¹ከዚህም በኋላ ጳውሎስ ከአቴና ወጥቶ ወደ ቆሮንቶስ መጣ።

¹And after these things, having left Athens, he came to Corinth;

²በወገኑም የጳንጦስ ሰው የሚሆን አቂላ የሚሉትን አንድ አይሁዳዊ አገኘ፤ እርሱም ከጥቂት ጊዜ በፊት ከሚስቱ ከጵርስቅላ ጋር ከኢጣልያ መጥቶ ነበር፥ አይሁድ ከሮሜ ይወጡ ዘንድ ቀላውዴዎስ አዞ ነበርና፤ ወደ እነርሱ ቀረበ፥

²and finding a certain Jew by name Aquila, of Pontus by race, just come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife, (because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome,) came to them,

³ሥራቸውም አንድ ስለ ነበረ በእነርሱ ዘንድ ተቀምጦ በአንድ ላይ ሠሩ፤ ሥራቸው ድንኳን መስፋት ነበረና።

³and because they were of the same trade abode with them, and wrought. For they were tent-makers by trade.

⁴በየሰንበቱም ሁሉ በምኵራብ ይነጋገር ነበር፥ አይሁድንና የግሪክንም ሰዎች ያስረዳ ነበር።

⁴And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

⁵ሲላስና ጢሞቴዎስም ከመቄዶንያ በወረዱ ጊዜ፥ ጳውሎስ ኢየሱስ እርሱ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ ለአይሁድ እየመሰከረ ለቃሉ ይተጋ ነበር።

⁵And when both Silas and Timotheus came down from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in respect of the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

⁶ነገር ግን በተቃወሙትና በተሳደቡ ጊዜ፥ ልብሱን እያራገፈ። ደማችሁ በራሳችሁ ነው፤ እኔ ንጹሕ ነኝ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ወደ አሕዛብ እሄዳለሁ አላቸው።

⁶But as they opposed and spoke injuriously, he shook his clothes, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own head: *I* [am] pure; from henceforth I will go to the nations.

⁷ከዚያም ወጥቶ ኢዮስጦስ ወደሚባል እግዚአብሔርን ወደሚያመልክ ሰው ቤት ገባ ቤቱም በምኩራብ አጠገብ ነበረ።

⁷And departing thence he came to the house of a certain [man], by name Justus, who worshipped God, whose house adjoined the synagogue.

⁸የምኵራብ አለቃ ቀርስጶስም ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር በጌታ አመነ፥ ከቆሮንቶስ ሰዎችም ብዙ በሰሙ ጊዜ አምነው ተጠመቁ።

⁸But Crispus the ruler of the synagogue believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing, believed, and were baptised.

⁹ጌታም ሌሊት በራእይ ጳውሎስን። እኔ ከአንተ ጋር ነኝ፥ ማንም ክፉ ሊያደርግብህ የሚነሣብህ የለምና አትፍራ፥ ነገር ግን ተናገር ዝምም አትበል፤ በዚህ ከተማ ብዙ ሕዝብ አሉኝና አለው።

⁹And the Lord said by vision in [the] night to Paul, Fear not, but speak and be not silent;

¹¹በመካከላቸውም የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እያስተማረ ዓመት ከስድስት ወር ተቀመጠ።

¹⁰because *I* am with thee, and no one shall set upon thee to injure thee; because I have much people in this city.

¹²ጋልዮስም በአካይያ አገረ ገዥ በነበረ ጊዜ፥ አይሁድ በአንድ ልብ ሆነው በጳውሎስ ላይ ተነሡ፥ ወደ ፍርድ ወንበርም አምጥተው።

¹¹And he remained [there] a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God.

¹³ይህ ሕግን ተቃውሞ እግዚአብሔርን ያመልኩት ዘንድ ሰዎችን ያባብላል አሉ።

¹²But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one consent rose against Paul and led him to the judgment-seat,

¹⁴ጳውሎስም አፉን ሊከፍት ባሰበ ጊዜ፥ ጋልዮስ አይሁድን። አይሁድ ሆይ፥ ዓመፅ ወይም ክፉ በደል በሆነ እንድታገሣችሁ በተገባኝ፤

¹³saying, This [man] persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.

¹⁵ስለ ቃልና ስለ ስሞች ስለ ሕጋችሁም የምትከራከሩ ከሆነ ግን፥ ራሳችሁ ተጠንቀቁ እኔ በዚህ ነገር ፈራጅ እሆን ዘንድ አልፈቅድምና አላቸው።

¹⁴But as Paul was going to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If indeed it was some wrong or wicked criminality, O Jews, of reason I should have borne with you;

¹⁶ከፍርድ ወንበርም ፊት አስወጣቸው።

¹⁵but if it be questions about words, and names, and the law that ye have, see to it yourselves; [for] *I* do not intend to be judge of these things.

¹⁷የግሪክ ሰዎችም ሁሉ የምኩራብ አለቃ ሶስቴንስን ይዘው በወንበሩ ፊት መቱት፤ በእነዚህም ነገሮች ጋልዮስ ግድ የለውም ነበር።

¹⁶And he drove them from the judgment-seat.

¹⁸ከዚህም በኋላ ጳውሎስ እጅግ ቀን ተቀምጦ ወንድሞቹንም ተሰናብቶ በመርከብ ወደ ሶርያ ሄደ፤ ስለትም ነበረበትና ራሱን በክንክራኦስ ተላጨ፤ ጵርስቅላና አቂላም ከእርሱ ጋር ነበሩ።

¹⁷And having all laid hold on Sosthenes the ruler of the synagogue, they beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio troubled himself about none of these things.

¹⁹ወደ ኤፌሶንም በደረሱ ጊዜ እነዚያን ከዚያ ተዋቸው፥ ራሱ ግን ወደ ምኵራብ ገብቶ ከአይሁድ ጋር ይነጋገር ነበር።

¹⁸And Paul, having yet stayed [there] many days, took leave of the brethren and sailed thence to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shorn his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow;

²⁰እነርሱም ብዙ ጊዜ እንዲቀመጥላቸው ሲለምኑት እሺ አላለም፤

¹⁹and he arrived at Ephesus, and left them there. But entering himself into the synagogue he reasoned with the Jews.

²¹ነገር ግን ሲሰናበታቸው። የሚመጣውን በዓል በኢየሩሳሌም አደርግ ዘንድ ይገባኛል እግዚአብሔር ቢፈቅድ ግን ወደ እናንተ ደግሞ እመለሳለሁ አላቸው። ከኤፌሶንም በመርከብ ተነሣ።

²⁰And when they asked him that he would remain for a longer time [with them] he did not accede,

²²ወደ ቂሣርያም በደረሰ ጊዜ ወጥቶ ለቤተ ክርስቲያን ሰላምታ ከሰጠ በኋላ ወደ አንጾኪያ ወረደ።

²¹but bade them farewell, saying, [I must by all means keep the coming feast at Jerusalem]; I will return to you again, if God will: and he sailed away from Ephesus.

²³ጥቂት ቀንም ቆይቶ ወጣ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርትንም ሁሉ እያጸና በገላትያ አገርና በፍርግያ በተራ አለፈ።

²²And landing at Caesarea, and having gone up and saluted the assembly, he went down to Antioch.

²⁴በወገኑም የእስክንድርያ ሰው የሆነ ነገር አዋቂ የነበረ አጵሎስ የሚሉት አንድ አይሁዳዊ ሰው ወደ ኤፌሶን ወረደ፤ እርሱም በመጻሕፍት እውቀት የበረታ ነበረ።

²³And having stayed [there] some time, he went forth, passing in order through the country of Galatia and Phrygia, establishing all the disciples.

²⁵እርሱ የጌታን መንገድ የተማረ ነበረ፥ የዮሐንስንም ጥምቀት ብቻ አውቆ በመንፈስ ሲቃጠል ስለ ኢየሱስ ይናገርና በትክክል ያስተምር ነበር።

²⁴But a certain Jew, Apollos by name, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, who was mighty in the scriptures, arrived at Ephesus.

²⁶እርሱም በምኵራብ ገልጦ ይናገር ጀመር። ጵርስቅላና አቂላም በሰሙት ጊዜ፥ ወስደው የእግዚአብሔርን መንገድ ከፊት ይልቅ በትክክል ገለጡለት።

²⁵He was instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in his spirit, he spoke and taught exactly the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John.

²⁷እርሱም ወደ አካይያ ማለፍ በፈቀደ ጊዜ፥ ወንድሞቹ አጸናኑት፥ ይቀበሉትም ዘንድ ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርት ጻፉለት፤ በደረሰም ጊዜ አምነው የነበሩትን በጸጋ እጅግ ይጠቅማቸው ነበር፤

²⁶And *he* began to speak boldly in the synagogue. And Aquila and Priscilla, having heard him, took him to [them] and unfolded to him the way of God more exactly.

²⁸ኢየሱስ እርሱ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ ከመጻሕፍት እየገለጠ ለአይሁድ በሁሉ ፊት በጽኑ ያስረዳቸው ነበርና።

²⁷And when he purposed to go into Achaia, the brethren wrote to the disciples engaging them to receive him, who, being come, contributed much to those who believed through grace.

²⁸For he with great force convinced the Jews publicly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.