| Vers | Amharic NT | English: King James Version |
| 1 | በቂሣርያም ኢጣሊቄ ለሚሉት ጭፍራ የመቶ አለቃ የሆነ ቆርኔሌዎስ የሚሉት አንድ ሰው ነበረ። | There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, |
| 2 | እርሱም ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር እግዚአብሔርን የሚያመልክና የሚፈራ ለሕዝብም እጅግ ምጽዋት የሚያደርግ ወደ እግዚአብሔርም ሁልጊዜ የሚጸልይ ነበረ። | A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. |
| 3 | ከቀኑም ዘጠኝ ሰዓት ያህል። ቆርኔሌዎስ ሆይ የሚለው የእግዚአብሔር መልአክ ወደ እርሱ ሲገባ በራእይ በግልጥ አየው። | He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. |
| 4 | እርሱም ትኵር ብሎ ሲመለከተው ደንግጦ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ምንድር ነው? አለ። መልአኩም አለው። ጸሎትህና ምጽዋትህ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ለመታሰቢያ እንዲሆን አረገ። | And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. |
| 5 | አሁንም ወደ ኢዮጴ ሰዎችን ልከህ ጴጥሮስ የሚባለውን ስምዖንን አስመጣ። | And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: |
| 6 | እርሱ ቤቱ በባሕር አጠገብ ባለው በቍርበት ፋቂው በስምዖን ዘንድ እንግድነት ተቀምጦአል፤ ልታደርገው የሚገባህን እርሱ ይነግርሃል። | He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. |
| 7 | የተናገረውም መልአክ በሄደ ጊዜ፥ ከሎሎዎቹ ሁለቱን፥ ከማይለዩትም ጭፍሮቹ እግዚአብሔርን የሚያመልክ አንዱን ወታደር ጠርቶ፥ | And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually; |
| 8 | ነገሩን ሁሉ ተረከላቸው ወደ ኢዮጴም ላካቸው። | And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa. |
| 9 | እነርሱም በነገው ሲሄዱ ወደ ከተማም ሲቀርቡ፥ ጴጥሮስ በስድስት ሰዓት ያህል ይጸልይ ዘንድ ወደ ጣራው ወጣ። | On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: |
| 10 | ተርቦም ሊበላ ወደደ፤ ሲያዘጋጁለት ሳሉም ተመስጦ መጣበት፤ | And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, |
| 11 | ሰማይም ተከፍቶ በአራት ማዕዘን የተያዘ ታላቅ ሸማ የሚመስል ዕቃ ወደ ምድር ሲወርድ አየ፤ | And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: |
| 12 | በዚያውም አራት እግር ያላቸው ሁሉ አራዊትም በምድርም የሚንቀሳቀሱት የሰማይ ወፎችም ነበሩበት። | Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. |
| 13 | ጴጥሮስ ሆይ፥ ተነሣና አርደህ ብላ የሚልም ድምፅ ወደ እርሱ መጣ። | And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. |
| 14 | ጴጥሮስ ግን። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አይሆንም፤ አንዳች ርኵስ የሚያስጸይፍም ከቶ በልቼ አላውቅምና አለ። | But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. |
| 15 | ደግሞም ሁለተኛ። እግዚአብሔር ያነጻውን አንተ አታርክሰው የሚል ድምፅ ወደ እርሱ መጣ። | And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. |
| 16 | ይህም ሦስት ጊዜ ሆነ፥ ወዲያውም ዕቃው ወደ ሰማይ ተወሰደ። | This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven. |
| 17 | ጴጥሮስም ስላየው ራእይ። ምን ይሆን? ብሎ በልቡ ሲያመነታ፥ እነሆ፥ ቆርኔሌዎስ የላካቸው ሰዎች ስለ ስምዖን ቤት ጠይቀው ወደ ደጁ ቀረቡ፤ | Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate, |
| 18 | ድምፃቸውንም ከፍ አድርገው። ጴጥሮስ የተባለው ስምዖን በዚህ እንግድነት ተቀምጦአልን? ብለው ይጠይቁ ነበር። | And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there. |
| 19 | ጴጥሮስም ስለ ራእዩ ሲያወጣ ሲያወርድ ሳለ፥ መንፈስ። እነሆ፥ ሦስት ሰዎች ይፈልጉሃል፤ | While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. |
| 20 | ተነሥተህ ውረድ፥ እኔም ልኬአቸዋለሁና ሳትጠራጠር ከእነርሱ ጋር ሂድ አለው። | Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. |
| 21 | ጴጥሮስም ወደ ሰዎቹ ወርዶ። እነሆ፥ የምትፈልጉኝ እኔ ነኝ፤ የመጣችሁበትስ ምክንያት ምንድር ነው? አላቸው። | Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come? |
| 22 | እነርሱም። ጻድቅ ሰው እግዚአብሔርንም የሚፈራ በአይሁድም ሕዝብ ሁሉ የተመሰከረለት የመቶ አለቃ ቆርኔሌዎስ ወደ ቤቱ ያስመጣህ ዘንድ ከአንተም ቃልን ይሰማ ዘንድ ከቅዱስ መልአክ ተረዳ አሉት። | And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee. |
| 23 | እርሱም ወደ ውስጥ ጠርቶ እንድግድነት ተቀበላቸው። በነገውም ተነሥቶ ከእነርሱ ጋር ወጣ፥ በኢዮጴም ከነበሩት ወንድሞች አንዳንዶቹ ከእርሱ ጋር አብረው ሄዱ። | Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him. |
| 24 | በነገውም ወደ ቂሣርያ ገቡ፤ ቆርኔሌዎስም ዘመዶቹንና የቅርብ ወዳጆቹን በአንድነት ጠርቶ ይጠባበቃቸው ነበር። | And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends. |
| 25 | ጴጥሮስም በገባ ጊዜ ቆርኔሌዎስ ተገናኝቶ ከእግሩ በታች ወደቀና ሰገደለት። | And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. |
| 26 | ጴጥሮስ ግን። ተነሣ፤ እኔ ራሴ ደግሞ ሰው ነኝ ብሎ አስነሣው። | But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. |
| 27 | ከእርሱም ጋር እየተነጋገረ ገባ፥ ብዙዎችም ተከማችተው አግኝቶ። | And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together. |
| 28 | አይሁዳዊ ሰው ከሌላ ወገን ጋር ይተባበር ወይም ይቃረብ ዘንድ እንዳልተፈቀደ እናንተ ታውቃላችሁ፤ ለእኔ ግን እግዚአብሔር ማንንም ሰው ርኵስና የሚያስጸይፍ ነው እንዳልል አሳየኝ፤ | And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. |
| 29 | ስለዚህም ደግሞ ብትጠሩኝ ሳልከራከር መጣሁ። አሁንም በምን ምክንያት አስመጣችሁኝ? ብዬ እጠይቃችኋለሁ አላቸው። | Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me? |
| 30 | ቆርኔሌዎስም እንዲህ አለው። በዚች ሰዓት የዛሬ አራት ቀን የዘጠኝ ሰዓት ጸሎት በቤቴ እጸልይ ነበር፤ እነሆም፥ የሚያንጸባርቅ ልብስ የለበሰ ሰው በፊቴ ቆመና። | And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, |
| 31 | ቆርኔሌዎስ ሆይ፥ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ጸሎትህ ተሰማ ምጽዋትህም ታሰበ። | And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. |
| 32 | እንግዲህ ወደ ኢዮጴ ልከህ ጴጥሮስ የተባለውን ስምዖንን አስጠራ፤ እርሱ በቍርበት ፋቂው በስምዖን ቤት በባሕር አጠገብ እንግድነት ተቀምጦአል አለኝ። | Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. |
| 33 | ስለዚህ ያን ጊዜ ወደ አንተ ላክሁ፥ አንተም በመምጣትህ መልካም አድርገሃል። እንግዲህ አንተ ከእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ የታዘዝኸውን ሁሉ እንድንሰማ እኛ ሁላችን አሁን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በዚህ አለን። | Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God. |
| 34 | ጴጥሮስም አፉን ከፍቶ እንዲህ አለ። እግዚአብሔር ለሰው ፊት እንዳያደላ ነገር ግን በአሕዛብ ሁሉ እርሱን የሚፈራና ጽድቅን የሚያደርግ በእርሱ የተወደደ እንደ ሆነ በእውነት አስተዋልሁ። | Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: |
| 36 | የሁሉ ጌታ በሚሆን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሰላምን እየሰበከ ይህን ቃል ወደ እስራኤል ልጆች ላከ። | The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) |
| 37 | ዮሐንስ ከሰበከው ጥምቀት በኋላ ከገሊላ ጀምሮ በይሁዳ ሁሉ የሆነውን ነገር እናንተ ታውቃላችሁ። | That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; |
| 38 | እግዚአብሔር የናዝሬቱን ኢየሱስን በመንፈስ ቅዱስ በኃይልም ቀባው፥ እርሱም መልካም እያደረገ ለዲያብሎስም የተገዙትን ሁሉ እየፈወሰ ዞረ፥ እግዚአብሔር ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረና፤ | How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. |
| 39 | እኛም በአይሁድ አገርና በኢየሩሳሌም ባደረገው ነገር ሁሉ ምስክሮች ነን፤ እርሱንም በእንጨት ላይ ሰቅለው ገደሉት። | And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: |
| 40 | እርሱን እግዚአብሔር በሦስተኛው ቀን አስነሣው ይገለጥም ዘንድ ሰጠው፤ | Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; |
| 41 | ይኸውም ለሕዝብ ሁሉ አይደለም ነገር ግን በእግዚአብሔር አስቀድሞ የተመረጡ ምስክሮች ለሆንን ለእኛ ነው እንጂ፤ ከሙታንም ከተነሣ በኋላ ከእርሱ ጋር የበላን የጠጣንም እኛ ነን። | Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. |
| 42 | ለሕዝብም እንድንሰብክና በሕያዋንና በሙታን ሊፈርድ በእግዚአብሔር የተወሰነ እርሱ እንደ ሆነ እንመሰክር ዘንድ አዘዘን። | And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. |
| 43 | በእርሱ የሚያምን ሁሉ በስሙ የኃጢአቱን ስርየት እንዲቀበል ነቢያት ሁሉ ይመሰክሩለታል። | To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. |
| 44 | ጴጥሮስ ይህን ነገር ገና ሲናገር ቃሉን በሰሙት ሁሉ ላይ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ወረደ። | While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. |
| 45 | ከጴጥሮስም ጋር የመጡት ሁሉ ከተገረዙት ወገን የሆኑ ምዕመናን በአሕዛብ ላይ ደግሞ የመንፈስ ቅዱስ ስጦታ ስለ ፈሰሰ ተገረሙ፤ | And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. |
| 46 | በልሳኖች ሲናገሩ እግዚአብሔርንም ሲያከብሩ ሰምተዋቸዋልና። | For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, |
| 47 | በዚያን ጊዜ ጴጥሮስ መልሶ። እነዚህ እንደ እኛ ደግሞ መንፈስ ቅዱስን የተቀበሉ እንዳይጠመቁ ውኃን ይከለክላቸው ዘንድ የሚችል ማን ነው? አለ። | Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? |
| 48 | በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስምም ይጠመቁ ዘንድ አዘዛቸው። ከዚህ በኋላ ጥቂት ቀን እንዲቀመጥ ለመኑት። | And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. |
| 35 | But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. |