Acts 19
1 And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples,
अपोलोस कोरिन्थमा भएको बेला पावल माथिल्लो भूभागको बाटोहुँदै एफिसस सहर आइपुगे र त्यहाँ कतिपय चेलाहरूलाई भेटे ।
2 he said to them, Did ye receive [the] Holy Spirit when ye had believed? And they [said] to him, We did not even hear if [the] Holy Spirit was [come].
पावलले तिनीहरूलाई सोधे, “के तिमीहरूले विश्वास गर्दा पवित्र आत्मा पायौ त?” तर तिनीहरूले उनलाई भने, “होइन, हामीले त पवित्र आत्माको बारेमा अहिलेसम्म सुनेका समेत छैनौँ ।”
3 And he said, To what then were ye baptised? And they said, To the baptism of John.
पावलले भने, “त्यसो भए तिमीहरूले केमा बप्तिस्मा लियौ त?” तिनीहरूले भने, “यूहन्नाको बप्तिस्मामा ।”
4 And Paul said, John indeed baptised [with] the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.
त्यसैले पावलले जवाफ दिए, “यूहन्नाले दिने बप्तिस्माचाहिँ पश्चात्तापको हो । उनले मानिसहरूलाई भनेका थिए कि उनीहरूले तिनीभन्दा पछि आउनुहुनेमाथि अर्थात् येशूमाथि विश्वास गर्नुपर्छ ।”
5 And when they heard that, they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.
मानिसहरूले त्यो कुरा सुनेपछि उनीहरूले प्रभु येशूको नाउँमा बप्तिस्मा लिए ।
6 And Paul having laid [his] hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
त्यसपछि पावलले उनीहरूमाथि हात राखे र पवित्र आत्मा उनीहरूमाथि आउनुभयो अनि उनीहरूले अन्यभाषाहरूमा बोले र अगमवाणी गरे ।
7 And all the men were about twelve.
उनीहरू जम्मा बाह्र जना जति मानिसहरू थिए ।
8 And entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly during three months, reasoning and persuading [the things] concerning the kingdom of God.
पावलले सभाघरमा गएर साहससाथ प्रचार गर्दै तीन महिना बिताए । उनले परमेश्वरको राज्यको बारेमा मानिसहरूसँग बहस गरे र विश्वास दिलाए ।
9 But when some were hardened and disbelieved, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he left them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
तर केही यहूदीहरूले हृदय कठोर पारे र अनाज्ञाकारी भए, अनि तिनीहरूले ख्रीष्टको मार्गको विरुद्धमा भिडहरूका सामु दुष्ट कुरा बोल्न थाले । यसकारण पावलले उनीहरूलाई छोडे र विश्वासहरूलाई लिएर त्यहाँबाट गए । उनले टुरान्नसको प्रवचन कक्षमा हरेक दिन बोल्न थाले ।
10 And this took place for two years, so that all that inhabited Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
यो प्रक्रिया दुई वर्षसम्म चल्यो र यसरी एसियामा भएका यहूदी र ग्रीकहरू दुवैले प्रभुको वचन सुने ।
11 And God wrought no ordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
पावलको हातबाट परमेश्वरले महान् कामहरू गर्नुभयो ।
12 so that even napkins or aprons were brought from his body [and put] upon the sick, and the diseases left them, and the wicked spirits went out.
पावलको शरीरमा रुमाल र कपडालाई छुवाएर लगेर बिरामीहरूलाई छुवाइदिँदा समेत तिनीहरू निको भए र दुष्ट आत्माहरू तिनीहरूका शरीरबाट निस्केर गए ।
13 And certain of the Jewish exorcists also, who went about, took in hand to call upon those who had wicked spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.
तर त्यस इलाकामा येशूको नाउँलाई आफू अनुकुल प्रयोग गर्ने केही यहूदी झारफुक गर्नेहरू पनि थिए । तिनीहरूले भूतात्मा लागेकाहरूलाई यसो भन्ने गर्थे, “पावलले प्रचार गरेको येशूको नाउँमा निक्ली जान म तँलाई आज्ञा गर्छु ।”
14 And there were certain [men], seven sons of Sceva, Jewish high priest, who were doing this.
त्यस्तो गर्नेमा एक जना यहूदी प्रधान पूजाहारी स्केवाका सातजना छोराहरू थिए ।
15 But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but ye, who are ye?
एउटा दुष्ट आत्माले तिनीहरूलाई यसो भनेर जवाफ दियो, “येशूलाई म चिन्छु; पावललाई पनि चिन्छु, तर तँचाहिँ को होस्?”
16 And the man in whom the wicked spirit was leaped upon them, and having mastered both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
त्यो दुष्ट आत्मा लागेको मानिस तिनीहरूमाथि झम्ट्यो र तिनीहरूलाई लछारपछार गरेर पिट्यो । तब तिनीहरू त्यस घरबाट नाङ्गै र घाइते भएर भागे ।
17 And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who inhabited Ephesus, and fear fell upon all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
एफिससमा बस्ने यहूदी र ग्रीक सबै विश्वासीहरूलाई यो कुरा थाहा भयो । यसले गर्दा उनीहरूमा ठुलो भय उत्त्पन्न भयो अनि प्रभु येशूको नाउँको महिमा भयो ।
18 And many of those that believed came confessing and declaring their deeds.
साथै धेरै विश्वासीहरू आएर आफूले गरेका दुष्ट कामहरू स्वीकार गरे ।
19 And many of those that practised curious arts brought their books [of charms] and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
टुनामुना गर्नेहरू धेरै जनाले आफ्ना पुस्तकहरू ल्याई सबैको सामुन्ने जलाए । तिनीहरूले यी सबैको मूल्याङ्कन गर्दा पचास हजार चाँदीका सिक्का बराबर भयो ।
20 Thus with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed.
यसरी प्रभुको वचन धेरै शक्तिशाली रूपमा फैलियो ।
21 And when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in his spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, After I have been there I must see Rome also.
अब पावलले एफिससमा अफ्नो सेवा-कार्य पुरा गरिसकेपछि पवित्र आत्माको अगुवाइमा उनले माकेडोनिया र अखैया हुँदै यरूशलेमतर्फ जाने निर्णय गरे । उनले भने, “यरूशलेम पुगेपछि म रोममा पनि जानै पर्छ ।”
22 And having sent into Macedonia two of those ministering to him, Timotheus and Erastus, he remained himself awhile in Asia.
पावलले आफ्ना दुई जना चेलाहरू तिमोथी र एरास्तसलाई माकेडोनिया पठाए जसले उनलाई सहयोग गरेका थिए । तर पावल आफैँचाहिँ केही समय एसियामै बसे ।
23 And there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.
त्यसैबेला एफिससमा यो मार्गको विषयमा ठुलो खैलाबैला मच्चियो ।
24 For a certain [man] by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver temples of Artemis, brought no small gain to the artisans;
डायनाको चाँदीका मूर्तिहरू बनाउने चाँदीका सिल्पकार डेमेत्रियसले कारीगरहरूलाई धेरै व्यापार जुटाइदिन्थे ।
25 whom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,
त्यसैकारण ती मानिसहरूलाई भेला गरेर तिनले भने, “साथीहरू, यो व्यापारबाट हामीले धेरै पैसा कमाइरहेका छौँ ।
26 and ye see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great crowd, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying that they are no gods which are made with hands.
तर तपाईंहरूले देख्दै र सुन्दै हुनुहुन्छ कि एफिससमा मात्र नभएर एसियामा भएका सबै ठाउँहरूमा पावलले कसरी धेरै मानिसहरूलाई यी कुराहरूबाट फर्काएको छ । उसले हातले बनाएका कुराहरूलाई ईश्वरहरू होइनन् भनिरहेछ ।
27 Now not only there is danger for us that our business come into discredit, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that her greatness should be destroyed whom the whole of Asia and the world reveres.
त्यसले गर्दा हाम्रो व्यापारमा नोक्सानी हुने मात्र होइन तर हाम्री महान् देवी डायनाको मन्दिर र तिनीप्रति मानिसहरूको आस्था पनि अब एसिया र संसारबाटै हराउनेछ ।”
28 And having heard [this], and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.
यो कुरा सुनेपछि, तिनीहरू रिसाएर यसो भन्दै चिच्याए, “एफिसीहरूकी देवी डायना महान् छिन्!”
29 And the [whole] city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, having seized and carried off with [them] Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.
यसरी सहरका सबै मानिसहरू अलमलमा परे । अनि पावलसँग माकेडोनियाबाट यात्रा गरी आएका गायस र अरिस्तार्खसलाई लिएर तिनीहरू सबै रङ्गशालाभित्र दौडे ।
30 But Paul intending to go in to the people, the disciples suffered him not;
पावल पनि त्यस भिडमा जान चाहन्थे, तर चेलाहरूले उनलाई रोके ।
31 and some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.
साथै कतिपय स्थानीय अधिकारीहरू जो पावलका मित्र थिए तिनीहरूले उनलाई त्यस भिडमा नआउन अनुरोध गर्दै खबर पठाए ।
32 Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.
केही मानिसहरू एउटा कुरा भन्दै थिए भने अरूले चाहिँ अर्कै कुरा गर्थे, कारण भिडका मानिसहरू अलमलमा थिए । धेरै मानिसहरूलाई त तिनीहरू त्यहाँ किन भेला भएका थिए भन्ने कुरा समेत थाहा थिएन ।
33 But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.
यहूदीहरूले एलेक्जेन्डरलाई भिडको पंक्तिमा ल्याए र तिनले आफ्ना हातद्वारा इशारा गरेर भिडलाई केही कुरा बुझाउन बोल्न लागे ।
34 But, recognising that he was a Jew, there was one cry from all, shouting for about two hours, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.
तर जब तिनीहरूले अलेक्जेन्डर पनि यहूदी हुन् भन्ने थाहा पाए, तब तिनीहरू सबैले एउटै स्वरमा दुई घण्टासम्म “एफिसीहरूकी देवी डायना महान् छिन्!” भन्दै चिच्याए ।
35 And the townclerk, having quieted the crowd, said, Ephesians, what man is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis the great, and of the [image] which fell down from heaven?
तब नगर-सचिवले भिडलाई शान्त गराएर भने, “एफिससका मानिसहरू हो! एफिसीहरूको सहर महान् डायनाको मन्दिर र आकाशबाट खसेको तिनको मूर्तिको रक्षक हो भन्ने कुरा कसलाई थाहा छैन र?
36 These things therefore being undeniable, it is necessary that ye should be calm and do nothing headlong.
यसरी यी कुराहरूलाई इन्कार गर्न सकिँदैन, यसकारण तपाईंहरू शान्त रहनुपर्छ र हतारमा केही गर्नुहुँदैन ।
37 For ye have brought these men, [who are] neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.
किनकि तपाईंहरूले ल्याएका यी मानिसहरूले न त मन्दिर लुटेका छन् न त हाम्री देवीको विरुद्धमा ईश्वरनिन्दा नै गरेका छन् ।
38 If therefore Demetrius and the artisans who [are] with him have a matter against any one, the courts are being held, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.
त्यसकारण, डेमेत्रियस र उसका कारीगरहरूसँग कसैको विरुद्धमा केही भएमा अदालतहरू खुल्ला छन् र त्यहाँ न्यायाधीशहरू छन् । त्यहाँ तिनीहरूले उजुरी दिऊन् ।
39 But if ye inquire anything concerning other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
तर यदि अरू कुराहरू भएमा नियमित सभामा निर्णय लिइने छ ।
40 For also we are in danger to be put in accusation for sedition for this [affair] of to-day, no cause existing in reference to which we shall be able to give a reason for this concourse.
किनभने आजको यस खैलाबैलाको दोष हामीलाई लाग्ने खतरा छ । यो बिनाकारणको हो र यसको व्याख्या गर्न हामी सक्दैनौँ ।”
41 And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.
यति भनेपछि उनले सभालाई विसर्जन गरे ।
