¹በደኅና ከደረስን በኋላ በዚያን ጊዜ ደሴቲቱ መላጥያ እንድትባል አወቅን።

¹And when we were escaped, then we knew that the island was called Melita.

²አረማውያንም የሚያስገርም ቸርነት አደረጉልን፤ ዝናብ ስለ ሆነም ስለ ብርዱም እሳት አንድደው ሁላችንን ተቀበሉን።

²And the barbarians showed us no common kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

³ጳውሎስ ግን ብዙ ጭራሮ አከማችቶ ወደ እሳት ሲጨምር እፉኝት ከሙቀት የተነሣ ወጥታ እጁን ነደፈችው።

³But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out by reason of the heat, and fastened on his hand.

⁴አረማውያንም እባብ በእጁ ተንጠልጥላ ባዩ ጊዜ፥ እርስ በርሳቸው። ይህ ሰው በእርግጥ ነፍሰ ገዳይ ነው፥ ከባሕርም ስንኳ በደኅና ቢወጣ የእግዚአብሔር ፍርድ በሕይወት ይኖር ዘንድ አልተወውም አሉ።

⁴And when the barbarians saw the [venomous] creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live.

⁵እርሱ ግን እባቢቱን ወደ እሳት አራገፋት አንዳችም አልጐዳችውም፤

⁵Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.

⁶እነርሱም። ሊያብጥ ወይም ወዲያው ሞቶ ሊወድቅ ነው ብለው ይጠባበቁት ነበር ብዙ ጊዜ ግን ሲጠባበቁ በእርሱ ላይ የሚያስገርም ነገር ምንም ባላዩ ጊዜ። ይህስ አምላክ ነው ብለው አሳባቸውን ለወጡ።

⁶But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss came to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

⁷በዚያም ስፍራ አጠገብ ፑፕልዮስ የሚሉት የደሴት አለቃ መሬት ነበረ፥ እርሱም እንግድነት ተቀብሎን ሦስት ቀን በፍቅር አሳደረን።

⁷Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us, and entertained us three days courteously.

⁸የፑፕልዮስም አባት በንዳድና በተቅማጥ ታሞ ተኝቶ ነበር፤ ጳውሎስም ወደ እርሱ ገብቶ ጸለየለት እጁንም በላዩ ጭኖ ፈወሰው።

⁸And it was so, that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery: unto whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laying his hands on him healed him.

⁹ይህም በሆነ ጊዜ የቀሩት ደግሞ በደሴቲቱ ደዌ የነበረባቸው እየመጡ ተፈወሱ፤

⁹And when this was done, the rest also that had diseases in the island came, and were cured:

¹⁰በብዙ ክብርም ደግሞ አከበሩን፥ በተነሣንም ጊዜ በመርከብ ላይ የሚያስፈልገንን ነገር አኖሩልን።

¹⁰who also honored us with many honors; and when we sailed, they put on board such things as we needed.

¹¹ከሦስት ወርም በኋላ በደሴቲቱ ከርሞ በነበረው በእስክንድርያው መርከብ ተነሣን፥ በእርሱም የዲዮስቆሮስ አላማ ነበረበት።

¹¹And after three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was The Twin Brothers.

¹²ወደ ሰራኩስም በገባን ጊዜ ሦስት ቀን ተቀመጥን፤

¹²And touching at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.

¹³ከዚያም እየተዛወርን ወደ ሬጊዩም ደረስን። ከአንድ ቀን በኋላም የደቡብ ነፋስ በነፈሰ ጊዜ በሁለተኛው ቀን ወደ ፑቲዮሉስ መጣን።

¹³And from thence we made a circuit, and arrived at Rhegium: and after one day a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli;

¹⁴በዚያም ወንድሞችን አግኝተን በእነርሱ ዘንድ ሰባት ቀን እንድንቀመጥ ለመኑን፤ እንዲሁም ወደ ሮሜ መጣን።

¹⁴where we found brethren, and were entreated to tarry with them seven days: and so we came to Rome.

¹⁵ከዚያም ወንድሞች ስለ እኛ ሰምተው እስከ አፍዩስ ፋሩስና ሦስት ማደሪያ እስከሚባለው ሊቀበሉን ወጡ፥ ጳውሎስም ባያቸው ጊዜ እግዚአብሔርን አመሰገነ ልቡም ተጽናና።

¹⁵And from thence the brethren, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns; whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.

¹⁶ወደ ሮሜም በገባን ጊዜ ጳውሎስ ከሚጠብቀው ወታደር ጋር ለብቻው ይቀመጥ ዘንድ ተፈቀደለት።

¹⁶And when we entered into Rome, Paul was suffered to abide by himself with the soldier that guarded him.

¹⁷ከሦስት ቀንም በኋላ ጳውሎስ የአይሁድን ታላላቆች ወደ እርሱ ጠራ፤ በተሰበሰቡም ጊዜ እንዲህ አላቸው። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እኔ ሕዝቡን ወይም የአባቶችን ሥርዓት የሚቃወም አንዳች ሳላደርግ፥ ከኢየሩሳሌም እንደ ታሰርሁ በሮማውያን እጅ አሳልፈው ሰጡኝ።

¹⁷And it came to pass, that after three days he called together those that were the chief of the Jews: and when they were come together, he said unto them, I, brethren, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans:

¹⁸እነርሱም መርምረው ለሞት የሚገባ ምክንያት ስላልነበረብኝ ሊፈቱኝ አሰቡ፤

¹⁸who, when they had examined me, desired to set me at liberty, because there was no cause of death in me.

¹⁹አይሁድ ግን በተቃወሙ ጊዜ፥ ወደ ቄሣር ይግባኝ እንድል ግድ ሆነብኝ እንጂ ሕዝቤን የምከስበት ነገር ኖሮኝ አይደለም።

¹⁹But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had aught whereof to accuse my nation.

²⁰ስለዚህም ምክንያት አያችሁና እነግራችሁ ዘንድ ጠራኋችሁ፤ ስለ እስራኤል ተስፋ ይህን ሰንሰለት ለብሻለሁና።

²⁰For this cause therefore did I entreat you to see and to speak with [me]: for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

²¹እነርሱም። እኛ ከይሁዳ ስለ አንተ ደብዳቤ አልተቀበልንም፥ ከወንድሞችም አንድ ስንኳ መጥቶ ስለ አንተ ክፉ ነገር አላወራልንም ወይም አልተናገረብህም።

²¹And they said unto him, We neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor did any of the brethren come hither and report or speak any harm of thee.

²²ነገር ግን ስለዚህ ወገን በየስፍራው ሁሉ እንዲቃወሙ በእኛ ዘንድ ታውቆአልና የምታስበውን ከአንተ እንሰማ ዘንድ እንፈቅዳለን አሉት።

²²But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.

²³ቀንም ቀጥረውለት ብዙ ሆነው ወደ መኖሪያው ወደ እርሱ መጡ፤ ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥትም እየመሰከረ ስለ ኢየሱስም ከሙሴ ሕግና ከነቢያት ጠቅሶ እያስረዳቸው፥ ከጥዋት ጀምሮ እስከ ማታ ድረስ ይገልጥላቸው ነበር።

²³And when they had appointed him a day, they came to him into his lodging in great number; to whom he expounded [the matter,] testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.

²⁴እኵሌቶቹም የተናገረውን አመኑ፥ እኵሌቶቹ ግን አላመኑም፤

²⁴And some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.

²⁵እርስ በርሳቸውም ባልተስማሙ ጊዜ፥ ጳውሎስ አንዲት ቃል ከተናገረ በኋላ ሄዱ፤ እንዲህም አለ። መንፈስ ቅዱስ በነቢዩ በኢሳይያስ ለአባቶቻችን።

²⁵And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet unto your fathers,

²⁶ወደዚህ ሕዝብ ሂድና። መስማትን ትሰማላችሁና አታስተውሉም፥ ማየትንም ታያላችሁና አትመለከቱም፤

²⁶saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

²⁷በዓይናቸው እንዳያዩ በጆሮአቸው እንዳይሰሙ በልባቸውም እንዳያስተውሉ ተመልሰውም እንዳልፈውሳቸው፥ የዚህ ሕዝብ ልብ ደንድኖአል ጆሮአቸውም ደንቁሮአል ዓይናቸውንም ጨፍነዋል በላቸው

²⁷For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest, haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.

²⁸ሲል መልካም ተናገረ። እንግዲህ ይህ የእግዚአብሔር ደኅንነት ለአሕዛብ እንደ ተላከ በእናንተ ዘንድ የታወቀ ይሁን፤ እነርሱ ደግሞ ይሰሙታል።

²⁸Be it known therefore unto you, that this salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles: they will also hear.

²⁹ይህንም በተናገረ ጊዜ አይሁድ እርስ በርሳቸው እጅግ እየተከራከሩ ሄዱ።

²⁹[And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, having much disputing among themselves.]

³⁰ጳውሎስም በተከራየው ቤት ሁለት ዓመት ሙሉ ተቀመጠ፥ ወደ እርሱም የሚመጡትን ሁሉ ይቀበል ነበር፤

³⁰And he abode two whole years in his own hired dwelling, and received all that went in unto him,

³¹ማንም ሳይከለክለው የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት እየሰበከ ስለ ጌታ ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እጅግ ገልጦ ያስተምር ነበር።

³¹preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, none forbidding him.