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Y-Pôl Ti Ƀuôn Êphêsô
1Êjai Y-Apôlôs dôk ti ƀuôn Kôrantô, Y-Pôl găn jih čar lăn dap kngư truh ti ƀuôn Êphêsô. Tinăn ñu ƀuh đa đa phung ƀĭng kna,
2leh anăn ñu êmuh digơ̆, “Diih mă tŭ leh mơ̆ Yang Mngăt Jăk hlăk diih đăo?” Digơ̆ lač, “Hơăi, hmei amâo tuôm hmư̆ ôh arăng lač mâo Yang Mngăt Jăk.”
3Ñu lač, “Snăn ya klei ƀaptem diih tŭ lĕ?” Digơ̆ lač, “Klei ƀaptem Y-Yôhan.”
4 Y-Pôl lač, “Y-Yôhan ngă ƀaptem kmhal kơ klei soh, leh anăn hưn kơ phung ƀuôn sang brei đăo kơ Pô srăng truh êdei kơ ñu, jing đăo kơ Yêsu.”
5Leh hmư̆ klei anăn digơ̆ tŭ klei ƀaptem hlăm anăn Khua Yang Yêsu.
6Tơdah Y-Pôl ênă kngan kơ digơ̆, Yang Mngăt Jăk trŭn kơ digơ̆, digơ̆ blŭ klei tue leh anăn hưn êlâo.
7Jih jang digơ̆ mâo hlăm brô pluh dua čô.
8Y-Pôl mŭt hlăm sang bi kƀĭn leh anăn mtô hŏng klei jhŏng êjai tlâo mlan, bi mgăl leh anăn mtrŭt digơ̆ tŭ klei djŏ kơ ƀuôn ala mtao Aê Diê.
9Ƀiădah mâo đa đa ai tiê khăng, amâo đăo ôh, leh anăn blŭ jhat kơ Êlan ti anăp phung bi kƀĭn. Y-Pôl đuĕ mơ̆ng diñu, jak ba phung ƀĭng kna mbĭt, leh anăn bi hriăm grăp hruê hlăm sang hră Y-Tiranus.
10Ñu ngă snăn êjai dua thŭn, tơl jih jang mnuih dôk hlăm čar Asi, wăt phung Yuđa wăt phung Grĕk, hmư̆ klei Khua Yang blŭ sơăi.
Phung Anak Êkei Y-Sêwa
11Leh anăn Aê Diê yua kngan Y-Pôl ngă klei bi knăl yuôm bhăn prŏng snăk,
12tơl arăng ba dưm ti dlông mnuih ruă čhiăm điêt leh anăn čhiăm kdrŭn ao Y-Pôl yua leh, klei ruă duam digơ̆ hlao, leh anăn yang jhat kbiă đuĕ mơ̆ng digơ̆.
13Hlăk anăn phung mjâo Yuđa hiu djăp anôk lông yua anăn Khua Yang Yêsu kơ phung mnuih yang jhat ngă, lač, “Kâo mtă kơ diih hlăm anăn Yêsu pô Y-Pôl mtô anăn!”
14Mâo kjuh čô anak êkei khua ngă yang prŏng Yuđa bi anăn Y-Sêwa dôk ngă klei anăn.
15Ƀiădah yang jhat lŏ wĭt lač kơ diñu, “Kâo thâo kral Yêsu, leh anăn kâo thâo kral Y-Pôl, ƀiădah bi diih, hlei diih jing?”
16Snăn êkei yang jhat ngă anăn êlăm phă diñu, ngă kơ jih jang diñu, leh anăn dưi hŏng diñu. Snăn diñu đuĕ mơ̆ng sang anăn lưng mlŭn leh anăn êka.
17Jih jang phung Yuđa leh anăn phung Grĕk dôk ti ƀuôn Êphêsô hmư̆ hing kơ klei anăn. Jih jang diñu huĭ; leh anăn arăng hơêč hmưi bi mni kơ anăn Khua Yang Yêsu.
18Msĕ mơh lu mnuih đơ phung đăo leh hriê hưn bi êdah bruă soh diñu khăng ngă.
19Lu phung khăng ngă klei mdian djă ba čuh hĕ hdruôm hră diñu ti anăp jih jang mnuih. Ênoh hdruôm hră anăn arăng kăm truh kơ êma pluh êbâo asăr prăk.
20Snăn arăng hưn klei Khua Yang blŭ tar ƀar hŏng klei myang leh anăn mâo klei dưi.
Klei Rŭng Răng Ti Ƀuôn Êphêsô
21Êdei kơ klei anăn Y-Pôl mâo klei mtrŭt čiăng găn čar Masêdôn leh anăn čar Akai nao kơ ƀuôn Yêrusalem. Ñu lač, “Leh kâo nao tinăn, kâo čiăng ƀuh ƀuôn Rôm msĕ mơh.”
22Ñu tiŏ nao dua čô pô đru ñu, Y-Timôthê leh anăn Y-Êrast, nao kơ čar Masêdôn. Ƀiădah ñu pô lŏ dôk sui ƀiă hlăm čar Asi.
23Hlăk anăn mâo klei rŭng răng prŏng kyua Êlan.
24Mâo sa čô tia prăk bi anăn Y-Dêmêtrius, pô ngă rup sang yang H'Artêmis hŏng prăk. Hŏng bruă anăn phung mă bruă ƀơ̆ng lu prăk.
25Ñu bi kƀĭn phung mă bruă ñu mbĭt hŏng phung mă bruă msĕ, leh anăn lač, “Ơ phung ayŏng adei, diih thâo hŏng bruă anei drei mâo klei mdrŏng.
26Leh anăn diih ƀuh leh anăn hmư̆ leh amâo djŏ knŏng ti ƀuôn Êphêsô ôh, ƀiădah păt čiăng tar ƀar čar Asi, Y-Pôl anăn mtô leh anăn mtrŭt lu mnuih lui drei, êjai lač kơ rup yang kngan mnuih ngă amâo jing yang sĭt ôh.
27Mâo klei huĭ amâo djŏ knŏng arăng amâo yap yuôm bruă drei ôh, ƀiădah huĭ msĕ mơh kơ arăng amâo lŏ yap yuôm sang kơ yang prŏng H'Artêmis ôh, leh anăn huĭ wăt kơ yang mniê anei arăng kkuh mpŭ hlăm jih čar Asi leh anăn tar ƀar lăn ala srăng luč klei guh kơang.”
28Tơdah diñu hmư̆ klei anăn, diñu ngêñ snăk leh anăn ur kraih, “H'Artêmis, yang phung Êphêsô, jing prŏng snăk!”
29Snăn jih ƀuôn anăn bŏ hŏng klei rŭng răng; leh anăn diñu êran nao mbĭt kơ sang bi kƀĭn, đoh ba mbĭt hŏng diñu Y-Gaius leh anăn Y-Aristark, phung Masêdôn hiu mbĭt hŏng Y-Pôl.
30Y-Pôl čiăng mŭt ti krah phung lu, ƀiădah phung ƀĭng kna amâo brei ôh.
31Msĕ mơh đa đa phung khua čar Asi jing mah jiăng hŏng ñu tiŏ nao arăng lač kơ ñu đăm mŭt ôh hlăm sang bi kƀĭn.
32Đa đa ur snei, đa đa ur snăn, kyuadah phung bi kƀĭn mâo klei mtŭk mtŭl, leh anăn lu hĭn hlăm phung diñu amâo thâo ôh ya ngă diñu bi kƀĭn tinăn.
33Arăng đoh Y-Aleksanđơr mơ̆ng phung lu, pô phung Yuđa brei nao dôk ti anăp. Y-Aleksanđơr pưi kngan ñu čiăng blŭ mgang ti anăp phung ƀuôn sang.
34Ƀiădah tơdah phung lu thâo kral gơ̆ jing sa čô Yuđa, jih jang sa asăp ur kraih êjai dua mông, “H'Artêmis, yang phung Êphêsô, jing prŏng snăk!”
35Ti knhal tuč khua čih hră ƀuôn anăn brei phung lu dôk ñăt, ñu lač, “Ơ phung Êphêsô, hlei pô amâo thâo kơ ƀuôn Êphêsô jing pô kiă sang yang kơ yang mniê prŏng H'Artêmis leh anăn boh tâo rup ñu lĕ mơ̆ng adiê?
36Arăng amâo dưi bi tăng ôh hŏng klei anăn, snăn brei diih dôk ñăt leh anăn đăm ruăt ngă ôh.
37Diih atăt ba leh tinei phung êkei anei, digơ̆ amâo tuôm tlĕ dŏ yang amâodah blŭ mgao hŏng yang mniê drei ôh.
38Snăn tơdah Y-Dêmêtrius leh anăn phung mă bruă mbĭt hŏng ñu mâo klei kčŭt kơ arăng, mâo leh sang phat kđi leh anăn phung khua čar. Brei phung anăn bi mgăl hdơ̆ng diñu.
39Ƀiădah tơdah diih mâo klei mkăn, brei diih bi trông čhai klei anăn hlăm klei bi kƀĭn tui si klei bhiăn,
40huĭdah arăng kčŭt kơ drei jing phung bi rŭng hruê anei, leh anăn drei amâo mâo klei dưi mgang ôh kơ klei rŭng răng anei.”
41Leh ñu lač klei anăn, ñu brei phung bi kƀĭn wĭt.
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Paul in Ephesus
1While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples
2and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when⚓ you believed?”
They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
3So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?”
“John’s baptism,” they replied.
4Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
5On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues⚓ and prophesied.
7There were about twelve men in all.
8Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
9But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
10This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.
11God did extraordinary miracles through Paul,
12so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.
13Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of the Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.”
14Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
15One day the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you?”
16Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.
17When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
18Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done.
19A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.⚓
20In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.
21After all this had happened, Paul decided⚓ to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.”
22He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed in the province of Asia a little longer.
The Riot in Ephesus
23About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
24A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a lot of business for the craftsmen there.
25He called them together, along with the workers in related trades, and said: “You know, my friends, that we receive a good income from this business.
26And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus and in practically the whole province of Asia. He says that gods made by human hands are no gods at all.
27There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited; and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her divine majesty.”
28When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29Soon the whole city was in an uproar. The people seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia, and all of them rushed into the theater together.
30Paul wanted to appear before the crowd, but the disciples would not let him.
31Even some of the officials of the province, friends of Paul, sent him a message begging him not to venture into the theater.
32The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another. Most of the people did not even know why they were there.
33The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander to the front, and they shouted instructions to him. He motioned for silence in order to make a defense before the people.
34But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
35The city clerk quieted the crowd and said: “Fellow Ephesians, doesn’t all the world know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?
36Therefore, since these facts are undeniable, you ought to calm down and not do anything rash.
37You have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed temples nor blasphemed our goddess.
38If, then, Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a grievance against anybody, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. They can press charges.
39If there is anything further you want to bring up, it must be settled in a legal assembly.
40As it is, we are in danger of being charged with rioting because of what happened today. In that case we would not be able to account for this commotion, since there is no reason for it.”
41After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.