¹በአንጾኪያም ባለችው ቤተ ክርስቲያን ነቢያትና መምህራን ነበሩ፤ እነርሱም በርናባስ፥ ኔጌር የተባለው ስምዖንም፥ የቀሬናው ሉክዮስም፥ የአራተኛው ክፍል ገዥ የሄሮድስም ባለምዋል ምናሔ፥ ሳውልም ነበሩ።

¹Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was [there], prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

²እነዚህም ጌታን ሲያመልኩና ሲጦሙ መንፈስ ቅዱስ። በርናባስንና ሳውልን ለጠራኋቸው ሥራ ለዩልኝ አለ።

²And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

³በዚያን ጊዜም ከጦሙ ከጸለዩም እጃቸውንም ከጫኑ በኋላ አሰናበቱአቸው።

³Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

⁴እነርሱም በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ተልከው ወደ ሴሌውቅያ ወረዱ፤ ከዚያም በመርከብ ወደ ቆጵሮስ ሄዱ።

⁴So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

⁵በስልማናም በነበሩ ጊዜ በአይሁድ ምኵራቦች የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ሰበኩ፤ አገልጋይም ዮሐንስ ነበራቸው።

⁵And when they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John as their attendant.

⁶ደሴቲቱንም ሁሉ እስከ ጳፉ በዞሩ ጊዜ፥ በርያሱስ የሚሉትን ጠንቋይና ሐሰተኛ ነቢይ የሆነውን አንድ አይሁዳዊ ሰው አገኙ፤

⁶And when they had gone through the whole island unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus;

⁷እርሱም አስተዋይ ሰው ከሆነው ሰርግዮስ ጳውሎስ ከሚባለው አገረ ገዥ ጋር ነበረ። ይህም በርናባስንና ሳውልን ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ሊሰማ ፈለገ።

⁷who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. The same called unto him Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

⁸ጠንቋዩ ግን ኤልማስ፥ ስሙ እንዲሁ ይተረጐማልና፥ አገረ ገዡን ከማመን ሊያጣምም ፈልጎ ተቃወማቸው።

⁸But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.

⁹ጳውሎስ የተባለው ሳውል ግን መንፈስ ቅዱስን ተሞልቶ ትኵር ብሎ ሲመለከተው።

⁹But Saul, who is also [called] Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,

¹⁰አንተ ተንኰል ሁሉ ክፋትም ሁሉ የሞላብህ፥ የዲያብሎስ ልጅ፥ የጽድቅም ሁሉ ጠላት፥ የቀናውን የጌታን መንገድ ከማጣመም አታርፍምን?

¹⁰and said, O full of all guile and all villany, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

¹¹አሁንም፥ እነሆ፥ የጌታ እጅ በአንተ ላይ ናት፥ ዕውርም ትሆናለህ እስከ ጊዜውም ፀሐይን አታይም አለው። ያን ጊዜም ጭጋግና ጨለማ ወደቀበት፥ በእጁም የሚመራውን እየዞረ ፈለገ።

¹¹And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

¹²በዚያን ጊዜ አገረ ገዡ የተደረገውን ባየ ጊዜ ከጌታ ትምህርት የተነሣ ተገርሞ አመነ።

¹²Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

¹³ጳውሎስም ከጓደኞቹ ጋር ከጳፉ ተነሥቶ የጵንፍልያ ወደምትሆን ወደ ጴርጌን መጣ፤ ዮሐንስም ከእነርሱ ተለይቶ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሰ።

¹³Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.

¹⁴እነርሱ ግን ከጴርጌን አልፈው የጲስድያ ወደምትሆን ወደ አንጾኪያ ደረሱ፤ በሰንበትም ቀን ወደ ምኵራብ ገብተው ተቀመጡ።

¹⁴But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and they went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

¹⁵ሕግና ነቢያትም ከተነበቡ በኋላ የምኵራቡ አለቆች። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ሕዝብን የሚመክር ቃል እንዳላችሁ ተናገሩ ብለው ላኩባቸው።

¹⁵And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

¹⁶ጳውሎስም ተነሣና በእጁ ጠቅሶ እንዲህ አለ። የእስራኤል ሰዎችና እግዚአብሔርን የምትፈሩት ሆይ፥ ስሙ።

¹⁶And Paul stood up, and beckoning with the hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken:

¹⁷የዚህ የእስራኤል ሕዝብ አምላክ አባቶቻችንን መርጦ በግብፅ አገር በእንግድነት ሳሉ ሕዝቡን ከፍ ከፍ አደረጋቸው፥ ከፍ ባለችውም ክንዱ ከዚያ አወጣቸው።

¹⁷The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.

¹⁸በበረሀም አርባ ዓመት ያህል መገባቸው።

¹⁸And for about the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness.

¹⁹በከነዓንም አገር ሰባት አሕዛብን አጥፍቶ ምድራቸውን አወረሳቸው።

¹⁹And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave [them] their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years:

²⁰ከዚህም በኋላ እስከ ነቢዩ እስከ ሳሙኤል ድረስ አራት መቶ አምሳ ዓመት ያህል መሳፍንትን ሰጣቸው።

²⁰and after these things he gave [them] judges until Samuel the prophet.

²¹ከዚያም ወዲያ ንጉሥን ያነግሥላቸው ዘንድ ለመኑ፥ እግዚአብሔርም ከብንያም ወገን የሚሆን ሰው የቂስን ልጅ ሳኦልን አርባ ዓመት ሰጣቸው፤

²¹And afterward they asked for a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years.

²²እርሱንም ከሻረው በኋላ ዳዊትን በእነርሱ ላይ እንዲነግሥ አስነሣው፥ ሲመሰክርለትም። እንደ ልቤ የሆነ ሰው ፈቃዴንም ሁሉ የሚያደርግ የእሴይን ልጅ ዳዊትን አገኘሁ አለ።

²²And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who shall do all My will.

²³ከዚህም ሰው ዘር እግዚአብሔር እንደ ተስፋው ቃል ለእስራኤል መድኃኒትን እርሱም ኢየሱስን አመጣ።

²³Of this man's seed hath God according to promise brought unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

²⁴ከመምጣቱ በፊት ዮሐንስ አስቀድሞ ለእስራኤል ሕዝብ ሁሉ የንስሐን ጥምቀት ሰብኮ ነበር።

²⁴when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

²⁵ዮሐንስም ሩጫውን ሲፈጽም ሳለ። እኔ ማን እንደ ሆንሁ ታስባላችሁ? እኔስ እርሱን አይደለሁም፤ ነገር ግን እነሆ፥ የእግሩን ጫማ እፈታ ዘንድ ከማይገባኝ ከእኔ በኋላ ይመጣል ይል ነበር።

²⁵And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, What suppose ye that I am? I am not [he]. But behold, there cometh one after me the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to unloose.

²⁶እናንተ ወንድሞቻችን፥ የአብርሃም ዘር ልጆች ከእናንተ መካከልም እግዚአብሔርን የምትፈሩ ሆይ፥ ለእናንተ የዚህ የመዳን ቃል ተላከ።

²⁶Brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us is the word of this salvation sent forth.

²⁷በኢየሩሳሌም የሚኖሩ ሰዎችና አለቆቻቸው እርሱንና በየሰንበቱ የሚነበቡትን የነቢያትን ድምፆች ስላላወቁ በፍርዳቸው ፈጽመዋልና፤

²⁷For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled [them] by condemning [him].

²⁸ለሞትም የሚያደርስ ምክንያት አንድ ስንኳ ባያገኙበት፥ ይገድለው ዘንድ ጲላጦስን ለመኑት፤

²⁸And though they found no cause of death [in him], yet asked they of Pilate that he should be slain.

²⁹ስለ እርሱም የተጻፈውን ሁሉ በፈጸሙ ጊዜ ከእንጨት አውርደው በመቃብር አኖሩት።

²⁹And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.

³⁰እግዚአብሔር ግን ከሙታን አስነሣው፤

³⁰But God raised him from the dead:

³¹በሕዝብም ዘንድ ምስክሮቹ ለሆኑት ከእርሱ ጋር ከገሊላ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ለወጡት ብዙ ቀን ታያቸው።

³¹and he was seen for many days of them that came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto the people.

³²እኛም ለአባቶች የተሰጠውን ተስፋ የምስራቹን ለእናንተ እንሰብካለን፤

³²And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers,

³³ይህን ተስፋ እግዚአብሔር በሁለተኛው መዝሙር ደግሞ። አንተ ልጄ ነህ እኔ ዛሬ ወለድሁህ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ፥ ኢየሱስን አስነሥቶ ለእኛ ለልጆቻቸው ፈጽሞአልና።

³³that God hath fulfilled the same unto our children, in that he raised up Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

³⁴እንደገናም ወደ መበስበስ እንዳይመለስ ከሙታን እንደ አስነሣው፥ እንዲህ። የታመነውን የዳዊትን ቅዱስ ተስፋ እሰጣችኋለሁ ብሎአል።

³⁴And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he hath spoken on this wise, I will give you the holy and sure [blessings] of David.

³⁵ደግሞ በሌላ ስፍራ። ቅዱስህን መበስበስን ያይ ዘንድ አትሰጠውም ይላልና።

³⁵Because he saith also in another [psalm], Thou wilt not give Thy Holy One to see corruption.

³⁶ዳዊትም በራሱ ዘመን የእግዚአብሔርን አሳብ ካገለገለ በኋላ አንቀላፋ፥ ከአባቶቹም ጋር ተጨምሮ መበስበስን አየ፤

³⁶For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

³⁷ይህ እግዚአብሔር ያስነሣው ግን መበስበስን አላየም።

³⁷but he whom God raised up saw no corruption.

³⁸እንግዲህ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በእርሱ በኩል የኃጢአት ስርየት እንዲነገርላችሁ፥ በሙሴም ሕግ ትጸድቁበት ዘንድ ከማይቻላችሁ ሁሉ ያመነ ሁሉ በእርሱ እንዲጸድቅ በእናንተ ዘንድ የታወቀ ይሁን።

³⁸Be it known unto you therefore, brethren, that through this man is proclaimed unto you remission of sins:

⁴⁰እንግዲህ። እናንተ የምትንቁ፥ እዩ ተደነቁም ጥፉም አንድ ስንኳ ቢተርክላችሁ የማታምኑትን ሥራ በዘመናችሁ እኔ እሠራለሁና ተብሎ በነቢያት የተነገረው እንዳይደርስባችሁ ተጠንቀቁ።

³⁹and by him every one that believeth is justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

⁴²በወጡም ጊዜ ይህን ነገር በሚመጣው ሰንበት ይነግሩአቸው ዘንድ ለመኑአቸው።

⁴⁰Beware therefore, lest that come upon [you] which is spoken in the prophets:

⁴³ጉባኤውም ከተፈታ በኋላ ከአይሁድና ወደ ይሁዲነት ገብተው ከሚያመልኩ ብዙዎች ጳውሎስንና በርናባስን ተከተሉአቸው፥ እነርሱም ሲነግሩአቸው በእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ ጸንተው እንዲኖሩ አስረዱአቸው።

⁴¹Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; For I work a work in your days, A work which ye shall in no wise believe, if one declare it unto you.

⁴⁴በሁለተኛውም ሰንበት ከጥቂቶቹ በቀር የከተማው ሰው ሁሉ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ይሰሙ ዘንድ ተሰበሰቡ።

⁴²And as they went out, they besought that these words might be spoken to them the next sabbath.

⁴⁵አይሁድም ብዙ ሕዝብ ባዩ ጊዜ ቅንዓት ሞላባቸው፥ እየተሳደቡም ጳውሎስ የተናገረውን ቃል ተቃወሙ።

⁴³Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

⁴⁶ጳውሎስና በርናባስም ገልጠው። የእግዚአብሔር ቃል አስቀድሞ ለእናንተ ይነገር ዘንድ ያስፈልጋል፤ ከገፋችሁትና የዘላለም ሕይወት እንዳይገባችሁ በራሳችሁ ከፈረዳችሁ ግን፥ እነሆ፥ ወደ አሕዛብ ዘወር እንላለን።

⁴⁴And the next sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.

⁴⁷እንዲሁ ጌታ። እስከ ምድር ዳርቻ ድረስ ለማዳን ትሆን ዘንድ ለአሕዛብ ብርሃን አድርጌሃለሁ ብሎ አዞናልና አሉ።

⁴⁵But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

⁴⁸አሕዛብም ሰምተው ደስ አላቸው የእግዚአብሔርንም ቃል አከበሩ፥ ለዘላለም ሕይወትም የተዘጋጁ ሁሉ አመኑ፤

⁴⁶And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

⁴⁹የጌታም ቃል በአገሩ ሁሉ ተስፋፋ።

⁴⁷For so hath the Lord commanded us, [saying], I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles, That thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost part of the earth.

⁵⁰አይሁድ ግን የሚያመልኩትን የከበሩትንም ሴቶችና የከተማውን መኳንንት አወኩ፥ በጳውሎስና በበርናባስም ላይ ስደትን አስነሥተው ከአገራቸው አወጡአቸው።

⁴⁸And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

⁵¹እነርሱ ግን የእግራቸውን ትቢያ አራግፈውባቸው ወደ ኢቆንዮን መጡ።

⁴⁹And the word of the Lord was spread abroad throughout all the region.

⁵²በደቀ መዛሙርትም ደስታና መንፈስ ቅዱስ ሞላባቸው።

⁵⁰But the Jews urged on the devout women of honorable estate, and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their borders.

⁵¹But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.

⁵²And the disciples were filled with joy with the Holy Spirit.