Ndu Manzaniba 19
1 Aye he niwa Apollos a he ni Corith, Bulus a zren zu ni kotu gbungblu'a nda ye ri ni kikle gbuwu Ephesus, nda ye toh ba mri ko bari niki.
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
2 Bulus a hla bawu ndi, “Bi kpa Ruhu tsatsra niwa bi kpanyime a?” Ba sa niwu ndi, “aan, kina wo nitu Ruhu Tsatsra mena.
and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
3 Bulus a tre ndi, “Nimi ngye wa ba ti batisma ni yiwu?” Ba tre ndi, “Ni baptisma wu Yohana.”
“Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
4 Niki Bulus a sa ndi, “Yohana a ti batisma wu k'ma sron sran. A hla ni ndji ba ndi du ba kpanyime ni wa ani ye ka huu, wa a hi Yesu.”
Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
5 Niwa ndji ba ba wo toki, ba kpa batisma ni nde Bachi Yesu.
On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 Niki, wa Bulus a sawo nitu mba, Ruhu Tsatsra a ku nitu mba, nda duba tre ni lan bari nda bwu tre wu ko shishi si bla.
And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
7 Wawu mba bana mla tsra ndji wlon don ha (tso).
There were about twelve men in all.
8 Bulus a ri hi ni sinagog nda ka tre ni gbengblen sron, wu wha tra, shle vu si ya nda nhron ba nitu ngbran ko Irji.
Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
9 E niwa Yahudawa bari ba lo sron zi gbangban nda kamba ni shishi kpaa ndji ba. Niki Bulus a kaa ba don nda chu mriko bari hu nji ni kpama, nda ka vu bla siya ba baa ni ba ni tra wu zontu bi u Tyrannus.
But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
10 A si he toki ka tsra se ha, nitu ki wawu mba wa ba kii ni Asia, ba wo lan tre Bachi, ni Yahudawa baba Greek ba.
This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
11 Irji a sia ti kikle kpi wa bana ri he wu toh ni son mba, ni wo Bulus.
God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
12 Nitu kii, ngbanjan nklon wu wo mba nklon wu kaa nne wa ana sa wo ni wu ba ban ba ka nubi lilo, i lilo mba a bwa hi don ba e brji ba ba rju don kpamba.
so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
13 E Yahudawa bi zu brji rju ni kpa ndji bari ba sia zren zu ni ngbran kima. Ba yo nde BAchi Yesu ni du nuba gbengblen nitu meme brji niwa ba tre ndi, “Ni nde Yesu wa Bulus a dbu hla, mi mha yiyo, rju yi.”
Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
14 Ninkon Prist wu Yahudawa, wa ndema ana Sceva, a he ni mri tangban wa basia ti toyi.
Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
15 Meme brji a sa bawu ndi, “Yesu mi to, mba Bulus mi to, i wu hi nha?”
Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
16 Meme brji ni mi igu; a a doo lu hon nitu bi zu brji rju'a nda zan ba ni gbengble, nda hloba tsi. Mle ba yotsu rju ni ko'a ni ngbre mba ni nkpan kpa.
Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.
17 Ikpe yi a ri ton ndji wawu, Yahudawa baba Greeks, wa ba ki ni Ephesus. Sissri a vu ba, u nde Bachi Yesu a nzu hon.
This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
18 Niki ngame, gbugbu biwa ba kpanyime'a, ba rju ye nran nda vu bla meme kpi wa bana ti yea.
Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
19 Gbugbu biwa bata ti gbugblu ba ni vunvu mba rju ye sru ni buburi nda goon ba ni shishi ko nha. Niwa ba bla nklen kpi ba, ana dubu se ton wu whlo azurfa.
And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
20 Niki lan tre wu Bachi a zren kagon gbagban ni gbengblen.
So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.
21 Zizan, hu gon wa Bulus a kle ndu ma ni Ephesus, a yo sron, hu ni gbron Ruhu, nda zren zu ni Macedonia mba Achaia ni nkon ma wu hi ni Urushelima; a tre nde, “Mita ka ri niki, mi hi to Rome ngame.”
After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”
22 Bulus a ton hi ni Macedonia, ha nimi biwa ba ti ndu niwu, Timoti mba Erastus. E wawu kima a son zu wu ton fii ni Asia.
He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
23 Mla tsra ni ton kima, iya wa ana fiime na a lu ni Ephesus nitu nko'a.
About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
24 Ndji wu la azurfa ri ni nde Demetius, wa ata la gunki u Artemis ni azurfa, nda ta nji ndu nklen gbugbu ye ni bi laaba.
It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.
25 Niki a yo bi ndu kima zi nda tre ndi, “Indji mbu, bito ndi ninkon du mbuyi, nklen ni ri bran.
Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.
26 Bi to ndi ni wo ndi, ana ni Ephesus megen na, hu mla ngban gbungblu Asia wawu, Bulus yi, a kma sron ndji gbugbu sran. Ani bla ndi mri irji wa iwo ndji ba laa ba na Irji na.
And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
27 Ana nitu andi kikle iya wa a ni du ndu mbu kle na, iko kikle irji wu artemis me ni rjoku ni nzohonma ngame. Niki, gbengblen Artemis ani grji, wawu wa Asia mba gbungblu meme wawu ba kukru ni nzuhon.”
There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”
28 Niwa ba wo toki, ndu a shu sron mba, eba kpa gro ndani tre ndi, “Kikle Artemis wu Ephesus.”
When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29 Kikle gbu'a wawu a tsi shishi, e ndji ba wawu ba vra tsu ni sron ri hi ni ko wu son mba (theatre). Bana vu kpukpan bi zren Bulus ye, Gaius mba Aristarchus, wa ba ye rhini Macedonia.
Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
30 Bulus a ta son ri nimi kpaa ndji ba, e mri ko ba ba zuu.
Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.
31 Ngame, bari wa bana bi ninkon du ni ngrji Asia, wa bana kpanma, ba tondu hi wu ni bre ni duna ri ni tra son (theatre) na.
Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.
32 Ndji bari ba sia ti gro kperi, e bari ikpe nkan, nitu tsi shishi a vu kpaa ndji ba. Gbugbu mba bana to ka a hi ngye si zren nda duba ye zontu ki na.
Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there.
33 Bari ni kpaa mba ba nron Alexanda, wa Yahudawa ba ba tru yo ni shishi, niki Alexanda a ti ba niwo, nitu a ta son yo tre wu ya ni soon mba.
The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.
34 Niwa ba mla to ndi a hi ndji Yahudawa, ba lu yra gro wu ton mla bla ha ni lan riri, ndani hla ndi, “KikleArtemis wu Ephesus.”
But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
35 Niwa ndji wu nha (town clerk) wu gbu'a a du kpaa ndji ba kma ti gbangbi, a tre ndji, “Biyi ndji bi Ephesus, ahi ndji nha wa ana to ndi kikle gbu wu Ephesus yi hi bubu ko wu son wu kikle Artemis, mba iwhiwa grji ku rji ni shulu na?
Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?
36 Bita to ndi kpi biyi bana wu kpa tron na, bika ti wiime ni na kpati vravra mena.
Since these things are undeniable, you ought to be calm and not do anything rash.
37 Nitu bi nji ndji biyi ye ni shishi ko gaa tre, ana ndji ba bi y'bi iko bre mbi ka bi kpa nde mri Irji mbi ti meme na.
For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.
38 Nitu ki, Dimetrius baba bi ndu la wa ba he niwu'a ba he ni tre wu lo nitu ndrjo, tra wu gaa tre a he ni who mba bi wa bawoba nda gaatre'a. Du ba tsra kpa mba.
So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.
39 Bita ni wato kpe nkan, kima ki vu ya ni son yi ni mla ti.
But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.
40 A hi njanji ki he ni ya wu lo bata vuta nitu kma gbu srantu wu vi luwa. Kina he ni kpe wu kaatu nitu kpa gbu tsi wu luwa na, e kina to nkon wu chutu rju na.”
For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”
41 Niwa a kle tre toyi, a kaa son a nda du ndji ba shan hi.
After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.
