He, fastening his eyes on him and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.
Now send men to Joppa, and get Simon, who is also called Peter.
10:6
ወውእቱይነግረከበዘተሐዩአንተወኵሉቤትከ።
他住在海邊一個硝皮匠西門的家裏，房子在海邊上。」
He is staying with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the seaside.
10:7
ወኀሊፎመልአክዘተናገሮጸውዐክልኤተእምወዓልያኒሁወአሐደሐራኄረእምፀማዱ።
向他說話的天使去後，哥尼流叫了兩個家人和常伺候他的一個虔誠兵來，
When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually.
10:8
ወነገሮሙኵሎወለአኮሙሀገረኢዮጴ።
把這事都述說給他們聽，就打發他們往約帕去。
Having explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
10:9
ወበሳኒታእንዘየሐውሩበጽሑኢዮጴኀበአንቀጸሀገርወጴጥሮስኒዐርገናሕሰይጸሊጊዜቀትር።
第二天，他們行路將近那城。彼得約在午正，上房頂去禱告，
Now on the next day as they were on their journey and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.
10:10
እስመርኅበወፈቀደይምሳሕወእንዘያስተዳልዉእሙንቱመጽአድንጋፄላዕሌሁ።
覺得餓了，想要吃。那家的人正預備飯的時候，彼得魂遊象外，
He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.
10:11
ወርእየሰማየርኅወወይወርድከመዘሞጣሕትዐቢይዲበምድርእኁዝበአርባዕቱጽነፊሁ።
看見天開了，有一物降下，好像一塊大布，繫着四角，縋在地上，
He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,
10:12
ወቦውስቴቱኵሉእንስሳወአራዊተገዳምወአዕዋፈሰማይ።
裏面有地上各樣四足的走獸和昆蟲，並天上的飛鳥；
in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.
10:13
ወነበቦቃልወይቤሎተንሥእጴጥሮስኅርድወብላዕ።
又有聲音向他說：「彼得，起來，宰了吃！」
A voice came to him, “Rise, Peter, kill and eat!”
10:14
ወይቤሎጴጥሮስሐሰሊተእግዚኦግሙራኢቦአርኩስውስተአፉየወኢበላዕኩዘኢኮነንጹሐ።
彼得卻說：「主啊，這是不可的！凡俗物和不潔淨的物，我從來沒有吃過。」
But Peter said, “Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”
10:15
ወነበቦዳግመወይቤሎዘእግዚአብሔርአንጽሐአንተኢታስተራኵስ።
第二次有聲音向他說：「上帝所潔淨的，你不可當作俗物。」
A voice came to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.”
10:16
ወከመዝይቤሎሥልሰወኵሉተመይጠውስተሰማይ።
這樣一連三次，那物隨即收回天上去了。
This was done three times, and immediately the thing was received up into heaven.
Now while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon’s house, stood before the gate,
10:18
ወጸርሑወሐተቱለእመሁስምዖንዘተሰምየጴጥሮስበህየየኀድር።
喊着問：「有稱呼彼得的西門住在這裏沒有？」
and called and asked whether Simon, who was also called Peter, was lodging there.
10:19
ወእንዘይኄሊጴጥሮስበእንተዘአስተርአዮይቤሎመንፈስቅዱስናሁሠለስቱዕደውየኀሥሡከ።
彼得還思想那異象的時候，聖靈向他說：「有三個人來找你。
While Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men seek you.
10:20
ተንሥእወረድወሑርምስሌሆሙእንዘኢትናፍቅወኢምንተኒእስመአነፈነውክዎሙ።
起來，下去，和他們同往，不要疑惑，因為是我差他們來的。」
But arise, get down, and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them.”
10:21
ወወረደጴጥሮስኀበእሙንቱዕደውወይቤሎሙነየአነዘተኀሥሡኒበእንተምንትመጻእክሙ።
於是彼得下去見那些人，說：「我就是你們所找的人。你們來是為甚麼緣故？」
Peter went down to the men, and said, “Behold, I am he whom you seek. Why have you come?”
They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say.”
So he called them in and provided a place to stay. On the next day Peter arose and went out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.
10:24
ወበሳኒታቦአሀገረቂሳርያወሀሎቆርኔሌዎስይጸንሖሙወጸውዐአዝማዲሁወማኅፈሮ።
又次日，他們進入凱撒利亞，哥尼流已經請了他的親屬密友等候他們。
On the next day they entered into Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and his near friends.
10:25
ወበዊኦጴጥሮስተቀበሎቆርኔሌዎስወሰገደሎቱታሕተእገሪሁ።
彼得一進去，哥尼流就迎接他，俯伏在他腳前拜他。
When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell down at his feet, and worshiped him.
10:26
ወአንሥኦጴጥሮስወይቤሎተንሥእአነሂከማከሰብእ።
彼得卻拉他，說：「你起來，我也是人。」
But Peter raised him up, saying, “Stand up! I myself am also a man.”
10:27
ወቦአእንዘይትናገርምስሌሁወረከበብዙኃነሰብአእለመጽኡ።
彼得和他說着話進去，見有好些人在那裏聚集，
As he talked with him, he went in and found many gathered together.
He said to them, “You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn’t call any man unholy or unclean.
10:29
ወይእዜኒኢናፊቅየመጻእኩኀቤክሙበዘለአክሙእስኩአይድዑኒምንትኑበዘጸዋዕክሙኒ።
所以我被請的時候，就不推辭而來。現在請問：你們叫我來有甚麼意思呢？」
Therefore I also came without complaint when I was sent for. I ask therefore, why did you send for me?”
Cornelius said, “Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour, I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing
10:31
ወይቤለኒቆርኔሌዎስተሰምዐጸሎትከወምጽዋትከበቅድመእግዚአብሔርተዘከረከ።
說：『哥尼流，你的禱告已蒙垂聽，你的賙濟達到上帝面前已蒙記念了。
and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God.
Send therefore to Joppa and summon Simon, who is also called Peter. He is staying in the house of a tanner named Simon, by the seaside. When he comes, he will speak to you.’
Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God.”
10:34
ወከሠተአፉሁጴጥሮስወይቤአማነርኢኩከመኢያደሉእግዚአብሔርለገጽ።
彼得就開口說：「我真看出上帝是不偏待人。
Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;
10:35
አላበኵሉአሕዛብዘይፈርሆወይገብርጽድቀኅሩይውእቱበኀቤሁ።
原來，各國中那敬畏主、行義的人都為主所悅納。
but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
10:36
ወፈነወቃሎለደቂቀእስራኤልወዜነዎሙሰላመበኢየሱስክርስቶስዘውእቱእግዚእለኵሉ።
上帝藉着耶穌基督（他是萬有的主）傳和平的福音，將這道賜給以色列人。
The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all—
10:37
ተአምሩለሊክሙኵሎነገረዘኮነበይሁዳእኂዞእምገሊላእምድኅረጥምቀትዘሰበከዮሐንስ።
這話在約翰宣傳洗禮以後，從加利利起，傳遍了猶太。
you yourselves know what happened, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
10:39
ወንሕነኵልነሰማዕቱበዘገብረበይሁዳወበኢየሩሳሌምወቀተልዎሰቂሎሙዲበዕፅ።
他在猶太人之地，並耶路撒冷所行的一切事，有我們作見證。他們竟把他掛在木頭上殺了。
We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they also killed, hanging him on a tree.
10:40
ወእግዚአብሔርአንሥኦእሙታንበሣልስትዕለትወወሀቦከመያስተርኢገሃደ።
第三日，上帝叫他復活，顯現出來；
God raised him up the third day and gave him to be revealed,
They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Gentiles.
10:46
ወሰምዕዎሙይነብቡበነገረበሐውርትወይሴብሕዎለእግዚአብሔር።
因聽見他們說方言，稱讚上帝為大。
For they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,