¹And it came to pass in Iconium, that they did enter together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spake, so that there believed both of Jews and Greeks a great multitude;

¹በኢቆንዮንም እንደ ቀድሞ ወደ አይሁድ ምኵራብ ገብተው ከአይሁድና ከግሪክ ሰዎች ብዙ እስኪያምኑ ድረስ ተናገሩ።

²and the unbelieving Jews did stir up and made evil the souls of the nations against the brethren;

²ያላመኑት አይሁድ ግን የአሕዛብን ልብ በወንድሞች ላይ አነሣሡ አስከፉም።

³long time, indeed, therefore, did they abide speaking boldly in the Lord, who is testifying to the word of His grace, and granting signs and wonders to come to pass through their hands.

³ምልክትና ድንቅ በእጃቸው ይደረግ ዘንድ እየሰጠ ለጸጋው ቃል ስለ መሰከረው ስለ ጌታ ገልጠው እየተናገሩ ረጅም ወራት ተቀመጡ።

⁴And the multitude of the city was divided, and some were with the Jews, and some with the apostles,

⁴የከተማውም ሕዝብ ተከፍለው እኵሌቶቹ ከአይሁድ እኵሌቶቹም ከሐዋርያት ጋር ሆኑ።

⁵and when there was a purpose both of the nations and of the Jews with their rulers to use [them] despitefully, and to stone them,

⁵አሕዛብና አይሁድ ግን ከአለቆቻቸው ጋር ሊያንገላቱአቸውና ሊወግሩአቸው ባሰቡ ጊዜ፥

⁶they having become aware, did flee to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and to the region round about,

⁶አውቀው ልስጥራንና ደርቤን ወደሚባሉት ወደ ሊቃኦንያ ከተማዎች በእነርሱም ዙሪያ ወዳለው አገር ሸሹ፤

⁷and there they were proclaiming good news.

⁷በዚያም ወንጌልን ይሰብኩ ነበር።

⁸And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in the feet, was sitting, being lame from the womb of his mother — who never had walked,

⁸በልስጥራንም እግሩ የሰለለ፥ ከእናቱም ማኅፀን ጀምሮ አንካሳ የሆነ፥ ከቶም ሄዶ የማያውቅ አንድ ሰው ተቀምጦ ነበር።

⁹this one was hearing Paul speaking, who, having stedfastly beheld him, and having seen that he hath faith to be saved,

⁹ይህም ሰው ጳውሎስ ሲናገር ይሰማ ነበር፤ እርሱም ትኵር ብሎ ተመለከተውና ይድን ዘንድ እምነት እንዳለው ባየ ጊዜ፥

¹⁰said with a loud voice, `Stand up on thy feet upright;` and he was springing and walking,

¹⁰በታላቅ ድምፅ። ቀጥ ብለህ በእግርህ ቁም አለው። ብድግ ብሎም ተንሥቶ ይመላለስ ነበር።

¹¹and the multitudes having seen what Paul did, did lift up their voice, in the speech of Lycaonia, saying, `The gods, having become like men, did come down unto us;`

¹¹ሕዝቡም ጳውሎስ ያደረገውን ባዩ ጊዜ ድምፃቸውን ከፍ አድርገው በሊቃኦንያ ቋንቋ። አማልክት ሰዎችን መስለው ወደ እኛ ወርደዋል አሉ፤

¹²they were calling also Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, since he was the leader in speaking.

¹²በርናባስንም ድያ አሉት፤ ጳውሎስንም እርሱ በመናገር ዋና ስለ ነበረ ሄርሜን አሉት።

¹³And the priest of the Zeus that is before their city, oxen and garlands unto the porches having brought, with the multitudes did wish to sacrifice,

¹³በከተማውም ፊት ቤተ መቅደስ ያለው የድያ ካህን ኮርማዎችንና የአበባን አክሊሎች ወደ ደጃፍ አምጥቶ ከሕዝቡ ጋር ሆኖ ሊሠዋላቸው ወደደ።

¹⁴and having heard, the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having rent their garments, did spring into the multitude, crying

¹⁴ሐዋርያት በርናባስና ጳውሎስ ግን ይህን በሰሙ ጊዜ ልብሳቸውን ቀደው ወደ ሕዝቡ መካከል እየጮኹ ሮጡ፥

¹⁵and saying, `Men, why these things do ye? and we are men like-affected with you, proclaiming good news to you, from these vanities to turn unto the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all the things in them;

¹⁵እንዲህም አሉ። እናንተ ሰዎች፥ ይህን ስለ ምን ታደርጋላችሁ? እኛ ደግሞ እንደ እናንተ የምንሰማ ሰዎች ነን፥ ከዚህም ከንቱ ነገር ሰማይንና ምድርን ባሕርንም በእነርሱም ያለውን ሁሉ ወደ ፈጠረ ወደ ሕያው እግዚአብሔር ዘወር ትሉ ዘንድ ወንጌልን እንሰብካለን።

¹⁶who in the past generations did suffer all the nations to go on in their ways,

¹⁶እርሱ ባለፉት ትውልዶች አሕዛብን ሁሉ በገዛ ራሳቸው ጐዳና ይሄዱ ዘንድ ተዋቸው።

¹⁷though, indeed, without witness He did not leave himself, doing good — from heaven giving rains to us, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness;`

¹⁷ከዚህም ሁሉ ጋር መልካም ሥራ እየሠራ፥ ከሰማይ ዝናብን ፍሬ የሚሆንበትንም ወራት ሲሰጠን፥ ልባችንንም በመብልና በደስታ ሲሞላው ራሱን ያለ ምስክር አልተወም።

¹⁸and these things saying, scarcely did they restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them.

¹⁸ይህንም ብለው እንዳይሠዉላቸው ሕዝቡን በጭንቅ አስተዉአቸው።

¹⁹And there came thither, from Antioch and Iconium, Jews, and they having persuaded the multitudes, and having stoned Paul, drew him outside of the city, having supposed him to be dead;

¹⁹አይሁድ ግን ከአንጾኪያና ከኢቆንዮን መጡ፤ ሕዝቡንም አባብለው ጳውሎስን ወገሩ የሞተም መስሎአቸው ከከተማ ወደ ውጭ ጐተቱት።

²⁰and the disciples having surrounded him, having risen he entered into the city, and on the morrow he went forth with Barnabas to Derbe.

²⁰ደቀ መዛሙርት ግን ከበውት ሳሉ፥ ተነስቶ ወደ ከተማ ገባ። በነገውም ከበርናባስ ጋር ወደ ደርቤን ወጣ።

²¹Having proclaimed good news also to that city, and having discipled many, they turned back to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch,

²¹በዚያችም ከተማ ወንጌልን ሰብከው እጅግ ደቀ መዛሙርትን ካደረጉ በኋላ፥ የደቀ መዛሙርትን ልብ እያጸኑ በሃይማኖትም ጸንተው እንዲኖሩ እየመከሩና። ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት በብዙ መከራ እንገባ ዘንድ ያስፈልገናል እያሉ፥ ወደ ልስጥራን ወደ ኢቆንዮንም ወደ አንጾኪያም ተመለሱ።

²²confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,

²³በየቤተ ክርስቲያኑም ሽማግሌዎችን ከሾሙላቸው በኋላ ጦመውም ከጸለዩ በኋላ፥ ላመኑበት ለጌታ አደራ ሰጡአቸው።

²³and having appointed to them by vote elders in every assembly, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

²⁴በጲስድያም አልፈው ወደ ጵንፍልያ መጡ፥

²⁴And having passed through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia,

²⁵በጴርጌንም ቃሉን ከተናገሩ በኋላ ወደ አጣልያ ወረዱ፥

²⁵and having spoken in Perga the word, they went down to Attalia,

²⁶ከዚያም ስለ ፈጸሙት ሥራ ለእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ አደራ ወደ ተሰጡበት ወደ አንጾኪያ በመርከብ ሄዱ።

²⁶and thence did sail to Antioch, whence they had been given by the grace of God for the work that they fulfilled;

²⁷በደረሱም ጊዜ ቤተ ክርስቲያኑን ሰብስበው እግዚአብሔር ከእነርሱ ጋር ያደረገውን ሁሉ ለአሕዛብም የሃይማኖትን ደጅ እንደ ከፈተላቸው ተናገሩ።

²⁷and having come and gathered together the assembly, they declared as many things as God did with them, and that He did open to the nations a door of faith;

²⁸ከደቀ መዛሙርትም ጋር አያሌ ቀን ተቀመጡ።

²⁸and they abode there not a little time with the disciples.