¹And it came to pass, at our sailing, having been parted from them, having run direct, we came to Coos, and the succeeding [day] to Rhodes, and thence to Patara,

¹ከእነርሱም ተለይተን ተነሣን፤ በቀጥታም ሄደን ወደ ቆስ በነገውም ወደ ሩድ ከዚያም ወደ ጳጥራ መጣን፤

²and having found a ship passing over to Phenicia, having gone on board, we sailed,

²ወደ ፊንቄም የሚሻገር መርከብ አግኝተን ገባንና ተነሣን።

³and having discovered Cyprus, and having left it on the left, we were sailing to Syria, and did land at Tyre, for there was the ship discharging the lading.

³ቆጵሮስንም ባየናት ጊዜ በስተ ግራችን ተውናት ወደ ሶርያም ሄደን ወደ ጢሮስ ደረስን፥ መርከቡ ሸክሙን በዚያ የሚያራግፍ ነበርና።

⁴And having found out the disciples, we tarried there seven days, and they said to Paul, through the Spirit, not to go up to Jerusalem;

⁴ደቀ መዛሙርትንም ባገኘን ጊዜ በዚያ ሰባት ቀን ተቀመጥን፤ እነርሱም ጳውሎስን ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንዳይወጣ በመንፈስ አሉት።

⁵but when it came that we completed the days, having gone forth, we went on, all bringing us on the way, with women and children, unto the outside of the city, and having bowed the knees upon the shore, we prayed,

⁵ጊዜውንም በፈጸምን ጊዜ ወጥተን ሄድን፤ ሁላቸውም ከሚስቶቻቸውና ከልጆቻቸው ጋር እስከ ከተማው ውጭ ድረስ ሸኙን፥ በባሕሩም ዳር ተንበርክከን ጸለይን፤

⁶and having embraced one another, we embarked in the ship, and they returned to their own friends.

⁶እርስ በርሳችንም ተሰነባብተን ወደ መርከብ ወጣን፥ እነዚያም ወደ ቤታቸው ተመለሱ።

⁷And we, having finished the course, from Tyre came down to Ptolemais, and having saluted the brethren, we remained one day with them;

⁷እኛም የባሕሩን መንገድ ጨርሰን ከጢሮስ ወደ አካ ደረስን፥ ለወንድሞችም ሰላምታ ሰጥተን ከእነርሱ ዘንድ አንድ ቀን ተቀመጥን።

⁸and on the morrow Paul and his company having gone forth, we came to Cesarea, and having entered into the house of Philip the evangelist — who is of the seven — we remained with him,

⁸በነገውም ወጥተን ወደ ቂሣርያ መጣን፥ ከሰባቱም አንድ በሚሆን በወንጌላዊው ፊልጶስ ቤት ገብተን በእርሱ ዘንድ ተቀመጥን።

⁹and this one had four daughters, virgins, prophesying.

⁹ለእርሱም ትንቢት የሚናገሩ አራት ደናግል ሴቶች ልጆች ነበሩት።

¹⁰And we remaining many more days, there came down a certain one from Judea, a prophet, by name Agabus,

¹⁰አያሌ ቀንም ተቀምጠን ሳለን ነቢይ የነበረ አጋቦስ የሚሉት አንድ ሰው ከይሁዳ ወረደ።

¹¹and he having come unto us, and having taken up the girdle of Paul, having bound also his own hands and feet, said, `Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose is this girdle — so shall the Jews in Jerusalem bind, and they shall deliver [him] up to the hands of nations.`

¹¹ወደ እኛም መጣና የጳውሎስን መታጠቂያ ወስዶ የገዛ እጁንና እግሩን አስሮ። እንዲሁ መንፈስ ቅዱስ። ይህ መታጠቂያ ያለውን ሰው አይሁድ በኢየሩሳሌም እንደዚህ ያስሩታል በአሕዛብም እጅ አሳልፈው ይሰጡታል ይላል አለ።

¹²And when we heard these things, we called upon [him] — both we, and those of that place — not to go up to Jerusalem,

¹²ይህንም በሰማን ጊዜ እኛም በዚያ የሚኖሩትም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንዳይወጣ ለመንነው።

¹³and Paul answered, `What do ye — weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;`

¹³ጳውሎስ ግን መልሶ። እያለቀሳችሁ ልቤንም እየሰበራችሁ ምን ማድረጋችሁ ነው? እኔ ስለ ጌታ ስለ ኢየሱስ ስም በኢየሩሳሌም ለመሞት እንኳ ተሰናድቼአለሁ እንጂ ለእስራት ብቻ አይደለም አለ።

¹⁴and he not being persuaded, we were silent, saying, `The will of the Lord be done.`

¹⁴ምክርንም ሊቀበል እምቢ ባለ ጊዜ። የጌታ ፈቃድ ይሁን ብለን ዝም አልን።

¹⁵And after these days, having taken [our] vessels, we were going up to Jerusalem,

¹⁵ከዚህም ቀን በኋላ ተዘጋጅተን ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ወጣን።

¹⁶and there went also of the disciples from Cesarea with us, bringing with them him with whom we may lodge, a certain Mnason of Cyprus, an aged disciple.

¹⁶በቂሣርያም ከነበሩ ደቀ መዛሙርት አንዳንዶች ደግሞ ከእኛ ጋር መጡ፥ እነርሱም ወደምናድርበት ወደ ቀደመው ደቀ መዝሙር ወደ ቆጵሮሱ ምናሶን ወደሚሉት ቤት መሩን።

¹⁷And we having come to Jerusalem, the brethren did gladly receive us,

¹⁷ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም በደረስን ጊዜ ወንድሞች በደስታ ተቀበሉን።

¹⁸and on the morrow Paul was going in with us unto James, all the elders also came,

¹⁸በነገውም ጳውሎስ ከእኛ ጋር ወደ ያዕቆብ ዘንድ ገባ ሽማግሌዎችም ሁሉ መጡ።

¹⁹and having saluted them, he was declaring, one by one, each of the things God did among the nations through his ministration,

¹⁹ሰላምታም ካቀረበላቸው በኋላ በእርሱ ማገልገል እግዚአብሔር በአሕዛብ መካከል ያደረገውን በእያንዳንዱ ተረከላቸው።

²⁰and they having heard, were glorifying the Lord. They said also to him, `Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of Jews who have believed, and all are zealous of the law,

²⁰እነርሱም በሰሙ ጊዜ እግዚአብሔርን አመሰገኑ አሉትም። ወንድም ሆይ፥ በአይሁድ መካከል አምነው የነበሩት ስንት አእላፋት እንደ ሆኑ ታያለህ፤ ሁላቸውም ለሕግ የሚቀኑ ናቸው።

²¹and they are instructed concerning thee, that apostacy from Moses thou dost teach to all Jews among the nations, saying — Not to circumcise the children, nor after the customs to walk;

²¹ልጆቻቸውንም እንዳይገርዙ በሥርዓትም እንዳይሄዱ ብለህ በአሕዛብ መካከል ያሉት አይሁድ ሁሉ ሙሴን ይክዱ ዘንድ እንድታስተምር ስለ አንተ ነግረዋቸዋል።

²²what then is it? certainly the multitude it behoveth to come together, for they will hear that thou hast come.

²²እንግዲህ ምን ይሁን? የአንተን መምጣት ይሰማሉና ብዙዎች የግድ ሳይሰበሰቡ አይቀሩም።

²³`This, therefore, do that we say to thee: We have four men having a vow on themselves,

²³እንግዲህ ይህን የምንልህን አድርግ፤ ስለት ያለባቸው አራት ሰዎች በእኛ ዘንድ አሉ።

²⁴these having taken, be purified with them, and be at expence with them, that they may shave the head, and all may know that the things of which they have been instructed concerning thee are nothing, but thou dost walk — thyself also — the law keeping.

²⁴እነዚህንም ይዘህ ከእነርሱ ጋር ንጻ፥ ራሳቸውንም እንዲላጩ ገንዘብ ክፈልላቸው፤ ሁሉም ስለ አንተ የተማሩት ከንቱ እንደ ሆነና አንተ ራስህ ደግሞ ሕጉን እየጠበቅህ በሥርዓት እንድትመላለስ ያውቃሉ።

²⁵`And concerning those of the nations who have believed, we have written, having given judgment, that they observe no such thing, except to keep themselves both from idol-sacrifices, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom.`

²⁵አምነው ስለ ነበሩ አሕዛብ ግን ለጣዖት ከተሠዋ ከደምም ከታነቀም ከዝሙትም ነፍሳቸውን እንዲጠብቁ ፈርደን እኛ ጽፈንላቸዋል።

²⁶Then Paul, having taken the men, on the following day, with them having purified himself, was entering into the temple, announcing the fulfilment of the days of the purification, till the offering was offered for each one of them.

²⁶በዚያን ጊዜ ጳውሎስ ሰዎችን ይዞ በማግሥቱ ከእነርሱ ጋር እየነጻ፥ መንጻታቸውን የሚፈጽሙበትን ቀን አስታውቆ ወደ መቅደስ ገባ። በዚያም ቀን ስለ እያንዳንዳቸው መሥዋዕትን አቀረቡ።

²⁷And, as the seven days were about to be fully ended, the Jews from Asia having beheld him in the temple, were stirring up all the multitude, and they laid hands upon him,

²⁷ሰባቱ ቀንም ይፈጸም ዘንድ ሲቀርብ ከእስያ የመጡ አይሁድ በመቅደስ አይተውት ሕዝብን ሁሉ አወኩና። የእስራኤል ሰዎች ሆይ፥ እርዱን ሕዝብን ሕግንም ይህንም ስፍራ ሲቃወም ሰውን ሁሉ በየስፍራው የሚያስተምረው ሰው ይህ ነው፤ ጨምሮም የግሪክን ሰዎች ደግሞ ወደ መቅደስ አግብቶ ይህን የተቀደሰ ስፍራ አርክሶአል ብለው እየጮኹ እጃቸውን ጫኑበት።

²⁸crying out, `Men, Israelites, help! this is the man who, against the people, and the law, and this place, all everywhere is teaching; and further, also, Greeks he brought into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place;`

²⁹በፊት የኤፌሶኑን ጥሮፊሞስን ከእርሱ ጋር በከተማ አይተውት ነበርና ጳውሎስም ወደ መቅደስ ያገባው መስሎአቸው ነው።

²⁹for they had seen before Trophimus, the Ephesian, in the city with him, whom they were supposing that Paul brought into the temple.

³⁰ከተማውም ሁሉ ታወከ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ተሰበሰቡ ጳውሎስንም ይዘው ከመቅደስ ውጭ ጎተቱት፥ ወዲያውም ደጆች ተዘጉ።

³⁰All the city also was moved and there was a running together of the people, and having laid hold on Paul, they were drawing him out of the temple, and immediately were the doors shut,

³¹ሊገድሉትም ሲፈልጉ። ኢየሩሳሌም ፈጽማ ታወከች የሚል ወሬ ወደ ጭፍራው ሻለቃ ወጣ፤

³¹and they seeking to kill him, a rumour came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem hath been thrown into confusion,

³²እርሱም ያን ጊዜ ወታደሮችን ከመቶ አለቆች ጋር ይዞ እየሮጠ ወረደባቸው፤ እነርሱም የሻለቃውንና ወታደሮችን ባዩ ጊዜ ጳውሎስን መምታት ተዉ።

³²who, at once, having taken soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them, and they having seen the chief captain and the soldiers, did leave off beating Paul.

³³በዚያን ጊዜም የሻለቃው ቀርቦ ያዘውና በሁለት ሰንሰለት ይታሰር ዘንድ አዞ ማን እንደ ሆነና ምን እንዳደረገ ጠየቀ።

³³Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded [him] to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,

³⁴ሕዝቡም እኵሌቶቹ እንዲህ እኵሌቶቹም እንዲያ እያሉ ይጮኹ ነበር፤ ስለ ጫጫታውም እርግጡን ማወቅ ባልተቻለ ጊዜ፥ ወደ ወታደሮች ሰፈር ይወስዱት ዘንድ አዘዘ።

³⁴and some were crying out one thing, and some another, among the multitude, and not being able to know the certainty because of the tumult, he commanded him to be carried to the castle,

³⁵ወደ ደረጃውም በደረሰ ጊዜ ስለ ሕዝቡ ግፊያ ወታደሮች እንዲሸከሙት ሆነ፤

³⁵and when he came upon the steps, it happened he was borne by the soldiers, because of the violence of the multitude,

³⁶ብዙ ሕዝብ። አስወግደው እያሉና እየጮኹ ይከተሉ ነበርና።

³⁶for the crowd of the people was following after, crying, `Away with him.`

³⁷ወደ ሰፈርም ሊያገቡት በቀረቡ ጊዜ፥ ጳውሎስ የሻለቃውን። አንድ ነገር ብነግርህ ትፈቅዳለህን? አለው። እርሱም። የግሪክ ቋንቋ ታውቃለህን?

³⁷And Paul being about to be led into the castle, saith to the chief captain, `Is it permitted to me to say anything unto thee?` and he said, `Greek dost thou know?

³⁸አንተ ከዚህ ዘመን አስቀድሞ ከነፍሰ ገዳዮቹ አራቱን ሺህ ሰዎች አሸፍተህ ወደ ምድረ በዳ ያወጣህ የግብፅ ሰው አይደለህምን? አለ።

³⁸art not thou, then, the Egyptian who before these days made an uprising, and did lead into the desert the four thousand men of the assassins?`

³⁹ጳውሎስ ግን። እኔስ አይሁዳዊ በኪልቅያ ያለው የጠርሴስ ሰው ሆኜ ስመ ጥር በሆነ ከተማ የምኖር ነኝ፤ ለሕዝቡ እናገር ዘንድ እንድትፈቅድልኝ እለምንሃለሁ አለ።

³⁹And Paul said, `I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, of no mean city a citizen; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.`

⁴⁰በፈቀደለትም ጊዜ ጳውሎስ በደረጃው ላይ ቆሞ በእጁ ወደ ሕዝቡ ጠቀሰ እጅግም ጸጥታ በሆነ ጊዜ በዕብራይስጥ ቋንቋ እየተናገረ እንዲህ አለ።

⁴⁰And he having given him leave, Paul having stood upon the stairs, did beckon with the hand to the people, and there having been a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew dialect, saying: