¹And he came to Derbe and Lystra, and lo, a certain disciple was there, by name Timotheus son of a certain woman, a believing Jewess, but of a father, a Greek,

¹ወደ ደርቤንና ወደ ልስጥራንም ደረሰ። እነሆም፥ በዚያ የአንዲት ያመነች አይሁዳዊት ልጅ ጢሞቴዎስ የሚባል አንድ ደቀ መዝሙር ነበረ፤ አባቱ ግን የግሪክ ሰው ነበረ።

²who was well testified to by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium;

²ለእርሱም በልስጥራንና በኢቆንዮን ያሉ ወንድሞች መሰከሩለት።

³this one did Paul wish to go forth with him, and having taken [him], he circumcised him, because of the Jews who are in those places, for they all knew his father — that he was a Greek.

³ጳውሎስ ይህ ከእርሱ ጋር ይወጣ ዘንድ ወደደ፥ በእነዚያም ስፍራዎች ስለ ነበሩ አይሁድ ይዞ ገረዘው፤ አባቱ የግሪክ ሰው እንደ ሆነ ሁሉ ያውቁ ነበርና።

⁴And as they were going on through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, that have been judged by the apostles and the elders who [are] in Jerusalem,

⁴በከተማዎችም ሲዞሩ በኢየሩሳሌም የነበሩት ሐዋርያትና ሽማግሌዎች የቈረጡትን ሥርዓት ይጠብቁ ዘንድ ሰጡአቸው።

⁵then, indeed, were the assemblies established in the faith, and were abounding in number every day;

⁵አብያተ ክርስቲያናትም በሃያማኖት ይበረቱ ነበር፥ በቍጥርም ዕለት ዕለት ይበዙ ነበር።

⁶and having gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,

⁶በእስያም ቃሉን እንዳይናገሩ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ስለ ከለከላቸው በፍርግያና በገላትያ አገር አለፉ፤

⁷having gone toward Mysia, they were trying to go on toward Bithynia, and the Spirit did not suffer them,

⁷በሚስያም አንጻር በደረሱ ጊዜ ወደ ቢታንያ ይሄዱ ዘድን ሞከሩ፥ የኢየሱስ መንፈስም አልፈቀደላቸውም፤

⁸and having passed by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

⁸በሚስያም አጠገብ አልፈው ወደ ጢሮአዳ ወረዱ።

⁹And a vision through the night appeared to Paul — a certain man of Macedonia was standing, calling upon him, and saying, `Having passed through to Macedonia, help us;` —

⁹ራእይም ለጳውሎስ በሌሊት ታየው፤ አንድ የመቄዶንያ ሰው። ወደ መቄዶንያ ተሻገርና እርዳን እያለ ቆሞ ሲለምነው ነበር።

¹⁰and when he saw the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go forth to Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord hath called us to preach good news to them,

¹⁰ራእዩንም ካየ በኋላ ወዲያው ወደ መቄዶንያ ልንወጣ ፈለግን፥ ወንጌልን እንሰብክላቸው ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ጠራን መስሎናልና።

¹¹having set sail, therefore, from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, on the morrow also to Neapolis,

¹¹ከጢሮአዳም ተነሥተን በቀጥታ ወደ ሳሞትራቄ በነገውም ወደ ናጱሌ በመርከብ ሄድን፤

¹²thence also to Philippi, which is a principal city of the part of Macedonia — a colony. And we were in this city abiding certain days,

¹²ከዚያም ወደ ፊልጵስዩስ ደረስን፤ እርስዋም የመቄዶንያ ከተማ ሆና የወረዳ ዋና ከተማና ቅኝ አገር ናት፤ በዚህችም ከተማ አንዳንድ ቀን እንቀመጥ ነበር።

¹³on the sabbath-day also we went forth outside of the city, by a river, where there used to be prayer, and having sat down, we were speaking to the women who came together,

¹³በሰንበት ቀንም ከከተማው በር ውጭ የጸሎት ስፍራ በዚያ መሆኑን ስላሰብን ወደ ወንዝ አጠገብ ወጣን፤ ተቀምጠንም ለተሰበሰቡት ሴቶች ተናገርን።

¹⁴and a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, was hearing, whose heart the Lord did open to attend to the things spoken by Paul;

¹⁴ከትያጥሮን ከተማም የመጣች ቀይ ሐር ሻጭ እግዚአብሔርን የምታመልክ ልድያ የሚሉአት አንዲት ሴት ትሰማ ነበረች፤ ጳውሎስም የሚናገረውን ታዳምጥ ዘንድ ጌታ ልብዋን ከፈተላት።

¹⁵and when she was baptized, and her household, she did call upon us, saying, `If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, remain;` and she constrained us.

¹⁵እርስዋም ከቤተ ሰዎችዋ ጋር ከተጠመቀች በኋላ። በጌታ የማምን እንድሆን ከፈረዳችሁልኝ፥ ወደ ቤቴ ገብታችሁ ኑሩ ብላ ለመነችን፤ በግድም አለችን።

¹⁶And it came to pass in our going on to prayer, a certain maid, having a spirit of Python, did meet us, who brought much employment to her masters by soothsaying,

¹⁶ወደ ጸሎት ስፍራም ስንሄድ፥ የምዋርተኝነት መንፈስ የነበረባት ለጌቶችዋም እየጠነቈለች ብዙ ትርፍ ታመጣ የነበረች አንዲት ገረድ አገኘችን።

¹⁷she having followed Paul and us, was crying, saying, `These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us a way of salvation;`

¹⁷እርስዋ ጳውሎስንና እኛን እየተከተለች። የመዳንን መንገድ የሚነግሩአችሁ እነዚህ ሰዎች የልዑል አምላክ ባሪያዎች ናቸው ብላ ትጮኽ ነበር።

¹⁸and this she was doing for many days, but Paul having been grieved, and having turned, said to the spirit, `I command thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come forth from her;` and it came forth the same hour.

¹⁸ይህንም እጅግ ቀን አደረገች። ጳውሎስ ግን ተቸገረና ዘወር ብሎ መንፈሱን። ከእርስዋ እንድትወጣ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም አዝሃለሁ አለው፤ በዚያም ሰዓት ወጣ።

¹⁹And her masters having seen that the hope of their employment was gone, having caught Paul and Silas, drew [them] to the market-place, unto the rulers,

¹⁹ጌቶችዋም የትርፋቸው ተስፋ እንደ ወጣ ባዩ ጊዜ ጳውሎስንና ሲላስን ይዘው ወደ ገበያ በሹማምት ፊት ጐተቱአቸው፤

²⁰and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, `These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews;

²⁰ወደ ገዢዎችም አቅርበው። እነዚህ ሰዎች አይሁድ ሆነው ከተማችንን እጅግ ያናውጣሉ።

²¹and they proclaim customs that are not lawful for us to receive nor to do, being Romans.`

²¹እኛም የሮሜ ሰዎች ሆነን እንቀበላቸውና እናደርጋቸው ዘንድ ያልተፈቀደልንን ልማዶች ይናገራሉ አሉ።

²²And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat [them] with rods,

²²ሕዝቡም አብረው ተነሡባቸው፥ ገዢዎቹም ልብሳቸውን ገፈው በበትር ይመቱአቸው ዘንድ አዘዙ፤

²³many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,

²³በብዙም ከደበደቡአቸው በኋላ ወደ ወኅኒ ጣሉአቸው፥ የወኅኒውንም ጠባቂ ተጠንቅቆ እንዲጠብቃቸው አዘዙት።

²⁴who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks.

²⁴እርሱም የዚህን ዓይነት ትእዛዝ ተቀብሎ ወደ ውስጠኛው ወኅኒ ጣላቸው፥ እግራቸውንም በግንድ አጣብቆ ጠረቃቸው።

²⁵And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,

²⁵በመንፈቀ ሌሊት ግን ጳውሎስና ሲላስ እየጸለዩ እግዚአብሔርን በዜማ ያመሰግኑ ነበር፥ እስረኞቹም ያደምጡአቸው ነበር

²⁶and suddenly a great earthquake came, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, opened also presently were all the doors, and of all — the bands were loosed;

²⁶ድንገትም የወኅኒው መሠረት እስኪናወጥ ድረስ ታላቅ የምድር መንቀጥቀጥ ሆነ፤ በዚያን ጊዜም ደጆቹ ሁሉ ተከፈቱ የሁሉም እስራት ተፈታ።

²⁷and the jailor having come out of sleep, and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to be fled,

²⁷የወኅኒውም ጠባቂ ከእንቅልፉ ነቅቶ የወኅኒው ደጆች ተከፍተው ባየ ጊዜ፥ እስረኞቹ ያመለጡ መስሎት ራሱን ይገድል ዘንድ አስቦ ሰይፉን መዘዘ።

²⁸and Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, `Thou mayest not do thyself any harm, for we are all here.`

²⁸ጳውሎስ ግን በታላቅ ድምፅ። ሁላችን ከዚህ አለንና በራስህ ክፉ ነገር አታድርግ ብሎ ጮኸ።

²⁹And, having asked for a light, he sprang in, and trembling he fell down before Paul and Silas,

²⁹መብራትም ለምኖ ወደ ውስጥ ሮጠ፥ እየተንቀጠቀጠም ከጳውሎስና ከሲላስ ፊት ተደፋ፤

³⁰and having brought them forth, said, `Sirs, what must I do — that I may be saved?`

³⁰ወደ ውጭም አውጥቶ። ጌቶች ሆይ፥ እድን ዘንድ ምን ማድረግ ይገባኛል? ኣላቸው።

³¹and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved — thou and thy house;`

³¹እነርሱም። በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እመን አንተና ቤተ ሰዎችህ ትድናላችሁ አሉት።

³²and they spake to him the word of the Lord, and to all those in his household;

³²ለእርሱና በቤቱም ላሉት ሁሉ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ተናገሩአቸው።

³³and having taken them, in that hour of the night, he did bathe [them] from the blows, and was baptized, himself and all his presently,

³³በሌሊትም በዚያች ሰዓት ወስዶ ቍስላቸውን አጠበላቸው፥ ያን ጊዜውንም እርሱ ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር ተጠመቀ፤

³⁴having brought them also into his house, he set food before [them], and was glad with all the household, he having believed in God.

³⁴ወደ ቤቱም አውጥቶ ማዕድ አቀረበላቸው፥ በእግዚአብሔርም ስላመነ ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር ሐሤት አደረገ።

³⁵And day having come, the magistrates sent the rod-bearers, saying, `Let those men go;`

³⁵በነጋም ጊዜ ገዢዎቹ። እነዚያን ሰዎች ፍታቸው ብለው ሎሌዎቻቸውን ላኩ።

³⁶and the jailor told these words unto Paul — `The magistrates have sent, that ye may be let go; now, therefore, having gone forth go on in peace;`

³⁶የወኅኒውም ጠባቂ። ትፈቱ ዘንድ ገዢዎቹ ልከዋል፤ እንግዲህ አሁን ወጥታችሁ በሰላም ሂዱ ብሎ ይህን ቃል ለጳውሎስ ነገረው።

³⁷and Paul said to them, `Having beaten us publicly uncondemned — men, Romans being — they did cast [us] to prison, and now privately do they cast us forth! why no! but having come themselves, let them bring us forth.`

³⁷ጳውሎስ ግን። እኛ የሮሜ ሰዎች ስንሆን ያለ ፍርድ በሕዝብ ፊት ደብድበው በወኅኒ ጣሉን፤ አሁንም በስውር ይጥሉናልን? አይሆንም ራሳቸው ግን መጥተው ያውጡን አላቸው።

³⁸And the rod-bearers told to the magistrates these sayings, and they were afraid, having heard that they are Romans,

³⁸ሎሌዎቹም ይህን ነገር ለገዢዎች ነገሩ። የሮሜ ሰዎችም እንደ ሆኑ በሰሙ ጊዜ ፈሩ፤

³⁹and having come, they besought them, and having brought [them] forth, they were asking [them] to go forth from the city;

³⁹መጥተውም ማለዱአቸው፥ አውጥተውም ከከተማ ይወጡ ዘንድ ለመኑአቸው።

⁴⁰and they, having gone forth out of the prison, entered into [the house of] Lydia, and having seen the brethren, they comforted them, and went forth.

⁴⁰ከወኅኒውም ወጥተው ወደ ልድያ ቤት ገቡ፥ ወንድሞችንም ባዩ ጊዜ አጽናኑአቸውና ሄዱ።