¹በዚያም ዘመን ንጉሡ ሄሮድስ መከራ ያጸናባቸው ዘንድ ከቤተ ክርስቲያኑ በአንዳንዶቹ ላይ እጁን ጫነባቸው።

¹Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church.

²የዮሐንስንም ወንድም ያዕቆብን በሰይፍ ገደለው።

²And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

³አይሁድንም ደስ እንዳሰኛቸው አይቶ ጨምሮ ጴጥሮስን ደግሞ ያዘው። የቂጣ በዓልም ወራት ነበረ።

³And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. And [those] were the days of unleavened bread.

⁴በያዘውም ጊዜ ወደ ወኅኒ አገባው ከፋሲካም በኋላ ወደ ሕዝብ ያወጣው ዘንድ አስቦ እያንዳንዱ አራት ወታደሮች ሆነው እንዲጠብቁት ለአራት ጭፍራ ክፍል አሳልፎ ሰጠው።

⁴And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

⁵ጴጥሮስም በወኅኒ ይጠበቅ ነበር፤ ነገር ግን በቤተ ክርስቲያን ስለ እርሱ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጸሎት አጥብቆ ይደረግ ነበር።

⁵Peter therefore was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him.

⁶ሄሮድስም ሊያወጣው ባሰበ ጊዜ፥ በዚያች ሌሊት ጴጥሮስ በሁለት ሰንሰለት ታስሮ ከሁለት ወታደሮች መካከል ተኝቶ ነበር፤ ጠባቂዎችም በደጁ ፊት ሆነው ወኅኒውን ይጠብቁ ነበር።

⁶And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison.

⁷እነሆም፥ የጌታ መልአክ ቀረበ በቤትም ውስጥ ብርሃን በራ፤ ጴጥሮስንም ጎድኑን መትቶ አነቃውና። ፈጥነህ ተነሣ አለው። ሰንሰለቶቹም ከእጁ ወደቁ።

⁷And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell: and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

⁸መልአኩም። ታጠቅና ጫማህን አግባ አለው፥ እንዲሁም አደረገ።

⁸And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

⁹ልብስህንም ልበስና ተከተለኝ አለው። ወጥቶም ተከተለው፤ ራእይንም የሚያይ ይመስለው ነበር እንጂ በመልአኩ የሚደረገው ነገር እውነት እንደ ሆነ አላወቀም።

⁹And he went out, and followed; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.

¹⁰የመጀመሪያውንና የሁለተኛውንም ዘብ አልፈው ወደ ከተማ ወደሚያወጣው ወደ ብረቱ መዝጊያ ደረሱ፤ እርሱም አውቆ ተከፈተላቸው፤ ወጥተውም አንዲት ስላች አለፉ ወዲያውም መልአኩ ከእርሱ ተለየ።

¹⁰And when they were past the first and the second guard, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth into the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and straightway the angel departed from him.

¹¹ጴጥሮስም ወደ ልቡ ተመልሶ። ጌታ መልአኩን ልኮ ከሄሮድስ እጅና የአይሁድ ሕዝብ ይጠብቁት ከነበረው ሁሉ እንደ አዳነኝ አሁን በእውነት አወቅሁ አለ።

¹¹And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

¹²ባስተዋለም ጊዜ እጅግ ሰዎች ተከማችተው ይጸልዩበት ወደ ነበረው ማርቆስ ወደ ተባለው ወደ ዮሐንስ እናት ወደ ማርያም ቤት መጣ።

¹²And when he had considered [the thing], he came to the house of Mary the mother of John whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together and were praying.

¹³ጴጥሮስም የደጁን መዝጊያ ባንኳኳ ጊዜ ሮዴ የሚሉአት አንዲት ገረድ ትሰማ ዘንድ ቀረበች፤

¹³And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid came to answer, named Rhoda.

¹⁴የጴጥሮስ ድምፅ መሆኑንም ባወቀች ጊዜ ከደስታዋ የተነሣ ደጁን አልከፈተችም፥ ነገር ግን ወደ ውስጥ ሮጣ ጴጥሮስ በደጅ ፊት ቆሞ እንዳለ አወራች።

¹⁴And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for joy, but ran in, and told that Peter stood before the gate.

¹⁵እነርሱም። አብደሻል አሉአት። እርስዋ ግን እንዲሁ እንደ ሆነ ታስረግጥ ነበር። እነርሱም። መልአኩ ነው አሉ።

¹⁵And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she confidently affirmed that it was even so. And they said, It is his angel.

¹⁶ጴጥሮስ ግን ማንኳኳቱን አዘወተረ፤ ከፍተውም አዩትና ተገረሙ።

¹⁶But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.

¹⁷ግን ዝም እንዲሉ በእጁ ጠቅሶ ጌታ ከወኅኒ እንዴት እንዳወጣው ተረከላቸውና። ይህን ለያዕቆብና ለወንድሞች ንገሩ አላቸው። ወጥቶም ወደ ሌላ ስፍራ ሄደ።

¹⁷But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him forth out of the prison. And he said, Tell these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went to another place.

¹⁸በነጋም ጊዜ። ጴጥሮስን ምን አግኝቶት ይሆን? ብለው በጭፍሮች ዘንድ ብዙ ሁከት ሆነ።

¹⁸Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.

¹⁹ሄሮድስም አስፈልጎ ባጣው ጊዜ ጠባቂዎችን መረመረ ይገድሉአቸውም ዘንድ አዘዘ፤ ከይሁዳም ወደ ቂሣርያ ወርዶ በዚያ ተቀመጠ።

¹⁹And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and tarried there.

²⁰ከጢሮስና ከሲዶና ሰዎችም ጋር ተጣልቶ ነበር፤ በአንድ ልብ ሆነውም ወደ እርሱ መጡ፥ የንጉሥንም ቢትወደድ ብላስጦስን እሺ አሰኝተው ዕርቅ ለመኑ፥ አገራቸው ከንጉሥ አገር ምግብ ያገኝ ነበረና።

²⁰Now he was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: and they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was fed from the king's country.

²¹በተቀጠረ ቀንም ሄሮድስ ልብሰ መንግሥቱን ለብሶ በዙፋን ተቀመጠ እነርሱንም ተናገራቸው፤

²¹And upon a set day Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel, and sat on the throne, and made an oration unto them.

²²ሕዝቡም። የእግዚአብሔር ድምፅ ነው የሰውም አይደለም ብለው ጮኹ።

²²And the people shouted, [saying], The voice of a god, and not of a man.

²³ለእግዚአብሔርም ክብር ስላልሰጠ ያን ጊዜ የጌታ መልአክ መታው በትልም ተበልቶ ሞተ።

²³And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

²⁴የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ግን ያድግና ይበዛ ነበር።

²⁴But the word of God grew and multiplied.

²⁵በርናባስና ሳውልም አገልግሎታቸውን ፈጽመው ከኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሱ፥ ማርቆስ የተባለውን ዮሐንስንም ከእነርሱ ጋር ይዘውት መጡ።

²⁵And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministration, taking with them John whose surname was Mark.