¹And there was a certain man in Cesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian,

¹በቂሣርያም ኢጣሊቄ ለሚሉት ጭፍራ የመቶ አለቃ የሆነ ቆርኔሌዎስ የሚሉት አንድ ሰው ነበረ።

²pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,

²እርሱም ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር እግዚአብሔርን የሚያመልክና የሚፈራ ለሕዝብም እጅግ ምጽዋት የሚያደርግ ወደ እግዚአብሔርም ሁልጊዜ የሚጸልይ ነበረ።

³he saw in a vision manifestly, as it were the ninth hour of the day, a messenger of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, `Cornelius;`

³ከቀኑም ዘጠኝ ሰዓት ያህል። ቆርኔሌዎስ ሆይ የሚለው የእግዚአብሔር መልአክ ወደ እርሱ ሲገባ በራእይ በግልጥ አየው።

⁴and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, `What is it, Lord?` And he said to him, `Thy prayers and thy kind acts came up for a memorial before God,

⁴እርሱም ትኵር ብሎ ሲመለከተው ደንግጦ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ምንድር ነው? አለ። መልአኩም አለው። ጸሎትህና ምጽዋትህ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ለመታሰቢያ እንዲሆን አረገ።

⁵and now send men to Joppa, and send for a certain one Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

⁵አሁንም ወደ ኢዮጴ ሰዎችን ልከህ ጴጥሮስ የሚባለውን ስምዖንን አስመጣ።

⁶this one doth lodge with a certain Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea; this one shall speak to thee what it behoveth thee to do.`

⁶እርሱ ቤቱ በባሕር አጠገብ ባለው በቍርበት ፋቂው በስምዖን ዘንድ እንግድነት ተቀምጦአል፤ ልታደርገው የሚገባህን እርሱ ይነግርሃል።

⁷And when the messenger who is speaking to Cornelius went away, having called two of his domestics, and a pious soldier of those waiting on him continually,

⁷የተናገረውም መልአክ በሄደ ጊዜ፥ ከሎሎዎቹ ሁለቱን፥ ከማይለዩትም ጭፍሮቹ እግዚአብሔርን የሚያመልክ አንዱን ወታደር ጠርቶ፥

⁸and having declared to them all things, he sent them to Joppa.

⁸ነገሩን ሁሉ ተረከላቸው ወደ ኢዮጴም ላካቸው።

⁹And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour,

⁹እነርሱም በነገው ሲሄዱ ወደ ከተማም ሲቀርቡ፥ ጴጥሮስ በስድስት ሰዓት ያህል ይጸልይ ዘንድ ወደ ጣራው ወጣ።

¹⁰and he became very hungry, and wished to eat; and they making ready, there fell upon him a trance,

¹⁰ተርቦም ሊበላ ወደደ፤ ሲያዘጋጁለት ሳሉም ተመስጦ መጣበት፤

¹¹and he doth behold the heaven opened, and descending unto him a certain vessel, as a great sheet, bound at the four corners, and let down upon the earth,

¹¹ሰማይም ተከፍቶ በአራት ማዕዘን የተያዘ ታላቅ ሸማ የሚመስል ዕቃ ወደ ምድር ሲወርድ አየ፤

¹²in which were all the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven,

¹²በዚያውም አራት እግር ያላቸው ሁሉ አራዊትም በምድርም የሚንቀሳቀሱት የሰማይ ወፎችም ነበሩበት።

¹³and there came a voice unto him: `Having risen, Peter, slay and eat.`

¹³ጴጥሮስ ሆይ፥ ተነሣና አርደህ ብላ የሚልም ድምፅ ወደ እርሱ መጣ።

¹⁴And Peter said, `Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;`

¹⁴ጴጥሮስ ግን። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አይሆንም፤ አንዳች ርኵስ የሚያስጸይፍም ከቶ በልቼ አላውቅምና አለ።

¹⁵and [there is] a voice again a second time unto him: `What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;`

¹⁵ደግሞም ሁለተኛ። እግዚአብሔር ያነጻውን አንተ አታርክሰው የሚል ድምፅ ወደ እርሱ መጣ።

¹⁶and this was done thrice, and again was the vessel received up to the heaven.

¹⁶ይህም ሦስት ጊዜ ሆነ፥ ወዲያውም ዕቃው ወደ ሰማይ ተወሰደ።

¹⁷And as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision that he saw might be, then, lo, the men who have been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

¹⁷ጴጥሮስም ስላየው ራእይ። ምን ይሆን? ብሎ በልቡ ሲያመነታ፥ እነሆ፥ ቆርኔሌዎስ የላካቸው ሰዎች ስለ ስምዖን ቤት ጠይቀው ወደ ደጁ ቀረቡ፤

¹⁸and having called, they were asking if Simon, who is surnamed Peter, doth lodge here?

¹⁸ድምፃቸውንም ከፍ አድርገው። ጴጥሮስ የተባለው ስምዖን በዚህ እንግድነት ተቀምጦአልን? ብለው ይጠይቁ ነበር።

¹⁹And Peter thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, `Lo, three men do seek thee;

¹⁹ጴጥሮስም ስለ ራእዩ ሲያወጣ ሲያወርድ ሳለ፥ መንፈስ። እነሆ፥ ሦስት ሰዎች ይፈልጉሃል፤

²⁰but having risen, go down and go on with them, nothing doubting, because I have sent them;`

²⁰ተነሥተህ ውረድ፥ እኔም ልኬአቸዋለሁና ሳትጠራጠር ከእነርሱ ጋር ሂድ አለው።

²¹and Peter having come down unto the men who have been sent from Cornelius unto him, said, `Lo, I am he whom ye seek, what [is] the cause for which ye are present?`

²¹ጴጥሮስም ወደ ሰዎቹ ወርዶ። እነሆ፥ የምትፈልጉኝ እኔ ነኝ፤ የመጣችሁበትስ ምክንያት ምንድር ነው? አላቸው።

²²And they said, `Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.`

²²እነርሱም። ጻድቅ ሰው እግዚአብሔርንም የሚፈራ በአይሁድም ሕዝብ ሁሉ የተመሰከረለት የመቶ አለቃ ቆርኔሌዎስ ወደ ቤቱ ያስመጣህ ዘንድ ከአንተም ቃልን ይሰማ ዘንድ ከቅዱስ መልአክ ተረዳ አሉት።

²³Having called them in, therefore, he lodged them, and on the morrow Peter went forth with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa went with him,

²³እርሱም ወደ ውስጥ ጠርቶ እንድግድነት ተቀበላቸው። በነገውም ተነሥቶ ከእነርሱ ጋር ወጣ፥ በኢዮጴም ከነበሩት ወንድሞች አንዳንዶቹ ከእርሱ ጋር አብረው ሄዱ።

²⁴and on the morrow they did enter into Cesarea; and Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kindred and near friends,

²⁴በነገውም ወደ ቂሣርያ ገቡ፤ ቆርኔሌዎስም ዘመዶቹንና የቅርብ ወዳጆቹን በአንድነት ጠርቶ ይጠባበቃቸው ነበር።

²⁵and as it came that Peter entered in, Cornelius having met him, having fallen at [his] feet, did bow before [him];

²⁵ጴጥሮስም በገባ ጊዜ ቆርኔሌዎስ ተገናኝቶ ከእግሩ በታች ወደቀና ሰገደለት።

²⁶and Peter raised him, saying, `Stand up; I also myself am a man;`

²⁶ጴጥሮስ ግን። ተነሣ፤ እኔ ራሴ ደግሞ ሰው ነኝ ብሎ አስነሣው።

²⁷and talking with him he went in, and doth find many having come together.

²⁷ከእርሱም ጋር እየተነጋገረ ገባ፥ ብዙዎችም ተከማችተው አግኝቶ።

²⁸And he said unto them, `Ye know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to keep company with, or to come unto, one of another race, but to me God did shew to call no man common or unclean;

²⁸አይሁዳዊ ሰው ከሌላ ወገን ጋር ይተባበር ወይም ይቃረብ ዘንድ እንዳልተፈቀደ እናንተ ታውቃላችሁ፤ ለእኔ ግን እግዚአብሔር ማንንም ሰው ርኵስና የሚያስጸይፍ ነው እንዳልል አሳየኝ፤

²⁹therefore also without gainsaying I came, having been sent for; I ask, therefore, for what matter ye did send for me?`

²⁹ስለዚህም ደግሞ ብትጠሩኝ ሳልከራከር መጣሁ። አሁንም በምን ምክንያት አስመጣችሁኝ? ብዬ እጠይቃችኋለሁ አላቸው።

³⁰And Cornelius said, `Four days ago till this hour, I was fasting, and [at] the ninth hour praying in my house, and, lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

³⁰ቆርኔሌዎስም እንዲህ አለው። በዚች ሰዓት የዛሬ አራት ቀን የዘጠኝ ሰዓት ጸሎት በቤቴ እጸልይ ነበር፤ እነሆም፥ የሚያንጸባርቅ ልብስ የለበሰ ሰው በፊቴ ቆመና።

³¹and he said, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy kind acts were remembered before God;

³¹ቆርኔሌዎስ ሆይ፥ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ጸሎትህ ተሰማ ምጽዋትህም ታሰበ።

³²send, therefore, to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; this one doth lodge in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea, who having come, shall speak to thee;

³²እንግዲህ ወደ ኢዮጴ ልከህ ጴጥሮስ የተባለውን ስምዖንን አስጠራ፤ እርሱ በቍርበት ፋቂው በስምዖን ቤት በባሕር አጠገብ እንግድነት ተቀምጦአል አለኝ።

³³at once, therefore, I sent to thee; thou also didst do well, having come; now, therefore, are we all before God present to hear all things that have been commanded thee by God.`

³³ስለዚህ ያን ጊዜ ወደ አንተ ላክሁ፥ አንተም በመምጣትህ መልካም አድርገሃል። እንግዲህ አንተ ከእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ የታዘዝኸውን ሁሉ እንድንሰማ እኛ ሁላችን አሁን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በዚህ አለን።

³⁴And Peter having opened his mouth, said, `Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,

³⁴ጴጥሮስም አፉን ከፍቶ እንዲህ አለ። እግዚአብሔር ለሰው ፊት እንዳያደላ ነገር ግን በአሕዛብ ሁሉ እርሱን የሚፈራና ጽድቅን የሚያደርግ በእርሱ የተወደደ እንደ ሆነ በእውነት አስተዋልሁ።

³⁵but in every nation he who is fearing Him, and is working righteousness, is acceptable to Him;

³⁶የሁሉ ጌታ በሚሆን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሰላምን እየሰበከ ይህን ቃል ወደ እስራኤል ልጆች ላከ።

³⁶the word that he sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming good news — peace through Jesus Christ (this one is Lord of all,)

³⁷ዮሐንስ ከሰበከው ጥምቀት በኋላ ከገሊላ ጀምሮ በይሁዳ ሁሉ የሆነውን ነገር እናንተ ታውቃላችሁ።

³⁷ye — ye have known; — the word that came throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the baptism that John preached;

³⁸እግዚአብሔር የናዝሬቱን ኢየሱስን በመንፈስ ቅዱስ በኃይልም ቀባው፥ እርሱም መልካም እያደረገ ለዲያብሎስም የተገዙትን ሁሉ እየፈወሰ ዞረ፥ እግዚአብሔር ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረና፤

³⁸Jesus who [is] from Nazareth — how God did anoint him with the Holy Spirit and power; who went through, doing good, and healing all those oppressed by the devil, because God was with him;

³⁹እኛም በአይሁድ አገርና በኢየሩሳሌም ባደረገው ነገር ሁሉ ምስክሮች ነን፤ እርሱንም በእንጨት ላይ ሰቅለው ገደሉት።

³⁹and we — we are witnesses of all things that he did, both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem, — whom they did slay, having hanged upon a tree.

⁴⁰እርሱን እግዚአብሔር በሦስተኛው ቀን አስነሣው ይገለጥም ዘንድ ሰጠው፤

⁴⁰`This one God did raise up the third day, and gave him to become manifest,

⁴¹ይኸውም ለሕዝብ ሁሉ አይደለም ነገር ግን በእግዚአብሔር አስቀድሞ የተመረጡ ምስክሮች ለሆንን ለእኛ ነው እንጂ፤ ከሙታንም ከተነሣ በኋላ ከእርሱ ጋር የበላን የጠጣንም እኛ ነን።

⁴¹not to all the people, but to witnesses, to those having been chosen before by God — to us who did eat with [him], and did drink with him, after his rising out of the dead;

⁴²ለሕዝብም እንድንሰብክና በሕያዋንና በሙታን ሊፈርድ በእግዚአብሔር የተወሰነ እርሱ እንደ ሆነ እንመሰክር ዘንድ አዘዘን።

⁴²and he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify fully that it is he who hath been ordained by God judge of living and dead —

⁴³በእርሱ የሚያምን ሁሉ በስሙ የኃጢአቱን ስርየት እንዲቀበል ነቢያት ሁሉ ይመሰክሩለታል።

⁴³to this one do all the prophets testify, that through his name every one that is believing in him doth receive remission of sins.`

⁴⁴ጴጥሮስ ይህን ነገር ገና ሲናገር ቃሉን በሰሙት ሁሉ ላይ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ወረደ።

⁴⁴While Peter is yet speaking these sayings, the Holy spirit fell upon all those hearing the word,

⁴⁵ከጴጥሮስም ጋር የመጡት ሁሉ ከተገረዙት ወገን የሆኑ ምዕመናን በአሕዛብ ላይ ደግሞ የመንፈስ ቅዱስ ስጦታ ስለ ፈሰሰ ተገረሙ፤

⁴⁵and those of the circumcision believing were astonished — as many as came with Peter — because also upon the nations the gift of the Holy Spirit hath been poured out,

⁴⁶በልሳኖች ሲናገሩ እግዚአብሔርንም ሲያከብሩ ሰምተዋቸዋልና።

⁴⁶for they were hearing them speaking with tongues and magnifying God.

⁴⁷በዚያን ጊዜ ጴጥሮስ መልሶ። እነዚህ እንደ እኛ ደግሞ መንፈስ ቅዱስን የተቀበሉ እንዳይጠመቁ ውኃን ይከለክላቸው ዘንድ የሚችል ማን ነው? አለ።

⁴⁷Then answered Peter, `The water is any one able to forbid, that these may not be baptized, who the Holy Spirit did receive — even as also we?`

⁴⁸በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስምም ይጠመቁ ዘንድ አዘዛቸው። ከዚህ በኋላ ጥቂት ቀን እንዲቀመጥ ለመኑት።

⁴⁸he commanded them also to be baptized in the name of the Lord; then they besought him to remain certain days.