¹And the chief priest said, `Are then these things so?`

¹ሊቀ ካህናቱም። ይህ ነገር እንዲህ ነውን? አለው፤

²and he said, `Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of the glory did appear to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,

²እርሱም እንዲህ አለ። ወንድሞችና አባቶች ሆይ፥ ስሙ። የክብር አምላክ ለአባታችን ለአብርሃም በካራን ሳይቀመጥ ገና በሁለት ወንዝ መካከል ሳለ ታየና።

³and He said to him, Go forth out of thy land, and out of thy kindred, and come to a land that I shall shew thee.

³ከአገርህና ከዘመዶችህም ወጥተህ ወደማሳይህ ወደ ማንኛውም ምድር ና አለው።

⁴`Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from thence, after the death of his father, He did remove him to this land wherein ye now dwell,

⁴በዚያን ጊዜ ከከለዳውያን አገር ወጥቶ በካራን ተቀመጠ። ከዚያም አባቱ ከሞተ በኋላ እናንተ ዛሬ ወደምትኖሩባት ወደዚች አገር አወጣው።

⁵and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him — he having no child.

⁵በዚችም የእግር ጫማ ስንኳ የሚያህል ርስት አልሰጠውም፤ ነገር ግን ልጅ ሳይኖረው ለእርሱ ከእርሱም በኋላ ለዘሩ ርስት አድርጎ ይሰጠው ዘንድ ተስፋ ሰጠው።

⁶`And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,

⁶እግዚአብሔርም ዘሩ በሌላ አገር መጻተኞች እንዲሆኑ አራት መቶ ዓመትም ባሪያዎች እንዲያደርጉአቸው እንዲያስጨንቁአቸውም እንዲህ ተናገረ፤

⁷and the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.

⁷ደግሞም እግዚአብሔር። እንደ ባሪያዎች በሚገዙአቸው ሕዝብ ላይ እኔ እፈርድባቸዋለሁ፥ ከዚህም በኋላ ይወጣሉ በዚህም ስፍራ ያመልኩኛል አለ።

⁸`And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob — the twelve patriarchs;

⁸የመገረዝንም ኪዳን ሰጠው፤ እንዲሁም ይስሐቅን ወለደ በስምንተኛውም ቀን ገረዘው ይስሐቅም ያዕቆብን ያዕቆብም አሥራ ሁለቱን የአባቶችን አለቆች።

⁹and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

⁹የአባቶችም አለቆች በዮሴፍ ቀንተው ወደ ግብፅ ሸጡት፤ እግዚአብሔርም ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረ፥

¹⁰and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him — governor over Egypt and all his house.

¹⁰ከመከራውም ሁሉ አወጣው፥ በግብፅ ንጉሥ በፈርዖንም ፊት ሞገስንና ጥበብን ሰጠው፥ በግብፅና በቤቱ ሁሉ ላይም ቢትወደድ አድርጎ ሾመው።

¹¹`And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

¹¹በግብፅና በከነዓንም አገር ሁሉ ራብና ብዙ ጭንቅ መጣ፥ አባቶቻችንም ምግብን አላገኙም።

¹²and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

¹²ያዕቆብም በግብፅ እህል መኖሩን በሰማ ጊዜ በመጀመሪያ አባቶቻችንን ሰደዳቸው፤

¹³and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph`s kindred became manifest to Pharaoh,

¹³በሁለተኛውም ዮሴፍ ለወንድሞቹ ታወቀ፥ የዮሴፍም ትውልድ በፈርዖን ዘንድ ተገለጠ።

¹⁴and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred — with seventy and five souls —

¹⁴ዮሴፍም አባቱን ያዕቆብንና ሰባ አምስት ነፍስ የነበረውን ቤተ ዘመድ ሁሉ ልኮ አስጠራ።

¹⁵and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,

¹⁵ያዕቆብም ወደ ግብፅ ወረደ እርሱም ሞተ አባቶቻችንም፤

¹⁶and they were carried over into Sychem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Sychem.

¹⁶ወደ ሴኬምም አፍልሰው አብርሃም ከሴኬም አባት ከኤሞር ልጆች በብር በገዛው መቃብር ቀበሩአቸው።

¹⁷`And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

¹⁷እግዚአብሔርም ለአብርሃም የማለለት የተስፋው ዘመን ሲቀርብ፥ ዮሴፍን የማያውቀው ሌላ ንጉሥ በግብፅ ላይ እስኪነሣ ድረስ፥ ሕዝቡ እየተጨመሩ በግብፅ በዙ።

¹⁸till another king rose, who had not known Joseph;

¹⁹እርሱም ወገናችንን ተተንኵሎ ሕፃናትን በሕይወት እንዳይጠብቁ ወደ ውጭ ይጥሉ ዘንድ አድርጎ አባቶቻችንን አስጨነቀ።

¹⁹this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

²⁰በዚያን ጊዜ ሙሴ ተወለደ በእግዚአብሔርም ፊት ያማረ ነበር፤ በአባቱ ቤትም ሦስት ወር አደገ፤

²⁰in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up three months in the house of his father;

²¹በተጣለም ጊዜ የፈርዖን ልጅ አነሣችው ልጅም ይሆናት ዘንድ አሳደገችው።

²¹and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;

²²ሙሴም የግብፆችን ጥበብ ሁሉ ተማረ፥ በቃሉና በሥራውም የበረታ ሆነ።

²²and Moses was taught in all wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in words and in works.

²³ነገር ግን አርባ ዓመት ሲሞላው ወንድሞቹን የእስራኤልን ልጆች ይጐበኝ ዘንድ በልቡ አሰበ።

²³`And when forty years were fulfilled to him, it came upon his heart to look after his brethren, the sons of Israel;

²⁴አንዱም ሲበደል አይቶ ረዳው፥ የግብፅን ሰውም መትቶ ለተገፋው ተበቀለ።

²⁴and having seen a certain one suffering injustice, he did defend, and did justice to the oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian;

²⁵ወንድሞቹም እግዚአብሔር በእጁ መዳንን እንዲሰጣቸው የሚያስተውሉ ይመስለው ነበር፥ እነርሱ ግን አላስተዋሉም።

²⁵and he was supposing his brethren to understand that God through his hand doth give salvation; and they did not understand.

²⁶በማግሥቱም እርስ በርሳቸው ሲጣሉ አገኛቸው፥ ሊያስታርቃቸውም ወዶ። ሰዎች ሆይ፥ እናንተስ ወንድማማች ናችሁ፤ ስለ ምን እርስ በርሳችሁ ትበዳደላላችሁ? አላቸው።

²⁶`On the succeeding day, also, he shewed himself to them as they are striving, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, brethren are ye, wherefore do ye injustice to one another?

²⁷ያም ባልንጀራውን የሚበድል ግን። አንተን በእኛ ላይ ሹምና ፈራጅ እንድትሆን የሾመህ ማን ነው?

²⁷and he who is doing injustice to the neighbour, did thrust him away, saying, Who set thee a ruler and a judge over us?

²⁸ወይስ ትናንትና የግብፁን ሰው እንደ ገደልኸው ልትገድለኝ ትወዳለህን? ብሎ ገፋው።

²⁸to kill me dost thou wish, as thou didst kill yesterday the Egyptian?

²⁹ሙሴም ከዚህ ነገር የተነሣ ሸሽቶ በምድያም አገር መጻተኛ ሆኖ ኖረ፤ በዚያም ሁለት ልጆች ወለደ።

²⁹`And Moses fled at this word, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons,

³⁰አርባ ዓመትም ሲሞላ የጌታ መልአክ በሲና ተራራ ምድረ በዳ በቍጥቋጦ መካከል በእሳት ነበልባል ታየው።

³⁰and forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai a messenger of the Lord, in a flame of fire of a bush,

³¹ሙሴም አይቶ ባየው ተደነቀ፤ ሊመለከትም ሲቀርብ የጌታ ቃል። እኔ የአባቶችህ አምላክ የአብርሃም አምላክ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ ነኝ ብሎ ወደ እርሱ መጣ። ሙሴም ተንቀጥቅጦ ሊመለከት አልደፈረም።

³¹and Moses having seen did wonder at the sight; and he drawing near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord unto him,

³³ጌታም። የቆምህባት ስፍራ የተቀደሰች ምድር ናትና የእግርህን ጫማ አውልቅ።

³²I [am] the God of thy fathers; the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. `And Moses having become terrified, durst not behold,

³⁴በግብፅ ያሉትን የሕዝቤን መከራ ፈጽሜ አይቼ መቃተታቸውንም ሰምቼ ላድናቸው ወረድሁ፤ አሁንም ና፥ ወደ ግብፅ እልክሃለሁ አለው።

³³and the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place in which thou hast stood is holy ground;

³⁵ሹምና ፈራጅ እንድትሆን የሾመህ ማን ነው? ብለው የካዱትን፥ ይህን ሙሴን በቍጥቋጦው በታየው በመልአኩ እጅ እግዚአብሔር ሹምና ቤዛ አድርጎ ላከው።

³⁴seeing I have seen the affliction of My people that [is] in Egypt, and their groaning I did hear, and came down to deliver them; and now come, I will send thee to Egypt.

³⁶ይህ ሰው በግብፅ ምድርና በኤርትራ ባሕር በምድረ በዳም አርባ ዓመት ድንቅና ምልክት እያደረገ አወጣቸው።

³⁵`This Moses, whom they did refuse, saying, Who did set thee a ruler and a judge? this one God a ruler and a redeemer did send, in the hand of a messenger who appeared to him in the bush;

³⁷ይህ ሰው ለእስራኤል ልጆች። እግዚአብሔር ከወንድሞቻችሁ እንደ እኔ ያለ ነቢይ ያስነሣላችኋል፤ እርሱን ስሙት ያላቸው ሙሴ ነው።

³⁶this one did bring them forth, having done wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years;

³⁸ይህ ሰው በሲና ተራራ ከተናገረው መልአክና ከአባቶቻችን ጋር በምድረ በዳ በማኅበሩ ውስጥ የነበረው ነው፤ ይሰጠንም ዘንድ ሕይወት ያላቸውን ቃላት ተቀበለ፤

³⁷this is the Moses who did say to the sons of Israel: A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me, him shall ye hear.

³⁹ለእርሱም አባቶቻችን ሊታዘዙት አልወደዱም፤ ነገር ግን ገፉት በልባቸውም ወደ ግብፅ ተመለሱ፤

³⁸`This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the messenger who is speaking to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers who did receive the living oracles to give to us;

⁴⁰አሮንንም። በፊታችን የሚሄዱ አማልክት ሥራልን፤ ይህ ከግብፅ ምድር ያወጣን ሙሴ ምን እንደ ሆነ አናውቅምና አሉት።

³⁹to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

⁴¹በዚያም ወራት ጥጃ አደረጉ ለጣዖቱም መሥዋዕት አቀረቡ፥ በእጃቸውም ሥራ ደስ አላቸው።

⁴⁰saying to Aaron, Make to us gods who shall go on before us, for this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we have not known what hath happened to him.

⁴²እግዚአብሔር ግን ዘወር አለ የሰማይንም ጭፍራ ያመልኩ ዘንድ አሳልፎ ሰጣቸው፥ በነቢያትም መጽሐፍ። እናንተ የእስራኤል ቤት፥ አርባ ዓመት በምድረ በዳ የታረደውን ከብትና መሥዋዕትን አቀረባችሁልኝን?

⁴¹`And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands,

⁴³ትሰግዱላቸውም ዘንድ የሠራችኋቸውን ምስሎች እነርሱንም የሞሎክን ድንኳንና ሬምፉም የሚሉትን የአምላካችሁን ኮከብ አነሣችሁ፤ እኔም ከባቢሎን ወዲያ እሰዳችኋለሁ ተብሎ እንዲህ ተጽፎአል።

⁴²and God did turn, and did give them up to do service to the host of the heaven, according as it hath been written in the scroll of the prophets: Slain beasts and sacrifices did ye offer to Me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

⁴⁴እንዳየው ምስል አድርጎ ይሠራት ዘንድ ሙሴን ተናግሮ እንዳዘዘው፥ የምስክር ድንኳን ከአባቶቻችን ዘንድ በምድረ በዳ ነበረች፤

⁴³and ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan — the figures that ye made to bow before them, and I will remove your dwelling beyond Babylon.

⁴⁵አባቶቻችንም ደግሞ በተራ ተቀብለው እግዚአብሔር በፊታቸው ያወጣቸውን የአሕዛብን አገር በያዙት ጊዜ ከኢያሱ ጋር አገቡአት፥ እስከ ዳዊት ዘመንም ድረስ ኖረች።

⁴⁴`The tabernacle of the testimony was among our fathers in the wilderness, according as He did direct, who is speaking to Moses, to make it according to the figure that he had seen;

⁴⁶እርሱም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ሞገስ አግኝቶ ለያዕቆብ አምላክ ማደሪያን ያገኝ ዘንድ ለመነ።

⁴⁵which also our fathers having in succession received, did bring in with Joshua, into the possession of the nations whom God did drive out from the presence of our fathers, till the days of David,

⁴⁷ነገር ግን ሰሎሞን ቤት ሠራለት።

⁴⁶who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

⁴⁸ነገር ግን ነቢዩ። ሰማይ ዙፋኔ ነው ምድርም የእግሬ መረገጫ ናት፤ ለእኔ ምን ዓይነት ቤት ትሠራላችሁ? ይላል ጌታ፥ ወይስ የማርፍበት ስፍራ ምንድር ነው? ይህንስ ሁሉ እጄ የሠራችው አይደለምን? እንዳለ፥ ልዑል የሰው እጅ በሠራችው አይኖርም።

⁴⁷and Solomon built Him an house.

⁵¹እናንተ አንገተ ደንዳኖች ልባችሁና ጆሮአችሁም ያልተገረዘ፥ እናንተ ሁልጊዜ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ትቃወማላችሁ፤ አባቶቻችሁ እንደ ተቃወሙት እናንተ ደግሞ።

⁴⁸`But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:

⁵²ከነቢያትስ አባቶቻችሁ ያላሳደዱት ማን ነው? የጻድቁንም መምጣት አስቀድሞ የተናገሩትን ገደሉአቸው፤ በመላእክት ሥርዓት ሕግን ተቀብላችሁ ያልጠበቃችሁት እናንተም አሁን እርሱን አሳልፋችሁ ሰጣችሁት ገደላችሁትም።

⁴⁹The heaven [is] My throne, and the earth My footstool; what house will ye build to Me? saith the Lord, or what [is] the place of My rest?

⁵⁴ይህንም በሰሙ ጊዜ በልባቸው በጣም ተቈጡ ጥርሳቸውንም አፋጩበት።

⁵⁰hath not My hand made all these things?

⁵⁵መንፈስ ቅዱስንም ተሞልቶ ወደ ሰማይ ትኵር ብሎ ሲመለከት የእግዚአብሔርን ክብር ኢየሱስንም በእግዚአብሔር ቀኝ ቆሞ አየና።

⁵¹`Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers — also ye;

⁵⁶እነሆ፥ ሰማያት ተከፍተው የሰው ልጅም በእግዚአብሔር ቀኝ ቆሞ አያለሁ አለ።

⁵²which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,

⁵⁷በታላቅ ድምፅም እየጮኹ ጆሮአቸውን ደፈኑ፥ በአንድ ልብ ሆነውም ወደ እርሱ ሮጡ፥

⁵³who received the law by arrangement of messengers, and did not keep [it].`

⁵⁸ከከተማም ወደ ውጭ አውጥተው ወገሩት። ምስክሮችም ልብሳቸውን ሳውል በሚሉት በአንድ ጎበዝ እግር አጠገብ አኖሩ።

⁵⁴And hearing these things, they were cut to the hearts, and did gnash the teeth at him;

⁵⁹እስጢፋኖስም። ጌታ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፥ ነፍሴን ተቀበል ብሎ ሲጠራ ይወግሩት ነበር።

⁵⁵and being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked stedfastly to the heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

⁶⁰ተንበርክኮም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ይህን ኃጢአት አትቍጠርባቸው ብሎ በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኸ። ይህንም ብሎ አንቀላፋ። ሳውልም በእርሱ መገደል ተስማምቶ ነበር።

⁵⁶and he said, `Lo, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.`

⁵⁷And they, having cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and did rush with one accord upon him,

⁵⁸and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning [him] — and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul —

⁵⁹and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, `Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;`

⁶⁰and having bowed the knees, he cried with a loud voice, `Lord, mayest thou not lay to them this sin;` and this having said, he fell asleep.