶም ሄደ። እነሆም፥ ህንደኬ የተባለች የኢትዮጵያ ንግሥት አዛዥና ጃንደረባ የነበረ በገንዘብዋም ሁሉ የሠለጠነ አንድ የኢትዮጵያ ሰው ሊሰግድ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም መጥቶ ነበር፤

²⁸Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

²⁸ሲመለስም በሰረገላ ተቀምጦ የነቢዩን የኢሳይያስን መጽሐፍ ያነብ ነበር።

²⁹Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

²⁹መንፈስም ፊልጶስን። ወደዚህ ሰረገላ ቅረብና ተገናኝ አለው።

³⁰And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

³⁰ፊልጶስም ሮጦ የነቢዩን የኢሳይያስን መጽሐፍ ሲያነብ ሰማና። በውኑ የምታነበውን ታስተውለዋለህን? አለው።

³¹And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

³¹እርሱም። የሚመራኝ ሳይኖር ይህ እንዴት ይቻለኛል? አለው። ወጥቶም ከእርሱ ጋር ይቀመጥ ዘንድ ፊልጶስን ለመነው።

³²The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

³²ያነበውም የነበረ የመጽሐፉ ክፍል ይህ ነበረ፤ እንደ በግ ወደ መታረድ ተነዳ፥ የበግ ጠቦትም በሸላቹ ፊት ዝም እንደሚል፥ እንዲሁ አፉን አልከፈተም።

³³In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

³³በውርደቱ ፍርዱ ተወገደ፤ ሕይወቱ ከምድር ተወግዳለችና ትውልዱንስ ማን ይናገራል?

³⁴And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?

³⁴ጃንደረባውም ለፊልጶስ መልሶ። እባክህ፥ ነቢዩ ይህን ስለ ማን ይናገራል? ስለ ራሱ ነውን ወይስ ስለ ሌላ? አለው።

³⁵Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

³⁵ፊልጶስም አፉን ከፈተ፥ ከዚህም መጽሐፍ ጀምሮ ስለ ኢየሱስ ወንጌልን ሰበከለት።

³⁶And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

³⁶በመንገድም ሲሄዱ ወደ ውኃ ደረሱ፤ ጃንደረባውም። እነሆ ውኃ፤ እንዳልጠመቅ የሚከለክለኝ ምንድር ነው? አለው።

³⁷And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

³⁷ፊልጶስም። በፍጹም ልብህ ብታምን፥ ተፈቅዶአል አለው። መልሶም። ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆነ አምናለሁ አለ።

³⁸And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

³⁸ሰረገላውም ይቆም ዘንድ አዘዘ፥ ፊልጶስና ጃንደረባው ሁለቱም ወደ ውኃ ወረዱ፥ አጠመቀውም።

³⁹And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

³⁹ከውኃውም ከወጡ በኋላ የጌታ መንፈስ ፊልጶስን ነጠቀው፤ ጃንደረባውም ሁለተኛ አላየውም፥ ደስ ብሎት መንገዱን ይሄድ ነበርና።

⁴⁰But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

⁴⁰ፊልጶስ ግን በአዛጦን ተገኘ፥ ወደ ቂሣርያም እስኪመጣ ድረስ እየዞረ በከተማዎች ሁሉ ወንጌልን ይሰብክ ነበር።