¹And about that time, Herod the king put forth his hands, to do evil to certain of those of the assembly,

¹በዚያም ዘመን ንጉሡ ሄሮድስ መከራ ያጸናባቸው ዘንድ ከቤተ ክርስቲያኑ በአንዳንዶቹ ላይ እጁን ጫነባቸው።

²and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword,

²የዮሐንስንም ወንድም ያዕቆብን በሰይፍ ገደለው።

³and having seen that it is pleasing to the Jews, he added to lay hold of Peter also — and they were the days of the unleavened food —

³አይሁድንም ደስ እንዳሰኛቸው አይቶ ጨምሮ ጴጥሮስን ደግሞ ያዘው። የቂጣ በዓልም ወራት ነበረ።

⁴whom also having seized, he did put in prison, having delivered [him] to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people.

⁴በያዘውም ጊዜ ወደ ወኅኒ አገባው ከፋሲካም በኋላ ወደ ሕዝብ ያወጣው ዘንድ አስቦ እያንዳንዱ አራት ወታደሮች ሆነው እንዲጠብቁት ለአራት ጭፍራ ክፍል አሳልፎ ሰጠው።

⁵Peter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the assembly unto God for him,

⁵ጴጥሮስም በወኅኒ ይጠበቅ ነበር፤ ነገር ግን በቤተ ክርስቲያን ስለ እርሱ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጸሎት አጥብቆ ይደረግ ነበር።

⁶and when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night was Peter sleeping between two soldiers, having been bound with two chains, guards also before the door were keeping the prison,

⁶ሄሮድስም ሊያወጣው ባሰበ ጊዜ፥ በዚያች ሌሊት ጴጥሮስ በሁለት ሰንሰለት ታስሮ ከሁለት ወታደሮች መካከል ተኝቶ ነበር፤ ጠባቂዎችም በደጁ ፊት ሆነው ወኅኒውን ይጠብቁ ነበር።

⁷and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood by, and a light shone in the buildings, and having smitten Peter on the side, he raised him up, saying, `Rise in haste,` and his chains fell from off [his] hands.

⁷እነሆም፥ የጌታ መልአክ ቀረበ በቤትም ውስጥ ብርሃን በራ፤ ጴጥሮስንም ጎድኑን መትቶ አነቃውና። ፈጥነህ ተነሣ አለው። ሰንሰለቶቹም ከእጁ ወደቁ።

⁸The messenger also said to him, `Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals;` and he did so; and he saith to him, `Put thy garment round and be following me;`

⁸መልአኩም። ታጠቅና ጫማህን አግባ አለው፥ እንዲሁም አደረገ።

⁹and having gone forth, he was following him, and he knew not that it is true that which is done through the messenger, and was thinking he saw a vision,

⁹ልብስህንም ልበስና ተከተለኝ አለው። ወጥቶም ተከተለው፤ ራእይንም የሚያይ ይመስለው ነበር እንጂ በመልአኩ የሚደረገው ነገር እውነት እንደ ሆነ አላወቀም።

¹⁰and having passed through a first ward, and a second, they came unto the iron gate that is leading to the city, which of its own accord did open to them, and having gone forth, they went on through one street, and immediately the messenger departed from him.

¹⁰የመጀመሪያውንና የሁለተኛውንም ዘብ አልፈው ወደ ከተማ ወደሚያወጣው ወደ ብረቱ መዝጊያ ደረሱ፤ እርሱም አውቆ ተከፈተላቸው፤ ወጥተውም አንዲት ስላች አለፉ ወዲያውም መልአኩ ከእርሱ ተለየ።

¹¹And Peter having come to himself, said, `Now I have known of a truth that the Lord did sent forth His messenger, and did deliver me out of the hand of Herod, and all the expectation of the people of the Jews;`

¹¹ጴጥሮስም ወደ ልቡ ተመልሶ። ጌታ መልአኩን ልኮ ከሄሮድስ እጅና የአይሁድ ሕዝብ ይጠብቁት ከነበረው ሁሉ እንደ አዳነኝ አሁን በእውነት አወቅሁ አለ።

¹²also, having considered, he came unto the house of Mary, the mother of John, who is surnamed Mark, where there were many thronged together and praying.

¹²ባስተዋለም ጊዜ እጅግ ሰዎች ተከማችተው ይጸልዩበት ወደ ነበረው ማርቆስ ወደ ተባለው ወደ ዮሐንስ እናት ወደ ማርያም ቤት መጣ።

¹³And Peter having knocked at the door of the porch, there came a damsel to hearken, by name Rhoda,

¹³ጴጥሮስም የደጁን መዝጊያ ባንኳኳ ጊዜ ሮዴ የሚሉአት አንዲት ገረድ ትሰማ ዘንድ ቀረበች፤

¹⁴and having known the voice of Peter, from the joy she did not open the porch, but having run in, told of the standing of Peter before the porch,

¹⁴የጴጥሮስ ድምፅ መሆኑንም ባወቀች ጊዜ ከደስታዋ የተነሣ ደጁን አልከፈተችም፥ ነገር ግን ወደ ውስጥ ሮጣ ጴጥሮስ በደጅ ፊት ቆሞ እንዳለ አወራች።

¹⁵and they said unto her, `Thou art mad;` and she was confidently affirming [it] to be so, and they said, `It is his messenger;`

¹⁵እነርሱም። አብደሻል አሉአት። እርስዋ ግን እንዲሁ እንደ ሆነ ታስረግጥ ነበር። እነርሱም። መልአኩ ነው አሉ።

¹⁶and Peter was continuing knocking, and having opened, they saw him, and were astonished,

¹⁶ጴጥሮስ ግን ማንኳኳቱን አዘወተረ፤ ከፍተውም አዩትና ተገረሙ።

¹⁷and having beckoned to them with the hand to be silent, he declared to them how the Lord brought him out of the prison, and he said, `Declare to James and to the brethren these things;` and having gone forth, he went on to another place.

¹⁷ግን ዝም እንዲሉ በእጁ ጠቅሶ ጌታ ከወኅኒ እንዴት እንዳወጣው ተረከላቸውና። ይህን ለያዕቆብና ለወንድሞች ንገሩ አላቸው። ወጥቶም ወደ ሌላ ስፍራ ሄደ።

¹⁸And day having come, there was not a little stir among the soldiers what then was become of Peter,

¹⁸በነጋም ጊዜ። ጴጥሮስን ምን አግኝቶት ይሆን? ብለው በጭፍሮች ዘንድ ብዙ ሁከት ሆነ።

¹⁹and Herod having sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, did command [them] to be led away to punishment, and having gone down from Judea to Cesarea, he was abiding [there].

¹⁹ሄሮድስም አስፈልጎ ባጣው ጊዜ ጠባቂዎችን መረመረ ይገድሉአቸውም ዘንድ አዘዘ፤ ከይሁዳም ወደ ቂሣርያ ወርዶ በዚያ ተቀመጠ።

²⁰And Herod was highly displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians, and with one accord they came unto him, and having made a friend of Blastus, who [is] over the bed-chambers of the king, they were asking peace, because of their country being nourished from the king`s;

²⁰ከጢሮስና ከሲዶና ሰዎችም ጋር ተጣልቶ ነበር፤ በአንድ ልብ ሆነውም ወደ እርሱ መጡ፥ የንጉሥንም ቢትወደድ ብላስጦስን እሺ አሰኝተው ዕርቅ ለመኑ፥ አገራቸው ከንጉሥ አገር ምግብ ያገኝ ነበረና።

²¹and on a set day, Herod having arrayed himself in kingly apparel, and having sat down upon the tribunal, was making an oration unto them,

²¹በተቀጠረ ቀንም ሄሮድስ ልብሰ መንግሥቱን ለብሶ በዙፋን ተቀመጠ እነርሱንም ተናገራቸው፤

²²and the populace were shouting, `The voice of a god, and not of a man;`

²²ሕዝቡም። የእግዚአብሔር ድምፅ ነው የሰውም አይደለም ብለው ጮኹ።

²³and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.

²³ለእግዚአብሔርም ክብር ስላልሰጠ ያን ጊዜ የጌታ መልአክ መታው በትልም ተበልቶ ሞተ።

²⁴And the word of God did grow and did multiply,

²⁴የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ግን ያድግና ይበዛ ነበር።

²⁵and Barnabas and Saul did turn back out of Jerusalem, having fulfilled the ministration, having taken also with [them] John, who was surnamed Mark.

²⁵በርናባስና ሳውልም አገልግሎታቸውን ፈጽመው ከኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሱ፥ ማርቆስ የተባለውን ዮሐንስንም ከእነርሱ ጋር ይዘውት መጡ።