¹ከአምስት ቀንም በኋላ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ሐናንያ ከሽማግሌዎችና ጠርጠሉስ ከሚሉት ከአንድ ጠበቃ ጋር ወረደ፤ እነርሱም ስለ ጳውሎስ ለአገረ ገዡ አመለከቱት።

¹And after five days came down the high priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator called Tertullus, and laid their informations against Paul before the governor.

²በተጠራም ጊዜ ጠርጠሉስ ይከሰው ዘንድ ጀመረ እንዲህ እያለ። ክቡር ፊልክስ ሆይ፥ በአንተ በኩል ብዙ ሰላም ስለምናገኝ ለዚህም ሕዝብ በአሳብህ በየነገሩ በየስፍራውም መልካም መሻሻል ስለሚሆንለት፥ በፍጹም ምስጋና እንቀበለዋለን።

²And he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse, saying, Seeing we enjoy great peace through thee, and that excellent measures are executed for this nation by thy forethought,

⁴ነገር ግን እጅግ እንዳላቆይህ በቸርነትህ በአጭሩ ትሰማን ዘንድ እለምንሃለሁ።

³we receive [it] always and everywhere, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.

⁵ይህ ሰው በሽታ ሆኖ በዓለም ባሉት አይሁድ ሁሉ ሁከት ሲያስነሣ፥ የመናፍቃን የናዝራውያን ወገን መሪ ሆኖ አግኝተነዋልና፤

⁴But that I may not too much intrude on thy time, I beseech thee to hear us briefly in thy kindness.

⁶መቅደስንም ደግሞ ሊያረክስ ሲሞክር ያዝነው፥ እንደ ሕጋችንም እንፈርድበት ዘንድ ወደድን።

⁵For finding this man a pest, and moving sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the sect of the Nazaraeans;

⁷ነገር ግን የሻለቃው ሉስዮስ መጥቶ በብዙ ኃይል ከእጃችን ወሰደው፥

⁶who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we also had seized, [and would have judged according to our law;

⁸ከሳሾቹንም ወደ አንተ ይመጡ ዘንድ አዘዘ፤ አንተም ራስህ እርሱን መርምረህ እኛ ስለምንከስበት ነገር ሁሉ ልታውቅ ትችላለህ።

⁷but Lysias, the chiliarch, coming up, took [him] away with great force out of our hands,

⁹አይሁድም ደግሞ። ይህ ነገር እንዲሁ ነው እያሉ ተስማሙ።

⁸having commanded his accusers to come to thee;] of whom thou canst thyself, in examining [him], know the certainty of all these things of which we accuse him.

¹⁰ገዡም በጠቀሰው ጊዜ ጳውሎስ መለሰ እንዲህ ሲል። ከብዙ ዘመን ጀምረህ ለዚህ ሕዝብ አንተ ፈራጅ እንደ ሆንህ አውቃለሁና ደስ እያለኝ ስለ እኔ ነገር እመልሳለሁ፤

⁹And the Jews also joined in pressing the matter against [Paul], saying that these things were so.

¹¹እሰግድ ዘንድ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ከወጣሁ ከአሥራ ሁለት ቀን እንዳይበልጥ ልታውቀው ትችላለህ።

¹⁰But Paul, the governor having beckoned to him to speak, answered, Knowing that for many years thou hast been judge to this nation, I answer readily as to the things which concern myself.

¹²ከአንድም ስንኳ ስነጋገር ወይም ሕዝብን ስሰበስብ በመቅደስ ቢሆን በምኵራብም ቢሆን በከተማም ቢሆን አላገኙኝም።

¹¹As thou mayest know that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem,

¹³አሁንም ስለሚከሱኝ ያስረዱህ ዘንድ አይችሉም።

¹²and neither in the temple did they find me discoursing to any one, or making any tumultuous gathering together of the crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;

¹⁴ነገር ግን ይህን እመሰክርልሃለሁ፤ በሕጉ ያለውን በነቢያትም የተጻፉትን ሁሉ አምኜ የአባቶቼን አምላክ እነርሱ ኑፋቄ ብለው እንደሚጠሩት መንገድ አመልካለሁ፤

¹³neither can they make good the things of which they now accuse me.

¹⁵እነዚህም ራሳቸው ደግሞ የሚጠብቁት፥ ጻድቃንም ዓመፀኞችም ከሙታን ይነሡ ዘንድ እንዳላቸው ተስፋ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ አለኝ።

¹⁴But this I avow to thee, that in the way which they call sect, so I serve my fathers' God, believing all things which are written throughout the law, and in the prophets;

¹⁶ስለዚህ እኔ ደግሞ በእግዚአብሔርና በሰው ፊት ሁልጊዜ ነውር የሌለባት ሕሊና ትኖረኝ ዘንድ እተጋለሁ።

¹⁵having hope towards God, which they themselves also receive, that there is to be a resurrection both of just and unjust.

¹⁷ከብዙ ዓመትም በኋላ ለሕዝቤ ምጽዋትና መሥዋዕት አደርግ ዘንድ መጣሁ፤

¹⁶For this cause I also exercise [myself] to have in everything a conscience without offence towards God and men.

¹⁸ይህንም ሳደርግ ሳለሁ ሕዝብ ሳይሰበሰብ ሁከትም ሳይሆን በመቅደስ ስነጻ አገኙኝ።

¹⁷And after a lapse of many years I arrived, bringing alms to my nation, and offerings.

¹⁹ነገር ግን በእኔ ላይ ነገር ያላቸው እንደ ሆነ፥ በፊትህ መጥተው ይከሱኝ ዘንድ የሚገባቸው ከእስያ የመጡ አንዳንድ አይሁድ አሉ።

¹⁸Whereupon they found me purified in the temple, with neither crowd nor tumult. But it was certain Jews from Asia,

²⁰ወይም በመካከላቸው ቆሜ። ዛሬ ስለ ሙታን መነሣት በፊታችሁ በእኔ ይፈርዱብኛል ብዬ ከጮኽሁት ከዚህ ከአንድ ነገር በቀር፥ በሸንጎ ፊት ቆሜ ሳለሁ በእኔ አንድ ዓመፃ ያገኙ እንደ ሆን እነዚህ ራሳቸው ይናገሩ።

¹⁹who ought to appear before thee and accuse, if they have anything against me;

²²ፊልክስ ግን የመንገዱን ነገር አጥብቆ አውቆአልና። የሻለቃው ሉስዮስ በወረደ ጊዜ ነገራችሁን እቆርጣለሁ ብሎ ወደ ፊት አዘገያቸው።

²⁰or let these themselves say what wrong they found in me when I stood before the council,

²³የመቶውንም አለቃ ጳውሎስን ሲጠብቅ እንዲያደላለት፥ ከወዳጆቹም ማንም ሲያገለግለው ወይም ወደ እርሱ ሲመጣ እንዳይከለክልበት አዘዘው።

²¹[other] than concerning this one voice which I cried standing amongst them: I am judged this day by you touching [the] resurrection of [the] dead.

²⁴ከጥቂት ቀንም በኋላ ፊልክስ አይሁዳዊት ከነበረች ድሩሲላ ከሚሉአት ከሚስቱ ጋር መጥቶ ጳውሎስን አስመጣ፥ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስም ስለ ማመን የሚናገረውን ሰማው።

²²And Felix, knowing accurately the things concerning the way, adjourned them, saying, When Lysias the chiliarch is come down I will determine your affair;

²⁵እርሱም ስለ ጽድቅና ራስን ስለ መግዛት ስለሚመጣውም ኵነኔ ሲነጋገር ሳለ፥ ፊልክስ ፈርቶ። አሁንስ ሂድ፥ በተመቸኝም ጊዜ ልኬ አስጠራሃለሁ ብሎ መለሰለት።

²³ordering the centurion to keep him, and that he should have freedom, and to hinder none of his friends to minister to him.

²⁶ያን ጊዜም ደግሞ እንዲፈታው ጳውሎስ ገንዘብ ይሰጠው ዘንድ ተስፋ አደረገ፤ ስለዚህ ደግሞ ብዙ ጊዜ እያስመጣ ያነጋግረው ነበር።

²⁴And after certain days, Felix having arrived with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

²⁷ሁለት ዓመትም ከሞላ በኋላ ጶርቅዮስ ፊስጦስ በፊልክስ ፈንታ ተተካ። ፊልክስም አይሁድን ደስ ያሰኝ ዘንድ ወዶ ጳውሎስን እንደ ታሰረ ተወው።

²⁵And as he reasoned concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix, being filled with fear, answered, Go for the present, and when I get an opportunity I will send for thee;

²⁶hoping at the same time that money would be given him by Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener and communed with him.

²⁷But when two years were completed, Felix was relieved by Porcius Festus as his successor; and Felix, desirous to oblige the Jews, to acquire their favour, left Paul bound.