¹And the apostles and the brethren who are in Judea heard that also the nations did receive the word of God,

¹ሐዋርያትና በይሁዳም የነበሩት ወንድሞች አሕዛብ ደግሞ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እንደ ተቀበሉ ሰሙ።

²and when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision were contending with him,

²ጴጥሮስም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም በወጣ ጊዜ ከተገረዙት ወገን የሆኑት ሰዎች ከእርሱ ጋር ተከራክረው።

³saying — `Unto men uncircumcised thou didst go in, and didst eat with them!`

³ወዳልተገረዙ ሰዎች ገብተህ ከእነርሱ ጋር በላህ አሉት።

⁴And Peter having begun, did expound to them in order saying,

⁴ጴጥሮስ ግን ከመጀመሪያው ጀምሮ በተራ ገለጠላቸው እንዲህም አለ።

⁵`I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw in a trance a vision, a certain vessel coming down, as a great sheet by four corners being let down out of the heaven, and it came unto me;

⁵እኔ በኢዮጴ ከተማ ስጸልይ ሳለሁ ተመስጬ ራእይን አየሁ፤ ታላቅ ሸማ የመሰለ ዕቃ በአራት ማዕዘን ተይዞ ከሰማይ ወረደና ወደ እኔ መጣ፤

⁶at which having looked stedfastly, I was considering, and I saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of heaven;

⁶ይህንም ትኵር ብዬ ስመለከት አራት እግር ያላቸውን የምድር እንስሶች አራዊትንም ተንቀሳቃሾችንም የሰማይ ወፎችንም አየሁ።

⁷and I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, slay and eat;

⁷ጴጥሮስ ሆይ፥ ተነሣና አርደህ ብላ የሚለኝንም ድምፅ ሰማሁ።

⁸and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth;

⁸እኔም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አይሆንም፤ ርኵስ ወይም የሚያስጸይፍ ከቶ ወደ አፌ ገብቶ አያውቅምና አልሁ።

⁹and a voice did answer me a second time out of the heaven, What God did cleanse, thou — declare not thou common.

⁹ሁለተኛም። እግዚአብሔር ያነጻውን አንተ አታርክሰው የሚል ድምፅ ከሰማይ መለሰልኝ።

¹⁰`And this happened thrice, and again was all drawn up to the heaven,

¹⁰ይህም ሦስት ጊዜ ሆነ እንደ ገናም ሁሉ ወደ ሰማይ ተሳበ።

¹¹and, lo, immediately, three men stood at the house in which I was, having been sent from Cesarea unto me,

¹¹እነሆም፥ ያን ጊዜ ሦስት ሰዎች ከቂሣርያ ወደ እኔ ተልከው ወዳለሁበት ቤት ቀረቡ።

¹²and the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting, and these six brethren also went with me, and we did enter into the house of the man,

¹²መንፈስም ሳልጠራጠር ከእነርሱ ጋር እሄድ ዘንድ ነገረኝ። እነዚህም ስድስቱ ወንድሞች ደግሞ ከእኔ ጋር መጡ ወደዚያ ሰውም ቤት ገባን።

¹³he declared also to us how he saw the messenger in his house standing, and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

¹³እርሱም መልአክ በቤቱ ቆሞ እንዳየና። ወደ ኢዮጴ ሰዎች ልከህ ጴጥሮስ የተባለውን ስምዖንን አስመጣ፤

¹⁴who shall speak sayings by which thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.

¹⁴እርሱም አንተና የቤትህ ሰዎች ሁሉ የምትድኑበትን ነገር ይነግርሃል እንዳለው ነገረን።

¹⁵`And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit did fall upon them, even as also upon us in the beginning,

¹⁵ለመናገርም በጀመርሁ ጊዜ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ለእኛ ደግሞ በመጀመሪያ እንደ ወረደ ለእነርሱ ወረደላቸው።

¹⁶and I remembered the saying of the Lord, how he said, John indeed did baptize with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit;

¹⁶ዮሐንስ በውኃ አጠመቀ እናንተ ግን በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ትጠመቃላችሁ ያለውም የጌታ ቃል ትዝ አለኝ።

¹⁷if then the equal gift God did give to them as also to us, having believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, I — how was I able to withstand God?`

¹⁷እንግዲህ እግዚአብሔር በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ላመነው ለእኛ ደግሞ እንደ ሰጠን ያን ስጦታ ለእነርሱ ከሰጠ፥ እግዚአብሔርን ለመከልከል እችል ዘንድ እኔ ማን ነበርሁ?

¹⁸And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, `Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.`

¹⁸ይህን በሰሙ ጊዜም ዝም አሉና። እንኪያስ እግዚአብሔር ለአሕዛብ ደግሞ ለሕይወት የሚሆን ንስሐን ሰጣቸው እያሉ እግዚአብሔርን አከበሩ።

¹⁹Those, indeed, therefore, having been scattered abroad, from the tribulation that came after Stephen, went through unto Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none except to Jews only;

¹⁹በእስጢፋኖስም ላይ በተደረገው መከራ የተበተኑት እስከ ፊንቄ እስከ ቆጵሮስም እስከ አንጾኪያም ድረስ ዞሩ፥ ቃሉንም ለአይሁድ ብቻ እንጂ ለአንድ ስንኳ አይናገሩም ነበር።

²⁰and there were certain of them men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who having entered into Antioch, were speaking unto the Hellenists, proclaiming good news — the Lord Jesus,

²⁰ከእነርሱ ግን የቆጵሮስና የቀሬና ሰዎች የነበሩት አንዳንዶቹ ወደ አንጾኪያ መጥተው የጌታን የኢየሱስን ወንጌል እየሰበኩ ለግሪክ ሰዎች ተናገሩ።

²¹and the hand of the Lord was with them, a great number also, having believed, did turn unto the Lord.

²¹የጌታም እጅ ከእነርሱ ጋር ነበረ፤ ቍጥራቸውም እጅግ የሚሆን ሰዎች አምነው ወደ ጌታ ዘወር አሉ።

²²And the account was heard in the ears of the assembly that [is] in Jerusalem concerning them, and they sent forth Barnabas to go through unto Antioch,

²²ወሬውም በኢየሩሳሌም ባለችው ቤተ ክርስቲያን ስለ እነርሱ ተሰማ፥ በርናባስንም ወደ አንጾኪያ ላኩት፤

²³who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, was glad, and was exhorting all with purpose of heart to cleave to the Lord,

²³እርሱም መጥቶ የእግዚአብሔርን ጸጋ ባየ ጊዜ ደስ አለው፥ ሁሉንም በልባቸው ፈቃድ በጌታ ጸንተው ይኖሩ ዘንድ መከራቸው፤

²⁴because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith, and a great multitude was added to the Lord.

²⁴ደግ ሰውና መንፈስ ቅዱስ እምነትም የሞላበት ነበረና። ብዙ ሕዝብም ወደ ጌታ ተጨመሩ።

²⁵And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,

²⁵በርናባስም ሳውልን ሊፈልግ ወደ ጠርሴስ መጣ፤

²⁶and having found him, he brought him to Antioch, and it came to pass that they a whole year did assemble together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude, the disciples also were divinely called first in Antioch Christians.

²⁶ባገኘውም ጊዜ ወደ አንጾኪያ አመጣው። በቤተ ክርስቲያንም አንድ ዓመት ሙሉ ተሰበሰቡ፥ ብዙ ሕዝብንም አስተማሩ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርትም መጀመሪያ በአንጾኪያ ክርስቲያን ተባሉ።

²⁷And in those days there came from Jerusalem prophets to Antioch,

²⁷በዚያም ወራት ነቢያት ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ አንጾኪያ ወረዱ፤

²⁸and one of them, by name Agabus, having stood up, did signify through the Spirit a great dearth is about to be throughout all the world — which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar —

²⁸ከእነርሱም አጋቦስ የሚሉት አንድ ሰው ተነሥቶ በዓለም ሁሉ ታላቅ ራብ ሊሆን እንዳለው በመንፈስ አመለከተ፤ ይህም በቀላውዴዎስ ቄሣር ዘመን ሆነ።

²⁹and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,

²⁹ደቀ መዛሙርትም እያንዳንዳቸው እንደ ችሎታቸው መጠን አዋጥተው በይሁዳ ለሚኖሩት ወንድሞች እርዳታን ይልኩ ዘንድ ወሰኑ፤

³⁰which also they did, having sent unto the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

³⁰እንዲህም ደግሞ አደረጉ፥ በበርናባስና በሳውልም እጅ ወደ ሽማግሌዎቹ ሰደዱት።