¹በአንጾኪያም ባለችው ቤተ ክርስቲያን ነቢያትና መምህራን ነበሩ፤ እነርሱም በርናባስ፥ ኔጌር የተባለው ስምዖንም፥ የቀሬናው ሉክዮስም፥ የአራተኛው ክፍል ገዥ የሄሮድስም ባለምዋል ምናሔ፥ ሳውልም ነበሩ።

¹Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was [there], prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

²እነዚህም ጌታን ሲያመልኩና ሲጦሙ መንፈስ ቅዱስ። በርናባስንና ሳውልን ለጠራኋቸው ሥራ ለዩልኝ አለ።

²And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

³በዚያን ጊዜም ከጦሙ ከጸለዩም እጃቸውንም ከጫኑ በኋላ አሰናበቱአቸው።

³Then, having fasted and prayed, and having laid [their] hands on them, they let [them] go.

⁴እነርሱም በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ተልከው ወደ ሴሌውቅያ ወረዱ፤ ከዚያም በመርከብ ወደ ቆጵሮስ ሄዱ።

⁴They therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed away to Cyprus.

⁵በስልማናም በነበሩ ጊዜ በአይሁድ ምኵራቦች የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ሰበኩ፤ አገልጋይም ዮሐንስ ነበራቸው።

⁵And being in Salamis, they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also as [their] attendant.

⁶ደሴቲቱንም ሁሉ እስከ ጳፉ በዞሩ ጊዜ፥ በርያሱስ የሚሉትን ጠንቋይና ሐሰተኛ ነቢይ የሆነውን አንድ አይሁዳዊ ሰው አገኙ፤

⁶And having passed through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man a magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus,

⁷እርሱም አስተዋይ ሰው ከሆነው ሰርግዮስ ጳውሎስ ከሚባለው አገረ ገዥ ጋር ነበረ። ይህም በርናባስንና ሳውልን ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ሊሰማ ፈለገ።

⁷who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. *He*, having called Barnabas and Saul to [him], desired to hear the word of God.

⁸ጠንቋዩ ግን ኤልማስ፥ ስሙ እንዲሁ ይተረጐማልና፥ አገረ ገዡን ከማመን ሊያጣምም ፈልጎ ተቃወማቸው።

⁸But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

⁹ጳውሎስ የተባለው ሳውል ግን መንፈስ ቅዱስን ተሞልቶ ትኵር ብሎ ሲመለከተው።

⁹But Saul, who also [is] Paul, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, fixing his eyes upon him,

¹⁰አንተ ተንኰል ሁሉ ክፋትም ሁሉ የሞላብህ፥ የዲያብሎስ ልጅ፥ የጽድቅም ሁሉ ጠላት፥ የቀናውን የጌታን መንገድ ከማጣመም አታርፍምን?

¹⁰said, O full of all deceit and all craft: son of [the] devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease perverting the right paths of [the] Lord?

¹¹አሁንም፥ እነሆ፥ የጌታ እጅ በአንተ ላይ ናት፥ ዕውርም ትሆናለህ እስከ ጊዜውም ፀሐይን አታይም አለው። ያን ጊዜም ጭጋግና ጨለማ ወደቀበት፥ በእጁም የሚመራውን እየዞረ ፈለገ።

¹¹And now behold, [the] Lord's hand [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and going about he sought persons who should lead him by the hand.

¹²በዚያን ጊዜ አገረ ገዡ የተደረገውን ባየ ጊዜ ከጌታ ትምህርት የተነሣ ተገርሞ አመነ።

¹²Then the proconsul, seeing what had happened, believed, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.

¹³ጳውሎስም ከጓደኞቹ ጋር ከጳፉ ተነሥቶ የጵንፍልያ ወደምትሆን ወደ ጴርጌን መጣ፤ ዮሐንስም ከእነርሱ ተለይቶ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሰ።

¹³And having sailed from Paphos, Paul and his company came to Perga of Pamphylia; and John separated from them and returned to Jerusalem.

¹⁴እነርሱ ግን ከጴርጌን አልፈው የጲስድያ ወደምትሆን ወደ አንጾኪያ ደረሱ፤ በሰንበትም ቀን ወደ ምኵራብ ገብተው ተቀመጡ።

¹⁴But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day they sat down.

¹⁵ሕግና ነቢያትም ከተነበቡ በኋላ የምኵራቡ አለቆች። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ሕዝብን የሚመክር ቃል እንዳላችሁ ተናገሩ ብለው ላኩባቸው።

¹⁵And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation to the people, speak.

¹⁶ጳውሎስም ተነሣና በእጁ ጠቅሶ እንዲህ አለ። የእስራኤል ሰዎችና እግዚአብሔርን የምትፈሩት ሆይ፥ ስሙ።

¹⁶And Paul, rising up and making a sign with the hand, said, Israelites, and ye that fear God, hearken.

¹⁷የዚህ የእስራኤል ሕዝብ አምላክ አባቶቻችንን መርጦ በግብፅ አገር በእንግድነት ሳሉ ሕዝቡን ከፍ ከፍ አደረጋቸው፥ ከፍ ባለችውም ክንዱ ከዚያ አወጣቸው።

¹⁷The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people in their sojourn in [the] land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought them out of it,

¹⁸በበረሀም አርባ ዓመት ያህል መገባቸው።

¹⁸and for a time of about forty years he nursed them in the desert.

¹⁹በከነዓንም አገር ሰባት አሕዛብን አጥፍቶ ምድራቸውን አወረሳቸው።

¹⁹And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.

²⁰ከዚህም በኋላ እስከ ነቢዩ እስከ ሳሙኤል ድረስ አራት መቶ አምሳ ዓመት ያህል መሳፍንትን ሰጣቸው።

²⁰And after these things he gave [them] judges till Samuel the prophet, [to the end of] about four hundred and fifty years.

²¹ከዚያም ወዲያ ንጉሥን ያነግሥላቸው ዘንድ ለመኑ፥ እግዚአብሔርም ከብንያም ወገን የሚሆን ሰው የቂስን ልጅ ሳኦልን አርባ ዓመት ሰጣቸው፤

²¹And then they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul, son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during forty years.

²²እርሱንም ከሻረው በኋላ ዳዊትን በእነርሱ ላይ እንዲነግሥ አስነሣው፥ ሲመሰክርለትም። እንደ ልቤ የሆነ ሰው ፈቃዴንም ሁሉ የሚያደርግ የእሴይን ልጅ ዳዊትን አገኘሁ አለ።

²²And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

²³ከዚህም ሰው ዘር እግዚአብሔር እንደ ተስፋው ቃል ለእስራኤል መድኃኒትን እርሱም ኢየሱስን አመጣ።

²³Of this man's seed according to promise has God brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

²⁴ከመምጣቱ በፊት ዮሐንስ አስቀድሞ ለእስራኤል ሕዝብ ሁሉ የንስሐን ጥምቀት ሰብኮ ነበር።

²⁴John having proclaimed before the face of his entry [among the people] [the] baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

²⁵ዮሐንስም ሩጫውን ሲፈጽም ሳለ። እኔ ማን እንደ ሆንሁ ታስባላችሁ? እኔስ እርሱን አይደለሁም፤ ነገር ግን እነሆ፥ የእግሩን ጫማ እፈታ ዘንድ ከማይገባኝ ከእኔ በኋላ ይመጣል ይል ነበር።

²⁵And as John was fulfilling his course he said, Whom do ye suppose that I am? *I* am not [he]. But behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

²⁶እናንተ ወንድሞቻችን፥ የአብርሃም ዘር ልጆች ከእናንተ መካከልም እግዚአብሔርን የምትፈሩ ሆይ፥ ለእናንተ የዚህ የመዳን ቃል ተላከ።

²⁶Brethren, sons of Abraham's race, and those who among you fear God, to you has the word of this salvation been sent:

²⁷በኢየሩሳሌም የሚኖሩ ሰዎችና አለቆቻቸው እርሱንና በየሰንበቱ የሚነበቡትን የነቢያትን ድምፆች ስላላወቁ በፍርዳቸው ፈጽመዋልና፤

²⁷for those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, have fulfilled also the voices of the prophets which are read on every sabbath, [by] judging [him].

²⁸ለሞትም የሚያደርስ ምክንያት አንድ ስንኳ ባያገኙበት፥ ይገድለው ዘንድ ጲላጦስን ለመኑት፤

²⁸And having found no cause of death [in him], they begged of Pilate that he might be slain.

²⁹ስለ እርሱም የተጻፈውን ሁሉ በፈጸሙ ጊዜ ከእንጨት አውርደው በመቃብር አኖሩት።

²⁹And when they had fulfilled all things written concerning him, they took him down from the cross and put him in a sepulchre;

³⁰እግዚአብሔር ግን ከሙታን አስነሣው፤

³⁰but God raised him from among [the] dead,

³¹በሕዝብም ዘንድ ምስክሮቹ ለሆኑት ከእርሱ ጋር ከገሊላ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ለወጡት ብዙ ቀን ታያቸው።

³¹who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

³²እኛም ለአባቶች የተሰጠውን ተስፋ የምስራቹን ለእናንተ እንሰብካለን፤

³²And *we* declare unto you the glad tidings of the promise made to the fathers,

³³ይህን ተስፋ እግዚአብሔር በሁለተኛው መዝሙር ደግሞ። አንተ ልጄ ነህ እኔ ዛሬ ወለድሁህ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ፥ ኢየሱስን አስነሥቶ ለእኛ ለልጆቻቸው ፈጽሞአልና።

³³that God has fulfilled this to us their children, having raised up Jesus; as it is also written in the second psalm, *Thou* art my Son: this day have *I* begotten thee.

³⁴እንደገናም ወደ መበስበስ እንዳይመለስ ከሙታን እንደ አስነሣው፥ እንዲህ። የታመነውን የዳዊትን ቅዱስ ተስፋ እሰጣችኋለሁ ብሎአል።

³⁴But that he raised him from among [the] dead, no more to return to corruption, he spoke thus: I will give to you the faithful mercies of David.

³⁵ደግሞ በሌላ ስፍራ። ቅዱስህን መበስበስን ያይ ዘንድ አትሰጠውም ይላልና።

³⁵Wherefore also he says in another, Thou wilt not suffer thy gracious one to see corruption.

³⁶ዳዊትም በራሱ ዘመን የእግዚአብሔርን አሳብ ካገለገለ በኋላ አንቀላፋ፥ ከአባቶቹም ጋር ተጨምሮ መበስበስን አየ፤

³⁶For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers and saw corruption.

³⁷ይህ እግዚአብሔር ያስነሣው ግን መበስበስን አላየም።

³⁷But he whom God raised up did not see corruption.

³⁸እንግዲህ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በእርሱ በኩል የኃጢአት ስርየት እንዲነገርላችሁ፥ በሙሴም ሕግ ትጸድቁበት ዘንድ ከማይቻላችሁ ሁሉ ያመነ ሁሉ በእርሱ እንዲጸድቅ በእናንተ ዘንድ የታወቀ ይሁን።

³⁸Be it known unto you, therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is preached to you,

⁴⁰እንግዲህ። እናንተ የምትንቁ፥ እዩ ተደነቁም ጥፉም አንድ ስንኳ ቢተርክላችሁ የማታምኑትን ሥራ በዘመናችሁ እኔ እሠራለሁና ተብሎ በነቢያት የተነገረው እንዳይደርስባችሁ ተጠንቀቁ።

³⁹and from all things from which ye could not be justified in the law of Moses, in him every one that believes is justified.

⁴²በወጡም ጊዜ ይህን ነገር በሚመጣው ሰንበት ይነግሩአቸው ዘንድ ለመኑአቸው።

⁴⁰See therefore that that which is spoken in the prophets do not come upon [you],

⁴³ጉባኤውም ከተፈታ በኋላ ከአይሁድና ወደ ይሁዲነት ገብተው ከሚያመልኩ ብዙዎች ጳውሎስንና በርናባስን ተከተሉአቸው፥ እነርሱም ሲነግሩአቸው በእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ ጸንተው እንዲኖሩ አስረዱአቸው።

⁴¹Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for *I* work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe if one declare it to you.

⁴⁴በሁለተኛውም ሰንበት ከጥቂቶቹ በቀር የከተማው ሰው ሁሉ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ይሰሙ ዘንድ ተሰበሰቡ።

⁴²And as they went out they begged that these words might be spoken to them the ensuing sabbath.

⁴⁵አይሁድም ብዙ ሕዝብ ባዩ ጊዜ ቅንዓት ሞላባቸው፥ እየተሳደቡም ጳውሎስ የተናገረውን ቃል ተቃወሙ።

⁴³And the congregation of the synagogue having broken up, many of the Jews and of the worshipping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

⁴⁶ጳውሎስና በርናባስም ገልጠው። የእግዚአብሔር ቃል አስቀድሞ ለእናንተ ይነገር ዘንድ ያስፈልጋል፤ ከገፋችሁትና የዘላለም ሕይወት እንዳይገባችሁ በራሳችሁ ከፈረዳችሁ ግን፥ እነሆ፥ ወደ አሕዛብ ዘወር እንላለን።

⁴⁴And on the coming sabbath almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God.

⁴⁷እንዲሁ ጌታ። እስከ ምድር ዳርቻ ድረስ ለማዳን ትሆን ዘንድ ለአሕዛብ ብርሃን አድርጌሃለሁ ብሎ አዞናልና አሉ።

⁴⁵But the Jews, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, [contradicting and] speaking injuriously.

⁴⁸አሕዛብም ሰምተው ደስ አላቸው የእግዚአብሔርንም ቃል አከበሩ፥ ለዘላለም ሕይወትም የተዘጋጁ ሁሉ አመኑ፤

⁴⁶And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the nations;

⁴⁹የጌታም ቃል በአገሩ ሁሉ ተስፋፋ።

⁴⁷for thus has the Lord enjoined us: I have set thee for a light of the nations, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth.

⁵⁰አይሁድ ግን የሚያመልኩትን የከበሩትንም ሴቶችና የከተማውን መኳንንት አወኩ፥ በጳውሎስና በበርናባስም ላይ ስደትን አስነሥተው ከአገራቸው አወጡአቸው።

⁴⁸And [those of] the nations, hearing it, rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord, and believed, as many as were ordained to eternal life.

⁵¹እነርሱ ግን የእግራቸውን ትቢያ አራግፈውባቸው ወደ ኢቆንዮን መጡ።

⁴⁹And the word of the Lord was carried through the whole country.

⁵²በደቀ መዛሙርትም ደስታና መንፈስ ቅዱስ ሞላባቸው።

⁵⁰But the Jews excited the women of the upper classes who were worshippers, and the first people of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their coasts.

⁵¹But they, having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium.

⁵²And the disciples were filled with joy and [the] Holy Spirit.