Hojii 8
1 Saaʼolis ajjeefamuu Isxifaanos irratti namootaan walii galee ture. Guyyuma sana waldaa Kiristaanaa ishee Yerusaalem jirtutti ariʼatamni guddaan kaʼe; ergamoota malee warri kaan hundinuu biyya Yihuudaatii fi Samaariyaa hunda keessa bibittinnaaʼan.
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there was a great persecution in that day against the church in Jerusalem: and all were dispersed abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
2 Namoonni Waaqa sodaatanis Isxifaanosin awwaalan; booʼicha guddaas booʼaniif.
And godly men buried Stephen, and made great mourning over him.
3 Saaʼol garuu waldaa kiristaanaa balleessuu jalqabe; innis mana tokko irraa gara mana biraa dhaqee dhiiraa fi dubartii lafa irra harkisee mana hidhaatti galchaa ture.
But Saul was laying waste the church, entering into the houses, and arresting men and women, he committed them to prison.
4 Warri bittinnaaʼan sun lafa dhaqan hundatti dubbii sana lallaban.
Therefore indeed, being dispersed abroad, they went everywhere preaching the word:
5 Fiiliphoosis gara magaalaa Samaariyaa tokkootti gad buʼee achitti Kiristoos lallabe.
and Philip, having gone down to the city of Samaria, was preaching Christ to them,
6 Namoonni sunis yommuu waan Fiiliphoos dubbatu dhagaʼanii dinqii inni hojjetu arganitti hundi isaanii qalbeeffatanii isa dhagaʼan.
And the multitudes were unanimously giving heed to the things spoken by Philip, while they were hearing and seeing the miracles which he was performing.
7 Hafuurri xuraaʼaanis sagalee guddaan iyyee nama hedduu keessaa baʼe; warri laamshaʼanii fi warri naafatan baayʼeenis ni fayyan.
For many of those having unclean spirits, roaring with a loud voice, went out: and many paralyzed and lame were healed;
8 Kanaafis gammachuu guddaatu magaalaa sana keessatti taʼe.
and there was great joy in that city.
9 Garuu yeroo sanaan dura namichi Simoon jedhamu tokko magaalaa sana keessatti falfala hojjetee namoota Samaariyaa hunda dinqisiisaa ture; innis akka waan nama guddaa taʼeetti of hedaa ture.
And a certain man, by name Simon, was formerly practicing magic in the city, and bewitching the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great man:
10 Namoonni hundinuu xinnaa guddaan qalbii isaanii gara isaatti deebifatanii, “Namichi kun humna Waaqaa isa ‘humna guddaa’ jedhamu sanaa dha” jedhanii isa saadan.
to whom all from small even unto the great gave heed, saying, This one is the power of God, called Great.
11 Namoonni sunis sababii inni yeroo dheeraa falfala isaatiin isaan dinqisiiseef qalbii isaanii gara isaatti deebifatan.
And they gave heed to him, because for a long time he had deceived them with his magic arts.
12 Garuu yommuu Fiiliphoos wangeela waaʼee mootummaa Waaqaatii fi maqaa Yesuus Kiristoos lallabetti amananii dhiiraa dubartiin cuuphaman.
But when they believed Philip preaching the gospel concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13 Simoon mataan isaa iyyuu amanee cuuphame. Innis mallattoo fi dinqii arge sana dinqifachaa Fiiliphoos wajjin deeme.
But Simon himself also believed: and being baptized, was constantly with Philip, both seeing the miracles and the great dynamites performed, was astonished.
14 Ergamoonni Yerusaalem turan akka warri Samaariyaa dubbii Waaqaa fudhatan dhagaʼanii Phexrosii fi Yohannisin isaanitti ergan.
But the apostles in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria has received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John:
15 Ergamoonni sunis yommuu achi gaʼanitti akka isaan Hafuura Qulqulluu argataniif ni kadhataniif;
who, having come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost.
16 Hafuuri Qulqulluun isaan keessaa nama tokko irra illee hin buune tureetii; isaan maqaa Gooftaa Yesuus qofaan cuuphamanii turan.
For he had not yet fallen on any of them: but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
17 Phexrosii fi Yohannis harka isaanii jara sana irra kakaaʼan; isaanis Hafuura Qulqulluu argatan.
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
18 Simoon falfaltichis akka yeroo ergamoonni harka isaanii nama irra kaaʼan Hafuurri Qulqulluun namaa kennamu arginaan ergamootaaf horii kennee,
But Simon seeing that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the Spirit was given, offered them money, saying,
19 “Akka namni ani harka irra kaaʼu hundi Hafuura Qulqulluu argatuuf dandeettii kana anaaf illee kennaa” jedheen.
Give me this power, that on whomsoever I may lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
20 Phexros garuu akkana jedhee deebiseef; “Sababii ati kennaa Waaqaa waan horiin bitachuu dandeessu seeteef horiin kee suma wajjin haa badu!
And Peter said to him, Thy silver be unto destruction with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.
21 Garaan kee fuula Waaqaa duratti waan qajeelaa hin taʼiniif ati tajaajila kana keessatti qooda yookaan carraa hin qabdu.
There is neither part nor lot to thee in this word: for thy heart is not right before God.
22 Kanaaf hammina kee kana irraa deebiʼiitii gooftaa kadhadhu; inni yaada garaa keetii kana siif dhiisa taʼaatii.
Therefore repent of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perchance the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee;
23 Ani akka ati yaada hadhaaʼaan guutamtee fi akka ati garbicha cubbuu taate nan arga.”
for I see thou art in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity.
24 Simoonis, “Akka wanni isin jettan kun tokko iyyuu narra hin geenyeef Gooftaa naa kadhadhaa” jedhee deebise.
And Simon responding said, You pray to the Lord for me, in order that none of these things of which you have spoken may come upon me.
25 Phexrosii fi Yohannis erga dhugaa baʼanii dubbii Gooftaas labsanii booddee gandoota Samaariyaa hedduu keessatti wangeela lallabaa Yerusaalemitti deebiʼan.
Then indeed, witnessing and speaking the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
26 Ergamaan Gooftaa tokko Fiiliphoosiin, “Kaʼiitii karaa Kibbaatiin gara daandii Yerusaalemii baʼee Gaazaatti gad buʼu sanaa dhaqi” jedhe; daandiin sunis daandii gammoojjii ti.
And the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go towards the south unto the way going down from Jerusalem to Gaza; the same is desert.
27 Innis kaʼee deeme; karaa isaa irrattis xuʼaashii Itoophiyaa tokko jechuunis qondaalticha Kandakee mootittii saba Itoophiyaa kan qabeenya ishee hunda irratti itti gaafatamaa taʼe arge; qondaalli sun sagaduuf jedhee Yerusaalem dhaqee ture.
And rising up, he departed. And, behold, an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, an officer of Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasury, had been to Jerusalem to worship,
28 Innis yeroo biyya isaatti deebiʼu gaarii isaa irra taaʼee kitaaba Isaayyaas raajichaa dubbifachaa ture.
and was returning, and sitting upon his chariot he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
29 Hafuurri Qulqulluunis Fiiliphoosiin, “Dhaqiitii gaarii sanatti dhiʼaadhu” jedhe.
And the Spirit said to Philip, Go, and join yourself to that chariot.
30 Fiiliphoosis gaarii sanatti fiigee utuu namichi sun kitaaba Isaayyaas raajichaa dubbifatuu dhagaʼee, “Ati waan dubbiftu kana ni hubattaa?” jedhee gaafate.
And Philip running forth, heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said; Whether do you understand what you are reading?
31 Namichis, “Yoo namni naa hin ibsin ani akkamiin hubachuu dandaʼa?” jedhe. Innis akka Fiiliphoos ol baʼee isa bira taaʼuuf waammate.
And he said, How could I, unless some one shall guide me? And he called upon Philip coming up, to sit with him;
32 Kutaan kitaabaa kan xuʼaashiin sun dubbisaa ture isa kana: “Inni akkuma hoolaa iddoo qalmaatti geeffamee, yookaan akkuma ilmoo hoolaa kan fuula nama rifeensa irraa murmuruu duratti calʼisuu akkasuma afaan isaa hin saaqqanne.
and the place of the scripture which he was reading was this, He was led like a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before the one shearing him is dumb, so he opens not his mouth.
33 Inni cunqurfamuu isaatiin murtii qajeelaa dhowwatame; eenyutu waaʼee sanyii isaa dubbachuu dandaʼa? Jireenyi isaa lafa irraa fudhatameeraatii.”
In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare His generation? because his life is taken from the earth.
34 Xuʼaashiin sunis Fiiliphoosiin, “Raajiin sun waaʼee eenyuu dubbata? Waaʼee mataa isaa moo waaʼee nama biraa ti? Maaloo mee natti himi!” jedhee gaafate.
And the eunuch responding to Philip, said, I pray thee, concerning whom does the prophet speak this? concerning himself, or some other man?
35 Fiiliphoosis kutaadhuma kitaabaa sanaan afaan saaqatee oduu gaarii waaʼee Yesuus isatti hime.
Philip opening his mouth, and beginning from the same scripture, preached Jesus to him.
36 Isaanis utuu karaa deemanuu bishaanitti baʼan; xuʼaashiin sunis, “Kunoo bishaan as jira; yoos maaltu cuuphamuu na dhowwa ree?” jedheen. [
And while they were journeying along the road, they came to a certain water: and the eunuch says, Behold water; what doth hinder me from being baptized?
37 Fiiliphoosis, “Ati yoo garaa kee guutuun amante cuuphamuu ni dandeessa” jedheen. Namichis deebisee, “Akka Yesuus Kiristoos ilma Waaqaa taʼe ani nan amana” jedhe.]
38 Innis akka gaariin sun dhaabatu ajaje; isaan lamaanuu dhaqanii bishaan seenan; Fiiliphoosis isa cuuphe.
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both came down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
39 Yommuu isaan bishaan keessaa baʼanittis Hafuurri Gooftaa Fiiliphoosin fudhate; xuʼaashiin sunis ergasii isa hin argine; garuu gammadaa karaa isaa itti fufe.
And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more: for he went on his way rejoicing.
40 Fiiliphoos immoo Azooxoonitti argame; innis hamma Qiisaariyaa gaʼutti magaalaawwan hunda keessatti wangeela lallabaa darbe.
And Philip was found at Azotus: and going through he preached the gospel to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.
