¹When it happened that we had parted from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

¹ከእነርሱም ተለይተን ተነሣን፤ በቀጥታም ሄደን ወደ ቆስ በነገውም ወደ ሩድ ከዚያም ወደ ጳጥራ መጣን፤

²Having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set sail.

²ወደ ፊንቄም የሚሻገር መርከብ አግኝተን ገባንና ተነሣን።

³When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload her cargo.

³ቆጵሮስንም ባየናት ጊዜ በስተ ግራችን ተውናት ወደ ሶርያም ሄደን ወደ ጢሮስ ደረስን፥ መርከቡ ሸክሙን በዚያ የሚያራግፍ ነበርና።

⁴Having found disciples, we stayed there seven days. These said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

⁴ደቀ መዛሙርትንም ባገኘን ጊዜ በዚያ ሰባት ቀን ተቀመጥን፤ እነርሱም ጳውሎስን ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንዳይወጣ በመንፈስ አሉት።

⁵When it happened that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.

⁵ጊዜውንም በፈጸምን ጊዜ ወጥተን ሄድን፤ ሁላቸውም ከሚስቶቻቸውና ከልጆቻቸው ጋር እስከ ከተማው ውጭ ድረስ ሸኙን፥ በባሕሩም ዳር ተንበርክከን ጸለይን፤

⁶After saying goodbye to each other, we went on board the ship, and they returned home again.

⁶እርስ በርሳችንም ተሰነባብተን ወደ መርከብ ወጣን፥ እነዚያም ወደ ቤታቸው ተመለሱ።

⁷When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais. We greeted the brothers, and stayed with them one day.

⁷እኛም የባሕሩን መንገድ ጨርሰን ከጢሮስ ወደ አካ ደረስን፥ ለወንድሞችም ሰላምታ ሰጥተን ከእነርሱ ዘንድ አንድ ቀን ተቀመጥን።

⁸On the next day, we, who were Paul’s companions, departed, and came to Caesarea. We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

⁸በነገውም ወጥተን ወደ ቂሣርያ መጣን፥ ከሰባቱም አንድ በሚሆን በወንጌላዊው ፊልጶስ ቤት ገብተን በእርሱ ዘንድ ተቀመጥን።

⁹Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.

⁹ለእርሱም ትንቢት የሚናገሩ አራት ደናግል ሴቶች ልጆች ነበሩት።

¹⁰As we stayed there some days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

¹⁰አያሌ ቀንም ተቀምጠን ሳለን ነቢይ የነበረ አጋቦስ የሚሉት አንድ ሰው ከይሁዳ ወረደ።

¹¹Coming to us, and taking Paul’s belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit: ‘So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”

¹¹ወደ እኛም መጣና የጳውሎስን መታጠቂያ ወስዶ የገዛ እጁንና እግሩን አስሮ። እንዲሁ መንፈስ ቅዱስ። ይህ መታጠቂያ ያለውን ሰው አይሁድ በኢየሩሳሌም እንደዚህ ያስሩታል በአሕዛብም እጅ አሳልፈው ይሰጡታል ይላል አለ።

¹²When we heard these things, both we and they of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

¹²ይህንም በሰማን ጊዜ እኛም በዚያ የሚኖሩትም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንዳይወጣ ለመንነው።

¹³Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

¹³ጳውሎስ ግን መልሶ። እያለቀሳችሁ ልቤንም እየሰበራችሁ ምን ማድረጋችሁ ነው? እኔ ስለ ጌታ ስለ ኢየሱስ ስም በኢየሩሳሌም ለመሞት እንኳ ተሰናድቼአለሁ እንጂ ለእስራት ብቻ አይደለም አለ።

¹⁴When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “The Lord’s will be done.”

¹⁴ምክርንም ሊቀበል እምቢ ባለ ጊዜ። የጌታ ፈቃድ ይሁን ብለን ዝም አልን።

¹⁵After these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem.

¹⁵ከዚህም ቀን በኋላ ተዘጋጅተን ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ወጣን።

¹⁶Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us, bringing one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we would stay.

¹⁶በቂሣርያም ከነበሩ ደቀ መዛሙርት አንዳንዶች ደግሞ ከእኛ ጋር መጡ፥ እነርሱም ወደምናድርበት ወደ ቀደመው ደቀ መዝሙር ወደ ቆጵሮሱ ምናሶን ወደሚሉት ቤት መሩን።

¹⁷When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.

¹⁷ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም በደረስን ጊዜ ወንድሞች በደስታ ተቀበሉን።

¹⁸The day following, Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.

¹⁸በነገውም ጳውሎስ ከእኛ ጋር ወደ ያዕቆብ ዘንድ ገባ ሽማግሌዎችም ሁሉ መጡ።

¹⁹When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.

¹⁹ሰላምታም ካቀረበላቸው በኋላ በእርሱ ማገልገል እግዚአብሔር በአሕዛብ መካከል ያደረገውን በእያንዳንዱ ተረከላቸው።

²⁰They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.

²⁰እነርሱም በሰሙ ጊዜ እግዚአብሔርን አመሰገኑ አሉትም። ወንድም ሆይ፥ በአይሁድ መካከል አምነው የነበሩት ስንት አእላፋት እንደ ሆኑ ታያለህ፤ ሁላቸውም ለሕግ የሚቀኑ ናቸው።

²¹They have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs.

²¹ልጆቻቸውንም እንዳይገርዙ በሥርዓትም እንዳይሄዱ ብለህ በአሕዛብ መካከል ያሉት አይሁድ ሁሉ ሙሴን ይክዱ ዘንድ እንድታስተምር ስለ አንተ ነግረዋቸዋል።

²²What then? The assembly must certainly meet, for they will hear that you have come.

²²እንግዲህ ምን ይሁን? የአንተን መምጣት ይሰማሉና ብዙዎች የግድ ሳይሰበሰቡ አይቀሩም።

²³Therefore do what we tell you. We have four men who have taken a vow.

²³እንግዲህ ይህን የምንልህን አድርግ፤ ስለት ያለባቸው አራት ሰዎች በእኛ ዘንድ አሉ።

²⁴Take them, and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law.

²⁴እነዚህንም ይዘህ ከእነርሱ ጋር ንጻ፥ ራሳቸውንም እንዲላጩ ገንዘብ ክፈልላቸው፤ ሁሉም ስለ አንተ የተማሩት ከንቱ እንደ ሆነና አንተ ራስህ ደግሞ ሕጉን እየጠበቅህ በሥርዓት እንድትመላለስ ያውቃሉ።

²⁵But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written our decision that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from food offered to idols, from blood, from strangled things, and from sexual immorality.”

²⁵አምነው ስለ ነበሩ አሕዛብ ግን ለጣዖት ከተሠዋ ከደምም ከታነቀም ከዝሙትም ነፍሳቸውን እንዲጠብቁ ፈርደን እኛ ጽፈንላቸዋል።

²⁶Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purified himself and went with them into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.

²⁶በዚያን ጊዜ ጳውሎስ ሰዎችን ይዞ በማግሥቱ ከእነርሱ ጋር እየነጻ፥ መንጻታቸውን የሚፈጽሙበትን ቀን አስታውቆ ወደ መቅደስ ገባ። በዚያም ቀን ስለ እያንዳንዳቸው መሥዋዕትን አቀረቡ።

²⁷When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

²⁷ሰባቱ ቀንም ይፈጸም ዘንድ ሲቀርብ ከእስያ የመጡ አይሁድ በመቅደስ አይተውት ሕዝብን ሁሉ አወኩና። የእስራኤል ሰዎች ሆይ፥ እርዱን ሕዝብን ሕግንም ይህንም ስፍራ ሲቃወም ሰውን ሁሉ በየስፍራው የሚያስተምረው ሰው ይህ ነው፤ ጨምሮም የግሪክን ሰዎች ደግሞ ወደ መቅደስ አግብቶ ይህን የተቀደሰ ስፍራ አርክሶአል ብለው እየጮኹ እጃቸውን ጫኑበት።

²⁸crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!”

²⁹በፊት የኤፌሶኑን ጥሮፊሞስን ከእርሱ ጋር በከተማ አይተውት ነበርና ጳውሎስም ወደ መቅደስ ያገባው መስሎአቸው ነው።

²⁹For they had seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

³⁰ከተማውም ሁሉ ታወከ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ተሰበሰቡ ጳውሎስንም ይዘው ከመቅደስ ውጭ ጎተቱት፥ ወዲያውም ደጆች ተዘጉ።

³⁰All the city was moved, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.

³¹ሊገድሉትም ሲፈልጉ። ኢየሩሳሌም ፈጽማ ታወከች የሚል ወሬ ወደ ጭፍራው ሻለቃ ወጣ፤

³¹As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

³²እርሱም ያን ጊዜ ወታደሮችን ከመቶ አለቆች ጋር ይዞ እየሮጠ ወረደባቸው፤ እነርሱም የሻለቃውንና ወታደሮችን ባዩ ጊዜ ጳውሎስን መምታት ተዉ።

³²Immediately he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.

³³በዚያን ጊዜም የሻለቃው ቀርቦ ያዘውና በሁለት ሰንሰለት ይታሰር ዘንድ አዞ ማን እንደ ሆነና ምን እንዳደረገ ጠየቀ።

³³Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.

³⁴ሕዝቡም እኵሌቶቹ እንዲህ እኵሌቶቹም እንዲያ እያሉ ይጮኹ ነበር፤ ስለ ጫጫታውም እርግጡን ማወቅ ባልተቻለ ጊዜ፥ ወደ ወታደሮች ሰፈር ይወስዱት ዘንድ አዘዘ።

³⁴Some shouted one thing, and some another, among the crowd. When he couldn’t find out the truth because of the noise, he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.

³⁵ወደ ደረጃውም በደረሰ ጊዜ ስለ ሕዝቡ ግፊያ ወታደሮች እንዲሸከሙት ሆነ፤

³⁵When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;

³⁶ብዙ ሕዝብ። አስወግደው እያሉና እየጮኹ ይከተሉ ነበርና።

³⁶for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, “Away with him!”

³⁷ወደ ሰፈርም ሊያገቡት በቀረቡ ጊዜ፥ ጳውሎስ የሻለቃውን። አንድ ነገር ብነግርህ ትፈቅዳለህን? አለው። እርሱም። የግሪክ ቋንቋ ታውቃለህን?

³⁷As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he asked the commanding officer, “May I speak to you?” He said, “Do you know Greek?

³⁸አንተ ከዚህ ዘመን አስቀድሞ ከነፍሰ ገዳዮቹ አራቱን ሺህ ሰዎች አሸፍተህ ወደ ምድረ በዳ ያወጣህ የግብፅ ሰው አይደለህምን? አለ።

³⁸Aren’t you then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?”

³⁹ጳውሎስ ግን። እኔስ አይሁዳዊ በኪልቅያ ያለው የጠርሴስ ሰው ሆኜ ስመ ጥር በሆነ ከተማ የምኖር ነኝ፤ ለሕዝቡ እናገር ዘንድ እንድትፈቅድልኝ እለምንሃለሁ አለ።

³⁹But Paul said, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. I beg you, allow me to speak to the people.”

⁴⁰በፈቀደለትም ጊዜ ጳውሎስ በደረጃው ላይ ቆሞ በእጁ ወደ ሕዝቡ ጠቀሰ እጅግም ጸጥታ በሆነ ጊዜ በዕብራይስጥ ቋንቋ እየተናገረ እንዲህ አለ።

⁴⁰When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. When there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,