¹And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles;

¹በዚያን ቀንም በኢየሩሳሌም ባለች ቤተ ክርስቲያን ላይ ታላቅ ስደት ሆነ፤ ሁሉም ከሐዋርያትም በቀር ወደ ይሁዳና ወደ ሰማርያ አገሮች ተበተኑ።

²and devout men carried away Stephen, and made great lamentation over him;

²በጸሎትም የተጉ ሰዎች እስጢፋኖስን ቀበሩት ታላቅ ልቅሶም አለቀሱለት።

³and Saul was making havoc of the assembly, into every house entering, and haling men and women, was giving them up to prison;

³ሳውል ግን ቤተ ክርስቲያንን ያፈርስ ነበር፤ ወደ ሁሉም ቤት እየገባ ወንዶችንም ሴቶችንም እየጐተተ ወደ ወኅኒ አሳልፎ ይሰጥ ነበር።

⁴they then indeed, having been scattered, went abroad proclaiming good news — the word.

⁴የተበተኑትም ቃሉን እየሰበኩ ዞሩ።

⁵And Philip having gone down to a city of Samaria, was preaching to them the Christ,

⁵ፊልጶስም ወደ ሰማርያ ከተማ ወርዶ ክርስቶስን ሰበከላቸው።

⁶the multitudes also were giving heed to the things spoken by Philip, with one accord, in their hearing and seeing the signs that he was doing,

⁶ሕዝቡም የፊልጶስን ቃል በሰሙ ጊዜ ያደርጋት የነበረውንም ምልክት ባዩ ጊዜ፥ የተናገረውን በአንድ ልብ አደመጡ።

⁷for unclean spirits came forth from many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice, and many who have been paralytic and lame were healed,

⁷ርኵሳን መናፍስት በታላቅ ድምፅ እየጮኹ ከብዙ ሰዎች ይወጡ ነበርና፤ ብዙም ሽባዎችና አንካሶች ተፈወሱ፤

⁸and there was great joy in that city.

⁸በዚያችም ከተማ ታላቅ ደስታ ሆነ።

⁹And a certain man, by name Simon, was before in the city using magic, and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be a certain great one,

⁹ሲሞን የሚሉት አንድ ሰው ግን። እኔ ታላቅ ነኝ ብሎ፥ እየጠነቈለ የሰማርያንም ወገን እያስገረመ ቀድሞ በከተማ ነበረ።

¹⁰to whom they were all giving heed, from small unto great, saying, `This one is the great power of God;`

¹⁰ከታናናሾችም ጀምሮ እስከ ታላላቆቹ ድረስ። ታላቁ የእግዚአብሔር ኃይል ይህ ነው እያሉ ሁሉ ያደምጡት ነበር።

¹¹and they were giving heed to him, because of his having for a long time amazed them with deeds of magic.

¹¹ከብዙ ዘመንም ጀምሮ በጥንቈላ ስላስገረማቸው ያደምጡት ነበር።

¹²And when they believed Philip, proclaiming good news, the things concerning the reign of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women;

¹²ነገር ግን ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥትና ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም እየሰበከላቸው ፊልጶስን ባመኑት ጊዜ፥ ወንዶችም ሴቶችም ተጠመቁ።

¹³and Simon also himself did believe, and, having been baptized, he was continuing with Philip, beholding also signs and mighty acts being done, he was amazed.

¹³ሲሞንም ደግሞ ራሱ አመነ፤ ተጠምቆም ከፊልጶስ ጋር ይተባበር ነበር፤ የሚደረገውንም ምልክትና ታላቅ ተአምራት ባየ ጊዜ ተገረመ።

¹⁴And the apostles in Jerusalem having heard that Samaria hath received the word of God, did send unto them Peter and John,

¹⁴በኢየሩሳሌምም የነበሩት ሐዋርያት የሰማርያ ሰዎች የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እንደተቀበሉ ሰምተው ጴጥሮስንና ዮሐንስን ሰደዱላቸው።

¹⁵who having come down did pray concerning them, that they may receive the Holy Spirit, —

¹⁵እነርሱም በወረዱ ጊዜ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ይቀበሉ ዘንድ ጸለዩላቸው፤

¹⁶for as yet he was fallen upon none of them, and only they have been baptized — to the name of the Lord Jesus;

¹⁶በጌታ በኢየሱስ ስም ብቻ ተጠምቀው ነበር እንጂ ከእነርሱ በአንዱ ላይ ስንኳ ገና አልወረደም ነበርና።

¹⁷then were they laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷በዚያን ጊዜ እጃቸውን ጫኑባቸው መንፈስ ቅዱስንም ተቀበሉ።

¹⁸And Simon, having beheld that through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Spirit is given, brought before them money,

¹⁸ሲሞንም በሐዋርያት እጅ መጫን መንፈስ ቅዱስ እንዲሰጥ ባየ ጊዜ፥ ገንዘብ አመጣላቸውና።

¹⁹saying, `Give also to me this authority, that on whomsoever I may lay the hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.`

¹⁹እጄን የምጭንበት ሁሉ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ይቀበል ዘንድ ለእኔ ደግሞ ይህን ሥልጣን ስጡኝ አለ።

²⁰And Peter said unto him, `Thy silver with thee — may it be to destruction! because the gift of God thou didst think to possess through money;

²⁰ጴጥሮስ ግን እንዲህ አለው። የእግዚአብሔርን ስጦታ በገንዘብ እንድታገኝ አስበሃልና ብርህ ከአንተ ጋር ይጥፋ።

²¹thou hast neither part nor lot in this thing, for thy heart is not right before God;

²¹ልብህ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት የቀና አይደለምና ከዚህ ነገር ዕድል ወይም ፈንታ የለህም።

²²reform, therefore, from this thy wickedness, and beseech God, if then the purpose of thy heart may be forgiven thee,

²²እንግዲህ ስለዚህ ክፋትህ ንሰሐ ግባ፥ ምናልባትም የልብህን አሳብ ይቅር ይልህ እንደ ሆነ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ለምን፤

²³for in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness, I perceive thee being.`

²³በመራራ መርዝና በዓመፅ እስራት እንዳለህ አይሃለሁና።

²⁴And Simon answering, said, `Beseech ye for me unto the Lord, that nothing may come upon me of the things ye have spoken.`

²⁴ሲሞንም መልሶ። ካላችሁት አንዳች እንዳይደርስብኝ እናንተው ወደ ጌታ ለምኑልኝ አላቸው።

²⁵They indeed, therefore, having testified fully, and spoken the word of the Lord, did turn back to Jerusalem; in many villages also of the Samaritans they did proclaim good news.

²⁵እነርሱም ከመሰከሩና የጌታን ቃል ከተናገሩ በኋላ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሱ፤ በሳምራውያን በብዙ መንደሮችም ወንጌልን ሰበኩ።

²⁶And a messenger of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, `Arise, and go on toward the south, on the way that is going down from Jerusalem to Gaza,` — this is desert.

²⁶የጌታም መልአክ ፊልጶስን። ተነሥተህ በደቡብ በኩል ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ ጋዛ ወደሚያወርደው ምድረ በዳ ወደ ሆነ መንገድ ሂድ አለው።

²⁷And having arisen, he went on, and lo, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a man of rank, of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship to Jerusalem;

²⁷ተነሥቶም ሄደ። እነሆም፥ ህንደኬ የተባለች የኢትዮጵያ ንግሥት አዛዥና ጃንደረባ የነበረ በገንዘብዋም ሁሉ የሠለጠነ አንድ የኢትዮጵያ ሰው ሊሰግድ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም መጥቶ ነበር፤

²⁸he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

²⁸ሲመለስም በሰረገላ ተቀምጦ የነቢዩን የኢሳይያስን መጽሐፍ ያነብ ነበር።

²⁹And the Spirit said to Philip, `Go near, and be joined to this chariot;`

²⁹መንፈስም ፊልጶስን። ወደዚህ ሰረገላ ቅረብና ተገናኝ አለው።

³⁰and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, `Dost thou then know what thou dost read?`

³⁰ፊልጶስም ሮጦ የነቢዩን የኢሳይያስን መጽሐፍ ሲያነብ ሰማና። በውኑ የምታነበውን ታስተውለዋለህን? አለው።

³¹and he said, `Why, how am I able, if some one may not guide me?` he called Philip also, having come up, to sit with him.

³¹እርሱም። የሚመራኝ ሳይኖር ይህ እንዴት ይቻለኛል? አለው። ወጥቶም ከእርሱ ጋር ይቀመጥ ዘንድ ፊልጶስን ለመነው።

³²And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: `As a sheep unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he doth not open his mouth;

³²ያነበውም የነበረ የመጽሐፉ ክፍል ይህ ነበረ፤ እንደ በግ ወደ መታረድ ተነዳ፥ የበግ ጠቦትም በሸላቹ ፊት ዝም እንደሚል፥ እንዲሁ አፉን አልከፈተም።

³³in his humiliation his judgment was taken away, and his generation — who shall declare? because taken from the earth is his life.`

³³በውርደቱ ፍርዱ ተወገደ፤ ሕይወቱ ከምድር ተወግዳለችና ትውልዱንስ ማን ይናገራል?

³⁴And the eunuch answering Philip said, `I pray thee, about whom doth the prophet say this? about himself, or about some other one?`

³⁴ጃንደረባውም ለፊልጶስ መልሶ። እባክህ፥ ነቢዩ ይህን ስለ ማን ይናገራል? ስለ ራሱ ነውን ወይስ ስለ ሌላ? አለው።

³⁵and Philip having opened his mouth, and having begun from this Writing, proclaimed good news to him — Jesus.

³⁵ፊልጶስም አፉን ከፈተ፥ ከዚህም መጽሐፍ ጀምሮ ስለ ኢየሱስ ወንጌልን ሰበከለት።

³⁶And as they were going on the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch said, `Lo, water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?`

³⁶በመንገድም ሲሄዱ ወደ ውኃ ደረሱ፤ ጃንደረባውም። እነሆ ውኃ፤ እንዳልጠመቅ የሚከለክለኝ ምንድር ነው? አለው።

³⁷[And Philip said, `If thou dost believe out of all the heart, it is lawful;` and he answering said, `I believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God;`]

³⁷ፊልጶስም። በፍጹም ልብህ ብታምን፥ ተፈቅዶአል አለው። መልሶም። ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆነ አምናለሁ አለ።

³⁸and he commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him;

³⁸ሰረገላውም ይቆም ዘንድ አዘዘ፥ ፊልጶስና ጃንደረባው ሁለቱም ወደ ውኃ ወረዱ፥ አጠመቀውም።

³⁹and when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he was going on his way rejoicing;

³⁹ከውኃውም ከወጡ በኋላ የጌታ መንፈስ ፊልጶስን ነጠቀው፤ ጃንደረባውም ሁለተኛ አላየውም፥ ደስ ብሎት መንገዱን ይሄድ ነበርና።

⁴⁰and Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through, he was proclaiming good news to all the cities, till his coming to Cesarea.

⁴⁰ፊልጶስ ግን በአዛጦን ተገኘ፥ ወደ ቂሣርያም እስኪመጣ ድረስ እየዞረ በከተማዎች ሁሉ ወንጌልን ይሰብክ ነበር።