¹Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

¹በዚያን ቀንም በኢየሩሳሌም ባለች ቤተ ክርስቲያን ላይ ታላቅ ስደት ሆነ፤ ሁሉም ከሐዋርያትም በቀር ወደ ይሁዳና ወደ ሰማርያ አገሮች ተበተኑ።

²Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.

²በጸሎትም የተጉ ሰዎች እስጢፋኖስን ቀበሩት ታላቅ ልቅሶም አለቀሱለት።

³But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to prison.

³ሳውል ግን ቤተ ክርስቲያንን ያፈርስ ነበር፤ ወደ ሁሉም ቤት እየገባ ወንዶችንም ሴቶችንም እየጐተተ ወደ ወኅኒ አሳልፎ ይሰጥ ነበር።

⁴Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.

⁴የተበተኑትም ቃሉን እየሰበኩ ዞሩ።

⁵Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ.

⁵ፊልጶስም ወደ ሰማርያ ከተማ ወርዶ ክርስቶስን ሰበከላቸው።

⁶The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did.

⁶ሕዝቡም የፊልጶስን ቃል በሰሙ ጊዜ ያደርጋት የነበረውንም ምልክት ባዩ ጊዜ፥ የተናገረውን በአንድ ልብ አደመጡ።

⁷For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.

⁷ርኵሳን መናፍስት በታላቅ ድምፅ እየጮኹ ከብዙ ሰዎች ይወጡ ነበርና፤ ብዙም ሽባዎችና አንካሶች ተፈወሱ፤

⁸There was great joy in that city.

⁸በዚያችም ከተማ ታላቅ ደስታ ሆነ።

⁹But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,

⁹ሲሞን የሚሉት አንድ ሰው ግን። እኔ ታላቅ ነኝ ብሎ፥ እየጠነቈለ የሰማርያንም ወገን እያስገረመ ቀድሞ በከተማ ነበረ።

¹⁰to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is that great power of God.”

¹⁰ከታናናሾችም ጀምሮ እስከ ታላላቆቹ ድረስ። ታላቁ የእግዚአብሔር ኃይል ይህ ነው እያሉ ሁሉ ያደምጡት ነበር።

¹¹They listened to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.

¹¹ከብዙ ዘመንም ጀምሮ በጥንቈላ ስላስገረማቸው ያደምጡት ነበር።

¹²But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

¹²ነገር ግን ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥትና ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም እየሰበከላቸው ፊልጶስን ባመኑት ጊዜ፥ ወንዶችም ሴቶችም ተጠመቁ።

¹³Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.

¹³ሲሞንም ደግሞ ራሱ አመነ፤ ተጠምቆም ከፊልጶስ ጋር ይተባበር ነበር፤ የሚደረገውንም ምልክትና ታላቅ ተአምራት ባየ ጊዜ ተገረመ።

¹⁴Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

¹⁴በኢየሩሳሌምም የነበሩት ሐዋርያት የሰማርያ ሰዎች የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እንደተቀበሉ ሰምተው ጴጥሮስንና ዮሐንስን ሰደዱላቸው።

¹⁵who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

¹⁵እነርሱም በወረዱ ጊዜ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ይቀበሉ ዘንድ ጸለዩላቸው፤

¹⁶for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.

¹⁶በጌታ በኢየሱስ ስም ብቻ ተጠምቀው ነበር እንጂ ከእነርሱ በአንዱ ላይ ስንኳ ገና አልወረደም ነበርና።

¹⁷Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷በዚያን ጊዜ እጃቸውን ጫኑባቸው መንፈስ ቅዱስንም ተቀበሉ።

¹⁸Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

¹⁸ሲሞንም በሐዋርያት እጅ መጫን መንፈስ ቅዱስ እንዲሰጥ ባየ ጊዜ፥ ገንዘብ አመጣላቸውና።

¹⁹saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

¹⁹እጄን የምጭንበት ሁሉ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ይቀበል ዘንድ ለእኔ ደግሞ ይህን ሥልጣን ስጡኝ አለ።

²⁰But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

²⁰ጴጥሮስ ግን እንዲህ አለው። የእግዚአብሔርን ስጦታ በገንዘብ እንድታገኝ አስበሃልና ብርህ ከአንተ ጋር ይጥፋ።

²¹You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God.

²¹ልብህ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት የቀና አይደለምና ከዚህ ነገር ዕድል ወይም ፈንታ የለህም።

²²Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

²²እንግዲህ ስለዚህ ክፋትህ ንሰሐ ግባ፥ ምናልባትም የልብህን አሳብ ይቅር ይልህ እንደ ሆነ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ለምን፤

²³For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”

²³በመራራ መርዝና በዓመፅ እስራት እንዳለህ አይሃለሁና።

²⁴Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.”

²⁴ሲሞንም መልሶ። ካላችሁት አንዳች እንዳይደርስብኝ እናንተው ወደ ጌታ ለምኑልኝ አላቸው።

²⁵They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans.

²⁵እነርሱም ከመሰከሩና የጌታን ቃል ከተናገሩ በኋላ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሱ፤ በሳምራውያን በብዙ መንደሮችም ወንጌልን ሰበኩ።

²⁶But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.”

²⁶የጌታም መልአክ ፊልጶስን። ተነሥተህ በደቡብ በኩል ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ ጋዛ ወደሚያወርደው ምድረ በዳ ወደ ሆነ መንገድ ሂድ አለው።

²⁷He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.

²⁷ተነሥቶም ሄደ። እነሆም፥ ህንደኬ የተባለች የኢትዮጵያ ንግሥት አዛዥና ጃንደረባ የነበረ በገንዘብዋም ሁሉ የሠለጠነ አንድ የኢትዮጵያ ሰው ሊሰግድ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም መጥቶ ነበር፤

²⁸He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

²⁸ሲመለስም በሰረገላ ተቀምጦ የነቢዩን የኢሳይያስን መጽሐፍ ያነብ ነበር።

²⁹The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.”

²⁹መንፈስም ፊልጶስን። ወደዚህ ሰረገላ ቅረብና ተገናኝ አለው።

³⁰Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

³⁰ፊልጶስም ሮጦ የነቢዩን የኢሳይያስን መጽሐፍ ሲያነብ ሰማና። በውኑ የምታነበውን ታስተውለዋለህን? አለው።

³¹He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.

³¹እርሱም። የሚመራኝ ሳይኖር ይህ እንዴት ይቻለኛል? አለው። ወጥቶም ከእርሱ ጋር ይቀመጥ ዘንድ ፊልጶስን ለመነው።

³²Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.

³²ያነበውም የነበረ የመጽሐፉ ክፍል ይህ ነበረ፤ እንደ በግ ወደ መታረድ ተነዳ፥ የበግ ጠቦትም በሸላቹ ፊት ዝም እንደሚል፥ እንዲሁ አፉን አልከፈተም።

³³In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth.” Isaiah 53:7,8

³³በውርደቱ ፍርዱ ተወገደ፤ ሕይወቱ ከምድር ተወግዳለችና ትውልዱንስ ማን ይናገራል?

³⁴The eunuch answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?”

³⁴ጃንደረባውም ለፊልጶስ መልሶ። እባክህ፥ ነቢዩ ይህን ስለ ማን ይናገራል? ስለ ራሱ ነውን ወይስ ስለ ሌላ? አለው።

³⁵Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him Jesus.

³⁵ፊልጶስም አፉን ከፈተ፥ ከዚህም መጽሐፍ ጀምሮ ስለ ኢየሱስ ወንጌልን ሰበከለት።

³⁶As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?”

³⁶በመንገድም ሲሄዱ ወደ ውኃ ደረሱ፤ ጃንደረባውም። እነሆ ውኃ፤ እንዳልጠመቅ የሚከለክለኝ ምንድር ነው? አለው።

³⁷ TR adds “Philip said, ‘If you believe with all your heart, you may.’ He answered, ‘I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.’”

³⁷ፊልጶስም። በፍጹም ልብህ ብታምን፥ ተፈቅዶአል አለው። መልሶም። ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆነ አምናለሁ አለ።

³⁸He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

³⁸ሰረገላውም ይቆም ዘንድ አዘዘ፥ ፊልጶስና ጃንደረባው ሁለቱም ወደ ውኃ ወረዱ፥ አጠመቀውም።

³⁹When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.

³⁹ከውኃውም ከወጡ በኋላ የጌታ መንፈስ ፊልጶስን ነጠቀው፤ ጃንደረባውም ሁለተኛ አላየውም፥ ደስ ብሎት መንገዱን ይሄድ ነበርና።

⁴⁰But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.

⁴⁰ፊልጶስ ግን በአዛጦን ተገኘ፥ ወደ ቂሣርያም እስኪመጣ ድረስ እየዞረ በከተማዎች ሁሉ ወንጌልን ይሰብክ ነበር።