¹በዚህም ወራት ደቀ መዛሙርት እየበዙ ሲሄዱ ከግሪክ አገር መጥተው የነበሩት አይሁድ በይሁዳ ኖረው በነበሩት አይሁድ አንጐራጐሩባቸው፥ በየቀኑ በተሠራው አገልግሎት መበለቶቻቸውን ችላ ይሉባቸው ነበርና።

¹Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

²አሥራ ሁለቱም ደቀ መዛሙርት ሁሉን ጠርተው እንዲህ አሉአቸው። የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ትተን ማዕድን እናገለግል ዘንድ የሚገባ ነገር አይደለም።

²And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not fit that we should forsake the word of God, and serve tables.

³ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በመልካም የተመሰከረላቸውን መንፈስ ቅዱስና ጥበብም የሞላባቸውን ሰባት ሰዎች ከእናንተ ምረጡ፥ ለዚህም ጉዳይ እንሾማቸዋለን፤

³Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

⁴እኛ ግን ለጸሎትና ቃሉን ለማገልገል እንተጋለን።

⁴But we will continue stedfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word.

⁵ይህም ቃል ሕዝብን ሁሉ ደስ አሰኛቸው፤ እምነትና መንፈስ ቅዱስም የሞላበትን ሰው እስጢፋኖስን ፊልጶስንም ጵሮኮሮስንም ኒቃሮናንም ጢሞናንም ጳርሜናንም ወደ ይሁዲነት ገብቶ የነበረውን የአንጾኪያውን ኒቆላዎስንም መረጡ።

⁵And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus a proselyte of Antioch;

⁶በሐዋርያትም ፊት አቆሙአቸው፥ ከጸለዩም በኋላ እጃቸውን ጫኑባቸው።

⁶whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them.

⁷የእግዚአብሔርም ቃል እየሰፋ ሄደ፥ በኢየሩሳሌምም የደቀ መዛሙርት ቍጥር እጅግ እየበዛ ሄደ፤ ከካህናትም ብዙ ሰዎች ለሃይማኖት የታዘዙ ሆኑ።

⁷And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

⁸እስጢፋኖስም ጸጋንና ኃይልን ተሞልቶ በሕዝቡ መካከል ድንቅንና ታላቅ ምልክትን ያደርግ ነበር።

⁸And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought great wonders and signs among the people.

⁹የነፃ ወጪዎች ከተባለችው ምኵራብም ከቀሬናና ከእስክንድርያም ሰዎች ከኪልቅያና ከእስያም ከነበሩት አንዳንዶቹ ተነሥተው እስጢፋኖስን ይከራከሩት ነበር፤

⁹But there arose certain of them that were of the synagogue called [the synagogue] of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.

¹⁰ይናገርበት የነበረውንም ጥበብና መንፈስ ይቃወሙ ዘንድ አልቻሉም።

¹⁰And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake.

¹¹በዚያን ጊዜ። በሙሴ ላይ በእግዚአብሔርም ላይ የስድብን ነገር ሲናገር ሰምተነዋል የሚሉ ሰዎችን አስነሡ።

¹¹Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.

¹²ሕዝቡንና ሽማግሌዎችንም ጻፎችንም አናደዱ፥ ቀርበውም ያዙት ወደ ሸንጎም አመጡትና።

¹²And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,

¹³ይህ ሰው በዚህ በተቀደሰው ስፍራ በሕግም ላይ የስድብን ነገር ለመናገር አይተውም፤

¹³and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:

¹⁴ይህ የናዝሬቱ ኢየሱስ ይህን ስፍራ ያፈርሰዋል ሙሴም ያስተላለፈልንን ሥርዓት ይለውጣል ሲል ሰምተነዋልና የሚሉ የሐሰት ምስክሮችን አቆሙ።

¹⁴for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered unto us.

¹⁵በሸንጎም የተቀመጡት ሁሉ ትኵር ብለው ሲመለከቱት እንደ መልአክ ፊት ሆኖ ፊቱን አዩት።

¹⁵And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.