Acts 19
1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the interior regions and came to Ephesus, where he came across some disciples.
Wana Apolosi azalaki na Kolinto, Polo alekelaki na mokili ya bangomba ya Azia, mpe akomaki na Efeso. Kuna, akutaki mwa ndambo ya bayekoli
2 He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
mpe atunaki bango: — Boni, bozwaki Molimo Mosantu tango bokomaki bandimi? Bazongisaki: — Te! Totikala nanu koyoka te ete Molimo Mosantu azalaka.
3 So Paul said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John's baptism.”
Polo atunaki bango lisusu: — Bongo libatisi ya ndenge nini penza bozwaki? Bazongisaki: — Tozwaki libatisi ya Yoane.
4 Then Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.”
Polo alobaki na bango: — Libatisi oyo Yoane azalaki kopesa ezalaki libatisi ya kobongola motema; azalaki koloba na bato ete bandimela moto oyo akoya sima na ye, elingi koloba ete bandimela Yesu.
5 On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Boye, bayokelaki ye mpe bazwaki libatisi na Kombo ya Nkolo Yesu.
6 And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying.
Tango Polo atielaki bango maboko, Molimo Mosantu akitelaki bango, mpe bakomaki koloba na nkota ya sika mpe kosakola.
7 There were about twelve men in all.
Bango nyonso bazalaki bato pene zomi na mibale.
8 Over a period of three months Paul would go into the synagogue and speak boldly, reasoning and persuading the people about the kingdom of God.
Bongo, Polo akendeki na ndako ya mayangani epai wapi, na basanza misato, azalaki koloba na molende epai na bato; azalaki koteya bango makambo oyo etali Bokonzi ya Nzambe mpe kondimisa bango yango.
9 But some became hardened and refused to believe, speaking evil of the Way in front of the congregation. So Paul left them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the lecture hall of a man named Tyrannus.
Kasi bato mosusu kati na bango bazalaki mitema mabanga; baboyaki kondima mpe batiolaki nzela ya Nkolo na miso ya bato ebele. Bongo Polo akabwanaki na bango. Amemaki bayekoli mpe, mokolo na mokolo, azalaki koteya bango na eteyelo ya Tiranisi.
10 This continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord Jesus.
Esalaki bongo mibu mibale; boye Bayuda nyonso mpe bato nyonso ya Grese, oyo bazalaki kovanda na mokili ya Azia bayokaki Liloba na Nkolo.
11 Now God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
Nzambe azalaki kosala bikamwa ya somo na nzela ya Polo.
12 so that even cloths or aprons that had touched his skin were placed upon the sick, and their diseases left them, and evil spirits came out of them.
Boye bato bakomaki kokamata miswale mpe bilamba oyo etuti nzoto ya Polo, mpo na kotia yango na banzoto ya babeli, bongo bokono ya bato yango ezalaki kosila, mpe milimo mabe ezalaki kobima kati na bango.
13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits. They would say, “We adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
Ndambo ya Bayuda oyo bazalaki kotambola-tambola mpo na kobengana milimo mabe bamekaki kobelela Kombo ya Nkolo Yesu mpo na koluka kokangola bato oyo bazalaki na se ya bokonzi ya milimo mabe; bazalaki koloba: — Na Kombo ya Yesu oyo Polo ateyaka, napesi bino mitindo ya kobima.
14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.
Bana mibali sambo ya Moyuda Seva, moko kati na bakonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe, bazalaki kosala bongo.
15 But one day an evil spirit responded, “I know Jesus, and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”
Mokolo moko, molimo mabe ezongiselaki bango: — Nayebi Yesu, nayebi mpe soki Polo azali nani; kasi bino, bozali banani?
16 Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled from the house naked and wounded.
Mpe moto oyo azalaki na molimo mabe apumbwelaki bango, akangaki bango mpe abetaki bango nyonso makasi penza kino babimaki na ndako bolumbu mpe batonda na bapota.
17 When this became known to all the Jews and Greeks who dwelt in Ephesus, fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.
Tango likambo yango eyebanaki na Bayuda mpe na bato ya Grese oyo bavandaka na Efeso, somo ekangaki bango nyonso, mpe Kombo ya Nkolo Yesu ezwaki lokumu mingi.
18 Many who had become believers came forward, confessing and disclosing their practices,
Mingi kati na bato oyo bakomaki bandimi bazalaki koya kondima mpe kotubela polele misala na bango ya mabe.
19 while many who practiced magical arts brought their books together and began burning them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was added up, the total came to fifty thousand silver coins.
Mpe bato mingi ya maji bamemaki babuku na bango mpe batumbaki yango na miso ya bato nyonso. Tango balukaki koyeba motuya ya babuku yango, emonanaki ete ezalaki na motuya ya mbongo ya bibende nkoto tuku mitano.
20 In this way the word of the Lord was increasing and prevailing mightily.
Ezali ndenge wana nde Liloba na Nkolo ezalaki kokoba kopanzana mpe komonana ete etonda na nguya ya Nzambe.
21 After these things had taken place, Paul resolved in his spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go on to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must see Rome also.”
Sima na makambo oyo nyonso, Polo, na bokambami ya Molimo, azwaki mokano ya kolekela na Masedwane mpe na Akayi mpo na kokende na Yelusalemi. Alobaki: — Soki nalongwe kuna, nakokende lisusu na Rome.
22 So he sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he himself stayed in Asia for a period of time.
Atindaki na Masedwane, mibale kati na basungi na ye ya mosala, Timote mpe Erasite, wana ye moko atikalaki mwa mikolo na Azia.
23 About that time a great disturbance arose concerning the Way.
Ezalaki na tango wana nde mobulu makasi esalemaki na Efeso na tina na Nzela ya Nkolo.
24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a great deal of business to the craftsmen.
Demetriusi, mosali ya babiju, azalaki kosala na palata bililingi ya batempelo ya nzambe Artemisi. Na mosala yango, azalaki kofuta basali na ye mbongo mingi.
25 He gathered these men together, along with those who worked in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our wealth is derived from this business.
Asangisaki bango elongo na bato ya misala ya maboko, oyo basalaka mosala moko na ye, mpe alobaki na bango: — Baninga na ngai, boyebi malamu ete mosala oyo efutaka biso malamu.
26 You also see and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but in nearly all of Asia, this man Paul has persuaded and drawn away a considerable crowd, saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.
Nzokande, bino moko bozali komona mpe koyoka ndenge nini Polo wana azali kosala nyonso mpo na kondimisa bato mpe kobenda sima na ye bato ebele awa kaka na Efeso te, kasi mpe na etuka mobimba ya Azia; azali koloba ete banzambe oyo esalemi na maboko ya bato ezali banzambe te.
27 Not only is there the danger that this trade of ours might come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis might be regarded as nothing, and that her magnificence might be brought down, whom all Asia and the world worship.”
Makambo oyo Polo azali kosala ezali koluka kaka te kobebisa lokumu ya mosala na biso, kasi ezali mpe kosilisa lokumu ya tempelo ya Artemisi, nzambe monene ya mwasi; ezali lisusu kosilisa nkembo ya Artemisi oyo Azia mobimba mpe mokili mobimba ezali kogumbamela.
28 When they heard this, they were filled with rage and began crying out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Tango kaka bayokaki bongo, basilikaki makasi mpe bakomaki koganga: — Artemisi ya Efeso azali monene!
29 So the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the amphitheater, seizing Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.
Mbala moko, mobulu ekotaki kati na engumba mobimba. Bakangaki Gayusi mpe Arisitarke, bato mibale ya Masedwane, oyo bazalaki kotambola elongo na Polo; mpe bato nyonso bakendeki na lombangu na ndako ya masano.
30 Although Paul wanted to go into the public assembly, the disciples would not let him.
Polo azalaki na posa ya kobima na miso ya bato, kasi bayekoli bapekisaki ye.
31 Even some of the provincial officials of Asia, who were friends of Paul, sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the amphitheater.
Ezala mpe baninga na ye, oyo bazalaki bakambi ya etuka, batindelaki ye maloba mpo na kosenga na ye ete ameka te kosala liseki ya kokende na ndako ya masano.
32 Now some were shouting one thing, and some were shouting another, for the assembly was confused, and the majority did not know for what reason they had come together.
Mobulu makasi ekotaki kati na ebele ya bato: bamoko bazalaki koganga mpo na likambo moko, mpe bamosusu, mpo na likambo mosusu. Mingi kati na bango bazalaki koyeba te tina nini basangani wana.
33 So the Jews put forward Alexander, who was then brought before the crowd. Alexander motioned with his hand, wishing to make a defense to the public assembly.
Bayuda kati na ebele ya bato batindikaki Alekizandre na liboso, mpe batalisaki ye likambo yango ndenge ezali. Bongo Alekizandre atombolaki loboko mpo na kolakisa ete alingi kozwa maloba mpo na kotalisa na bato.
34 But when they realized he was a Jew, a single outcry arose from them all as they shouted for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Kasi tango basosolaki ete azali Moyuda, bango nyonso basalaki pene bangonga mibale ya koganga lokola moto moko: — Artemisi ya Efeso azali monene!
35 When the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, who is there that does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis and of the image that fell down from Zeus?
Suka na suka, mokomi mikanda ya engumba alongaki kopekisa makelele ya bato; alobaki: — Bato ya Efeso! Nani kati na mokili oyo ayebi te ete engumba ya Efeso ezali engumba mosantu ya Artemisi, nzambe mwasi monene, mpe ya ekeko na ye oyo ekita wuta na likolo?
36 Therefore, since these facts are undeniable, you must keep calm and not do anything rash.
Yango wana, lokola moko te akoki kotia tembe na likambo oyo, bovanda kimia mpe bosala makambo ya bozoba te.
37 For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of your goddess.
Bato oyo bomemi awa babebisi ndako ya nzambe na biso te mpe bafingi ye te.
38 So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another.
Soki Demetriusi mpe basali na ye bazwi moto likambo, esambiselo ezali, basambisi mpe bazali. Ebongi malamu ete bakende kofunda.
39 But if you seek anything concerning other matters, it must be settled in the lawful assembly.
Mpe soki bozali na likambo mosusu ya koloba, tokoyekola yango malamu kati na mayangani oyo mibeko epesa ndingisa.
40 For we are in danger of being charged with rioting in connection with today's events, since there is no reason we can give to account for this disorderly gathering.”
Soki tokebi te, bakoki kofunda biso ete botombokisi bato, mpo na makambo oyo esalemi lelo. Na bongo, tokolonga te kolimbola tina oyo bato basangani awa.
41 And after saying this, he dismissed the assembly.
Tango kaka asilisaki koloba, apesaki mitindo ete bato bapanzana.
