24:1 ⧉ ⤴︎ Μετὰ δὲ πέντε ἡμέρας κατέβη ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς Ἀνανίας μετὰ πρεσβυτέρων τινῶν καὶ ῥήτορος Τερτύλλου τινός , οἵτινες ἐνεφάνισαν τῷ ἡγεμόνι κατὰ τοῦ Παύλου .
Post quinque autem dies descendit princeps sacerdotum Ananias , cum senioribus quibusdam , et Tertullo quodam oratore , qui adierunt praesidem adversus Paulum .
ወአመ ኀሙስ ዕለት ወረደ ሐናንያ ሊቀ ካህናት ምስለ ረበናት ወአሐዱ ዐቃቤ ነቢብ ዘስሙ ጠርጠሉስ ወአስተዋደይዎ ለጳውሎስ ኀበ መልአክ ።
After five days, the high priest, Ananias, came down with certain elders and an orator, one Tertullus. They informed the governor against Paul.
24:2 ⧉ ⤴︎ κληθέντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἤρξατο κατηγορεῖν ὁ Τέρτυλλος λέγων ,
Et citato Paulo coepit accusare Tertullus , dicens : Cum in multa pace agamus per te , et multa corrigantur per tuam providentiam ,
ወአቅረበ ሎሙ ወአኀዘ ይንግር ጠርጠሉስ ወይቤ ።
When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, “Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that prosperity is coming to this nation by your foresight,
24:3 ⧉ ⤴︎ πολλῆς εἰρήνης τυγχάνοντες διὰ σοῦ καὶ διορθωμάτων γινομένων τῷ ἔθνει τούτῳ διὰ τῆς σῆς προνοίας , πάντῃ τε καὶ πανταχοῦ ἀποδεχόμεθα , κράτιστε Φῆλιξ , μετὰ πάσης εὐχαριστίας .
semper et ubique suscipimus , optime Felix , cum omni gratiarum actione .
ብዙኀ ሰላመ አድማዕነ በመዋዕሊከ ወሠናየ ኮነ ንብረቶሙ ለሕዝብ በጥበብከ በኵሉ ወበኵለሄ ወረከብነ ሥርዐተከ እንዘ ትትአኰት በኀበ ኵሉ ኦ ፊልክስ ክቡር ።
we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
24:4 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἵνα δὲ μὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖόν σε ἐνκόπτω , παρακαλῶ ἀκοῦσαί σε ἡμῶν συντόμως τῇ σῇ ἐπιεικείᾳ .
Ne diutius autem te protraham , oro , breviter audias nos pro tua clementia .
ወባሕቱ ከመ ኢያጽሕብከ ፈድፋደ አጽምዐኒ ወብቍዐኒ ኅጹረ ነገረ እንግርከ ።
But that I don’t delay you, I entreat you to bear with us and hear a few words.
24:5 ⧉ ⤴︎ εὑρόντες γὰρ τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦτον λοιμὸν καὶ κινοῦντα στάσεις πᾶσιν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις τοῖς κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην πρωτοστάτην τε τῆς τῶν Ναζωραίων αἱρέσεως ,
Invenimus hunc hominem pestiferum , et concitantem seditiones omnibus Judaeis in universo orbe , et auctorem seditionis sectae Nazarenorum :
ረከብናሁ ለዝ ብእሲ ይነብብ ፅርፈተ ወይገብር ማዕሌተ ወየሀውክ ኵሎ አይሁደ በኵሉ በሐውርት ወይሜህር ካሕደ ዘሕዝበ ናዝራውያን ።
For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
24:6 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὃς καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν ἐπείρασεν βεβηλῶσαι , ὃν καὶ ἐκρατήσαμεν ,
qui etiam templum violare conatus est , quem et apprehensum voluimus secundum legem nostram judicare .
ወአርኰሰ ቤተ መቅደስ ወአኀዝናሁ ወፈቀድነ ኰንኖቶ በከመ ሕግነ ።
He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him.
24:7 ⧉ ⤴︎ — Superveniens autem tribunus Lysias , cum vi magna eripuit eum de manibus nostris ,
ወመጽአ ሉስዮስ መልአክ ወአድኀኖ እምእደዊነ በብዙኅ ግብር ወፈነዎ ኀቤከ ።
He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him.
24:8 ⧉ ⤴︎ παρ’ οὗ δυνήσῃ αὐτὸς ἀνακρίνας περὶ πάντων τούτων ἐπιγνῶναι ὧν ἡμεῖς κατηγοροῦμεν αὐτοῦ .
jubens accusatores ejus ad te venire : a quo poteris ipse judicans , de omnibus istis cognoscere , de quibus nos accusamus eum .
ወአዘዞሙ ለእለ ይትዋቀሥዎ ይምጽኡ ኀቤከ ወዘኒ አስተዋደይናሁ ኵሎ ሀለወከ ታእምር እምኀቤሁ ሐቲተከ ከመ አማን ውእቱ ።
By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.”
24:9 ⧉ ⤴︎ συνεπέθεντο δὲ καὶ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι φάσκοντες ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν .
Adjecerunt autem et Judaei , dicentes haec ita se habere .
ወተሰጥዉ አይሁድ ወይቤሉ አማን ከመዝ ውእቱ ።
The Jews also joined in the attack, affirming that these things were so.
24:10 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἀπεκρίθη τε ὁ Παῦλος νεύσαντος αὐτῷ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος λέγειν , ἐκ πολλῶν ἐτῶν ὄντα σε κριτὴν τῷ ἔθνει τούτῳ ἐπιστάμενος εὐθύμως τὰ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ ἀπολογοῦμαι ,
Respondit autem Paulus (annuente sibi praeside dicere ) : Ex multis annis te esse judicem genti huic sciens , bono animo pro me satisfaciam .
ወቀጸቦ መልአክ ለጳውሎስ ከመ ይትናገር ወይቤ ጳውሎስ አነ አአምር ከመ እምብዙኅ ዓመታት መኰንኖሙ አንተ ለዝ ሕዝብ ወተአምር ግዕዞሙ ወተኃሥሦቶሙ ።
When the governor had beckoned to him to speak, Paul answered, “Because I know that you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I cheerfully make my defense,
24:11 ⧉ ⤴︎ δυναμένου σου ἐπιγνῶναι ὅτι οὐ πλείους εἰσίν μοι ἡμέραι δώδεκα ἀφ’ ἧς ἀνέβην προσκυνήσων εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ ,
Potes enim cognoscere quia non plus sunt mihi dies quam duodecim , ex quo ascendi adorare in Jerusalem :
ወይእዜኒ እነግረከ ተፈሢሒየ ቅስትየ ዘሀለወከ ታእምር ከመ ኢየአክል ዐሡረ ወሰኑየ ዕለተ እምዘዐረጉ ኢየሩሳሌም እስግድ ።
seeing that you can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.
24:12 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ οὔτε ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ εὗρόν με πρός τινα διαλεγόμενον ἢ ἐπίστασιν ποιοῦντα ὄχλου οὔτε ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς οὔτε κατὰ τὴν πόλιν ,
et neque in templo invenerunt me cum aliquo disputantem , aut concursum facientem turbae , neque in synagogis , neque in civitate :
ወኢረከቡኒ እንዘ እትዋቀሥ ኢበምኵራብ ወኢምስለ መኑሂ ወኢእንዘ አሀውክ ሕዝበ ኢ በምኵራብ ወበቤተ መቅደስ ወኢ በሀገር ።
In the temple they didn’t find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues or in the city.
24:13 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὐδὲ παραστῆσαι δύνανταί σοι περὶ ὧν νυνὶ κατηγοροῦσίν μου .
neque probare possunt tibi de quibus nunc me accusant .
ወኢይክሉ አብጽሖተ በኵሉ ዘያስተዋድዩኒ በቅድሜከ ።
Nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.
24:14 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὁμολογῶ δὲ τοῦτό σοι ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἣν λέγουσιν αἵρεσιν οὕτως λατρεύω τῷ πατρῴῳ θεῷ , πιστεύων πᾶσι τοῖς κατὰ τὸν νόμον καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς προφήταις γεγραμμένοις ,
Confiteor autem hoc tibi , quod secundum sectam quam dicunt haeresim , sic deservio Patri et Deo meo , credens omnibus quae in lege et prophetis scripta sunt :
ወባሕቱ አአምነከ እንበይነ ዘይብሉኒ ይሜህር ካሕደ አንሰ አመልኮ ለእግዚአብሔር እንዘ እትአመን በኵሉ ግብር ዘጽሑፍ ውስተ ኦሪት ወነቢያት ።
But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
24:15 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐλπίδα ἔχων πρὸς τὸν θεόν , ἣν καὶ αὐτοὶ οὗτοι προσδέχονται , ἀνάστασιν μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι δικαίων τε καὶ ἀδίκων .
spem habens in Deum , quam et hi ipsi exspectant , resurrectionem futuram justorum et iniquorum .
ወእሴፈዎ ለእግዚአብሔር ከመ እሙንቱ ይትአመኑ ከመ ሀለዎሙ ይትነሥኡ ምዉታን ጻድቃን ወኃጥኣን ።
having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
24:16 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐν τούτῳ καὶ αὐτὸς ἀσκῶ ἀπρόσκοπον συνείδησιν ἔχειν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους διαπαντός .
In hoc et ipse studeo sine offendiculo conscientiam habere ad Deum et ad homines semper .
ከማሁ አነሂ እትአመኖ ለእግዚአብሔር በጥቡዕ ልብ በቅድመ እግዚአብሔር ወበቅድመ ሰብእ በኵሉ ጊዜ ።
In this I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.
24:17 ⧉ ⤴︎ δι’ ἐτῶν δὲ πλειόνων ἐλεημοσύνας ποιήσων εἰς τὸ ἔθνος μου παρεγενόμην καὶ προσφοράς ,
Post annos autem plures eleemosynas facturus in gentem meam , veni , et oblationes , et vota ,
ወእምድኅረ ብዙኅ መዋዕል ወዓመታት መጻእኩ ለኀበ ሕዝብየ ከመ እግበር ምጽዋተ ወከመ አዕርግ መሥዋዕተ ።
Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings;
24:18 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐν αἷς εὗρόν με ἡγνισμένον ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ , οὐ μετὰ ὄχλου οὐδὲ μετὰ θορύβου · τινὲς δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀσίας Ἰουδαῖοι ,
in quibus invenerunt me purificatum in templo : non cum turba , neque cum tumultu .
ወረከቡኒ እሙንቱ በምኵራብ እንዘ አነጽሕ ርእስየ ወኢረከቡኒ እንዘ እትጋዐዝ ወእትላኰይ ወአልቦ ዘሆኩ ሕዝበ ።
amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob, nor with turmoil.
24:19 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὓς ἔδει ἐπὶ σοῦ παρεῖναι καὶ κατηγορεῖν εἴ τι ἔχοιεν πρὸς ἐμέ .
Quidam autem ex Asia Judaei , quos oportebat apud te praesto esse , et accusare si quid haberent adversum me :
ወሀለዉ አይሁድ እለ መጽኡ እምእስያ ወይእዜኒ ግበር ይምጽኡ ኀቤከ ከመ ያስተዋድዩኒ ።
They ought to have been here before you and to make accusation if they had anything against me.
24:20 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἢ αὐτοὶ οὗτοι εἰπάτωσαν τί εὗρον ἀδίκημα στάντος μου ἐπὶ τοῦ συνεδρίου
aut hi ipsi dicant si quid invenerunt in me iniquitatis cum stem in concilio ,
ወእመ አኮ ነዮሙ እሉሂ ይንግሩ ጽድቀ እመቦ ዘሰምዑ ዘአበስኩ አነ ወእመኒ ቦ ዘርእዩ ዘገፋዕኩ በዘአምጽኡኒ ኀበ ምኵናን ዘኀቤከ ።
Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,
24:21 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἢ περὶ μιᾶς ταύτης φωνῆς ἧς ἐκέκραξα ἐν αὐτοῖς ἑστὼς ὅτι περὶ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν ἐγὼ κρίνομαι σήμερον ἐφ’ ὑμῶν .
nisi de una hac solummodo voce qua clamavi inter eos stans : Quoniam de resurrectione mortuorum ego judicor hodie a vobis .
ወአልቦ እኩይ ዘእንበለ አሐቲ ትምህርት ዘመሀርኩ ቀዊምየ በማእከሎሙ በብሂለ የሐይዉ ምዉታን ዘረከበኒ ዝ ተኰንኖ በኀቤከ ዮም ።
unless it is for this one thing that I cried standing among them, ‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged before you today!’”
24:22 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἀνεβάλετο δὲ αὐτοὺς ὁ Φῆλιξ , ἀκριβέστερον εἰδὼς τὰ περὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ εἴπας , ὅταν Λυσίας ὁ χιλίαρχος καταβῇ διαγνώσομαι τὰ καθ’ ὑμᾶς ,
Distulit autem illos Felix , certissime sciens de via hac , dicens : Cum tribunus Lysias descenderit , audiam vos .
ወፊልክስሰ የአምር ከመ እምትካት ይትቃረኑ አይሁድ ምስለ ሕግ ወትምህርት ዘሕዝበ ክርስቲያን ወከመ አይሁድ መጻርርቲሃ ለሃይማኖት ወበእንተዝ የውሆሙ ወይቤሎሙ እንከሰኬ ወሪዶ ሉስዮስ መኰንን ነሐትት ከመ ናእምር ወንጠይቅ ነገረክሙ ።
But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, “When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will decide your case.”
24:23 ⧉ ⤴︎ διαταξάμενος τῷ ἑκατοντάρχῃ τηρεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ἔχειν τε ἄνεσιν καὶ μηδένα κωλύειν τῶν ἰδίων αὐτοῦ ὑπηρετεῖν αὐτῷ .
Jussitque centurioni custodire eum , et habere requiem , nec quemquam de suis prohibere ministrare ei .
ወአዘዞ ለሐቤ ቤተ ሞቅሕ ከመ ኢያጽንዖ ለጳውሎስ ወያንብሮ ውስተ መርሕብ ወኢያጽብብ ላዕሌሁ ወኢይክልኦ ለአሐዱሂ እምእለ የአምርዎ ሶበ ይመጽኡ ይትለአክዎ ።
He ordered the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody and should have some privileges, and not to forbid any of his friends to serve him or to visit him.
24:24 ⧉ ⤴︎ Μετὰ δὲ ἡμέρας τινὰς παραγενόμενος ὁ Φῆλιξ σὺν Δρουσίλλῃ τῇ ἰδίᾳ γυναικὶ οὔσῃ Ἰουδαίᾳ μετεπέμψατο τὸν Παῦλον καὶ ἤκουσεν αὐτοῦ περὶ τῆς εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν πίστεως .
Post aliquot autem dies veniens Felix cum Drusilla uxore sua , quae erat Judaea , vocavit Paulum , et audivit ab eo fidem quae est in Christum Jesum .
ወእምድኅረ ኅዳጥ መዋዕል ነበረ ፊልክስ ምስለ ዱርሳሌም ብእሲቱ አይሁዳዊት ወለአከ ወጸውዖ ለጳውሎስ ወሰምዕዎ ቃላተ ወትምህርታተ በእንተ አሚን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ።
After some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.
24:25 ⧉ ⤴︎ διαλεγομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ περὶ δικαιοσύνης καὶ ἐγκρατείας καὶ τοῦ κρίματος τοῦ μέλλοντος ἔμφοβος γενόμενος ὁ Φῆλιξ ἀπεκρίθη , τὸ νῦν ἔχον πορεύου , καιρὸν δὲ μεταλαβὼν μετακαλέσομαί σε ·
Disputante autem illo de justitia , et castitate , et de judicio futuro , tremefactus Felix , respondit : Quod nunc attinet , vade : tempore autem opportuno accersam te :
ወሶበ ነገሮሙ በእንተ ጽድቅ ወሕይወት ወበእንተ ኵነኔ ዘለዓለም ወደይን ወፍትሕ ወርትዕ ዘይከውን በዕለተ ኵነኔ ፈርሀ ፊልክስ እምዝንቱ ወይቤሎ ለጳውሎስ ይእዜሰኬ ሑር ወሶበ ብሕትኩ እልእክ ዘይጼውዐከ ።
As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”
24:26 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἅμα καὶ ἐλπίζων ὅτι χρήματα δοθήσεται αὐτῷ ὑπὸ τοῦ Παύλου · διὸ καὶ πυκνότερον αὐτὸν μεταπεμπόμενος ὡμίλει αὐτῷ .
simul et sperans quod pecunia ei daretur a Paulo , propter quod et frequenter accersens eum , loquebatur cum eo .
ወመሰሎ ለፊልክስ ከመ ይሁቦ ጳውሎስ ወይሔልዮ ንዋየ ይኅድጎ ወበእንተዝ ወትረ ይጼውዖ ወይትናገሮ ።
Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often and talked with him.
24:27 ⧉ ⤴︎ διετίας δὲ πληρωθείσης ἔλαβεν διάδοχον ὁ Φῆλιξ Πόρκιον Φῆστον · θέλων τε χάριτα καταθέσθαι τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὁ Φῆλιξ κατέλιπε τὸν Παῦλον δεδεμένον .
Biennio autem expleto , accepit successorem Felix Portium Festum . Volens autem gratiam praestare Judaeis Felix , reliquit Paulum vinctum .
ወሶበ ኀለፈ ክልኤቱ ዓመት ተስዕረ ፊልክስ ወመጽአ መካነ ሢመቱ ካልእ መኰንን ዘስሙ ፊስጦስ ወፈቀደ ፊልክስ ያድሉ ለአይሁድ ገሃደ ወበእንተዝ ኀደጎ ለጳውሎስ ውስተ ቤተ ሞቅሕ ።
But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.