¹The high priest said, “Are these things so?”

¹ሊቀ ካህናቱም። ይህ ነገር እንዲህ ነውን? አለው፤

²He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

²እርሱም እንዲህ አለ። ወንድሞችና አባቶች ሆይ፥ ስሙ። የክብር አምላክ ለአባታችን ለአብርሃም በካራን ሳይቀመጥ ገና በሁለት ወንዝ መካከል ሳለ ታየና።

³and said to him, ‘Get out of your land, and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’ Genesis 12:1

³ከአገርህና ከዘመዶችህም ወጥተህ ወደማሳይህ ወደ ማንኛውም ምድር ና አለው።

⁴Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land, where you are now living.

⁴በዚያን ጊዜ ከከለዳውያን አገር ወጥቶ በካራን ተቀመጠ። ከዚያም አባቱ ከሞተ በኋላ እናንተ ዛሬ ወደምትኖሩባት ወደዚች አገር አወጣው።

⁵He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.

⁵በዚችም የእግር ጫማ ስንኳ የሚያህል ርስት አልሰጠውም፤ ነገር ግን ልጅ ሳይኖረው ለእርሱ ከእርሱም በኋላ ለዘሩ ርስት አድርጎ ይሰጠው ዘንድ ተስፋ ሰጠው።

⁶God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

⁶እግዚአብሔርም ዘሩ በሌላ አገር መጻተኞች እንዲሆኑ አራት መቶ ዓመትም ባሪያዎች እንዲያደርጉአቸው እንዲያስጨንቁአቸውም እንዲህ ተናገረ፤

⁷‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.’ Genesis 15:13-14

⁷ደግሞም እግዚአብሔር። እንደ ባሪያዎች በሚገዙአቸው ሕዝብ ላይ እኔ እፈርድባቸዋለሁ፥ ከዚህም በኋላ ይወጣሉ በዚህም ስፍራ ያመልኩኛል አለ።

⁸He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

⁸የመገረዝንም ኪዳን ሰጠው፤ እንዲሁም ይስሐቅን ወለደ በስምንተኛውም ቀን ገረዘው ይስሐቅም ያዕቆብን ያዕቆብም አሥራ ሁለቱን የአባቶችን አለቆች።

⁹“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,

⁹የአባቶችም አለቆች በዮሴፍ ቀንተው ወደ ግብፅ ሸጡት፤ እግዚአብሔርም ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረ፥

¹⁰and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

¹⁰ከመከራውም ሁሉ አወጣው፥ በግብፅ ንጉሥ በፈርዖንም ፊት ሞገስንና ጥበብን ሰጠው፥ በግብፅና በቤቱ ሁሉ ላይም ቢትወደድ አድርጎ ሾመው።

¹¹Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.

¹¹በግብፅና በከነዓንም አገር ሁሉ ራብና ብዙ ጭንቅ መጣ፥ አባቶቻችንም ምግብን አላገኙም።

¹²But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.

¹²ያዕቆብም በግብፅ እህል መኖሩን በሰማ ጊዜ በመጀመሪያ አባቶቻችንን ሰደዳቸው፤

¹³On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s race was revealed to Pharaoh.

¹³በሁለተኛውም ዮሴፍ ለወንድሞቹ ታወቀ፥ የዮሴፍም ትውልድ በፈርዖን ዘንድ ተገለጠ።

¹⁴Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

¹⁴ዮሴፍም አባቱን ያዕቆብንና ሰባ አምስት ነፍስ የነበረውን ቤተ ዘመድ ሁሉ ልኮ አስጠራ።

¹⁵Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,

¹⁵ያዕቆብም ወደ ግብፅ ወረደ እርሱም ሞተ አባቶቻችንም፤

¹⁶and they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.

¹⁶ወደ ሴኬምም አፍልሰው አብርሃም ከሴኬም አባት ከኤሞር ልጆች በብር በገዛው መቃብር ቀበሩአቸው።

¹⁷“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

¹⁷እግዚአብሔርም ለአብርሃም የማለለት የተስፋው ዘመን ሲቀርብ፥ ዮሴፍን የማያውቀው ሌላ ንጉሥ በግብፅ ላይ እስኪነሣ ድረስ፥ ሕዝቡ እየተጨመሩ በግብፅ በዙ።

¹⁸until there arose a different king, who didn’t know Joseph.

¹⁹እርሱም ወገናችንን ተተንኵሎ ሕፃናትን በሕይወት እንዳይጠብቁ ወደ ውጭ ይጥሉ ዘንድ አድርጎ አባቶቻችንን አስጨነቀ።

¹⁹The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.

²⁰በዚያን ጊዜ ሙሴ ተወለደ በእግዚአብሔርም ፊት ያማረ ነበር፤ በአባቱ ቤትም ሦስት ወር አደገ፤

²⁰At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.

²¹በተጣለም ጊዜ የፈርዖን ልጅ አነሣችው ልጅም ይሆናት ዘንድ አሳደገችው።

²¹When he was thrown out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.

²²ሙሴም የግብፆችን ጥበብ ሁሉ ተማረ፥ በቃሉና በሥራውም የበረታ ሆነ።

²²Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.

²³ነገር ግን አርባ ዓመት ሲሞላው ወንድሞቹን የእስራኤልን ልጆች ይጐበኝ ዘንድ በልቡ አሰበ።

²³But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” , the children of Israel.

²⁴አንዱም ሲበደል አይቶ ረዳው፥ የግብፅን ሰውም መትቶ ለተገፋው ተበቀለ።

²⁴Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.

²⁵ወንድሞቹም እግዚአብሔር በእጁ መዳንን እንዲሰጣቸው የሚያስተውሉ ይመስለው ነበር፥ እነርሱ ግን አላስተዋሉም።

²⁵He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.

²⁶በማግሥቱም እርስ በርሳቸው ሲጣሉ አገኛቸው፥ ሊያስታርቃቸውም ወዶ። ሰዎች ሆይ፥ እናንተስ ወንድማማች ናችሁ፤ ስለ ምን እርስ በርሳችሁ ትበዳደላላችሁ? አላቸው።

²⁶“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’

²⁷ያም ባልንጀራውን የሚበድል ግን። አንተን በእኛ ላይ ሹምና ፈራጅ እንድትሆን የሾመህ ማን ነው?

²⁷But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

²⁸ወይስ ትናንትና የግብፁን ሰው እንደ ገደልኸው ልትገድለኝ ትወዳለህን? ብሎ ገፋው።

²⁸Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ Exodus 2:14

²⁹ሙሴም ከዚህ ነገር የተነሣ ሸሽቶ በምድያም አገር መጻተኛ ሆኖ ኖረ፤ በዚያም ሁለት ልጆች ወለደ።

²⁹Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

³⁰አርባ ዓመትም ሲሞላ የጌታ መልአክ በሲና ተራራ ምድረ በዳ በቍጥቋጦ መካከል በእሳት ነበልባል ታየው።

³⁰“When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

³¹ሙሴም አይቶ ባየው ተደነቀ፤ ሊመለከትም ሲቀርብ የጌታ ቃል። እኔ የአባቶችህ አምላክ የአብርሃም አምላክ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ ነኝ ብሎ ወደ እርሱ መጣ። ሙሴም ተንቀጥቅጦ ሊመለከት አልደፈረም።

³¹When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to him,

³³ጌታም። የቆምህባት ስፍራ የተቀደሰች ምድር ናትና የእግርህን ጫማ አውልቅ።

³²‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Exodus 3:6 Moses trembled, and dared not look.

³⁴በግብፅ ያሉትን የሕዝቤን መከራ ፈጽሜ አይቼ መቃተታቸውንም ሰምቼ ላድናቸው ወረድሁ፤ አሁንም ና፥ ወደ ግብፅ እልክሃለሁ አለው።

³³The Lord said to him, ‘Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

³⁵ሹምና ፈራጅ እንድትሆን የሾመህ ማን ነው? ብለው የካዱትን፥ ይህን ሙሴን በቍጥቋጦው በታየው በመልአኩ እጅ እግዚአብሔር ሹምና ቤዛ አድርጎ ላከው።

³⁴I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’ Exodus 3:5,7-8,10

³⁶ይህ ሰው በግብፅ ምድርና በኤርትራ ባሕር በምድረ በዳም አርባ ዓመት ድንቅና ምልክት እያደረገ አወጣቸው።

³⁵“This Moses, whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

³⁷ይህ ሰው ለእስራኤል ልጆች። እግዚአብሔር ከወንድሞቻችሁ እንደ እኔ ያለ ነቢይ ያስነሣላችኋል፤ እርሱን ስሙት ያላቸው ሙሴ ነው።

³⁶This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

³⁸ይህ ሰው በሲና ተራራ ከተናገረው መልአክና ከአባቶቻችን ጋር በምድረ በዳ በማኅበሩ ውስጥ የነበረው ነው፤ ይሰጠንም ዘንድ ሕይወት ያላቸውን ቃላት ተቀበለ፤

³⁷This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. TR adds “You shall listen to him.” ’ Deuteronomy 18:15

³⁹ለእርሱም አባቶቻችን ሊታዘዙት አልወደዱም፤ ነገር ግን ገፉት በልባቸውም ወደ ግብፅ ተመለሱ፤

³⁸This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,

⁴⁰አሮንንም። በፊታችን የሚሄዱ አማልክት ሥራልን፤ ይህ ከግብፅ ምድር ያወጣን ሙሴ ምን እንደ ሆነ አናውቅምና አሉት።

³⁹to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

⁴¹በዚያም ወራት ጥጃ አደረጉ ለጣዖቱም መሥዋዕት አቀረቡ፥ በእጃቸውም ሥራ ደስ አላቸው።

⁴⁰saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’ Exodus 32:1

⁴²እግዚአብሔር ግን ዘወር አለ የሰማይንም ጭፍራ ያመልኩ ዘንድ አሳልፎ ሰጣቸው፥ በነቢያትም መጽሐፍ። እናንተ የእስራኤል ቤት፥ አርባ ዓመት በምድረ በዳ የታረደውን ከብትና መሥዋዕትን አቀረባችሁልኝን?

⁴¹They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

⁴³ትሰግዱላቸውም ዘንድ የሠራችኋቸውን ምስሎች እነርሱንም የሞሎክን ድንኳንና ሬምፉም የሚሉትን የአምላካችሁን ኮከብ አነሣችሁ፤ እኔም ከባቢሎን ወዲያ እሰዳችኋለሁ ተብሎ እንዲህ ተጽፎአል።

⁴²But God turned, and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, This idiom could also be translated “host of heaven,” or “angelic beings,” or “heavenly bodies.” as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

⁴⁴እንዳየው ምስል አድርጎ ይሠራት ዘንድ ሙሴን ተናግሮ እንዳዘዘው፥ የምስክር ድንኳን ከአባቶቻችን ዘንድ በምድረ በዳ ነበረች፤

⁴³You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship. I will carry you away Amos 5:25-27 beyond Babylon.’

⁴⁵አባቶቻችንም ደግሞ በተራ ተቀብለው እግዚአብሔር በፊታቸው ያወጣቸውን የአሕዛብን አገር በያዙት ጊዜ ከኢያሱ ጋር አገቡአት፥ እስከ ዳዊት ዘመንም ድረስ ኖረች።

⁴⁴“Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;

⁴⁶እርሱም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ሞገስ አግኝቶ ለያዕቆብ አምላክ ማደሪያን ያገኝ ዘንድ ለመነ።

⁴⁵which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,

⁴⁷ነገር ግን ሰሎሞን ቤት ሠራለት።

⁴⁶who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

⁴⁸ነገር ግን ነቢዩ። ሰማይ ዙፋኔ ነው ምድርም የእግሬ መረገጫ ናት፤ ለእኔ ምን ዓይነት ቤት ትሠራላችሁ? ይላል ጌታ፥ ወይስ የማርፍበት ስፍራ ምንድር ነው? ይህንስ ሁሉ እጄ የሠራችው አይደለምን? እንዳለ፥ ልዑል የሰው እጅ በሠራችው አይኖርም።

⁴⁷But Solomon built him a house.

⁵¹እናንተ አንገተ ደንዳኖች ልባችሁና ጆሮአችሁም ያልተገረዘ፥ እናንተ ሁልጊዜ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ትቃወማላችሁ፤ አባቶቻችሁ እንደ ተቃወሙት እናንተ ደግሞ።

⁴⁸However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,

⁵²ከነቢያትስ አባቶቻችሁ ያላሳደዱት ማን ነው? የጻድቁንም መምጣት አስቀድሞ የተናገሩትን ገደሉአቸው፤ በመላእክት ሥርዓት ሕግን ተቀብላችሁ ያልጠበቃችሁት እናንተም አሁን እርሱን አሳልፋችሁ ሰጣችሁት ገደላችሁትም።

⁴⁹‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord; ‘or what is the place of my rest?

⁵⁴ይህንም በሰሙ ጊዜ በልባቸው በጣም ተቈጡ ጥርሳቸውንም አፋጩበት።

⁵⁰Didn’t my hand make all these things?’ Isaiah 66:1-2

⁵⁵መንፈስ ቅዱስንም ተሞልቶ ወደ ሰማይ ትኵር ብሎ ሲመለከት የእግዚአብሔርን ክብር ኢየሱስንም በእግዚአብሔር ቀኝ ቆሞ አየና።

⁵¹“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.

⁵⁶እነሆ፥ ሰማያት ተከፍተው የሰው ልጅም በእግዚአብሔር ቀኝ ቆሞ አያለሁ አለ።

⁵²Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

⁵⁷በታላቅ ድምፅም እየጮኹ ጆሮአቸውን ደፈኑ፥ በአንድ ልብ ሆነውም ወደ እርሱ ሮጡ፥

⁵³You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”

⁵⁸ከከተማም ወደ ውጭ አውጥተው ወገሩት። ምስክሮችም ልብሳቸውን ሳውል በሚሉት በአንድ ጎበዝ እግር አጠገብ አኖሩ።

⁵⁴Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.

⁵⁹እስጢፋኖስም። ጌታ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፥ ነፍሴን ተቀበል ብሎ ሲጠራ ይወግሩት ነበር።

⁵⁵But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

⁶⁰ተንበርክኮም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ይህን ኃጢአት አትቍጠርባቸው ብሎ በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኸ። ይህንም ብሎ አንቀላፋ። ሳውልም በእርሱ መገደል ተስማምቶ ነበር።

⁵⁶and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

⁵⁷But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.

⁵⁸They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

⁵⁹They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

⁶⁰He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.