¹And Paul having earnestly beheld the sanhedrim, said, `Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have lived to God unto this day;`

¹ጳውሎስም ሸንጎውን ትኵር ብሎ ተመልክቶ። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እኔ እስከዚች ቀን ድረስ በመልካም ሕሊና ሁሉ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ኖሬአለሁ አለ።

²and the chief priest Ananias commanded those standing by him to smite him on the mouth,

²ሊቀ ካህናቱም ሐናንያ አፉን ይመቱት ዘንድ በአጠገቡ ቆመው የነበሩትን አዘዘ።

³then Paul said unto him, `God is about to smite thee, thou whitewashed wall, and thou — thou dost sit judging me according to the law, and, violating law, dost order me to be smitten!`

³በዚያን ጊዜ ጳውሎስ። አንተ በኖራ የተለሰነ ግድግዳ፥ እግዚአብሔር አንተን ይመታ ዘንድ አለው፤ አንተ በሕግ ልትፈርድብኝ ተቀምጠህ ሳለህ ያለ ሕግ እመታ ዘንድ ታዛለህን? አለው።

⁴And those who stood by said, `The chief priest of God dost thou revile?`

⁴በአጠገቡ የቆሙትም። የእግዚአብሔርን ሊቀ ካህናት ትሳደባለህን? አሉት።

⁵and Paul said, `I did not know, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it hath been written, Of the ruler of thy people thou shalt not speak evil;`

⁵ጳውሎስም። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ሊቀ ካህናት መሆኑን ባላውቅ ነው፤ በሕዝብህ አለቃ ላይ ክፉ ቃል አትናገር ተብሎ ተጽፎአልና አላቸው።

⁶and Paul having known that the one part are Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, `Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee — son of a Pharisee — concerning hope and rising again of dead men I am judged.`

⁶ጳውሎስ ግን እኵሌቶቹ ሰዱቃውያን እኵሌቶቹም ፈሪሳውያን መሆናቸውን አይቶ። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እኔ ፈሪሳዊ የፈሪሳዊም ልጅ ነኝ፤ ስለ ተስፋና ስለ ሙታን መነሣት ይፈርዱብኛል ብሎ በሸንጎው ጮኸ።

⁷And he having spoken this, there came a dissension of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees, and the crowd was divided,

⁷ይህንም ባለ ጊዜ በፈሪሳውያንና በሰዱቃውያን መካከል ጥል ሆነ ሸንጎውም ተለያየ።

⁸for Sadducees, indeed, say there is no rising again, nor messenger, nor spirit, but Pharisees confess both.

⁸ሰዱቃውያን። ትንሣኤም መልአክም መንፈስም የለም የሚሉ ናቸውና፤ ፈሪሳውያን ግን ሁለቱን ያምናሉ።

⁹And there came a great cry, and the scribes of the Pharisees` part having arisen, were striving, saying, `No evil do we find in this man; and if a spirit spake to him, or a messenger, we may not fight against God;`

⁹ታላቅ ጩኸትም ሆነ፥ ከፈሪሳውያንም ወገን የሆኑት ጻፎች ተነሥተው። በዚህ ሰው ላይ ምንም ክፉ ነገር አላገኘንበትም፤ መንፈስ ወይስ መልአክ ተናግሮት ይሆን? ብለው ተከራከሩ።

¹⁰and a great dissension having come, the chief captain having been afraid lest Paul may be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiery, having gone down, to take him by force out of the midst of them, and to bring [him] to the castle.

¹⁰ብዙ ጥልም በሆነ ጊዜ የሻለቃው ጳውሎስን እንዳይገነጣጥሉት ፈርቶ ጭፍሮቹ ወርደው ከመካከላቸው እንዲነጥቁት ወደ ሰፈሩም እንዲያገቡት አዘዘ።

¹¹And on the following night, the Lord having stood by him, said, `Take courage, Paul, for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so it behoveth thee also at Rome to testify.`

¹¹በሁለተኛውም ሌሊት ጌታ በአጠገቡ ቆሞ። ጳውሎስ ሆይ፥ በኢየሩሳሌም ስለ እኔ እንደ መሰከርህ እንዲሁ በሮሜም ትመሰክርልኝ ዘንድ ይገባሃልና አይዞህ አለው።

¹²And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul;

¹²በጠባም ጊዜ አይሁድ ጳውሎስን እስኪገድሉት ድረስ እንዳይበሉና እንዳይጠጡ በመሐላ ተስማሙ።

¹³and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath,

¹³ይህንም ሴራ ያደረጉት ሰዎች ከአርባ ይበዙ ነበር፤

¹⁴who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, `With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves — to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;

¹⁴እነርሱም ወደ ካህናት አለቆችና ወደ ሽማግሌዎቹ መጥተው። ጳውሎስን እስክንገድል ድረስ ምንም እንዳንቀምስ ተረጋግመን ተማምለናል።

¹⁵now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.`

¹⁵እንግዲህ አሁን እናንተ ከሸንጎው ጋር ሆናችሁ ስለ እርሱ አጥብቃችሁ እንደምትመረምሩ መስላችሁ ወደ እናንተ እንዲያወርደው ለሻለቃው አመልክቱት፤ እኛም ሳይቀርብ እንድንገድለው የተዘጋጀን ነን አሉአቸው።

¹⁶And the son of Paul`s sister having heard of the lying in wait, having gone and entered into the castle, told Paul,

¹⁶የጳውሎስ የእኅቱ ልጅ ግን ደባቸውን በሰማ ጊዜ፥ መጥቶ ወደ ሰፈሩ ገባና ለጳውሎስ ነገረው።

¹⁷and Paul having called near one of the centurions, said, `This young man lead unto the chief captain, for he hath something to tell him.`

¹⁷ጳውሎስም ከመቶ አለቆች አንዱን ጠርቶ። ይህን ብላቴና ወደ ሻለቃው ውሰድ፥ የሚያወራለት ነገር አለውና አለው።

¹⁸He indeed, then, having taken him, brought him unto the chief captain, and saith, `The prisoner Paul, having called me near, asked [me] this young man to bring unto thee, having something to say to thee.`

¹⁸እርሱም ይዞት ወደ ሻለቃው ወሰደውና። ይህ ብላቴና የሚነግርህ ነገር ስላለው እስረኛው ጳውሎስ ጠርቶ ወደ አንተ እንድወስደው ለመነኝ አለው።

¹⁹And the chief captain having taken him by the hand, and having withdrawn by themselves, inquired, `What is that which thou hast to tell me?`

¹⁹የሻለቃውም እጁን ይዞ ፈቀቅ አለና ለብቻው ሆኖ። የምታወራልኝ ነገር ምንድር ነው? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

²⁰and he said — `The Jews agreed to request thee, that to-morrow to the sanhedrim thou mayest bring down Paul, as being about to enquire something more exactly concerning him;

²⁰እርሱም። አይሁድ ስለ ጳውሎስ ከፊት ይልቅ አጥብቀህ እንደምትመረምር መስለህ፥ ነገ ወደ ሸንጎ ታወርደው ዘንድ ሊለምኑህ ተስማምተዋል።

²¹thou, therefore, mayest thou not yield to them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who did anathematize themselves — not to eat nor to drink till they kill him, and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from thee.`

²¹እንግዲህ አንተ በጅ አትበላቸው፤ እስኪገድሉት ድረስ እንዳይበሉና እንዳይጠጡ ተማምለው ከእነርሱ ከአርባ የሚበዙ ሰዎች ያደቡበታልና፤ አሁንም የተዘጋጁ ናቸው የአንተንም ምላሽ ይጠብቃሉ አለው።

²²The chief captain, then, indeed, let the young man go, having charged [him] to tell no one, `that these things thou didst shew unto me;`

²²የሻለቃውም። ይህን ነገር ለእኔ ማመልከትህን ለማንም እንዳትገልጥ ብሎ ካዘዘ በኋላ ብላቴናውን አሰናበተው።

²³and having called near a certain two of the centurions, he said, `Make ready soldiers two hundred, that they may go on unto Caesarea, and horsemen seventy, and spearmen two hundred, from the third hour of the night;

²³ከመቶ አለቆቹም ሁለት ጠርቶ። ወደ ቂሣርያ ይሄዱ ዘንድ ሁለት መቶ ወታደሮችንና ሰባ ፈረሰኞችን ሁለት መቶም ባለ ጦር መሣሪያዎችን ከሌሊቱ በሦስተኛው ሰዓት አዘጋጁ አላቸው።

²⁴beasts also provide, that, having set Paul on, they may bring him safe unto Felix the governor;`

²⁴ጳውሎስንም ወደ አገረ ገዡ ወደ ፊልክስ በደኅና እንዲያደርሱት የሚያስቀምጡበትን ከብት ያዘጋጁ ዘንድ አዘዛቸው።

²⁵he having written a letter after this description:

²⁵ደብዳቤም ጻፈ እንዲህ የሚል።

²⁶`Claudius Lysias, to the most noble governor Felix, hail:

²⁶ከቀላውዴዎስ ሉስዮስ ወደ ክቡር አገረ ገዡ ወደ ፊልክስ፤ ሰላም ለአንተ ይሁን።

²⁷This man having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them — having come with the soldiery, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman;

²⁷ይህን ሰው አይሁድ ይዘው ሊገድሉት ባሰቡ ጊዜ ከጭፍሮቹ ጋር ደርሼ አዳንሁት፥ ሮማዊ እንደ ሆነ አውቄ ነበርና።

²⁸and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,

²⁸የሚከሰስበትንም ምክንያት አውቅ ዘንድ አስቤ ወደ ሸንጎአቸው አወረድሁት፤

²⁹whom I found accused concerning questions of their law, and having no accusation worthy of death or bonds;

²⁹በሕጋቸውም ስለ መከራከር እንደ ከሰሱት አገኘሁ እንጂ ለሞት ወይም ለእስራት የሚያደርስ ክስ አይደለም።

³⁰and a plot having been intimated to me against this man — about to be of the Jews — at once I sent unto thee, having given command also to the accusers to say the things against him before thee; be strong.`

³⁰በዚህም ሰው አይሁድ ሴራ እንዲያደርጉበት ባመለከቱኝ ጊዜ ያን ጊዜውን ወደ አንተ ሰደድሁት፥ ከሳሾቹንም ደግሞ በፊትህ ይከሱት ዘንድ አዘዝኋቸው። ደኅና ሁን።

³¹Then, indeed, the soldiers according to that directed them, having taken up Paul, brought him through the night to Antipatris,

³¹ወታደሮቹም እንደ ታዘዙት ጳውሎስን ይዘው በሌሊት ወደ አንቲጳጥሪስ አደረሱት፤

³²and on the morrow, having suffered the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the castle;

³²በነገውም ከእርሱ ጋር ይሄዱ ዘንድ ፈረሰኞችን ትተው ወደ ሰፈር ተመለሱ።

³³those having entered into Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, did present also Paul to him.

³³እነዚያም ወደ ቂሣርያ ገብተው ደብዳቤውን ለአገረ ገዡ በሰጡ ጊዜ ጳውሎስን ደግሞ በፊቱ አቆሙት።

³⁴And the governor having read [it], and inquired of what province he is, and understood that [he is] from Cilicia;

³⁴ካነበበውም በኋላ የወዴት አውራጃ እንደ ሆነ ጠየቀው፤ የኪልቅያ ሰው መሆኑንም ባወቀ ጊዜ።

³⁵`I will hear thee — said he — when thine accusers also may have come;` he also commanded him to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.

³⁵ከሳሾችህ ደግሞ ሲመጡ እሰማሃለሁ አለው፤ በሄሮድስም ግቢ ውስጥ ይጠብቁት ዘንድ አዘዘ።