¹ሐዋርያትና በይሁዳም የነበሩት ወንድሞች አሕዛብ ደግሞ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እንደ ተቀበሉ ሰሙ።

¹And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;

²ጴጥሮስም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም በወጣ ጊዜ ከተገረዙት ወገን የሆኑት ሰዎች ከእርሱ ጋር ተከራክረው።

²and when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended with him,

³ወዳልተገረዙ ሰዎች ገብተህ ከእነርሱ ጋር በላህ አሉት።

³saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them.

⁴ጴጥሮስ ግን ከመጀመሪያው ጀምሮ በተራ ገለጠላቸው እንዲህም አለ።

⁴But Peter began and set forth [the matter] to them in order, saying,

⁵እኔ በኢዮጴ ከተማ ስጸልይ ሳለሁ ተመስጬ ራእይን አየሁ፤ ታላቅ ሸማ የመሰለ ዕቃ በአራት ማዕዘን ተይዞ ከሰማይ ወረደና ወደ እኔ መጣ፤

⁵I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me:

⁶ይህንም ትኵር ብዬ ስመለከት አራት እግር ያላቸውን የምድር እንስሶች አራዊትንም ተንቀሳቃሾችንም የሰማይ ወፎችንም አየሁ።

⁶on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven.

⁷ጴጥሮስ ሆይ፥ ተነሣና አርደህ ብላ የሚለኝንም ድምፅ ሰማሁ።

⁷And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat.

⁸እኔም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አይሆንም፤ ርኵስ ወይም የሚያስጸይፍ ከቶ ወደ አፌ ገብቶ አያውቅምና አልሁ።

⁸And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.

⁹ሁለተኛም። እግዚአብሔር ያነጻውን አንተ አታርክሰው የሚል ድምፅ ከሰማይ መለሰልኝ።

⁹And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.

¹⁰ይህም ሦስት ጊዜ ሆነ እንደ ገናም ሁሉ ወደ ሰማይ ተሳበ።

¹⁰And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven;

¹¹እነሆም፥ ያን ጊዜ ሦስት ሰዎች ከቂሣርያ ወደ እኔ ተልከው ወዳለሁበት ቤት ቀረቡ።

¹¹and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea.

¹²መንፈስም ሳልጠራጠር ከእነርሱ ጋር እሄድ ዘንድ ነገረኝ። እነዚህም ስድስቱ ወንድሞች ደግሞ ከእኔ ጋር መጡ ወደዚያ ሰውም ቤት ገባን።

¹²And the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting. And there went with me these six brethren also, and we entered into the house of the man,

¹³እርሱም መልአክ በቤቱ ቆሞ እንዳየና። ወደ ኢዮጴ ሰዎች ልከህ ጴጥሮስ የተባለውን ስምዖንን አስመጣ፤

¹³and he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house, standing and saying [to him], Send [men] to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

¹⁴እርሱም አንተና የቤትህ ሰዎች ሁሉ የምትድኑበትን ነገር ይነግርሃል እንዳለው ነገረን።

¹⁴who shall speak words to thee whereby *thou* shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.

¹⁵ለመናገርም በጀመርሁ ጊዜ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ለእኛ ደግሞ በመጀመሪያ እንደ ወረደ ለእነርሱ ወረደላቸው።

¹⁵And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them even as upon us also at the beginning.

¹⁶ዮሐንስ በውኃ አጠመቀ እናንተ ግን በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ትጠመቃላችሁ ያለውም የጌታ ቃል ትዝ አለኝ።

¹⁶And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptised with water, but *ye* shall be baptised with [the] Holy Spirit.

¹⁷እንግዲህ እግዚአብሔር በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ላመነው ለእኛ ደግሞ እንደ ሰጠን ያን ስጦታ ለእነርሱ ከሰጠ፥ እግዚአብሔርን ለመከልከል እችል ዘንድ እኔ ማን ነበርሁ?

¹⁷If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was *I* to be able to forbid God?

¹⁸ይህን በሰሙ ጊዜም ዝም አሉና። እንኪያስ እግዚአብሔር ለአሕዛብ ደግሞ ለሕይወት የሚሆን ንስሐን ሰጣቸው እያሉ እግዚአብሔርን አከበሩ።

¹⁸And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life.

¹⁹በእስጢፋኖስም ላይ በተደረገው መከራ የተበተኑት እስከ ፊንቄ እስከ ቆጵሮስም እስከ አንጾኪያም ድረስ ዞሩ፥ ቃሉንም ለአይሁድ ብቻ እንጂ ለአንድ ስንኳ አይናገሩም ነበር።

¹⁹They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen, passed through [the country] to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone.

²⁰ከእነርሱ ግን የቆጵሮስና የቀሬና ሰዎች የነበሩት አንዳንዶቹ ወደ አንጾኪያ መጥተው የጌታን የኢየሱስን ወንጌል እየሰበኩ ለግሪክ ሰዎች ተናገሩ።

²⁰But there were certain of them, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who entering into Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, announcing the glad tidings of the Lord Jesus.

²¹የጌታም እጅ ከእነርሱ ጋር ነበረ፤ ቍጥራቸውም እጅግ የሚሆን ሰዎች አምነው ወደ ጌታ ዘወር አሉ።

²¹And [the] Lord's hand was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

²²ወሬውም በኢየሩሳሌም ባለችው ቤተ ክርስቲያን ስለ እነርሱ ተሰማ፥ በርናባስንም ወደ አንጾኪያ ላኩት፤

²²And the report concerning them reached the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go through as far as Antioch:

²³እርሱም መጥቶ የእግዚአብሔርን ጸጋ ባየ ጊዜ ደስ አለው፥ ሁሉንም በልባቸው ፈቃድ በጌታ ጸንተው ይኖሩ ዘንድ መከራቸው፤

²³who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord;

²⁴ደግ ሰውና መንፈስ ቅዱስ እምነትም የሞላበት ነበረና። ብዙ ሕዝብም ወደ ጌታ ተጨመሩ።

²⁴for he was a good man and full of [the] Holy Spirit and of faith; and a large crowd [of people] were added to the Lord.

²⁵በርናባስም ሳውልን ሊፈልግ ወደ ጠርሴስ መጣ፤

²⁵And he went away to Tarsus to seek out Saul.

²⁶ባገኘውም ጊዜ ወደ አንጾኪያ አመጣው። በቤተ ክርስቲያንም አንድ ዓመት ሙሉ ተሰበሰቡ፥ ብዙ ሕዝብንም አስተማሩ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርትም መጀመሪያ በአንጾኪያ ክርስቲያን ተባሉ።

²⁶And having found [him], he brought him to Antioch. And so it was with them that for a whole year they were gathered together in the assembly and taught a large crowd: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

²⁷በዚያም ወራት ነቢያት ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ አንጾኪያ ወረዱ፤

²⁷Now in these days prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch;

²⁸ከእነርሱም አጋቦስ የሚሉት አንድ ሰው ተነሥቶ በዓለም ሁሉ ታላቅ ራብ ሊሆን እንዳለው በመንፈስ አመለከተ፤ ይህም በቀላውዴዎስ ቄሣር ዘመን ሆነ።

²⁸and one from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius.

²⁹ደቀ መዛሙርትም እያንዳንዳቸው እንደ ችሎታቸው መጠን አዋጥተው በይሁዳ ለሚኖሩት ወንድሞች እርዳታን ይልኩ ዘንድ ወሰኑ፤

²⁹And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister [to them];

³⁰እንዲህም ደግሞ አደረጉ፥ በበርናባስና በሳውልም እጅ ወደ ሽማግሌዎቹ ሰደዱት።

³⁰which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.