¹ከዚህም በኋላ ጳውሎስ ከአቴና ወጥቶ ወደ ቆሮንቶስ መጣ።

¹After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.

²በወገኑም የጳንጦስ ሰው የሚሆን አቂላ የሚሉትን አንድ አይሁዳዊ አገኘ፤ እርሱም ከጥቂት ጊዜ በፊት ከሚስቱ ከጵርስቅላ ጋር ከኢጣልያ መጥቶ ነበር፥ አይሁድ ከሮሜ ይወጡ ዘንድ ቀላውዴዎስ አዞ ነበርና፤ ወደ እነርሱ ቀረበ፥

²And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came unto them;

³ሥራቸውም አንድ ስለ ነበረ በእነርሱ ዘንድ ተቀምጦ በአንድ ላይ ሠሩ፤ ሥራቸው ድንኳን መስፋት ነበረና።

³and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought, for by their trade they were tentmakers.

⁴በየሰንበቱም ሁሉ በምኵራብ ይነጋገር ነበር፥ አይሁድንና የግሪክንም ሰዎች ያስረዳ ነበር።

⁴And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

⁵ሲላስና ጢሞቴዎስም ከመቄዶንያ በወረዱ ጊዜ፥ ጳውሎስ ኢየሱስ እርሱ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ ለአይሁድ እየመሰከረ ለቃሉ ይተጋ ነበር።

⁵But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

⁶ነገር ግን በተቃወሙትና በተሳደቡ ጊዜ፥ ልብሱን እያራገፈ። ደማችሁ በራሳችሁ ነው፤ እኔ ንጹሕ ነኝ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ወደ አሕዛብ እሄዳለሁ አላቸው።

⁶And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out his raiment and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

⁷ከዚያም ወጥቶ ኢዮስጦስ ወደሚባል እግዚአብሔርን ወደሚያመልክ ሰው ቤት ገባ ቤቱም በምኩራብ አጠገብ ነበረ።

⁷And he departed thence, and went into the house of a certain man named Titus Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.

⁸የምኵራብ አለቃ ቀርስጶስም ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር በጌታ አመነ፥ ከቆሮንቶስ ሰዎችም ብዙ በሰሙ ጊዜ አምነው ተጠመቁ።

⁸And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

⁹ጌታም ሌሊት በራእይ ጳውሎስን። እኔ ከአንተ ጋር ነኝ፥ ማንም ክፉ ሊያደርግብህ የሚነሣብህ የለምና አትፍራ፥ ነገር ግን ተናገር ዝምም አትበል፤ በዚህ ከተማ ብዙ ሕዝብ አሉኝና አለው።

⁹And the Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace:

¹¹በመካከላቸውም የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እያስተማረ ዓመት ከስድስት ወር ተቀመጠ።

¹⁰for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city.

¹²ጋልዮስም በአካይያ አገረ ገዥ በነበረ ጊዜ፥ አይሁድ በአንድ ልብ ሆነው በጳውሎስ ላይ ተነሡ፥ ወደ ፍርድ ወንበርም አምጥተው።

¹¹And he dwelt [there] a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

¹³ይህ ሕግን ተቃውሞ እግዚአብሔርን ያመልኩት ዘንድ ሰዎችን ያባብላል አሉ።

¹²But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat,

¹⁴ጳውሎስም አፉን ሊከፍት ባሰበ ጊዜ፥ ጋልዮስ አይሁድን። አይሁድ ሆይ፥ ዓመፅ ወይም ክፉ በደል በሆነ እንድታገሣችሁ በተገባኝ፤

¹³saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

¹⁵ስለ ቃልና ስለ ስሞች ስለ ሕጋችሁም የምትከራከሩ ከሆነ ግን፥ ራሳችሁ ተጠንቀቁ እኔ በዚህ ነገር ፈራጅ እሆን ዘንድ አልፈቅድምና አላቸው።

¹⁴But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked villany, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

¹⁶ከፍርድ ወንበርም ፊት አስወጣቸው።

¹⁵but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; I am not minded to be a judge of these matters.

¹⁷የግሪክ ሰዎችም ሁሉ የምኩራብ አለቃ ሶስቴንስን ይዘው በወንበሩ ፊት መቱት፤ በእነዚህም ነገሮች ጋልዮስ ግድ የለውም ነበር።

¹⁶And he drove them from the judgment-seat.

¹⁸ከዚህም በኋላ ጳውሎስ እጅግ ቀን ተቀምጦ ወንድሞቹንም ተሰናብቶ በመርከብ ወደ ሶርያ ሄደ፤ ስለትም ነበረበትና ራሱን በክንክራኦስ ተላጨ፤ ጵርስቅላና አቂላም ከእርሱ ጋር ነበሩ።

¹⁷And they all laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things.

¹⁹ወደ ኤፌሶንም በደረሱ ጊዜ እነዚያን ከዚያ ተዋቸው፥ ራሱ ግን ወደ ምኵራብ ገብቶ ከአይሁድ ጋር ይነጋገር ነበር።

¹⁸And Paul, having tarried after this yet many days, took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila: having shorn his head in Cenchreae; for he had a vow.

²⁰እነርሱም ብዙ ጊዜ እንዲቀመጥላቸው ሲለምኑት እሺ አላለም፤

¹⁹And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

²¹ነገር ግን ሲሰናበታቸው። የሚመጣውን በዓል በኢየሩሳሌም አደርግ ዘንድ ይገባኛል እግዚአብሔር ቢፈቅድ ግን ወደ እናንተ ደግሞ እመለሳለሁ አላቸው። ከኤፌሶንም በመርከብ ተነሣ።

²⁰And when they asked him to abide a longer time, he consented not;

²²ወደ ቂሣርያም በደረሰ ጊዜ ወጥቶ ለቤተ ክርስቲያን ሰላምታ ከሰጠ በኋላ ወደ አንጾኪያ ወረደ።

²¹but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again unto you if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.

²³ጥቂት ቀንም ቆይቶ ወጣ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርትንም ሁሉ እያጸና በገላትያ አገርና በፍርግያ በተራ አለፈ።

²²And when he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and saluted the church, and went down to Antioch.

²⁴በወገኑም የእስክንድርያ ሰው የሆነ ነገር አዋቂ የነበረ አጵሎስ የሚሉት አንድ አይሁዳዊ ሰው ወደ ኤፌሶን ወረደ፤ እርሱም በመጻሕፍት እውቀት የበረታ ነበረ።

²³And having spent some time [there], he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.

²⁵እርሱ የጌታን መንገድ የተማረ ነበረ፥ የዮሐንስንም ጥምቀት ብቻ አውቆ በመንፈስ ሲቃጠል ስለ ኢየሱስ ይናገርና በትክክል ያስተምር ነበር።

²⁴Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the scriptures.

²⁶እርሱም በምኵራብ ገልጦ ይናገር ጀመር። ጵርስቅላና አቂላም በሰሙት ጊዜ፥ ወስደው የእግዚአብሔርን መንገድ ከፊት ይልቅ በትክክል ገለጡለት።

²⁵This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John:

²⁷እርሱም ወደ አካይያ ማለፍ በፈቀደ ጊዜ፥ ወንድሞቹ አጸናኑት፥ ይቀበሉትም ዘንድ ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርት ጻፉለት፤ በደረሰም ጊዜ አምነው የነበሩትን በጸጋ እጅግ ይጠቅማቸው ነበር፤

²⁶and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more accurately.

²⁸ኢየሱስ እርሱ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ ከመጻሕፍት እየገለጠ ለአይሁድ በሁሉ ፊት በጽኑ ያስረዳቸው ነበርና።

²⁷And when he was minded to pass over into Achaia, the brethren encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him: and when he was come, he helped them much that had believed through grace;

²⁸for he powerfully confuted the Jews, [and that] publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.