Acts

Acts

¹In my first book, Theophilus, I wrote about everything our Lord Jesus Christ began to do and to teach, ²until the day he ascended, after he had given his commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. ³These are the ones to whom he showed himself alive after his death, revealing himself with many signs over forty days. He appeared to them, spoke with them, and told them about the kingdom of God. ⁴While he was eating with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father. ⁵He said to them, "John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now." ⁶When they had gathered together, they asked him, "Lord, is this the time you will restore the kingdom to the children of Israel?" ⁷He answered them, "It is not for you to know the times and seasons that the Father has set by his own authority alone. ⁸But when the Holy Spirit comes down on you, you will receive power, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." ⁹As he was saying this, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him. He ascended into heaven while they were watching him, and he was hidden from their eyes. ¹⁰Then two men dressed in white appeared to them and stood beside them. ¹¹They said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who has ascended from you into heaven, will come again in the same way you saw him go up into heaven." ¹²Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, about the distance a man may walk on the Sabbath. ¹³When they reached their lodging, they went up to the upper room where they were staying: Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Matthew, Bartholomew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of Joseph. ¹⁴All of these devoted themselves to prayer together, along with the women, Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. ¹⁵In those days Peter stood up among the brothers, where about a hundred and twenty people were gathered, and said to them, ¹⁶"Listen, brothers. The word of Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke through the mouth of David about Judas, who became the guide for those who arrested the Lord Jesus. ¹⁷He was counted among us and had his share in this ministry. ¹⁸Then he bought a field with the wages of his wickedness. He fell headlong to the ground, his side burst open, and all his bowels poured out. ¹⁹The news of it was heard by everyone living in Jerusalem, and the field he bought with his wages was named in their own language Hakeldama, which means Field of Blood. ²⁰As the book of Psalms says, 'Let his home be deserted, and let no one live in it,' and 'Let another take his office.' ²¹So one of these men who have been with us all this time, while our Lord Jesus Christ came and went among us, ²²beginning from the baptism of John until the day he was taken up from us, must become a witness with us of his resurrection." ²³They put forward two men: Joseph, called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias. ²⁴Then they prayed, "Lord, you know every heart. Show us which one of these two you have chosen ²⁵to take up the work of this apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his own place." ²⁶They cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was counted with the eleven apostles. ²⁷እስመ፡ ገዝፈ፡ ልቦሙ፡ ለዝ፡ ሕዝብ። ወደንቀወ፡ እዘኒሆሙ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይስምዑ። ወከደኑ፡ አዕይንቲሆሙ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይርአዩ፡ በአዕይንቲሆሙ። ወኢይለብዉ፡ በልቦሙ፡ ወኢይትመየጡ፡ ኀቤየ፡ ወኢይሣሀሎሙ። *በእንተ፡ ሕይወተ፡ አሕዛብ* ²⁸አእምሩ፡ እንከ፡ ከመ፡ ለአሕዛብ፡ ትከውን፡ ዛቲ፡ ሕይወት። እንተ፡ እምኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር። ወእሙንቱ፡ እለ፡ ይሰምዕዎ፡ ወይለብዉ፡ ወይትኤዘዙ፡ ሎቱ። ²⁹ወዘንተ፡ ሶበ፡ ይቤሎሙ፡ ወፅኡ፡ አይሁድ። ወሖሩ፡ እንዘ፡ ይትጋአዙ፡ በበይናቲሆሙ፡ ፈድፋደ። *በእንተ፡ ጽውዖቱ፡ አሕዛበ* ³⁰ወነበረ፡ ጳውሎስ፡ ኀበ፡ መካን፡ ዘተዐሰበ፡ በንዋዩ፡ ክልኤተ፡ ዓመተ። ወይትቄበል፡ ኵሎ፡ ዘአተወ። ³¹ወይጼውዖሙ፡ ለመንግሥተ፡ እግዚአብሔር። ወይሰብክ፡ ወይሜህር፡ በእንተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ። እንዘ፡ ክሡተ፡ ይነግር፡ ወአልቦ፡ ዘይከልኦ። ³²እስመ፡ ውእቱ፡ ቦአ፡ ኀበ፡ ኔሮን፡ በቀዳማይ፡ ጊዜ፡ ወሞአ። ወሖረ፡ በሰላም፡ ወነበረ፡ እምድኅረዝ፡ ኑኀ፡ ክልኤተ፡ ዓመት፡ ወወፅአ። ³³ወእምዝ፡ ተመይጠ፡ ወአጥመቀ፡ አዝማዲሁ፡ ለኔሮን። ወስምዐ፡ ኮነ፡ በሰይፍ፡ ዕጉሠ። እስከ፡ ዝ፡ ነገር፡ አብጽሐ፡ ሉቃስ፡ በዜናሁ፡ ወዘተሰወረ፡ እምኔሁ። ³⁴እስመ፡ አንተ፡ ትረክብ፡ በቀዳማይ፡ ፍካሬ፡ መልእክቱ፡ ለጳውሎስ፡ ዜና፡ ግብሩ፡ ለጳውሎስ። ³⁵ወዘንተ፡ ብሂሎ፡ ነሥአ፡ ኅብስተ፡ ወአእኰተ፡ እግዚአብሔርሃ። ወከፈለ፡ ቅድመ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ወአኀዙ፡ ይብልዑ። ³⁶ወተናዘዙ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ወጥዕሙ። ³⁷ወኮነ፡ ፍቅዶሙ፡ ለእለ፡ ሀለዉ፡ ውስተ፡ ሐመር፡ ክልኤቱ፡ ምእት፡ ሰብዓ፡ ወስድስቱ፡ ነፍስ። ³⁸ወተሴስዮሙ፡ አቅለሉ፡ ሐመረ። ወነሥኡ፡ ሥርናየ፡ ዘውስተ፡ ሐመር፡ ወወገሩ፡ ውስተ፡ ባሕር። *በእንተ፡ ድቀተ፡ ሐመር* ³⁹ወጸቢሖ፡ መዓልት፡ ኢፈለጡ፡ ኖትያት፡ ውእተ፡ ምድረ፡ ወኢያእመሩ፡ ዘየሐውሩ። ወባሕቱ፡ ርእዩ፡ አድባረ፡ ደሴት፡ ዘቅሩብ፡ ለሐይቀ፡ ባሕር። ወፈቀዱ፡ ያብጽሑ፡ ሐመሮሙ፡ ህየ። ⁴⁰ወመተሩ፡ መልሕቀ፡ ወኀደጉ፡ ውስተ፡ ባሕር። ወአሠነዩ፡ ምቅዋመ፡ ወሰቀሉ፡ ሥራዐ፡ ዘይንእስ፡ በከመ፡ ንፍኀተ፡ ነፋስ። ወሖርነ፡ መንገለ፡ ሐይቀ፡ ባሕር። ⁴¹ወተለክዐት፡ ሐመር፡ ማእከለ፡ ክልኤቱ፡ አእባን፡ ልዑላን፡ ወባሕሩ፡ ዕሙቅ። ወተእኅዘት፡ ወተሰብረት፡ ወተመትረት፡ ገቦሃ፡ ዘድኅር፡ እሞገድ። ወእምቅድሜሃሰ፡ ኢክህሉ፡ ኖትያት። *በእንተ፡ እለ፡ መከሩ፡ ይቅትሉ፡ ሙቁሓነ* ⁴²ወተማከሩ፡ ሠገራት፡ ከመ፡ ይቅትሉ፡ መቁሓነ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይጽብቱ፡ ወኢያምሥጡ። ⁴³ወከልኦሙ፡ ሐቢ፡ እስመ፡ ፈቀደ፡ ያድኅኖ፡ ለጳውሎስ። ወለእለ፡ የአምሩ፡ ጸቢተ፡ አዘዞሙ፡ ይጽብቱ፡ ወይፃኡ፡ ለሐይቅ። ⁴⁴ወእለ፡ ተርፉ፡ ዐደዉ፡ ላዕለ፡ ዕፀ፡ ሐመር፡ ወሰላድው። ወካልኣን፡ ዐደዉ፡ በአሕባለ፡ ሐመር። ወወፅኡ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ወበጽሑ፡ ምድረ፡ በዘከመ፡ ዝ፡ ግብር። *በእንተ፡ አረሚ፡ እለ፡ ይነብሩ፡ መላጥያ* ⁴⁵ወርእዮሙ፡ ካህናተ፡ አይሁድ፡ ብዙኀ፡ ጉባኤ፡ ሕዝብ፡ ቀንኡ፡ ላዕሌሆሙ። ወተዋቀሥዎሙ፡ ለጳውሎስ፡ ወለበርናባስ፡ ወፀረፉ። *በእንተ፡ ነገር፡ ዘኮነት፡ ለአይሁድ፡ ወአሕዛብ* ⁴⁶ወነገርዎሙ፡ ጳውሎስ፡ ወበርናባስ፡ ወይቤልዎሙ። ለክሙ፡ ርቱዕ፡ ንቅድም፡ ንንግርክሙ፡ ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር። ወእመሰ፡ ትክሕዱ፡ ወኢትረስዩ፡ ርእሰክሙ፡ ለሕይወት፡ ዘለዓለም። ናሁ፡ ንትመየጥ፡ መንገለ፡ አሕዛብ። ⁴⁷እስመ፡ ከማሁ፡ ይብል፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ረሰይኩከ፡ ብርሃኖሙ፡ ለአሕዛብ። ከመ፡ ትኩኖሙ፡ ሕይወቶሙ፡ እስከ፡ አጽናፈ፡ ምድር። ⁴⁸ወሰሚዖሙ፡ አሕዛብ፡ ዘንተ፡ ተፈሥሑ፡ ወሰብሑ፡ ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር። ወአምኑ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ እለ፡ ከፈሎሙ፡ ሕይወተ፡ ዘለዓለም። ⁴⁹ወበጽሐ፡ ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ውስተ፡ ኵሉ፡ በሓውርት። *በእንተ፡ ሁከት፡ ዘአንሥኡ፡ አይሁድ* ⁵⁰ወወሀክዎን፡ አይሁድ፡ ለአንስት፡ ወለዐበይተ፡ ሀገር፡ ወለኄራተ፡ ሀገር። ወአንሥኡ፡ መራደ፡ ላዕለ፡ ጳውሎስ፡ ወበርናባስ፡ ወሰደድዎሙ፡ እምብሔሮሙ። ⁵¹ወነገፉ፡ ጸበለ፡ እገሪሆሙ፡ ላዕሌሆሙ፡ ወኀለፉ፡ ኢቆንዮን። ⁵²ወመልአ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዲበ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ወተፈሥሑ። *በእንተ፡ ትምህርት፡ ዘመሀሩ፡ በኢቆንዮን* ⁵³ወነሢአክሙ፡ ኦሪት፡ በሥርዐተ፡ መላእክት፡ ኢዐቀብክሙ። ⁵⁴ወዘንተ፡ ሰሚዖሙ፡ ተምዕዑ፡ ወአብደ፡ ልቦሙ። ወሐቀዩ፡ ስነኒሆሙ፡ ላዕሌሁ። ⁵⁵ወመልአ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ላዕለ፡ እስጢፋኖስ። ወነጸረ፡ ሰማየ፡ ርኅወ፡ ወርእየ፡ ስብሐተ፡ እግዚአብሔር። ወኢየሱስ፡ ይቀውም፡ በየማነ፡ እግዚአብሔር። ⁵⁶ወይቤ፡ ናሁ፡ እሬኢ፡ ተርኅወ፡ ሰማይ። ወወልደ፡ ዕጓለ፡ እመሕያው፡ ይቀውም፡ በየማነ፡ እግዚአብሔር። ⁵⁷ወከልሑ፡ በዐቢይ፡ ቃል፡ ወከደኑ፡ እዘኒሆሙ። ወሮድዎ፡ ኅቡረ፡ ወሰሐብዎ። ⁵⁸ወአውፅእዎ፡ አፍኣ፡ እምሀገር፡ ወወገርዎ። ወእለሰ፡ ቀተልዎ፡ አዕቀቡ፡ አልባሲሆሙ። ወአንበሩ፡ ኀበ፡ እገሪሁ፡ ለወሬዛ፡ ወልድ፡ ዘስሙ፡ ሳውል። ⁵⁹ወወገርዎ፡ ለእስጢፋኖስ፡ እንዘ፡ ይጼሊ፡ ወይብል። ኦ፡ እግዚእየ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ተመጠዋ፡ ለነፍስየ። ⁶⁰ወሶበ፡ ሰገደ፡ ከልሐ፡ በዐቢይ፡ ቃል፡ ወይቤ። እግዚኦ፡ ስረይ፡ ሎሙ፡ ዘንተ፡ ኀጢአቶሙ። ወኢትረሲ፡ ቦሙ፡ ጌጋየ። ወዘንተ፡ ብሂሎ፡ ኖመ። ወሳውልኒ፡ ኮነ፡ ኅቡረ፡ ውእቱ፡ ውስተ፡ ቀቲለ፡ ዚኣሁ። *በእንተ፡ ምንዳቤ፡ ወሁከት፡ ዘበጽሐ፡ በቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን* ⁶⁶After many days. ⁶⁷And on the fourteenth day we set out. [unclear in the Ge'ez] ⁶⁸After three days Paul sent word. This Luke came from the city of Antioch, which is in the land of Syria and is renowned among its neighbors. He was blessed in writing the Gospel, for he was a great physician in Antioch. We know for certain that his words are medicine for the soul. He died at the age of eighty years.