¹And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

¹ሳውል ግን የጌታን ደቀ መዛሙርት እንዲገድላቸው ገና እየዛተ ወደ ሊቀ ካህናት ሄደ፥

²And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

²በዚህ መንገድ ያሉትንም ሰዎች ወንዶችንም ሴቶችንም ቢያገኝ፥ እያሰረ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ያመጣቸው ዘንድ በደማስቆ ላሉት ምኵራቦች ደብዳቤ ከእርሱ ለመነ።

³And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:

³ሲሄድም ወደ ደማስቆ በቀረበ ጊዜ ድንገት በእርሱ ዙሪያ ከሰማይ ብርሃን አንጸባረቀ፤

⁴And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

⁴በምድርም ላይ ወድቆ ሳለ። ሳውል ሳውል፥ ስለ ምን ታሳድደኛለህ? የሚለውን ድምፅ ሰማ።

⁵And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

⁵ጌታ ሆይ፥ ማን ነህ? አለው። እርሱም። አንተ የምታሳድደኝ እኔ ኢየሱስ ነኝ፤ የመውጊያውን ብረት ብትቃወም ለአንተ ይብስብሃል አለው።

⁶And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

⁶እየተንቀጠቀጠና እየተደነቀ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ምን አደርግ ዘንድ ትወዳለህ? አለው። ጌታም። ተነሥተህ ወደ ከተማ ግባና ታደርገው ዘንድ የሚያስፈልግህን ይነግሩሃል አለው።

⁷And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.

⁷ከእርሱም ጋር በመንገድ የሄዱ ሰዎች ድምፁን እየሰሙ ማንን ግን ሳያዩ እንደ ዲዳዎች ቁሙ።

⁸And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

⁸ሳውልም ከምድር ተነሣ፥ አይኖቹም በተከፈቱ ጊዜ ምንም አላየም፤ እጁንም ይዘው እየመሩ ወደ ደማስቆ አገቡት።

⁹And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.

⁹ሳያይም ሦስት ቀን ኖረ፤ አልበላምም አልጠጣምም።

¹⁰And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.

¹⁰በደማስቆም ሐናንያ የሚሉት አንድ ደቀ መዝሙር ነበረ፥ ጌታም በራእይ። ሐናንያ ሆይ፥ አለው። እርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እነሆኝ አለ።

¹¹And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,

¹¹ጌታም። ተነሥተህ ቅን ወደ ሚባለው መንገድ ሂድ፥ በይሁዳ ቤትም ሳውል የሚሉትን አንድ የጠርሴስ ሰው ፈልግ፤

¹²And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.

¹²እነሆ፥ እርሱ ይጸልያልና፤ ሐናንያ የሚሉትም ሰው ገብቶ ደግሞ እንዲያይ እጁን ሲጭንበት አይቶአል አለው።

¹³Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

¹³ሐናንያም መልሶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በኢየሩሳሌም በቅዱሳንህ ላይ ስንት ክፉ እንዳደረገ ስለዚህ ሰው ከብዙዎች ሰምቼአለሁ፤

¹⁴And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.

¹⁴በዚህም ስምህን የሚጠሩትን ሁሉ ለማሰር ከካህናት አለቆች ሥልጣን አለው አለ።

¹⁵But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

¹⁵ጌታም። ይህ በአሕዛብም በነገሥታትም በእስራኤልም ልጆች ፊት ስሜን ይሸከም ዘንድ ለእኔ የተመረጠ ዕቃ ነውና ሂድ፤

¹⁶For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

¹⁶ስለ ስሜ ስንት መከራ ሊቀበል እንዲያስፈልገው እኔ አመለክተዋለሁና አለው።

¹⁷And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

¹⁷ሐናንያም ሄዶ ወደ ቤቱ ገባ፥ እጁንም ጭኖበት። ወንድሜ ሳውል ሆይ፥ ጌታ፥ እርሱም በመጣህበት መንገድ የታየህ ኢየሱስ ነው፥ ደግሞ ታይ ዘንድና መንፈስ ቅዱስ ይሞላብህ ዘንድ ላከኝ አለ።

¹⁸And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.

¹⁸ወዲያውም እንደ ቅርፊት ያለ ከዓይኑ ወደቀ፥ ያን ጊዜም ደግሞ አየ፤ ተነሥቶም ተጠመቀ፥

¹⁹And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.

¹⁹መብልም በልቶ በረታ። በደማስቆም ካሉት ደቀ መዛሙርት ጋር ጥቂት ቀን ኖረ።

²⁰And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

²⁰ወዲያውም ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እርሱ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆነ በምኵራቦቹ ሰበከ።

²¹But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?

²¹የሰሙትም ሁሉ ተገረሙና። ይህ በኢየሩሳሌም ይህን ስም የሚጠሩትን ያጠፋ አይደለምን? ስለዚህስ ታስረው ወደ ካህናት አለቆች ይወስዳቸው ዘንድ ወደዚህ አልመጣምን? አሉ።

²²But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.

²²ሳውል ግን እየበረታ ሄደ፥ በደማስቆም ለተቀመጡት አይሁድ ይህ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ አስረድቶ መልስ ያሳጣቸው ነበር።

²³And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:

²³ብዙ ቀንም ሲሞላ አይሁድ ሊገድሉት ተማከሩ፤

²⁴But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

²⁴ሳውል ግን አሳባቸውን አወቀ። ይገድሉትም ዘንድ በሌሊትና በቀን የከተማይቱን በር ሁሉ ይጠቀብቁ ነበር፤

²⁵Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

²⁵ደቀ መዛሙርት ግን በሌሊት ወስደው በቅጥር ላይ አሳልፈው በቅርጫት አወረዱት።

²⁶And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.

²⁶ሳውልም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም በደረሰ ጊዜ ከደቀ መዛሙርት ጋር ይተባበር ዘንድ ሞከረ፤ ሁሉም ደቀ መዝሙር እንደ ሆነ ስላላመኑ ፈሩት።

²⁷But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

²⁷በርናባስ ግን ወስዶ ወደ ሐዋርያት አገባውና ጌታን በመንገድ እንዴት እንዳየውና እንደ ተናገረው በደማስቆም በኢየሱስ ስም ደፍሮ እንዴት እንደ ነገረ ተረከላቸው።

²⁸And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.

²⁸በጌታም በኢየሱስ ስም ደፍሮ እየተናገረ በኢየሩሳሌም ሲወጣና ሲገባ ከእነርሱ ጋር ነበረ፤

²⁹And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

²⁹ከግሪክ አገርም መጥተው ከነበሩት አይሁድ ጋር ይነጋገርና ይከራከር ነበር፤ እነርሱ ግን ሊገድሉት ፈለጉ።

³⁰Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

³⁰ወንድሞችም ይህን ባወቁ ጊዜ ወደ ቂሣርያ ወሰዱት ወደ ጠርሴስም ሰደዱት።

³¹Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

³¹በይሁዳም ሁሉና በገሊላ በሰማርያም የነበሩት አብያተ ክርስቲያናት በሰላም ኖሩ ታነጹም፤ በእግዚአብሔርም ፍርሃትና በመንፈስ ቅዱስ መጽናናት እየሄዱ ይበዙ ነበር።

³²And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.

³²ጴጥሮስም በየስፍራው ሁሉ ሲዞር በልዳ ወደሚኖሩ ቅዱሳን ደግሞ ወረደ።

³³And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

³³በዚያም ከስምንት ዓመት ጀምሮ በአልጋ ላይ ተኝቶ የነበረውን ኤንያ የሚሉትን አንድ ሰው አገኘ፤ እርሱም ሽባ ነበረ።

³⁴And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.

³⁴ጴጥሮስም። ኤንያ ሆይ፥ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ይፈውስሃል፤ ተነሣ ለራስህም አንጥፍ አለው።

³⁵And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.

³⁵ወዲያውም ተነሣ። በልዳና በሰሮናም የሚኖሩ ሁሉ እርሱን አይተው ወደ ጌታ ዘወር አሉ።

³⁶Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

³⁶በኢዮጴም ጣቢታ የሚሉአት አንዲት ደቀ መዝሙር ነበረች፥ ትርጓሜውም ዶርቃ ማለት ነው፤ እርስዋም መልካም ነገር የሞላባት ምጽዋትም የምታደርግ ነበረች።

³⁷And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.

³⁷በዚያም ወራት ታመመችና ሞተች፤ አጥበውም በሰገነት አኖሩአት።

³⁸And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.

³⁸ልዳም ለኢዮጴ ቅርብ ናትና ደቀ መዛሙርት ጴጥሮስ በዚያ እንዳለ ሰምተው፥ ወደ እነርሱ ከመምጣት እንዳይዘገይ እየለመኑ ሁለት ሰዎች ወደ እርሱ ላኩ።

³⁹Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

³⁹ጴጥሮስም ተነሥቶ ከእነርሱ ጋር መጣ፤ በደረሰም ጊዜ በሰገነት አወጡት መበለቶችም ሁሉ እያለቀሱ ዶርቃ ከእነርሱ ጋር ሳለች ያደረገቻቸውን ቀሚሶችንና ልብሶችን ሁሉ እያሳዩት በፊቱ ቆሙ።

⁴⁰But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

⁴⁰ጴጥሮስም ሁሉን ወደ ውጭ አስወጥቶ ተንበርክኮም ጸለየ፥ ወደ ሬሳውም ዘወር ብሎ። ጣቢታ ሆይ፥ ተነሺ አላት። እርስዋም ዓይኖችዋን ከፈተች ጴጥሮስንም ባየች ጊዜ ተቀመጠች።

⁴¹And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

⁴¹እጁንም ለእርስዋ ሰጥቶ አስነሣት፤ ቅዱሳንንና መበለቶችንም ጠራ ሕያውም ሆና በፊታቸው አቆማት።

⁴²And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.

⁴²ይህም በኢዮጴ ሁሉ የታወቀ ሆነ፥ ብዙ ሰዎችም በጌታ አመኑ።

⁴³And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.

⁴³በኢዮጴም ስምዖን ከሚሉት ከአንድ ቍርበት ፋቂ ጋር አያሌ ቀን ኖረ።