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1 Apollos sia Corinth khua ah a om laitak in, Paul sia saksang ngam te kantan a, Ephesus theng hi: tua mun ah nungzui pawlkhat te taw kimu uh a,
Now it came to pass while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul having passed through the upper parts of Asia came to Ephesus:
2 Amate kung ah, na up zawk uh Tha Thiangtho na sang zo uh ziam? ci hi. Taciang amate in Paul tung ah, Tha Thiangtho a om hunlam zong ka za ngei bua uh hi, ci uh ih.
and finding some disciples there, he said unto them, Have ye received the holy Spirit since ye embraced the faith? And they said unto him, Nay, we had not even heard whether the holy Spirit be yet given.
3 Taciang Paul in amate tung ah, bang tuiphumna sang nu ziam? ci hi. Taciang amate in, John i tuiphumna ka sang uh hi, ci uh hi.
And he said unto them, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into the baptism of John.
4 Tua zawkciang in Paul in hibang in ci hi. John in mawna ki sikkikna tuiphumna hongpia takpi a, mite tung ah a nung pan hongpai tu Christ Jesus sia amate in a up tu uh a hihi, ci hi.
Then said Paul, John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people, that they should believe in Him that was coming after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.
5 Amate in hi thu a zak uh ciang in, Topa Jesus min taw tui ki phum uh hi.
And when they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 Taciang Paul in amate tung ah a khut a ngak ciang in, Tha Thiangtho sia amate tung ah hong theng hi; taciang kam tatuam taw in pau uh a, mailam thu zong pualak uh hi.
And as Paul laid his hands on them, the holy Spirit came upon them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. And the men were in all about twelve.
7 Amate a vekpi in pasal sawmleni khawng a hi uh hi.
And he went into the synagogue,
8 Paul sia synagogue sung ah tum a, Pathian kumpingam thu taw kisai in thuhil le hanthawn in, tha thum sung hangsantak in thuhil hi.
and spake boldly, disputing with them for the space of three months, and persuading them of the things concerning the kingdom of God.
9 Ahihang pawlkhat te a thinsung khauh uh a um ngawl in, mipi mai ah tua lampi phat ngawlna thu son uh hi, taciang Paul sia amate kung pan pusuak a, nungzui te tuamkhen in Tyrannus sang inn khat sung ah nisim in thu kikum khawm uh hi.
But as some were hardened and refractory, speaking evil of the way of life before the multitude, he departed from them, and took away the disciples with him, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10 Hi bangin kum ni sung zomsuak uh hi; tua ahikom Asia ngamsung a om Judah mite le Greek mite theampo in Topa Jesus thu za kim uh hi.
And this he did for two years; so that all the inhabitants of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord Jesus.
11 Pathian in Paul i khut te zang in a tuan in nalamdang te vawt hi:
And God wrought extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul:
12 Ama pumpi pan in dialno le kawngkhau te sia cina te kung ah paipui uh a, cina te sung pan in natna te le doai te pusuak hi.
so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases lest them, and evil spirits went out of them.
13 Mun theampo ah vak a thaa ngilo a hawlkhia Judah mi pawlkhat om hi, thaa ngilo a neite tung ah Topa Jesus min lo uh a, Paul i a hil Jesus tungtawn in thu hong pia khu hi, ci uh hi.
Then some of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to name the name of the Lord Jesus over those that had evil spirits, saying, "We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preacheth."
14 Judah mi thiampi lian Sceva tapa sali te in tabang in vawt uh hi.
Now there were seven sons of one Sceva a Jewish priest, who did this.
15 Taciang tua thaa ngilo in, Jesus ka he hi, taciang Paul zong ka he hi; ahihang note a kuate nu ziam? ci in zo hi.
But the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are ye?
16 Taciang a sung ah thaa ngilo a neipa sia amate tungpan baw in buan ngawp a, zothal hi, tua ahikom amate tua innsung pan pumnguak le liamma taw tai mang uh hi.
And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leapt upon them, and mastered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 Taciang hi thu sia Ephesus a om Judah mite le Greek mite theampo in he uh hi; taciang amate tung ah launa hong theng a, Topa Jesus min pok tek uh hi.
And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, that dwelt at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 Thu um tampi te hongpai uh a, amate mawna te pualak in a sep a vawt uh te zong pholak uh hi.
And many of them that believed came confessing and declaring their former practices.
19 Mitbum thiam tampi te zong a laibu te uh munkhat ah hong paipui uh a, mi theampo mai ah mei taw hal uh hi: tua laibu te i man a tuat uh ciang in, ngun dangka then nga man hi.
And a great number of those that had used inquisitive arts, brought the books, and burned them before them all: and they computed the price of them, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 Tua ahikom Pathian thu in zo a nasiatak in khang uh hi.
So mightily did the word of the Lord increase and prevail.
21 Hi thu te a tawp zawk, paul in Macedonia ngam le Achaia ngam te a kantan zawkciang in, Jerusalem ah pai tu in ngealkhol hi, tua mun ah ka thet zawkciang in Rome zong mu hamtang lai tu khi hi, ci hi.
After these things, Paul purposed in spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia, and go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
22 Tua ahikom ama a hu tu te sung pan in, Timothy le Erastus te sia Macedonia ah heakkik uh a; ama sia Asia ngamsung ah tawmvei sung om lai hi.
So he sent into Macedonia two of those that ministred to him, Timothy and Erastus, but he himself stayed some time in Asia.
23 Tua hun in hi lampi thu hang in buaina lianpi piang hi.
Now there happened at that time no small disturbance about the way which he taught.
24 Banghangziam cile ngun seak thiam Demetrius a kici pa in Artimis doai numei atu in biakinn lim te sia ngun taw in vawt a, khutthiam neite kung ah a met tam mama then hi;
For one Demetrius, a silver-smith, who made silver models of Diana's temple, brought no small gain to the artificers: whom he got together,
25 Tua a nasep kibang naseam te kaikhawm a, hi khutthiam tungtawn in hau na i nga hi, ci na he uh hi.
and with them the workmen they employed about such things, and said, My friends, ye know that by this employment we get our wealth.
26 Tua bekdom ngawl, Ephesus bek ah hi ngawl in, Asia ngamsung bup dektak ah, hi Paul in khut taw a ki vawt te Pathian hi ngawl hi, ci a, mi tampi te hanthawn in kikhealsak hi, ci zong mu in na za uh hi:
And ye see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but in almost all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and perverted many people, saying, that they are no gods which are made by hands.
27 Tua ahikom i khutthiam sia mannung ngawl a sua tu lauhuai bek dom ngawl in; Asia ngam theampo le leitung bup i biak Artemis doai nu i biakinn zong ki thusimngawl tu hi, taciang a minthanna susia tu hi, ci hi.
So that we are not only in danger of this, that the business we follow will come to nothing; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana will be despised; and her magnificence destroyed, whom all Asia and the whole world worshippeth.
28 Taciang hi thu te amate in a zak uh ciang in thin-uk na taw kidim uh a, Ephesus mite i Artemis sia thupi hi, ci in au uh hi.
Hearing this and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
29 Taciang tua Khuapi sia buaina taw kidim hi: Paul i khualhaw pui Macedonia mi Gaius le Aristarchus te man uh a, poai etna sung ah thukimtak in manlangtak in tum tek uh hi.
And the whole city was filled with confusion: and they rushed with one accord into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus two Macedonians, fellow-travellers with Paul.
30 Paul sia mihon te kung ah a tum sawm ciang in, nungzui te in oai ngawl hi.
And when Paul would have gone in unto the people, the disciples would not let him.
31 Taciang Asia ngam ukpa i lawm te zong poai etna sung ah tum ngawl tu in a kung ah ngual sawl in, ngen hi.
And some also of the chief men of Asia, being his friends, sent to him and desired him not to venture himself into the theatre.
32 Tua ahikom pawlkhat te in thu khat au uh a, a dang pawlkhat te in thudang au uh hi: banghangziam cile a tamzaw in banghang in ki kaikhawm, ci he ngawl in, mihonpi te buai mama hi.
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another; for the assembly was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they were come together.
33 Judah mite in Alexander sia mipi sung pan in kaikeak a, mai ah sawn uh hi. Taciang Alexander in a khut taw lak a, mipi te kung ah ama le ama ki ngum in thuson nuam hi.
And they brought Alexander forward out of the multitude, the Jews urging him on. And Alexander beckoning with the hand, would have made a defence to the people.
34 Ahihang amate in Alexander sia Judah mi hi, ci a heak uh ciang in, Ephesus mite i Artemis sia thupi hi, ci in a vekpi in nai ni sung aw khat sua in au va nuau uh hi.
But when they knew that he was a Jew, they all cried out with one voice, for near two hours, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
35 Taciang khuapi lai-at pa in mipi te a thim zawkciang in, no Ephesus mite, Ephesus khuapi sia a lian mama Artemis doai nu Jupiter pan in hong tak milim bia hi, ci a he ngawl a kua om ziam?
And when the Secretary had appeased the multitude, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there who doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is devoted to the service of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
36 Hi thu te sia kuama i nial thei ngawl thu ahikom in, na om khipkhep tu uh hi a, bangma ngaisun ngawl in na pheang tat tu uh hi ngawl hi.
Since therefore these things are incontestible, ye ought to be quiet and composed, and to do nothing rashly.
37 Banghangziam cile hi mun ah na paipui uh hi te sia, pawlpi te i na a laksak te hi ngawl a, na doai nu uh mindaisak te zong hi ngawl hi.
For ye have brought these men hither, who are neither robbers of temples, nor blasphemers of your goddess.
38 Tua ahikom Demetrius le khutthiam nei te khatpo taw ki langpan in thu a om ahile, thukham sia a ki hong sa in om hi, taciang ngam uk te zong om ahikom in: amate khat le khat thu ki sua khawm ta uh hen.
If Demetrius therefore, and the artificers that are with him, have a charge against any one, the law-courts are open, and there are Roman proconsuls likewise: let them implead one another.
39 Ahihang thu dang te taw kisai in na kan nuam uh le, ngeina bang in a ki kaikhawm mipi te in khensat tahen.
But if ye are enquiring any thing about other matters, let it be decided in a lawful assembly:
40 Banghangziam cile tu ni i buaina hang in thu dong tu in hong sap tu lauhuai hi, hibang ngeina om ngawl in i kikhoptua na sia a hang son tu le i nei tuan bua hi, ci hi.
for we are in danger of being charged with sedition for what has happened this day, there being no cause by which we can give a reason for this concourse.
41 Hibang in a son zawkciang, a ki kaikhawm te ciakik siat uh hi.
And when he had said these things, he dismissed the assembly.
