¹ሐናንያም የተባለ አንድ ሰው ሰጲራ ከተባለች ከሚስቱ ጋር መሬት ሸጠ፥

¹But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession,

²ሚስቱም ደግሞ ስታውቅ ከሽያጩ አስቀረና እኩሌታውን አምጥቶ በሐዋርያት እግር አጠገብ አኖረው።

²and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

³ጴጥሮስም። ሐናንያ ሆይ፥ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ታታልልና ከመሬቱ ሽያጭ ታስቀር ዘንድ ሰይጣን በልብህ ስለ ምን ሞላ?

³But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

⁴ሳትሸጠው የአንተ አልነበረምን? ከሸጥኸውስ በኋላ በሥልጣንህ አልነበረምን? ይህን ነገር ስለ ምን በልብህ አሰብህ? እግዚአብሔርን እንጂ ሰውን አልዋሸህም አለው።

⁴While you kept it, didn’t it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn’t it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven’t lied to men, but to God.”

⁵ሐናንያም ይህን ቃል ሰምቶ ወደቀ ሞተም፤ በሰሙትም ሁሉ ላይ ታላቅ ፍርሃት ሆነ።

⁵Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and died. Great fear came on all who heard these things.

⁶ጐበዞችም ተነሥተው ከፈኑት አውጥተውም ቀበሩት።

⁶The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him out and buried him.

⁷ከሦስት ሰዓት ያህል በኋላም ሚስቱ የሆነውን ሳታውቅ ገባች።

⁷About three hours later, his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in.

⁸ጴጥሮስም መልሶ። እስቲ ንገሪኝ፥ መሬታችሁን ይህን ለሚያህል ሸጣችሁትን? አላት። እርስዋም። አዎን፥ ይህን ለሚያህል ነው አለች።

⁸Peter answered her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much.” She said, “Yes, for so much.”

⁹ጴጥሮስም። የጌታን መንፈስ ትፈታተኑ ዘንድ ስለ ምን ተስማማችሁ? እነሆ፥ ባልሽን የቀበሩት ሰዎች እግር በደጅ ነው አንቺንም ያወጡሻል አላት።

⁹But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

¹⁰ያን ጊዜም በእግሩ አጠገብ ወደቀች ሞተችም፤ ጐበዞችም ሲገቡ ሞታ አገኙአት አውጥተውም በባልዋ አጠገብ ቀበሩአት።

¹⁰She fell down immediately at his feet, and died. The young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.

¹¹በቤተ ክርስቲያን ሁሉና ይህንም በሰሙ ሁሉ ላይ ታላቅ ፍርሃት ሆነ።

¹¹Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.

¹²በሐዋርያትም እጅ ብዙ ምልክትና ድንቅ በሕዝብ መካከል ይደረግ ነበር፤ ሁሉም በአንድ ልብ ሆነው በሰሎሞን ደጅ መመላለሻ ነበሩ።

¹²By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.

¹³ከሌሎችም አንድ ስንኳ ሊተባበራቸው የሚደፍር አልነበረም፥

¹³None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them.

¹⁴ሕዝቡ ግን ያከብሩአቸው ነበር፤ የሚያምኑትም ከፊት ይልቅ ለጌታ ይጨመሩለት ነበር፤ ወንዶችና ሴቶችም ብዙ ነበሩ።

¹⁴More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.

¹⁵ስለዚህም ጴጥሮስ ሲያልፍ ጥላውም ቢሆን ከእነርሱ አንዱን ይጋርድ ዘንድ ድውያንን ወደ አደባባይ አውጥተው በአልጋና በወሰካ ያኖሩአቸው ነበር።

¹⁵They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them.

¹⁶ደግሞም በኢየሩሳሌም ዙሪያ ካለችው ከተማ ድውያንንና በርኵሳን መናፍስት የተሣቀዩትን እያመጡ ብዙ ሰዎች ይሰበስቡ ነበር፤ ሁሉም ይፈወሱ ነበር።

¹⁶Multitudes also came together from the cities around Jerusalem, bringing sick people, and those who were tormented by unclean spirits: and they were all healed.

¹⁷ሊቀ ካህናቱ ግን የሰዱቃውያን ወገን ሆነውም ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት ሁሉ ተነሡ ቅንዓትም ሞላባቸው።

¹⁷But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,

¹⁸በሐዋርያትም ላይ እጃቸውን ጭነው በሕዝቡ ወኅኒ ውስጥ አኖሩአቸው።

¹⁸and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public custody.

¹⁹የጌታ መልአክ ግን በሌሊት የወኅኒውን ደጅ ከፍቶ አወጣቸውና።

¹⁹But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out, and said,

²⁰ሂዱና ቆማችሁ የዚህን ሕይወት ቃል ሁሉ ለሕዝብ በመቅደስ ንገሩ አላቸው።

²⁰“Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.”

²¹በሰሙም ጊዜ ማልደው ወደ መቅደስ ገብተው አስተማሩ። ግን ሊቀ ካህናቱና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት መጥተው ሸንጎውንና የእስራኤልን ልጆች ሽማግሌዎች ሁሉ በአንድነት ጠሩ፥ ያመጡአቸውም ዘንድ ወደ ወኅኒ ላኩ።

²¹When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

²²ሎሌዎችም መጥተው በወኅኒው አላገኙአቸውም፤ ተመልሰውም። ወኅኒው በጣም በጥንቃቄ ተዘግቶ ጠባቂዎችም በደጁ ፊት ቆመው አገኘን፥ በከፈትን ጊዜ ግን በውስጡ አንድ ስንኳ አላገኘንም አሉአቸው።

²²But the officers who came didn’t find them in the prison. They returned and reported,

²⁴የመቅደስ አዛዥና የካህናት አለቆችም ይህን ነገር በሰሙ ጊዜ። እንጃ ይህ ምን ይሆን? እያሉ ስለ እነርሱ አመነቱ።

²³“We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”

²⁵አንድ ሰውም መጥቶ። እነሆ፥ በወኅኒ ያኖራችኋቸው ሰዎች እየቆሙ ሕዝቡንም እያስተማሩ በመቅደስ ናቸው ብሎ አወራላቸው።

²⁴Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

²⁶በዚያን ጊዜ አዛዡ ከሎሌዎች ጋር ሄዶ አመጣቸው፥ በኃይል ግን አይደለም፤ ሕዝቡ እንዳይወግሩአቸው ይፈሩ ነበርና።

²⁵One came and told them, “Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.”

²⁷አምጥተውም በሸንጎ አቆሙአቸው።

²⁶Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

²⁸ሊቀ ካህናቱም። በዚህ ስም እንዳታስተምሩ አጥብቀን አላዘዝናችሁምን? እነሆም፥ ኢየሩሳሌምን በትምህርታችሁ ሞልታችኋል፤ የዚያንም ሰው ደም በእኛ ታመጡብን ዘንድ ታስባላችሁ ብሎ ጠየቃቸው።

²⁷When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

²⁹ጴጥሮስና ሐዋርያትም መልሰው አሉ። ከሰው ይልቅ ለእግዚአብሔር ልንታዘዝ ይገባል።

²⁸saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”

³⁰እናንተ በእንጨት ላይ ሰቅላችሁ የገደላችሁትን ኢየሱስን የአባቶቻችን አምላክ አስነሣው፤

²⁹But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

³¹ይህን እግዚአብሔር፥ ለእስራኤል ንስሐን የኃጢአትንም ስርየት ይሰጥ ዘንድ፥ ራስም መድኃኒትም አድርጎ በቀኙ ከፍ ከፍ አደረገው።

³⁰The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.

³²እኛም ለዚህ ነገር ምስክሮች ነን፥ ደግሞም እግዚአብሔር ለሚታዘዙት የሰጠው መንፈስ ቅዱስ ምስክር ነው።

³¹God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

³³እነርሱም ሲሰሙ በጣም ተቈጡ ሊገድሉአቸውም አሰቡ።

³²We are His witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”

³⁴ነገር ግን በሕዝብ ሁሉ ዘንድ የከበረ የሕግ መምህር ገማልያል የሚሉት አንድ ፈሪሳዊ በሸንጎ ተነሥቶ ሐዋርያትን ጥቂት ፈቀቅ እንዲያደርጉአቸው አዘዘ፥

³³But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and determined to kill them.

³⁵እንዲህም አላቸው። የእስራኤል ሰዎች ሆይ፥ ስለ እነዚህ ሰዎች ምን እንደምታደርጉ ለራሳችሁ ተጠንቀቁ።

³⁴But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the apostles out for a little while.

³⁶ከዚህ ወራት አስቀድሞ ቴዎዳስ። እኔ ታላቅ ነኝ ብሎ ተነሥቶ ነበርና፥ አራት መቶ የሚያህሉ ሰዎችም ከእርሱ ጋር ተባበሩ፤ እርሱም ጠፋ የሰሙትም ሁሉ ተበተኑ እንደ ምናምንም ሆኑ።

³⁵He said to them, “You men of Israel, be careful concerning these men, what you are about to do.

³⁷ከዚህ በኋላ ሰዎች በተጻፉበት ዘመን የገሊላው ይሁዳ ተነሣ ብዙ ሰዎችንም አሸፍቶ አስከተለ፤ እርሱም ጠፋ የሰሙትም ሁሉ ተበታተኑ።

³⁶For before these days Theudas rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nothing.

³⁸አሁንም እላችኋለሁ። ከእነዚህ ሰዎች ተለዩ ተዉአቸውም፤ ይህ አሳብ ወይም ይህ ሥራ ከሰው እንደ ሆነ ይጠፋልና፤

³⁷After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some people after him. He also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

³⁹ከእግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆነ ግን ታጠፉአቸው ዘንድ አይቻላችሁም፥ በእርግጥ ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር ስትጣሉ ምናልባት እንዳትገኙ።

³⁸Now I tell you, withdraw from these men, and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown.

⁴⁰ሰሙትም፥ ሐዋርያትንም ወደ እነርሱ ጠርተው ገረፉአቸው፥ በኢየሱስም ስም እንዳይናገሩ አዝዘው ፈቱአቸው።

³⁹But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!”

⁴¹እነርሱም ስለ ስሙ ይናቁ ዘንድ የተገባቸው ሆነው ስለ ተቈጠሩ ከሸንጎው ፊት ደስ እያላቸው ወጡ፤

⁴⁰They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

⁴²ዕለት ዕለትም በመቅደስና በቤታቸው ስለ ኢየሱስ እርሱ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ ማስተማርንና መስበክን አይተዉም ነበር።

⁴¹They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

⁴²Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.