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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 at Ephesus

¹And it happened, while ⚓Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through ⚓the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples ²he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”
So they said to him, ⚓“We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”
³And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?”
So they said, ⚓“Into John’s baptism.”
⁴Then Paul said, ⚓“John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.”
⁵When they heard this, they were baptized ⚓in the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶And when Paul had ⚓laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and ⚓they spoke with tongues and prophesied. ⁷Now the men were about twelve in all.
⁸⚓And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading ⚓concerning the things of the kingdom of God. ⁹But ⚓when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil ⚓of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. ¹⁰And ⚓this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

Miracles Glorify Christ

¹¹Now ⚓God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, ¹²⚓so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. ¹³⚓Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists ⚓took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul ⚓preaches.” ¹⁴Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.
¹⁵And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
¹⁶Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. ¹⁷This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and ⚓fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. ¹⁸And many who had believed came ⚓confessing and telling their deeds. ¹⁹Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. ²⁰⚓So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.

The Riot at Ephesus

²¹⚓When these things were accomplished, Paul ⚓purposed in the Spirit, when he had passed through ⚓Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, ⚓I must also see Rome.” ²²So he sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, ⚓Timothy and ⚓Erastus, but he himself stayed in Asia for a time.
²³And ⚓about that time there arose a great commotion about ⚓the Way. ²⁴For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought ⚓no small profit to the craftsmen. ²⁵He called them together with the workers of similar occupation, and said: “Men, you know that we have our prosperity by this trade. ²⁶Moreover you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but throughout almost all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that ⚓they are not gods which are made with hands. ²⁷So not only is this trade of ours in danger of falling into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Diana may be despised and her magnificence destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worship.”
²⁸Now when they heard this, they were full of wrath and cried out, saying, “Great is Diana of the Ephesians!” ²⁹So the whole city was filled with confusion, and rushed into the theater with one accord, having seized ⚓Gaius and ⚓Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul’s travel companions. ³⁰And when Paul wanted to go in to the people, the disciples would not allow him. ³¹Then some of the officials of Asia, who were his friends, sent to him pleading that he would not venture into the theater. ³²Some therefore cried one thing and some another, for the assembly was confused, and most of them did not know why they had come together. ³³And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And ⚓Alexander ⚓motioned with his hand, and wanted to make his defense to the people. ³⁴But when they found out that he was a Jew, all with one voice cried out for about two hours, “Great is Diana of the Ephesians!”
³⁵And when the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said: “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple guardian of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Zeus? ³⁶Therefore, since these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rashly. ³⁷For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess. ³⁸Therefore, if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a case against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. Let them bring charges against one another. ³⁹But if you have any other inquiry to make, it shall be determined in the lawful assembly. ⁴⁰For we are in danger of being called in question for today’s uproar, there being no reason which we may give to account for this disorderly gathering.” ⁴¹And when he had said these things, he dismissed the assembly.