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1:1
Τὸν μὲν πρῶτον λόγον ἐποιησάμην περὶ πάντων, ὦ Θεόφιλε, ὧν ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς ποιεῖν τε καὶ διδάσκειν
Primum quidem sermonem feci de omnibus, o Theophile, quae coepit Jesus facere et docere
ቀዳሚ ጸሐፍኩ ለከ መጽሐፈ ኦ! ታኦፊላ በኵሉ ግብር ዘአኀዘ እግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ይግበር ወይምሀር።
The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
1:2
ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας ἐντειλάμενος τοῖς ἀποστόλοις διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου οὓς ἐξελέξατο ἀνελήμφθη·
usque in diem qua praecipiens Apostolis per Spiritum Sanctum, quos elegit, assumptus est :
እስከ ዕለት እንተ ባቲ ዐርገ አዚዞ ለሐዋርያቲሁ ለእለ ኀረዮሙ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ።
until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
1:3
οἷς καὶ παρέστησεν ἑαυτὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τὸ παθεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν πολλοῖς τεκμηρίοις, δι’ ἡμερῶν τεσσεράκοντα ὀπτανόμενος αὐτοῖς καὶ λέγων τὰ περὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ.
quibus et praebuit seipsum vivum post passionem suam in multis argumentis, per dies quadraginta apparens eis, et loquens de regno Dei.
እሉ እሙንቱ እለ አርአዮሙ ወከሠተ ሎሙ ርእሶ ሕያወ እምድኅረ ሞተ በተኣምር ብዙኅ በአርብዓ ዕለት እንዘ ያስተርእዮሙ ወይዜንዎሙ ወይነግሮሙ በእንተ መንግሥተ እግዚአብሔር።
To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about God’s Kingdom.
1:4
καὶ συναλιζόμενος παρήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων μὴ χωρίζεσθαι, ἀλλὰ περιμένειν τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρὸς ἣν ἠκούσατέ μου·
Et convescens, praecepit eis ab Jerosolymis ne discederent, sed exspectarent promissionem Patris, quam audistis (inquit) per os meum :
ወእንዘ ይመስሕ ምስሌሆሙ አዘዞሙ ኢይፃኡ እምኢየሩሳሌም አላ ይጽንሑ ተስፋሁ ለአብ።
Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.
1:5
ὅτι Ἰωάννης μὲν ἐβάπτισεν ὕδατι, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἐν πνεύματι βαπτισθήσεσθε ἁγίῳ οὐ μετὰ πολλὰς ταύτας ἡμέρας.
quia Joannes quidem baptizavit aqua, vos autem baptizabimini Spiritu Sancto non post multos hos dies.
ወይቤሎሙ ዮሐንስ አጥመቀ በማይ አንትሙሰ ታጠምቁ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ እስከ መዋዕል ዘኢኮነ ርኁቀ።
For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
1:6
οἱ μὲν οὖν συνελθόντες ἠρώτων αὐτὸν λέγοντες· κύριε, εἰ ἐν τῷ χρόνῳ τούτῳ ἀποκαθιστάνεις τὴν βασιλείαν τῷ Ἰσραήλ;
Igitur qui convenerant, interrogabant eum, dicentes : Domine, si in tempore hoc restitues regnum Israël ?
ወእንዘ ጉቡኣን እሙንቱ ተስእልዎ ወይቤልዎ እግዚኦ በዝኑ መዋዕል ታገብእ መንግሥተ ለደቂቀ እስራኤል።
Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
1:7
εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς, οὐχ ὑμῶν ἐστιν γνῶναι χρόνους ἢ καιροὺς οὓς ὁ πατὴρ ἔθετο ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ,
Dixit autem eis : Non est vestrum nosse tempora vel momenta quae Pater posuit in sua potestate :
ወአውሥኦሙ ወይቤሎሙ ኢኮነ ለክሙ ታእምሩ መዋዕለ ወአዝማነ ዘሠርዐ አብ በምኵናኑ ባሕቲቱ።
He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.
1:8
ἀλλὰ λήμψεσθε δύναμιν ἐπελθόντος τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἔσεσθέ μου μάρτυρες ἔν τε Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ Σαμαρίᾳ καὶ ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς.
sed accipietis virtutem supervenientis Spiritus Sancti in vos, et eritis mihi testes in Jerusalem, et in omni Judaea, et Samaria, et usque ad ultimum terrae.
አላ ሶበ ይወርድ ላዕሌክሙ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ትነሥኡ ኀይለ ወትከውኑኒ ሰማዕትየ በኢየሩሳሌም ወበኵሉ ይሁዳ ወሰማርያ ወእስከ አጽናፈ ምድር።
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
1:9
καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν βλεπόντων αὐτῶν ἐπήρθη, καὶ νεφέλη ὑπέλαβεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν.
Et cum haec dixisset, videntibus illis, elevatus est : et nubes suscepit eum ab oculis eorum.
ወዘንተ እንዘ ይብሎሙ ተለዐለ ወነሥአቶ ደመና ወዐርገ ሰማየ እንዘ እሙንቱ ይኔጽሩ ኀቤሁ ወተሰወረ እምአዕይንቲሆሙ።
When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.
1:10
καὶ ὡς ἀτενίζοντες ἦσαν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν πορευομένου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες δύο παρειστήκεισαν αὐτοῖς ἐν ἐσθήσεσι λευκαῖς,
Cumque intuerentur in caelum euntem illum, ecce duo viri astiterunt juxta illos in vestibus albis,
ወአስተርአይዎሙ ክልኤቱ ዕደው ወቆሙ ኀቤሆሙ ወይለብሱ ጸዐዳ።
While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,
1:11
οἳ καὶ εἶπαν· ἄνδρες Γαλιλαῖοι, τί ἑστήκατε βλέποντες εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν; οὗτος ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὁ ἀναλημφθεὶς ἀφ’ ὑμῶν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν οὕτως ἐλεύσεται ὃν τρόπον ἐθεάσασθε αὐτὸν πορευόμενον εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.
qui et dixerunt : Viri Galilaei, quid statis aspicientes in caelum ? Hic Jesus, qui assumptus est a vobis in caelum, sic veniet quemadmodum vidistis eum euntem in caelum.
ወይቤልዎሙ አንትሙ ሰብአ ገሊላ ምንትኑ ቆምክሙ ትርአዩ ሰማየ ዝ ውእቱ ኢየሱስ ዘዐርገ እምኀቤክሙ ውስተ ሰማይ ወከማሁ ካዕበ ይመጽእ በከመ ርኢክምዎ የዐርግ ሰማየ።
who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky, will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.”
1:12
Τότε ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀπὸ ὄρους τοῦ καλουμένου ἐλαιῶνος, ὅ ἐστιν ἐγγὺς Ἱερουσαλὴμ σαββάτου ἔχον ὁδόν.
Tunc reversi sunt Jerosolymam a monte qui vocatur Oliveti, qui est juxta Jerusalem, sabbati habens iter.
ወእምዝ ተሠውጡ ኢየሩሳሌም እምደብረ ዘይት ዘእቱት እምኢየሩሳሌም መጠነ ምርዋጸ ብእሲ እንተ ይእቲ መንገደ ቀዳም።
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
1:13
καὶ ὅτε εἰσῆλθον, εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον ἀνέβησαν οὗ ἦσαν καταμένοντες, ὅ τε Πέτρος καὶ Ἰωάννης καὶ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἀνδρέας, Φίλιππος καὶ Θωμᾶς, Βαρθολομαῖος καὶ Μαθθαῖος, Ἰάκωβος Ἀλφαίου καὶ Σίμων ὁ ζηλωτὴς καὶ Ἰούδας Ἰακώβου.
Et cum introissent in coenaculum, ascenderunt ubi manebant Petrus, et Joannes, Jacobus, et Andreas, Philippus, et Thomas, Bartholomaeus, et Matthaeus, Jacobus Alphaei, et Simon Zelotes, et Judas Jacobi.
ወበጺሖሙ ማኅደሮሙ ኀበ ይነብሩ ጽርሐ ዐርጉ ጴጥሮስ ወዮሐንስ ወያዕቆብ ወእንድርያስ ወፊልጶስ ወቶማስ ወማቴዎስ ወበርተሎሜዎስ ወያዕቆብ ወልደ እልፍዮስ ወስምዖን ቀናኢ ወይሁዳ ወልደ ዮሴፍ።
When they had come in, they went up into the upper room where they were staying, that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
1:14
οὗτοι πάντες ἦσαν προσκαρτεροῦντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν τῇ προσευχῇ σὺν γυναιξὶν καὶ Μαριὰμ τῇ μητρὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ.
Hi omnes erant perseverantes unanimiter in oratione cum mulieribus, et Maria matre Jesu, et fratribus ejus.
እሉ ኵሎሙ ይፀመዱ ጸሎተ ኅቡረ ምስለ አንስት ወማርያም እሙ ለኢየሱስ ወአኀዊሁኒ።
All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
1:15
Καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταύταις ἀναστὰς Πέτρος ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀδελφῶν εἶπεν ἦν τε ὄχλος ὀνομάτων ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ὡσεὶ ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι,
In diebus illis, exsurgens Petrus in medio fratrum, dixit (erat autem turba hominum simul, fere centum viginti) :
ወውእተ አሚረ ተንሥአ ጴጥሮስ ወቆመ ማእከለ አኀዊሁ ወይቤሎሙ እንዘ ሀለዉ ህየ ሰብእ ወየአክሉ ምእተ ወዕሥራ።
In these days, Peter stood up in the middle of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,
1:16
ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, ἔδει πληρωθῆναι τὴν γραφὴν ἣν προεῖπεν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον διὰ στόματος Δαυεὶδ περὶ Ἰούδα τοῦ γενομένου ὁδηγοῦ τοῖς συλλαβοῦσιν Ἰησοῦν,
Viri fratres, oportet impleri Scripturam quam praedixit Spiritus Sanctus per os David de Juda, qui fuit dux eorum qui comprehenderunt Jesum :
ስምዑ ኦ አኀዊነ አማን ሀለዎ ይብጻሕ ቃለ መጽሐፍ ዘይቤ መንፈስ ቅዱስ በአፈ ዳዊት በእንተ ይሁዳ ዘውእቱ ኮኖሙ መርሐ ለእለ አኀዝዎ ለእግዚእ ኢየሱስ።
“Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.
1:17
ὅτι κατηριθμημένος ἦν ἐν ἡμῖν καὶ ἔλαχεν τὸν κλῆρον τῆς διακονίας ταύτης.
qui connumeratus erat in nobis, et sortitus est sortem ministerii hujus.
እንዘ ኊሉቍ ውእቱ ምስሌነ ወከፈሎ ዘንተ መልእክተ።
For he was counted with us, and received his portion in this ministry.
1:18
οὗτος μὲν οὖν ἐκτήσατο χωρίον ἐκ μισθοῦ τῆς ἀδικίας, καὶ πρηνὴς γενόμενος ἐλάκησεν μέσος, καὶ ἐξεχύθη πάντα τὰ σπλάγχνα αὐτοῦ.
Et hic quidem possedit agrum de mercede iniquitatis, et suspensus crepuit medius : et diffusa sunt omnia viscera ejus.
ወእምዝ ተሣየጠ ዐጸደ በዐስበ ዐመፃሁ ወተነጽሐ ላዕለ ምድር በገጹ ወተሠጥቀ ገቦሁ ወተክዕወ ኵሉ አማዑቲሁ።
Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness; and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines gushed out.
1:19
ὃ καὶ γνωστὸν ἐγένετο πᾶσι τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν Ἱερουσαλήμ, ὥστε κληθῆναι τὸ χωρίον ἐκεῖνο τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ αὐτῶν Ἀχελδαμάχ, τοῦτ’ ἔστιν, χωρίον αἵματος.
Et notum factum est omnibus habitantibus Jerusalem, ita ut appellaretur ager ille, lingua eorum, Haceldama, hoc est, ager sanguinis.
ወተሰምዐ ነገሩ በኀበ ኵሎሙ እለ ይነብሩ በኢየሩሳሌም ወተሰምየ ዐጸዱ ዘተሣየጠ በዐስቡ ሰመይዎ በነገሮሙ አኬልዳማ ገራህተ ደም ብሂል።
It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called ‘Akeldama,’ that is, ‘The field of blood.’
1:20
γέγραπται γὰρ ἐν βίβλῳ ψαλμῶν, γενηθήτω ἡ ἔπαυλις αὐτοῦ ἔρημος καὶ μὴ ἔστω ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν αὐτῇ, καί, τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν αὐτοῦ λαβέτω ἕτερος.
Scriptum est enim in libro Psalmorum : Fiat commoratio eorum deserta, et non sit qui inhabitet in ea : et episcopatum ejus accipiat alter.
በከመ ይቤ መጽሐፈ መዝሙር «ለትኩን ሀገሩ በድወ ወአልቦ ዘይነብር ውስቴታ ወሢመቶሂ ይንሣእ ባዕድ።»
For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell in it;’ and, ‘Let another take his office.’
1:21
δεῖ οὖν τῶν συνελθόντων ἡμῖν ἀνδρῶν ἐν παντὶ χρόνῳ ᾧ εἰσῆλθεν καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς ὁ κύριος Ἰησοῦς,
Oportet ergo ex his viris qui nobiscum sunt congregati in omni tempore quo intravit et exivit inter nos Dominus Jesus,
ወይደሉ ለአሐዱ እምእሉ ዕደው እለ ነበሩ ምስሌነ ዘንተ ኵሎ መዋዕለ በዘቦአ ወወፅአ በኀቤነ እግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ።
“Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
1:22
ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τοῦ βαπτίσματος Ἰωάννου ἄχρι τῆς ἡμέρας ἧς ἀνελήμφθη ἀφ’ ἡμῶν, μάρτυρα τῆς ἀναστάσεως αὐτοῦ σὺν ἡμῖν γενέσθαι ἕνα τούτων.
incipiens a baptismate Joannis usque in diem qua assumptus est a nobis, testem resurrectionis ejus nobiscum fieri unum ex istis.
እኂዞ እምጥምቀተ ዮሐንስ እስከ አመ ዐርገ እምኀቤነ ከመ ይኩን ውእቱ ምስሌነ ስምዐ ተንሥኦቱ።
beginning from the baptism of John to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
1:23
Καὶ ἔστησαν δύο, Ἰωσὴφ τὸν καλούμενον Βαρσαββᾶν, ὃς ἐπεκλήθη Ἰοῦστος, καὶ Μαθθίαν.
Et statuerunt duos, Joseph, qui vocabatur Barsabas, qui cognominatus est Justus, et Mathiam.
ወአቀሙ ክልኤተ ዮሴፍሃ ዘተሰምየ በርናባስ ዘይብልዎ ኢዮስጦስ ወማትያስሃ።
They put forward two: Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.
1:24
καὶ προσευξάμενοι εἶπαν, σὺ κύριε, καρδιογνῶστα πάντων, ἀνάδειξον ὃν ἐξελέξω ἐκ τούτων τῶν δύο ἕνα
Et orantes dixerunt : Tu Domine, qui corda nosti omnium, ostende quem elegeris ex his duobus unum,
ወጸለዩ ወይቤሉ አንተ እግዚኦ ማእምረ ኵሉ ልብ አርኢ አሐደ እምእሉ ክልኤቱ ዘኀረይከ።
They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen
1:25
λαβεῖν τὸν τόπον τῆς διακονίας ταύτης καὶ ἀποστολῆς, ἀφ’ ἧς παρέβη Ἰούδας πορευθῆναι εἰς τὸν τόπον τὸν ἴδιον.
accipere locum ministerii hujus et apostolatus, de quo praevaricatus est Judas ut abiret in locum suum.
ዘይነሥኣ ለመልእክተ ዛቲ ሢመተ ሐዋርያት ዘኀደጋ ይሁዳ ይሑር ብሔሮ።
to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”
1:26
καὶ ἔδωκαν κλήρους αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἔπεσεν ὁ κλῆρος ἐπὶ Μαθθίαν, καὶ συνκατεψηφίσθη μετὰ τῶν ἕνδεκα ἀποστόλων.
Et dederunt sortes eis, et cecidit sors super Mathiam : et annumeratus est cum undecim Apostolis.
ወአስተዓፀውዎሙ ወበጽሐ ዕፃ ዲበ ማትያስ ወተኈለቈ ምስለ ዐሠርቱ ወአሐዱ ሐዋርያት።
They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was counted with the eleven apostles.
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