¹When we had escaped, then they NU reads “we” learned that the island was called Malta.

¹በደኅና ከደረስን በኋላ በዚያን ጊዜ ደሴቲቱ መላጥያ እንድትባል አወቅን።

²The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

²አረማውያንም የሚያስገርም ቸርነት አደረጉልን፤ ዝናብ ስለ ሆነም ስለ ብርዱም እሳት አንድደው ሁላችንን ተቀበሉን።

³But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand.

³ጳውሎስ ግን ብዙ ጭራሮ አከማችቶ ወደ እሳት ሲጨምር እፉኝት ከሙቀት የተነሣ ወጥታ እጁን ነደፈችው።

⁴When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.”

⁴አረማውያንም እባብ በእጁ ተንጠልጥላ ባዩ ጊዜ፥ እርስ በርሳቸው። ይህ ሰው በእርግጥ ነፍሰ ገዳይ ነው፥ ከባሕርም ስንኳ በደኅና ቢወጣ የእግዚአብሔር ፍርድ በሕይወት ይኖር ዘንድ አልተወውም አሉ።

⁵However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn’t harmed.

⁵እርሱ ግን እባቢቱን ወደ እሳት አራገፋት አንዳችም አልጐዳችውም፤

⁶But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

⁶እነርሱም። ሊያብጥ ወይም ወዲያው ሞቶ ሊወድቅ ነው ብለው ይጠባበቁት ነበር ብዙ ጊዜ ግን ሲጠባበቁ በእርሱ ላይ የሚያስገርም ነገር ምንም ባላዩ ጊዜ። ይህስ አምላክ ነው ብለው አሳባቸውን ለወጡ።

⁷Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us, and courteously entertained us for three days.

⁷በዚያም ስፍራ አጠገብ ፑፕልዮስ የሚሉት የደሴት አለቃ መሬት ነበረ፥ እርሱም እንግድነት ተቀብሎን ሦስት ቀን በፍቅር አሳደረን።

⁸It happened that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. Paul entered in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him.

⁸የፑፕልዮስም አባት በንዳድና በተቅማጥ ታሞ ተኝቶ ነበር፤ ጳውሎስም ወደ እርሱ ገብቶ ጸለየለት እጁንም በላዩ ጭኖ ፈወሰው።

⁹Then when this was done, the rest also who had diseases in the island came, and were cured.

⁹ይህም በሆነ ጊዜ የቀሩት ደግሞ በደሴቲቱ ደዌ የነበረባቸው እየመጡ ተፈወሱ፤

¹⁰They also honored us with many honors, and when we sailed, they put on board the things that we needed.

¹⁰በብዙ ክብርም ደግሞ አከበሩን፥ በተነሣንም ጊዜ በመርከብ ላይ የሚያስፈልገንን ነገር አኖሩልን።

¹¹After three months, we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was “The Twin Brothers.”

¹¹ከሦስት ወርም በኋላ በደሴቲቱ ከርሞ በነበረው በእስክንድርያው መርከብ ተነሣን፥ በእርሱም የዲዮስቆሮስ አላማ ነበረበት።

¹²Touching at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.

¹²ወደ ሰራኩስም በገባን ጊዜ ሦስት ቀን ተቀመጥን፤

¹³From there we circled around and arrived at Rhegium. After one day, a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli,

¹³ከዚያም እየተዛወርን ወደ ሬጊዩም ደረስን። ከአንድ ቀን በኋላም የደቡብ ነፋስ በነፈሰ ጊዜ በሁለተኛው ቀን ወደ ፑቲዮሉስ መጣን።

¹⁴where we found brothers, The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So we came to Rome.

¹⁴በዚያም ወንድሞችን አግኝተን በእነርሱ ዘንድ ሰባት ቀን እንድንቀመጥ ለመኑን፤ እንዲሁም ወደ ሮሜ መጣን።

¹⁵From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God, and took courage.

¹⁵ከዚያም ወንድሞች ስለ እኛ ሰምተው እስከ አፍዩስ ፋሩስና ሦስት ማደሪያ እስከሚባለው ሊቀበሉን ወጡ፥ ጳውሎስም ባያቸው ጊዜ እግዚአብሔርን አመሰገነ ልቡም ተጽናና።

¹⁶When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

¹⁶ወደ ሮሜም በገባን ጊዜ ጳውሎስ ከሚጠብቀው ወታደር ጋር ለብቻው ይቀመጥ ዘንድ ተፈቀደለት።

¹⁷It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, “I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

¹⁷ከሦስት ቀንም በኋላ ጳውሎስ የአይሁድን ታላላቆች ወደ እርሱ ጠራ፤ በተሰበሰቡም ጊዜ እንዲህ አላቸው። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እኔ ሕዝቡን ወይም የአባቶችን ሥርዓት የሚቃወም አንዳች ሳላደርግ፥ ከኢየሩሳሌም እንደ ታሰርሁ በሮማውያን እጅ አሳልፈው ሰጡኝ።

¹⁸who, when they had examined me, desired to set me free, because there was no cause of death in me.

¹⁸እነርሱም መርምረው ለሞት የሚገባ ምክንያት ስላልነበረብኝ ሊፈቱኝ አሰቡ፤

¹⁹But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.

¹⁹አይሁድ ግን በተቃወሙ ጊዜ፥ ወደ ቄሣር ይግባኝ እንድል ግድ ሆነብኝ እንጂ ሕዝቤን የምከስበት ነገር ኖሮኝ አይደለም።

²⁰For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”

²⁰ስለዚህም ምክንያት አያችሁና እነግራችሁ ዘንድ ጠራኋችሁ፤ ስለ እስራኤል ተስፋ ይህን ሰንሰለት ለብሻለሁና።

²¹They said to him, “We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.

²¹እነርሱም። እኛ ከይሁዳ ስለ አንተ ደብዳቤ አልተቀበልንም፥ ከወንድሞችም አንድ ስንኳ መጥቶ ስለ አንተ ክፉ ነገር አላወራልንም ወይም አልተናገረብህም።

²²But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”

²²ነገር ግን ስለዚህ ወገን በየስፍራው ሁሉ እንዲቃወሙ በእኛ ዘንድ ታውቆአልና የምታስበውን ከአንተ እንሰማ ዘንድ እንፈቅዳለን አሉት።

²³When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about the Kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.

²³ቀንም ቀጥረውለት ብዙ ሆነው ወደ መኖሪያው ወደ እርሱ መጡ፤ ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥትም እየመሰከረ ስለ ኢየሱስም ከሙሴ ሕግና ከነቢያት ጠቅሶ እያስረዳቸው፥ ከጥዋት ጀምሮ እስከ ማታ ድረስ ይገልጥላቸው ነበር።

²⁴Some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.

²⁴እኵሌቶቹም የተናገረውን አመኑ፥ እኵሌቶቹ ግን አላመኑም፤

²⁵When they didn’t agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one word, “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah, the prophet, to our fathers,

²⁵እርስ በርሳቸውም ባልተስማሙ ጊዜ፥ ጳውሎስ አንዲት ቃል ከተናገረ በኋላ ሄዱ፤ እንዲህም አለ። መንፈስ ቅዱስ በነቢዩ በኢሳይያስ ለአባቶቻችን።

²⁶saying, ‘Go to this people, and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive.

²⁶ወደዚህ ሕዝብ ሂድና። መስማትን ትሰማላችሁና አታስተውሉም፥ ማየትንም ታያላችሁና አትመለከቱም፤

²⁷For this people’s heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I would heal them.’ Isaiah 6:9-10

²⁷በዓይናቸው እንዳያዩ በጆሮአቸው እንዳይሰሙ በልባቸውም እንዳያስተውሉ ተመልሰውም እንዳልፈውሳቸው፥ የዚህ ሕዝብ ልብ ደንድኖአል ጆሮአቸውም ደንቁሮአል ዓይናቸውንም ጨፍነዋል በላቸው

²⁸“Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations. They will also listen.”

²⁸ሲል መልካም ተናገረ። እንግዲህ ይህ የእግዚአብሔር ደኅንነት ለአሕዛብ እንደ ተላከ በእናንተ ዘንድ የታወቀ ይሁን፤ እነርሱ ደግሞ ይሰሙታል።

²⁹When he had said these words, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves.

²⁹ይህንም በተናገረ ጊዜ አይሁድ እርስ በርሳቸው እጅግ እየተከራከሩ ሄዱ።

³⁰Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who were coming to him,

³⁰ጳውሎስም በተከራየው ቤት ሁለት ዓመት ሙሉ ተቀመጠ፥ ወደ እርሱም የሚመጡትን ሁሉ ይቀበል ነበር፤

³¹preaching the Kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.

³¹ማንም ሳይከለክለው የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት እየሰበከ ስለ ጌታ ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እጅግ ገልጦ ያስተምር ነበር።