¹It happened in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

¹በኢቆንዮንም እንደ ቀድሞ ወደ አይሁድ ምኵራብ ገብተው ከአይሁድና ከግሪክ ሰዎች ብዙ እስኪያምኑ ድረስ ተናገሩ።

²But the disbelieving or, disobedient Jews stirred up and embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers.

²ያላመኑት አይሁድ ግን የአሕዛብን ልብ በወንድሞች ላይ አነሣሡ አስከፉም።

³Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

³ምልክትና ድንቅ በእጃቸው ይደረግ ዘንድ እየሰጠ ለጸጋው ቃል ስለ መሰከረው ስለ ጌታ ገልጠው እየተናገሩ ረጅም ወራት ተቀመጡ።

⁴But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

⁴የከተማውም ሕዝብ ተከፍለው እኵሌቶቹ ከአይሁድ እኵሌቶቹም ከሐዋርያት ጋር ሆኑ።

⁵When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,

⁵አሕዛብና አይሁድ ግን ከአለቆቻቸው ጋር ሊያንገላቱአቸውና ሊወግሩአቸው ባሰቡ ጊዜ፥

⁶they became aware of it, and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.

⁶አውቀው ልስጥራንና ደርቤን ወደሚባሉት ወደ ሊቃኦንያ ከተማዎች በእነርሱም ዙሪያ ወዳለው አገር ሸሹ፤

⁷There they preached the Good News.

⁷በዚያም ወንጌልን ይሰብኩ ነበር።

⁸At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked.

⁸በልስጥራንም እግሩ የሰለለ፥ ከእናቱም ማኅፀን ጀምሮ አንካሳ የሆነ፥ ከቶም ሄዶ የማያውቅ አንድ ሰው ተቀምጦ ነበር።

⁹He was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,

⁹ይህም ሰው ጳውሎስ ሲናገር ይሰማ ነበር፤ እርሱም ትኵር ብሎ ተመለከተውና ይድን ዘንድ እምነት እንዳለው ባየ ጊዜ፥

¹⁰said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!” He leaped up and walked.

¹⁰በታላቅ ድምፅ። ቀጥ ብለህ በእግርህ ቁም አለው። ብድግ ብሎም ተንሥቶ ይመላለስ ነበር።

¹¹When the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”

¹¹ሕዝቡም ጳውሎስ ያደረገውን ባዩ ጊዜ ድምፃቸውን ከፍ አድርገው በሊቃኦንያ ቋንቋ። አማልክት ሰዎችን መስለው ወደ እኛ ወርደዋል አሉ፤

¹²They called Barnabas “Jupiter,” and Paul “Mercury,” because he was the chief speaker.

¹²በርናባስንም ድያ አሉት፤ ጳውሎስንም እርሱ በመናገር ዋና ስለ ነበረ ሄርሜን አሉት።

¹³The priest of Jupiter, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have made a sacrifice along with the multitudes.

¹³በከተማውም ፊት ቤተ መቅደስ ያለው የድያ ካህን ኮርማዎችንና የአበባን አክሊሎች ወደ ደጃፍ አምጥቶ ከሕዝቡ ጋር ሆኖ ሊሠዋላቸው ወደደ።

¹⁴But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes, and sprang into the multitude, crying out,

¹⁴ሐዋርያት በርናባስና ጳውሎስ ግን ይህን በሰሙ ጊዜ ልብሳቸውን ቀደው ወደ ሕዝቡ መካከል እየጮኹ ሮጡ፥

¹⁵“Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;

¹⁵እንዲህም አሉ። እናንተ ሰዎች፥ ይህን ስለ ምን ታደርጋላችሁ? እኛ ደግሞ እንደ እናንተ የምንሰማ ሰዎች ነን፥ ከዚህም ከንቱ ነገር ሰማይንና ምድርን ባሕርንም በእነርሱም ያለውን ሁሉ ወደ ፈጠረ ወደ ሕያው እግዚአብሔር ዘወር ትሉ ዘንድ ወንጌልን እንሰብካለን።

¹⁶who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.

¹⁶እርሱ ባለፉት ትውልዶች አሕዛብን ሁሉ በገዛ ራሳቸው ጐዳና ይሄዱ ዘንድ ተዋቸው።

¹⁷Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you TR reads “us” instead of “you” rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”

¹⁷ከዚህም ሁሉ ጋር መልካም ሥራ እየሠራ፥ ከሰማይ ዝናብን ፍሬ የሚሆንበትንም ወራት ሲሰጠን፥ ልባችንንም በመብልና በደስታ ሲሞላው ራሱን ያለ ምስክር አልተወም።

¹⁸Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them.

¹⁸ይህንም ብለው እንዳይሠዉላቸው ሕዝቡን በጭንቅ አስተዉአቸው።

¹⁹But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

¹⁹አይሁድ ግን ከአንጾኪያና ከኢቆንዮን መጡ፤ ሕዝቡንም አባብለው ጳውሎስን ወገሩ የሞተም መስሎአቸው ከከተማ ወደ ውጭ ጐተቱት።

²⁰But as the disciples stood around him, he rose up, and entered into the city. On the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.

²⁰ደቀ መዛሙርት ግን ከበውት ሳሉ፥ ተነስቶ ወደ ከተማ ገባ። በነገውም ከበርናባስ ጋር ወደ ደርቤን ወጣ።

²¹When they had preached the Good News to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

²¹በዚያችም ከተማ ወንጌልን ሰብከው እጅግ ደቀ መዛሙርትን ካደረጉ በኋላ፥ የደቀ መዛሙርትን ልብ እያጸኑ በሃይማኖትም ጸንተው እንዲኖሩ እየመከሩና። ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት በብዙ መከራ እንገባ ዘንድ ያስፈልገናል እያሉ፥ ወደ ልስጥራን ወደ ኢቆንዮንም ወደ አንጾኪያም ተመለሱ።

²²confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.

²³በየቤተ ክርስቲያኑም ሽማግሌዎችን ከሾሙላቸው በኋላ ጦመውም ከጸለዩ በኋላ፥ ላመኑበት ለጌታ አደራ ሰጡአቸው።

²³When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

²⁴በጲስድያም አልፈው ወደ ጵንፍልያ መጡ፥

²⁴They passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia.

²⁵በጴርጌንም ቃሉን ከተናገሩ በኋላ ወደ አጣልያ ወረዱ፥

²⁵When they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

²⁶ከዚያም ስለ ፈጸሙት ሥራ ለእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ አደራ ወደ ተሰጡበት ወደ አንጾኪያ በመርከብ ሄዱ።

²⁶From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

²⁷በደረሱም ጊዜ ቤተ ክርስቲያኑን ሰብስበው እግዚአብሔር ከእነርሱ ጋር ያደረገውን ሁሉ ለአሕዛብም የሃይማኖትን ደጅ እንደ ከፈተላቸው ተናገሩ።

²⁷When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

²⁸ከደቀ መዛሙርትም ጋር አያሌ ቀን ተቀመጡ።

²⁸They stayed there with the disciples for a long time.