and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
9:3
ወእንዘየሐውርሶበአልጸቀለሀገረደማስቆግብተበረቀመብረቅእምሰማይላዕሌሁ።
掃羅行路,將到大馬士革,忽然從天上發光,四面照着他;
As he traveled, he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.
9:4
ወወድቀውስተምድርወሰምዐቃለዘይቤሎሳውልሳውልለምንትትሰድደኒ።
他就仆倒在地,聽見有聲音對他說:「掃羅!掃羅!你為甚麼逼迫我?」
He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
The Lord said to him, “Arise and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judah for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,
Ananias departed and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
All who heard him were amazed, and said, “Isn’t this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!”
But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
9:28
ወነበረይበውእወይወፅእምስሌሆሙበኢየሩሳሌምወይሜህርክሡተበስሙለእግዚእነኢየሱስ።
於是掃羅在耶路撒冷和門徒出入來往,
He was with them entering into Jerusalem,
9:29
ወይትዋቀሦሙለአረሚወፈቀዱካዕበእሙንቱይቅትልዎ።
奉主的名放膽傳道,並與說希臘話的猶太人講論辯駁;他們卻想法子要殺他。
preaching boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. He spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they were seeking to kill him.
9:30
ወአእሚሮሙቢጹአውረድዎቂሳርያወእምዝፈነውዎጠርሴስ።
弟兄們知道了就送他下凱撒利亞,打發他往大數去。
When the brothers knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
9:32
ወእምዝአንሶሰወጴጥሮስበኀበኵሎሙቅዱሳንእለይነብሩልዳ።
彼得周流四方的時候,也到了居住呂大的聖徒那裏;
As Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.
9:37
ወውእተአሚረሞተትደዊያወኀፀብዋበድናወአስከብዋውስተጽርሕ።
當時,她患病而死,有人把她洗了,停在樓上。
In those days, she became sick and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.
Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the tunics and other garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
Peter sent them all out, and knelt down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
9:41
ወመጠዋእዴሁወአንሥኣወጸውዖሙለቅዱሳንሂወለዕቤራትሂወአወፈያኪያሃሕያውታ።
彼得伸手扶她起來,叫眾聖徒和寡婦進去,把多加活活地交給他們。
He gave her his hand and raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
9:42
ወሰምዑኵሉኢዮጴወአምኑብዙኃንበእግዚእነ።
這事傳遍了約帕,就有許多人信了主。
This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
9:43
ወነበረጴጥሮስብዙኀመዋዕለበሀገረኢዮጴወኀደረውስተቤተስምዖንሰፋዪ።
此後,彼得在約帕一個硝皮匠西門的家裏住了多日。
He stayed many days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.