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Amharic: New Testament

Acts

9

1But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
1ሳውል ግን የጌታን ደቀ መዛሙርት እንዲገድላቸው ገና እየዛተ ወደ ሊቀ ካህናት ሄደ፥
2and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
2በዚህ መንገድ ያሉትንም ሰዎች ወንዶችንም ሴቶችንም ቢያገኝ፥ እያሰረ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ያመጣቸው ዘንድ በደማስቆ ላሉት ምኵራቦች ደብዳቤ ከእርሱ ለመነ።
3As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.
3ሲሄድም ወደ ደማስቆ በቀረበ ጊዜ ድንገት በእርሱ ዙሪያ ከሰማይ ብርሃን አንጸባረቀ፤
4He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
4በምድርም ላይ ወድቆ ሳለ። ሳውል ሳውል፥ ስለ ምን ታሳድደኛለህ? የሚለውን ድምፅ ሰማ።
5He said, “Who are you, Lord?” The Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
5ጌታ ሆይ፥ ማን ነህ? አለው። እርሱም። አንተ የምታሳድደኝ እኔ ኢየሱስ ነኝ፤ የመውጊያውን ብረት ብትቃወም ለአንተ ይብስብሃል አለው።
6 But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
6እየተንቀጠቀጠና እየተደነቀ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ምን አደርግ ዘንድ ትወዳለህ? አለው። ጌታም። ተነሥተህ ወደ ከተማ ግባና ታደርገው ዘንድ የሚያስፈልግህን ይነግሩሃል አለው።
7The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one.
7ከእርሱም ጋር በመንገድ የሄዱ ሰዎች ድምፁን እየሰሙ ማንን ግን ሳያዩ እንደ ዲዳዎች ቁሙ።
8Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
8ሳውልም ከምድር ተነሣ፥ አይኖቹም በተከፈቱ ጊዜ ምንም አላየም፤ እጁንም ይዘው እየመሩ ወደ ደማስቆ አገቡት።
9He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.
9ሳያይም ሦስት ቀን ኖረ፤ አልበላምም አልጠጣምም።
10Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias!” He said, “Behold, it’s me, Lord.”
10በደማስቆም ሐናንያ የሚሉት አንድ ደቀ መዝሙር ነበረ፥ ጌታም በራእይ። ሐናንያ ሆይ፥ አለው። እርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እነሆኝ አለ።
11The Lord said to him, “Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judah for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,
11ጌታም። ተነሥተህ ቅን ወደ ሚባለው መንገድ ሂድ፥ በይሁዳ ቤትም ሳውል የሚሉትን አንድ የጠርሴስ ሰው ፈልግ፤
12 and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight.”
12እነሆ፥ እርሱ ይጸልያልና፤ ሐናንያ የሚሉትም ሰው ገብቶ ደግሞ እንዲያይ እጁን ሲጭንበት አይቶአል አለው።
13But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.
13ሐናንያም መልሶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በኢየሩሳሌም በቅዱሳንህ ላይ ስንት ክፉ እንዳደረገ ስለዚህ ሰው ከብዙዎች ሰምቼአለሁ፤
14Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.”
14በዚህም ስምህን የሚጠሩትን ሁሉ ለማሰር ከካህናት አለቆች ሥልጣን አለው አለ።
15But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.
15ጌታም። ይህ በአሕዛብም በነገሥታትም በእስራኤልም ልጆች ፊት ስሜን ይሸከም ዘንድ ለእኔ የተመረጠ ዕቃ ነውና ሂድ፤
16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”
16ስለ ስሜ ስንት መከራ ሊቀበል እንዲያስፈልገው እኔ አመለክተዋለሁና አለው።
17Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
17ሐናንያም ሄዶ ወደ ቤቱ ገባ፥ እጁንም ጭኖበት። ወንድሜ ሳውል ሆይ፥ ጌታ፥ እርሱም በመጣህበት መንገድ የታየህ ኢየሱስ ነው፥ ደግሞ ታይ ዘንድና መንፈስ ቅዱስ ይሞላብህ ዘንድ ላከኝ አለ።
18Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized.
18ወዲያውም እንደ ቅርፊት ያለ ከዓይኑ ወደቀ፥ ያን ጊዜም ደግሞ አየ፤ ተነሥቶም ተጠመቀ፥
19He took food and was strengthened. Saul stayed several days with the disciples who were at Damascus.
19መብልም በልቶ በረታ። በደማስቆም ካሉት ደቀ መዛሙርት ጋር ጥቂት ቀን ኖረ።
20Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that he is the Son of God.
20ወዲያውም ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እርሱ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆነ በምኵራቦቹ ሰበከ።
21All who heard him were amazed, and said, “Isn’t this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!”
21የሰሙትም ሁሉ ተገረሙና። ይህ በኢየሩሳሌም ይህን ስም የሚጠሩትን ያጠፋ አይደለምን? ስለዚህስ ታስረው ወደ ካህናት አለቆች ይወስዳቸው ዘንድ ወደዚህ አልመጣምን? አሉ።
22But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
22ሳውል ግን እየበረታ ሄደ፥ በደማስቆም ለተቀመጡት አይሁድ ይህ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ አስረድቶ መልስ ያሳጣቸው ነበር።
23When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together to kill him,
23ብዙ ቀንም ሲሞላ አይሁድ ሊገድሉት ተማከሩ፤
24but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,
24ሳውል ግን አሳባቸውን አወቀ። ይገድሉትም ዘንድ በሌሊትና በቀን የከተማይቱን በር ሁሉ ይጠቀብቁ ነበር፤
25but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
25ደቀ መዛሙርት ግን በሌሊት ወስደው በቅጥር ላይ አሳልፈው በቅርጫት አወረዱት።
26When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
26ሳውልም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም በደረሰ ጊዜ ከደቀ መዛሙርት ጋር ይተባበር ዘንድ ሞከረ፤ ሁሉም ደቀ መዝሙር እንደ ሆነ ስላላመኑ ፈሩት።
27But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
27በርናባስ ግን ወስዶ ወደ ሐዋርያት አገባውና ጌታን በመንገድ እንዴት እንዳየውና እንደ ተናገረው በደማስቆም በኢየሱስ ስም ደፍሮ እንዴት እንደ ነገረ ተረከላቸው።
28He was with them entering into Jerusalem,
28በጌታም በኢየሱስ ስም ደፍሮ እየተናገረ በኢየሩሳሌም ሲወጣና ሲገባ ከእነርሱ ጋር ነበረ፤
29preaching boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. He spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they were seeking to kill him.
29ከግሪክ አገርም መጥተው ከነበሩት አይሁድ ጋር ይነጋገርና ይከራከር ነበር፤ እነርሱ ግን ሊገድሉት ፈለጉ።
30When the brothers knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him off to Tarsus.
30ወንድሞችም ይህን ባወቁ ጊዜ ወደ ቂሣርያ ወሰዱት ወደ ጠርሴስም ሰደዱት።
31So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
31በይሁዳም ሁሉና በገሊላ በሰማርያም የነበሩት አብያተ ክርስቲያናት በሰላም ኖሩ ታነጹም፤ በእግዚአብሔርም ፍርሃትና በመንፈስ ቅዱስ መጽናናት እየሄዱ ይበዙ ነበር።
32It happened, as Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.
32ጴጥሮስም በየስፍራው ሁሉ ሲዞር በልዳ ወደሚኖሩ ቅዱሳን ደግሞ ወረደ።
33There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed.
33በዚያም ከስምንት ዓመት ጀምሮ በአልጋ ላይ ተኝቶ የነበረውን ኤንያ የሚሉትን አንድ ሰው አገኘ፤ እርሱም ሽባ ነበረ።
34Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed!” Immediately he arose.
34ጴጥሮስም። ኤንያ ሆይ፥ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ይፈውስሃል፤ ተነሣ ለራስህም አንጥፍ አለው።
35All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
35ወዲያውም ተነሣ። በልዳና በሰሮናም የሚኖሩ ሁሉ እርሱን አይተው ወደ ጌታ ዘወር አሉ።
36Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.
36በኢዮጴም ጣቢታ የሚሉአት አንዲት ደቀ መዝሙር ነበረች፥ ትርጓሜውም ዶርቃ ማለት ነው፤ እርስዋም መልካም ነገር የሞላባት ምጽዋትም የምታደርግ ነበረች።
37It happened in those days that she fell sick, and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.
37በዚያም ወራት ታመመችና ሞተች፤ አጥበውም በሰገነት አኖሩአት።
38As Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him not to delay in coming to them.
38ልዳም ለኢዮጴ ቅርብ ናትና ደቀ መዛሙርት ጴጥሮስ በዚያ እንዳለ ሰምተው፥ ወደ እነርሱ ከመምጣት እንዳይዘገይ እየለመኑ ሁለት ሰዎች ወደ እርሱ ላኩ።
39Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
39ጴጥሮስም ተነሥቶ ከእነርሱ ጋር መጣ፤ በደረሰም ጊዜ በሰገነት አወጡት መበለቶችም ሁሉ እያለቀሱ ዶርቃ ከእነርሱ ጋር ሳለች ያደረገቻቸውን ቀሚሶችንና ልብሶችን ሁሉ እያሳዩት በፊቱ ቆሙ።
40Peter put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
40ጴጥሮስም ሁሉን ወደ ውጭ አስወጥቶ ተንበርክኮም ጸለየ፥ ወደ ሬሳውም ዘወር ብሎ። ጣቢታ ሆይ፥ ተነሺ አላት። እርስዋም ዓይኖችዋን ከፈተች ጴጥሮስንም ባየች ጊዜ ተቀመጠች።
41He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
41እጁንም ለእርስዋ ሰጥቶ አስነሣት፤ ቅዱሳንንና መበለቶችንም ጠራ ሕያውም ሆና በፊታቸው አቆማት።
42And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
42ይህም በኢዮጴ ሁሉ የታወቀ ሆነ፥ ብዙ ሰዎችም በጌታ አመኑ።
43It happened, that he stayed many days in Joppa with one Simon, a tanner.
43በኢዮጴም ስምዖን ከሚሉት ከአንድ ቍርበት ፋቂ ጋር አያሌ ቀን ኖረ።