¹And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration,

¹በዚህም ወራት ደቀ መዛሙርት እየበዙ ሲሄዱ ከግሪክ አገር መጥተው የነበሩት አይሁድ በይሁዳ ኖረው በነበሩት አይሁድ አንጐራጐሩባቸው፥ በየቀኑ በተሠራው አገልግሎት መበለቶቻቸውን ችላ ይሉባቸው ነበርና።

²and the twelve, having called near the multitude of the disciples, said, `It is not pleasing that we, having left the word of God, do minister at tables;

²አሥራ ሁለቱም ደቀ መዛሙርት ሁሉን ጠርተው እንዲህ አሉአቸው። የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ትተን ማዕድን እናገለግል ዘንድ የሚገባ ነገር አይደለም።

³look out, therefore, brethren, seven men of you who are well testified of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may set over this necessity,

³ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በመልካም የተመሰከረላቸውን መንፈስ ቅዱስና ጥበብም የሞላባቸውን ሰባት ሰዎች ከእናንተ ምረጡ፥ ለዚህም ጉዳይ እንሾማቸዋለን፤

⁴and we to prayer, and to the ministration of the word, will give ourselves continually.`

⁴እኛ ግን ለጸሎትና ቃሉን ለማገልገል እንተጋለን።

⁵And the thing was pleasing before all the multitude, and they did choose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,

⁵ይህም ቃል ሕዝብን ሁሉ ደስ አሰኛቸው፤ እምነትና መንፈስ ቅዱስም የሞላበትን ሰው እስጢፋኖስን ፊልጶስንም ጵሮኮሮስንም ኒቃሮናንም ጢሞናንም ጳርሜናንም ወደ ይሁዲነት ገብቶ የነበረውን የአንጾኪያውን ኒቆላዎስንም መረጡ።

⁶whom they did set before the apostles, and they, having prayed, laid on them [their] hands.

⁶በሐዋርያትም ፊት አቆሙአቸው፥ ከጸለዩም በኋላ እጃቸውን ጫኑባቸው።

⁷And the word of God did increase, and the number of the disciples did multiply in Jerusalem exceedingly; a great multitude also of the priests were obedient to the faith.

⁷የእግዚአብሔርም ቃል እየሰፋ ሄደ፥ በኢየሩሳሌምም የደቀ መዛሙርት ቍጥር እጅግ እየበዛ ሄደ፤ ከካህናትም ብዙ ሰዎች ለሃይማኖት የታዘዙ ሆኑ።

⁸And Stephen, full of faith and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people,

⁸እስጢፋኖስም ጸጋንና ኃይልን ተሞልቶ በሕዝቡ መካከል ድንቅንና ታላቅ ምልክትን ያደርግ ነበር።

⁹and there arose certain of those of the synagogue, called of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia, and Asia, disputing with Stephen,

⁹የነፃ ወጪዎች ከተባለችው ምኵራብም ከቀሬናና ከእስክንድርያም ሰዎች ከኪልቅያና ከእስያም ከነበሩት አንዳንዶቹ ተነሥተው እስጢፋኖስን ይከራከሩት ነበር፤

¹⁰and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking;

¹⁰ይናገርበት የነበረውንም ጥበብና መንፈስ ይቃወሙ ዘንድ አልቻሉም።

¹¹then they suborned men, saying — `We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.`

¹¹በዚያን ጊዜ። በሙሴ ላይ በእግዚአብሔርም ላይ የስድብን ነገር ሲናገር ሰምተነዋል የሚሉ ሰዎችን አስነሡ።

¹²They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon [him], they caught him, and brought [him] to the sanhedrim;

¹²ሕዝቡንና ሽማግሌዎችንም ጻፎችንም አናደዱ፥ ቀርበውም ያዙት ወደ ሸንጎም አመጡትና።

¹³they set up also false witnesses, saying, `This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,

¹³ይህ ሰው በዚህ በተቀደሰው ስፍራ በሕግም ላይ የስድብን ነገር ለመናገር አይተውም፤

¹⁴for we have heard him saying, That this Jesus the Nazarean shall overthrow this place, and shall change the customs that Moses delivered to us;`

¹⁴ይህ የናዝሬቱ ኢየሱስ ይህን ስፍራ ያፈርሰዋል ሙሴም ያስተላለፈልንን ሥርዓት ይለውጣል ሲል ሰምተነዋልና የሚሉ የሐሰት ምስክሮችን አቆሙ።

¹⁵and gazing at him, all those sitting in the sanhedrim saw his face as it were the face of a messenger.

¹⁵በሸንጎም የተቀመጡት ሁሉ ትኵር ብለው ሲመለከቱት እንደ መልአክ ፊት ሆኖ ፊቱን አዩት።