6:1 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις ταύταις πληθυνόντων τῶν μαθητῶν ἐγένετο γογγυσμὸς τῶν Ἑλληνιστῶν πρὸς τοὺς Ἑβραίους , ὅτι παρεθεωροῦντο ἐν τῇ διακονίᾳ τῇ καθημερινῇ αἱ χῆραι αὐτῶν .
In diebus illis , crescente numero discipulorum , factum est murmur Graecorum adversus Hebraeos , eo quod despicerentur in ministerio quotidiano viduae eorum .
ወውእተ አሚረ በዝኁ ሕዝብ ወግዕዝዎሙ እለ እምአረሚ አርድእት ለአይሁድ እስመ ይሬእይዎን ለመበለታቲሆን እንዘ ኢይፀመዳ ኵሎ አሚረ ወያሰትታ ተልእኮቶን ።
Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.
6:2 ⧉ ⤴︎ προσκαλεσάμενοι δὲ οἱ δώδεκα τὸ πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν εἶπαν , οὐκ ἀρεστόν ἐστιν ἡμᾶς καταλείψαντας τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ διακονεῖν τραπέζαις ·
Convocantes autem duodecim multitudinem discipulorum , dixerunt : Non est aequum nos derelinquere verbum Dei , et ministrare mensis .
ወጸውዕዎሙ ዐሠርቱ ወክልኤቱ ለኵሉ ሕዝብ ወይቤልዎሙ ኢይደልወነ ከመ ንኅድግ ቃለ እግዚአብሔር ወንፀመድ ማእዳተ ።
The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables.
6:3 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐπισκέψασθε δέ , ἀδελφοί , ἄνδρας ἐξ ὑμῶν μαρτυρουμένους ἑπτὰ πλήρεις πνεύματος καὶ σοφίας , οὓς καταστήσομεν ἐπὶ τῆς χρείας ταύτης ·
Considerate ergo , fratres , viros ex vobis boni testimonii septem , plenos Spiritu Sancto et sapientia , quos constituamus super hoc opus .
ኅረዩ እምውስቴትክሙ ሰብዐተ ዕደወ እለ ምሉኣን መንፈሰ ቅዱሰ ወጥበበ እለ ንሠይም ዲበ ዝ ግብር ።
Therefore, select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
6:4 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἡμεῖς δὲ τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ τῇ διακονίᾳ τοῦ λόγου προσκαρτερήσομεν .
Nos vero orationi et ministerio verbi instantes erimus .
ወንሕነሰ ንፀመድ ጸሎተ ወመልእክተ ቃሉ ወኀብሩ ኵሎሙ ሕዝብ ።
But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.”
6:5 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ἤρεσεν ὁ λόγος ἐνώπιον παντὸς τοῦ πλήθους , καὶ ἐξελέξαντο Στέφανον , ἄνδρα πλήρη πίστεως καὶ πνεύματος ἁγίου , καὶ Φίλιππον καὶ Πρόχορον καὶ Νικάνορα καὶ Τίμωνα καὶ Παρμενᾶν καὶ Νικόλαον προσήλυτον Ἀντιοχέα ,
Et placuit sermo coram omni multitudine . Et elegerunt Stephanum , virum plenum fide et Spiritu Sancto , et Philippum , et Prochorum , et Nicanorem , et Timonem , et Parmenam , et Nicolaum advenam Antiochenum .
ወሠናየ ኮነ ዝ ነገር በኀቤሆሙ ወኀረዩ እስጢፋኖስሃ ብእሴ ዘምሉእ ሃይማኖተ ወመንፈሰ ቅዱሰ ወፊልጶስ ወጰርኮሮን ወኒቃሮና ወጢሞና ወጳርሜና ወኒቃላዎስ ፈላሴ ዘሀገረ አንጾኪያ ።
These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,
6:6 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὓς ἔστησαν ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀποστόλων , καὶ προσευξάμενοι ἐπέθηκαν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας .
Hos statuerunt ante conspectum Apostolorum : et orantes imposuerunt eis manus .
ወአቀምዎሙ ቅድመ ሐዋርያት ወጸለዩ ወወደዩ እደዊሆሙ ላዕሌሆሙ ።
whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
6:7 ⧉ ⤴︎ Καὶ ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ ηὔξανεν , καὶ ἐπληθύνετο ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν μαθητῶν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ σφόδρα , πολύς τε ὄχλος τῶν ἱερέων ὑπήκουον τῇ πίστει .
Et verbum Domini crescebat , et multiplicabatur numerus discipulorum in Jerusalem valde : multa etiam turba sacerdotum obediebat fidei .
ወዐብየ ቃለ እግዚአብሔር ወበዝኁ ሕዝብ በኢየሩሳሌም ፈድፋደ ወብዙኃን እምውስተ ካህናት እለ አምኑ ።
The word of God increased and the number of the disciples greatly multiplied in Jerusalem. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
6:8 ⧉ ⤴︎ Στέφανος δὲ πλήρης χάριτος καὶ δυνάμεως ἐποίει τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα μεγάλα ἐν τῷ λαῷ .
Stephanus autem plenus gratia et fortitudine , faciebat prodigia et signa magna in populo .
ወእስጢፋኖስሰ ምሉአ ጸጋ እግዚአብሔር ወኀይል ወይገብር ዐቢየ ተኣምረ ወመንክረ በውስተ ሕዝብ ።
Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.
6:9 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἀνέστησαν δέ τινες τῶν ἐκ τῆς συναγωγῆς τῶν λεγομένων Λιβερτίνων καὶ Κυρηναίων καὶ Ἀλεξανδρέων καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ Κιλικίας καὶ Ἀσίας συζητοῦντες τῷ Στεφάνῳ ,
Surrexerunt autem quidam de synagoga quae appellatur Libertinorum , et Cyrenensium , et Alexandrinorum , et eorum qui erant a Cilicia , et Asia , disputantes cum Stephano :
ወቦ እለ ተንሥኡ እምኵራብ እንተ ስማ ሊቤርጢኖን ወቀርኔዎን ወእለክስንድሬዎን ወእለሂ እምቂልቅያ ወእስያ ወተኃሠሥዎ ለእስጢፋኖስ ።
But some of those who were of the synagogue called “The Libertines”, and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.
6:10 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυον ἀντιστῆναι τῇ σοφίᾳ καὶ τῷ πνεύματι ᾧ ἐλάλει .
et non poterant resistere sapientiae , et Spiritui qui loquebatur .
ወስእኑ ታቃውሞቶ እስመ በጥበብ ወበመንፈስ ይትናገሮሙ ።
They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
6:11 ⧉ ⤴︎ τότε ὑπέβαλον ἄνδρας λέγοντας ὅτι ἀκηκόαμεν αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ῥήματα βλάσφημα εἰς Μωϋσῆν καὶ τὸν θεόν ·
Tunc summiserunt viros , qui dicerent se audivisse eum dicentem verba blasphemiae in Moysen et in Deum .
ወእምዝ አቅጸሩ ሎቱ ዕደወ ሰማዕተ ሐሰት ወመሀርዎሙ ከመ ይበሉ ሰማዕናሁ ለዝ ብእሲ እንዘ ይነብብ ነገረ ፅርፈት ላዕለ ሙሴ ወላዕለ እግዚአብሔር ።
Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
6:12 ⧉ ⤴︎ συνεκίνησάν τε τὸν λαὸν καὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους καὶ τοὺς γραμματεῖς , καὶ ἐπιστάντες συνήρπασαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἤγαγον εἰς τὸ συνέδριον ,
Commoverunt itaque plebem , et seniores , et scribas : et concurrentes rapuerunt eum , et adduxerunt in concilium ,
ወሆክዎሙ ለሕዝብ ወለረበናት ወለጸሐፍት ወሮድዎ ወሰሐብዎ ወተባጽሕዎ ኀበ ዐውድ ።
They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, then brought him in to the council,
6:13 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἔστησάν τε μάρτυρας ψευδεῖς λέγοντας , ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος οὐ παύεται λαλῶν ῥήματα κατὰ τοῦ τόπου τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ τοῦ νόμου ·
et statuerunt falsos testes , qui dicerent : Homo iste non cessat loqui verba adversus locum sanctum , et legem :
ወአቀሙ ሎቱ ሰማዕተ ሐሰት ወይቤሉ ዝ ብእሲ አበየ ያርምም እንዘ ይነብብ ፅርፈተ ዲበ ቤተ መቅደስ ወዲበ ኦሪት ።
and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
6:14 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἀκηκόαμεν γὰρ αὐτοῦ λέγοντος ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος οὗτος καταλύσει τὸν τόπον τοῦτον καὶ ἀλλάξει τὰ ἔθη ἃ παρέδωκεν ἡμῖν Μωϋσῆς .
audivimus enim eum dicentem quoniam Jesus Nazarenus hic destruet locum istum , et mutabit traditiones quas tradidit nobis Moyses .
ወሰማዕናሁ እንዘ ይብል ኢየሱስ ናዝራዊ ይነሥቶ ለቤተ መቅደስ ወይስዕር ኦሪተክሙ ዘወሀበክሙ ሙሴ ።
For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.”
6:15 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ἀτενίσαντες εἰς αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ καθεζόμενοι ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ εἶδον τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ πρόσωπον ἀγγέλου .
Et intuentes eum omnes qui sedebant in concilio , viderunt faciem ejus tamquam faciem angeli .
ወነጸርዎ ኵሎሙ እለ ይነብሩ ዐውደ ወርእዩ ገጾ ከመ ገጸ መልአከ እግዚአብሔር ።
All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.