¹Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.

¹በዚያም ዘመን ንጉሡ ሄሮድስ መከራ ያጸናባቸው ዘንድ ከቤተ ክርስቲያኑ በአንዳንዶቹ ላይ እጁን ጫነባቸው።

²He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

²የዮሐንስንም ወንድም ያዕቆብን በሰይፍ ገደለው።

³When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.

³አይሁድንም ደስ እንዳሰኛቸው አይቶ ጨምሮ ጴጥሮስን ደግሞ ያዘው። የቂጣ በዓልም ወራት ነበረ።

⁴When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

⁴በያዘውም ጊዜ ወደ ወኅኒ አገባው ከፋሲካም በኋላ ወደ ሕዝብ ያወጣው ዘንድ አስቦ እያንዳንዱ አራት ወታደሮች ሆነው እንዲጠብቁት ለአራት ጭፍራ ክፍል አሳልፎ ሰጠው።

⁵Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.

⁵ጴጥሮስም በወኅኒ ይጠበቅ ነበር፤ ነገር ግን በቤተ ክርስቲያን ስለ እርሱ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጸሎት አጥብቆ ይደረግ ነበር።

⁶The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.

⁶ሄሮድስም ሊያወጣው ባሰበ ጊዜ፥ በዚያች ሌሊት ጴጥሮስ በሁለት ሰንሰለት ታስሮ ከሁለት ወታደሮች መካከል ተኝቶ ነበር፤ ጠባቂዎችም በደጁ ፊት ሆነው ወኅኒውን ይጠብቁ ነበር።

⁷And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off from his hands.

⁷እነሆም፥ የጌታ መልአክ ቀረበ በቤትም ውስጥ ብርሃን በራ፤ ጴጥሮስንም ጎድኑን መትቶ አነቃውና። ፈጥነህ ተነሣ አለው። ሰንሰለቶቹም ከእጁ ወደቁ።

⁸The angel said to him, “Get dressed and put on your sandals.” He did so. He said to him, “Put on your cloak, and follow me.”

⁸መልአኩም። ታጠቅና ጫማህን አግባ አለው፥ እንዲሁም አደረገ።

⁹And he went out and followed him. He didn’t know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.

⁹ልብስህንም ልበስና ተከተለኝ አለው። ወጥቶም ተከተለው፤ ራእይንም የሚያይ ይመስለው ነበር እንጂ በመልአኩ የሚደረገው ነገር እውነት እንደ ሆነ አላወቀም።

¹⁰When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

¹⁰የመጀመሪያውንና የሁለተኛውንም ዘብ አልፈው ወደ ከተማ ወደሚያወጣው ወደ ብረቱ መዝጊያ ደረሱ፤ እርሱም አውቆ ተከፈተላቸው፤ ወጥተውም አንዲት ስላች አለፉ ወዲያውም መልአኩ ከእርሱ ተለየ።

¹¹When Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting.”

¹¹ጴጥሮስም ወደ ልቡ ተመልሶ። ጌታ መልአኩን ልኮ ከሄሮድስ እጅና የአይሁድ ሕዝብ ይጠብቁት ከነበረው ሁሉ እንደ አዳነኝ አሁን በእውነት አወቅሁ አለ።

¹²Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

¹²ባስተዋለም ጊዜ እጅግ ሰዎች ተከማችተው ይጸልዩበት ወደ ነበረው ማርቆስ ወደ ተባለው ወደ ዮሐንስ እናት ወደ ማርያም ቤት መጣ።

¹³When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.

¹³ጴጥሮስም የደጁን መዝጊያ ባንኳኳ ጊዜ ሮዴ የሚሉአት አንዲት ገረድ ትሰማ ዘንድ ቀረበች፤

¹⁴When she recognized Peter’s voice, she didn’t open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

¹⁴የጴጥሮስ ድምፅ መሆኑንም ባወቀች ጊዜ ከደስታዋ የተነሣ ደጁን አልከፈተችም፥ ነገር ግን ወደ ውስጥ ሮጣ ጴጥሮስ በደጅ ፊት ቆሞ እንዳለ አወራች።

¹⁵They said to her, “You are crazy!” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.”

¹⁵እነርሱም። አብደሻል አሉአት። እርስዋ ግን እንዲሁ እንደ ሆነ ታስረግጥ ነበር። እነርሱም። መልአኩ ነው አሉ።

¹⁶But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.

¹⁶ጴጥሮስ ግን ማንኳኳቱን አዘወተረ፤ ከፍተውም አዩትና ተገረሙ።

¹⁷But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, “Tell these things to James, and to the brothers.” Then he departed, and went to another place.

¹⁷ግን ዝም እንዲሉ በእጁ ጠቅሶ ጌታ ከወኅኒ እንዴት እንዳወጣው ተረከላቸውና። ይህን ለያዕቆብና ለወንድሞች ንገሩ አላቸው። ወጥቶም ወደ ሌላ ስፍራ ሄደ።

¹⁸Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

¹⁸በነጋም ጊዜ። ጴጥሮስን ምን አግኝቶት ይሆን? ብለው በጭፍሮች ዘንድ ብዙ ሁከት ሆነ።

¹⁹When Herod had sought for him, and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.

¹⁹ሄሮድስም አስፈልጎ ባጣው ጊዜ ጠባቂዎችን መረመረ ይገድሉአቸውም ዘንድ አዘዘ፤ ከይሁዳም ወደ ቂሣርያ ወርዶ በዚያ ተቀመጠ።

²⁰Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king’s personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.

²⁰ከጢሮስና ከሲዶና ሰዎችም ጋር ተጣልቶ ነበር፤ በአንድ ልብ ሆነውም ወደ እርሱ መጡ፥ የንጉሥንም ቢትወደድ ብላስጦስን እሺ አሰኝተው ዕርቅ ለመኑ፥ አገራቸው ከንጉሥ አገር ምግብ ያገኝ ነበረና።

²¹On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.

²¹በተቀጠረ ቀንም ሄሮድስ ልብሰ መንግሥቱን ለብሶ በዙፋን ተቀመጠ እነርሱንም ተናገራቸው፤

²²The people shouted, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”

²²ሕዝቡም። የእግዚአብሔር ድምፅ ነው የሰውም አይደለም ብለው ጮኹ።

²³Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

²³ለእግዚአብሔርም ክብር ስላልሰጠ ያን ጊዜ የጌታ መልአክ መታው በትልም ተበልቶ ሞተ።

²⁴But the word of God grew and multiplied.

²⁴የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ግን ያድግና ይበዛ ነበር።

²⁵Barnabas and Saul returned to TR reads “from” instead of “to” Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their service, also taking with them John whose surname was Mark.

²⁵በርናባስና ሳውልም አገልግሎታቸውን ፈጽመው ከኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሱ፥ ማርቆስ የተባለውን ዮሐንስንም ከእነርሱ ጋር ይዘውት መጡ።