¹The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

¹ቴዎፍሎስ ሆይ፥ ኢየሱስ የመረጣቸውን ሐዋርያትን በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ካዘዛቸው በኋላ እስከ ዐረገበት ቀን ድረስ፥ ያደርገውና ያስተምረው ዘንድ ስለ ጀመረው ሁሉ መጀመሪያውን ነገር ጻፍሁ፤

²until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

³ደግሞ አርባ ቀን እየታያቸው ስለ እግዚአብሔርም መንግሥት ነገር እየነገራቸው፥ በብዙ ማስረጃ ከሕማማቱ በኋላ ሕያው ሆኖ ለእነርሱ ራሱን አሳያቸው።

³To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God’s Kingdom.

⁴ከእነርሱም ጋር አብሮ ሳለ ከኢየሩሳሌም እንዳይወጡ አዘዛቸው፥ ነገር ግን። ከእኔ የሰማችሁትን አብ የሰጠውን የተስፋ ቃል ጠብቁ፤

⁴Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.

⁵ዮሐንስ በውኃ አጥምቆ ነበርና፥ እናንተ ግን ከጥቂት ቀን በኃላ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ትጠመቃላችሁ አለ።

⁵ For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

⁶እነርሱም በተሰበሰቡ ጊዜ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በዚህ ወራት ለእስራኤል መንግሥትን ትመልሳለህን? ብለው ጠየቁት።

⁶Therefore when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

⁷እርሱም። አብ በገዛ ሥልጣኑ ያደረገውን ወራትንና ዘመናትን ታውቁ ዘንድ ለእናንተ አልተሰጣችሁም፤

⁷He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.

⁸ነገር ግን መንፈስ ቅዱስ በእናንተ ላይ በወረደ ጊዜ ኃይልን ትቀበላላችሁ፥ በኢየሩሳሌምም በይሁዳም ሁሉ በሰማርያም እስከ ምድር ዳርም ድረስ ምስክሮቼ ትሆናላችሁ አለ።

⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

⁹ይህንም ከተናገረ በኋላ እነርሱ እያዩት ከፍ ከፍ አለ፤ ደመናም ከዓይናቸው ሰውራ ተቀበለችው።

⁹When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.

¹⁰እርሱም ሲሄድ ወደ ሰማይ ትኵር ብለው ሲመለከቱ ሳሉ፥ እነሆ፥ ነጫጭ ልብስ የለበሱ ሁለት ሰዎች በአጠገባቸው ቆሙ፤

¹⁰While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,

¹¹ደግሞም። የገሊላ ሰዎች ሆይ፥ ወደስማይ እየተመለከታችሁ ስለ ምን ቆማችኋል? ይህ ከእናንተ ወደ ሰማይ የወጣው ኢየሱስ ወደ ሰማይ ሲሄድ እንዳያችሁት፥ እንዲሁ ይመጣል አሉአቸው።

¹¹who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.”

¹²በዚያን ጊዜ ደብረ ዘይት ከሚባለው ተራራ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሱ፥ እርሱም ከኢየሩሳሌም የሰንበት መንገድ ያህል የራቀ ነው።

¹²Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

¹³በገቡም ጊዜ ወደሚኖሩበት ሰገነት ወጡ፥ ጴጥሮስና ዮሐንስም፥ ያዕቆብም፥ እንድርያስም፥ ፊልጶስም፥ ቶማስም፥ በርተሎሜዎስም፥ ማቴዎስም፥ የእልፍዮስ ልጅ ያዕቆብም፥ ቀናተኛ የሚባለው ስምዖንም፥ የያዕቆብ ልጅ ይሁዳም።

¹³When they had come in, they went up into the upper room, where they were staying; that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

¹⁴እነዚህ ሁሉ ከሴቶችና ከኢየሱስ እናት ከማርያም ከወንድሞቹም ጋር በአንድ ልብ ሆነው ለጸሎት ይተጉ ነበር።

¹⁴All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

¹⁵በዚህም ወራት ጴጥሮስ መቶ ሀያ በሚያህል በሰዎች ማኅበር አብረው በነበሩ በወንድሞቹ መካከል ተነሥቶ አለ።

¹⁵In these days, Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,

¹⁶ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ኢየሱስን ለያዙት መሪ ስለሆናቸው ስለ ይሁዳ መንፈስ ቅዱስ አስቀድሞ በዳዊት አፍ የተናገረው የመጽሐፍ ቃል ይፈጸም ዘንድ ይገባ ነበር፤

¹⁶“Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.

¹⁷ከእኛ ጋር ተቈጥሮ ነበርና፥ ለዚህም አገልግሎት ታድሎ ነበርና።

¹⁷For he was numbered with us, and received his portion in this ministry.

¹⁸ይህም ሰው በዓመፅ ዋጋ መሬት ገዛ በግንባሩም ተደፍቶ ከመካከሉ ተሰነጠቀ አንጀቱም ሁሉ ተዘረገፈ፤

¹⁸Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness, and falling headlong, his body burst open, and all his intestines gushed out.

¹⁹በኢየሩሳሌምም ለሚኖሩ ሁሉ ታወቀ፤ ስለዚህም ያ መሬት በቋንቋቸው አኬልዳማ ተብሎ ተጠራ፥ እርሱም የደም መሬት ማለት ነው።

¹⁹It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called ‘Akeldama,’ that is, ‘The field of blood.’

²⁰በመዝሙር መጽሐፍ። መኖሪያው ምድረ በዳ ትሁን የሚኖርባትም አይኑር፤ ደግሞም። ሹመቱን ሌላ ይውሰዳት ተብሎ ተጽፎአልና።

²⁰For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell therein;’ Psalm 69:25 and, ‘Let another take his office.’ Psalm 109:8

²¹ስለዚህ ከዮሐንስ ጥምቀት ጀምሮ ከእኛ ዘንድ እስካረገበት ቀን ድረስ፥ ጌታ ኢየሱስ በእኛ መካከል በገባበትና በወጣበት ዘመን ሁሉ ከእኛ ጋር አብረው ከነበሩት ሰዎች፥ ከእነዚህ አንዱ ከእኛ ጋር የትንሣኤው ምስክር ይሆን ዘንድ ይገባል።

²¹“Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

²³ኢዮስጦስም የሚሉትን በርስያን የተባለውን ዮሴፍንና ማትያስን ሁለቱን አቆሙ።

²²beginning from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”

²⁴ሲጸልዩም። የሁሉን ልብ የምታውቅ አንተ ጌታ ሆይ፥ ይሁዳ ወደ ገዛ ራሱ ስፍራ ይሄድ ዘንድ በተዋት በዚህች አገልግሎትና ሐዋርያነት ስፍራን እንዲቀበል የመረጥኸውን ከእነዚህ ከሁለቱ አንዱን ሹመው አሉ።

²³They put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

²⁶ዕጣም ተጣጣሉላቸው፥ ዕጣውም ለማትያስ ወደቀና ከአሥራ አንዱ ሐዋርያት ጋር ተቈጠረ።

²⁴They prayed, and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen

²⁵to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”

²⁶They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.