¹ሳውል ግን የጌታን ደቀ መዛሙርት እንዲገድላቸው ገና እየዛተ ወደ ሊቀ ካህናት ሄደ፥

¹But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

²በዚህ መንገድ ያሉትንም ሰዎች ወንዶችንም ሴቶችንም ቢያገኝ፥ እያሰረ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ያመጣቸው ዘንድ በደማስቆ ላሉት ምኵራቦች ደብዳቤ ከእርሱ ለመነ።

²and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

³ሲሄድም ወደ ደማስቆ በቀረበ ጊዜ ድንገት በእርሱ ዙሪያ ከሰማይ ብርሃን አንጸባረቀ፤

³As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.

⁴በምድርም ላይ ወድቆ ሳለ። ሳውል ሳውል፥ ስለ ምን ታሳድደኛለህ? የሚለውን ድምፅ ሰማ።

⁴He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

⁵ጌታ ሆይ፥ ማን ነህ? አለው። እርሱም። አንተ የምታሳድደኝ እኔ ኢየሱስ ነኝ፤ የመውጊያውን ብረት ብትቃወም ለአንተ ይብስብሃል አለው።

⁵He said, “Who are you, Lord?” The Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. TR adds “It’s hard for you to kick against the goads.”

⁶እየተንቀጠቀጠና እየተደነቀ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ምን አደርግ ዘንድ ትወዳለህ? አለው። ጌታም። ተነሥተህ ወደ ከተማ ግባና ታደርገው ዘንድ የሚያስፈልግህን ይነግሩሃል አለው።

⁶ But TR omits “But” rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

⁷ከእርሱም ጋር በመንገድ የሄዱ ሰዎች ድምፁን እየሰሙ ማንን ግን ሳያዩ እንደ ዲዳዎች ቁሙ።

⁷The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one.

⁸ሳውልም ከምድር ተነሣ፥ አይኖቹም በተከፈቱ ጊዜ ምንም አላየም፤ እጁንም ይዘው እየመሩ ወደ ደማስቆ አገቡት።

⁸Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

⁹ሳያይም ሦስት ቀን ኖረ፤ አልበላምም አልጠጣምም።

⁹He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.

¹⁰በደማስቆም ሐናንያ የሚሉት አንድ ደቀ መዝሙር ነበረ፥ ጌታም በራእይ። ሐናንያ ሆይ፥ አለው። እርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እነሆኝ አለ።

¹⁰Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias!” He said, “Behold, it’s me, Lord.”

¹¹ጌታም። ተነሥተህ ቅን ወደ ሚባለው መንገድ ሂድ፥ በይሁዳ ቤትም ሳውል የሚሉትን አንድ የጠርሴስ ሰው ፈልግ፤

¹¹The Lord said to him, “Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judah or, Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,

¹²እነሆ፥ እርሱ ይጸልያልና፤ ሐናንያ የሚሉትም ሰው ገብቶ ደግሞ እንዲያይ እጁን ሲጭንበት አይቶአል አለው።

¹² and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight.”

¹³ሐናንያም መልሶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በኢየሩሳሌም በቅዱሳንህ ላይ ስንት ክፉ እንዳደረገ ስለዚህ ሰው ከብዙዎች ሰምቼአለሁ፤

¹³But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.

¹⁴በዚህም ስምህን የሚጠሩትን ሁሉ ለማሰር ከካህናት አለቆች ሥልጣን አለው አለ።

¹⁴Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.”

¹⁵ጌታም። ይህ በአሕዛብም በነገሥታትም በእስራኤልም ልጆች ፊት ስሜን ይሸከም ዘንድ ለእኔ የተመረጠ ዕቃ ነውና ሂድ፤

¹⁵But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

¹⁶ስለ ስሜ ስንት መከራ ሊቀበል እንዲያስፈልገው እኔ አመለክተዋለሁና አለው።

¹⁶ For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”

¹⁷ሐናንያም ሄዶ ወደ ቤቱ ገባ፥ እጁንም ጭኖበት። ወንድሜ ሳውል ሆይ፥ ጌታ፥ እርሱም በመጣህበት መንገድ የታየህ ኢየሱስ ነው፥ ደግሞ ታይ ዘንድና መንፈስ ቅዱስ ይሞላብህ ዘንድ ላከኝ አለ።

¹⁷Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

¹⁸ወዲያውም እንደ ቅርፊት ያለ ከዓይኑ ወደቀ፥ ያን ጊዜም ደግሞ አየ፤ ተነሥቶም ተጠመቀ፥

¹⁸Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized.

¹⁹መብልም በልቶ በረታ። በደማስቆም ካሉት ደቀ መዛሙርት ጋር ጥቂት ቀን ኖረ።

¹⁹He took food and was strengthened. Saul stayed several days with the disciples who were at Damascus.

²⁰ወዲያውም ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እርሱ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆነ በምኵራቦቹ ሰበከ።

²⁰Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that he is the Son of God.

²¹የሰሙትም ሁሉ ተገረሙና። ይህ በኢየሩሳሌም ይህን ስም የሚጠሩትን ያጠፋ አይደለምን? ስለዚህስ ታስረው ወደ ካህናት አለቆች ይወስዳቸው ዘንድ ወደዚህ አልመጣምን? አሉ።

²¹All who heard him were amazed, and said, “Isn’t this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!”

²²ሳውል ግን እየበረታ ሄደ፥ በደማስቆም ለተቀመጡት አይሁድ ይህ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ አስረድቶ መልስ ያሳጣቸው ነበር።

²²But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

²³ብዙ ቀንም ሲሞላ አይሁድ ሊገድሉት ተማከሩ፤

²³When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together to kill him,

²⁴ሳውል ግን አሳባቸውን አወቀ። ይገድሉትም ዘንድ በሌሊትና በቀን የከተማይቱን በር ሁሉ ይጠቀብቁ ነበር፤

²⁴but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,

²⁵ደቀ መዛሙርት ግን በሌሊት ወስደው በቅጥር ላይ አሳልፈው በቅርጫት አወረዱት።

²⁵but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

²⁶ሳውልም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም በደረሰ ጊዜ ከደቀ መዛሙርት ጋር ይተባበር ዘንድ ሞከረ፤ ሁሉም ደቀ መዝሙር እንደ ሆነ ስላላመኑ ፈሩት።

²⁶When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

²⁷በርናባስ ግን ወስዶ ወደ ሐዋርያት አገባውና ጌታን በመንገድ እንዴት እንዳየውና እንደ ተናገረው በደማስቆም በኢየሱስ ስም ደፍሮ እንዴት እንደ ነገረ ተረከላቸው።

²⁷But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.

²⁸በጌታም በኢየሱስ ስም ደፍሮ እየተናገረ በኢየሩሳሌም ሲወጣና ሲገባ ከእነርሱ ጋር ነበረ፤

²⁸He was with them entering into TR and NU add “and going out” Jerusalem,

²⁹ከግሪክ አገርም መጥተው ከነበሩት አይሁድ ጋር ይነጋገርና ይከራከር ነበር፤ እነርሱ ግን ሊገድሉት ፈለጉ።

²⁹preaching boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. TR and NU omit “Jesus” and reverse the order of verses 28 & 29. He spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, The Hellenists were Hebrews who used Greek language and culture. but they were seeking to kill him.

³⁰ወንድሞችም ይህን ባወቁ ጊዜ ወደ ቂሣርያ ወሰዱት ወደ ጠርሴስም ሰደዱት።

³⁰When the brothers The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him off to Tarsus.

³¹በይሁዳም ሁሉና በገሊላ በሰማርያም የነበሩት አብያተ ክርስቲያናት በሰላም ኖሩ ታነጹም፤ በእግዚአብሔርም ፍርሃትና በመንፈስ ቅዱስ መጽናናት እየሄዱ ይበዙ ነበር።

³¹So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

³²ጴጥሮስም በየስፍራው ሁሉ ሲዞር በልዳ ወደሚኖሩ ቅዱሳን ደግሞ ወረደ።

³²It happened, as Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.

³³በዚያም ከስምንት ዓመት ጀምሮ በአልጋ ላይ ተኝቶ የነበረውን ኤንያ የሚሉትን አንድ ሰው አገኘ፤ እርሱም ሽባ ነበረ።

³³There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed.

³⁴ጴጥሮስም። ኤንያ ሆይ፥ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ይፈውስሃል፤ ተነሣ ለራስህም አንጥፍ አለው።

³⁴Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed!” Immediately he arose.

³⁵ወዲያውም ተነሣ። በልዳና በሰሮናም የሚኖሩ ሁሉ እርሱን አይተው ወደ ጌታ ዘወር አሉ።

³⁵All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

³⁶በኢዮጴም ጣቢታ የሚሉአት አንዲት ደቀ መዝሙር ነበረች፥ ትርጓሜውም ዶርቃ ማለት ነው፤ እርስዋም መልካም ነገር የሞላባት ምጽዋትም የምታደርግ ነበረች።

³⁶Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. “Dorcas” is Greek for “Gazelle.” This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.

³⁷በዚያም ወራት ታመመችና ሞተች፤ አጥበውም በሰገነት አኖሩአት።

³⁷It happened in those days that she fell sick, and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.

³⁸ልዳም ለኢዮጴ ቅርብ ናትና ደቀ መዛሙርት ጴጥሮስ በዚያ እንዳለ ሰምተው፥ ወደ እነርሱ ከመምጣት እንዳይዘገይ እየለመኑ ሁለት ሰዎች ወደ እርሱ ላኩ።

³⁸As Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men Reading from NU, TR; MT omits “two men” to him, imploring him not to delay in coming to them.

³⁹ጴጥሮስም ተነሥቶ ከእነርሱ ጋር መጣ፤ በደረሰም ጊዜ በሰገነት አወጡት መበለቶችም ሁሉ እያለቀሱ ዶርቃ ከእነርሱ ጋር ሳለች ያደረገቻቸውን ቀሚሶችንና ልብሶችን ሁሉ እያሳዩት በፊቱ ቆሙ።

³⁹Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

⁴⁰ጴጥሮስም ሁሉን ወደ ውጭ አስወጥቶ ተንበርክኮም ጸለየ፥ ወደ ሬሳውም ዘወር ብሎ። ጣቢታ ሆይ፥ ተነሺ አላት። እርስዋም ዓይኖችዋን ከፈተች ጴጥሮስንም ባየች ጊዜ ተቀመጠች።

⁴⁰Peter put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

⁴¹እጁንም ለእርስዋ ሰጥቶ አስነሣት፤ ቅዱሳንንና መበለቶችንም ጠራ ሕያውም ሆና በፊታቸው አቆማት።

⁴¹He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

⁴²ይህም በኢዮጴ ሁሉ የታወቀ ሆነ፥ ብዙ ሰዎችም በጌታ አመኑ።

⁴²And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

⁴³በኢዮጴም ስምዖን ከሚሉት ከአንድ ቍርበት ፋቂ ጋር አያሌ ቀን ኖረ።

⁴³It happened, that he stayed many days in Joppa with one Simon, a tanner.