¹ሐዋርያትና በይሁዳም የነበሩት ወንድሞች አሕዛብ ደግሞ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እንደ ተቀበሉ ሰሙ።

¹Now the apostles and the brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

²ጴጥሮስም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም በወጣ ጊዜ ከተገረዙት ወገን የሆኑት ሰዎች ከእርሱ ጋር ተከራክረው።

²And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,

³ወዳልተገረዙ ሰዎች ገብተህ ከእነርሱ ጋር በላህ አሉት።

³saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

⁴ጴጥሮስ ግን ከመጀመሪያው ጀምሮ በተራ ገለጠላቸው እንዲህም አለ።

⁴But Peter began, and expounded [the matter] unto them in order, saying,

⁵እኔ በኢዮጴ ከተማ ስጸልይ ሳለሁ ተመስጬ ራእይን አየሁ፤ ታላቅ ሸማ የመሰለ ዕቃ በአራት ማዕዘን ተይዞ ከሰማይ ወረደና ወደ እኔ መጣ፤

⁵I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even unto me:

⁶ይህንም ትኵር ብዬ ስመለከት አራት እግር ያላቸውን የምድር እንስሶች አራዊትንም ተንቀሳቃሾችንም የሰማይ ወፎችንም አየሁ።

⁶upon which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the heaven.

⁷ጴጥሮስ ሆይ፥ ተነሣና አርደህ ብላ የሚለኝንም ድምፅ ሰማሁ።

⁷And I heard also a voice saying unto me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.

⁸እኔም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አይሆንም፤ ርኵስ ወይም የሚያስጸይፍ ከቶ ወደ አፌ ገብቶ አያውቅምና አልሁ።

⁸But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

⁹ሁለተኛም። እግዚአብሔር ያነጻውን አንተ አታርክሰው የሚል ድምፅ ከሰማይ መለሰልኝ።

⁹But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

¹⁰ይህም ሦስት ጊዜ ሆነ እንደ ገናም ሁሉ ወደ ሰማይ ተሳበ።

¹⁰And this was done thrice: and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹¹እነሆም፥ ያን ጊዜ ሦስት ሰዎች ከቂሣርያ ወደ እኔ ተልከው ወዳለሁበት ቤት ቀረቡ።

¹¹And behold, forthwith three men stood before the house in which we were, having been sent from Caesarea unto me.

¹²መንፈስም ሳልጠራጠር ከእነርሱ ጋር እሄድ ዘንድ ነገረኝ። እነዚህም ስድስቱ ወንድሞች ደግሞ ከእኔ ጋር መጡ ወደዚያ ሰውም ቤት ገባን።

¹²And the Spirit bade me go with them, making no distinction. And these six brethren also accompanied me; and we entered into the man's house:

¹³እርሱም መልአክ በቤቱ ቆሞ እንዳየና። ወደ ኢዮጴ ሰዎች ልከህ ጴጥሮስ የተባለውን ስምዖንን አስመጣ፤

¹³and he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, Send to Joppa, and fetch Simon, whose surname is Peter;

¹⁴እርሱም አንተና የቤትህ ሰዎች ሁሉ የምትድኑበትን ነገር ይነግርሃል እንዳለው ነገረን።

¹⁴who shall speak unto thee words, whereby thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.

¹⁵ለመናገርም በጀመርሁ ጊዜ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ለእኛ ደግሞ በመጀመሪያ እንደ ወረደ ለእነርሱ ወረደላቸው።

¹⁵And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.

¹⁶ዮሐንስ በውኃ አጠመቀ እናንተ ግን በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ትጠመቃላችሁ ያለውም የጌታ ቃል ትዝ አለኝ።

¹⁶And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷እንግዲህ እግዚአብሔር በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ላመነው ለእኛ ደግሞ እንደ ሰጠን ያን ስጦታ ለእነርሱ ከሰጠ፥ እግዚአብሔርን ለመከልከል እችል ዘንድ እኔ ማን ነበርሁ?

¹⁷If then God gave unto them the like gift as [he did] also unto us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?

¹⁸ይህን በሰሙ ጊዜም ዝም አሉና። እንኪያስ እግዚአብሔር ለአሕዛብ ደግሞ ለሕይወት የሚሆን ንስሐን ሰጣቸው እያሉ እግዚአብሔርን አከበሩ።

¹⁸And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life.

¹⁹በእስጢፋኖስም ላይ በተደረገው መከራ የተበተኑት እስከ ፊንቄ እስከ ቆጵሮስም እስከ አንጾኪያም ድረስ ዞሩ፥ ቃሉንም ለአይሁድ ብቻ እንጂ ለአንድ ስንኳ አይናገሩም ነበር።

¹⁹They therefore that were scattered abroad upon the tribulation that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none save only to Jews.

²⁰ከእነርሱ ግን የቆጵሮስና የቀሬና ሰዎች የነበሩት አንዳንዶቹ ወደ አንጾኪያ መጥተው የጌታን የኢየሱስን ወንጌል እየሰበኩ ለግሪክ ሰዎች ተናገሩ።

²⁰But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.

²¹የጌታም እጅ ከእነርሱ ጋር ነበረ፤ ቍጥራቸውም እጅግ የሚሆን ሰዎች አምነው ወደ ጌታ ዘወር አሉ።

²¹And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number that believed turned unto the Lord.

²²ወሬውም በኢየሩሳሌም ባለችው ቤተ ክርስቲያን ስለ እነርሱ ተሰማ፥ በርናባስንም ወደ አንጾኪያ ላኩት፤

²²And the report concerning them came to the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas as far as Antioch:

²³እርሱም መጥቶ የእግዚአብሔርን ጸጋ ባየ ጊዜ ደስ አለው፥ ሁሉንም በልባቸው ፈቃድ በጌታ ጸንተው ይኖሩ ዘንድ መከራቸው፤

²³who, when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and he exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord:

²⁴ደግ ሰውና መንፈስ ቅዱስ እምነትም የሞላበት ነበረና። ብዙ ሕዝብም ወደ ጌታ ተጨመሩ።

²⁴for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

²⁵በርናባስም ሳውልን ሊፈልግ ወደ ጠርሴስ መጣ፤

²⁵And he went forth to Tarsus to seek for Saul;

²⁶ባገኘውም ጊዜ ወደ አንጾኪያ አመጣው። በቤተ ክርስቲያንም አንድ ዓመት ሙሉ ተሰበሰቡ፥ ብዙ ሕዝብንም አስተማሩ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርትም መጀመሪያ በአንጾኪያ ክርስቲያን ተባሉ።

²⁶and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that even for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people, and that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

²⁷በዚያም ወራት ነቢያት ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ አንጾኪያ ወረዱ፤

²⁷Now in these days there came down prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.

²⁸ከእነርሱም አጋቦስ የሚሉት አንድ ሰው ተነሥቶ በዓለም ሁሉ ታላቅ ራብ ሊሆን እንዳለው በመንፈስ አመለከተ፤ ይህም በቀላውዴዎስ ቄሣር ዘመን ሆነ።

²⁸And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.

²⁹ደቀ መዛሙርትም እያንዳንዳቸው እንደ ችሎታቸው መጠን አዋጥተው በይሁዳ ለሚኖሩት ወንድሞች እርዳታን ይልኩ ዘንድ ወሰኑ፤

²⁹And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judea:

³⁰እንዲህም ደግሞ አደረጉ፥ በበርናባስና በሳውልም እጅ ወደ ሽማግሌዎቹ ሰደዱት።

³⁰which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.