¹ወደ ደርቤንና ወደ ልስጥራንም ደረሰ። እነሆም፥ በዚያ የአንዲት ያመነች አይሁዳዊት ልጅ ጢሞቴዎስ የሚባል አንድ ደቀ መዝሙር ነበረ፤ አባቱ ግን የግሪክ ሰው ነበረ።

¹And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, by name Timotheus, son of a Jewish believing woman, but [the] father a Greek,

²ለእርሱም በልስጥራንና በኢቆንዮን ያሉ ወንድሞች መሰከሩለት።

²who had a [good] testimony of the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.

³ጳውሎስ ይህ ከእርሱ ጋር ይወጣ ዘንድ ወደደ፥ በእነዚያም ስፍራዎች ስለ ነበሩ አይሁድ ይዞ ገረዘው፤ አባቱ የግሪክ ሰው እንደ ሆነ ሁሉ ያውቁ ነበርና።

³Him would Paul have go forth with him, and took [him and] circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew his father that he was a Greek.

⁴በከተማዎችም ሲዞሩ በኢየሩሳሌም የነበሩት ሐዋርያትና ሽማግሌዎች የቈረጡትን ሥርዓት ይጠብቁ ዘንድ ሰጡአቸው።

⁴And as they passed through the cities they instructed them to observe the decrees determined on by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.

⁵አብያተ ክርስቲያናትም በሃያማኖት ይበረቱ ነበር፥ በቍጥርም ዕለት ዕለት ይበዙ ነበር።

⁵The assemblies therefore were confirmed in the faith, and increased in number every day.

⁶በእስያም ቃሉን እንዳይናገሩ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ስለ ከለከላቸው በፍርግያና በገላትያ አገር አለፉ፤

⁶And having passed through Phrygia and the Galatian country, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,

⁷በሚስያም አንጻር በደረሱ ጊዜ ወደ ቢታንያ ይሄዱ ዘድን ሞከሩ፥ የኢየሱስ መንፈስም አልፈቀደላቸውም፤

⁷having come down to Mysia, they attempted to go to Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;

⁸በሚስያም አጠገብ አልፈው ወደ ጢሮአዳ ወረዱ።

⁸and having passed by Mysia they descended to Troas.

⁹ራእይም ለጳውሎስ በሌሊት ታየው፤ አንድ የመቄዶንያ ሰው። ወደ መቄዶንያ ተሻገርና እርዳን እያለ ቆሞ ሲለምነው ነበር።

⁹And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There was a certain Macedonian man, standing and beseeching him, and saying, Pass over into Macedonia and help us.

¹⁰ራእዩንም ካየ በኋላ ወዲያው ወደ መቄዶንያ ልንወጣ ፈለግን፥ ወንጌልን እንሰብክላቸው ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ጠራን መስሎናልና።

¹⁰And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go forth to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to announce to them the glad tidings.

¹¹ከጢሮአዳም ተነሥተን በቀጥታ ወደ ሳሞትራቄ በነገውም ወደ ናጱሌ በመርከብ ሄድን፤

¹¹Having sailed therefore away from Troas, we went in a straight course to Samothracia, and on the morrow to Neapolis,

¹²ከዚያም ወደ ፊልጵስዩስ ደረስን፤ እርስዋም የመቄዶንያ ከተማ ሆና የወረዳ ዋና ከተማና ቅኝ አገር ናት፤ በዚህችም ከተማ አንዳንድ ቀን እንቀመጥ ነበር።

¹²and thence to Philippi, which is [the] first city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were staying in that city certain days.

¹³በሰንበት ቀንም ከከተማው በር ውጭ የጸሎት ስፍራ በዚያ መሆኑን ስላሰብን ወደ ወንዝ አጠገብ ወጣን፤ ተቀምጠንም ለተሰበሰቡት ሴቶች ተናገርን።

¹³And on the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where it was the custom for prayer to be, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had assembled.

¹⁴ከትያጥሮን ከተማም የመጣች ቀይ ሐር ሻጭ እግዚአብሔርን የምታመልክ ልድያ የሚሉአት አንዲት ሴት ትሰማ ነበረች፤ ጳውሎስም የሚናገረውን ታዳምጥ ዘንድ ጌታ ልብዋን ከፈተላት።

¹⁴And a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard; whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things spoken by Paul.

¹⁵እርስዋም ከቤተ ሰዎችዋ ጋር ከተጠመቀች በኋላ። በጌታ የማምን እንድሆን ከፈረዳችሁልኝ፥ ወደ ቤቴ ገብታችሁ ኑሩ ብላ ለመነችን፤ በግድም አለችን።

¹⁵And when she had been baptised and her house, she besought [us], saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide [there]. And she constrained us.

¹⁶ወደ ጸሎት ስፍራም ስንሄድ፥ የምዋርተኝነት መንፈስ የነበረባት ለጌቶችዋም እየጠነቈለች ብዙ ትርፍ ታመጣ የነበረች አንዲት ገረድ አገኘችን።

¹⁶And it came to pass as we were going to prayer that a certain female slave, having a spirit of Python, met us, who brought much profit to her masters by prophesying.

¹⁷እርስዋ ጳውሎስንና እኛን እየተከተለች። የመዳንን መንገድ የሚነግሩአችሁ እነዚህ ሰዎች የልዑል አምላክ ባሪያዎች ናቸው ብላ ትጮኽ ነበር።

¹⁷She, having followed Paul and us, cried saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who announce to you [the] way of salvation.

¹⁸ይህንም እጅግ ቀን አደረገች። ጳውሎስ ግን ተቸገረና ዘወር ብሎ መንፈሱን። ከእርስዋ እንድትወጣ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም አዝሃለሁ አለው፤ በዚያም ሰዓት ወጣ።

¹⁸And this she did many days. And Paul, being distressed, turned, and said to the spirit, I enjoin thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.

¹⁹ጌቶችዋም የትርፋቸው ተስፋ እንደ ወጣ ባዩ ጊዜ ጳውሎስንና ሲላስን ይዘው ወደ ገበያ በሹማምት ፊት ጐተቱአቸው፤

¹⁹And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged [them] into the market before the magistrates;

²⁰ወደ ገዢዎችም አቅርበው። እነዚህ ሰዎች አይሁድ ሆነው ከተማችንን እጅግ ያናውጣሉ።

²⁰and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,

²¹እኛም የሮሜ ሰዎች ሆነን እንቀበላቸውና እናደርጋቸው ዘንድ ያልተፈቀደልንን ልማዶች ይናገራሉ አሉ።

²¹and announce customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor practise, being Romans.

²²ሕዝቡም አብረው ተነሡባቸው፥ ገዢዎቹም ልብሳቸውን ገፈው በበትር ይመቱአቸው ዘንድ አዘዙ፤

²²And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge [them].

²³በብዙም ከደበደቡአቸው በኋላ ወደ ወኅኒ ጣሉአቸው፥ የወኅኒውንም ጠባቂ ተጠንቅቆ እንዲጠብቃቸው አዘዙት።

²³And having laid many stripes upon them they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;

²⁴እርሱም የዚህን ዓይነት ትእዛዝ ተቀብሎ ወደ ውስጠኛው ወኅኒ ጣላቸው፥ እግራቸውንም በግንድ አጣብቆ ጠረቃቸው።

²⁴who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks.

²⁵በመንፈቀ ሌሊት ግን ጳውሎስና ሲላስ እየጸለዩ እግዚአብሔርን በዜማ ያመሰግኑ ነበር፥ እስረኞቹም ያደምጡአቸው ነበር

²⁵And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them.

²⁶ድንገትም የወኅኒው መሠረት እስኪናወጥ ድረስ ታላቅ የምድር መንቀጥቀጥ ሆነ፤ በዚያን ጊዜም ደጆቹ ሁሉ ተከፈቱ የሁሉም እስራት ተፈታ።

²⁶And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison shook, and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bonds of all loosed.

²⁷የወኅኒውም ጠባቂ ከእንቅልፉ ነቅቶ የወኅኒው ደጆች ተከፍተው ባየ ጊዜ፥ እስረኞቹ ያመለጡ መስሎት ራሱን ይገድል ዘንድ አስቦ ሰይፉን መዘዘ።

²⁷And the jailor being awakened out of his sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison opened, having drawn a sword was going to kill himself, thinking the prisoners had fled.

²⁸ጳውሎስ ግን በታላቅ ድምፅ። ሁላችን ከዚህ አለንና በራስህ ክፉ ነገር አታድርግ ብሎ ጮኸ።

²⁸But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here.

²⁹መብራትም ለምኖ ወደ ውስጥ ሮጠ፥ እየተንቀጠቀጠም ከጳውሎስና ከሲላስ ፊት ተደፋ፤

²⁹And having asked for lights, he rushed in, and, trembling, fell down before Paul and Silas.

³⁰ወደ ውጭም አውጥቶ። ጌቶች ሆይ፥ እድን ዘንድ ምን ማድረግ ይገባኛል? ኣላቸው።

³⁰And leading them out said, Sirs, what must I do that I may be saved?

³¹እነርሱም። በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እመን አንተና ቤተ ሰዎችህ ትድናላችሁ አሉት።

³¹And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.

³²ለእርሱና በቤቱም ላሉት ሁሉ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ተናገሩአቸው።

³²And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, with all that were in his house.

³³በሌሊትም በዚያች ሰዓት ወስዶ ቍስላቸውን አጠበላቸው፥ ያን ጊዜውንም እርሱ ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር ተጠመቀ፤

³³And he took them the same hour of the night and washed [them] from their stripes; and was baptised, he and all his straightway.

³⁴ወደ ቤቱም አውጥቶ ማዕድ አቀረበላቸው፥ በእግዚአብሔርም ስላመነ ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር ሐሤት አደረገ።

³⁴And having brought them into his house he laid the table [for them], and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God.

³⁵በነጋም ጊዜ ገዢዎቹ። እነዚያን ሰዎች ፍታቸው ብለው ሎሌዎቻቸውን ላኩ።

³⁵And when it was day, the praetors sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go.

³⁶የወኅኒውም ጠባቂ። ትፈቱ ዘንድ ገዢዎቹ ልከዋል፤ እንግዲህ አሁን ወጥታችሁ በሰላም ሂዱ ብሎ ይህን ቃል ለጳውሎስ ነገረው።

³⁶And the jailor reported these words to Paul: The praetors have sent that ye may be let go. Now therefore go out and depart in peace.

³⁷ጳውሎስ ግን። እኛ የሮሜ ሰዎች ስንሆን ያለ ፍርድ በሕዝብ ፊት ደብድበው በወኅኒ ጣሉን፤ አሁንም በስውር ይጥሉናልን? አይሆንም ራሳቸው ግን መጥተው ያውጡን አላቸው።

³⁷But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly uncondemned, us who are Romans, they have cast us into prison, and now they thrust us out secretly? no, indeed, but let them come themselves and bring us out.

³⁸ሎሌዎቹም ይህን ነገር ለገዢዎች ነገሩ። የሮሜ ሰዎችም እንደ ሆኑ በሰሙ ጊዜ ፈሩ፤

³⁸And the lictors reported these words to the praetors. And they were afraid when they heard they were Romans.

³⁹መጥተውም ማለዱአቸው፥ አውጥተውም ከከተማ ይወጡ ዘንድ ለመኑአቸው።

³⁹And they came and besought them, and having brought them out, asked them to go out of the city.

⁴⁰ከወኅኒውም ወጥተው ወደ ልድያ ቤት ገቡ፥ ወንድሞችንም ባዩ ጊዜ አጽናኑአቸውና ሄዱ።

⁴⁰And having gone out of the prison, they came to Lydia; and having seen the brethren, they exhorted them and went away.