¹And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

¹ሐናንያም የተባለ አንድ ሰው ሰጲራ ከተባለች ከሚስቱ ጋር መሬት ሸጠ፥

²and did keep back of the price — his wife also knowing — and having brought a certain part, at the feet of the apostles he laid [it].

²ሚስቱም ደግሞ ስታውቅ ከሽያጩ አስቀረና እኩሌታውን አምጥቶ በሐዋርያት እግር አጠገብ አኖረው።

³And Peter said, `Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?

³ጴጥሮስም። ሐናንያ ሆይ፥ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ታታልልና ከመሬቱ ሽያጭ ታስቀር ዘንድ ሰይጣን በልብህ ስለ ምን ሞላ?

⁴while it remained, did it not remain thine? and having been sold, in thy authority was it not? why [is] it that thou didst put in thy heart this thing? thou didst not lie to men, but to God;`

⁴ሳትሸጠው የአንተ አልነበረምን? ከሸጥኸውስ በኋላ በሥልጣንህ አልነበረምን? ይህን ነገር ስለ ምን በልብህ አሰብህ? እግዚአብሔርን እንጂ ሰውን አልዋሸህም አለው።

⁵and Ananias hearing these words, having fallen down, did expire, and great fear came upon all who heard these things,

⁵ሐናንያም ይህን ቃል ሰምቶ ወደቀ ሞተም፤ በሰሙትም ሁሉ ላይ ታላቅ ፍርሃት ሆነ።

⁶and having risen, the younger men wound him up, and having carried forth, they buried [him].

⁶ጐበዞችም ተነሥተው ከፈኑት አውጥተውም ቀበሩት።

⁷And it came to pass, about three hours after, that his wife, not knowing what hath happened, came in,

⁷ከሦስት ሰዓት ያህል በኋላም ሚስቱ የሆነውን ሳታውቅ ገባች።

⁸and Peter answered her, `Tell me if for so much ye sold the place;` and she said, `Yes, for so much.`

⁸ጴጥሮስም መልሶ። እስቲ ንገሪኝ፥ መሬታችሁን ይህን ለሚያህል ሸጣችሁትን? አላት። እርስዋም። አዎን፥ ይህን ለሚያህል ነው አለች።

⁹And Peter said unto her, `How was it agreed by you, to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? lo, the feet of those who did bury thy husband [are] at the door, and they shall carry thee forth;`

⁹ጴጥሮስም። የጌታን መንፈስ ትፈታተኑ ዘንድ ስለ ምን ተስማማችሁ? እነሆ፥ ባልሽን የቀበሩት ሰዎች እግር በደጅ ነው አንቺንም ያወጡሻል አላት።

¹⁰and she fell down presently at his feet, and expired, and the young men having come in, found her dead, and having carried forth, they buried [her] by her husband;

¹⁰ያን ጊዜም በእግሩ አጠገብ ወደቀች ሞተችም፤ ጐበዞችም ሲገቡ ሞታ አገኙአት አውጥተውም በባልዋ አጠገብ ቀበሩአት።

¹¹and great fear came upon all the assembly, and upon all who heard these things.

¹¹በቤተ ክርስቲያን ሁሉና ይህንም በሰሙ ሁሉ ላይ ታላቅ ፍርሃት ሆነ።

¹²And through the hands of the apostles came many signs and wonders among the people, and they were with one accord all in the porch of Solomon;

¹²በሐዋርያትም እጅ ብዙ ምልክትና ድንቅ በሕዝብ መካከል ይደረግ ነበር፤ ሁሉም በአንድ ልብ ሆነው በሰሎሞን ደጅ መመላለሻ ነበሩ።

¹³and of the rest no one was daring to join himself to them, but the people were magnifying them,

¹³ከሌሎችም አንድ ስንኳ ሊተባበራቸው የሚደፍር አልነበረም፥

¹⁴(and the more were believers added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women,)

¹⁴ሕዝቡ ግን ያከብሩአቸው ነበር፤ የሚያምኑትም ከፊት ይልቅ ለጌታ ይጨመሩለት ነበር፤ ወንዶችና ሴቶችም ብዙ ነበሩ።

¹⁵so as into the broad places to bring forth the ailing, and to lay [them] upon couches and mats, that at the coming of Peter, even [his] shadow might overshadow some one of them;

¹⁵ስለዚህም ጴጥሮስ ሲያልፍ ጥላውም ቢሆን ከእነርሱ አንዱን ይጋርድ ዘንድ ድውያንን ወደ አደባባይ አውጥተው በአልጋና በወሰካ ያኖሩአቸው ነበር።

¹⁶and there were coming together also the people of the cities round about to Jerusalem, bearing ailing persons, and those harassed by unclean spirits — who were all healed.

¹⁶ደግሞም በኢየሩሳሌም ዙሪያ ካለችው ከተማ ድውያንንና በርኵሳን መናፍስት የተሣቀዩትን እያመጡ ብዙ ሰዎች ይሰበስቡ ነበር፤ ሁሉም ይፈወሱ ነበር።

¹⁷And having risen, the chief priest, and all those with him — being the sect of the Sadducees — were filled with zeal,

¹⁷ሊቀ ካህናቱ ግን የሰዱቃውያን ወገን ሆነውም ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት ሁሉ ተነሡ ቅንዓትም ሞላባቸው።

¹⁸and laid their hands upon the apostles, and did put them in a public prison;

¹⁸በሐዋርያትም ላይ እጃቸውን ጭነው በሕዝቡ ወኅኒ ውስጥ አኖሩአቸው።

¹⁹and a messenger of the Lord through the night opened the doors of the prison, having also brought them forth, he said,

¹⁹የጌታ መልአክ ግን በሌሊት የወኅኒውን ደጅ ከፍቶ አወጣቸውና።

²⁰`Go on, and standing, speak in the temple to the people all the sayings of this life;`

²⁰ሂዱና ቆማችሁ የዚህን ሕይወት ቃል ሁሉ ለሕዝብ በመቅደስ ንገሩ አላቸው።

²¹and having heard, they did enter at the dawn into the temple, and were teaching. And the chief priest having come, and those with him, they called together the sanhedrim and all the senate of the sons of Israel, and they sent to the prison to have them brought,

²¹በሰሙም ጊዜ ማልደው ወደ መቅደስ ገብተው አስተማሩ። ግን ሊቀ ካህናቱና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት መጥተው ሸንጎውንና የእስራኤልን ልጆች ሽማግሌዎች ሁሉ በአንድነት ጠሩ፥ ያመጡአቸውም ዘንድ ወደ ወኅኒ ላኩ።

²²and the officers having come, did not find them in the prison, and having turned back, they told,

²²ሎሌዎችም መጥተው በወኅኒው አላገኙአቸውም፤ ተመልሰውም። ወኅኒው በጣም በጥንቃቄ ተዘግቶ ጠባቂዎችም በደጁ ፊት ቆመው አገኘን፥ በከፈትን ጊዜ ግን በውስጡ አንድ ስንኳ አላገኘንም አሉአቸው።

²³saying — `The prison indeed we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors, and having opened — within we found no one.`

²⁴የመቅደስ አዛዥና የካህናት አለቆችም ይህን ነገር በሰሙ ጊዜ። እንጃ ይህ ምን ይሆን? እያሉ ስለ እነርሱ አመነቱ።

²⁴And as the priest, and the magistrate of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these words, they were doubting concerning them to what this would come;

²⁵አንድ ሰውም መጥቶ። እነሆ፥ በወኅኒ ያኖራችኋቸው ሰዎች እየቆሙ ሕዝቡንም እያስተማሩ በመቅደስ ናቸው ብሎ አወራላቸው።

²⁵and coming near, a certain one told them, saying — `Lo, the men whom ye did put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people;`

²⁶በዚያን ጊዜ አዛዡ ከሎሌዎች ጋር ሄዶ አመጣቸው፥ በኃይል ግን አይደለም፤ ሕዝቡ እንዳይወግሩአቸው ይፈሩ ነበርና።

²⁶then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;

²⁷አምጥተውም በሸንጎ አቆሙአቸው።

²⁷and having brought them, they set [them] in the sanhedrim, and the chief priest questioned them,

²⁸ሊቀ ካህናቱም። በዚህ ስም እንዳታስተምሩ አጥብቀን አላዘዝናችሁምን? እነሆም፥ ኢየሩሳሌምን በትምህርታችሁ ሞልታችኋል፤ የዚያንም ሰው ደም በእኛ ታመጡብን ዘንድ ታስባላችሁ ብሎ ጠየቃቸው።

²⁸saying, `Did not we strictly command you not to teach in this name? and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and ye intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.`

²⁹ጴጥሮስና ሐዋርያትም መልሰው አሉ። ከሰው ይልቅ ለእግዚአብሔር ልንታዘዝ ይገባል።

²⁹And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

³⁰እናንተ በእንጨት ላይ ሰቅላችሁ የገደላችሁትን ኢየሱስን የአባቶቻችን አምላክ አስነሣው፤

³⁰and the God of our fathers did raise up Jesus, whom ye slew, having hanged upon a tree;

³¹ይህን እግዚአብሔር፥ ለእስራኤል ንስሐን የኃጢአትንም ስርየት ይሰጥ ዘንድ፥ ራስም መድኃኒትም አድርጎ በቀኙ ከፍ ከፍ አደረገው።

³¹this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;

³²እኛም ለዚህ ነገር ምስክሮች ነን፥ ደግሞም እግዚአብሔር ለሚታዘዙት የሰጠው መንፈስ ቅዱስ ምስክር ነው።

³²and we are His witnesses of these sayings, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God gave to those obeying him.`

³³እነርሱም ሲሰሙ በጣም ተቈጡ ሊገድሉአቸውም አሰቡ።

³³And they having heard, were cut [to the heart], and were taking counsel to slay them,

³⁴ነገር ግን በሕዝብ ሁሉ ዘንድ የከበረ የሕግ መምህር ገማልያል የሚሉት አንድ ፈሪሳዊ በሸንጎ ተነሥቶ ሐዋርያትን ጥቂት ፈቀቅ እንዲያደርጉአቸው አዘዘ፥

³⁴but a certain one, having risen up in the sanhedrim — a Pharisee, by name Gamaliel, a teacher of law honoured by all the people — commanded to put the apostles forth a little,

³⁵እንዲህም አላቸው። የእስራኤል ሰዎች ሆይ፥ ስለ እነዚህ ሰዎች ምን እንደምታደርጉ ለራሳችሁ ተጠንቀቁ።

³⁵and said unto them, `Men, Israelites, take heed to yourselves about these men, what ye are about to do,

³⁶ከዚህ ወራት አስቀድሞ ቴዎዳስ። እኔ ታላቅ ነኝ ብሎ ተነሥቶ ነበርና፥ አራት መቶ የሚያህሉ ሰዎችም ከእርሱ ጋር ተባበሩ፤ እርሱም ጠፋ የሰሙትም ሁሉ ተበተኑ እንደ ምናምንም ሆኑ።

³⁶for before these days rose up Theudas, saying, that himself was some one, to whom a number of men did join themselves, as it were four hundred, who was slain, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered, and came to nought.

³⁷ከዚህ በኋላ ሰዎች በተጻፉበት ዘመን የገሊላው ይሁዳ ተነሣ ብዙ ሰዎችንም አሸፍቶ አስከተለ፤ እርሱም ጠፋ የሰሙትም ሁሉ ተበታተኑ።

³⁷`After this one rose up, Judas the Galilean, in the days of the enrollment, and drew away much people after him, and that one perished, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered;

³⁸አሁንም እላችኋለሁ። ከእነዚህ ሰዎች ተለዩ ተዉአቸውም፤ ይህ አሳብ ወይም ይህ ሥራ ከሰው እንደ ሆነ ይጠፋልና፤

³⁸and now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone, because if this counsel or this work may be of men, it will be overthrown,

³⁹ከእግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆነ ግን ታጠፉአቸው ዘንድ አይቻላችሁም፥ በእርግጥ ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር ስትጣሉ ምናልባት እንዳትገኙ።

³⁹and if it be of God, ye are not able to overthrow it, lest perhaps also ye be found fighting against God.`

⁴⁰ሰሙትም፥ ሐዋርያትንም ወደ እነርሱ ጠርተው ገረፉአቸው፥ በኢየሱስም ስም እንዳይናገሩ አዝዘው ፈቱአቸው።

⁴⁰And to him they agreed, and having called near the apostles, having beaten [them], they commanded [them] not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go;

⁴¹እነርሱም ስለ ስሙ ይናቁ ዘንድ የተገባቸው ሆነው ስለ ተቈጠሩ ከሸንጎው ፊት ደስ እያላቸው ወጡ፤

⁴¹they, indeed, then, departed from the presence of the sanhedrim, rejoicing that for his name they were counted worthy to suffer dishonour,

⁴²ዕለት ዕለትም በመቅደስና በቤታቸው ስለ ኢየሱስ እርሱ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ ማስተማርንና መስበክን አይተዉም ነበር።

⁴²every day also in the temple, and in every house, they were not ceasing teaching and proclaiming good news — Jesus the Christ.