¹ከእነርሱም ተለይተን ተነሣን፤ በቀጥታም ሄደን ወደ ቆስ በነገውም ወደ ሩድ ከዚያም ወደ ጳጥራ መጣን፤

¹And when, having got away from them, we at last sailed away, we came by a direct course to Cos, and on the morrow to Rhodes, and thence to Patara.

²ወደ ፊንቄም የሚሻገር መርከብ አግኝተን ገባንና ተነሣን።

²And having found a ship passing over into Phoenicia, we went on board and sailed;

³ቆጵሮስንም ባየናት ጊዜ በስተ ግራችን ተውናት ወደ ሶርያም ሄደን ወደ ጢሮስ ደረስን፥ መርከቡ ሸክሙን በዚያ የሚያራግፍ ነበርና።

³and having sighted Cyprus, and left it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and made the land at Tyre, for there the ship was to discharge her cargo.

⁴ደቀ መዛሙርትንም ባገኘን ጊዜ በዚያ ሰባት ቀን ተቀመጥን፤ እነርሱም ጳውሎስን ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንዳይወጣ በመንፈስ አሉት።

⁴And having found out the disciples, we remained there seven days; who said to Paul by the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

⁵ጊዜውንም በፈጸምን ጊዜ ወጥተን ሄድን፤ ሁላቸውም ከሚስቶቻቸውና ከልጆቻቸው ጋር እስከ ከተማው ውጭ ድረስ ሸኙን፥ በባሕሩም ዳር ተንበርክከን ጸለይን፤

⁵But when we had completed the days, we set out and took our journey, all of them accompanying us, with wives and children, till [we were] out of the city. And kneeling down upon the shore we prayed.

⁶እርስ በርሳችንም ተሰነባብተን ወደ መርከብ ወጣን፥ እነዚያም ወደ ቤታቸው ተመለሱ።

⁶And having embraced one another, we went on board ship, and they returned home.

⁷እኛም የባሕሩን መንገድ ጨርሰን ከጢሮስ ወደ አካ ደረስን፥ ለወንድሞችም ሰላምታ ሰጥተን ከእነርሱ ዘንድ አንድ ቀን ተቀመጥን።

⁷And we, having completed the voyage, arrived from Tyre at Ptolemais, and having saluted the brethren, we remained one day with them.

⁸በነገውም ወጥተን ወደ ቂሣርያ መጣን፥ ከሰባቱም አንድ በሚሆን በወንጌላዊው ፊልጶስ ቤት ገብተን በእርሱ ዘንድ ተቀመጥን።

⁸And leaving on the morrow, we came to Caesarea; and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was of the seven, we abode with him.

⁹ለእርሱም ትንቢት የሚናገሩ አራት ደናግል ሴቶች ልጆች ነበሩት።

⁹Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.

¹⁰አያሌ ቀንም ተቀምጠን ሳለን ነቢይ የነበረ አጋቦስ የሚሉት አንድ ሰው ከይሁዳ ወረደ።

¹⁰And as we stayed there many days, a certain man, by name Agabus, a prophet, came down from Judaea,

¹¹ወደ እኛም መጣና የጳውሎስን መታጠቂያ ወስዶ የገዛ እጁንና እግሩን አስሮ። እንዲሁ መንፈስ ቅዱስ። ይህ መታጠቂያ ያለውን ሰው አይሁድ በኢየሩሳሌም እንደዚህ ያስሩታል በአሕዛብም እጅ አሳልፈው ይሰጡታል ይላል አለ።

¹¹and coming to us and taking the girdle of Paul, and having bound his own hands and feet, said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose this girdle is shall the Jews thus bind in Jerusalem, and deliver him up into the hands of [the] Gentiles.

¹²ይህንም በሰማን ጊዜ እኛም በዚያ የሚኖሩትም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንዳይወጣ ለመንነው።

¹²And when we heard these things, both we and those of the place besought [him] not to go up to Jerusalem.

¹³ጳውሎስ ግን መልሶ። እያለቀሳችሁ ልቤንም እየሰበራችሁ ምን ማድረጋችሁ ነው? እኔ ስለ ጌታ ስለ ኢየሱስ ስም በኢየሩሳሌም ለመሞት እንኳ ተሰናድቼአለሁ እንጂ ለእስራት ብቻ አይደለም አለ።

¹³But Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for *I* am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁴ምክርንም ሊቀበል እምቢ ባለ ጊዜ። የጌታ ፈቃድ ይሁን ብለን ዝም አልን።

¹⁴And when he would not be persuaded, we were silent, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

¹⁵ከዚህም ቀን በኋላ ተዘጋጅተን ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ወጣን።

¹⁵And after these days, having got our effects ready, we went up to Jerusalem.

¹⁶በቂሣርያም ከነበሩ ደቀ መዛሙርት አንዳንዶች ደግሞ ከእኛ ጋር መጡ፥ እነርሱም ወደምናድርበት ወደ ቀደመው ደቀ መዝሙር ወደ ቆጵሮሱ ምናሶን ወደሚሉት ቤት መሩን።

¹⁶And [some] of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing [with them] a certain Mnason, a Cyprian, an old disciple, with whom we were to lodge.

¹⁷ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም በደረስን ጊዜ ወንድሞች በደስታ ተቀበሉን።

¹⁷And when we arrived at Jerusalem the brethren gladly received us.

¹⁸በነገውም ጳውሎስ ከእኛ ጋር ወደ ያዕቆብ ዘንድ ገባ ሽማግሌዎችም ሁሉ መጡ።

¹⁸And on the morrow Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders came there.

¹⁹ሰላምታም ካቀረበላቸው በኋላ በእርሱ ማገልገል እግዚአብሔር በአሕዛብ መካከል ያደረገውን በእያንዳንዱ ተረከላቸው።

¹⁹And having saluted them, he related one by one the things which God had wrought among the nations by his ministry.

²⁰እነርሱም በሰሙ ጊዜ እግዚአብሔርን አመሰገኑ አሉትም። ወንድም ሆይ፥ በአይሁድ መካከል አምነው የነበሩት ስንት አእላፋት እንደ ሆኑ ታያለህ፤ ሁላቸውም ለሕግ የሚቀኑ ናቸው።

²⁰And they having heard [it] glorified God, and said to him, Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of the Jews who have believed, and all are zealous of the law.

²¹ልጆቻቸውንም እንዳይገርዙ በሥርዓትም እንዳይሄዱ ብለህ በአሕዛብ መካከል ያሉት አይሁድ ሁሉ ሙሴን ይክዱ ዘንድ እንድታስተምር ስለ አንተ ነግረዋቸዋል።

²¹And they have been informed concerning thee, that thou teachest all the Jews among the nations apostasy from Moses, saying that they should not circumcise their children, nor walk in the customs.

²²እንግዲህ ምን ይሁን? የአንተን መምጣት ይሰማሉና ብዙዎች የግድ ሳይሰበሰቡ አይቀሩም።

²²What is it then? a multitude must necessarily come together, for they will hear that thou art come.

²³እንግዲህ ይህን የምንልህን አድርግ፤ ስለት ያለባቸው አራት ሰዎች በእኛ ዘንድ አሉ።

²³This do therefore that we say to thee: We have four men who have a vow on them;

²⁴እነዚህንም ይዘህ ከእነርሱ ጋር ንጻ፥ ራሳቸውንም እንዲላጩ ገንዘብ ክፈልላቸው፤ ሁሉም ስለ አንተ የተማሩት ከንቱ እንደ ሆነና አንተ ራስህ ደግሞ ሕጉን እየጠበቅህ በሥርዓት እንድትመላለስ ያውቃሉ።

²⁴take these and be purified with them, and pay their expenses, that they may have their heads shaved; and all will know that [of those things] of which they have been informed about thee nothing is [true]; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, keeping the law.

²⁵አምነው ስለ ነበሩ አሕዛብ ግን ለጣዖት ከተሠዋ ከደምም ከታነቀም ከዝሙትም ነፍሳቸውን እንዲጠብቁ ፈርደን እኛ ጽፈንላቸዋል።

²⁵But concerning [those of] the nations who have believed, we have written, deciding that they should [observe no such thing, only to] keep themselves both from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication.

²⁶በዚያን ጊዜ ጳውሎስ ሰዎችን ይዞ በማግሥቱ ከእነርሱ ጋር እየነጻ፥ መንጻታቸውን የሚፈጽሙበትን ቀን አስታውቆ ወደ መቅደስ ገባ። በዚያም ቀን ስለ እያንዳንዳቸው መሥዋዕትን አቀረቡ።

²⁶Then Paul, taking the men, on the next day, having been purified, entered with them into the temple, signifying the time the days of the purification would be fulfilled, until the offering was offered for every one of them.

²⁷ሰባቱ ቀንም ይፈጸም ዘንድ ሲቀርብ ከእስያ የመጡ አይሁድ በመቅደስ አይተውት ሕዝብን ሁሉ አወኩና። የእስራኤል ሰዎች ሆይ፥ እርዱን ሕዝብን ሕግንም ይህንም ስፍራ ሲቃወም ሰውን ሁሉ በየስፍራው የሚያስተምረው ሰው ይህ ነው፤ ጨምሮም የግሪክን ሰዎች ደግሞ ወደ መቅደስ አግብቶ ይህን የተቀደሰ ስፍራ አርክሶአል ብለው እየጮኹ እጃቸውን ጫኑበት።

²⁷And when the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, set all the crowd in a tumult, and laid hands upon him,

²⁹በፊት የኤፌሶኑን ጥሮፊሞስን ከእርሱ ጋር በከተማ አይተውት ነበርና ጳውሎስም ወደ መቅደስ ያገባው መስሎአቸው ነው።

²⁸crying, Israelites, help! this is the man who teaches all everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and has brought Greeks too into the temple, and profaned this holy place.

³⁰ከተማውም ሁሉ ታወከ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ተሰበሰቡ ጳውሎስንም ይዘው ከመቅደስ ውጭ ጎተቱት፥ ወዲያውም ደጆች ተዘጉ።

²⁹For they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.

³¹ሊገድሉትም ሲፈልጉ። ኢየሩሳሌም ፈጽማ ታወከች የሚል ወሬ ወደ ጭፍራው ሻለቃ ወጣ፤

³⁰And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and having laid hold on Paul they drew him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.

³²እርሱም ያን ጊዜ ወታደሮችን ከመቶ አለቆች ጋር ይዞ እየሮጠ ወረደባቸው፤ እነርሱም የሻለቃውንና ወታደሮችን ባዩ ጊዜ ጳውሎስን መምታት ተዉ።

³¹And as they were seeking to kill him, a representation came to the chiliarch of the band that the whole of Jerusalem was in a tumult;

³³በዚያን ጊዜም የሻለቃው ቀርቦ ያዘውና በሁለት ሰንሰለት ይታሰር ዘንድ አዞ ማን እንደ ሆነና ምን እንዳደረገ ጠየቀ።

³²who, taking with him immediately soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them. But they, seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, ceased beating Paul.

³⁴ሕዝቡም እኵሌቶቹ እንዲህ እኵሌቶቹም እንዲያ እያሉ ይጮኹ ነበር፤ ስለ ጫጫታውም እርግጡን ማወቅ ባልተቻለ ጊዜ፥ ወደ ወታደሮች ሰፈር ይወስዱት ዘንድ አዘዘ።

³³Then the chiliarch came up and laid hold upon him, and commanded [him] to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he might be, and what he had done.

³⁵ወደ ደረጃውም በደረሰ ጊዜ ስለ ሕዝቡ ግፊያ ወታደሮች እንዲሸከሙት ሆነ፤

³⁴And different persons cried some different thing in the crowd. But he, not being able to know the certainty on account of the uproar, commanded him to be brought into the fortress.

³⁶ብዙ ሕዝብ። አስወግደው እያሉና እየጮኹ ይከተሉ ነበርና።

³⁵But when he got upon the stairs it was so that he was borne by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd.

³⁷ወደ ሰፈርም ሊያገቡት በቀረቡ ጊዜ፥ ጳውሎስ የሻለቃውን። አንድ ነገር ብነግርህ ትፈቅዳለህን? አለው። እርሱም። የግሪክ ቋንቋ ታውቃለህን?

³⁶For the multitude of the people followed, crying, Away with him.

³⁸አንተ ከዚህ ዘመን አስቀድሞ ከነፍሰ ገዳዮቹ አራቱን ሺህ ሰዎች አሸፍተህ ወደ ምድረ በዳ ያወጣህ የግብፅ ሰው አይደለህምን? አለ።

³⁷But as he was about to be led into the fortress, Paul says to the chiliarch, Is it allowed me to say something to thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?

³⁹ጳውሎስ ግን። እኔስ አይሁዳዊ በኪልቅያ ያለው የጠርሴስ ሰው ሆኜ ስመ ጥር በሆነ ከተማ የምኖር ነኝ፤ ለሕዝቡ እናገር ዘንድ እንድትፈቅድልኝ እለምንሃለሁ አለ።

³⁸Thou art not then that Egyptian who before these days raised a sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the assassins?

⁴⁰በፈቀደለትም ጊዜ ጳውሎስ በደረጃው ላይ ቆሞ በእጁ ወደ ሕዝቡ ጠቀሰ እጅግም ጸጥታ በሆነ ጊዜ በዕብራይስጥ ቋንቋ እየተናገረ እንዲህ አለ።

³⁹But Paul said, *I* am a Jew of Tarsus, citizen of no insignificant city of Cilicia, and I beseech of thee, allow me to speak to the people.

⁴⁰And when he had allowed him, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people; and a great silence having been made, he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,