¹ለሕዝቡም ሲናገሩ የካህናት አለቆችና የመቅደስ አዛዥ ሰዱቃውያንም፥

¹And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

²ሕዝቡን ስለ አስተማሩና በኢየሱስ የሙታንን ትንሣኤ ስለ ሰበኩ ተቸግረው፥ ወደ እነርሱ ቀረቡ፥

²being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among [the] dead;

³እጃቸውንም ጭነውባቸው አሁን መሽቶ ነበርና እስከ ማግሥቱ ድረስ በወኅኒ አኖሩአቸው።

³and they laid hands on them, and put them in ward till the morrow; for it was already evening.

⁴ነገር ግን ቃሉን ከሰሙት ብዙዎች አመኑ፥ የወንዶችም ቍጥር አምስት ሺህ ያህል ሆነ።

⁴But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become [about] five thousand.

⁵በነገውም አለቆቻቸውና ሽማግሌዎች ጻፎችም ሊቀ ካህናቱ ሐናም ቀያፋም ዮሐንስም እስክንድሮስም የሊቀ ካህናቱም ዘመዶች የነበሩት ሁሉ በኢየሩሳሌም ተሰበሰቡ፤

⁵And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

⁷እነርሱንም በመካከል አቁመው። በምን ኃይል ወይስ በማን ስም እናንተ ይህን አደረጋችሁ? ብለው ጠየቁአቸው።

⁶and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of [the] high priestly family;

⁸በዚያን ጊዜ ጴጥሮስ መንፈስ ቅዱስንም ተሞልቶ እንዲህ አላቸው። እናንተ የሕዝብ አለቆችና ሽማግሌዎች፥

⁷and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have *ye* done this?

⁹እኛ ዛሬ ለድውዩ ሰው ስለ ተደረገው መልካም ሥራ ይህ በምን እንደዳነ ብንመረመር፥

⁸Then Peter, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders [of Israel],

¹⁰እናንተ በሰቀላችሁት እግዚአብሔርም ከሙታን ባስነሣው በናዝሬቱ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም ይህ ደኅና ሆኖ በፊታችሁ እንደ ቆመ፥ ለእናንተ ለሁላችሁ ለእስራኤልም ሕዝብ ሁሉ የታወቀ ይሁን።

⁹if *we* this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed [done] to the infirm man, how *he* has been healed,

¹¹እናንተ ግንበኞች የናቃችሁት፥ የማዕዘን ራስ የሆነው ይህ ድንጋይ ነው።

¹⁰be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom *ye* have crucified, whom God has raised from among [the] dead, by *him* this [man] stands here before you sound [in body].

¹²መዳንም በሌላ በማንም የለም፤ እንድንበት ዘንድ የሚገባን ለሰዎች የተሰጠ ስም ከሰማይ በታች ሌላ የለምና።

¹¹*He* is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone.

¹³ጴጥሮስና ዮሐንስም በግልጥ እንደ ተናገሩ ባዩ ጊዜ፥ መጽሐፍን የማያውቁና ያልተማሩ ሰዎች እንደ ሆኑ አስተውለው አደነቁ፥ ከኢየሱስም ጋር እንደ ነበሩ አወቁአቸው፤

¹²And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved.

¹⁴የተፈወሰውንም ሰው ከእነርሱ ጋር ቆሞ ሲያዩ የሚመልሱትን አጡ።

¹³But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and uninstructed men, they wondered; and they recognised them that they were with Jesus.

¹⁵ከሸንጎም ወደ ውጭ ይወጡ ዘንድ አዝዘው። በእነዚህ ሰዎች ምን እንሥራ?

¹⁴And beholding the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to reply;

¹⁶የታወቀ ምልክት በእነርሱ እጅ እንደ ተደረገ በኢየሩሳሌም ለሚኖሩ ሁሉ ተገልጦአልና፥ እንሸሽገው ዘንድ አንችልም፤

¹⁵but having commanded them to go out of the council they conferred with one another,

¹⁷ነገር ግን በሕዝቡ ዘንድ አብዝቶ እንዳይስፋፋ፥ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ለማንም ሰው በዚህ ስም እንዳይናገሩ እየዛትን እንዘዛቸው ብለው እርስ በርሳቸው ተማከሩ።

¹⁶saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed an evident sign has come to pass through their means is manifest to all that inhabit Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

¹⁸ጠርተውም በኢየሱስ ስም ፈጽመው እንዳይናገሩና እንዳያስተምሩ አዘዙአቸው።

¹⁷But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.

¹⁹ጴጥሮስና ዮሐንስ ግን መልሰው። እግዚአብሔርን ከመስማት ይልቅ እናንተን እንሰማ ዘንድ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት የሚገባ እንደ ሆነ ቍረጡ፤

¹⁸And having called them, they charged [them] not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

²⁰እኛስ ያየነውንና የሰማነውን ከመናገር ዝም ማለት አንችልም አሉአቸው።

¹⁹But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye;

²¹እነርሱም እንደ ምን እንደሚቀጡ ምክንያት ስላላገኙባቸው፥ እንደ ገና ዝተው ከሕዝቡ የተነሣ ፈቱአቸው፤ ሰዎች ሁሉ ስለ ሆነው ነገር እግዚአብሔርን ያከብሩ ነበርና።

²⁰for as for us *we* cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.

²²ይህ የመፈወስ ምልክት የተደረገለት ሰው ከአርባ ዓመት ይበልጠው ነበርና።

²¹But they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way how they might punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for what had taken place;

²³ተፈትተውም ወደ ወገኖቻቸው መጡና የካህናት አለቆችና ሽማግሌዎች ያሉአቸውን ሁሉ ነገሩአቸው።

²²for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old.

²⁴እነርሱም በሰሙ ጊዜ በአንድ ልብ ሆነው ወደ እግዚአብሔር ድምፃቸውን ከፍ አደረጉ እንዲህም አሉ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አንተ ሰማዩንና ምድሩን ባሕሩንም በእነርሱም የሚኖረውን ሁሉ የፈጠርህ፥

²³And having been let go, they came to their own [company], and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

²⁵በመንፈስ ቅዱስም በብላቴናህ በአባታችን በዳዊት አፍ። አሕዛብ ለምን አጕረመረሙ? ሕዝቡስ ከንቱን ነገር ለምን አሰቡ?

²⁴And they, having heard [it], lifted up [their] voice with one accord to God, and said, Lord, *thou* art the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;

²⁶የምድር ነገሥታት ተነሡ አለቆችም በጌታና በተቀባው ላይ አብረው ተከማቹ ብለህ የተናገርህ አምላክ ነህ።

²⁵who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have [the] nations raged haughtily and [the] peoples meditated vain things?

²⁷በቀባኸው በቅዱሱ ብላቴናህ በኢየሱስ ላይ ሄሮድስና ጴንጤናዊው ጲላጦስ ከአሕዛብና ከእስራኤል ሕዝብ ጋር፥ እጅህና አሳብህ እንዲሆን አስቀድመው የወሰኑትን ሁሉ ሊፈጽሙ፥ በዚች ከተማ በእውነት ተሰበሰቡ።

²⁶The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.

²⁹አሁንም፥ ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወደ ዛቻቸው ተመልከት፤ ለመፈወስም እጅህን ስትዘረጋ በቅዱስ ብላቴናህም በኢየሱስ ስም ምልክትና ድንቅ ሲደረግ፥ ባሪያዎችህ በፍጹም ግልጥነት ቃልህን እንዲናገሩ ስጣቸው።

²⁷For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with [the] nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city

³¹ከጸለዩም በኋላ ተሰብስበው የነበሩበት ስፍራ ተናወጠ፥ በሁሉም መንፈስ ቅዱስ ሞላባቸው፥ የእግዚአብሔርንም ቃል በግልጥ ተናገሩ።

²⁸to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass.

³²ያመኑትም ሕዝብ አንድ ልብ አንዲትም ነፍስ ነበሩአቸው፥ ገንዘባቸውም ሁሉ በአንድነት ነበረ እንጂ ካለው አንድ ነገር ስንኳ የራሱ እንደ ሆነ ማንም አልተናገረም።

²⁹And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,

³³ሐዋርያትም የጌታን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ትንሣኤ በታላቅ ኃይል ይመሰክሩ ነበር፤ በሁሉም ላይ ታላቅ ጸጋ ነበረባቸው።

³⁰in that thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and that signs and wonders take place through the name of thy holy servant Jesus.

³⁴በመካከላቸው አንድ ስንኳ ችግረኛ አልነበረምና፤ መሬት ወይም ቤት ያላቸው ሁሉ እየሸጡ የተሸጠውን ዋጋ ያመጡ ነበርና፥

³¹And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.

³⁵በሐዋርያትም እግር አጠገብ ያኖሩ ነበር፤ ማናቸውም እንደሚፈልግ መጠን ለእያንዳንዱ ያካፍሉት ነበር።

³²And the heart and soul of the multitude of those that had believed were one, and not one said that anything of what he possessed was his own, but all things were common to them;

³⁶ትውልዱም የቆጵሮስ ሰው የነበረ አንድ ሌዋዊ ዮሴፍ የሚሉት ነበረ፥ እርሱም በሐዋርያት በርናባስ ተባለ ትርጓሜውም የመጽናናት ልጅ ነው፤

³³and with great power did the apostles give witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

³⁷እርሻም ነበረውና ሽጦ ገንዘቡን አምጥቶ ከሐዋርያት እግር አጠገብ አኖረው።

³⁴For neither was there any one in want among them; for as many as were owners of lands or houses, selling them, brought the price of what was sold

³⁵and laid it at the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to each according as any one might have need.

³⁶And Joseph, who had been surnamed Barnabas by the apostles (which is, being interpreted, Son of consolation), a Levite, Cyprian by birth,

³⁷being possessed of land, having sold [it], brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.