¹And having been saved, then they knew that the island is called Melita,

¹በደኅና ከደረስን በኋላ በዚያን ጊዜ ደሴቲቱ መላጥያ እንድትባል አወቅን።

²and the foreigners were shewing us no ordinary kindness, for having kindled a fire, they received us all, because of the pressing rain, and because of the cold;

²አረማውያንም የሚያስገርም ቸርነት አደረጉልን፤ ዝናብ ስለ ሆነም ስለ ብርዱም እሳት አንድደው ሁላችንን ተቀበሉን።

³but Paul having gathered together a quantity of sticks, and having laid [them] upon the fire, a viper — out of the heat having come — did fasten on his hand.

³ጳውሎስ ግን ብዙ ጭራሮ አከማችቶ ወደ እሳት ሲጨምር እፉኝት ከሙቀት የተነሣ ወጥታ እጁን ነደፈችው።

⁴And when the foreigners saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said unto one another, `Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, having been saved out of the sea, the justice did not suffer to live;`

⁴አረማውያንም እባብ በእጁ ተንጠልጥላ ባዩ ጊዜ፥ እርስ በርሳቸው። ይህ ሰው በእርግጥ ነፍሰ ገዳይ ነው፥ ከባሕርም ስንኳ በደኅና ቢወጣ የእግዚአብሔር ፍርድ በሕይወት ይኖር ዘንድ አልተወውም አሉ።

⁵he then, indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, suffered no evil,

⁵እርሱ ግን እባቢቱን ወደ እሳት አራገፋት አንዳችም አልጐዳችውም፤

⁶and they were expecting him to be about to be inflamed, or to fall down suddenly dead, and they, expecting [it] a long time, and seeing nothing uncommon happening to him, changing [their] minds, said he was a god.

⁶እነርሱም። ሊያብጥ ወይም ወዲያው ሞቶ ሊወድቅ ነው ብለው ይጠባበቁት ነበር ብዙ ጊዜ ግን ሲጠባበቁ በእርሱ ላይ የሚያስገርም ነገር ምንም ባላዩ ጊዜ። ይህስ አምላክ ነው ብለው አሳባቸውን ለወጡ።

⁷And in the neighbourhood of that place were lands of the principal man of the island, by name Publius, who, having received us, three days did courteously lodge [us];

⁷በዚያም ስፍራ አጠገብ ፑፕልዮስ የሚሉት የደሴት አለቃ መሬት ነበረ፥ እርሱም እንግድነት ተቀብሎን ሦስት ቀን በፍቅር አሳደረን።

⁸and it came to pass, the father of Publius with feverish heats and dysentery pressed, was laid, unto whom Paul having entered, and having prayed, having laid [his] hands on him, healed him;

⁸የፑፕልዮስም አባት በንዳድና በተቅማጥ ታሞ ተኝቶ ነበር፤ ጳውሎስም ወደ እርሱ ገብቶ ጸለየለት እጁንም በላዩ ጭኖ ፈወሰው።

⁹this, therefore, being done, the others also in the island having infirmities were coming and were healed;

⁹ይህም በሆነ ጊዜ የቀሩት ደግሞ በደሴቲቱ ደዌ የነበረባቸው እየመጡ ተፈወሱ፤

¹⁰who also with many honours did honour us, and we setting sail — they were lading [us] with the things that were necessary.

¹⁰በብዙ ክብርም ደግሞ አከበሩን፥ በተነሣንም ጊዜ በመርከብ ላይ የሚያስፈልገንን ነገር አኖሩልን።

¹¹And after three months, we set sail in a ship (that had wintered in the isle) of Alexandria, with the sign Dioscuri,

¹¹ከሦስት ወርም በኋላ በደሴቲቱ ከርሞ በነበረው በእስክንድርያው መርከብ ተነሣን፥ በእርሱም የዲዮስቆሮስ አላማ ነበረበት።

¹²and having landed at Syracuse, we remained three days,

¹²ወደ ሰራኩስም በገባን ጊዜ ሦስት ቀን ተቀመጥን፤

¹³thence having gone round, we came to Rhegium, and after one day, a south wind having sprung up, the second [day] we came to Puteoli;

¹³ከዚያም እየተዛወርን ወደ ሬጊዩም ደረስን። ከአንድ ቀን በኋላም የደቡብ ነፋስ በነፈሰ ጊዜ በሁለተኛው ቀን ወደ ፑቲዮሉስ መጣን።

¹⁴where, having found brethren, we were called upon to remain with them seven days, and thus to Rome we came;

¹⁴በዚያም ወንድሞችን አግኝተን በእነርሱ ዘንድ ሰባት ቀን እንድንቀመጥ ለመኑን፤ እንዲሁም ወደ ሮሜ መጣን።

¹⁵and thence, the brethren having heard the things concerning us, came forth to meet us, unto Appii Forum, and Three Taverns — whom Paul having seen, having given thanks to God, took courage.

¹⁵ከዚያም ወንድሞች ስለ እኛ ሰምተው እስከ አፍዩስ ፋሩስና ሦስት ማደሪያ እስከሚባለው ሊቀበሉን ወጡ፥ ጳውሎስም ባያቸው ጊዜ እግዚአብሔርን አመሰገነ ልቡም ተጽናና።

¹⁶And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the captain of the barrack, but Paul was suffered to remain by himself, with the soldier guarding him.

¹⁶ወደ ሮሜም በገባን ጊዜ ጳውሎስ ከሚጠብቀው ወታደር ጋር ለብቻው ይቀመጥ ዘንድ ተፈቀደለት።

¹⁷And it came to pass after three days, Paul called together those who are the principal men of the Jews, and they having come together, he said unto them: `Men, brethren, I — having done nothing contrary to the people, or to the customs of the fathers — a prisoner from Jerusalem, was delivered up to the hands of the Romans;

¹⁷ከሦስት ቀንም በኋላ ጳውሎስ የአይሁድን ታላላቆች ወደ እርሱ ጠራ፤ በተሰበሰቡም ጊዜ እንዲህ አላቸው። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እኔ ሕዝቡን ወይም የአባቶችን ሥርዓት የሚቃወም አንዳች ሳላደርግ፥ ከኢየሩሳሌም እንደ ታሰርሁ በሮማውያን እጅ አሳልፈው ሰጡኝ።

¹⁸who, having examined me, were wishing to release [me], because of their being no cause of death in me,

¹⁸እነርሱም መርምረው ለሞት የሚገባ ምክንያት ስላልነበረብኝ ሊፈቱኝ አሰቡ፤

¹⁹and the Jews having spoken against [it], I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar — not as having anything to accuse my nation of;

¹⁹አይሁድ ግን በተቃወሙ ጊዜ፥ ወደ ቄሣር ይግባኝ እንድል ግድ ሆነብኝ እንጂ ሕዝቤን የምከስበት ነገር ኖሮኝ አይደለም።

²⁰for this cause, therefore, I called for you to see and to speak with [you], for because of the hope of Israel with this chain I am bound.`

²⁰ስለዚህም ምክንያት አያችሁና እነግራችሁ ዘንድ ጠራኋችሁ፤ ስለ እስራኤል ተስፋ ይህን ሰንሰለት ለብሻለሁና።

²¹And they said unto him, `We did neither receive letters concerning thee from Judea, nor did any one who came of the brethren declare or speak any evil concerning thee,

²¹እነርሱም። እኛ ከይሁዳ ስለ አንተ ደብዳቤ አልተቀበልንም፥ ከወንድሞችም አንድ ስንኳ መጥቶ ስለ አንተ ክፉ ነገር አላወራልንም ወይም አልተናገረብህም።

²²and we think it good from thee to hear what thou dost think, for, indeed, concerning this sect it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against;`

²²ነገር ግን ስለዚህ ወገን በየስፍራው ሁሉ እንዲቃወሙ በእኛ ዘንድ ታውቆአልና የምታስበውን ከአንተ እንሰማ ዘንድ እንፈቅዳለን አሉት።

²³and having appointed him a day, they came, more of them unto him, to the lodging, to whom he was expounding, testifying fully the reign of God, persuading them also of the things concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses, and the prophets, from morning till evening,

²³ቀንም ቀጥረውለት ብዙ ሆነው ወደ መኖሪያው ወደ እርሱ መጡ፤ ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥትም እየመሰከረ ስለ ኢየሱስም ከሙሴ ሕግና ከነቢያት ጠቅሶ እያስረዳቸው፥ ከጥዋት ጀምሮ እስከ ማታ ድረስ ይገልጥላቸው ነበር።

²⁴and, some, indeed, were believing the things spoken, and some were not believing.

²⁴እኵሌቶቹም የተናገረውን አመኑ፥ እኵሌቶቹ ግን አላመኑም፤

²⁵And not being agreed with one another, they were going away, Paul having spoken one word — `Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers,

²⁵እርስ በርሳቸውም ባልተስማሙ ጊዜ፥ ጳውሎስ አንዲት ቃል ከተናገረ በኋላ ሄዱ፤ እንዲህም አለ። መንፈስ ቅዱስ በነቢዩ በኢሳይያስ ለአባቶቻችን።

²⁶saying, Go on unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

²⁶ወደዚህ ሕዝብ ሂድና። መስማትን ትሰማላችሁና አታስተውሉም፥ ማየትንም ታያላችሁና አትመለከቱም፤

²⁷for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they may see with the eyes, and with the heart may understand, and be turned back, and I may heal them.

²⁷በዓይናቸው እንዳያዩ በጆሮአቸው እንዳይሰሙ በልባቸውም እንዳያስተውሉ ተመልሰውም እንዳልፈውሳቸው፥ የዚህ ሕዝብ ልብ ደንድኖአል ጆሮአቸውም ደንቁሮአል ዓይናቸውንም ጨፍነዋል በላቸው

²⁸`Be it known, therefore, to you, that to the nations was sent the salvation of God, these also will hear it;`

²⁸ሲል መልካም ተናገረ። እንግዲህ ይህ የእግዚአብሔር ደኅንነት ለአሕዛብ እንደ ተላከ በእናንተ ዘንድ የታወቀ ይሁን፤ እነርሱ ደግሞ ይሰሙታል።

²⁹and he having said these things, the Jews went away, having much disputation among themselves;

²⁹ይህንም በተናገረ ጊዜ አይሁድ እርስ በርሳቸው እጅግ እየተከራከሩ ሄዱ።

³⁰and Paul remained an entire two years in his own hired [house], and was receiving all those coming in unto him,

³⁰ጳውሎስም በተከራየው ቤት ሁለት ዓመት ሙሉ ተቀመጠ፥ ወደ እርሱም የሚመጡትን ሁሉ ይቀበል ነበር፤

³¹preaching the reign of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness — unforbidden.

³¹ማንም ሳይከለክለው የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት እየሰበከ ስለ ጌታ ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እጅግ ገልጦ ያስተምር ነበር።