¹And as they are speaking unto the people, there came to them the priests, and the magistrate of the temple, and the Sadducees —

¹ለሕዝቡም ሲናገሩ የካህናት አለቆችና የመቅደስ አዛዥ ሰዱቃውያንም፥

²being grieved because of their teaching the people, and preaching in Jesus the rising again out of the dead —

²ሕዝቡን ስለ አስተማሩና በኢየሱስ የሙታንን ትንሣኤ ስለ ሰበኩ ተቸግረው፥ ወደ እነርሱ ቀረቡ፥

³and they laid hands upon them, and did put them in custody unto the morrow, for it was evening already;

³እጃቸውንም ጭነውባቸው አሁን መሽቶ ነበርና እስከ ማግሥቱ ድረስ በወኅኒ አኖሩአቸው።

⁴and many of those hearing the word did believe, and the number of the men became, as it were, five thousand.

⁴ነገር ግን ቃሉን ከሰሙት ብዙዎች አመኑ፥ የወንዶችም ቍጥር አምስት ሺህ ያህል ሆነ።

⁵And it came to pass upon the morrow, there were gathered together of them the rulers, and elders, and scribes, to Jerusalem,

⁵በነገውም አለቆቻቸውና ሽማግሌዎች ጻፎችም ሊቀ ካህናቱ ሐናም ቀያፋም ዮሐንስም እስክንድሮስም የሊቀ ካህናቱም ዘመዶች የነበሩት ሁሉ በኢየሩሳሌም ተሰበሰቡ፤

⁶and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the chief priest,

⁷እነርሱንም በመካከል አቁመው። በምን ኃይል ወይስ በማን ስም እናንተ ይህን አደረጋችሁ? ብለው ጠየቁአቸው።

⁷and having set them in the midst, they were inquiring, `In what power, or in what name did ye do this?`

⁸በዚያን ጊዜ ጴጥሮስ መንፈስ ቅዱስንም ተሞልቶ እንዲህ አላቸው። እናንተ የሕዝብ አለቆችና ሽማግሌዎች፥

⁸Then Peter, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them: `Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

⁹እኛ ዛሬ ለድውዩ ሰው ስለ ተደረገው መልካም ሥራ ይህ በምን እንደዳነ ብንመረመር፥

⁹if we to-day are examined concerning the good deed to the ailing man, by whom he hath been saved,

¹⁰እናንተ በሰቀላችሁት እግዚአብሔርም ከሙታን ባስነሣው በናዝሬቱ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም ይህ ደኅና ሆኖ በፊታችሁ እንደ ቆመ፥ ለእናንተ ለሁላችሁ ለእስራኤልም ሕዝብ ሁሉ የታወቀ ይሁን።

¹⁰be it known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye did crucify, whom God did raise out of the dead, in him hath this one stood by before you whole.

¹¹እናንተ ግንበኞች የናቃችሁት፥ የማዕዘን ራስ የሆነው ይህ ድንጋይ ነው።

¹¹`This is the stone that was set at nought by you — the builders, that became head of a corner;

¹²መዳንም በሌላ በማንም የለም፤ እንድንበት ዘንድ የሚገባን ለሰዎች የተሰጠ ስም ከሰማይ በታች ሌላ የለምና።

¹²and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.`

¹³ጴጥሮስና ዮሐንስም በግልጥ እንደ ተናገሩ ባዩ ጊዜ፥ መጽሐፍን የማያውቁና ያልተማሩ ሰዎች እንደ ሆኑ አስተውለው አደነቁ፥ ከኢየሱስም ጋር እንደ ነበሩ አወቁአቸው፤

¹³And beholding the openness of Peter and John, and having perceived that they are men unlettered and plebeian, they were wondering — they were taking knowledge also of them that with Jesus they had been —

¹⁴የተፈወሰውንም ሰው ከእነርሱ ጋር ቆሞ ሲያዩ የሚመልሱትን አጡ።

¹⁴and seeing the man standing with them who hath been healed, they had nothing to say against [it],

¹⁵ከሸንጎም ወደ ውጭ ይወጡ ዘንድ አዝዘው። በእነዚህ ሰዎች ምን እንሥራ?

¹⁵and having commanded them to go away out of the sanhedrim, they took counsel with one another,

¹⁶የታወቀ ምልክት በእነርሱ እጅ እንደ ተደረገ በኢየሩሳሌም ለሚኖሩ ሁሉ ተገልጦአልና፥ እንሸሽገው ዘንድ አንችልም፤

¹⁶saying, `What shall we do to these men? because that, indeed, a notable sign hath been done through them, to all those dwelling in Jerusalem [is] manifest, and we are not able to deny [it];

¹⁷ነገር ግን በሕዝቡ ዘንድ አብዝቶ እንዳይስፋፋ፥ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ለማንም ሰው በዚህ ስም እንዳይናገሩ እየዛትን እንዘዛቸው ብለው እርስ በርሳቸው ተማከሩ።

¹⁷but that it may spread no further toward the people, let us strictly threaten them no more to speak in this name to any man.`

¹⁸ጠርተውም በኢየሱስ ስም ፈጽመው እንዳይናገሩና እንዳያስተምሩ አዘዙአቸው።

¹⁸And having called them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus,

¹⁹ጴጥሮስና ዮሐንስ ግን መልሰው። እግዚአብሔርን ከመስማት ይልቅ እናንተን እንሰማ ዘንድ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት የሚገባ እንደ ሆነ ቍረጡ፤

¹⁹and Peter and John answering unto them said, `Whether it is righteous before God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye;

²⁰እኛስ ያየነውንና የሰማነውን ከመናገር ዝም ማለት አንችልም አሉአቸው።

²⁰for we cannot but speak what we did see and hear.`

²¹እነርሱም እንደ ምን እንደሚቀጡ ምክንያት ስላላገኙባቸው፥ እንደ ገና ዝተው ከሕዝቡ የተነሣ ፈቱአቸው፤ ሰዎች ሁሉ ስለ ሆነው ነገር እግዚአብሔርን ያከብሩ ነበርና።

²¹And they having further threatened [them], let them go, finding nothing how they may punish them, because of the people, because all were glorifying God for that which hath been done,

²²ይህ የመፈወስ ምልክት የተደረገለት ሰው ከአርባ ዓመት ይበልጠው ነበርና።

²²for above forty years of age was the man upon whom had been done this sign of the healing.

²³ተፈትተውም ወደ ወገኖቻቸው መጡና የካህናት አለቆችና ሽማግሌዎች ያሉአቸውን ሁሉ ነገሩአቸው።

²³And being let go, they went unto their own friends, and declared whatever the chief priests and the elders said unto them,

²⁴እነርሱም በሰሙ ጊዜ በአንድ ልብ ሆነው ወደ እግዚአብሔር ድምፃቸውን ከፍ አደረጉ እንዲህም አሉ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አንተ ሰማዩንና ምድሩን ባሕሩንም በእነርሱም የሚኖረውን ሁሉ የፈጠርህ፥

²⁴and they having heard, with one accord did lift up the voice unto God, and said, `Lord, thou [art] God, who didst make the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all that [are] in them,

²⁵በመንፈስ ቅዱስም በብላቴናህ በአባታችን በዳዊት አፍ። አሕዛብ ለምን አጕረመረሙ? ሕዝቡስ ከንቱን ነገር ለምን አሰቡ?

²⁵who, through the mouth of David thy servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things?

²⁶የምድር ነገሥታት ተነሡ አለቆችም በጌታና በተቀባው ላይ አብረው ተከማቹ ብለህ የተናገርህ አምላክ ነህ።

²⁶the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ;

²⁷በቀባኸው በቅዱሱ ብላቴናህ በኢየሱስ ላይ ሄሮድስና ጴንጤናዊው ጲላጦስ ከአሕዛብና ከእስራኤል ሕዝብ ጋር፥ እጅህና አሳብህ እንዲሆን አስቀድመው የወሰኑትን ሁሉ ሊፈጽሙ፥ በዚች ከተማ በእውነት ተሰበሰቡ።

²⁷for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,

²⁹አሁንም፥ ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወደ ዛቻቸው ተመልከት፤ ለመፈወስም እጅህን ስትዘረጋ በቅዱስ ብላቴናህም በኢየሱስ ስም ምልክትና ድንቅ ሲደረግ፥ ባሪያዎችህ በፍጹም ግልጥነት ቃልህን እንዲናገሩ ስጣቸው።

²⁸to do whatever Thy hand and Thy counsel did determine before to come to pass.

³¹ከጸለዩም በኋላ ተሰብስበው የነበሩበት ስፍራ ተናወጠ፥ በሁሉም መንፈስ ቅዱስ ሞላባቸው፥ የእግዚአብሔርንም ቃል በግልጥ ተናገሩ።

²⁹`And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and grant to Thy servants with all freedom to speak Thy word,

³²ያመኑትም ሕዝብ አንድ ልብ አንዲትም ነፍስ ነበሩአቸው፥ ገንዘባቸውም ሁሉ በአንድነት ነበረ እንጂ ካለው አንድ ነገር ስንኳ የራሱ እንደ ሆነ ማንም አልተናገረም።

³⁰in the stretching forth of Thy hand, for healing, and signs, and wonders, to come to pass through the name of Thy holy child Jesus.`

³³ሐዋርያትም የጌታን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ትንሣኤ በታላቅ ኃይል ይመሰክሩ ነበር፤ በሁሉም ላይ ታላቅ ጸጋ ነበረባቸው።

³¹And they having prayed, the place was shaken in which they were gathered together, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and were speaking the word of God with freedom,

³⁴በመካከላቸው አንድ ስንኳ ችግረኛ አልነበረምና፤ መሬት ወይም ቤት ያላቸው ሁሉ እየሸጡ የተሸጠውን ዋጋ ያመጡ ነበርና፥

³²and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common.

³⁵በሐዋርያትም እግር አጠገብ ያኖሩ ነበር፤ ማናቸውም እንደሚፈልግ መጠን ለእያንዳንዱ ያካፍሉት ነበር።

³³And with great power were the apostles giving the testimony to the rising again of the Lord Jesus, great grace also was on them all,

³⁶ትውልዱም የቆጵሮስ ሰው የነበረ አንድ ሌዋዊ ዮሴፍ የሚሉት ነበረ፥ እርሱም በሐዋርያት በርናባስ ተባለ ትርጓሜውም የመጽናናት ልጅ ነው፤

³⁴for there was not any one among them who did lack, for as many as were possessors of fields, or houses, selling [them], were bringing the prices of the thing sold,

³⁷እርሻም ነበረውና ሽጦ ገንዘቡን አምጥቶ ከሐዋርያት እግር አጠገብ አኖረው።

³⁵and were laying them at the feet of the apostles, and distribution was being made to each according as any one had need.

³⁶And Joses, who was surnamed by the apostles Barnabas — which is, having been interpreted, Son of Comfort — a Levite, of Cyprus by birth,

³⁷a field being his, having sold [it], brought the money and laid [it] at the feet of the apostles.