Acts 19
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
Ary raha mbola tany Korinto Apolosy, dia nitety ny tany ambony Paoly ka tonga tany Efesosy, dia nahita mpianatra sasany teo izy
2 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.”
ka nanao taminy hoe: Efa noraisinareo va ny Fanahy Masìna, fony vao nino ianareo? Fa ireo nanao taminy hoe: Tsy renay akory fa efa nomena ny Fanahy Masìna.
3 “Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
Ary hoy Paoly: Ho amin’ inona ary no nanaovana batisa anareo? Dia hoy ireo: Ho amin’ ny batisan’ i Jaona.
4 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.”
Fa hoy Paoly: Jaona nanao ny batisan’ ny fibebahana ka nilaza tamin’ ny olona hino Izay ho avy manaraka azy, dia Jesosy.
5 On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
Ary raha nahare izany izy, dia natao batisa ho amin’ ny anaran’ i Jesosy Tompo.
6 And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
Ary rehefa nametrahan’ i Paoly tanana izy, dia nilatsaka taminy ny Fanahy Masìna; ary niteny tamin’ ny teny tsy fantatra izy sady naminany.
7 There were about twelve men in all.
Ary tokony ho roa ambin’ ny folo lahy no isan’ izy rehetra.
8 Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
Ary Paoly niditra tao amin’ ny synagoga ka niteny tamin’ ny fahasahiana, dia niady hevitra telo volana ka nampanaiky ny amin’ ny fanjakan’ Andriamanitra.
9 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.
Fa raha nikiribiby ny sasany ka tsy nanaiky, fa niteny ratsy izany fampianarana izany teo imason’ ny olona maro, dia niala tamin’ ireo izy ka nitondra ny mpianatra nitokana, dia niady hevitra isan’ andro tao amin’ ny trano fampianaran’ i Tyrano.
10 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.
Ary naharitra roa taona ngarangidina izany, ka dia nandre ny tenin’ ny Tompo izay rehetra nonina tany Asia, na Jiosy na jentilisa.
11 God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
Ary ny tànan’ i Paoly no nanaovan’ Andriamanitra fahagagana lehibe maro,
12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
ka dia ny mosara sy ny fiaron’ akanjo teny aminy no nentina hatao amin’ ny marary, dia sitrana ny aretiny, ary nivoaka ny fanahy ratsy.
13 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.”
Ary nisy Jiosy sasany, mpiriorio mamoaka fanahy ratsy, izay ninia nanonona ny anaran’ i Jesosy Tompo koa teo ambonin’ ny manana fanahy ratsy ka nanao hoe: Mampianiana anareo amin’ i Jesosy Izay torin’ i Paoly aho.
14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
Ary nisy fito mirahalahy, zanak’ i Skeva, Jiosy, lohan’ ny mpisorona, izay nanao izany.
15 Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
Ary ny fanahy ratsy namaly ka nanao taminy hoe: Fantatro Jesosy, ary fantatro koa Paoly; fa mba iza kosa moa ianareo?
16 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.
Ary ny lehilahy izay nanana ny fanahy ratsy dia niantsambotra tamin’ ireo ary nahery ka naharesy azy roa lahy, dia nandositra niala tamin’ izany trano izany ireo sady nitanjaka no voaratra.
17 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.
Ary fantatry ny Jiosy sy ny jentilisa rehetra izay nonina tany Efesosy izany; dia raiki-tahotra ny olona rehetra ka nankalaza ny anaran’ i Jesosy Tompo.
18 Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
Ary maro izay nino dia tonga ka niaiky sy nilaza ny asany.
19 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.
Ary maro ny mpanao ody no nanangona ny bokiny ka nandoro azy teo imason’ ny olona rehetra; ary nony voatontaly ny tokom-bidiny, dia hita fa volafotsy dimy alina izany.
20 So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.
Fatratra toy izany no fandroson’ ny tenin’ Andriamanitra sy ny heriny.
21 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.”
Ary rehefa vita izany zavatra izany, Paoly dia nikasa tao am-pony handeha hamaky an’ i Makedonia sy Akaia aloha vao hankany Jerosalema ka nanao hoe: Rehefa tonga any aho, dia tsy maintsy hahita an’ i Roma koa.
22 He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
Ary ny roa lahy tamin’ izay nanompo ary, dia Timoty sy Erasto, no nirahiny nankany Makedonia; fa izy mbola nitoetra tany Asia andro vitsivitsy kosa.
23 About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
Ary tamin’ izany andro izany dia nisy tabataba be ihany ny amin’ izany fampianarana izany.
24 It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.
Fa nisy lehilahy anankiray atao hoe Demetrio, mpanefy volafotsy, izay nanao sarin’ ny tempolin’ i Diana tamin’ ny volafotsy, dia nampahazo harena be ny mpanefy;
25 Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.
ireny mbamin’ ny mpanao zavatra hafa koa toy izany dia nantsoiny hiangona ka nilazany hoe: Tompokolahy, fantatrareo fa amin’ izao tao-zavatra izao no ahazoantsika harena.
26 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.
Ary hitanareo sy renareo fa tsy eto Efesosy ihany, fa saiky manerana an’ i Asia rehetra dia mitaona olona betsaka izany Paoly izany ka mampivily ny samy manao hoe: Tsy Andriamanitra izay zavatra nataon-tanana.
27 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.”
Ka dia tsy izao raharahantsika izao ihany no ahina hatao ho zava-poana; fa ny tempolin’ i Diana, andriamani-bavy lehibe, dia hatao tsinontsinona koa aza, ka ho afa-boninahitra ilay ivavahan’ i Asia rehetra sy izao tontolo izao.
28 When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Ary rehefa nandre izany izy ireo, dia tezitra loatra ka niantso hoe: Lehibe Dianan’ ny Efesiana!
29 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.
Ary nanerana ny tanàna ny tabataba; ary rehefa nisarika an’ i Gaio sy Aristarko, lehilahy Makedoniana niara-dia tamin’ i Paoly, izy, dia niray saina niriotra ho ao an-trano filalaovana.
30 Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.
Ary raha te-hiditra ho any amin’ ny olona Paoly, dia tsy navelan’ ny mpianatra.
31 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.
Ary ny lehibe sasany tany Asia, izay sakaizany, dia nampitondra teny nananatra azy mba tsy ho sahy hiditra ao an-trano filalaovana.
32 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.
Ary ny sasany niantso zavatra iray, ary ny sasany kosa zavatra hafa; fa nihorikorika ny olona vory; koa ny ankamaroany tsy nahalala izay anton’ ny niangonany teo.
33 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.
Ary nisy nisarika an’ i Aleksandro avy teo amin’ ny vahoaka, fa ny Jiosy nanesika azy handroso. Ary Aleksandro nanofa tanana, fa ta-handaha-teny hiala tsiny tamin’ ny olona.
34 But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Fa rehefa fantatry ny olona fa Jiosy, izy dia niredona niantso tokony ho ora roa izy rehetra hoe: Lehibe Dianan’ ny Efesiana!
35 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?
Ary ny mpitahiry ny didy dia nampangina ny olona ka nanao hoe: Ry lehilahy Efesiana, iza no olona tsy mahalala fa ny tanànan’ ny Efesiana no mpitahiry an’ i Diana lehibe sy ny sarin-javatra izay latsaka avy tamin’ i Jopitera?
36 Since these things are undeniable, you ought to be calm and not do anything rash.
Ary satria tsy azo toherina izany, dia tokony hangina ianareo ka tsy hanao na inona na inona an-kamehana.
37 For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.
Fa nentinareo etỳ ireo lehilahy ireo, izay tsy nandroba tempoly, na niteny ratsy ny andriamanitsika.
38 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.
Koa raha manan-teny hifamaliana amin’ olona Demetrio sy ny mpanefy izay momba azy, aoka hifandahatra izy, fa misy ihany ny andro hitsarana, ary ao ihany koa ireo governora.
39 But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.
Fa raha mitady zavatra hafa kosa ianareo, dia hotsaraina amin’ izay fivoriana voatendrin’ ny lalàna.
40 For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”
Fa andrao ampangaina isika noho ny tabataba tsy misy antony izay niseho androany, ka tsy hita izay hilazantsika izao fampitairana izao.
41 After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.
Ary rehefa nilaza izany izy, dia nampirava ny olona vory teo.
