| Vers | Amharic NT | English: King James Version |
| 1 | አንዳንዶችም ከይሁዳ ወረዱና። እንደ ሙሴ ሥርዓት ካልተገረዛችሁ ትድኑ ዘንድ አትችሉም ብለው ወንድሞችን ያስተምሩ ነበር። | And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. |
| 2 | በእነርሱና በጳውሎስ በበርናባስም መካከል ብዙ ጥልና ክርክር በሆነ ጊዜ፥ ስለዚህ ክርክር ጳውሎና በርናባስ ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶች ሌሎች ሰዎች ወደ ሐዋርያት ወደ ሽማግሌዎችም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ይወጡ ዘንድ ተቈረጠ። | When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. |
| 3 | ቤተ ክርስቲያኑም በመንገድ እየረዳቸው እነርሱ የአሕዛብን መመለስ እየተረኩ በፊንቄና በሰማርያ አለፉ፥ ወንድሞችንም ሁሉ እጅግ ደስ አሰኙአቸው። | And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. |
| 4 | ወደ ኢየሩሳሌምም በደረሱ ጊዜ ቤተ ክርስቲያንና ሐዋርያት ሽማግሌዎችም ተቀበሉአቸው፥ እግዚአብሔርም ከእነርሱ ጋር ያደረገውን ሁሉ አወሩ። | And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them. |
| 5 | ከፈሪሳውያን ወገን ግን ያመኑት አንዳንዶቹ ተነሥተው። ትገርዙአቸው ዘንድና የሙሴን ሕግ እንዲጠብቁ ታዙአቸው ዘንድ ይገባል አሉ። | But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. |
| 6 | ሐዋርያትና ሽማግሌዎችም ስለዚህ ነገር ለመማከር ተሰበሰቡ። | And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. |
| 7 | ከብዙ ክርክርም በኋላ ጴጥሮስ ተነሥቶ እንዲህ አላቸው ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ አሕዛብ ከአፌ የወንጌልን ቃል ሰምተው ያምኑ ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር በመጀመሪያው ዘመን ከእናንተ እኔን እንደ መረጠኝ እናንተ ታውቃላችሁ። | And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. |
| 8 | ልብንም የሚያውቅ አምላክ ለእኛ ደግሞ እንደ ሰጠን መንፈስ ቅዱስን በመስጠት መሰከረላቸው፤ | And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; |
| 9 | ልባቸውንም በእምነት ሲያነጻ በእኛና በእነርሱ መካከል አንዳች አልለየም። | And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. |
| 10 | እንግዲህ አባቶቻችንና እኛ ልንሸከመው ያልቻልነውን ቀንበር በደቀ መዛሙርት ጫንቃ ላይ በመጫን እግዚአብሔርን አሁን ስለ ምን ትፈታተናላችሁ? | Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? |
| 11 | ነገር ግን በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋ እንደ እነርሱ ደግሞ እንድን ዘንድ እናምናለን። | But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. |
| 12 | ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ዝም አሉ፥ በርናባስና ጳውሎስም እግዚአብሔር በእጃቸው በአሕዛብ መካከል ያደረገውን ምልክትና ድንቅ ሁሉ ሲተርኩላቸው ይሰሙ ነበር። | Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. |
| 13 | እነርሱም ዝም ካሉ በኋላ ያዕቆብ እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰ። ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ስሙኝ። | And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: |
| 14 | እግዚአብሔር ለስሙ የሚሆንን ወገን ከአሕዛብ ይወስድ ዘንድ አስቀድሞ እንዴት እንደ ጐበኘ ስምዖን ተርኮአል። | Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. |
| 15 | ከዚህም ጋር የነቢያት ቃል ይሰማማል፥ እንዲህ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ። | And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, |
| 16 | ከዚህ በኋላ የቀሩት ሰዎችና በስሜ የተጠሩት አሕዛብ ሁሉ ጌታን ይፈልጉ ዘንድ እመለሳለሁ፥ የወደቀችውንም የዳዊትን ድንኳን እንደ ገና እሠራታለሁ፥ ፍራሽዋንም እንደ ገና እሠራታለሁ እንደ ገናም አቆማታለሁ ይላል ይህን የሚያደርግ ጌታ። | After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: |
| 18 | ከጥንት ጀምሮ ሥራው ሁሉ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ የታወቀ ነው። | Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. |
| 19 | ስለዚህ ከአሕዛብ ወደ እግዚአብሔር የዞሩትን እንዳናስቸግራቸው፥ | Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: |
| 20 | ነገር ግን ከጣዖት ርኵሰትና ከዝሙት ከታነቀም ከደምም ይርቁ ዘንድ እንድንጽፍላቸው እቈርጣለሁ። | But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. |
| 21 | ሙሴስ ከቀደሙት ትውልድ ጀምሮ በሰንበት በሰንበት በምኵራቦቹ ሲያነቡ በየከተማው እርሱን የሚሰብኩ አሉት። | For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. |
| 22 | ያን ጊዜ ሐዋርያትና ሽማግሌዎች ከቤተ ክርስቲያኑ ሁሉ ጋር ከእነርሱ የተመረጡትን ሰዎች ከጳውሎስና ከበርናባስ ጋር ወደ አንጾኪያ ይልኩ ዘንድ ፈቀዱ፤ እነርሱም በወንድሞች መካከል ዋናዎች ሆነው በርስያን የተባለው ይሁዳና ሲላስ ነበሩ። | Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren: |
| 23 | እንዲህም ጽፈው በእነርሱ እጅ ላኩ። ሐዋርያትና ሽማግሌዎች ወንድሞችም በአንጾኪያና በሶርያ በኪልቅያም ለሚኖሩ ከአሕዛብ ወገን ለሆኑ ወንድሞች ሰላምታ ያቀርባሉ። | And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: |
| 24 | ያላዘዝናቸው ሰዎች ከእኛ ወጥተው። ትገረዙ ዘንድና ሕግን ትጠብቁ ዘንድ ይገባችኋል ብለው ልባችሁን እያወኩ በቃል እንዳናወጡአችሁ ስለ ሰማን፥ | Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: |
| 25 | ስለ ጌታችን ስለ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም ነፍሳቸውን ከሰጡት ከምንወዳቸው ከበርናባስና ከጳውሎስ ጋር የተመረጡትን ሰዎች ወደ እናንተ እንልክ ዘንድ በአንድ ልብ ሆነን ፈቀድን። | It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, |
| 27 | ራሳቸውም ደግሞ በቃላቸው ያንኑ ይነግሩአችሁ ዘንድ ይሁዳንና ሲላስን ልከናል። | We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. |
| 28 | ለጣዖት ከተሠዋ፥ ከደምም፥ ከታነቀም፥ ከዝሙትም ትርቁ ዘንድ ከዚህ ከሚያስፈልገው በቀር ሌላ ሸክም እንዳንጭንባችሁ እኛና መንፈስ ቅዱስ ፈቅደናልና፤ ከዚህም ሁሉ ራሳችሁን ብትጠብቁ በመልካም ትኖራላችሁ። ጤና ይስጣችሁ። | For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; |
| 30 | እነርሱም ተሰናብተው ወደ አንጾኪያ ወረዱ፥ ሕዝቡንም ሰብስበው ደብዳቤውን ሰጡአቸው። | So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle: |
| 31 | ባነበቡትም ጊዜ ከምክሩ የተነሣ ደስ አላቸው። | Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. |
| 32 | ይሁዳና ሲላስም ደግሞ ነቢያት ነበሩና ወንድሞችን በብዙ ቃል መክረው አጸኑአቸው። | And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them. |
| 33 | አያሌ ቀንም ከተቀመጡ በኋላ ከወንድሞች በሰላም ተሰናብተው ወደ ሐዋርያት ሄዱ። | And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles. |
| 34 | ሲላስ ግን በዚያ ይኖር ዘንድ ፈቀደ። | Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. |
| 35 | ጳውሎስና በርናባስም ከሌሎች ከብዙ ሰዎች ጋር ደግሞ የጌታን ቃል እያስተማሩና ወንጌልን እየሰበኩ በአንጾኪያ ይቀመጡ ነበር። | Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. |
| 36 | ከጥቂት ቀንም በኋላ ጳውሎስ በርናባስን። ተመልሰን የጌታን ቃል በተናገርንበት በየከተማው ሁሉ ወንድሞችን እንጐብኛቸው፥ እንዴት እንዳሉም እንወቅ አለው። | And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do. |
| 37 | በርናባስም ማርቆስ የተባለውን ዮሐንስን ደግሞ ከእነርሱ ጋር ይወስድ ዘንድ አሰበ፤ | And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. |
| 38 | ጳውሎስ ግን ይህን ከእነርሱ ጋር ሊወስድ አልፈቀደም፥ ከእነርሱ ዘንድ ከጵንፍልያ ተለይቶ ነበርና፥ ወደ ሥራም ከእነርሱ ጋር አልመጣም ነበርና። | But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. |
| 39 | ስለዚህም እርስ በርሳቸው እስኪለያዩ ድረስ መከፋፋት ሆነ፥ በርናባስም ማርቆስን ይዞ በመርከብ ወደ ቆጵሮስ ሄደ። | And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus; |
| 40 | ጳውሎስ ግን ሲላስን መረጠ፥ ወንድሞችም ለእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ አደራ ከሰጡት በኋላ ወጣ፤ | And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God. |
| 41 | አብያተ ክርስትያናትንም እያጸና በሶርያና በኪልቅያ ይዞር ነበር። | And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches. |
| 17 | That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. | |
| 26 | Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. | |
| 29 | That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. |