¹As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,

¹ለሕዝቡም ሲናገሩ የካህናት አለቆችና የመቅደስ አዛዥ ሰዱቃውያንም፥

²being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

²ሕዝቡን ስለ አስተማሩና በኢየሱስ የሙታንን ትንሣኤ ስለ ሰበኩ ተቸግረው፥ ወደ እነርሱ ቀረቡ፥

³They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.

³እጃቸውንም ጭነውባቸው አሁን መሽቶ ነበርና እስከ ማግሥቱ ድረስ በወኅኒ አኖሩአቸው።

⁴But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

⁴ነገር ግን ቃሉን ከሰሙት ብዙዎች አመኑ፥ የወንዶችም ቍጥር አምስት ሺህ ያህል ሆነ።

⁵It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

⁵በነገውም አለቆቻቸውና ሽማግሌዎች ጻፎችም ሊቀ ካህናቱ ሐናም ቀያፋም ዮሐንስም እስክንድሮስም የሊቀ ካህናቱም ዘመዶች የነበሩት ሁሉ በኢየሩሳሌም ተሰበሰቡ፤

⁶Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.

⁷እነርሱንም በመካከል አቁመው። በምን ኃይል ወይስ በማን ስም እናንተ ይህን አደረጋችሁ? ብለው ጠየቁአቸው።

⁷When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”

⁸በዚያን ጊዜ ጴጥሮስ መንፈስ ቅዱስንም ተሞልቶ እንዲህ አላቸው። እናንተ የሕዝብ አለቆችና ሽማግሌዎች፥

⁸Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

⁹እኛ ዛሬ ለድውዩ ሰው ስለ ተደረገው መልካም ሥራ ይህ በምን እንደዳነ ብንመረመር፥

⁹if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

¹⁰እናንተ በሰቀላችሁት እግዚአብሔርም ከሙታን ባስነሣው በናዝሬቱ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም ይህ ደኅና ሆኖ በፊታችሁ እንደ ቆመ፥ ለእናንተ ለሁላችሁ ለእስራኤልም ሕዝብ ሁሉ የታወቀ ይሁን።

¹⁰be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.

¹¹እናንተ ግንበኞች የናቃችሁት፥ የማዕዘን ራስ የሆነው ይህ ድንጋይ ነው።

¹¹He is ‘the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’ Psalm 118:22

¹²መዳንም በሌላ በማንም የለም፤ እንድንበት ዘንድ የሚገባን ለሰዎች የተሰጠ ስም ከሰማይ በታች ሌላ የለምና።

¹²There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

¹³ጴጥሮስና ዮሐንስም በግልጥ እንደ ተናገሩ ባዩ ጊዜ፥ መጽሐፍን የማያውቁና ያልተማሩ ሰዎች እንደ ሆኑ አስተውለው አደነቁ፥ ከኢየሱስም ጋር እንደ ነበሩ አወቁአቸው፤

¹³Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

¹⁴የተፈወሰውንም ሰው ከእነርሱ ጋር ቆሞ ሲያዩ የሚመልሱትን አጡ።

¹⁴Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

¹⁵ከሸንጎም ወደ ውጭ ይወጡ ዘንድ አዝዘው። በእነዚህ ሰዎች ምን እንሥራ?

¹⁵But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

¹⁶የታወቀ ምልክት በእነርሱ እጅ እንደ ተደረገ በኢየሩሳሌም ለሚኖሩ ሁሉ ተገልጦአልና፥ እንሸሽገው ዘንድ አንችልም፤

¹⁶saying, “What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can’t deny it.

¹⁷ነገር ግን በሕዝቡ ዘንድ አብዝቶ እንዳይስፋፋ፥ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ለማንም ሰው በዚህ ስም እንዳይናገሩ እየዛትን እንዘዛቸው ብለው እርስ በርሳቸው ተማከሩ።

¹⁷But so that this spreads no further among the people, let’s threaten them, that from now on they don’t speak to anyone in this name.”

¹⁸ጠርተውም በኢየሱስ ስም ፈጽመው እንዳይናገሩና እንዳያስተምሩ አዘዙአቸው።

¹⁸They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

¹⁹ጴጥሮስና ዮሐንስ ግን መልሰው። እግዚአብሔርን ከመስማት ይልቅ እናንተን እንሰማ ዘንድ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት የሚገባ እንደ ሆነ ቍረጡ፤

¹⁹But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,

²⁰እኛስ ያየነውንና የሰማነውን ከመናገር ዝም ማለት አንችልም አሉአቸው።

²⁰for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”

²¹እነርሱም እንደ ምን እንደሚቀጡ ምክንያት ስላላገኙባቸው፥ እንደ ገና ዝተው ከሕዝቡ የተነሣ ፈቱአቸው፤ ሰዎች ሁሉ ስለ ሆነው ነገር እግዚአብሔርን ያከብሩ ነበርና።

²¹When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

²²ይህ የመፈወስ ምልክት የተደረገለት ሰው ከአርባ ዓመት ይበልጠው ነበርና።

²²For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

²³ተፈትተውም ወደ ወገኖቻቸው መጡና የካህናት አለቆችና ሽማግሌዎች ያሉአቸውን ሁሉ ነገሩአቸው።

²³Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

²⁴እነርሱም በሰሙ ጊዜ በአንድ ልብ ሆነው ወደ እግዚአብሔር ድምፃቸውን ከፍ አደረጉ እንዲህም አሉ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አንተ ሰማዩንና ምድሩን ባሕሩንም በእነርሱም የሚኖረውን ሁሉ የፈጠርህ፥

²⁴When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, “O Lord, you are God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;

²⁵በመንፈስ ቅዱስም በብላቴናህ በአባታችን በዳዊት አፍ። አሕዛብ ለምን አጕረመረሙ? ሕዝቡስ ከንቱን ነገር ለምን አሰቡ?

²⁵who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

²⁶የምድር ነገሥታት ተነሡ አለቆችም በጌታና በተቀባው ላይ አብረው ተከማቹ ብለህ የተናገርህ አምላክ ነህ።

²⁶The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ Christ (Greek) and Messiah (Hebrew) both mean Anointed One. .’ Psalm 2:1-2

²⁷በቀባኸው በቅዱሱ ብላቴናህ በኢየሱስ ላይ ሄሮድስና ጴንጤናዊው ጲላጦስ ከአሕዛብና ከእስራኤል ሕዝብ ጋር፥ እጅህና አሳብህ እንዲሆን አስቀድመው የወሰኑትን ሁሉ ሊፈጽሙ፥ በዚች ከተማ በእውነት ተሰበሰቡ።

²⁷“For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

²⁹አሁንም፥ ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወደ ዛቻቸው ተመልከት፤ ለመፈወስም እጅህን ስትዘረጋ በቅዱስ ብላቴናህም በኢየሱስ ስም ምልክትና ድንቅ ሲደረግ፥ ባሪያዎችህ በፍጹም ግልጥነት ቃልህን እንዲናገሩ ስጣቸው።

²⁸to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.

³¹ከጸለዩም በኋላ ተሰብስበው የነበሩበት ስፍራ ተናወጠ፥ በሁሉም መንፈስ ቅዱስ ሞላባቸው፥ የእግዚአብሔርንም ቃል በግልጥ ተናገሩ።

²⁹Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

³²ያመኑትም ሕዝብ አንድ ልብ አንዲትም ነፍስ ነበሩአቸው፥ ገንዘባቸውም ሁሉ በአንድነት ነበረ እንጂ ካለው አንድ ነገር ስንኳ የራሱ እንደ ሆነ ማንም አልተናገረም።

³⁰while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.”

³³ሐዋርያትም የጌታን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ትንሣኤ በታላቅ ኃይል ይመሰክሩ ነበር፤ በሁሉም ላይ ታላቅ ጸጋ ነበረባቸው።

³¹When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

³⁴በመካከላቸው አንድ ስንኳ ችግረኛ አልነበረምና፤ መሬት ወይም ቤት ያላቸው ሁሉ እየሸጡ የተሸጠውን ዋጋ ያመጡ ነበርና፥

³²The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

³⁵በሐዋርያትም እግር አጠገብ ያኖሩ ነበር፤ ማናቸውም እንደሚፈልግ መጠን ለእያንዳንዱ ያካፍሉት ነበር።

³³With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.

³⁶ትውልዱም የቆጵሮስ ሰው የነበረ አንድ ሌዋዊ ዮሴፍ የሚሉት ነበረ፥ እርሱም በሐዋርያት በርናባስ ተባለ ትርጓሜውም የመጽናናት ልጅ ነው፤

³⁴For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

³⁷እርሻም ነበረውና ሽጦ ገንዘቡን አምጥቶ ከሐዋርያት እግር አጠገብ አኖረው።

³⁵and laid them at the apostles’ feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.

³⁶Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,

³⁷having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.