When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.”
28:5
ወነገፈጳውሎስእዴሁወነጽሓለአፍዖትውስተእሳትወኢረከቦሕሠም።
保羅竟把那毒蛇甩在火裏，並沒有受傷。
However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn’t harmed.
But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.
Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us and courteously entertained us for three days.
From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.
When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.
After three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, “I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
28:18
ወሐቲቶሙእሙንቱፈቀዱያሕይዉኒሶበኢረከቡላዕሌየጌጋየበዘይሞቅሑኒወበዘይኴንኑኒ።
他們審問了我，就願意釋放我；因為在我身上，並沒有該死的罪。
who, when they had examined me, desired to set me free, because there was no cause of death in me.
When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about God’s Kingdom, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.
28:24
ወቦእለሂአምንዎወመንፈቆሙሰአበይዎ።
他所說的話，有信的，有不信的。
Some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.
When they didn’t agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one message: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,
28:26
«ሑርኀበዝንቱሕዝብወበሎሰሚዐትሰምዑወኢትሌብዉወርእየትሬእዩወኢተአምሩ።
他說： 你去告訴這百姓說： 你們聽是要聽見，卻不明白； 看是要看見，卻不曉得；
saying, ‘Go to this people and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive.
For this people’s heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, then I would heal them.’