Acts 18
1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
Le nu siawo megbe la, Paulo dzo le Atene heyi Korinto.
2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome: ) and came unto them.
Afi ma wòdo go Yudatɔ aɖe si woyɔna be Akwila la le. Wodzi Akwila le Ponto, eye eya kple srɔ̃a Priskila wonɔ Italia tsã, gake Kaisaro Klaudio va de se be woanya Yudatɔwo katã le Roma dua me. Esia ta Akwila kple srɔ̃a ʋu va tsi Korinto. Paulo yi ɖasrã wo kpɔ,
3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
elabena enye avɔgbadɔwɔla abe woawo ke ene. Enɔ wo gbɔ hewɔ dɔ kpli wo.
4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Paulo yia Yudatɔwo ƒe ƒuƒoƒe si le dua me le Dzudzɔgbe ɖe sia ɖe dzi hedzroa mawunya me kple Yudatɔwo kple Helatɔwo siaa, eye wòƒonɛ ɖe wo nu be woatrɔ dzi me.
5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews [that] Jesus [was] Christ.
Esi Silas kple Timoteo tso Makedonia va ɖo Korinto ko la, Paulo ɖe asi le nu sia nu ŋu hetsɔ eɖokui na mawunyakaka kple ɖaseɖiɖi na Yudatɔwo be Yesue nye Kristo la.
6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook [his] raiment, and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your own heads; I [am] clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
Ke le ale si Yudatɔwo tsi tsitre ɖe Paulo ŋu sesĩe, eye gawu la, wonɔ busunyawo gblɔm ta la, Paulo ɖe asi le woƒe nya me, eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Miaƒe ʋu neva miawo ŋutɔ ƒe ta dzi. Nye asi megale miaƒe nya me o. Tso azɔ dzi yina la, magblɔ nyanyui la na ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o.”
7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain [man’s] house, named Justus, [one] that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
Ale Paulo dzo le ƒuƒoƒea, eye wòge ɖe aƒe aɖe si le ƒuƒoƒea ŋu la me, heyi ɖanɔ aƒea tɔ si woyɔna be Tito Yusto la gbɔ, ame si nye Mawusubɔla.
8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
To Paulo ƒe afi ma nɔnɔ me la, Krispo si nye Yudatɔwo ƒe ƒuƒoƒemegã la kple eƒe aƒe blibo la me tɔwo katã xɔ Aƒetɔ la dzi se, eye wòde mawutsi ta na wo. Korintotɔ bubu geɖe siwo hã se eƒe mawunya la trɔ dzi me, eye wòde mawutsi ta na woawo hã.
9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
Gbe ɖeka ƒe zã me la, Mawu ƒo nu na Paulo le ɖeɖefia me be, “Mègavɔ̃ o; nɔ nya la gbɔgblɔ dzi, eye mègazi ɖoɖoe o,
10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
elabena meli kpli wò, eye ame aɖeke mate ŋu atsi tsitre ɖe ŋuwò o, ame geɖewo le du sia me siwo nye tɔnyewo.”
11 And he continued [there] a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
Nu sia do ŋusẽ Paulo ale wònɔ Korinto ƒe ɖeka kple afã sɔŋ henɔ Mawu ƒe nyateƒenya la gblɔm.
12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
Ke esi Galio nye dziɖula le Akaya nuto me la, Yudatɔwo wɔ ɖeka ɖe Paulo ŋu, eye wokplɔe yi ʋɔnui.
13 Saying, This [fellow] persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
Wotsɔ nya ɖe eŋu be, “Ŋutsu sia le amewo hem be woasubɔ Mawu le mɔ si mesɔ kple se la o dzi.”
14 And when Paul was now about to open [his] mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O [ye] Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
Esi Paulo ke nu be yeaɖe ye ɖokui nu la, Galio xɔ nya le enu hegblɔ na Yudatɔwo be, “Ne mi Yudatɔwo ɖe miele nutsotso nam tso nu vlo wɔwɔ aɖe alo amewuwu ŋuti la, anye ne maɖo to mi,
15 But if it be a question of words and names, and [of] your law, look ye [to it]; for I will be no judge of such [matters].
gake esi wònye nu si ku ɖe nyawo kple ŋkɔwo kpakple miaƒe sewo ŋuti la, miawo ŋutɔwo mikpɔ egbɔ. Nyemedi be manye ʋɔnudrɔ̃la le nya siawo me o.”
16 And he drave them from the judgment seat.
Ale Galio nya wo do goe le ʋɔnudrɔ̃ƒe la.
17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat [him] before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
Ameha la do dziku vevie, ale be wodze Sostene si nye Yudatɔwo ƒe ƒuƒoƒemegã la dzi, eye wolée heƒoe nyuie le ʋɔnu la ŋkume, gake Galio mede nu eme kura o.
18 And Paul [after this] tarried [there] yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn [his] head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
Paulo ganɔ dua me ɣeyiɣi aɖewo, eye emegbe la, eklã xɔsetɔwo, eye wòɖo tɔdziʋu hedzo yi Siria nuto me. Ekplɔ Priskila kple Akwila hã ɖe asi. Esi wova ɖo Kenkrea la, Paulo lũ ta kolikoli le adzɔgbeɖeɖe si wòwɔ do ŋgɔe le Yudatɔwo ƒe kɔnu nu la ta.
19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
Esi wova ɖo Efeso la, Paulo gblẽ Akwila kple Priskila ɖe tɔdziʋu la me, eye wòyi ɖe dua me be yeadzro nya me kple Yudatɔ siwo le afi ma la le woƒe ƒuƒoƒe.
20 When they desired [him] to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;
Wobia tso esi be wòanɔ anyi vie, gake egbe.
21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
Ke esi wòle dzodzom le wo gbɔ la, edo ŋugbe na wo be, “Ne Mawu lɔ̃ la, matrɔ ava.” Esia megbe la, eɖo tɔdziʋu tso Efeso.
22 And when he had landed at Cæsarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
Esi wòɖo Kaesarea la, eɖado gbe na hame la, eye wòyi Antioxia.
23 And after he had spent some time [there], he departed, and went over [all] the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
Paulo nɔ Antoxia vie, emegbe edze mɔ tso teƒe yi teƒe le Galatia kple Frigia nutowo me le ŋusẽ dom nusrɔ̃lawo katã.
24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, [and] mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
Eva eme be Yudatɔ aɖe si ŋkɔe nye Apolo, ame si tso Aleksandria la va Efeso. Ame sia nye agbalẽnyala gã aɖe si bi ɖe ŋɔŋlɔ kɔkɔe la me.
25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
Wofia nue tso Aƒetɔ la ƒe mɔ ŋuti, egblɔa nya dzideƒotɔe, eye wòfiaa nu tso Yesu ŋuti pɛpɛpɛ togbɔ be Yohanes ƒe mawutsideta ko wònya hã.
26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto [them], and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
Edze nufiafia gɔme le ƒuƒoƒe la dzideƒotɔe. Esi Akwila kple Priskila se eƒe nyawo la, wokpee yi woƒe aƒe me heɖe Mawu ƒe nyawo me nɛ tsitotsito wu esi wònya tsã.
27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:
Apolo di vevie be yeayi Akaya nuto me, ale xɔsetɔ siwo le Antioxia la do ŋusẽe be wòayi. Woŋlɔ agbalẽ ɖo ɖe xɔsetɔ siwo le afi ma la be ne Apolo va la, woaxɔe. Esi wòva ɖo Akaya nuto me la, egblɔ mawunya kple ŋusẽ eye wòdo ŋusẽ hame siwo nɔ afi ma le amenuveve me.
28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, [and that] publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
Edzro nya me kple Yudatɔwo le dutoƒo, eye wòɖi ɖase be mawunya ɖee fia kɔtɛe be Yesue nye Kristo la vavã.
