¹ሊቀ ካህናቱም። ይህ ነገር እንዲህ ነውን? አለው፤

¹And the high priest said, Are these things then so?

²እርሱም እንዲህ አለ። ወንድሞችና አባቶች ሆይ፥ ስሙ። የክብር አምላክ ለአባታችን ለአብርሃም በካራን ሳይቀመጥ ገና በሁለት ወንዝ መካከል ሳለ ታየና።

²And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

³ከአገርህና ከዘመዶችህም ወጥተህ ወደማሳይህ ወደ ማንኛውም ምድር ና አለው።

³and said to him, Go out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and come into the land which I will shew thee.

⁴በዚያን ጊዜ ከከለዳውያን አገር ወጥቶ በካራን ተቀመጠ። ከዚያም አባቱ ከሞተ በኋላ እናንተ ዛሬ ወደምትኖሩባት ወደዚች አገር አወጣው።

⁴Then going out of the land of the Chaldeans he dwelt in Charran, and thence, after his father died, he removed him into this land in which *ye* now dwell.

⁵በዚችም የእግር ጫማ ስንኳ የሚያህል ርስት አልሰጠውም፤ ነገር ግን ልጅ ሳይኖረው ለእርሱ ከእርሱም በኋላ ለዘሩ ርስት አድርጎ ይሰጠው ዘንድ ተስፋ ሰጠው።

⁵And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even what his foot could stand on; and promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he had no child.

⁶እግዚአብሔርም ዘሩ በሌላ አገር መጻተኞች እንዲሆኑ አራት መቶ ዓመትም ባሪያዎች እንዲያደርጉአቸው እንዲያስጨንቁአቸውም እንዲህ ተናገረ፤

⁶And God spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat [them] four hundred years;

⁷ደግሞም እግዚአብሔር። እንደ ባሪያዎች በሚገዙአቸው ሕዝብ ላይ እኔ እፈርድባቸዋለሁ፥ ከዚህም በኋላ ይወጣሉ በዚህም ስፍራ ያመልኩኛል አለ።

⁷and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will *I* judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and serve me in this place.

⁸የመገረዝንም ኪዳን ሰጠው፤ እንዲሁም ይስሐቅን ወለደ በስምንተኛውም ቀን ገረዘው ይስሐቅም ያዕቆብን ያዕቆብም አሥራ ሁለቱን የአባቶችን አለቆች።

⁸And he gave to him [the] covenant of circumcision; and thus he begat Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

⁹የአባቶችም አለቆች በዮሴፍ ቀንተው ወደ ግብፅ ሸጡት፤ እግዚአብሔርም ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረ፥

⁹And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,

¹⁰ከመከራውም ሁሉ አወጣው፥ በግብፅ ንጉሥ በፈርዖንም ፊት ሞገስንና ጥበብን ሰጠው፥ በግብፅና በቤቱ ሁሉ ላይም ቢትወደድ አድርጎ ሾመው።

¹⁰and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he appointed him chief over Egypt and all his house.

¹¹በግብፅና በከነዓንም አገር ሁሉ ራብና ብዙ ጭንቅ መጣ፥ አባቶቻችንም ምግብን አላገኙም።

¹¹But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.

¹²ያዕቆብም በግብፅ እህል መኖሩን በሰማ ጊዜ በመጀመሪያ አባቶቻችንን ሰደዳቸው፤

¹²But Jacob, having heard of there being corn in Egypt, sent out our fathers first;

¹³በሁለተኛውም ዮሴፍ ለወንድሞቹ ታወቀ፥ የዮሴፍም ትውልድ በፈርዖን ዘንድ ተገለጠ።

¹³and the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren, and the family of Joseph became known to Pharaoh.

¹⁴ዮሴፍም አባቱን ያዕቆብንና ሰባ አምስት ነፍስ የነበረውን ቤተ ዘመድ ሁሉ ልኮ አስጠራ።

¹⁴And Joseph sent and called down to him his father Jacob and all [his] kindred, seventy-five souls.

¹⁵ያዕቆብም ወደ ግብፅ ወረደ እርሱም ሞተ አባቶቻችንም፤

¹⁵And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers,

¹⁶ወደ ሴኬምም አፍልሰው አብርሃም ከሴኬም አባት ከኤሞር ልጆች በብር በገዛው መቃብር ቀበሩአቸው።

¹⁶and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the [father] of Sychem.

¹⁷እግዚአብሔርም ለአብርሃም የማለለት የተስፋው ዘመን ሲቀርብ፥ ዮሴፍን የማያውቀው ሌላ ንጉሥ በግብፅ ላይ እስኪነሣ ድረስ፥ ሕዝቡ እየተጨመሩ በግብፅ በዙ።

¹⁷But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

¹⁹እርሱም ወገናችንን ተተንኵሎ ሕፃናትን በሕይወት እንዳይጠብቁ ወደ ውጭ ይጥሉ ዘንድ አድርጎ አባቶቻችንን አስጨነቀ።

¹⁸until another king over Egypt arose who did not know Joseph.

²⁰በዚያን ጊዜ ሙሴ ተወለደ በእግዚአብሔርም ፊት ያማረ ነበር፤ በአባቱ ቤትም ሦስት ወር አደገ፤

¹⁹*He* dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that they might not live.

²¹በተጣለም ጊዜ የፈርዖን ልጅ አነሣችው ልጅም ይሆናት ዘንድ አሳደገችው።

²⁰In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly lovely, who was nourished three months in the house of his father.

²²ሙሴም የግብፆችን ጥበብ ሁሉ ተማረ፥ በቃሉና በሥራውም የበረታ ሆነ።

²¹And when he was cast out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and brought him up for herself [to be] for a son.

²³ነገር ግን አርባ ዓመት ሲሞላው ወንድሞቹን የእስራኤልን ልጆች ይጐበኝ ዘንድ በልቡ አሰበ።

²²And Moses was instructed in all [the] wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.

²⁴አንዱም ሲበደል አይቶ ረዳው፥ የግብፅን ሰውም መትቶ ለተገፋው ተበቀለ።

²³And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to look upon his brethren, the sons of Israel;

²⁵ወንድሞቹም እግዚአብሔር በእጁ መዳንን እንዲሰጣቸው የሚያስተውሉ ይመስለው ነበር፥ እነርሱ ግን አላስተዋሉም።

²⁴and seeing a certain one wronged, he defended [him], and avenged him that was being oppressed, smiting the Egyptian.

²⁶በማግሥቱም እርስ በርሳቸው ሲጣሉ አገኛቸው፥ ሊያስታርቃቸውም ወዶ። ሰዎች ሆይ፥ እናንተስ ወንድማማች ናችሁ፤ ስለ ምን እርስ በርሳችሁ ትበዳደላላችሁ? አላቸው።

²⁵For he thought that his brethren would understand that God by his hand was giving them deliverance. But they understood not.

²⁷ያም ባልንጀራውን የሚበድል ግን። አንተን በእኛ ላይ ሹምና ፈራጅ እንድትሆን የሾመህ ማን ነው?

²⁶And on the morrow he shewed himself to them as they were contending, and compelled them to peace, saying, *Ye* are brethren, why do ye wrong one another?

²⁸ወይስ ትናንትና የግብፁን ሰው እንደ ገደልኸው ልትገድለኝ ትወዳለህን? ብሎ ገፋው።

²⁷But he that was wronging his neighbour thrust him away, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge over us?

²⁹ሙሴም ከዚህ ነገር የተነሣ ሸሽቶ በምድያም አገር መጻተኛ ሆኖ ኖረ፤ በዚያም ሁለት ልጆች ወለደ።

²⁸Dost *thou* wish to kill me as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?

³⁰አርባ ዓመትም ሲሞላ የጌታ መልአክ በሲና ተራራ ምድረ በዳ በቍጥቋጦ መካከል በእሳት ነበልባል ታየው።

²⁹And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Madiam, where he begat two sons.

³¹ሙሴም አይቶ ባየው ተደነቀ፤ ሊመለከትም ሲቀርብ የጌታ ቃል። እኔ የአባቶችህ አምላክ የአብርሃም አምላክ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ ነኝ ብሎ ወደ እርሱ መጣ። ሙሴም ተንቀጥቅጦ ሊመለከት አልደፈረም።

³⁰And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush.

³³ጌታም። የቆምህባት ስፍራ የተቀደሰች ምድር ናትና የእግርህን ጫማ አውልቅ።

³¹And Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of [the] Lord,

³⁴በግብፅ ያሉትን የሕዝቤን መከራ ፈጽሜ አይቼ መቃተታቸውንም ሰምቼ ላድናቸው ወረድሁ፤ አሁንም ና፥ ወደ ግብፅ እልክሃለሁ አለው።

³²*I* am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not consider [it].

³⁵ሹምና ፈራጅ እንድትሆን የሾመህ ማን ነው? ብለው የካዱትን፥ ይህን ሙሴን በቍጥቋጦው በታየው በመልአኩ እጅ እግዚአብሔር ሹምና ቤዛ አድርጎ ላከው።

³³And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.

³⁶ይህ ሰው በግብፅ ምድርና በኤርትራ ባሕር በምድረ በዳም አርባ ዓመት ድንቅና ምልክት እያደረገ አወጣቸው።

³⁴I have surely seen the ill treatment of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groan, and have come down to take them out of it; and now, come, I will send thee to Egypt.

³⁷ይህ ሰው ለእስራኤል ልጆች። እግዚአብሔር ከወንድሞቻችሁ እንደ እኔ ያለ ነቢይ ያስነሣላችኋል፤ እርሱን ስሙት ያላቸው ሙሴ ነው።

³⁵This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee ruler and judge? him did God send [to be] a ruler and deliverer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

³⁸ይህ ሰው በሲና ተራራ ከተናገረው መልአክና ከአባቶቻችን ጋር በምድረ በዳ በማኅበሩ ውስጥ የነበረው ነው፤ ይሰጠንም ዘንድ ሕይወት ያላቸውን ቃላት ተቀበለ፤

³⁶*He* led them out, having wrought wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

³⁹ለእርሱም አባቶቻችን ሊታዘዙት አልወደዱም፤ ነገር ግን ገፉት በልባቸውም ወደ ግብፅ ተመለሱ፤

³⁷This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up to you out of your brethren like me [him shall ye hear].

⁴⁰አሮንንም። በፊታችን የሚሄዱ አማልክት ሥራልን፤ ይህ ከግብፅ ምድር ያወጣን ሙሴ ምን እንደ ሆነ አናውቅምና አሉት።

³⁸This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us;

⁴¹በዚያም ወራት ጥጃ አደረጉ ለጣዖቱም መሥዋዕት አቀረቡ፥ በእጃቸውም ሥራ ደስ አላቸው።

³⁹to whom our fathers would not be subject, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

⁴²እግዚአብሔር ግን ዘወር አለ የሰማይንም ጭፍራ ያመልኩ ዘንድ አሳልፎ ሰጣቸው፥ በነቢያትም መጽሐፍ። እናንተ የእስራኤል ቤት፥ አርባ ዓመት በምድረ በዳ የታረደውን ከብትና መሥዋዕትን አቀረባችሁልኝን?

⁴⁰saying to Aaron, Make us gods who shall go before us; for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has happened to him.

⁴³ትሰግዱላቸውም ዘንድ የሠራችኋቸውን ምስሎች እነርሱንም የሞሎክን ድንኳንና ሬምፉም የሚሉትን የአምላካችሁን ኮከብ አነሣችሁ፤ እኔም ከባቢሎን ወዲያ እሰዳችኋለሁ ተብሎ እንዲህ ተጽፎአል።

⁴¹And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

⁴⁴እንዳየው ምስል አድርጎ ይሠራት ዘንድ ሙሴን ተናግሮ እንዳዘዘው፥ የምስክር ድንኳን ከአባቶቻችን ዘንድ በምድረ በዳ ነበረች፤

⁴²But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in [the] book of the prophets, Have ye offered me victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

⁴⁵አባቶቻችንም ደግሞ በተራ ተቀብለው እግዚአብሔር በፊታቸው ያወጣቸውን የአሕዛብን አገር በያዙት ጊዜ ከኢያሱ ጋር አገቡአት፥ እስከ ዳዊት ዘመንም ድረስ ኖረች።

⁴³Yea, ye took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of [your] god Remphan, the forms which ye made to do homage to them; and I will transport you beyond Babylon.

⁴⁶እርሱም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ሞገስ አግኝቶ ለያዕቆብ አምላክ ማደሪያን ያገኝ ዘንድ ለመነ።

⁴⁴Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, as he that spoke to Moses commanded to make it according to the model which he had seen;

⁴⁷ነገር ግን ሰሎሞን ቤት ሠራለት።

⁴⁵which also our fathers, receiving from their predecessors, brought in with Joshua when they entered into possession of [the lands of] the nations, whom God drove out from [the] face of our fathers, until the days of David;

⁴⁸ነገር ግን ነቢዩ። ሰማይ ዙፋኔ ነው ምድርም የእግሬ መረገጫ ናት፤ ለእኔ ምን ዓይነት ቤት ትሠራላችሁ? ይላል ጌታ፥ ወይስ የማርፍበት ስፍራ ምንድር ነው? ይህንስ ሁሉ እጄ የሠራችው አይደለምን? እንዳለ፥ ልዑል የሰው እጅ በሠራችው አይኖርም።

⁴⁶who found favour before God, and asked to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

⁵¹እናንተ አንገተ ደንዳኖች ልባችሁና ጆሮአችሁም ያልተገረዘ፥ እናንተ ሁልጊዜ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ትቃወማላችሁ፤ አባቶቻችሁ እንደ ተቃወሙት እናንተ ደግሞ።

⁴⁷but Solomon built him a house.

⁵²ከነቢያትስ አባቶቻችሁ ያላሳደዱት ማን ነው? የጻድቁንም መምጣት አስቀድሞ የተናገሩትን ገደሉአቸው፤ በመላእክት ሥርዓት ሕግን ተቀብላችሁ ያልጠበቃችሁት እናንተም አሁን እርሱን አሳልፋችሁ ሰጣችሁት ገደላችሁትም።

⁴⁸But the Most High dwells not in [places] made with hands; as says the prophet,

⁵⁴ይህንም በሰሙ ጊዜ በልባቸው በጣም ተቈጡ ጥርሳቸውንም አፋጩበት።

⁴⁹The heaven [is] my throne and the earth the footstool of my feet: what house will ye build me? saith [the] Lord, or where [is the] place of my rest?

⁵⁵መንፈስ ቅዱስንም ተሞልቶ ወደ ሰማይ ትኵር ብሎ ሲመለከት የእግዚአብሔርን ክብር ኢየሱስንም በእግዚአብሔር ቀኝ ቆሞ አየና።

⁵⁰has not my hand made all these things?

⁵⁶እነሆ፥ ሰማያት ተከፍተው የሰው ልጅም በእግዚአብሔር ቀኝ ቆሞ አያለሁ አለ።

⁵¹O stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, *ye* do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, *ye* also.

⁵⁷በታላቅ ድምፅም እየጮኹ ጆሮአቸውን ደፈኑ፥ በአንድ ልብ ሆነውም ወደ እርሱ ሮጡ፥

⁵²Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom *ye* have now become deliverers up and murderers!

⁵⁸ከከተማም ወደ ውጭ አውጥተው ወገሩት። ምስክሮችም ልብሳቸውን ሳውል በሚሉት በአንድ ጎበዝ እግር አጠገብ አኖሩ።

⁵³who have received the law as ordained by [the] ministry of angels, and have not kept [it].

⁵⁹እስጢፋኖስም። ጌታ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፥ ነፍሴን ተቀበል ብሎ ሲጠራ ይወግሩት ነበር።

⁵⁴And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against him.

⁶⁰ተንበርክኮም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ይህን ኃጢአት አትቍጠርባቸው ብሎ በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኸ። ይህንም ብሎ አንቀላፋ። ሳውልም በእርሱ መገደል ተስማምቶ ነበር።

⁵⁵But being full of [the] Holy Spirit, having fixed his eyes on heaven, he saw [the] glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,

⁵⁶and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.

⁵⁷And they cried out with a loud voice, and held their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;

⁵⁸and having cast [him] out of the city, they stoned [him]. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.

⁵⁹And they stoned Stephen, praying, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

⁶⁰And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this, he fell asleep.