¹Now the apostles and the brothers The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

¹ሐዋርያትና በይሁዳም የነበሩት ወንድሞች አሕዛብ ደግሞ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እንደ ተቀበሉ ሰሙ።

²When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,

²ጴጥሮስም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም በወጣ ጊዜ ከተገረዙት ወገን የሆኑት ሰዎች ከእርሱ ጋር ተከራክረው።

³saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!”

³ወዳልተገረዙ ሰዎች ገብተህ ከእነርሱ ጋር በላህ አሉት።

⁴But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,

⁴ጴጥሮስ ግን ከመጀመሪያው ጀምሮ በተራ ገለጠላቸው እንዲህም አለ።

⁵“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.

⁵እኔ በኢዮጴ ከተማ ስጸልይ ሳለሁ ተመስጬ ራእይን አየሁ፤ ታላቅ ሸማ የመሰለ ዕቃ በአራት ማዕዘን ተይዞ ከሰማይ ወረደና ወደ እኔ መጣ፤

⁶When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky.

⁶ይህንም ትኵር ብዬ ስመለከት አራት እግር ያላቸውን የምድር እንስሶች አራዊትንም ተንቀሳቃሾችንም የሰማይ ወፎችንም አየሁ።

⁷I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat!’

⁷ጴጥሮስ ሆይ፥ ተነሣና አርደህ ብላ የሚለኝንም ድምፅ ሰማሁ።

⁸But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’

⁸እኔም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አይሆንም፤ ርኵስ ወይም የሚያስጸይፍ ከቶ ወደ አፌ ገብቶ አያውቅምና አልሁ።

⁹But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’

⁹ሁለተኛም። እግዚአብሔር ያነጻውን አንተ አታርክሰው የሚል ድምፅ ከሰማይ መለሰልኝ።

¹⁰This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹⁰ይህም ሦስት ጊዜ ሆነ እንደ ገናም ሁሉ ወደ ሰማይ ተሳበ።

¹¹Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.

¹¹እነሆም፥ ያን ጊዜ ሦስት ሰዎች ከቂሣርያ ወደ እኔ ተልከው ወዳለሁበት ቤት ቀረቡ።

¹²The Spirit told me to go with them, without discriminating. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house.

¹²መንፈስም ሳልጠራጠር ከእነርሱ ጋር እሄድ ዘንድ ነገረኝ። እነዚህም ስድስቱ ወንድሞች ደግሞ ከእኔ ጋር መጡ ወደዚያ ሰውም ቤት ገባን።

¹³He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying to him, ‘Send to Joppa, and get Simon, whose surname is Peter,

¹³እርሱም መልአክ በቤቱ ቆሞ እንዳየና። ወደ ኢዮጴ ሰዎች ልከህ ጴጥሮስ የተባለውን ስምዖንን አስመጣ፤

¹⁴who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.’

¹⁴እርሱም አንተና የቤትህ ሰዎች ሁሉ የምትድኑበትን ነገር ይነግርሃል እንዳለው ነገረን።

¹⁵As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.

¹⁵ለመናገርም በጀመርሁ ጊዜ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ለእኛ ደግሞ በመጀመሪያ እንደ ወረደ ለእነርሱ ወረደላቸው።

¹⁶I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.’

¹⁶ዮሐንስ በውኃ አጠመቀ እናንተ ግን በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ትጠመቃላችሁ ያለውም የጌታ ቃል ትዝ አለኝ።

¹⁷If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?”

¹⁷እንግዲህ እግዚአብሔር በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ላመነው ለእኛ ደግሞ እንደ ሰጠን ያን ስጦታ ለእነርሱ ከሰጠ፥ እግዚአብሔርን ለመከልከል እችል ዘንድ እኔ ማን ነበርሁ?

¹⁸When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!”

¹⁸ይህን በሰሙ ጊዜም ዝም አሉና። እንኪያስ እግዚአብሔር ለአሕዛብ ደግሞ ለሕይወት የሚሆን ንስሐን ሰጣቸው እያሉ እግዚአብሔርን አከበሩ።

¹⁹They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.

¹⁹በእስጢፋኖስም ላይ በተደረገው መከራ የተበተኑት እስከ ፊንቄ እስከ ቆጵሮስም እስከ አንጾኪያም ድረስ ዞሩ፥ ቃሉንም ለአይሁድ ብቻ እንጂ ለአንድ ስንኳ አይናገሩም ነበር።

²⁰But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, A Hellenist is someone who keeps Greek customs and culture. preaching the Lord Jesus.

²⁰ከእነርሱ ግን የቆጵሮስና የቀሬና ሰዎች የነበሩት አንዳንዶቹ ወደ አንጾኪያ መጥተው የጌታን የኢየሱስን ወንጌል እየሰበኩ ለግሪክ ሰዎች ተናገሩ።

²¹The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

²¹የጌታም እጅ ከእነርሱ ጋር ነበረ፤ ቍጥራቸውም እጅግ የሚሆን ሰዎች አምነው ወደ ጌታ ዘወር አሉ።

²²The report concerning them came to the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem. They sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch,

²²ወሬውም በኢየሩሳሌም ባለችው ቤተ ክርስቲያን ስለ እነርሱ ተሰማ፥ በርናባስንም ወደ አንጾኪያ ላኩት፤

²³who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.

²³እርሱም መጥቶ የእግዚአብሔርን ጸጋ ባየ ጊዜ ደስ አለው፥ ሁሉንም በልባቸው ፈቃድ በጌታ ጸንተው ይኖሩ ዘንድ መከራቸው፤

²⁴For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.

²⁴ደግ ሰውና መንፈስ ቅዱስ እምነትም የሞላበት ነበረና። ብዙ ሕዝብም ወደ ጌታ ተጨመሩ።

²⁵Barnabas went out to Tarsus to look for Saul.

²⁵በርናባስም ሳውልን ሊፈልግ ወደ ጠርሴስ መጣ፤

²⁶When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

²⁶ባገኘውም ጊዜ ወደ አንጾኪያ አመጣው። በቤተ ክርስቲያንም አንድ ዓመት ሙሉ ተሰበሰቡ፥ ብዙ ሕዝብንም አስተማሩ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርትም መጀመሪያ በአንጾኪያ ክርስቲያን ተባሉ።

²⁷Now in these days, prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

²⁷በዚያም ወራት ነቢያት ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ አንጾኪያ ወረዱ፤

²⁸One of them named Agabus stood up, and indicated by the Spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius.

²⁸ከእነርሱም አጋቦስ የሚሉት አንድ ሰው ተነሥቶ በዓለም ሁሉ ታላቅ ራብ ሊሆን እንዳለው በመንፈስ አመለከተ፤ ይህም በቀላውዴዎስ ቄሣር ዘመን ሆነ።

²⁹As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

²⁹ደቀ መዛሙርትም እያንዳንዳቸው እንደ ችሎታቸው መጠን አዋጥተው በይሁዳ ለሚኖሩት ወንድሞች እርዳታን ይልኩ ዘንድ ወሰኑ፤

³⁰which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

³⁰እንዲህም ደግሞ አደረጉ፥ በበርናባስና በሳውልም እጅ ወደ ሽማግሌዎቹ ሰደዱት።