¹በዚያም ዘመን ንጉሡ ሄሮድስ መከራ ያጸናባቸው ዘንድ ከቤተ ክርስቲያኑ በአንዳንዶቹ ላይ እጁን ጫነባቸው።

¹At that time Herod the king laid his hands on some of those of the assembly to do them hurt,

²የዮሐንስንም ወንድም ያዕቆብን በሰይፍ ገደለው።

²and slew James, the brother of John, with the sword.

³አይሁድንም ደስ እንዳሰኛቸው አይቶ ጨምሮ ጴጥሮስን ደግሞ ያዘው። የቂጣ በዓልም ወራት ነበረ።

³And seeing that it was pleasing to the Jews, he went on to take Peter also: (and they were the days of unleavened bread:)

⁴በያዘውም ጊዜ ወደ ወኅኒ አገባው ከፋሲካም በኋላ ወደ ሕዝብ ያወጣው ዘንድ አስቦ እያንዳንዱ አራት ወታደሮች ሆነው እንዲጠብቁት ለአራት ጭፍራ ክፍል አሳልፎ ሰጠው።

⁴whom having seized he put in prison, having delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep, purposing after the passover to bring him out to the people.

⁵ጴጥሮስም በወኅኒ ይጠበቅ ነበር፤ ነገር ግን በቤተ ክርስቲያን ስለ እርሱ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጸሎት አጥብቆ ይደረግ ነበር።

⁵Peter therefore was kept in the prison; but unceasing prayer was made by the assembly to God concerning him.

⁶ሄሮድስም ሊያወጣው ባሰበ ጊዜ፥ በዚያች ሌሊት ጴጥሮስ በሁለት ሰንሰለት ታስሮ ከሁለት ወታደሮች መካከል ተኝቶ ነበር፤ ጠባቂዎችም በደጁ ፊት ሆነው ወኅኒውን ይጠብቁ ነበር።

⁶And when Herod was going to bring him forth, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door kept the prison.

⁷እነሆም፥ የጌታ መልአክ ቀረበ በቤትም ውስጥ ብርሃን በራ፤ ጴጥሮስንም ጎድኑን መትቶ አነቃውና። ፈጥነህ ተነሣ አለው። ሰንሰለቶቹም ከእጁ ወደቁ።

⁷And lo, an angel of [the] Lord came there, and a light shone in the prison: and having smitten the side of Peter, he roused him up, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off his hands.

⁸መልአኩም። ታጠቅና ጫማህን አግባ አለው፥ እንዲሁም አደረገ።

⁸And the angel said to him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he says to him, Cast thine upper garment about thee and follow me.

⁹ልብስህንም ልበስና ተከተለኝ አለው። ወጥቶም ተከተለው፤ ራእይንም የሚያይ ይመስለው ነበር እንጂ በመልአኩ የሚደረገው ነገር እውነት እንደ ሆነ አላወቀም።

⁹And going forth he followed [him] and did not know that what was happening by means of the angel was real, but supposed he saw a vision.

¹⁰የመጀመሪያውንና የሁለተኛውንም ዘብ አልፈው ወደ ከተማ ወደሚያወጣው ወደ ብረቱ መዝጊያ ደረሱ፤ እርሱም አውቆ ተከፈተላቸው፤ ወጥተውም አንዲት ስላች አለፉ ወዲያውም መልአኩ ከእርሱ ተለየ።

¹⁰And having passed through a first and second guard, they came to the iron gate which leads into the city, which opened to them of itself; and going forth they went down one street, and immediately the angel left him.

¹¹ጴጥሮስም ወደ ልቡ ተመልሶ። ጌታ መልአኩን ልኮ ከሄሮድስ እጅና የአይሁድ ሕዝብ ይጠብቁት ከነበረው ሁሉ እንደ አዳነኝ አሁን በእውነት አወቅሁ አለ።

¹¹And Peter, being come to himself, said, Now I know certainly that [the] Lord has sent forth his angel and has taken me out of the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

¹²ባስተዋለም ጊዜ እጅግ ሰዎች ተከማችተው ይጸልዩበት ወደ ነበረው ማርቆስ ወደ ተባለው ወደ ዮሐንስ እናት ወደ ማርያም ቤት መጣ።

¹²And having become clearly conscious [in himself], he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was surnamed Mark, where were many gathered together and praying.

¹³ጴጥሮስም የደጁን መዝጊያ ባንኳኳ ጊዜ ሮዴ የሚሉአት አንዲት ገረድ ትሰማ ዘንድ ቀረበች፤

¹³And when he had knocked at the door of the entry, a maid came to listen, by name Rhoda;

¹⁴የጴጥሮስ ድምፅ መሆኑንም ባወቀች ጊዜ ከደስታዋ የተነሣ ደጁን አልከፈተችም፥ ነገር ግን ወደ ውስጥ ሮጣ ጴጥሮስ በደጅ ፊት ቆሞ እንዳለ አወራች።

¹⁴and having recognised the voice of Peter, through joy did not open the entry, but running in, reported that Peter was standing before the entry.

¹⁵እነርሱም። አብደሻል አሉአት። እርስዋ ግን እንዲሁ እንደ ሆነ ታስረግጥ ነበር። እነርሱም። መልአኩ ነው አሉ።

¹⁵And they said to her, Thou art mad. But she maintained that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

¹⁶ጴጥሮስ ግን ማንኳኳቱን አዘወተረ፤ ከፍተውም አዩትና ተገረሙ።

¹⁶But Peter continued knocking: and having opened, they saw him and were astonished.

¹⁷ግን ዝም እንዲሉ በእጁ ጠቅሶ ጌታ ከወኅኒ እንዴት እንዳወጣው ተረከላቸውና። ይህን ለያዕቆብና ለወንድሞች ንገሩ አላቸው። ወጥቶም ወደ ሌላ ስፍራ ሄደ።

¹⁷And having made a sign to them with his hand to be silent, he related [to them] how the Lord had brought him out of prison; and he said, Report these things to James and to the brethren. And he went out and went to another place.

¹⁸በነጋም ጊዜ። ጴጥሮስን ምን አግኝቶት ይሆን? ብለው በጭፍሮች ዘንድ ብዙ ሁከት ሆነ።

¹⁸And when it was day there was no small disturbance among the soldiers, what then was become of Peter.

¹⁹ሄሮድስም አስፈልጎ ባጣው ጊዜ ጠባቂዎችን መረመረ ይገድሉአቸውም ዘንድ አዘዘ፤ ከይሁዳም ወደ ቂሣርያ ወርዶ በዚያ ተቀመጠ።

¹⁹And Herod having sought him and not found him, having examined the guards, commanded [them] to be executed. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea and stayed [there].

²⁰ከጢሮስና ከሲዶና ሰዎችም ጋር ተጣልቶ ነበር፤ በአንድ ልብ ሆነውም ወደ እርሱ መጡ፥ የንጉሥንም ቢትወደድ ብላስጦስን እሺ አሰኝተው ዕርቅ ለመኑ፥ አገራቸው ከንጉሥ አገር ምግብ ያገኝ ነበረና።

²⁰And he was in bitter hostility with [the] Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came to him with one accord, and, having gained Blastus the king's chamberlain, sought peace, because their country was nourished by the king's.

²¹በተቀጠረ ቀንም ሄሮድስ ልብሰ መንግሥቱን ለብሶ በዙፋን ተቀመጠ እነርሱንም ተናገራቸው፤

²¹And on a set day, clothed in royal apparel and sitting on the elevated seat [of honour], Herod made a public oration to them.

²²ሕዝቡም። የእግዚአብሔር ድምፅ ነው የሰውም አይደለም ብለው ጮኹ።

²²And the people cried out, A god's voice and not a man's.

²³ለእግዚአብሔርም ክብር ስላልሰጠ ያን ጊዜ የጌታ መልአክ መታው በትልም ተበልቶ ሞተ።

²³And immediately an angel of [the] Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms.

²⁴የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ግን ያድግና ይበዛ ነበር።

²⁴But the word of God grew and spread itself.

²⁵በርናባስና ሳውልም አገልግሎታቸውን ፈጽመው ከኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሱ፥ ማርቆስ የተባለውን ዮሐንስንም ከእነርሱ ጋር ይዘውት መጡ።

²⁵And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having fulfilled the service [entrusted to them], taking also with them John, surnamed Mark.