¹በቂሣርያም ኢጣሊቄ ለሚሉት ጭፍራ የመቶ አለቃ የሆነ ቆርኔሌዎስ የሚሉት አንድ ሰው ነበረ።

¹Now [there was] a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian [band],

²እርሱም ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር እግዚአብሔርን የሚያመልክና የሚፈራ ለሕዝብም እጅግ ምጽዋት የሚያደርግ ወደ እግዚአብሔርም ሁልጊዜ የሚጸልይ ነበረ።

²a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.

³ከቀኑም ዘጠኝ ሰዓት ያህል። ቆርኔሌዎስ ሆይ የሚለው የእግዚአብሔር መልአክ ወደ እርሱ ሲገባ በራእይ በግልጥ አየው።

³He saw in a vision openly, as it were about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, Cornelius.

⁴እርሱም ትኵር ብሎ ሲመለከተው ደንግጦ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ምንድር ነው? አለ። መልአኩም አለው። ጸሎትህና ምጽዋትህ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ለመታሰቢያ እንዲሆን አረገ።

⁴And he, fastening his eyes upon him, and being affrighted, said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are gone up for a memorial before God.

⁵አሁንም ወደ ኢዮጴ ሰዎችን ልከህ ጴጥሮስ የሚባለውን ስምዖንን አስመጣ።

⁵And now send men to Joppa, and fetch one Simon, who is surnamed Peter:

⁶እርሱ ቤቱ በባሕር አጠገብ ባለው በቍርበት ፋቂው በስምዖን ዘንድ እንግድነት ተቀምጦአል፤ ልታደርገው የሚገባህን እርሱ ይነግርሃል።

⁶he lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side.

⁷የተናገረውም መልአክ በሄደ ጊዜ፥ ከሎሎዎቹ ሁለቱን፥ ከማይለዩትም ጭፍሮቹ እግዚአብሔርን የሚያመልክ አንዱን ወታደር ጠርቶ፥

⁷And when the angel that spake unto him was departed, he called two of his household-servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;

⁸ነገሩን ሁሉ ተረከላቸው ወደ ኢዮጴም ላካቸው።

⁸and having rehearsed all things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.

⁹እነርሱም በነገው ሲሄዱ ወደ ከተማም ሲቀርቡ፥ ጴጥሮስ በስድስት ሰዓት ያህል ይጸልይ ዘንድ ወደ ጣራው ወጣ።

⁹Now on the morrow, as they were on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour:

¹⁰ተርቦም ሊበላ ወደደ፤ ሲያዘጋጁለት ሳሉም ተመስጦ መጣበት፤

¹⁰and he became hungry, and desired to eat: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance;

¹¹ሰማይም ተከፍቶ በአራት ማዕዘን የተያዘ ታላቅ ሸማ የሚመስል ዕቃ ወደ ምድር ሲወርድ አየ፤

¹¹and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:

¹²በዚያውም አራት እግር ያላቸው ሁሉ አራዊትም በምድርም የሚንቀሳቀሱት የሰማይ ወፎችም ነበሩበት።

¹²wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the heaven.

¹³ጴጥሮስ ሆይ፥ ተነሣና አርደህ ብላ የሚልም ድምፅ ወደ እርሱ መጣ።

¹³And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.

¹⁴ጴጥሮስ ግን። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አይሆንም፤ አንዳች ርኵስ የሚያስጸይፍም ከቶ በልቼ አላውቅምና አለ።

¹⁴But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.

¹⁵ደግሞም ሁለተኛ። እግዚአብሔር ያነጻውን አንተ አታርክሰው የሚል ድምፅ ወደ እርሱ መጣ።

¹⁵And a voice [came] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

¹⁶ይህም ሦስት ጊዜ ሆነ፥ ወዲያውም ዕቃው ወደ ሰማይ ተወሰደ።

¹⁶And this was done thrice: and straightway the vessel was received up into heaven.

¹⁷ጴጥሮስም ስላየው ራእይ። ምን ይሆን? ብሎ በልቡ ሲያመነታ፥ እነሆ፥ ቆርኔሌዎስ የላካቸው ሰዎች ስለ ስምዖን ቤት ጠይቀው ወደ ደጁ ቀረቡ፤

¹⁷Now while Peter was much perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men that were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the gate,

¹⁸ድምፃቸውንም ከፍ አድርገው። ጴጥሮስ የተባለው ስምዖን በዚህ እንግድነት ተቀምጦአልን? ብለው ይጠይቁ ነበር።

¹⁸and called and asked whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter, were lodging there.

¹⁹ጴጥሮስም ስለ ራእዩ ሲያወጣ ሲያወርድ ሳለ፥ መንፈስ። እነሆ፥ ሦስት ሰዎች ይፈልጉሃል፤

¹⁹And while Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.

²⁰ተነሥተህ ውረድ፥ እኔም ልኬአቸዋለሁና ሳትጠራጠር ከእነርሱ ጋር ሂድ አለው።

²⁰But arise, and get thee down, and go with them, nothing doubting: for I have sent them.

²¹ጴጥሮስም ወደ ሰዎቹ ወርዶ። እነሆ፥ የምትፈልጉኝ እኔ ነኝ፤ የመጣችሁበትስ ምክንያት ምንድር ነው? አላቸው።

²¹And Peter went down to the men, and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

²²እነርሱም። ጻድቅ ሰው እግዚአብሔርንም የሚፈራ በአይሁድም ሕዝብ ሁሉ የተመሰከረለት የመቶ አለቃ ቆርኔሌዎስ ወደ ቤቱ ያስመጣህ ዘንድ ከአንተም ቃልን ይሰማ ዘንድ ከቅዱስ መልአክ ተረዳ አሉት።

²²And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man and one that feareth God, and well reported of by all the nation of the Jews, was warned [of God] by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from thee.

²³እርሱም ወደ ውስጥ ጠርቶ እንድግድነት ተቀበላቸው። በነገውም ተነሥቶ ከእነርሱ ጋር ወጣ፥ በኢዮጴም ከነበሩት ወንድሞች አንዳንዶቹ ከእርሱ ጋር አብረው ሄዱ።

²³So he called them in and lodged them. And on the morrow he arose and went forth with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him.

²⁴በነገውም ወደ ቂሣርያ ገቡ፤ ቆርኔሌዎስም ዘመዶቹንና የቅርብ ወዳጆቹን በአንድነት ጠርቶ ይጠባበቃቸው ነበር።

²⁴And on the morrow they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kinsmen and his near friends.

²⁵ጴጥሮስም በገባ ጊዜ ቆርኔሌዎስ ተገናኝቶ ከእግሩ በታች ወደቀና ሰገደለት።

²⁵And when it came to pass that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.

²⁶ጴጥሮስ ግን። ተነሣ፤ እኔ ራሴ ደግሞ ሰው ነኝ ብሎ አስነሣው።

²⁶But Peter raised him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.

²⁷ከእርሱም ጋር እየተነጋገረ ገባ፥ ብዙዎችም ተከማችተው አግኝቶ።

²⁷And as he talked with him, he went in, and findeth many come together:

²⁸አይሁዳዊ ሰው ከሌላ ወገን ጋር ይተባበር ወይም ይቃረብ ዘንድ እንዳልተፈቀደ እናንተ ታውቃላችሁ፤ ለእኔ ግን እግዚአብሔር ማንንም ሰው ርኵስና የሚያስጸይፍ ነው እንዳልል አሳየኝ፤

²⁸and he said unto them, Ye yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to join himself or come unto one of another nation; and [yet] unto me hath God showed that I should not call any man common or unclean:

²⁹ስለዚህም ደግሞ ብትጠሩኝ ሳልከራከር መጣሁ። አሁንም በምን ምክንያት አስመጣችሁኝ? ብዬ እጠይቃችኋለሁ አላቸው።

²⁹wherefore also I came without gainsaying, when I was sent for. I ask therefore with what intent ye sent for me.

³⁰ቆርኔሌዎስም እንዲህ አለው። በዚች ሰዓት የዛሬ አራት ቀን የዘጠኝ ሰዓት ጸሎት በቤቴ እጸልይ ነበር፤ እነሆም፥ የሚያንጸባርቅ ልብስ የለበሰ ሰው በፊቴ ቆመና።

³⁰And Cornelius said, Four days ago, until this hour, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer in my house; and behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel,

³¹ቆርኔሌዎስ ሆይ፥ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ጸሎትህ ተሰማ ምጽዋትህም ታሰበ።

³¹and saith, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.

³²እንግዲህ ወደ ኢዮጴ ልከህ ጴጥሮስ የተባለውን ስምዖንን አስጠራ፤ እርሱ በቍርበት ፋቂው በስምዖን ቤት በባሕር አጠገብ እንግድነት ተቀምጦአል አለኝ።

³²Send therefore to Joppa, and call unto thee Simon, who is surnamed Peter; he lodgeth in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea side.

³³ስለዚህ ያን ጊዜ ወደ አንተ ላክሁ፥ አንተም በመምጣትህ መልካም አድርገሃል። እንግዲህ አንተ ከእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ የታዘዝኸውን ሁሉ እንድንሰማ እኛ ሁላችን አሁን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በዚህ አለን።

³³Forthwith therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God, to hear all things that have been commanded thee of the Lord.

³⁴ጴጥሮስም አፉን ከፍቶ እንዲህ አለ። እግዚአብሔር ለሰው ፊት እንዳያደላ ነገር ግን በአሕዛብ ሁሉ እርሱን የሚፈራና ጽድቅን የሚያደርግ በእርሱ የተወደደ እንደ ሆነ በእውነት አስተዋልሁ።

³⁴And Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

³⁶የሁሉ ጌታ በሚሆን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሰላምን እየሰበከ ይህን ቃል ወደ እስራኤል ልጆች ላከ።

³⁵but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.

³⁷ዮሐንስ ከሰበከው ጥምቀት በኋላ ከገሊላ ጀምሮ በይሁዳ ሁሉ የሆነውን ነገር እናንተ ታውቃላችሁ።

³⁶The word which he sent unto the children of Israel, preaching good tidings of peace by Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all.) --

³⁸እግዚአብሔር የናዝሬቱን ኢየሱስን በመንፈስ ቅዱስ በኃይልም ቀባው፥ እርሱም መልካም እያደረገ ለዲያብሎስም የተገዙትን ሁሉ እየፈወሰ ዞረ፥ እግዚአብሔር ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረና፤

³⁷that saying ye yourselves know, which was published throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

³⁹እኛም በአይሁድ አገርና በኢየሩሳሌም ባደረገው ነገር ሁሉ ምስክሮች ነን፤ እርሱንም በእንጨት ላይ ሰቅለው ገደሉት።

³⁸[even] Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

⁴⁰እርሱን እግዚአብሔር በሦስተኛው ቀን አስነሣው ይገለጥም ዘንድ ሰጠው፤

³⁹And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom also they slew, hanging him on a tree.

⁴¹ይኸውም ለሕዝብ ሁሉ አይደለም ነገር ግን በእግዚአብሔር አስቀድሞ የተመረጡ ምስክሮች ለሆንን ለእኛ ነው እንጂ፤ ከሙታንም ከተነሣ በኋላ ከእርሱ ጋር የበላን የጠጣንም እኛ ነን።

⁴⁰Him God raised up the third day, and gave him to be made manifest,

⁴²ለሕዝብም እንድንሰብክና በሕያዋንና በሙታን ሊፈርድ በእግዚአብሔር የተወሰነ እርሱ እንደ ሆነ እንመሰክር ዘንድ አዘዘን።

⁴¹not to all the people, but unto witnesses that were chosen before of God, [even] to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

⁴³በእርሱ የሚያምን ሁሉ በስሙ የኃጢአቱን ስርየት እንዲቀበል ነቢያት ሁሉ ይመሰክሩለታል።

⁴²And he charged us to preach unto the people, and to testify that this is he who is ordained of God [to be] the Judge of the living and the dead.

⁴⁴ጴጥሮስ ይህን ነገር ገና ሲናገር ቃሉን በሰሙት ሁሉ ላይ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ወረደ።

⁴³To him bear all the prophets witness, that through his name every one that believeth on him shall receive remission of sins.

⁴⁵ከጴጥሮስም ጋር የመጡት ሁሉ ከተገረዙት ወገን የሆኑ ምዕመናን በአሕዛብ ላይ ደግሞ የመንፈስ ቅዱስ ስጦታ ስለ ፈሰሰ ተገረሙ፤

⁴⁴While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them that heard the word.

⁴⁶በልሳኖች ሲናገሩ እግዚአብሔርንም ሲያከብሩ ሰምተዋቸዋልና።

⁴⁵And they of the circumcision that believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.

⁴⁷በዚያን ጊዜ ጴጥሮስ መልሶ። እነዚህ እንደ እኛ ደግሞ መንፈስ ቅዱስን የተቀበሉ እንዳይጠመቁ ውኃን ይከለክላቸው ዘንድ የሚችል ማን ነው? አለ።

⁴⁶For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

⁴⁸በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስምም ይጠመቁ ዘንድ አዘዛቸው። ከዚህ በኋላ ጥቂት ቀን እንዲቀመጥ ለመኑት።

⁴⁷Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?

⁴⁸And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.