¹ጳውሎስም ሸንጎውን ትኵር ብሎ ተመልክቶ። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እኔ እስከዚች ቀን ድረስ በመልካም ሕሊና ሁሉ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ኖሬአለሁ አለ።

¹And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.

²ሊቀ ካህናቱም ሐናንያ አፉን ይመቱት ዘንድ በአጠገቡ ቆመው የነበሩትን አዘዘ።

²But the high priest Ananias ordered those standing by him to smite his mouth.

³በዚያን ጊዜ ጳውሎስ። አንተ በኖራ የተለሰነ ግድግዳ፥ እግዚአብሔር አንተን ይመታ ዘንድ አለው፤ አንተ በሕግ ልትፈርድብኝ ተቀምጠህ ሳለህ ያለ ሕግ እመታ ዘንድ ታዛለህን? አለው።

³Then Paul said to him, God will smite thee, whited wall. And *thou*, dost thou sit judging me according to the law, and breaking the law commandest me to be smitten?

⁴በአጠገቡ የቆሙትም። የእግዚአብሔርን ሊቀ ካህናት ትሳደባለህን? አሉት።

⁴And those that stood by said, Dost thou rail against the high priest of God?

⁵ጳውሎስም። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ሊቀ ካህናት መሆኑን ባላውቅ ነው፤ በሕዝብህ አለቃ ላይ ክፉ ቃል አትናገር ተብሎ ተጽፎአልና አላቸው።

⁵And Paul said, I was not conscious, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evilly of the ruler of thy people.

⁶ጳውሎስ ግን እኵሌቶቹ ሰዱቃውያን እኵሌቶቹም ፈሪሳውያን መሆናቸውን አይቶ። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እኔ ፈሪሳዊ የፈሪሳዊም ልጅ ነኝ፤ ስለ ተስፋና ስለ ሙታን መነሣት ይፈርዱብኛል ብሎ በሸንጎው ጮኸ።

⁶But Paul, knowing that the one part [of them] were of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, cried out in the council, Brethren, *I* am a Pharisee, son of Pharisees: *I* am judged concerning the hope and resurrection of [the] dead.

⁷ይህንም ባለ ጊዜ በፈሪሳውያንና በሰዱቃውያን መካከል ጥል ሆነ ሸንጎውም ተለያየ።

⁷And when he had spoken this, there was a tumult of the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the multitude was divided.

⁸ሰዱቃውያን። ትንሣኤም መልአክም መንፈስም የለም የሚሉ ናቸውና፤ ፈሪሳውያን ግን ሁለቱን ያምናሉ።

⁸For Sadducees say there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but Pharisees confess both of them.

⁹ታላቅ ጩኸትም ሆነ፥ ከፈሪሳውያንም ወገን የሆኑት ጻፎች ተነሥተው። በዚህ ሰው ላይ ምንም ክፉ ነገር አላገኘንበትም፤ መንፈስ ወይስ መልአክ ተናግሮት ይሆን? ብለው ተከራከሩ።

⁹And there was a great clamour, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part rising up contended, saying, We find nothing evil in this man; and if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel ...

¹⁰ብዙ ጥልም በሆነ ጊዜ የሻለቃው ጳውሎስን እንዳይገነጣጥሉት ፈርቶ ጭፍሮቹ ወርደው ከመካከላቸው እንዲነጥቁት ወደ ሰፈሩም እንዲያገቡት አዘዘ።

¹⁰And a great tumult having arisen, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been torn in pieces by them, commanded the troop to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and to bring [him] into the fortress.

¹¹በሁለተኛውም ሌሊት ጌታ በአጠገቡ ቆሞ። ጳውሎስ ሆይ፥ በኢየሩሳሌም ስለ እኔ እንደ መሰከርህ እንዲሁ በሮሜም ትመሰክርልኝ ዘንድ ይገባሃልና አይዞህ አለው።

¹¹But the following night the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good courage; for as thou hast testified the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so thou must bear witness at Rome also.

¹²በጠባም ጊዜ አይሁድ ጳውሎስን እስኪገድሉት ድረስ እንዳይበሉና እንዳይጠጡ በመሐላ ተስማሙ።

¹²And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.

¹³ይህንም ሴራ ያደረጉት ሰዎች ከአርባ ይበዙ ነበር፤

¹³And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;

¹⁴እነርሱም ወደ ካህናት አለቆችና ወደ ሽማግሌዎቹ መጥተው። ጳውሎስን እስክንገድል ድረስ ምንም እንዳንቀምስ ተረጋግመን ተማምለናል።

¹⁴and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.

¹⁵እንግዲህ አሁን እናንተ ከሸንጎው ጋር ሆናችሁ ስለ እርሱ አጥብቃችሁ እንደምትመረምሩ መስላችሁ ወደ እናንተ እንዲያወርደው ለሻለቃው አመልክቱት፤ እኛም ሳይቀርብ እንድንገድለው የተዘጋጀን ነን አሉአቸው።

¹⁵Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him.

¹⁶የጳውሎስ የእኅቱ ልጅ ግን ደባቸውን በሰማ ጊዜ፥ መጥቶ ወደ ሰፈሩ ገባና ለጳውሎስ ነገረው።

¹⁶But Paul's sister's son, having heard of the lying in wait, came and entered into the fortress and reported [it] to Paul.

¹⁷ጳውሎስም ከመቶ አለቆች አንዱን ጠርቶ። ይህን ብላቴና ወደ ሻለቃው ውሰድ፥ የሚያወራለት ነገር አለውና አለው።

¹⁷And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this youth to the chiliarch, for he has something to report to him.

¹⁸እርሱም ይዞት ወደ ሻለቃው ወሰደውና። ይህ ብላቴና የሚነግርህ ነገር ስላለው እስረኛው ጳውሎስ ጠርቶ ወደ አንተ እንድወስደው ለመነኝ አለው።

¹⁸He therefore, having taken him with [him], led him to the chiliarch, and says, The prisoner Paul called me to [him] and asked me to lead this youth to thee, who has something to say to thee.

¹⁹የሻለቃውም እጁን ይዞ ፈቀቅ አለና ለብቻው ሆኖ። የምታወራልኝ ነገር ምንድር ነው? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

¹⁹And the chiliarch having taken him by the hand, and having gone apart in private, inquired, What is it that thou hast to report to me?

²⁰እርሱም። አይሁድ ስለ ጳውሎስ ከፊት ይልቅ አጥብቀህ እንደምትመረምር መስለህ፥ ነገ ወደ ሸንጎ ታወርደው ዘንድ ሊለምኑህ ተስማምተዋል።

²⁰And he said, The Jews have agreed together to make a request to thee, that thou mayest bring Paul down to-morrow into the council, as about to inquire something more precise concerning him.

²¹እንግዲህ አንተ በጅ አትበላቸው፤ እስኪገድሉት ድረስ እንዳይበሉና እንዳይጠጡ ተማምለው ከእነርሱ ከአርባ የሚበዙ ሰዎች ያደቡበታልና፤ አሁንም የተዘጋጁ ናቸው የአንተንም ምላሽ ይጠብቃሉ አለው።

²¹Do not thou then be persuaded by them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they kill him; and now they are ready waiting the promise from thee.

²²የሻለቃውም። ይህን ነገር ለእኔ ማመልከትህን ለማንም እንዳትገልጥ ብሎ ካዘዘ በኋላ ብላቴናውን አሰናበተው።

²²The chiliarch then dismissed the youth, commanding [him], Utter to no one that thou hast represented these things to me.

²³ከመቶ አለቆቹም ሁለት ጠርቶ። ወደ ቂሣርያ ይሄዱ ዘንድ ሁለት መቶ ወታደሮችንና ሰባ ፈረሰኞችን ሁለት መቶም ባለ ጦር መሣሪያዎችን ከሌሊቱ በሦስተኛው ሰዓት አዘጋጁ አላቸው።

²³And having called to [him] certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred light-armed footmen, for the third hour of the night.

²⁴ጳውሎስንም ወደ አገረ ገዡ ወደ ፊልክስ በደኅና እንዲያደርሱት የሚያስቀምጡበትን ከብት ያዘጋጁ ዘንድ አዘዛቸው።

²⁴And [he ordered them] to provide beasts, that they might set Paul on them and carry [him] safe through to Felix the governor,

²⁵ደብዳቤም ጻፈ እንዲህ የሚል።

²⁵having written a letter, couched in this form:

²⁶ከቀላውዴዎስ ሉስዮስ ወደ ክቡር አገረ ገዡ ወደ ፊልክስ፤ ሰላም ለአንተ ይሁን።

²⁶Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.

²⁷ይህን ሰው አይሁድ ይዘው ሊገድሉት ባሰቡ ጊዜ ከጭፍሮቹ ጋር ደርሼ አዳንሁት፥ ሮማዊ እንደ ሆነ አውቄ ነበርና።

²⁷This man, having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them, I came up with the military and took out [of their hands], having learned that he was a Roman.

²⁸የሚከሰስበትንም ምክንያት አውቅ ዘንድ አስቤ ወደ ሸንጎአቸው አወረድሁት፤

²⁸And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council;

²⁹በሕጋቸውም ስለ መከራከር እንደ ከሰሱት አገኘሁ እንጂ ለሞት ወይም ለእስራት የሚያደርስ ክስ አይደለም።

²⁹whom I found to be accused of questions of their law, but to have no charge laid against him [making him] worthy of death or of bonds.

³⁰በዚህም ሰው አይሁድ ሴራ እንዲያደርጉበት ባመለከቱኝ ጊዜ ያን ጊዜውን ወደ አንተ ሰደድሁት፥ ከሳሾቹንም ደግሞ በፊትህ ይከሱት ዘንድ አዘዝኋቸው። ደኅና ሁን።

³⁰But having received information of a plot about to be put in execution against the man [by the Jews], I have immediately sent him to thee, commanding also his accusers to say before thee the things that are against him. [Farewell.]

³¹ወታደሮቹም እንደ ታዘዙት ጳውሎስን ይዘው በሌሊት ወደ አንቲጳጥሪስ አደረሱት፤

³¹The soldiers therefore, according to what was ordered them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris,

³²በነገውም ከእርሱ ጋር ይሄዱ ዘንድ ፈረሰኞችን ትተው ወደ ሰፈር ተመለሱ።

³²and on the morrow, having left the horsemen to go with him, returned to the fortress.

³³እነዚያም ወደ ቂሣርያ ገብተው ደብዳቤውን ለአገረ ገዡ በሰጡ ጊዜ ጳውሎስን ደግሞ በፊቱ አቆሙት።

³³And these, having entered into Caesarea, and given up the letter to the governor, presented Paul also to him.

³⁴ካነበበውም በኋላ የወዴት አውራጃ እንደ ሆነ ጠየቀው፤ የኪልቅያ ሰው መሆኑንም ባወቀ ጊዜ።

³⁴And having read [it], and asked of what eparchy he was, and learned that [he was] of Cilicia,

³⁵ከሳሾችህ ደግሞ ሲመጡ እሰማሃለሁ አለው፤ በሄሮድስም ግቢ ውስጥ ይጠብቁት ዘንድ አዘዘ።

³⁵he said, I will hear thee fully when thine accusers also are arrived. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's praetorium.