¹And certain having come down from Judea, were teaching the brethren — `If ye be not circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye are not able to be saved;`

¹አንዳንዶችም ከይሁዳ ወረዱና። እንደ ሙሴ ሥርዓት ካልተገረዛችሁ ትድኑ ዘንድ አትችሉም ብለው ወንድሞችን ያስተምሩ ነበር።

²there having been, therefore, not a little dissension and disputation to Paul and Barnabas with them, they arranged for Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, to go up unto the apostles and elders to Jerusalem about this question,

²በእነርሱና በጳውሎስ በበርናባስም መካከል ብዙ ጥልና ክርክር በሆነ ጊዜ፥ ስለዚህ ክርክር ጳውሎና በርናባስ ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶች ሌሎች ሰዎች ወደ ሐዋርያት ወደ ሽማግሌዎችም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ይወጡ ዘንድ ተቈረጠ።

³they indeed, then, having been sent forward by the assembly, were passing through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the nations, and they were causing great joy to all the brethren.

³ቤተ ክርስቲያኑም በመንገድ እየረዳቸው እነርሱ የአሕዛብን መመለስ እየተረኩ በፊንቄና በሰማርያ አለፉ፥ ወንድሞችንም ሁሉ እጅግ ደስ አሰኙአቸው።

⁴And having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders, they declared also as many things as God did with them;

⁴ወደ ኢየሩሳሌምም በደረሱ ጊዜ ቤተ ክርስቲያንና ሐዋርያት ሽማግሌዎችም ተቀበሉአቸው፥ እግዚአብሔርም ከእነርሱ ጋር ያደረገውን ሁሉ አወሩ።

⁵and there rose up certain of those of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying — `It behoveth to circumcise them, to command them also to keep the law of Moses.`

⁵ከፈሪሳውያን ወገን ግን ያመኑት አንዳንዶቹ ተነሥተው። ትገርዙአቸው ዘንድና የሙሴን ሕግ እንዲጠብቁ ታዙአቸው ዘንድ ይገባል አሉ።

⁶And there were gathered together the apostles and the elders, to see about this matter,

⁶ሐዋርያትና ሽማግሌዎችም ስለዚህ ነገር ለመማከር ተሰበሰቡ።

⁷and there having been much disputing, Peter having risen up said unto them, `Men, brethren, ye know that from former days, God among us did make choice, through my mouth, for the nations to hear the word of the good news, and to believe;

⁷ከብዙ ክርክርም በኋላ ጴጥሮስ ተነሥቶ እንዲህ አላቸው ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ አሕዛብ ከአፌ የወንጌልን ቃል ሰምተው ያምኑ ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር በመጀመሪያው ዘመን ከእናንተ እኔን እንደ መረጠኝ እናንተ ታውቃላችሁ።

⁸and the heart-knowing God did bare them testimony, having given to them the Holy Spirit, even as also to us,

⁸ልብንም የሚያውቅ አምላክ ለእኛ ደግሞ እንደ ሰጠን መንፈስ ቅዱስን በመስጠት መሰከረላቸው፤

⁹and did put no difference also between us and them, by the faith having purified their hearts;

⁹ልባቸውንም በእምነት ሲያነጻ በእኛና በእነርሱ መካከል አንዳች አልለየም።

¹⁰now, therefore, why do ye tempt God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

¹⁰እንግዲህ አባቶቻችንና እኛ ልንሸከመው ያልቻልነውን ቀንበር በደቀ መዛሙርት ጫንቃ ላይ በመጫን እግዚአብሔርን አሁን ስለ ምን ትፈታተናላችሁ?

¹¹but, through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we believe to be saved, even as also they.`

¹¹ነገር ግን በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋ እንደ እነርሱ ደግሞ እንድን ዘንድ እናምናለን።

¹²And all the multitude did keep silence, and were hearkening to Barnabas and Paul, declaring as many signs and wonders as God did among the nations through them;

¹²ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ዝም አሉ፥ በርናባስና ጳውሎስም እግዚአብሔር በእጃቸው በአሕዛብ መካከል ያደረገውን ምልክትና ድንቅ ሁሉ ሲተርኩላቸው ይሰሙ ነበር።

¹³and after they are silent, James answered, saying, `Men, brethren, hearken to me;

¹³እነርሱም ዝም ካሉ በኋላ ያዕቆብ እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰ። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ስሙኝ።

¹⁴Simeon did declare how at first God did look after to take out of the nations a people for His name,

¹⁴እግዚአብሔር ለስሙ የሚሆንን ወገን ከአሕዛብ ይወስድ ዘንድ አስቀድሞ እንዴት እንደ ጐበኘ ስምዖን ተርኮአል።

¹⁵and to this agree the words of the prophets, as it hath been written:

¹⁵ከዚህም ጋር የነቢያት ቃል ይሰማማል፥ እንዲህ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ።

¹⁶After these things I will turn back, and I will build again the tabernacle of David, that is fallen down, and its ruins I will build again, and will set it upright —

¹⁶ከዚህ በኋላ የቀሩት ሰዎችና በስሜ የተጠሩት አሕዛብ ሁሉ ጌታን ይፈልጉ ዘንድ እመለሳለሁ፥ የወደቀችውንም የዳዊትን ድንኳን እንደ ገና እሠራታለሁ፥ ፍራሽዋንም እንደ ገና እሠራታለሁ እንደ ገናም አቆማታለሁ ይላል ይህን የሚያደርግ ጌታ።

¹⁷that the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all the nations, upon whom My name hath been called, saith the Lord, who is doing all these things.

¹⁸ከጥንት ጀምሮ ሥራው ሁሉ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ የታወቀ ነው።

¹⁸`Known from the ages to God are all His works;

¹⁹ስለዚህ ከአሕዛብ ወደ እግዚአብሔር የዞሩትን እንዳናስቸግራቸው፥

¹⁹wherefore I judge: not to trouble those who from the nations do turn back to God,

²⁰ነገር ግን ከጣዖት ርኵሰትና ከዝሙት ከታነቀም ከደምም ይርቁ ዘንድ እንድንጽፍላቸው እቈርጣለሁ።

²⁰but to write to them to abstain from the pollutions of the idols, and the whoredom, and the strangled thing; and the blood;

²¹ሙሴስ ከቀደሙት ትውልድ ጀምሮ በሰንበት በሰንበት በምኵራቦቹ ሲያነቡ በየከተማው እርሱን የሚሰብኩ አሉት።

²¹for Moses from former generations in every city hath those preaching him — in the synagogues every sabbath being read.`

²²ያን ጊዜ ሐዋርያትና ሽማግሌዎች ከቤተ ክርስቲያኑ ሁሉ ጋር ከእነርሱ የተመረጡትን ሰዎች ከጳውሎስና ከበርናባስ ጋር ወደ አንጾኪያ ይልኩ ዘንድ ፈቀዱ፤ እነርሱም በወንድሞች መካከል ዋናዎች ሆነው በርስያን የተባለው ይሁዳና ሲላስ ነበሩ።

²²Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, chosen men out of themselves to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas — Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren —

²³እንዲህም ጽፈው በእነርሱ እጅ ላኩ። ሐዋርያትና ሽማግሌዎች ወንድሞችም በአንጾኪያና በሶርያ በኪልቅያም ለሚኖሩ ከአሕዛብ ወገን ለሆኑ ወንድሞች ሰላምታ ያቀርባሉ።

²³having written through their hand thus: `The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to those in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia, brethren, who [are] of the nations, greeting;

²⁴ያላዘዝናቸው ሰዎች ከእኛ ወጥተው። ትገረዙ ዘንድና ሕግን ትጠብቁ ዘንድ ይገባችኋል ብለው ልባችሁን እያወኩ በቃል እንዳናወጡአችሁ ስለ ሰማን፥

²⁴seeing we have heard that certain having gone forth from us did trouble you with words, subverting your souls, saying to be circumcised and to keep the law, to whom we did give no charge,

²⁵ስለ ጌታችን ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም ነፍሳቸውን ከሰጡት ከምንወዳቸው ከበርናባስና ከጳውሎስ ጋር የተመረጡትን ሰዎች ወደ እናንተ እንልክ ዘንድ በአንድ ልብ ሆነን ፈቀድን።

²⁵it seemed good to us, having come together with one accord, chosen men to send unto you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul —

²⁷ራሳቸውም ደግሞ በቃላቸው ያንኑ ይነግሩአችሁ ዘንድ ይሁዳንና ሲላስን ልከናል።

²⁶men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ —

²⁸ለጣዖት ከተሠዋ፥ ከደምም፥ ከታነቀም፥ ከዝሙትም ትርቁ ዘንድ ከዚህ ከሚያስፈልገው በቀር ሌላ ሸክም እንዳንጭንባችሁ እኛና መንፈስ ቅዱስ ፈቅደናልና፤ ከዚህም ሁሉ ራሳችሁን ብትጠብቁ በመልካም ትኖራላችሁ። ጤና ይስጣችሁ።

²⁷we have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas, and they by word are telling the same things.

³⁰እነርሱም ተሰናብተው ወደ አንጾኪያ ወረዱ፥ ሕዝቡንም ሰብስበው ደብዳቤውን ሰጡአቸው።

²⁸`For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, no more burden to lay upon you, except these necessary things:

³¹ባነበቡትም ጊዜ ከምክሩ የተነሣ ደስ አላቸው።

²⁹to abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well; be strong!`

³²ይሁዳና ሲላስም ደግሞ ነቢያት ነበሩና ወንድሞችን በብዙ ቃል መክረው አጸኑአቸው።

³⁰They then, indeed, having been let go, went to Antioch, and having brought the multitude together, did deliver the epistle,

³³አያሌ ቀንም ከተቀመጡ በኋላ ከወንድሞች በሰላም ተሰናብተው ወደ ሐዋርያት ሄዱ።

³¹and they having read, did rejoice for the consolation;

³⁴ሲላስ ግን በዚያ ይኖር ዘንድ ፈቀደ።

³²Judas also and Silas, being themselves also prophets, through much discourse did exhort the brethren, and confirm,

³⁵ጳውሎስና በርናባስም ከሌሎች ከብዙ ሰዎች ጋር ደግሞ የጌታን ቃል እያስተማሩና ወንጌልን እየሰበኩ በአንጾኪያ ይቀመጡ ነበር።

³³and having passed some time, they were let go with peace from the brethren unto the apostles;

³⁶ከጥቂት ቀንም በኋላ ጳውሎስ በርናባስን። ተመልሰን የጌታን ቃል በተናገርንበት በየከተማው ሁሉ ወንድሞችን እንጐብኛቸው፥ እንዴት እንዳሉም እንወቅ አለው።

³⁴and it seemed good to Silas to remain there still.

³⁷በርናባስም ማርቆስ የተባለውን ዮሐንስን ደግሞ ከእነርሱ ጋር ይወስድ ዘንድ አሰበ፤

³⁵And Paul and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming good news — with many others also — the word of the Lord;

³⁸ጳውሎስ ግን ይህን ከእነርሱ ጋር ሊወስድ አልፈቀደም፥ ከእነርሱ ዘንድ ከጵንፍልያ ተለይቶ ነበርና፥ ወደ ሥራም ከእነርሱ ጋር አልመጣም ነበርና።

³⁶and after certain days, Paul said unto Barnabas, `Having turned back again, we may look after our brethren, in every city in which we have preached the word of the Lord — how they are.`

³⁹ስለዚህም እርስ በርሳቸው እስኪለያዩ ድረስ መከፋፋት ሆነ፥ በርናባስም ማርቆስን ይዞ በመርከብ ወደ ቆጵሮስ ሄደ።

³⁷And Barnabas counseled to take with [them] John called Mark,

⁴⁰ጳውሎስ ግን ሲላስን መረጠ፥ ወንድሞችም ለእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ አደራ ከሰጡት በኋላ ወጣ፤

³⁸and Paul was not thinking it good to take him with them who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and did not go with them to the work;

⁴¹አብያተ ክርስትያናትንም እያጸና በሶርያና በኪልቅያ ይዞር ነበር።

³⁹there came, therefore, a sharp contention, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas having taken Mark, did sail to Cyprus,

⁴⁰and Paul having chosen Silas, went forth, having been given up to the grace of God by the brethren;

⁴¹and he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the assemblies.