¹And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also — Herod the tetrarch`s foster-brother — and Saul;

¹በአንጾኪያም ባለችው ቤተ ክርስቲያን ነቢያትና መምህራን ነበሩ፤ እነርሱም በርናባስ፥ ኔጌር የተባለው ስምዖንም፥ የቀሬናው ሉክዮስም፥ የአራተኛው ክፍል ገዥ የሄሮድስም ባለምዋል ምናሔ፥ ሳውልም ነበሩ።

²and in their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, `Separate ye to me both Barnabas and Saul to the work to which I have called them,`

²እነዚህም ጌታን ሲያመልኩና ሲጦሙ መንፈስ ቅዱስ። በርናባስንና ሳውልን ለጠራኋቸው ሥራ ለዩልኝ አለ።

³then having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent [them] away.

³በዚያን ጊዜም ከጦሙ ከጸለዩም እጃቸውንም ከጫኑ በኋላ አሰናበቱአቸው።

⁴These, indeed, then, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, thence also they sailed to Cyprus,

⁴እነርሱም በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ተልከው ወደ ሴሌውቅያ ወረዱ፤ ከዚያም በመርከብ ወደ ቆጵሮስ ሄዱ።

⁵and having come unto Salamis, they declared the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they had also John [as] a ministrant;

⁵በስልማናም በነበሩ ጊዜ በአይሁድ ምኵራቦች የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ሰበኩ፤ አገልጋይም ዮሐንስ ነበራቸው።

⁶and having gone through the island unto Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name [is] Bar-Jesus;

⁶ደሴቲቱንም ሁሉ እስከ ጳፉ በዞሩ ጊዜ፥ በርያሱስ የሚሉትን ጠንቋይና ሐሰተኛ ነቢይ የሆነውን አንድ አይሁዳዊ ሰው አገኙ፤

⁷who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; this one having called for Barnabas and Saul, did desire to hear the word of God,

⁷እርሱም አስተዋይ ሰው ከሆነው ሰርግዮስ ጳውሎስ ከሚባለው አገረ ገዥ ጋር ነበረ። ይህም በርናባስንና ሳውልን ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ሊሰማ ፈለገ።

⁸and there withstood them Elymas the magian — for so is his name interpreted — seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.

⁸ጠንቋዩ ግን ኤልማስ፥ ስሙ እንዲሁ ይተረጐማልና፥ አገረ ገዡን ከማመን ሊያጣምም ፈልጎ ተቃወማቸው።

⁹And Saul — who also [is] Paul — having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,

⁹ጳውሎስ የተባለው ሳውል ግን መንፈስ ቅዱስን ተሞልቶ ትኵር ብሎ ሲመለከተው።

¹⁰said, `O full of all guile, and all profligacy, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord?

¹⁰አንተ ተንኰል ሁሉ ክፋትም ሁሉ የሞላብህ፥ የዲያብሎስ ልጅ፥ የጽድቅም ሁሉ ጠላት፥ የቀናውን የጌታን መንገድ ከማጣመም አታርፍምን?

¹¹and now, lo, a hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;` and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead [him] by the hand;

¹¹አሁንም፥ እነሆ፥ የጌታ እጅ በአንተ ላይ ናት፥ ዕውርም ትሆናለህ እስከ ጊዜውም ፀሐይን አታይም አለው። ያን ጊዜም ጭጋግና ጨለማ ወደቀበት፥ በእጁም የሚመራውን እየዞረ ፈለገ።

¹²then the proconsul having seen what hath come to pass, did believe, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

¹²በዚያን ጊዜ አገረ ገዡ የተደረገውን ባየ ጊዜ ከጌታ ትምህርት የተነሣ ተገርሞ አመነ።

¹³And those about Paul having set sail from Paphos, came to Perga of Pamphylia, and John having departed from them, did turn back to Jerusalem,

¹³ጳውሎስም ከጓደኞቹ ጋር ከጳፉ ተነሥቶ የጵንፍልያ ወደምትሆን ወደ ጴርጌን መጣ፤ ዮሐንስም ከእነርሱ ተለይቶ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሰ።

¹⁴and they having gone through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia, and having gone into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they sat down,

¹⁴እነርሱ ግን ከጴርጌን አልፈው የጲስድያ ወደምትሆን ወደ አንጾኪያ ደረሱ፤ በሰንበትም ቀን ወደ ምኵራብ ገብተው ተቀመጡ።

¹⁵and after the reading of the law and of the prophets, the chief men of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, `Men, brethren, if there be a word in you of exhortation unto the people — say on.`

¹⁵ሕግና ነቢያትም ከተነበቡ በኋላ የምኵራቡ አለቆች። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ሕዝብን የሚመክር ቃል እንዳላችሁ ተናገሩ ብለው ላኩባቸው።

¹⁶And Paul having risen, and having beckoned with the hand, said, `Men, Israelites, and those fearing God, hearken:

¹⁶ጳውሎስም ተነሣና በእጁ ጠቅሶ እንዲህ አለ። የእስራኤል ሰዎችና እግዚአብሔርን የምትፈሩት ሆይ፥ ስሙ።

¹⁷the God of this people Israel did choose our fathers, and the people He did exalt in their sojourning in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm did He bring them out of it;

¹⁷የዚህ የእስራኤል ሕዝብ አምላክ አባቶቻችንን መርጦ በግብፅ አገር በእንግድነት ሳሉ ሕዝቡን ከፍ ከፍ አደረጋቸው፥ ከፍ ባለችውም ክንዱ ከዚያ አወጣቸው።

¹⁸and about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness,

¹⁸በበረሀም አርባ ዓመት ያህል መገባቸው።

¹⁹and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He did divide by lot to them their land.

¹⁹በከነዓንም አገር ሰባት አሕዛብን አጥፍቶ ምድራቸውን አወረሳቸው።

²⁰`And after these things, about four hundred and fifty years, He gave judges — till Samuel the prophet;

²⁰ከዚህም በኋላ እስከ ነቢዩ እስከ ሳሙኤል ድረስ አራት መቶ አምሳ ዓመት ያህል መሳፍንትን ሰጣቸው።

²¹and thereafter they asked for a king, and God did give to them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;

²¹ከዚያም ወዲያ ንጉሥን ያነግሥላቸው ዘንድ ለመኑ፥ እግዚአብሔርም ከብንያም ወገን የሚሆን ሰው የቂስን ልጅ ሳኦልን አርባ ዓመት ሰጣቸው፤

²²and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the [son] of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

²²እርሱንም ከሻረው በኋላ ዳዊትን በእነርሱ ላይ እንዲነግሥ አስነሣው፥ ሲመሰክርለትም። እንደ ልቤ የሆነ ሰው ፈቃዴንም ሁሉ የሚያደርግ የእሴይን ልጅ ዳዊትን አገኘሁ አለ።

²³`Of this one`s seed God, according to promise, did raise to Israel a Saviour — Jesus,

²³ከዚህም ሰው ዘር እግዚአብሔር እንደ ተስፋው ቃል ለእስራኤል መድኃኒትን እርሱም ኢየሱስን አመጣ።

²⁴John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

²⁴ከመምጣቱ በፊት ዮሐንስ አስቀድሞ ለእስራኤል ሕዝብ ሁሉ የንስሐን ጥምቀት ሰብኮ ነበር።

²⁵and as John was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom me do ye suppose to be? I am not [he], but, lo, he doth come after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of [his] feet.

²⁵ዮሐንስም ሩጫውን ሲፈጽም ሳለ። እኔ ማን እንደ ሆንሁ ታስባላችሁ? እኔስ እርሱን አይደለሁም፤ ነገር ግን እነሆ፥ የእግሩን ጫማ እፈታ ዘንድ ከማይገባኝ ከእኔ በኋላ ይመጣል ይል ነበር።

²⁶`Men, brethren, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you fearing God, to you was the word of this salvation sent,

²⁶እናንተ ወንድሞቻችን፥ የአብርሃም ዘር ልጆች ከእናንተ መካከልም እግዚአብሔርን የምትፈሩ ሆይ፥ ለእናንተ የዚህ የመዳን ቃል ተላከ።

²⁷for those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read — having judged [him] — did fulfill,

²⁷በኢየሩሳሌም የሚኖሩ ሰዎችና አለቆቻቸው እርሱንና በየሰንበቱ የሚነበቡትን የነቢያትን ድምፆች ስላላወቁ በፍርዳቸው ፈጽመዋልና፤

²⁸and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,

²⁸ለሞትም የሚያደርስ ምክንያት አንድ ስንኳ ባያገኙበት፥ ይገድለው ዘንድ ጲላጦስን ለመኑት፤

²⁹and when they did complete all the things written about him, having taken [him] down from the tree, they laid him in a tomb;

²⁹ስለ እርሱም የተጻፈውን ሁሉ በፈጸሙ ጊዜ ከእንጨት አውርደው በመቃብር አኖሩት።

³⁰and God did raise him out of the dead,

³⁰እግዚአብሔር ግን ከሙታን አስነሣው፤

³¹and he was seen for many days of those who did come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

³¹በሕዝብም ዘንድ ምስክሮቹ ለሆኑት ከእርሱ ጋር ከገሊላ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ለወጡት ብዙ ቀን ታያቸው።

³²`And we to you do proclaim good news — that the promise made unto the fathers,

³²እኛም ለአባቶች የተሰጠውን ተስፋ የምስራቹን ለእናንተ እንሰብካለን፤

³³God hath in full completed this to us their children, having raised up Jesus, as also in the second Psalm it hath been written, My Son thou art — I to-day have begotten thee.

³³ይህን ተስፋ እግዚአብሔር በሁለተኛው መዝሙር ደግሞ። አንተ ልጄ ነህ እኔ ዛሬ ወለድሁህ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ፥ ኢየሱስን አስነሥቶ ለእኛ ለልጆቻቸው ፈጽሞአልና።

³⁴`And that He did raise him up out of the dead, no more to return to corruption, he hath said thus — I will give to you the faithful kindnesses of David;

³⁴እንደገናም ወደ መበስበስ እንዳይመለስ ከሙታን እንደ አስነሣው፥ እንዲህ። የታመነውን የዳዊትን ቅዱስ ተስፋ እሰጣችኋለሁ ብሎአል።

³⁵wherefore also in another [place] he saith, Thou shalt not give Thy kind One to see corruption,

³⁵ደግሞ በሌላ ስፍራ። ቅዱስህን መበስበስን ያይ ዘንድ አትሰጠውም ይላልና።

³⁶for David, indeed, his own generation having served by the will of God, did fall asleep, and was added unto his fathers, and saw corruption,

³⁶ዳዊትም በራሱ ዘመን የእግዚአብሔርን አሳብ ካገለገለ በኋላ አንቀላፋ፥ ከአባቶቹም ጋር ተጨምሮ መበስበስን አየ፤

³⁷but he whom God did raise up, did not see corruption.

³⁷ይህ እግዚአብሔር ያስነሣው ግን መበስበስን አላየም።

³⁸`Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren, that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared,

³⁸እንግዲህ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በእርሱ በኩል የኃጢአት ስርየት እንዲነገርላችሁ፥ በሙሴም ሕግ ትጸድቁበት ዘንድ ከማይቻላችሁ ሁሉ ያመነ ሁሉ በእርሱ እንዲጸድቅ በእናንተ ዘንድ የታወቀ ይሁን።

³⁹and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;

⁴⁰እንግዲህ። እናንተ የምትንቁ፥ እዩ ተደነቁም ጥፉም አንድ ስንኳ ቢተርክላችሁ የማታምኑትን ሥራ በዘመናችሁ እኔ እሠራለሁና ተብሎ በነቢያት የተነገረው እንዳይደርስባችሁ ተጠንቀቁ።

⁴⁰see, therefore, it may not come upon you that hath been spoken in the prophets:

⁴²በወጡም ጊዜ ይህን ነገር በሚመጣው ሰንበት ይነግሩአቸው ዘንድ ለመኑአቸው።

⁴¹See, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish, because a work I — I do work in your days, a work in which ye may not believe, though any one may declare [it] to you.`

⁴³ጉባኤውም ከተፈታ በኋላ ከአይሁድና ወደ ይሁዲነት ገብተው ከሚያመልኩ ብዙዎች ጳውሎስንና በርናባስን ተከተሉአቸው፥ እነርሱም ሲነግሩአቸው በእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ ጸንተው እንዲኖሩ አስረዱአቸው።

⁴²And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, the nations were calling upon [them] that on the next sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them,

⁴⁴በሁለተኛውም ሰንበት ከጥቂቶቹ በቀር የከተማው ሰው ሁሉ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ይሰሙ ዘንድ ተሰበሰቡ።

⁴³and the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes did follow Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.

⁴⁵አይሁድም ብዙ ሕዝብ ባዩ ጊዜ ቅንዓት ሞላባቸው፥ እየተሳደቡም ጳውሎስ የተናገረውን ቃል ተቃወሙ።

⁴⁴And on the coming sabbath, almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God,

⁴⁶ጳውሎስና በርናባስም ገልጠው። የእግዚአብሔር ቃል አስቀድሞ ለእናንተ ይነገር ዘንድ ያስፈልጋል፤ ከገፋችሁትና የዘላለም ሕይወት እንዳይገባችሁ በራሳችሁ ከፈረዳችሁ ግን፥ እነሆ፥ ወደ አሕዛብ ዘወር እንላለን።

⁴⁵and the Jews having seen the multitudes, were filled with zeal, and did contradict the things spoken by Paul — contradicting and speaking evil.

⁴⁷እንዲሁ ጌታ። እስከ ምድር ዳርቻ ድረስ ለማዳን ትሆን ዘንድ ለአሕዛብ ብርሃን አድርጌሃለሁ ብሎ አዞናልና አሉ።

⁴⁶And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, `To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations;

⁴⁸አሕዛብም ሰምተው ደስ አላቸው የእግዚአብሔርንም ቃል አከበሩ፥ ለዘላለም ሕይወትም የተዘጋጁ ሁሉ አመኑ፤

⁴⁷for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations — for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.`

⁴⁹የጌታም ቃል በአገሩ ሁሉ ተስፋፋ።

⁴⁸And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe — as many as were appointed to life age-during;

⁵⁰አይሁድ ግን የሚያመልኩትን የከበሩትንም ሴቶችና የከተማውን መኳንንት አወኩ፥ በጳውሎስና በበርናባስም ላይ ስደትን አስነሥተው ከአገራቸው አወጡአቸው።

⁴⁹and the word of the Lord was spread abroad through all the region.

⁵¹እነርሱ ግን የእግራቸውን ትቢያ አራግፈውባቸው ወደ ኢቆንዮን መጡ።

⁵⁰And the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the first men of the city, and did raise persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and did put them out from their borders;

⁵²በደቀ መዛሙርትም ደስታና መንፈስ ቅዱስ ሞላባቸው።

⁵¹and they having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium,

⁵²and the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.