¹He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.

¹ወደ ደርቤንና ወደ ልስጥራንም ደረሰ። እነሆም፥ በዚያ የአንዲት ያመነች አይሁዳዊት ልጅ ጢሞቴዎስ የሚባል አንድ ደቀ መዝሙር ነበረ፤ አባቱ ግን የግሪክ ሰው ነበረ።

²The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.

²ለእርሱም በልስጥራንና በኢቆንዮን ያሉ ወንድሞች መሰከሩለት።

³Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

³ጳውሎስ ይህ ከእርሱ ጋር ይወጣ ዘንድ ወደደ፥ በእነዚያም ስፍራዎች ስለ ነበሩ አይሁድ ይዞ ገረዘው፤ አባቱ የግሪክ ሰው እንደ ሆነ ሁሉ ያውቁ ነበርና።

⁴As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.

⁴በከተማዎችም ሲዞሩ በኢየሩሳሌም የነበሩት ሐዋርያትና ሽማግሌዎች የቈረጡትን ሥርዓት ይጠብቁ ዘንድ ሰጡአቸው።

⁵So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

⁵አብያተ ክርስቲያናትም በሃያማኖት ይበረቱ ነበር፥ በቍጥርም ዕለት ዕለት ይበዙ ነበር።

⁶When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

⁶በእስያም ቃሉን እንዳይናገሩ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ስለ ከለከላቸው በፍርግያና በገላትያ አገር አለፉ፤

⁷When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.

⁷በሚስያም አንጻር በደረሱ ጊዜ ወደ ቢታንያ ይሄዱ ዘድን ሞከሩ፥ የኢየሱስ መንፈስም አልፈቀደላቸውም፤

⁸Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

⁸በሚስያም አጠገብ አልፈው ወደ ጢሮአዳ ወረዱ።

⁹A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”

⁹ራእይም ለጳውሎስ በሌሊት ታየው፤ አንድ የመቄዶንያ ሰው። ወደ መቄዶንያ ተሻገርና እርዳን እያለ ቆሞ ሲለምነው ነበር።

¹⁰When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.

¹⁰ራእዩንም ካየ በኋላ ወዲያው ወደ መቄዶንያ ልንወጣ ፈለግን፥ ወንጌልን እንሰብክላቸው ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ጠራን መስሎናልና።

¹¹Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;

¹¹ከጢሮአዳም ተነሥተን በቀጥታ ወደ ሳሞትራቄ በነገውም ወደ ናጱሌ በመርከብ ሄድን፤

¹²and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.

¹²ከዚያም ወደ ፊልጵስዩስ ደረስን፤ እርስዋም የመቄዶንያ ከተማ ሆና የወረዳ ዋና ከተማና ቅኝ አገር ናት፤ በዚህችም ከተማ አንዳንድ ቀን እንቀመጥ ነበር።

¹³On the Sabbath day we went forth outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together.

¹³በሰንበት ቀንም ከከተማው በር ውጭ የጸሎት ስፍራ በዚያ መሆኑን ስላሰብን ወደ ወንዝ አጠገብ ወጣን፤ ተቀምጠንም ለተሰበሰቡት ሴቶች ተናገርን።

¹⁴A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

¹⁴ከትያጥሮን ከተማም የመጣች ቀይ ሐር ሻጭ እግዚአብሔርን የምታመልክ ልድያ የሚሉአት አንዲት ሴት ትሰማ ነበረች፤ ጳውሎስም የሚናገረውን ታዳምጥ ዘንድ ጌታ ልብዋን ከፈተላት።

¹⁵When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay.” So she persuaded us.

¹⁵እርስዋም ከቤተ ሰዎችዋ ጋር ከተጠመቀች በኋላ። በጌታ የማምን እንድሆን ከፈረዳችሁልኝ፥ ወደ ቤቴ ገብታችሁ ኑሩ ብላ ለመነችን፤ በግድም አለችን።

¹⁶It happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.

¹⁶ወደ ጸሎት ስፍራም ስንሄድ፥ የምዋርተኝነት መንፈስ የነበረባት ለጌቶችዋም እየጠነቈለች ብዙ ትርፍ ታመጣ የነበረች አንዲት ገረድ አገኘችን።

¹⁷Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”

¹⁷እርስዋ ጳውሎስንና እኛን እየተከተለች። የመዳንን መንገድ የሚነግሩአችሁ እነዚህ ሰዎች የልዑል አምላክ ባሪያዎች ናቸው ብላ ትጮኽ ነበር።

¹⁸She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.

¹⁸ይህንም እጅግ ቀን አደረገች። ጳውሎስ ግን ተቸገረና ዘወር ብሎ መንፈሱን። ከእርስዋ እንድትወጣ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም አዝሃለሁ አለው፤ በዚያም ሰዓት ወጣ።

¹⁹But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

¹⁹ጌቶችዋም የትርፋቸው ተስፋ እንደ ወጣ ባዩ ጊዜ ጳውሎስንና ሲላስን ይዘው ወደ ገበያ በሹማምት ፊት ጐተቱአቸው፤

²⁰When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,

²⁰ወደ ገዢዎችም አቅርበው። እነዚህ ሰዎች አይሁድ ሆነው ከተማችንን እጅግ ያናውጣሉ።

²¹and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

²¹እኛም የሮሜ ሰዎች ሆነን እንቀበላቸውና እናደርጋቸው ዘንድ ያልተፈቀደልንን ልማዶች ይናገራሉ አሉ።

²²The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²²ሕዝቡም አብረው ተነሡባቸው፥ ገዢዎቹም ልብሳቸውን ገፈው በበትር ይመቱአቸው ዘንድ አዘዙ፤

²³When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,

²³በብዙም ከደበደቡአቸው በኋላ ወደ ወኅኒ ጣሉአቸው፥ የወኅኒውንም ጠባቂ ተጠንቅቆ እንዲጠብቃቸው አዘዙት።

²⁴who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.

²⁴እርሱም የዚህን ዓይነት ትእዛዝ ተቀብሎ ወደ ውስጠኛው ወኅኒ ጣላቸው፥ እግራቸውንም በግንድ አጣብቆ ጠረቃቸው።

²⁵But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

²⁵በመንፈቀ ሌሊት ግን ጳውሎስና ሲላስ እየጸለዩ እግዚአብሔርን በዜማ ያመሰግኑ ነበር፥ እስረኞቹም ያደምጡአቸው ነበር

²⁶Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.

²⁶ድንገትም የወኅኒው መሠረት እስኪናወጥ ድረስ ታላቅ የምድር መንቀጥቀጥ ሆነ፤ በዚያን ጊዜም ደጆቹ ሁሉ ተከፈቱ የሁሉም እስራት ተፈታ።

²⁷The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

²⁷የወኅኒውም ጠባቂ ከእንቅልፉ ነቅቶ የወኅኒው ደጆች ተከፍተው ባየ ጊዜ፥ እስረኞቹ ያመለጡ መስሎት ራሱን ይገድል ዘንድ አስቦ ሰይፉን መዘዘ።

²⁸But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!”

²⁸ጳውሎስ ግን በታላቅ ድምፅ። ሁላችን ከዚህ አለንና በራስህ ክፉ ነገር አታድርግ ብሎ ጮኸ።

²⁹He called for lights and sprang in, and, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,

²⁹መብራትም ለምኖ ወደ ውስጥ ሮጠ፥ እየተንቀጠቀጠም ከጳውሎስና ከሲላስ ፊት ተደፋ፤

³⁰and brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

³⁰ወደ ውጭም አውጥቶ። ጌቶች ሆይ፥ እድን ዘንድ ምን ማድረግ ይገባኛል? ኣላቸው።

³¹They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

³¹እነርሱም። በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እመን አንተና ቤተ ሰዎችህ ትድናላችሁ አሉት።

³²They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.

³²ለእርሱና በቤቱም ላሉት ሁሉ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ተናገሩአቸው።

³³He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.

³³በሌሊትም በዚያች ሰዓት ወስዶ ቍስላቸውን አጠበላቸው፥ ያን ጊዜውንም እርሱ ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር ተጠመቀ፤

³⁴He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God.

³⁴ወደ ቤቱም አውጥቶ ማዕድ አቀረበላቸው፥ በእግዚአብሔርም ስላመነ ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር ሐሤት አደረገ።

³⁵But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, “Let those men go.”

³⁵በነጋም ጊዜ ገዢዎቹ። እነዚያን ሰዎች ፍታቸው ብለው ሎሌዎቻቸውን ላኩ።

³⁶The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out, and go in peace.”

³⁶የወኅኒውም ጠባቂ። ትፈቱ ዘንድ ገዢዎቹ ልከዋል፤ እንግዲህ አሁን ወጥታችሁ በሰላም ሂዱ ብሎ ይህን ቃል ለጳውሎስ ነገረው።

³⁷But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!”

³⁷ጳውሎስ ግን። እኛ የሮሜ ሰዎች ስንሆን ያለ ፍርድ በሕዝብ ፊት ደብድበው በወኅኒ ጣሉን፤ አሁንም በስውር ይጥሉናልን? አይሆንም ራሳቸው ግን መጥተው ያውጡን አላቸው።

³⁸The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,

³⁸ሎሌዎቹም ይህን ነገር ለገዢዎች ነገሩ። የሮሜ ሰዎችም እንደ ሆኑ በሰሙ ጊዜ ፈሩ፤

³⁹and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.

³⁹መጥተውም ማለዱአቸው፥ አውጥተውም ከከተማ ይወጡ ዘንድ ለመኑአቸው።

⁴⁰They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, and departed.

⁴⁰ከወኅኒውም ወጥተው ወደ ልድያ ቤት ገቡ፥ ወንድሞችንም ባዩ ጊዜ አጽናኑአቸውና ሄዱ።