¹After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.

¹ከዚህም በኋላ ጳውሎስ ከአቴና ወጥቶ ወደ ቆሮንቶስ መጣ።

²He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,

²በወገኑም የጳንጦስ ሰው የሚሆን አቂላ የሚሉትን አንድ አይሁዳዊ አገኘ፤ እርሱም ከጥቂት ጊዜ በፊት ከሚስቱ ከጵርስቅላ ጋር ከኢጣልያ መጥቶ ነበር፥ አይሁድ ከሮሜ ይወጡ ዘንድ ቀላውዴዎስ አዞ ነበርና፤ ወደ እነርሱ ቀረበ፥

³and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

³ሥራቸውም አንድ ስለ ነበረ በእነርሱ ዘንድ ተቀምጦ በአንድ ላይ ሠሩ፤ ሥራቸው ድንኳን መስፋት ነበረና።

⁴He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

⁴በየሰንበቱም ሁሉ በምኵራብ ይነጋገር ነበር፥ አይሁድንና የግሪክንም ሰዎች ያስረዳ ነበር።

⁵But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

⁵ሲላስና ጢሞቴዎስም ከመቄዶንያ በወረዱ ጊዜ፥ ጳውሎስ ኢየሱስ እርሱ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ ለአይሁድ እየመሰከረ ለቃሉ ይተጋ ነበር።

⁶When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!”

⁶ነገር ግን በተቃወሙትና በተሳደቡ ጊዜ፥ ልብሱን እያራገፈ። ደማችሁ በራሳችሁ ነው፤ እኔ ንጹሕ ነኝ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ወደ አሕዛብ እሄዳለሁ አላቸው።

⁷He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

⁷ከዚያም ወጥቶ ኢዮስጦስ ወደሚባል እግዚአብሔርን ወደሚያመልክ ሰው ቤት ገባ ቤቱም በምኩራብ አጠገብ ነበረ።

⁸Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.

⁸የምኵራብ አለቃ ቀርስጶስም ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር በጌታ አመነ፥ ከቆሮንቶስ ሰዎችም ብዙ በሰሙ ጊዜ አምነው ተጠመቁ።

⁹The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;

⁹ጌታም ሌሊት በራእይ ጳውሎስን። እኔ ከአንተ ጋር ነኝ፥ ማንም ክፉ ሊያደርግብህ የሚነሣብህ የለምና አትፍራ፥ ነገር ግን ተናገር ዝምም አትበል፤ በዚህ ከተማ ብዙ ሕዝብ አሉኝና አለው።

¹⁰ for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”

¹¹በመካከላቸውም የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እያስተማረ ዓመት ከስድስት ወር ተቀመጠ።

¹¹He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

¹²ጋልዮስም በአካይያ አገረ ገዥ በነበረ ጊዜ፥ አይሁድ በአንድ ልብ ሆነው በጳውሎስ ላይ ተነሡ፥ ወደ ፍርድ ወንበርም አምጥተው።

¹²But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

¹³ይህ ሕግን ተቃውሞ እግዚአብሔርን ያመልኩት ዘንድ ሰዎችን ያባብላል አሉ።

¹³saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”

¹⁴ጳውሎስም አፉን ሊከፍት ባሰበ ጊዜ፥ ጋልዮስ አይሁድን። አይሁድ ሆይ፥ ዓመፅ ወይም ክፉ በደል በሆነ እንድታገሣችሁ በተገባኝ፤

¹⁴But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;

¹⁵ስለ ቃልና ስለ ስሞች ስለ ሕጋችሁም የምትከራከሩ ከሆነ ግን፥ ራሳችሁ ተጠንቀቁ እኔ በዚህ ነገር ፈራጅ እሆን ዘንድ አልፈቅድምና አላቸው።

¹⁵but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t want to be a judge of these matters.”

¹⁶ከፍርድ ወንበርም ፊት አስወጣቸው።

¹⁶He drove them from the judgment seat.

¹⁷የግሪክ ሰዎችም ሁሉ የምኩራብ አለቃ ሶስቴንስን ይዘው በወንበሩ ፊት መቱት፤ በእነዚህም ነገሮች ጋልዮስ ግድ የለውም ነበር።

¹⁷Then all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn’t care about any of these things.

¹⁸ከዚህም በኋላ ጳውሎስ እጅግ ቀን ተቀምጦ ወንድሞቹንም ተሰናብቶ በመርከብ ወደ ሶርያ ሄደ፤ ስለትም ነበረበትና ራሱን በክንክራኦስ ተላጨ፤ ጵርስቅላና አቂላም ከእርሱ ጋር ነበሩ።

¹⁸Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.

¹⁹ወደ ኤፌሶንም በደረሱ ጊዜ እነዚያን ከዚያ ተዋቸው፥ ራሱ ግን ወደ ምኵራብ ገብቶ ከአይሁድ ጋር ይነጋገር ነበር።

¹⁹He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

²⁰እነርሱም ብዙ ጊዜ እንዲቀመጥላቸው ሲለምኑት እሺ አላለም፤

²⁰When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;

²¹ነገር ግን ሲሰናበታቸው። የሚመጣውን በዓል በኢየሩሳሌም አደርግ ዘንድ ይገባኛል እግዚአብሔር ቢፈቅድ ግን ወደ እናንተ ደግሞ እመለሳለሁ አላቸው። ከኤፌሶንም በመርከብ ተነሣ።

²¹but taking his leave of them, and saying, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus.

²²ወደ ቂሣርያም በደረሰ ጊዜ ወጥቶ ለቤተ ክርስቲያን ሰላምታ ከሰጠ በኋላ ወደ አንጾኪያ ወረደ።

²²When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.

²³ጥቂት ቀንም ቆይቶ ወጣ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርትንም ሁሉ እያጸና በገላትያ አገርና በፍርግያ በተራ አለፈ።

²³Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.

²⁴በወገኑም የእስክንድርያ ሰው የሆነ ነገር አዋቂ የነበረ አጵሎስ የሚሉት አንድ አይሁዳዊ ሰው ወደ ኤፌሶን ወረደ፤ እርሱም በመጻሕፍት እውቀት የበረታ ነበረ።

²⁴Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.

²⁵እርሱ የጌታን መንገድ የተማረ ነበረ፥ የዮሐንስንም ጥምቀት ብቻ አውቆ በመንፈስ ሲቃጠል ስለ ኢየሱስ ይናገርና በትክክል ያስተምር ነበር።

²⁵This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

²⁶እርሱም በምኵራብ ገልጦ ይናገር ጀመር። ጵርስቅላና አቂላም በሰሙት ጊዜ፥ ወስደው የእግዚአብሔርን መንገድ ከፊት ይልቅ በትክክል ገለጡለት።

²⁶He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

²⁷እርሱም ወደ አካይያ ማለፍ በፈቀደ ጊዜ፥ ወንድሞቹ አጸናኑት፥ ይቀበሉትም ዘንድ ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርት ጻፉለት፤ በደረሰም ጊዜ አምነው የነበሩትን በጸጋ እጅግ ይጠቅማቸው ነበር፤

²⁷When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

²⁸ኢየሱስ እርሱ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ ከመጻሕፍት እየገለጠ ለአይሁድ በሁሉ ፊት በጽኑ ያስረዳቸው ነበርና።

²⁸for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.