¹And after five days came down the chief priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator — Tertullus, and they made manifest to the governor [the things] against Paul;

¹ከአምስት ቀንም በኋላ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ሐናንያ ከሽማግሌዎችና ጠርጠሉስ ከሚሉት ከአንድ ጠበቃ ጋር ወረደ፤ እነርሱም ስለ ጳውሎስ ለአገረ ገዡ አመለከቱት።

²and he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse [him], saying, `Much peace enjoying through thee, and worthy deeds being done to this nation through thy forethought,

²በተጠራም ጊዜ ጠርጠሉስ ይከሰው ዘንድ ጀመረ እንዲህ እያለ። ክቡር ፊልክስ ሆይ፥ በአንተ በኩል ብዙ ሰላም ስለምናገኝ ለዚህም ሕዝብ በአሳብህ በየነገሩ በየስፍራውም መልካም መሻሻል ስለሚሆንለት፥ በፍጹም ምስጋና እንቀበለዋለን።

³always, also, and everywhere we receive it, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness;

⁴ነገር ግን እጅግ እንዳላቆይህ በቸርነትህ በአጭሩ ትሰማን ዘንድ እለምንሃለሁ።

⁴and that I may not be further tedious to thee, I pray thee to hear us concisely in thy gentleness;

⁵ይህ ሰው በሽታ ሆኖ በዓለም ባሉት አይሁድ ሁሉ ሁከት ሲያስነሣ፥ የመናፍቃን የናዝራውያን ወገን መሪ ሆኖ አግኝተነዋልና፤

⁵for having found this man a pestilence, and moving a dissension to all the Jews through the world — a ringleader also of the sect of the Nazarenes —

⁶መቅደስንም ደግሞ ሊያረክስ ሲሞክር ያዝነው፥ እንደ ሕጋችንም እንፈርድበት ዘንድ ወደድን።

⁶who also the temple did try to profane, whom also we took, and according to our law did wish to judge,

⁷ነገር ግን የሻለቃው ሉስዮስ መጥቶ በብዙ ኃይል ከእጃችን ወሰደው፥

⁷and Lysias the chief captain having come near, with much violence, out of our hands did take away,

⁸ከሳሾቹንም ወደ አንተ ይመጡ ዘንድ አዘዘ፤ አንተም ራስህ እርሱን መርምረህ እኛ ስለምንከስበት ነገር ሁሉ ልታውቅ ትችላለህ።

⁸having commanded his accusers to come to thee, from whom thou mayest be able, thyself having examined, to know concerning all these things of which we accuse him;`

⁹አይሁድም ደግሞ። ይህ ነገር እንዲሁ ነው እያሉ ተስማሙ።

⁹and the Jews also agreed, professing these things to be so.

¹⁰ገዡም በጠቀሰው ጊዜ ጳውሎስ መለሰ እንዲህ ሲል። ከብዙ ዘመን ጀምረህ ለዚህ ሕዝብ አንተ ፈራጅ እንደ ሆንህ አውቃለሁና ደስ እያለኝ ስለ እኔ ነገር እመልሳለሁ፤

¹⁰And Paul answered — the governor having beckoned to him to speak — `Knowing [that] for many years thou hast been a judge to this nation, the more cheerfully the things concerning myself I do answer;

¹¹እሰግድ ዘንድ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ከወጣሁ ከአሥራ ሁለት ቀን እንዳይበልጥ ልታውቀው ትችላለህ።

¹¹thou being able to know that it is not more than twelve days to me since I went up to worship in Jerusalem,

¹²ከአንድም ስንኳ ስነጋገር ወይም ሕዝብን ስሰበስብ በመቅደስ ቢሆን በምኵራብም ቢሆን በከተማም ቢሆን አላገኙኝም።

¹²and neither in the temple did they find me reasoning with any one, or making a dissension of the multitude, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;

¹³አሁንም ስለሚከሱኝ ያስረዱህ ዘንድ አይችሉም።

¹³nor are they able to prove against me the things concerning which they now accuse me.

¹⁴ነገር ግን ይህን እመሰክርልሃለሁ፤ በሕጉ ያለውን በነቢያትም የተጻፉትን ሁሉ አምኜ የአባቶቼን አምላክ እነርሱ ኑፋቄ ብለው እንደሚጠሩት መንገድ አመልካለሁ፤

¹⁴`And I confess this to thee, that, according to the way that they call a sect, so serve I the God of the fathers, believing all things that in the law and the prophets have been written,

¹⁵እነዚህም ራሳቸው ደግሞ የሚጠብቁት፥ ጻድቃንም ዓመፀኞችም ከሙታን ይነሡ ዘንድ እንዳላቸው ተስፋ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ አለኝ።

¹⁵having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, [that] there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;

¹⁶ስለዚህ እኔ ደግሞ በእግዚአብሔርና በሰው ፊት ሁልጊዜ ነውር የሌለባት ሕሊና ትኖረኝ ዘንድ እተጋለሁ።

¹⁶and in this I do exercise myself, to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.

¹⁷ከብዙ ዓመትም በኋላ ለሕዝቤ ምጽዋትና መሥዋዕት አደርግ ዘንድ መጣሁ፤

¹⁷`And after many years I came, about to do kind acts to my nation, and offerings,

¹⁸ይህንም ሳደርግ ሳለሁ ሕዝብ ሳይሰበሰብ ሁከትም ሳይሆን በመቅደስ ስነጻ አገኙኝ።

¹⁸in which certain Jews from Asia did find me purified in the temple, not with multitude, nor with tumult,

¹⁹ነገር ግን በእኔ ላይ ነገር ያላቸው እንደ ሆነ፥ በፊትህ መጥተው ይከሱኝ ዘንድ የሚገባቸው ከእስያ የመጡ አንዳንድ አይሁድ አሉ።

¹⁹whom it behoveth to be present before thee, and to accuse, if they had anything against me,

²⁰ወይም በመካከላቸው ቆሜ። ዛሬ ስለ ሙታን መነሣት በፊታችሁ በእኔ ይፈርዱብኛል ብዬ ከጮኽሁት ከዚህ ከአንድ ነገር በቀር፥ በሸንጎ ፊት ቆሜ ሳለሁ በእኔ አንድ ዓመፃ ያገኙ እንደ ሆን እነዚህ ራሳቸው ይናገሩ።

²⁰or let these same say if they found any unrighteousness in me in my standing before the sanhedrim,

²²ፊልክስ ግን የመንገዱን ነገር አጥብቆ አውቆአልና። የሻለቃው ሉስዮስ በወረደ ጊዜ ነገራችሁን እቆርጣለሁ ብሎ ወደ ፊት አዘገያቸው።

²¹except concerning this one voice, in which I cried, standing among them — Concerning a rising again of the dead I am judged to-day by you.`

²³የመቶውንም አለቃ ጳውሎስን ሲጠብቅ እንዲያደላለት፥ ከወዳጆቹም ማንም ሲያገለግለው ወይም ወደ እርሱ ሲመጣ እንዳይከለክልበት አዘዘው።

²²And having heard these things, Felix delayed them — having known more exactly of the things concerning the way — saying, `When Lysias the chief captain may come down, I will know fully the things concerning you;`

²⁴ከጥቂት ቀንም በኋላ ፊልክስ አይሁዳዊት ከነበረች ድሩሲላ ከሚሉአት ከሚስቱ ጋር መጥቶ ጳውሎስን አስመጣ፥ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስም ስለ ማመን የሚናገረውን ሰማው።

²³having given also a direction to the centurion to keep Paul, to let [him] also have liberty, and to forbid none of his own friends to minister or to come near to him.

²⁵እርሱም ስለ ጽድቅና ራስን ስለ መግዛት ስለሚመጣውም ኵነኔ ሲነጋገር ሳለ፥ ፊልክስ ፈርቶ። አሁንስ ሂድ፥ በተመቸኝም ጊዜ ልኬ አስጠራሃለሁ ብሎ መለሰለት።

²⁴And after certain days, Felix having come with Drusilla his wife, being a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith toward Christ,

²⁶ያን ጊዜም ደግሞ እንዲፈታው ጳውሎስ ገንዘብ ይሰጠው ዘንድ ተስፋ አደረገ፤ ስለዚህ ደግሞ ብዙ ጊዜ እያስመጣ ያነጋግረው ነበር።

²⁵and he reasoning concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment that is about to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, `For the present be going, and having got time, I will call for thee;`

²⁷ሁለት ዓመትም ከሞላ በኋላ ጶርቅዮስ ፊስጦስ በፊልክስ ፈንታ ተተካ። ፊልክስም አይሁድን ደስ ያሰኝ ዘንድ ወዶ ጳውሎስን እንደ ታሰረ ተወው።

²⁶and at the same time also hoping that money shall be given to him by Paul, that he may release him, therefore, also sending for him the oftener, he was conversing with him;

²⁷and two years having been fulfilled, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus; Felix also willing to lay a favour on the Jews, left Paul bound.