¹After five days, the high priest, Ananias, came down with certain elders and an orator, one Tertullus. They informed the governor against Paul.

¹ከአምስት ቀንም በኋላ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ሐናንያ ከሽማግሌዎችና ጠርጠሉስ ከሚሉት ከአንድ ጠበቃ ጋር ወረደ፤ እነርሱም ስለ ጳውሎስ ለአገረ ገዡ አመለከቱት።

²When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, “Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that excellent measures are coming to this nation,

²በተጠራም ጊዜ ጠርጠሉስ ይከሰው ዘንድ ጀመረ እንዲህ እያለ። ክቡር ፊልክስ ሆይ፥ በአንተ በኩል ብዙ ሰላም ስለምናገኝ ለዚህም ሕዝብ በአሳብህ በየነገሩ በየስፍራውም መልካም መሻሻል ስለሚሆንለት፥ በፍጹም ምስጋና እንቀበለዋለን።

³we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.

⁴ነገር ግን እጅግ እንዳላቆይህ በቸርነትህ በአጭሩ ትሰማን ዘንድ እለምንሃለሁ።

⁴But, that I don’t delay you, I entreat you to bear with us and hear a few words.

⁵ይህ ሰው በሽታ ሆኖ በዓለም ባሉት አይሁድ ሁሉ ሁከት ሲያስነሣ፥ የመናፍቃን የናዝራውያን ወገን መሪ ሆኖ አግኝተነዋልና፤

⁵For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

⁶መቅደስንም ደግሞ ሊያረክስ ሲሞክር ያዝነው፥ እንደ ሕጋችንም እንፈርድበት ዘንድ ወደድን።

⁶He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him. TR adds “We wanted to judge him according to our law,”

⁷ነገር ግን የሻለቃው ሉስዮስ መጥቶ በብዙ ኃይል ከእጃችን ወሰደው፥

⁷ TR adds “but the commanding officer, Lysias, came by and with great violence took him out of our hands,”

⁸ከሳሾቹንም ወደ አንተ ይመጡ ዘንድ አዘዘ፤ አንተም ራስህ እርሱን መርምረህ እኛ ስለምንከስበት ነገር ሁሉ ልታውቅ ትችላለህ።

⁸ TR adds “commanding his accusers to come to you.” By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.”

⁹አይሁድም ደግሞ። ይህ ነገር እንዲሁ ነው እያሉ ተስማሙ።

⁹The Jews also joined in the attack, affirming that these things were so.

¹⁰ገዡም በጠቀሰው ጊዜ ጳውሎስ መለሰ እንዲህ ሲል። ከብዙ ዘመን ጀምረህ ለዚህ ሕዝብ አንተ ፈራጅ እንደ ሆንህ አውቃለሁና ደስ እያለኝ ስለ እኔ ነገር እመልሳለሁ፤

¹⁰When the governor had beckoned to him to speak, Paul answered, “Because I know that you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I cheerfully make my defense,

¹¹እሰግድ ዘንድ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ከወጣሁ ከአሥራ ሁለት ቀን እንዳይበልጥ ልታውቀው ትችላለህ።

¹¹seeing that you can recognize that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.

¹²ከአንድም ስንኳ ስነጋገር ወይም ሕዝብን ስሰበስብ በመቅደስ ቢሆን በምኵራብም ቢሆን በከተማም ቢሆን አላገኙኝም።

¹²In the temple they didn’t find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.

¹³አሁንም ስለሚከሱኝ ያስረዱህ ዘንድ አይችሉም።

¹³Nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.

¹⁴ነገር ግን ይህን እመሰክርልሃለሁ፤ በሕጉ ያለውን በነቢያትም የተጻፉትን ሁሉ አምኜ የአባቶቼን አምላክ እነርሱ ኑፋቄ ብለው እንደሚጠሩት መንገድ አመልካለሁ፤

¹⁴But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;

¹⁵እነዚህም ራሳቸው ደግሞ የሚጠብቁት፥ ጻድቃንም ዓመፀኞችም ከሙታን ይነሡ ዘንድ እንዳላቸው ተስፋ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ አለኝ።

¹⁵having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

¹⁶ስለዚህ እኔ ደግሞ በእግዚአብሔርና በሰው ፊት ሁልጊዜ ነውር የሌለባት ሕሊና ትኖረኝ ዘንድ እተጋለሁ።

¹⁶Herein I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

¹⁷ከብዙ ዓመትም በኋላ ለሕዝቤ ምጽዋትና መሥዋዕት አደርግ ዘንድ መጣሁ፤

¹⁷Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings;

¹⁸ይህንም ሳደርግ ሳለሁ ሕዝብ ሳይሰበሰብ ሁከትም ሳይሆን በመቅደስ ስነጻ አገኙኝ።

¹⁸amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob, nor with turmoil.

¹⁹ነገር ግን በእኔ ላይ ነገር ያላቸው እንደ ሆነ፥ በፊትህ መጥተው ይከሱኝ ዘንድ የሚገባቸው ከእስያ የመጡ አንዳንድ አይሁድ አሉ።

¹⁹They ought to have been here before you, and to make accusation, if they had anything against me.

²⁰ወይም በመካከላቸው ቆሜ። ዛሬ ስለ ሙታን መነሣት በፊታችሁ በእኔ ይፈርዱብኛል ብዬ ከጮኽሁት ከዚህ ከአንድ ነገር በቀር፥ በሸንጎ ፊት ቆሜ ሳለሁ በእኔ አንድ ዓመፃ ያገኙ እንደ ሆን እነዚህ ራሳቸው ይናገሩ።

²⁰Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,

²²ፊልክስ ግን የመንገዱን ነገር አጥብቆ አውቆአልና። የሻለቃው ሉስዮስ በወረደ ጊዜ ነገራችሁን እቆርጣለሁ ብሎ ወደ ፊት አዘገያቸው።

²¹unless it is for this one thing that I cried standing among them, ‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged before you today!’”

²³የመቶውንም አለቃ ጳውሎስን ሲጠብቅ እንዲያደላለት፥ ከወዳጆቹም ማንም ሲያገለግለው ወይም ወደ እርሱ ሲመጣ እንዳይከለክልበት አዘዘው።

²²But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, “When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will decide your case.”

²⁴ከጥቂት ቀንም በኋላ ፊልክስ አይሁዳዊት ከነበረች ድሩሲላ ከሚሉአት ከሚስቱ ጋር መጥቶ ጳውሎስን አስመጣ፥ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስም ስለ ማመን የሚናገረውን ሰማው።

²³He ordered the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody, and should have some privileges, and not to forbid any of his friends to serve him or to visit him.

²⁵እርሱም ስለ ጽድቅና ራስን ስለ መግዛት ስለሚመጣውም ኵነኔ ሲነጋገር ሳለ፥ ፊልክስ ፈርቶ። አሁንስ ሂድ፥ በተመቸኝም ጊዜ ልኬ አስጠራሃለሁ ብሎ መለሰለት።

²⁴But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.

²⁶ያን ጊዜም ደግሞ እንዲፈታው ጳውሎስ ገንዘብ ይሰጠው ዘንድ ተስፋ አደረገ፤ ስለዚህ ደግሞ ብዙ ጊዜ እያስመጣ ያነጋግረው ነበር።

²⁵As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”

²⁷ሁለት ዓመትም ከሞላ በኋላ ጶርቅዮስ ፊስጦስ በፊልክስ ፈንታ ተተካ። ፊልክስም አይሁድን ደስ ያሰኝ ዘንድ ወዶ ጳውሎስን እንደ ታሰረ ተወው።

²⁶Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often, and talked with him.

²⁷But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.