¹ሳውል ግን የጌታን ደቀ መዛሙርት እንዲገድላቸው ገና እየዛተ ወደ ሊቀ ካህናት ሄደ፥

¹But Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

²በዚህ መንገድ ያሉትንም ሰዎች ወንዶችንም ሴቶችንም ቢያገኝ፥ እያሰረ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ያመጣቸው ዘንድ በደማስቆ ላሉት ምኵራቦች ደብዳቤ ከእርሱ ለመነ።

²and asked of him letters to Damascus unto the synagogues, that if he found any that were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

³ሲሄድም ወደ ደማስቆ በቀረበ ጊዜ ድንገት በእርሱ ዙሪያ ከሰማይ ብርሃን አንጸባረቀ፤

³And as he journeyed, it came to pass that he drew nigh unto Damascus: and suddenly there shone round about him a light out of heaven:

⁴በምድርም ላይ ወድቆ ሳለ። ሳውል ሳውል፥ ስለ ምን ታሳድደኛለህ? የሚለውን ድምፅ ሰማ።

⁴and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

⁵ጌታ ሆይ፥ ማን ነህ? አለው። እርሱም። አንተ የምታሳድደኝ እኔ ኢየሱስ ነኝ፤ የመውጊያውን ብረት ብትቃወም ለአንተ ይብስብሃል አለው።

⁵And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he [said], I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:

⁶እየተንቀጠቀጠና እየተደነቀ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ምን አደርግ ዘንድ ትወዳለህ? አለው። ጌታም። ተነሥተህ ወደ ከተማ ግባና ታደርገው ዘንድ የሚያስፈልግህን ይነግሩሃል አለው።

⁶but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

⁷ከእርሱም ጋር በመንገድ የሄዱ ሰዎች ድምፁን እየሰሙ ማንን ግን ሳያዩ እንደ ዲዳዎች ቁሙ።

⁷And the men that journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing the voice, but beholding no man.

⁸ሳውልም ከምድር ተነሣ፥ አይኖቹም በተከፈቱ ጊዜ ምንም አላየም፤ እጁንም ይዘው እየመሩ ወደ ደማስቆ አገቡት።

⁸And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw nothing; and they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

⁹ሳያይም ሦስት ቀን ኖረ፤ አልበላምም አልጠጣምም።

⁹And he was three days without sight, and did neither eat nor drink.

¹⁰በደማስቆም ሐናንያ የሚሉት አንድ ደቀ መዝሙር ነበረ፥ ጌታም በራእይ። ሐናንያ ሆይ፥ አለው። እርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እነሆኝ አለ።

¹⁰Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said unto him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I [am here], Lord.

¹¹ጌታም። ተነሥተህ ቅን ወደ ሚባለው መንገድ ሂድ፥ በይሁዳ ቤትም ሳውል የሚሉትን አንድ የጠርሴስ ሰው ፈልግ፤

¹¹And the Lord [said] unto him, Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus: for behold, he prayeth;

¹²እነሆ፥ እርሱ ይጸልያልና፤ ሐናንያ የሚሉትም ሰው ገብቶ ደግሞ እንዲያይ እጁን ሲጭንበት አይቶአል አለው።

¹²and he hath seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight.

¹³ሐናንያም መልሶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በኢየሩሳሌም በቅዱሳንህ ላይ ስንት ክፉ እንዳደረገ ስለዚህ ሰው ከብዙዎች ሰምቼአለሁ፤

¹³But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much evil he did to thy saints at Jerusalem:

¹⁴በዚህም ስምህን የሚጠሩትን ሁሉ ለማሰር ከካህናት አለቆች ሥልጣን አለው አለ።

¹⁴and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.

¹⁵ጌታም። ይህ በአሕዛብም በነገሥታትም በእስራኤልም ልጆች ፊት ስሜን ይሸከም ዘንድ ለእኔ የተመረጠ ዕቃ ነውና ሂድ፤

¹⁵But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel:

¹⁶ስለ ስሜ ስንት መከራ ሊቀበል እንዲያስፈልገው እኔ አመለክተዋለሁና አለው።

¹⁶for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.

¹⁷ሐናንያም ሄዶ ወደ ቤቱ ገባ፥ እጁንም ጭኖበት። ወንድሜ ሳውል ሆይ፥ ጌታ፥ እርሱም በመጣህበት መንገድ የታየህ ኢየሱስ ነው፥ ደግሞ ታይ ዘንድና መንፈስ ቅዱስ ይሞላብህ ዘንድ ላከኝ አለ።

¹⁷And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and laying his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, [even] Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸ወዲያውም እንደ ቅርፊት ያለ ከዓይኑ ወደቀ፥ ያን ጊዜም ደግሞ አየ፤ ተነሥቶም ተጠመቀ፥

¹⁸And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight; and he arose and was baptized;

¹⁹መብልም በልቶ በረታ። በደማስቆም ካሉት ደቀ መዛሙርት ጋር ጥቂት ቀን ኖረ።

¹⁹and he took food and was strengthened. And he was certain days with the disciples that were at Damascus.

²⁰ወዲያውም ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እርሱ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆነ በምኵራቦቹ ሰበከ።

²⁰And straightway in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, that he is the Son of God.

²¹የሰሙትም ሁሉ ተገረሙና። ይህ በኢየሩሳሌም ይህን ስም የሚጠሩትን ያጠፋ አይደለምን? ስለዚህስ ታስረው ወደ ካህናት አለቆች ይወስዳቸው ዘንድ ወደዚህ አልመጣምን? አሉ።

²¹And all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that in Jerusalem made havoc of them that called on this name? and he had come hither for this intent, that he might bring them bound before the chief priests.

²²ሳውል ግን እየበረታ ሄደ፥ በደማስቆም ለተቀመጡት አይሁድ ይህ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ አስረድቶ መልስ ያሳጣቸው ነበር።

²²But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews that dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

²³ብዙ ቀንም ሲሞላ አይሁድ ሊገድሉት ተማከሩ፤

²³And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him:

²⁴ሳውል ግን አሳባቸውን አወቀ። ይገድሉትም ዘንድ በሌሊትና በቀን የከተማይቱን በር ሁሉ ይጠቀብቁ ነበር፤

²⁴but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night that they might kill him:

²⁵ደቀ መዛሙርት ግን በሌሊት ወስደው በቅጥር ላይ አሳልፈው በቅርጫት አወረዱት።

²⁵but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

²⁶ሳውልም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም በደረሰ ጊዜ ከደቀ መዛሙርት ጋር ይተባበር ዘንድ ሞከረ፤ ሁሉም ደቀ መዝሙር እንደ ሆነ ስላላመኑ ፈሩት።

²⁶And when he was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

²⁷በርናባስ ግን ወስዶ ወደ ሐዋርያት አገባውና ጌታን በመንገድ እንዴት እንዳየውና እንደ ተናገረው በደማስቆም በኢየሱስ ስም ደፍሮ እንዴት እንደ ነገረ ተረከላቸው።

²⁷But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.

²⁸በጌታም በኢየሱስ ስም ደፍሮ እየተናገረ በኢየሩሳሌም ሲወጣና ሲገባ ከእነርሱ ጋር ነበረ፤

²⁸And he was with them going in and going out at Jerusalem,

²⁹ከግሪክ አገርም መጥተው ከነበሩት አይሁድ ጋር ይነጋገርና ይከራከር ነበር፤ እነርሱ ግን ሊገድሉት ፈለጉ።

²⁹preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they were seeking to kill him.

³⁰ወንድሞችም ይህን ባወቁ ጊዜ ወደ ቂሣርያ ወሰዱት ወደ ጠርሴስም ሰደዱት።

³⁰And when the brethren knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

³¹በይሁዳም ሁሉና በገሊላ በሰማርያም የነበሩት አብያተ ክርስቲያናት በሰላም ኖሩ ታነጹም፤ በእግዚአብሔርም ፍርሃትና በመንፈስ ቅዱስ መጽናናት እየሄዱ ይበዙ ነበር።

³¹So the church throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified; and, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.

³²ጴጥሮስም በየስፍራው ሁሉ ሲዞር በልዳ ወደሚኖሩ ቅዱሳን ደግሞ ወረደ።

³²And it came to pass, as Peter went throughout all parts, he came down also to the saints that dwelt at Lydda.

³³በዚያም ከስምንት ዓመት ጀምሮ በአልጋ ላይ ተኝቶ የነበረውን ኤንያ የሚሉትን አንድ ሰው አገኘ፤ እርሱም ሽባ ነበረ።

³³And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had kept his bed eight years; for he was palsied.

³⁴ጴጥሮስም። ኤንያ ሆይ፥ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ይፈውስሃል፤ ተነሣ ለራስህም አንጥፍ አለው።

³⁴And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ healeth thee: arise and make thy bed. And straightway he arose.

³⁵ወዲያውም ተነሣ። በልዳና በሰሮናም የሚኖሩ ሁሉ እርሱን አይተው ወደ ጌታ ዘወር አሉ።

³⁵And all that dwelt at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

³⁶በኢዮጴም ጣቢታ የሚሉአት አንዲት ደቀ መዝሙር ነበረች፥ ትርጓሜውም ዶርቃ ማለት ነው፤ እርስዋም መልካም ነገር የሞላባት ምጽዋትም የምታደርግ ነበረች።

³⁶Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

³⁷በዚያም ወራት ታመመችና ሞተች፤ አጥበውም በሰገነት አኖሩአት።

³⁷And it came to pass in those days, that she fell sick, and died: and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber.

³⁸ልዳም ለኢዮጴ ቅርብ ናትና ደቀ መዛሙርት ጴጥሮስ በዚያ እንዳለ ሰምተው፥ ወደ እነርሱ ከመምጣት እንዳይዘገይ እየለመኑ ሁለት ሰዎች ወደ እርሱ ላኩ።

³⁸And as Lydda was nigh unto Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men unto him, entreating him, Delay not to come on unto us.

³⁹ጴጥሮስም ተነሥቶ ከእነርሱ ጋር መጣ፤ በደረሰም ጊዜ በሰገነት አወጡት መበለቶችም ሁሉ እያለቀሱ ዶርቃ ከእነርሱ ጋር ሳለች ያደረገቻቸውን ቀሚሶችንና ልብሶችን ሁሉ እያሳዩት በፊቱ ቆሙ።

³⁹And Peter arose and went with them. And when he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

⁴⁰ጴጥሮስም ሁሉን ወደ ውጭ አስወጥቶ ተንበርክኮም ጸለየ፥ ወደ ሬሳውም ዘወር ብሎ። ጣቢታ ሆይ፥ ተነሺ አላት። እርስዋም ዓይኖችዋን ከፈተች ጴጥሮስንም ባየች ጊዜ ተቀመጠች።

⁴⁰But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down and prayed; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

⁴¹እጁንም ለእርስዋ ሰጥቶ አስነሣት፤ ቅዱሳንንና መበለቶችንም ጠራ ሕያውም ሆና በፊታቸው አቆማት።

⁴¹And he gave her his hand, and raised her up; and calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

⁴²ይህም በኢዮጴ ሁሉ የታወቀ ሆነ፥ ብዙ ሰዎችም በጌታ አመኑ።

⁴²And it became known throughout all Joppa: and many believed on the Lord.

⁴³በኢዮጴም ስምዖን ከሚሉት ከአንድ ቍርበት ፋቂ ጋር አያሌ ቀን ኖረ።

⁴³And it came to pass, that he abode many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.