¹በቂሣርያም ኢጣሊቄ ለሚሉት ጭፍራ የመቶ አለቃ የሆነ ቆርኔሌዎስ የሚሉት አንድ ሰው ነበረ።

¹But a certain man in Caesarea, -- by name Cornelius, a centurion of the band called Italic,

²እርሱም ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር እግዚአብሔርን የሚያመልክና የሚፈራ ለሕዝብም እጅግ ምጽዋት የሚያደርግ ወደ እግዚአብሔርም ሁልጊዜ የሚጸልይ ነበረ።

²pious, and fearing God with all his house, [both] giving much alms to the people, and supplicating God continually,

³ከቀኑም ዘጠኝ ሰዓት ያህል። ቆርኔሌዎስ ሆይ የሚለው የእግዚአብሔር መልአክ ወደ እርሱ ሲገባ በራእይ በግልጥ አየው።

³-- saw plainly in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming unto him, and saying to him, Cornelius.

⁴እርሱም ትኵር ብሎ ሲመለከተው ደንግጦ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ምንድር ነው? አለ። መልአኩም አለው። ጸሎትህና ምጽዋትህ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ለመታሰቢያ እንዲሆን አረገ።

⁴But he, having fixed his eyes upon him, and become full of fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thine alms have gone up for a memorial before God.

⁵አሁንም ወደ ኢዮጴ ሰዎችን ልከህ ጴጥሮስ የሚባለውን ስምዖንን አስመጣ።

⁵And now send men to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter.

⁶እርሱ ቤቱ በባሕር አጠገብ ባለው በቍርበት ፋቂው በስምዖን ዘንድ እንግድነት ተቀምጦአል፤ ልታደርገው የሚገባህን እርሱ ይነግርሃል።

⁶He lodges with a certain Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.

⁷የተናገረውም መልአክ በሄደ ጊዜ፥ ከሎሎዎቹ ሁለቱን፥ ከማይለዩትም ጭፍሮቹ እግዚአብሔርን የሚያመልክ አንዱን ወታደር ጠርቶ፥

⁷And when the angel who was speaking to him had departed, having called two of his household and a pious soldier of those who were constantly with him,

⁸ነገሩን ሁሉ ተረከላቸው ወደ ኢዮጴም ላካቸው።

⁸and related all things to them, he sent them to Joppa.

⁹እነርሱም በነገው ሲሄዱ ወደ ከተማም ሲቀርቡ፥ ጴጥሮስ በስድስት ሰዓት ያህል ይጸልይ ዘንድ ወደ ጣራው ወጣ።

⁹And on the morrow, as these were journeying and drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the house to pray, about the sixth hour.

¹⁰ተርቦም ሊበላ ወደደ፤ ሲያዘጋጁለት ሳሉም ተመስጦ መጣበት፤

¹⁰And he became hungry and desired to eat. But as they were making ready an ecstasy came upon him:

¹¹ሰማይም ተከፍቶ በአራት ማዕዘን የተያዘ ታላቅ ሸማ የሚመስል ዕቃ ወደ ምድር ሲወርድ አየ፤

¹¹and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, [bound] by [the] four corners [and] let down to the earth;

¹²በዚያውም አራት እግር ያላቸው ሁሉ አራዊትም በምድርም የሚንቀሳቀሱት የሰማይ ወፎችም ነበሩበት።

¹²in which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and the fowls of the heaven.

¹³ጴጥሮስ ሆይ፥ ተነሣና አርደህ ብላ የሚልም ድምፅ ወደ እርሱ መጣ።

¹³And there was a voice to him, Rise, Peter, slay and eat.

¹⁴ጴጥሮስ ግን። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አይሆንም፤ አንዳች ርኵስ የሚያስጸይፍም ከቶ በልቼ አላውቅምና አለ።

¹⁴And Peter said, In no wise, Lord; for I have never eaten anything common or unclean.

¹⁵ደግሞም ሁለተኛ። እግዚአብሔር ያነጻውን አንተ አታርክሰው የሚል ድምፅ ወደ እርሱ መጣ።

¹⁵And [there was] a voice again the second time to him, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.

¹⁶ይህም ሦስት ጊዜ ሆነ፥ ወዲያውም ዕቃው ወደ ሰማይ ተወሰደ።

¹⁶And this took place thrice, and the vessel was straightway taken up into heaven.

¹⁷ጴጥሮስም ስላየው ራእይ። ምን ይሆን? ብሎ በልቡ ሲያመነታ፥ እነሆ፥ ቆርኔሌዎስ የላካቸው ሰዎች ስለ ስምዖን ቤት ጠይቀው ወደ ደጁ ቀረቡ፤

¹⁷And as Peter doubted in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold also the men who were sent by Cornelius, having sought out the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

¹⁸ድምፃቸውንም ከፍ አድርገው። ጴጥሮስ የተባለው ስምዖን በዚህ እንግድነት ተቀምጦአልን? ብለው ይጠይቁ ነበር።

¹⁸and having called [some one], they inquired if Simon who was surnamed Peter was lodged there.

¹⁹ጴጥሮስም ስለ ራእዩ ሲያወጣ ሲያወርድ ሳለ፥ መንፈስ። እነሆ፥ ሦስት ሰዎች ይፈልጉሃል፤

¹⁹But as Peter continued pondering over the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men seek thee;

²⁰ተነሥተህ ውረድ፥ እኔም ልኬአቸዋለሁና ሳትጠራጠር ከእነርሱ ጋር ሂድ አለው።

²⁰but rise up, go down, and go with them, nothing doubting, because *I* have sent them.

²¹ጴጥሮስም ወደ ሰዎቹ ወርዶ። እነሆ፥ የምትፈልጉኝ እኔ ነኝ፤ የመጣችሁበትስ ምክንያት ምንድር ነው? አላቸው።

²¹And Peter going down to the men said, Behold, *I* am he whom ye seek: what is the cause for which ye come?

²²እነርሱም። ጻድቅ ሰው እግዚአብሔርንም የሚፈራ በአይሁድም ሕዝብ ሁሉ የተመሰከረለት የመቶ አለቃ ቆርኔሌዎስ ወደ ቤቱ ያስመጣህ ዘንድ ከአንተም ቃልን ይሰማ ዘንድ ከቅዱስ መልአክ ተረዳ አሉት።

²²And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and borne witness to by the whole nation of the Jews, has been divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and hear words from thee.

²³እርሱም ወደ ውስጥ ጠርቶ እንድግድነት ተቀበላቸው። በነገውም ተነሥቶ ከእነርሱ ጋር ወጣ፥ በኢዮጴም ከነበሩት ወንድሞች አንዳንዶቹ ከእርሱ ጋር አብረው ሄዱ።

²³Having therefore invited them in, he lodged them. And on the morrow, rising up he went away with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa went with him.

²⁴በነገውም ወደ ቂሣርያ ገቡ፤ ቆርኔሌዎስም ዘመዶቹንና የቅርብ ወዳጆቹን በአንድነት ጠርቶ ይጠባበቃቸው ነበር።

²⁴And on the morrow they came to Caesarea. But Cornelius was looking for them, having called together his kinsmen and [his] intimate friends.

²⁵ጴጥሮስም በገባ ጊዜ ቆርኔሌዎስ ተገናኝቶ ከእግሩ በታች ወደቀና ሰገደለት።

²⁵And when Peter was now coming in, Cornelius met him, and falling down did [him] homage.

²⁶ጴጥሮስ ግን። ተነሣ፤ እኔ ራሴ ደግሞ ሰው ነኝ ብሎ አስነሣው።

²⁶But Peter made him rise, saying, Rise up: *I* myself also am a man.

²⁷ከእርሱም ጋር እየተነጋገረ ገባ፥ ብዙዎችም ተከማችተው አግኝቶ።

²⁷And he went in, talking with him, and found many gathered together.

²⁸አይሁዳዊ ሰው ከሌላ ወገን ጋር ይተባበር ወይም ይቃረብ ዘንድ እንዳልተፈቀደ እናንተ ታውቃላችሁ፤ ለእኔ ግን እግዚአብሔር ማንንም ሰው ርኵስና የሚያስጸይፍ ነው እንዳልል አሳየኝ፤

²⁸And he said to them, *Ye* know how it is unlawful for a Jew to be joined or come to one of a strange race, and to *me* God has shewn to call no man common or unclean.

²⁹ስለዚህም ደግሞ ብትጠሩኝ ሳልከራከር መጣሁ። አሁንም በምን ምክንያት አስመጣችሁኝ? ብዬ እጠይቃችኋለሁ አላቸው።

²⁹Wherefore also, having been sent for, I came without saying anything against it. I inquire therefore for what reason ye have sent for me.

³⁰ቆርኔሌዎስም እንዲህ አለው። በዚች ሰዓት የዛሬ አራት ቀን የዘጠኝ ሰዓት ጸሎት በቤቴ እጸልይ ነበር፤ እነሆም፥ የሚያንጸባርቅ ልብስ የለበሰ ሰው በፊቴ ቆመና።

³⁰And Cornelius said, Four days ago I had been [fasting] unto this hour, and the ninth [I was] praying in my house, and lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

³¹ቆርኔሌዎስ ሆይ፥ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ጸሎትህ ተሰማ ምጽዋትህም ታሰበ።

³¹and said, Cornelius, thy prayer has been heard, and thy alms have come in remembrance before God.

³²እንግዲህ ወደ ኢዮጴ ልከህ ጴጥሮስ የተባለውን ስምዖንን አስጠራ፤ እርሱ በቍርበት ፋቂው በስምዖን ቤት በባሕር አጠገብ እንግድነት ተቀምጦአል አለኝ።

³²Send therefore to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter; he lodges in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea [who when he is come will speak to thee].

³³ስለዚህ ያን ጊዜ ወደ አንተ ላክሁ፥ አንተም በመምጣትህ መልካም አድርገሃል። እንግዲህ አንተ ከእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ የታዘዝኸውን ሁሉ እንድንሰማ እኛ ሁላችን አሁን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በዚህ አለን።

³³Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and *thou* hast well done in coming. Now therefore *we* are all present before God to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

³⁴ጴጥሮስም አፉን ከፍቶ እንዲህ አለ። እግዚአብሔር ለሰው ፊት እንዳያደላ ነገር ግን በአሕዛብ ሁሉ እርሱን የሚፈራና ጽድቅን የሚያደርግ በእርሱ የተወደደ እንደ ሆነ በእውነት አስተዋልሁ።

³⁴And Peter opening his mouth said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,

³⁶የሁሉ ጌታ በሚሆን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሰላምን እየሰበከ ይህን ቃል ወደ እስራኤል ልጆች ላከ።

³⁵but in every nation he that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

³⁷ዮሐንስ ከሰበከው ጥምቀት በኋላ ከገሊላ ጀምሮ በይሁዳ ሁሉ የሆነውን ነገር እናንተ ታውቃላችሁ።

³⁶The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (*he* is Lord of all things,)

³⁸እግዚአብሔር የናዝሬቱን ኢየሱስን በመንፈስ ቅዱስ በኃይልም ቀባው፥ እርሱም መልካም እያደረገ ለዲያብሎስም የተገዙትን ሁሉ እየፈወሰ ዞረ፥ እግዚአብሔር ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረና፤

³⁷*ye* know; the testimony which has spread through the whole of Judaea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached --

³⁹እኛም በአይሁድ አገርና በኢየሩሳሌም ባደረገው ነገር ሁሉ ምስክሮች ነን፤ እርሱንም በእንጨት ላይ ሰቅለው ገደሉት።

³⁸Jesus who [was] of Nazareth: how God anointed him with [the] Holy Spirit and with power; who went through [all quarters] doing good, and healing all that were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.

⁴⁰እርሱን እግዚአብሔር በሦስተኛው ቀን አስነሣው ይገለጥም ዘንድ ሰጠው፤

³⁹*We* also [are] witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they also slew, having hanged him on a cross.

⁴¹ይኸውም ለሕዝብ ሁሉ አይደለም ነገር ግን በእግዚአብሔር አስቀድሞ የተመረጡ ምስክሮች ለሆንን ለእኛ ነው እንጂ፤ ከሙታንም ከተነሣ በኋላ ከእርሱ ጋር የበላን የጠጣንም እኛ ነን።

⁴⁰This [man] God raised up the third day and gave him to be openly seen,

⁴²ለሕዝብም እንድንሰብክና በሕያዋንና በሙታን ሊፈርድ በእግዚአብሔር የተወሰነ እርሱ እንደ ሆነ እንመሰክር ዘንድ አዘዘን።

⁴¹not of all the people, but of witnesses who were chosen before of God, *us* who have eaten and drunk with him after he arose from among [the] dead.

⁴³በእርሱ የሚያምን ሁሉ በስሙ የኃጢአቱን ስርየት እንዲቀበል ነቢያት ሁሉ ይመሰክሩለታል።

⁴²And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that *he* it is who was determinately appointed of God [to be] judge of living and dead.

⁴⁴ጴጥሮስ ይህን ነገር ገና ሲናገር ቃሉን በሰሙት ሁሉ ላይ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ወረደ።

⁴³To him all the prophets bear witness that every one that believes on him will receive through his name remission of sins.

⁴⁵ከጴጥሮስም ጋር የመጡት ሁሉ ከተገረዙት ወገን የሆኑ ምዕመናን በአሕዛብ ላይ ደግሞ የመንፈስ ቅዱስ ስጦታ ስለ ፈሰሰ ተገረሙ፤

⁴⁴While Peter was yet speaking these words the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were hearing the word.

⁴⁶በልሳኖች ሲናገሩ እግዚአብሔርንም ሲያከብሩ ሰምተዋቸዋልና።

⁴⁵And the faithful of the circumcision were astonished, as many as came with Peter, that upon the nations also the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out:

⁴⁷በዚያን ጊዜ ጴጥሮስ መልሶ። እነዚህ እንደ እኛ ደግሞ መንፈስ ቅዱስን የተቀበሉ እንዳይጠመቁ ውኃን ይከለክላቸው ዘንድ የሚችል ማን ነው? አለ።

⁴⁶for they heard them speaking with tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

⁴⁸በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስምም ይጠመቁ ዘንድ አዘዛቸው። ከዚህ በኋላ ጥቂት ቀን እንዲቀመጥ ለመኑት።

⁴⁷Can any one forbid water that these should not be baptised, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also [did]?

⁴⁸And he commanded them to be baptised in the name of the Lord. Then they begged him to stay some days.