¹Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day.”

¹ጳውሎስም ሸንጎውን ትኵር ብሎ ተመልክቶ። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እኔ እስከዚች ቀን ድረስ በመልካም ሕሊና ሁሉ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ኖሬአለሁ አለ።

²The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

²ሊቀ ካህናቱም ሐናንያ አፉን ይመቱት ዘንድ በአጠገቡ ቆመው የነበሩትን አዘዘ።

³Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?”

³በዚያን ጊዜ ጳውሎስ። አንተ በኖራ የተለሰነ ግድግዳ፥ እግዚአብሔር አንተን ይመታ ዘንድ አለው፤ አንተ በሕግ ልትፈርድብኝ ተቀምጠህ ሳለህ ያለ ሕግ እመታ ዘንድ ታዛለህን? አለው።

⁴Those who stood by said, “Do you malign God’s high priest?”

⁴በአጠገቡ የቆሙትም። የእግዚአብሔርን ሊቀ ካህናት ትሳደባለህን? አሉት።

⁵Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’” Exodus 22:28

⁵ጳውሎስም። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ሊቀ ካህናት መሆኑን ባላውቅ ነው፤ በሕዝብህ አለቃ ላይ ክፉ ቃል አትናገር ተብሎ ተጽፎአልና አላቸው።

⁶But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”

⁶ጳውሎስ ግን እኵሌቶቹ ሰዱቃውያን እኵሌቶቹም ፈሪሳውያን መሆናቸውን አይቶ። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እኔ ፈሪሳዊ የፈሪሳዊም ልጅ ነኝ፤ ስለ ተስፋና ስለ ሙታን መነሣት ይፈርዱብኛል ብሎ በሸንጎው ጮኸ።

⁷When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

⁷ይህንም ባለ ጊዜ በፈሪሳውያንና በሰዱቃውያን መካከል ጥል ሆነ ሸንጎውም ተለያየ።

⁸For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.

⁸ሰዱቃውያን። ትንሣኤም መልአክም መንፈስም የለም የሚሉ ናቸውና፤ ፈሪሳውያን ግን ሁለቱን ያምናሉ።

⁹A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!”

⁹ታላቅ ጩኸትም ሆነ፥ ከፈሪሳውያንም ወገን የሆኑት ጻፎች ተነሥተው። በዚህ ሰው ላይ ምንም ክፉ ነገር አላገኘንበትም፤ መንፈስ ወይስ መልአክ ተናግሮት ይሆን? ብለው ተከራከሩ።

¹⁰When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

¹⁰ብዙ ጥልም በሆነ ጊዜ የሻለቃው ጳውሎስን እንዳይገነጣጥሉት ፈርቶ ጭፍሮቹ ወርደው ከመካከላቸው እንዲነጥቁት ወደ ሰፈሩም እንዲያገቡት አዘዘ።

¹¹The following night, the Lord stood by him, and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”

¹¹በሁለተኛውም ሌሊት ጌታ በአጠገቡ ቆሞ። ጳውሎስ ሆይ፥ በኢየሩሳሌም ስለ እኔ እንደ መሰከርህ እንዲሁ በሮሜም ትመሰክርልኝ ዘንድ ይገባሃልና አይዞህ አለው።

¹²When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

¹²በጠባም ጊዜ አይሁድ ጳውሎስን እስኪገድሉት ድረስ እንዳይበሉና እንዳይጠጡ በመሐላ ተስማሙ።

¹³There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy.

¹³ይህንም ሴራ ያደረጉት ሰዎች ከአርባ ይበዙ ነበር፤

¹⁴They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

¹⁴እነርሱም ወደ ካህናት አለቆችና ወደ ሽማግሌዎቹ መጥተው። ጳውሎስን እስክንገድል ድረስ ምንም እንዳንቀምስ ተረጋግመን ተማምለናል።

¹⁵Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

¹⁵እንግዲህ አሁን እናንተ ከሸንጎው ጋር ሆናችሁ ስለ እርሱ አጥብቃችሁ እንደምትመረምሩ መስላችሁ ወደ እናንተ እንዲያወርደው ለሻለቃው አመልክቱት፤ እኛም ሳይቀርብ እንድንገድለው የተዘጋጀን ነን አሉአቸው።

¹⁶But Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Paul.

¹⁶የጳውሎስ የእኅቱ ልጅ ግን ደባቸውን በሰማ ጊዜ፥ መጥቶ ወደ ሰፈሩ ገባና ለጳውሎስ ነገረው።

¹⁷Paul summoned one of the centurions, and said, “Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him.”

¹⁷ጳውሎስም ከመቶ አለቆች አንዱን ጠርቶ። ይህን ብላቴና ወደ ሻለቃው ውሰድ፥ የሚያወራለት ነገር አለውና አለው።

¹⁸So he took him, and brought him to the commanding officer, and said, “Paul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you, who has something to tell you.”

¹⁸እርሱም ይዞት ወደ ሻለቃው ወሰደውና። ይህ ብላቴና የሚነግርህ ነገር ስላለው እስረኛው ጳውሎስ ጠርቶ ወደ አንተ እንድወስደው ለመነኝ አለው።

¹⁹The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”

¹⁹የሻለቃውም እጁን ይዞ ፈቀቅ አለና ለብቻው ሆኖ። የምታወራልኝ ነገር ምንድር ነው? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

²⁰He said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him.

²⁰እርሱም። አይሁድ ስለ ጳውሎስ ከፊት ይልቅ አጥብቀህ እንደምትመረምር መስለህ፥ ነገ ወደ ሸንጎ ታወርደው ዘንድ ሊለምኑህ ተስማምተዋል።

²¹Therefore don’t yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you.”

²¹እንግዲህ አንተ በጅ አትበላቸው፤ እስኪገድሉት ድረስ እንዳይበሉና እንዳይጠጡ ተማምለው ከእነርሱ ከአርባ የሚበዙ ሰዎች ያደቡበታልና፤ አሁንም የተዘጋጁ ናቸው የአንተንም ምላሽ ይጠብቃሉ አለው።

²²So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.”

²²የሻለቃውም። ይህን ነገር ለእኔ ማመልከትህን ለማንም እንዳትገልጥ ብሎ ካዘዘ በኋላ ብላቴናውን አሰናበተው።

²³He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night about 9:00 PM .”

²³ከመቶ አለቆቹም ሁለት ጠርቶ። ወደ ቂሣርያ ይሄዱ ዘንድ ሁለት መቶ ወታደሮችንና ሰባ ፈረሰኞችን ሁለት መቶም ባለ ጦር መሣሪያዎችን ከሌሊቱ በሦስተኛው ሰዓት አዘጋጁ አላቸው።

²⁴He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.

²⁴ጳውሎስንም ወደ አገረ ገዡ ወደ ፊልክስ በደኅና እንዲያደርሱት የሚያስቀምጡበትን ከብት ያዘጋጁ ዘንድ አዘዛቸው።

²⁵He wrote a letter like this:

²⁵ደብዳቤም ጻፈ እንዲህ የሚል።

²⁶“Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.

²⁶ከቀላውዴዎስ ሉስዮስ ወደ ክቡር አገረ ገዡ ወደ ፊልክስ፤ ሰላም ለአንተ ይሁን።

²⁷“This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

²⁷ይህን ሰው አይሁድ ይዘው ሊገድሉት ባሰቡ ጊዜ ከጭፍሮቹ ጋር ደርሼ አዳንሁት፥ ሮማዊ እንደ ሆነ አውቄ ነበርና።

²⁸Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council.

²⁸የሚከሰስበትንም ምክንያት አውቅ ዘንድ አስቤ ወደ ሸንጎአቸው አወረድሁት፤

²⁹I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.

²⁹በሕጋቸውም ስለ መከራከር እንደ ከሰሱት አገኘሁ እንጂ ለሞት ወይም ለእስራት የሚያደርስ ክስ አይደለም።

³⁰When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell.”

³⁰በዚህም ሰው አይሁድ ሴራ እንዲያደርጉበት ባመለከቱኝ ጊዜ ያን ጊዜውን ወደ አንተ ሰደድሁት፥ ከሳሾቹንም ደግሞ በፊትህ ይከሱት ዘንድ አዘዝኋቸው። ደኅና ሁን።

³¹So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

³¹ወታደሮቹም እንደ ታዘዙት ጳውሎስን ይዘው በሌሊት ወደ አንቲጳጥሪስ አደረሱት፤

³²But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks.

³²በነገውም ከእርሱ ጋር ይሄዱ ዘንድ ፈረሰኞችን ትተው ወደ ሰፈር ተመለሱ።

³³When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

³³እነዚያም ወደ ቂሣርያ ገብተው ደብዳቤውን ለአገረ ገዡ በሰጡ ጊዜ ጳውሎስን ደግሞ በፊቱ አቆሙት።

³⁴When the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. When he understood that he was from Cilicia, he said,

³⁴ካነበበውም በኋላ የወዴት አውራጃ እንደ ሆነ ጠየቀው፤ የኪልቅያ ሰው መሆኑንም ባወቀ ጊዜ።

³⁵“I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive.” He commanded that he be kept in Herod’s palace.

³⁵ከሳሾችህ ደግሞ ሲመጡ እሰማሃለሁ አለው፤ በሄሮድስም ግቢ ውስጥ ይጠብቁት ዘንድ አዘዘ።