Acts 21
1 [After] we said goodbye to the elders [from Ephesus], we [got on the ship and] sailed to Cos [Island, where the ship stopped for the night]. The next day we sailed from Cos to Rhodes [Island, where the ship stopped again. The day after] that we sailed to Patara [town, where the ship stopped. This was on Patara Island].
Nuuni Efesoona cimatappe shaakettida mela Qoose bida. Wonttetha gallas Rooda gakkidi yaappe Phaxara bida.
2 [At Patara we left that ship, and someone told us that] there was a ship that would be going to Phoenicia [region. So] we got on that ship, and it left.
Finqqe pinniya markkabie demmidi iyan gelidi baanaw denddida.
3 [We sailed until] we could see Cyprus [Island]. We passed to the south of the island and continued sailing until we arrived at [Phoenicia region, in] Syria [province]. We arrived at Tyre [city. The ship was going to stay there several days, because its workers] had to unload the cargo.
Nuuni Qoophirosa be7anaw dandda7iya soo yidi, Qoophirosa haddirssa bagga aggidi Sooriya bida. Markkabey ba caanaa yan wothanaw koyida gisho Xiiroosa bida.
4 [Someone told us] where the believers in Tyre lived, so we [(exc) went and] stayed with them for seven days. Because [God’s] Spirit revealed to them ([that people would cause Paul to suffer/Paul would suffer]) [in Jerusalem], they told Paul that he should not go there.
Yan ammaniyaa asata demmidi enttara laappun gallas uttida. Phawuloosi Yerusalaame boonna mela entti iyaw Ayyaanan odidosona.
5 But when it was time [for the ship to leave again], we [prepared to] continue going [to Jerusalem]. When we left [Tyre], all the believers, including their wives and children, went with us [to the edge of the sea]. We all knelt down there on the sand/shore and prayed.
Nuuni enttara uttiya wodey wurin keyidi bida. Entti ubbay bantta maccasataranne bantta naytara issife katamaappe kare kessidi nuna moyzidosona. Nuuni abbaa doonan gulbbatidi Xoossaa woossida.
6 After we all said goodbye, Paul and we [his companions] got on the ship, and the [other] believers returned to their own homes.
Hessafe guye, woli sarothidi nu markkabiyan gelida; entti bantta soo simmidosona.
7 After we [(exc)] left Tyre, we continued on [that ship] to Ptolemais [city]. There were believers there, and we greeted them and stayed with them that night.
Nuuni abbaa ogiya onggidi, Xiiroosappe Phexelemaysa gakkida. Yan ammaniyaa asata sarothidi, entta matan issi gallas pee7ida.
8 The next day we left [Ptolemais] and sailed to Caesarea [city], where we stayed in the home of Philip, who [spent his days] telling others how to become disciples of Jesus. He was one of the seven [men whom the believers in Jerusalem had chosen to care for the widows].
Wonttetha gallas keyidi, Qisaariya bida. Sabaakiya Filiphphoosa soo gakkidi iya matan uttida. I Yerusalaamen kase doorettida laappunatappe issuwa.
9 He had four daughters who were not married. Each of them [frequently] spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had revealed to them.
Filiphphoosas nabe gidida oyddu geela7o nayti de7oosona.
10 After [we(exc) had been in Philip’s house for] several days, a believer whose name was Agabus came down from Judea [district] and arrived [in Caesarea]. He [frequently] spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had told him.
Nuuni unddenna gallas yan uttidi de7ishin tinbbite odiya issi Agaboosa giya addey Yihudappe Qisaariya yis.
11 Coming over to where we were, he took off Paul’s belt. Then he tied his own feet and hands with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] in Jerusalem will tie up [the hands and feet of] the owner of this belt, like this, and they will hand him over to non-Jewish people [as a prisoner].’”
Nuukko yidi Phawuloosa saqqiya ekkidi ba kushiyanne ba tohuwa qachchidi, “Geeshsha Ayyaanay ha saqqiya godaa, Yerusalaamen Ayhudeti hayssada qachchidi, Ayhude gidonna asaas aathidi immana yaagees” yaagis.
12 When [the rest of] us heard that, we and [other] believers there repeatedly pled with Paul, “Please do not go up to Jerusalem!”
Nuuni hessa si7ida wode nunne yan de7iya asati Phawuloosi Yerusalaame boonna mela woossida.
13 But Paul replied, “(Please stop crying and trying to discourage me [IDM] [from going!]/Why are you crying and trying to discourage me [IDM] [from going]?) [RHQ] I am willing to be put {[for people] to put me} in prison and also to be killed {[for them] to kill me} in Jerusalem because I [serve] [MTY] the Lord Jesus.”
Shin Phawuloosi zaaridi, “Hintte hayssada yeekkishe ays ta wozanaa shugiseeti? Taani, Godaa Yesuusa sunthaa gisho qashetetha xalaala gidonnashin Yerusalaame hayqqanawukka giigettas” yaagis.
14 When [we(exc) realized that] he was determined [to go to Jerusalem], we did not try [any longer] to persuade him [not to go]. We said, “May (the Lord [God] do what he wants/the Lord’s will be done)!”
Nu zoriya I ekkenna ixxin, “Godaa sheney hano” yaagidi si7i gida.
15 After those days [in Caesarea], we [(exc)] prepared [our things] and [left to] go [by land] up to Jerusalem.
Yan guutha wode gam77idaappe guye giigettidi Yerusalaame baanaw keyida.
16 Some of the believers from Caesarea also went with us. [On the way to Jerusalem], we stayed [one night] in the house of [a man whose name was] Mnason. He was from Cyprus [Island], and he had believed [in Jesus] when people were first beginning to hear the message [about him].
Qisaariyan de7iya ammaniyaa asatappe guuthati nuura bidosona. Entti nuuni shemppanasuwa Minaasona giya Qoophirosa addiya soo efidosona. Minaasoni koyro ammanida asaappe issuwa.
17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, [a group of] the believers greeted us happily.
Nuuni Yerusalaame gakkida wode ammaniyaa asati nuna ufayssan mokkidosona.
18 The next day Paul and the rest of us went to speak with James, [who was the leader of the congregation there]. All of the [other] leaders/elders [of the congregation in Jerusalem] were also there.
Wonttetha gallas Phawuloosinne nuuni Yayqoobara gayttanaw bida. Woosa keethaa cimati ubbatikka yan de7oosona.
19 Paul greeted them, and then he reported all of the things that God had enabled him to do among the non-Jewish people.
Phawuloosi entta sarothidaappe guye Ayhude gidonna asaa giddon ba baggara Xoossay oothidabaa ubbaa enttaw odis.
20 When they heard that, James and the other elders said, “Praise the Lord!” Then [one of] them said to Paul, “Brother/Friend, you [(sg)] know that there are very many thousands of us [(inc)] Jewish people [here] who have believed [in the Lord Jesus]. Also, you know that we [(inc)] all continue very carefully to obey the laws [that Moses gave us].
Entti hessa si7ida wode Xoossaa galatidi Phawuloosakko hessada yaagidosona: “Nu ishaw, Ayhudeta giddon aappun mukulati Xoossaa ammanidaakko ne be7aasa; entti ubbayka higgiya minthi naagoosona.
21 [But our fellow Jewish believers] have been told {have heard [people say]} that when you are among non-Jews, you tell the Jewish believers who live there that they should stop obeying [the laws] [MTY] ([of] Moses/[that] Moses [received from God]). [People say that] you tell [those Jewish believers] not to circumcise their sons and not to practice our [other] customs. [We(exc) do not believe that this is true].
Neeni Ayhude gidonnayssata biittan de7iya Ayhude ubbay bantta nayta qaxxaronna mela, Ayhudeta wogaa kaallonna melanne Muse higgiya ixxana mela neeni tamaarsseyssa Yerusalaamen de7iya Ayhudeti si7idosona.
22 But our fellow [Jewish] believers will certainly hear that you have arrived, [and they will be angry with you]. So [you] need to do something [RHQ] [to show them that what they heard about you is not true].
Yaatin aybi lo77o? Neeni yidayssa daroti si7ana.
23 So you should do what we suggest to you. There are four men among us who have strongly promised [to God] about [something].
“Hessa gisho, nuuni new odeyssa si7a; gasoy de7iya oyddu asati nu matan de7oosona.
24 Go with these men [to the Temple] and [ritually] purify yourself along with them. Then, [when it is time for them to offer the sacrifices for that ritual], pay for what they offer [as sacrifices]. After that, they can shave their heads [to show that they have done what they promised to do. And when people see you in the courts of the Temple with those men], they will know that what they have been told {what people have told them} about you is not true. Instead, all of them will know that you obey all our Jewish laws [and rituals].
Entta ekkada enttara geeya; qassi entti bantta huu7iya meedettana mela enttaw miishe imma. Entti kase nebaa si7idayssi tuma gidonnayssanne neeni ne huu7enkka higge naagiya asi gideyssa ubbay erana.
25 As for the non-Jewish believers, [we elders here in Jerusalem have talked] about [which of our laws] they [should obey, and] we [(exc)] wrote them [a letter, telling them] what we decided. [We wrote] that they should not eat meat that people have offered as a sacrifice to any idol, [that they should not eat] blood [from animals], and that [they should not eat] meat from animals [that people have killed by] strangling [them. We also told them that] they should not have sex with someone to whom they are not married.”
“Shin ammanida Ayhude gidonna asata gidikko, entti eeqas yarshshettidabaa moonna mela, suuthu uyonna mela, bawuta moonna melanne laymatonna mela, nuuni oda qachchidi, enttaw dabddaabbe xaafida” yaagidosona.
26 So Paul [agreed to do what they asked], and the next day he took the [four] men, and together they ritually purified themselves. After that, Paul went to the Temple [courts and] told [the priest] what day they would [finish] purifying themselves [ritually] and when [they] would offer [the animals as sacrifices] for each of them.
Hessafe guye, Phawuloosi wonttetha gallas asata ekkidi, enttara geeyis. I bantta geeya gallasay awude polettiyakko erisanawunne bantta yarshshuwa awude yarshshaneekko erisanaw Xoossa Keethi gelis.
27 When the seven days [for purifying themselves] were nearly finished, Paul [returned] to the Temple [courtyard]. Some Jews from Asia [province] saw him there, [and they were very angry at him]. On another day they had seen Paul [walking around] in Jerusalem with Trophimus, who was a non-Jew. Their laws did not permit non-Jews to be in the Temple, and they thought that Paul had brought Trophimus into the Temple [courtyard that day. So] they called out to many other Jews [who were in the Temple courtyard] to [help them] seize [MTY] Paul. They shouted, “Fellow Israelites, come and help [us punish this] man! This is the one who is [constantly] teaching people wherever [he goes that they] should despise the [Jewish] people. [He teaches people that they should no longer obey] the laws [of Moses] nor respect this holy [Temple]. He has even brought non-Jews here into [the court of] our Temple, causing God to consider it no longer holy!”
Laappun gallasay wurana hanishin, Iisiyappe yida Ayhudeti Xoossa Keethan Phawuloosa be7idi, asa ubbaa denthethidi Phawuloosa oykkidosona.
“Isra7eele asaw, nuna maaddite; ha uray, nu deriya, nu higgiyanne ha Xoossa Keetha ixxana mela asa ubbaa tamaarssees. Hessika gidonna ixxin Ayhude gidonnayssata Xoossa Keethi gelssidi, ha geeshsha bessaa tunisis” yaagidi waassidosona.
Entti hessa giday kase Efesoona Xirofimoosa Phawuloosara kataman be7ida gisho ha77i Phawuloosi Xoossa keethi iya ekki gelidabaa enttaw daanis.
30 [People] throughout [MTY] the city heard that there was trouble [at the Temple courtyard], and they came running there. They grabbed Paul and dragged him outside of the Temple [area]. The gates [to the Temple courtyard were shut] {[The Temple guards] shut the doors [to the Temple courts]} immediately, [so that the people would not riot inside the Temple area].
Katama ubbay buqettis; asay ubbay shiiqidi Phawuloosa oykkidi Xoossa Keethafe kare goochchidosona. Xoossa Keethaa penggeti ellesidi gorddettidosona.
31 While they were trying to kill Paul, someone [ran to the fort near the Temple] and told the Roman commander that many [HYP] people [MTY] in Jerusalem were rioting [at the Temple].
Asay Phawuloosa wodhana hanishin, “Yerusalaame katamay kumethi buqettis” giya oday Roome shaalaqaakko gakkis.
32 The commander quickly took some officers and [a large group of] soldiers and ran to [the Temple area where] the crowd was. When the crowd of people [who were yelling and beating Paul] saw the commander and the soldiers [coming], they stopped beating him.
Shaalaqay wotaaddaretanne mato halaqata ekkidi woxxishe yis. Asay shaalaqaanne wotaaddareta be7ida wode Phawuloosa wadhdheyssa aggaagidosona.
33 The commander came to [where Paul was and] seized him. He [commanded soldiers] to fasten a chain to [each of] Paul’s [arms]. Then he asked [the people in the crowd], “Who is this man, and what has he done?”
He wode shaalaqay shiiqidi, Phawuloosa oykkidi, nam77u santhalaatan qashettana mela kiittis. Yaatidi, I ooneekkonne ay oothidaakko asaa oychchis.
34 Some of the many people there were shouting one thing, [and] some were shouting something else. Because they continued shouting so loudly, the commander could not understand [what they were shouting. So] he [commanded] that Paul be taken {[the soldiers] to take Paul} into the barracks [so that he could question him there].
Asaappe baggay issibaa gidi waassiya wode, harati harabaa gidi waasses. Waasoy darida gisho, shaalaqay tumaa shaakkanw dandda7ettonna ixxin, wotaaddareti Phawuloosa bantta de7iyaso efana mela kiittis.
35 [The soldiers] led Paul to the steps [of the barracks], but many people continued to follow them, trying to kill [Paul. So the commander told] the soldiers to carry Paul [up the steps into the barracks].
Phawuloosi yedhdhi keyaa dethaa gakkiya wode asaa sugethaa gisho wotaaddareti iya tookkidosona.
36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Kill him! Kill him!”
Daro asay, “I hayqqo!” yaagidi waassishe kaalloosona.
37 As Paul was about to be taken {[the soldiers] were about to take Paul} into the barracks, he said [in Greek] to the commander, “May I speak to you?” The commander said, “(I am surprised that you can speak the Greek [language]!/Can you [(sg)] speak the Greek [language]?)” [RHQ]
Wotaaddareti Phawuloosa bantta de7iyasuwa gelssana hanishin, Phawuloosi shaalaqaakko, “Taani new issibaa odo?” yaagis. I Phawuloosakko, “Neeni Girike doona eray?
38 “(I [thought] that you [(sg)] were that fellow/Are you not that fellow) from Egypt [RHQ] who wanted to rebel [against the government not long ago], and who took 4,000 violent terrorists [with him] out into the desert, [so that we could not catch him]?”
Neeni hayssafe sinthe buqethi medhdhidi shemppo wodhida oyddu mukulu asata ekkidi bazzo gelida Gibxe uraa gidikkii?” yaagis.
39 Paul answered, “[No, I am not!] I am a Jew. I [was born] in Tarsus, which is an important [LIT] city in Cilicia [province]. I ask that you [(sg)] let me speak to the people.”
Shin Phawuloosi, “Taani, Kilqiyan de7iya erettida Terseese kataman yelettida Ayhude asi. Hayyana tana odisarkkii?” yaagis.
40 Then the commander permitted Paul [to speak. So] Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand [for the crowd to be quiet. And after] the people in the crowd became quiet, Paul spoke to them in [their own] Hebrew language [MTY].
Shaalaqay iyaakko, “Oda” yaagin Phawuloosi dethaa bolla eqqidi, asay si7i gaana mela ba kushiyan mallis. Asay si7i gin Ibraysxe doonan hayssada yaagis:
