¹በደኅና ከደረስን በኋላ በዚያን ጊዜ ደሴቲቱ መላጥያ እንድትባል አወቅን።

¹And when we got safe [to land] we then knew that the island was called Melita.

²አረማውያንም የሚያስገርም ቸርነት አደረጉልን፤ ዝናብ ስለ ሆነም ስለ ብርዱም እሳት አንድደው ሁላችንን ተቀበሉን።

²But the barbarians shewed us no common kindness; for, having kindled a fire, they took us all in because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold.

³ጳውሎስ ግን ብዙ ጭራሮ አከማችቶ ወደ እሳት ሲጨምር እፉኝት ከሙቀት የተነሣ ወጥታ እጁን ነደፈችው።

³And Paul having gathered a [certain] quantity of sticks together in a bundle and laid [it] on the fire, a viper coming out from the heat seized his hand.

⁴አረማውያንም እባብ በእጁ ተንጠልጥላ ባዩ ጊዜ፥ እርስ በርሳቸው። ይህ ሰው በእርግጥ ነፍሰ ገዳይ ነው፥ ከባሕርም ስንኳ በደኅና ቢወጣ የእግዚአብሔር ፍርድ በሕይወት ይኖር ዘንድ አልተወውም አሉ።

⁴And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said to one another, This man is certainly a murderer, whom, [though] saved out of the sea, Nemesis has not allowed to live.

⁵እርሱ ግን እባቢቱን ወደ እሳት አራገፋት አንዳችም አልጐዳችውም፤

⁵*He* however, having shaken off the beast into the fire, felt no harm.

⁶እነርሱም። ሊያብጥ ወይም ወዲያው ሞቶ ሊወድቅ ነው ብለው ይጠባበቁት ነበር ብዙ ጊዜ ግን ሲጠባበቁ በእርሱ ላይ የሚያስገርም ነገር ምንም ባላዩ ጊዜ። ይህስ አምላክ ነው ብለው አሳባቸውን ለወጡ።

⁶But *they* expected that he would have swollen or fallen down suddenly dead. But when they had expected a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.

⁷በዚያም ስፍራ አጠገብ ፑፕልዮስ የሚሉት የደሴት አለቃ መሬት ነበረ፥ እርሱም እንግድነት ተቀብሎን ሦስት ቀን በፍቅር አሳደረን።

⁷Now in the country surrounding that place were the lands belonging to the chief man of the island, by name Publius, who received us and gave [us] hospitality three days in a very friendly way.

⁸የፑፕልዮስም አባት በንዳድና በተቅማጥ ታሞ ተኝቶ ነበር፤ ጳውሎስም ወደ እርሱ ገብቶ ጸለየለት እጁንም በላዩ ጭኖ ፈወሰው።

⁸And it happened that the father of Publius lay ill of fever and dysentery; to whom Paul entered in, and having prayed and laid his hands on him cured him.

⁹ይህም በሆነ ጊዜ የቀሩት ደግሞ በደሴቲቱ ደዌ የነበረባቸው እየመጡ ተፈወሱ፤

⁹But this having taken place, the rest also who had sicknesses in the island came and were healed:

¹⁰በብዙ ክብርም ደግሞ አከበሩን፥ በተነሣንም ጊዜ በመርከብ ላይ የሚያስፈልገንን ነገር አኖሩልን።

¹⁰who also honoured us with many honours, and on our leaving they made presents to us of what should minister to our wants.

¹¹ከሦስት ወርም በኋላ በደሴቲቱ ከርሞ በነበረው በእስክንድርያው መርከብ ተነሣን፥ በእርሱም የዲዮስቆሮስ አላማ ነበረበት።

¹¹And after three months we sailed in a ship which had wintered in the island, an Alexandrian, with [the] Dioscuri for its ensign.

¹²ወደ ሰራኩስም በገባን ጊዜ ሦስት ቀን ተቀመጥን፤

¹²And having come to Syracuse we remained three days.

¹³ከዚያም እየተዛወርን ወደ ሬጊዩም ደረስን። ከአንድ ቀን በኋላም የደቡብ ነፋስ በነፈሰ ጊዜ በሁለተኛው ቀን ወደ ፑቲዮሉስ መጣን።

¹³Whence, going in a circuitous course, we arrived at Rhegium; and after one day, the wind having changed to south, on the second day we came to Puteoli,

¹⁴በዚያም ወንድሞችን አግኝተን በእነርሱ ዘንድ ሰባት ቀን እንድንቀመጥ ለመኑን፤ እንዲሁም ወደ ሮሜ መጣን።

¹⁴where, having found brethren, we were begged to stay with them seven days. And thus we went to Rome.

¹⁵ከዚያም ወንድሞች ስለ እኛ ሰምተው እስከ አፍዩስ ፋሩስና ሦስት ማደሪያ እስከሚባለው ሊቀበሉን ወጡ፥ ጳውሎስም ባያቸው ጊዜ እግዚአብሔርን አመሰገነ ልቡም ተጽናና።

¹⁵And thence the brethren, having heard about us, came to meet us as far as Appii Forum and Tres Tabernae, whom when Paul saw, he thanked God and took courage.

¹⁶ወደ ሮሜም በገባን ጊዜ ጳውሎስ ከሚጠብቀው ወታደር ጋር ለብቻው ይቀመጥ ዘንድ ተፈቀደለት።

¹⁶And when we came to Rome, [the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the praetorian prefect, but] Paul was allowed to remain by himself with the soldier who kept him.

¹⁷ከሦስት ቀንም በኋላ ጳውሎስ የአይሁድን ታላላቆች ወደ እርሱ ጠራ፤ በተሰበሰቡም ጊዜ እንዲህ አላቸው። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እኔ ሕዝቡን ወይም የአባቶችን ሥርዓት የሚቃወም አንዳች ሳላደርግ፥ ከኢየሩሳሌም እንደ ታሰርሁ በሮማውያን እጅ አሳልፈው ሰጡኝ።

¹⁷And it came to pass after three days, that he called together those who were the chief of the Jews; and when they had come together he said to them, Brethren, *I* having done nothing against the people or the customs of our forefathers, have been delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

¹⁸እነርሱም መርምረው ለሞት የሚገባ ምክንያት ስላልነበረብኝ ሊፈቱኝ አሰቡ፤

¹⁸who having examined me were minded to let me go, because there was nothing worthy of death in me.

¹⁹አይሁድ ግን በተቃወሙ ጊዜ፥ ወደ ቄሣር ይግባኝ እንድል ግድ ሆነብኝ እንጂ ሕዝቤን የምከስበት ነገር ኖሮኝ አይደለም።

¹⁹But the Jews speaking against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not as having anything to accuse my nation of.

²⁰ስለዚህም ምክንያት አያችሁና እነግራችሁ ዘንድ ጠራኋችሁ፤ ስለ እስራኤል ተስፋ ይህን ሰንሰለት ለብሻለሁና።

²⁰For this cause therefore I have called you to [me] to see and to speak to you; for on account of the hope of Israel I have this chain about me.

²¹እነርሱም። እኛ ከይሁዳ ስለ አንተ ደብዳቤ አልተቀበልንም፥ ከወንድሞችም አንድ ስንኳ መጥቶ ስለ አንተ ክፉ ነገር አላወራልንም ወይም አልተናገረብህም።

²¹And they said to him, For our part, we have neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor has any one of the brethren who has arrived reported or said anything evil concerning thee.

²²ነገር ግን ስለዚህ ወገን በየስፍራው ሁሉ እንዲቃወሙ በእኛ ዘንድ ታውቆአልና የምታስበውን ከአንተ እንሰማ ዘንድ እንፈቅዳለን አሉት።

²²But we beg to hear of thee what thou thinkest, for as concerning this sect it is known to us that it is everywhere spoken against.

²³ቀንም ቀጥረውለት ብዙ ሆነው ወደ መኖሪያው ወደ እርሱ መጡ፤ ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥትም እየመሰከረ ስለ ኢየሱስም ከሙሴ ሕግና ከነቢያት ጠቅሶ እያስረዳቸው፥ ከጥዋት ጀምሮ እስከ ማታ ድረስ ይገልጥላቸው ነበር።

²³And having appointed him a day many came to him to the lodging, to whom he expounded, testifying of the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from early morning to evening.

²⁴እኵሌቶቹም የተናገረውን አመኑ፥ እኵሌቶቹ ግን አላመኑም፤

²⁴And some were persuaded of the things which were said, but some disbelieved.

²⁵እርስ በርሳቸውም ባልተስማሙ ጊዜ፥ ጳውሎስ አንዲት ቃል ከተናገረ በኋላ ሄዱ፤ እንዲህም አለ። መንፈስ ቅዱስ በነቢዩ በኢሳይያስ ለአባቶቻችን።

²⁵And being disagreed among themselves they left; Paul having spoken one word, Well spoke the Holy Spirit through Esaias the prophet to our fathers,

²⁶ወደዚህ ሕዝብ ሂድና። መስማትን ትሰማላችሁና አታስተውሉም፥ ማየትንም ታያላችሁና አትመለከቱም፤

²⁶saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear and not understand, and seeing ye shall see and not perceive.

²⁷በዓይናቸው እንዳያዩ በጆሮአቸው እንዳይሰሙ በልባቸውም እንዳያስተውሉ ተመልሰውም እንዳልፈውሳቸው፥ የዚህ ሕዝብ ልብ ደንድኖአል ጆሮአቸውም ደንቁሮአል ዓይናቸውንም ጨፍነዋል በላቸው

²⁷For the heart of this people has become fat, and they hear heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

²⁸ሲል መልካም ተናገረ። እንግዲህ ይህ የእግዚአብሔር ደኅንነት ለአሕዛብ እንደ ተላከ በእናንተ ዘንድ የታወቀ ይሁን፤ እነርሱ ደግሞ ይሰሙታል።

²⁸Be it known to you therefore, that this salvation of God has been sent to the nations; *they* also will hear [it].

²⁹ይህንም በተናገረ ጊዜ አይሁድ እርስ በርሳቸው እጅግ እየተከራከሩ ሄዱ።

²⁹[And he having said this, the Jews went away, having great reasoning among themselves.]

³⁰ጳውሎስም በተከራየው ቤት ሁለት ዓመት ሙሉ ተቀመጠ፥ ወደ እርሱም የሚመጡትን ሁሉ ይቀበል ነበር፤

³⁰And he remained two whole years in his own hired lodging, and received all who came to him,

³¹ማንም ሳይከለክለው የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት እየሰበከ ስለ ጌታ ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እጅግ ገልጦ ያስተምር ነበር።

³¹preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, with all freedom unhinderedly.