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.
Now it came to pass, that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper parts, came to Ephesus: and finding there 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.
he said to them, Have you, on your believing, received the Holy Spirit? And they replied to him, No; we have not so much as heard whether the Holy Spirit is received.
3 Bulus a tre ndi, “Nimi ngye wa ba ti batisma ni yiwu?” Ba tre ndi, “Ni baptisma wu Yohana.”
And he said to them, Into what, then, were you immersed? And they said, Into John's immersion.
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.”
And Paul said, John, indeed, administered the immersion of reformation, telling the people that they should believe in Him that was to come after him: that is, in Jesus.
5 Niwa ndji ba ba wo toki, ba kpa batisma ni nde Bachi Yesu.
And hearing this, they were immersed 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 Paul, laying his hands, on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them; and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied.
7 Wawu mba bana mla tsra ndji wlon don ha (tso).
And they were, in all, about twelve men.
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.
And he went into the synagogue, and discoursed with boldness, disputing for the space of three months, and evincing the things which related to 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 as some were hardened, and would not believe, speaking reproachfully of this way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one 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.
And this was done for the space of two years, so that all the inhabitants of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, 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.
And God wrought extraordinary miracles by 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 handkerchiefs, or aprons, were carried from his body to those who were sick, and the diseases removed from them, and the evil spirits came out.
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.”
And some of the strolling Jews, who were exorcists, undertook to name the name of the Lord Jesus, over those who had evil spirits, saying, We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.
14 Ninkon Prist wu Yahudawa, wa ndema ana Sceva, a he ni mri tangban wa basia ti toyi.
And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
15 Meme brji a sa bawu ndi, “Yesu mi to, mba Bulus mi to, i wu hi nha?”
But the evil spirit answering, said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; 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.
And the man in whom the evil spirit was, sprung upon them, and getting master of them prevailed against them, so that they fled 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.
And this was known to all the Jews, and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 Niki ngame, gbugbu biwa ba kpanyime'a, ba rju ye nran nda vu bla meme kpi wa bana ti yea.
And many of them, who believed, came and confessed, and made a declaration of 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 considerable number of those who had curious arts, bringing their books together, burnt them before all: and they computed the value of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver:
20 Niki lan tre wu Bachi a zren kagon gbagban ni gbengblen.
so powerfully did the word of the Lord grow, 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.”
Now when these things were fulfilled, Paul proposed in spirit, that, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, it is necessary for me also to see Rome.
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.
And sending two of those that ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself staid some time in Asia.
23 Mla tsra ni ton kima, iya wa ana fiime na a lu ni Ephesus nitu nko'a.
And there happened, about that time, no small tumult concerning that 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.
For a man whose name was Demetrius, a silversmith, by making silver shrines of Diana, procured no small gain to the artificers:
25 Niki a yo bi ndu kima zi nda tre ndi, “Indji mbu, bito ndi ninkon du mbuyi, nklen ni ri bran.
whom he gathered together, with the workmen employed about the business, and said, Men, you know that our maintenance arises from this manufacture;
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 see and hear that this Paul has persuaded great numbers of people, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, and has turned them aside, saying that they are not deities which are made with hands;
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.”
so that there is danger, not only that this occupation of ours should be depreciated, but also that the people of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her grandeur destroyed; whom all Asia and the world worship.
28 Niwa ba wo toki, ndu a shu sron mba, eba kpa gro ndani tre ndi, “Kikle Artemis wu Ephesus.”
And hearing this, they were filled with rage; and cried out, saying, Great is Diana 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.
And the whole city was filled with confusion; and they rushed with one accord into the theater, dragging thither Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's fellow-travelers.
30 Bulus a ta son ri nimi kpaa ndji ba, e mri ko ba ba zuu.
And when Paul would have gone in to the people, the disciples would not permit 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.
And some, too, the principal officers of Asia, as they had a friendship for him, sent to him, and desired that he would not venture himself into the theater.
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.
Some, therefore, were crying one thing, and some another; for the congregation was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they were come together.
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.
And they thrust forth forward Alexander, from amongst the multitude, the Jews urging him on. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a 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 knew that he was a Jew, one voice arose from them all, crying out, for about the space of two hours, Great is Diana 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?
But the chancellor, having pacified the people, said Ephesians, what man is there that does not know that the city of the Ephesians is devoted to the great Diana, and to the image that fell down from Jupiter.
36 Bita to ndi kpi biyi bana wu kpa tron na, bika ti wiime ni na kpati vravra mena.
Since, then, these things are incontestable, it is necessary for you to be quiet, and to do nothing in a precipitate manner;
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, who are neither robbers of temples, nor blasphemers of your 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.
If, therefore, Demetrius, and the artificers that are with him, have a charge against any one, courts are held; and there are the proconsuls; let them implead together.
39 Bita ni wato kpe nkan, kima ki vu ya ni son yi ni mla ti.
But if you are inquiring anything concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a legal congregation.
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.”
And, indeed, we are in danger of being called in question for the insurrection which has happened this day, as there is no cause by which we can account for this concourse.
41 Niwa a kle tre toyi, a kaa son a nda du ndji ba shan hi.
And when he had said these things, he dismissed the congregation.
