¹ከአምስት ቀንም በኋላ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ሐናንያ ከሽማግሌዎችና ጠርጠሉስ ከሚሉት ከአንድ ጠበቃ ጋር ወረደ፤ እነርሱም ስለ ጳውሎስ ለአገረ ገዡ አመለከቱት።

¹And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, and [with] an orator, one Tertullus; and they informed the governor against Paul.

²በተጠራም ጊዜ ጠርጠሉስ ይከሰው ዘንድ ጀመረ እንዲህ እያለ። ክቡር ፊልክስ ሆይ፥ በአንተ በኩል ብዙ ሰላም ስለምናገኝ ለዚህም ሕዝብ በአሳብህ በየነገሩ በየስፍራውም መልካም መሻሻል ስለሚሆንለት፥ በፍጹም ምስጋና እንቀበለዋለን።

²And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy much peace, and that by the providence evils are corrected for this nation,

⁴ነገር ግን እጅግ እንዳላቆይህ በቸርነትህ በአጭሩ ትሰማን ዘንድ እለምንሃለሁ።

³we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.

⁵ይህ ሰው በሽታ ሆኖ በዓለም ባሉት አይሁድ ሁሉ ሁከት ሲያስነሣ፥ የመናፍቃን የናዝራውያን ወገን መሪ ሆኖ አግኝተነዋልና፤

⁴But, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I entreat thee to hear us of thy clemency a few words.

⁶መቅደስንም ደግሞ ሊያረክስ ሲሞክር ያዝነው፥ እንደ ሕጋችንም እንፈርድበት ዘንድ ወደድን።

⁵For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

⁷ነገር ግን የሻለቃው ሉስዮስ መጥቶ በብዙ ኃይል ከእጃችን ወሰደው፥

⁶who moreover assayed to profane the temple: on whom also we laid hold: [and we would have judged him according to our law.]

⁸ከሳሾቹንም ወደ አንተ ይመጡ ዘንድ አዘዘ፤ አንተም ራስህ እርሱን መርምረህ እኛ ስለምንከስበት ነገር ሁሉ ልታውቅ ትችላለህ።

⁷[But the chief captain Lysias came, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,]

⁹አይሁድም ደግሞ። ይህ ነገር እንዲሁ ነው እያሉ ተስማሙ።

⁸[commanding his accusers to come before thee.] from whom thou wilt be able, by examining him thyself, to take knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him.

¹⁰ገዡም በጠቀሰው ጊዜ ጳውሎስ መለሰ እንዲህ ሲል። ከብዙ ዘመን ጀምረህ ለዚህ ሕዝብ አንተ ፈራጅ እንደ ሆንህ አውቃለሁና ደስ እያለኝ ስለ እኔ ነገር እመልሳለሁ፤

⁹And the Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that these things were so.

¹¹እሰግድ ዘንድ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ከወጣሁ ከአሥራ ሁለት ቀን እንዳይበልጥ ልታውቀው ትችላለህ።

¹⁰And when the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, Paul answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I cheerfully make my defense:

¹²ከአንድም ስንኳ ስነጋገር ወይም ሕዝብን ስሰበስብ በመቅደስ ቢሆን በምኵራብም ቢሆን በከተማም ቢሆን አላገኙኝም።

¹¹Seeing that thou canst take knowledge that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem:

¹³አሁንም ስለሚከሱኝ ያስረዱህ ዘንድ አይችሉም።

¹²and neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any man or stirring up a crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city.

¹⁴ነገር ግን ይህን እመሰክርልሃለሁ፤ በሕጉ ያለውን በነቢያትም የተጻፉትን ሁሉ አምኜ የአባቶቼን አምላክ እነርሱ ኑፋቄ ብለው እንደሚጠሩት መንገድ አመልካለሁ፤

¹³Neither can they prove to thee the things whereof they now accuse me.

¹⁵እነዚህም ራሳቸው ደግሞ የሚጠብቁት፥ ጻድቃንም ዓመፀኞችም ከሙታን ይነሡ ዘንድ እንዳላቸው ተስፋ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ አለኝ።

¹⁴But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;

¹⁶ስለዚህ እኔ ደግሞ በእግዚአብሔርና በሰው ፊት ሁልጊዜ ነውር የሌለባት ሕሊና ትኖረኝ ዘንድ እተጋለሁ።

¹⁵having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust.

¹⁷ከብዙ ዓመትም በኋላ ለሕዝቤ ምጽዋትና መሥዋዕት አደርግ ዘንድ መጣሁ፤

¹⁶Herein I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.

¹⁸ይህንም ሳደርግ ሳለሁ ሕዝብ ሳይሰበሰብ ሁከትም ሳይሆን በመቅደስ ስነጻ አገኙኝ።

¹⁷Now after some years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings:

¹⁹ነገር ግን በእኔ ላይ ነገር ያላቸው እንደ ሆነ፥ በፊትህ መጥተው ይከሱኝ ዘንድ የሚገባቸው ከእስያ የመጡ አንዳንድ አይሁድ አሉ።

¹⁸amidst which they found me purified in the temple, with no crowd, nor yet with tumult: but [there were] certain Jews from Asia--

²⁰ወይም በመካከላቸው ቆሜ። ዛሬ ስለ ሙታን መነሣት በፊታችሁ በእኔ ይፈርዱብኛል ብዬ ከጮኽሁት ከዚህ ከአንድ ነገር በቀር፥ በሸንጎ ፊት ቆሜ ሳለሁ በእኔ አንድ ዓመፃ ያገኙ እንደ ሆን እነዚህ ራሳቸው ይናገሩ።

¹⁹who ought to have been here before thee, and to make accusation, if they had aught against me.

²²ፊልክስ ግን የመንገዱን ነገር አጥብቆ አውቆአልና። የሻለቃው ሉስዮስ በወረደ ጊዜ ነገራችሁን እቆርጣለሁ ብሎ ወደ ፊት አዘገያቸው።

²⁰Or else let these men themselves say what wrong-doing they found when I stood before the council,

²³የመቶውንም አለቃ ጳውሎስን ሲጠብቅ እንዲያደላለት፥ ከወዳጆቹም ማንም ሲያገለግለው ወይም ወደ እርሱ ሲመጣ እንዳይከለክልበት አዘዘው።

²¹except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question before you this day.

²⁴ከጥቂት ቀንም በኋላ ፊልክስ አይሁዳዊት ከነበረች ድሩሲላ ከሚሉአት ከሚስቱ ጋር መጥቶ ጳውሎስን አስመጣ፥ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስም ስለ ማመን የሚናገረውን ሰማው።

²²But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will determine your matter.

²⁵እርሱም ስለ ጽድቅና ራስን ስለ መግዛት ስለሚመጣውም ኵነኔ ሲነጋገር ሳለ፥ ፊልክስ ፈርቶ። አሁንስ ሂድ፥ በተመቸኝም ጊዜ ልኬ አስጠራሃለሁ ብሎ መለሰለት።

²³And he gave order to the centurion that he should be kept in charge, and should have indulgence; and not to forbid any of his friends to minister unto him.

²⁶ያን ጊዜም ደግሞ እንዲፈታው ጳውሎስ ገንዘብ ይሰጠው ዘንድ ተስፋ አደረገ፤ ስለዚህ ደግሞ ብዙ ጊዜ እያስመጣ ያነጋግረው ነበር።

²⁴But after certain days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.

²⁷ሁለት ዓመትም ከሞላ በኋላ ጶርቅዮስ ፊስጦስ በፊልክስ ፈንታ ተተካ። ፊልክስም አይሁድን ደስ ያሰኝ ዘንድ ወዶ ጳውሎስን እንደ ታሰረ ተወው።

²⁵And as he reasoned of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call thee unto me.

²⁶He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

²⁷But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.