¹በዚያን ቀንም በኢየሩሳሌም ባለች ቤተ ክርስቲያን ላይ ታላቅ ስደት ሆነ፤ ሁሉም ከሐዋርያትም በቀር ወደ ይሁዳና ወደ ሰማርያ አገሮች ተበተኑ።

¹And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

²በጸሎትም የተጉ ሰዎች እስጢፋኖስን ቀበሩት ታላቅ ልቅሶም አለቀሱለት።

²And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.

³ሳውል ግን ቤተ ክርስቲያንን ያፈርስ ነበር፤ ወደ ሁሉም ቤት እየገባ ወንዶችንም ሴቶችንም እየጐተተ ወደ ወኅኒ አሳልፎ ይሰጥ ነበር።

³But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison.

⁴የተበተኑትም ቃሉን እየሰበኩ ዞሩ።

⁴They therefore that were scattered abroad, went about preaching the word.

⁵ፊልጶስም ወደ ሰማርያ ከተማ ወርዶ ክርስቶስን ሰበከላቸው።

⁵And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ.

⁶ሕዝቡም የፊልጶስን ቃል በሰሙ ጊዜ ያደርጋት የነበረውንም ምልክት ባዩ ጊዜ፥ የተናገረውን በአንድ ልብ አደመጡ።

⁶And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he did.

⁷ርኵሳን መናፍስት በታላቅ ድምፅ እየጮኹ ከብዙ ሰዎች ይወጡ ነበርና፤ ብዙም ሽባዎችና አንካሶች ተፈወሱ፤

⁷For [from] many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice: and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed.

⁸በዚያችም ከተማ ታላቅ ደስታ ሆነ።

⁸And there was much joy in that city.

⁹ሲሞን የሚሉት አንድ ሰው ግን። እኔ ታላቅ ነኝ ብሎ፥ እየጠነቈለ የሰማርያንም ወገን እያስገረመ ቀድሞ በከተማ ነበረ።

⁹But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

¹⁰ከታናናሾችም ጀምሮ እስከ ታላላቆቹ ድረስ። ታላቁ የእግዚአብሔር ኃይል ይህ ነው እያሉ ሁሉ ያደምጡት ነበር።

¹⁰to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great.

¹¹ከብዙ ዘመንም ጀምሮ በጥንቈላ ስላስገረማቸው ያደምጡት ነበር።

¹¹And they gave heed to him, because that of long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.

¹²ነገር ግን ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥትና ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም እየሰበከላቸው ፊልጶስን ባመኑት ጊዜ፥ ወንዶችም ሴቶችም ተጠመቁ።

¹²But when they believed Philip preaching good tidings concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

¹³ሲሞንም ደግሞ ራሱ አመነ፤ ተጠምቆም ከፊልጶስ ጋር ይተባበር ነበር፤ የሚደረገውንም ምልክትና ታላቅ ተአምራት ባየ ጊዜ ተገረመ።

¹³And Simon also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and beholding signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed.

¹⁴በኢየሩሳሌምም የነበሩት ሐዋርያት የሰማርያ ሰዎች የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እንደተቀበሉ ሰምተው ጴጥሮስንና ዮሐንስን ሰደዱላቸው።

¹⁴Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

¹⁵እነርሱም በወረዱ ጊዜ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ይቀበሉ ዘንድ ጸለዩላቸው፤

¹⁵who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit:

¹⁶በጌታ በኢየሱስ ስም ብቻ ተጠምቀው ነበር እንጂ ከእነርሱ በአንዱ ላይ ስንኳ ገና አልወረደም ነበርና።

¹⁶for as yet it was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁷በዚያን ጊዜ እጃቸውን ጫኑባቸው መንፈስ ቅዱስንም ተቀበሉ።

¹⁷Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸ሲሞንም በሐዋርያት እጅ መጫን መንፈስ ቅዱስ እንዲሰጥ ባየ ጊዜ፥ ገንዘብ አመጣላቸውና።

¹⁸Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

¹⁹እጄን የምጭንበት ሁሉ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ይቀበል ዘንድ ለእኔ ደግሞ ይህን ሥልጣን ስጡኝ አለ።

¹⁹saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.

²⁰ጴጥሮስ ግን እንዲህ አለው። የእግዚአብሔርን ስጦታ በገንዘብ እንድታገኝ አስበሃልና ብርህ ከአንተ ጋር ይጥፋ።

²⁰But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.

²¹ልብህ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት የቀና አይደለምና ከዚህ ነገር ዕድል ወይም ፈንታ የለህም።

²¹Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God.

²²እንግዲህ ስለዚህ ክፋትህ ንሰሐ ግባ፥ ምናልባትም የልብህን አሳብ ይቅር ይልህ እንደ ሆነ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ለምን፤

²²Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.

²³በመራራ መርዝና በዓመፅ እስራት እንዳለህ አይሃለሁና።

²³For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.

²⁴ሲሞንም መልሶ። ካላችሁት አንዳች እንዳይደርስብኝ እናንተው ወደ ጌታ ለምኑልኝ አላቸው።

²⁴And Simon answered and said, Pray ye for me to the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me.

²⁵እነርሱም ከመሰከሩና የጌታን ቃል ከተናገሩ በኋላ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሱ፤ በሳምራውያን በብዙ መንደሮችም ወንጌልን ሰበኩ።

²⁵They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.

²⁶የጌታም መልአክ ፊልጶስን። ተነሥተህ በደቡብ በኩል ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ ጋዛ ወደሚያወርደው ምድረ በዳ ወደ ሆነ መንገድ ሂድ አለው።

²⁶But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza: the same is desert.

²⁷ተነሥቶም ሄደ። እነሆም፥ ህንደኬ የተባለች የኢትዮጵያ ንግሥት አዛዥና ጃንደረባ የነበረ በገንዘብዋም ሁሉ የሠለጠነ አንድ የኢትዮጵያ ሰው ሊሰግድ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም መጥቶ ነበር፤

²⁷And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship;

²⁸ሲመለስም በሰረገላ ተቀምጦ የነቢዩን የኢሳይያስን መጽሐፍ ያነብ ነበር።

²⁸and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

²⁹መንፈስም ፊልጶስን። ወደዚህ ሰረገላ ቅረብና ተገናኝ አለው።

²⁹And the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

³⁰ፊልጶስም ሮጦ የነቢዩን የኢሳይያስን መጽሐፍ ሲያነብ ሰማና። በውኑ የምታነበውን ታስተውለዋለህን? አለው።

³⁰And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

³¹እርሱም። የሚመራኝ ሳይኖር ይህ እንዴት ይቻለኛል? አለው። ወጥቶም ከእርሱ ጋር ይቀመጥ ዘንድ ፊልጶስን ለመነው።

³¹And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.

³²ያነበውም የነበረ የመጽሐፉ ክፍል ይህ ነበረ፤ እንደ በግ ወደ መታረድ ተነዳ፥ የበግ ጠቦትም በሸላቹ ፊት ዝም እንደሚል፥ እንዲሁ አፉን አልከፈተም።

³²Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth:

³³በውርደቱ ፍርዱ ተወገደ፤ ሕይወቱ ከምድር ተወግዳለችና ትውልዱንስ ማን ይናገራል?

³³In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life is taken from the earth.

³⁴ጃንደረባውም ለፊልጶስ መልሶ። እባክህ፥ ነቢዩ ይህን ስለ ማን ይናገራል? ስለ ራሱ ነውን ወይስ ስለ ሌላ? አለው።

³⁴And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other?

³⁵ፊልጶስም አፉን ከፈተ፥ ከዚህም መጽሐፍ ጀምሮ ስለ ኢየሱስ ወንጌልን ሰበከለት።

³⁵And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached unto him Jesus.

³⁶በመንገድም ሲሄዱ ወደ ውኃ ደረሱ፤ ጃንደረባውም። እነሆ ውኃ፤ እንዳልጠመቅ የሚከለክለኝ ምንድር ነው? አለው።

³⁶And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

³⁷ፊልጶስም። በፍጹም ልብህ ብታምን፥ ተፈቅዶአል አለው። መልሶም። ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆነ አምናለሁ አለ።

³⁷[And Philip said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.]

³⁸ሰረገላውም ይቆም ዘንድ አዘዘ፥ ፊልጶስና ጃንደረባው ሁለቱም ወደ ውኃ ወረዱ፥ አጠመቀውም።

³⁸And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

³⁹ከውኃውም ከወጡ በኋላ የጌታ መንፈስ ፊልጶስን ነጠቀው፤ ጃንደረባውም ሁለተኛ አላየውም፥ ደስ ብሎት መንገዱን ይሄድ ነበርና።

³⁹And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing.

⁴⁰ፊልጶስ ግን በአዛጦን ተገኘ፥ ወደ ቂሣርያም እስኪመጣ ድረስ እየዞረ በከተማዎች ሁሉ ወንጌልን ይሰብክ ነበር።

⁴⁰But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.