Acts 19
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul [left the places in Phrygia and Galatia] provinces where he had been visiting, and traveled through [Asia province] back to Ephesus. He met some people [who said that they] were believers.
Nahitabo kini samtang si Apolos anaa sa Corinto, miagi si Pablo sa ibabaw sa kabungtoran ug miabot siya sa siyudad sa Efeso, ug nakaplagan ang pipila sa mga disipulo didto.
2 He asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed [God’s message]?” They answered, “No, we [(exc) did not]. We have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
Miingon si Pablo kanila, “Nadawat ba ninyo ang Balaang Espiritu sa dihang mituo kamo?” Miingon sila kaniya, “Wala, wala man gani kami makadungog mahitungod sa Balaang Espiritu.”
3 So Paul asked, “So when you were baptized, what [were you showing]?” They replied, “[We were showing] that we [(exc)] believed what John [the Baptizer] taught.”
Miingon si Pablo, “Ngadto sa unsa man nga kamo nagpabawtismo?” Miingon sila, “Ngadto sa pagbawtismo ni Juan.”
4 Paul said, “John baptized people who turned away from their sinful behavior. He [also] told the people to believe in the one who would come after he [had come], and that was Jesus.”
Busa si Pablo mitubag, “Si Juan mobawtismo inubanan ang pagbawtismo sa paghinulsol. Gisultihan niya ang mga tawo nga kinahanglan motuo sila sa usa kong kinsa ang bout moabot human kaniya, mao kana, si Jesus.”
5 So, when those men heard that, they were baptized [to affirm that they believed] [MTY] in the Lord Jesus.
Sa dihang ang mga tawo nakadungog niini, gibawtismohan sila sa ngalan ni Ginoong Jesus.
6 After that, Paul placed his hands on their heads [one by one], and the [power of the] Holy Spirit came upon [each of] them. The [Holy Spirit] enabled them to speak in various languages [MTY] [that they had not learned], and they also spoke messages [that the Holy Spirit] revealed to them.
Unya sa dihang gitapion ni Pablo ang iyang mga kamot kanila, ang Balaang Espiritu mikunsad kanila ug nagsulti sila ug nagkalain-laing mga pinulongan ug nanagna.
7 There were about twelve men [whom Paul baptized and who received the power of the Holy Spirit].
Ang tanan mga napulo ug duha ka mga lalaki.
8 For three months after that, Paul entered the Jewish meeting place [in Ephesus on each] Sabbath/Jewish day of rest, and he spoke boldly. He convincingly taught [the people] about how God wanted to rule [MET] [their lives].
Miadto si Pablo sa sinagoga ug nagsulti nga walay kahadlok sulod sa tulo ka bulan. Nangulo siya sa mga panaghisgot ug nagdani sa mga tawo mahitungod sa mga butang nga may kalabutan sa gingharian sa Dios.
9 [A few of the people in the meeting house believed the message about Jesus]. But some of the people would not believe that message and did not want to [continue to] hear it. While many people were listening, they said many bad things about the way [for people to receive eternal life about which Paul was preaching]. So Paul left them and took the believers with him [to meet in another place]. He taught every day in a lecture hall [that a man whose name was] Tyrannus [lectured in/owned].
Apan sa dihang ang pipila ka mga Judio nagmagahi ug nagmasinupakon, nagsugod sila sa pagsulti ug daotan nga pamaagi mahitungod kang Cristo didto sa panon sa katawhan, busa si Pablo mibiya kanila, ug gidala ang mga magtutuo palayo gikan kanila. Siya nagsugod sa pagsulti kada adlaw didto sa hawanang tudloanan sa Tirano.
10 For two years Paul continued to teach people in that building. In this way, most of [HYP] the Jews and non-Jews who lived in Asia [province] heard the message about the Lord [Jesus].
Kini nagpadayon sulod sa duha ka tuig, aron ang tanang tawo nga namuyo sa Asia makadungog sa pulong sa Ginoo, ang mga Judio ug Griyego.
11 Also, God gave Paul the power [MTY] to do amazing miracles.
Ang Dios naghimo ug mga gamhanang buhat pinaagi sa mga kamot ni Pablo,
12 [If those who were sick could not come to Paul, handkerchiefs or aprons that Paul had touched would be taken and] placed on the sick people {[others] would take [and place on] the sick people handkerchiefs or aprons that Paul had touched}. As a result, those sick people would become well, and evil spirits that troubled people would leave.
aron bisan pa ang naay sakit maulian, ug ang mga daotan nga espritu mogawas sa mga tawo, sa pagkuha nila sa mga panyo ug mga tapis gikan sa lawas ni Pablo.
13 There were also some Jews who traveled around [to] various places, [and] they commanded the evil spirits in those places to depart [from people. Certain ones of those Jews once] tried to command the evil spirits to come out of people by saying “I command you by the authority [MTY] of the Lord Jesus, the man about whom Paul preaches, to come out!”
Apan adunay mga Judio nga espiritista nga nagbiyahe sa maong lugara nga nagdala sa ngalan ni Jesus alang sa ilang kaugalingong pagamit. Sila nakigsulti niadtong adunay daotang mga espiritu; sila miingon, “Ako nagmando kanimo pinaagi kang Jesus nga gisangyaw ni Pablo nga mobiya.”
14 There were seven men who were doing that. They were sons of a man named Sceva, a Jew, [who called himself] a chief priest.
Kadtong naghimo niini mao ang pito ka anak nga mga lalaki sa pangulong pari sa mga Judio, Esceva.
15 But [one day as they were doing that], the evil spirit [refused to come out of that person. Instead, he] said to them, “I know Jesus, and I know [that he has authorized] Paul [to expel demons]. (But no one has authorized you [to do anything to me!]/who authorized you [to do anything to me]?) [RHQ]”
Ang daotang espiritu mitubag kanila, “Nakaila ako kang Jesus, ug nakaila ako kang Pablo; apan kinsa man kamo?”
16 [After saying that, suddenly] the man who was controlled by the evil spirit jumped on the seven Jewish men, [one after another], knocked all of them down, and beat each of them severely. He tore off their clothes and wounded them, causing them to bleed. So, [greatly frightened, they all] ran out of the house.
Ang daotang espiritu naa sa tawo milukso sa Espiritista ug nalupig sila ug gikulata sila. Unya nanghawa sila pagawas sa balay nga hubo ug samaran.
17 All the people who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and non-Jews, heard what had happened. So they were afraid [MTY]. They honored the Lord Jesus [MTY] [because they realized that he was very powerful].
Kini nahibal-an sa tanan, sa mga Judio ug mga Griyego, nga namuyo sa Efeso. Sila nangahadlok kaayo, ug ang ngalan ni Ginoong Jesus napasidunggan.
18 [At that time], while other believers were listening, many believers confessed the evil things that they had been doing.
Daghan usab sa mga magtutuo miabot ug nagsugid ug miangkon sa mga daotang mga butang nga ilang nahimo.
19 Several of those who had [previously] practiced sorcery gathered up their scrolls [that told how to work] magic and burned them in a public place. When people added up how much those scrolls had cost, they realized that altogether the amount was 50,000 valuable silver coins.
Daghan ang nagbansay ug mga salamangka ug nagdala sa ilang mga basahon ug gisunog sa panan-aw sa matag-usa. Sa dihang ilang giihap ang bili niini, kini mga 50, 000 kadaghanon sa plata.
20 As a result, many more people heard [MTY] the message about the Lord [Jesus], and the message powerfully [changed their lives].
Busa ang pulong sa Ginoo mikaylap sa gamhanang mga pamaagi.
21 After those things had happened, Paul decided that he wanted to go to Jerusalem, but he decided that [first] he would visit [the believers in] Macedonia and Achaia [provinces again]. Paul said, “After I have been to Jerusalem, I must also go to Rome.”
Karon sa natapos na ni Pablo ang iyang pagpangalagad sa Efeso, nakahukom siya diha sa Espiritu nga moagi sa Macedonia ug Acaya sa iyang dalan ngadto sa Jerusalem; siya miingon, “Pagkahuman nako ug adto didto, kinahanglan usab nako makita ang Roma.”
22 He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, ahead to Macedonia. But Paul stayed a little longer [in Ephesus city], in Asia [province].
Gipadala ni Pablo sa Macedonia ang duha niya ka mga disipulo, si Timoteo ug si Erastus, nga nitabang kaniya. Apan siya nagpabilin makadiyot sa Asya.
23 [Soon after that], some of the people there tried to make a lot of [LIT] trouble for the people who believed the way [God revealed for us(inc) to receive eternal life].
Ug nianang taknaa mitumaw ang dakong kasamok sa Efeso mahitungod sa Dalan.
24 There was a man there whose name was Demetrius who made little images out of silver. [They were models] of the temple of [a goddess whose name was] Artemis. Demetrius and the other men [who made those little images] earned a lot of [LIT] money [from selling those images].
Ang usa ka platero nga ginganlan ug Demetrius, nga naghimo ug plata nga istatuwa ni Diana, nagdala sa dakong negosyo alang sa mga magbubuhat.
25 Demetrius called a meeting of his workmen and also of others who made the little silver images. He said to them, “Men, you know that we [(inc)] earn a lot of money doing our kind of work.
Busa gitigom niya ang mga trabahante sa maong panginabuhi ug miingon, “Mga sir, nakabalo kamo nga kini nga negosyo nakapahimo kanato ug daghan nga kuwarta.
26 Also, you know that [this fellow] Paul has persuaded many people who live in Ephesus [to no longer buy the images that we make. Now even the people from] many other towns in our province [no longer want to buy what we make]. This fellow tells people that the gods that we have made [and worship] are not gods [and that we should not worship them].
Kamo nakakita ug nakadungog niana, dili lamang sa Efeso, apan halos tibuok Asya, kini si Pablo nagdani ug nagpalayo sa daghang mga tawo. Siya nagaingon nga walay mga dios nga hinimo sa mga kamot.
27 [If people continue to listen to him], soon they will ruin our business. Besides, they will no longer think that they should [come to] the temple of Artemis [to worship her. People] all over our Asia [province] and everywhere [HYP] else worship [our great] goddess [Artemis. Soon people] may no longer consider that Artemis is great!”
Ug dili lamang ang kakuyaw nga ang atong mga negosyo dili na kinahanglanon, apan bisan pa ang templo sa bantogang diosa nga si Diana mahimong kining walay pulos. Unya siya mawad-an na sa iyang kadungganan, siya nga gisimba sa tanan sa Asya ug sa tibuok kalibotan.”
28 All the men there were very angry [at Paul] when they heard what Demetrius said. They began to shout, “The goddess Artemis of us Ephesians is very great!”
Sa dihang nadungog nila kini napuno sila sa kasuko ug misinggit sa kusog, sa pag-ingon, “Bantogan si Diana sa mga taga-Efeso.”
29 Many of the other people in the city heard the shouting and went [and joined the crowd. They also became angry at Paul] and began shouting. [Several of] the people seized Gaius and Aristarchus, two men [from Macedonia] who had been traveling with Paul. [Then the whole crowd of people ran, dragging those men along with them], to the city stadium.
Ang tibuok siyudad napuno sa kalibog, ug ang mga tawo nagdali-dali ug adto sa tiyatro. Gidakop nila ang mga kauban ni Pablo sa pagbiyahe, nga si Gaius ug si Aristarchus, nga miabot gikan sa Macedonia.
30 Paul also wanted to go [to the stadium and speak to] the people, but the other believers would not let him go there.
Si Pablo bout mosulod taliwala sa panon sa katawhan, apan ang mga disipulo nagpugong kaniya.
31 Also, some government officials of that province who were friends of Paul [heard what was happening]. So they sent someone to tell him [urgently] not to go into the stadium.
Usab, pipila ka mga pangulo nga higala ni Pablo nagpadala sa pulong ug naghangyo kaniya nga dili mosulod sa tiyatro.
32 The crowd of people [in the stadium] continued shouting. Some shouted one thing, and some shouted something else. But most of them did not even know what the meeting was about!
Pipila ka mga tawo naninggit sa usa ka butang, ug ang pipila lahi, kay ang pundok sa katawhan anaa sa kalibog. Kasagaran kanila wala gani nasayod nganong nagtigom sila.
33 One of the [Jews there was named Alexander. Some of] the Jews pushed him to the front of the stadium, [so that he could speak to the crowd of people]. So Alexander motioned with his hands to the crowd, [wanting them to be quiet]. He wanted to tell them that [the Jews] were not responsible [for the riot].
Gidala sa mga Judio si Alexander pagawas gikan sa pundok sa katawhan ug gibutang siya atubangan sa mga tawo. Misinyas si Alexander sa iyang kamot aron maghimo ug usa ka pamahayag sa mga tawo.
34 But [many of the non-Jewish people] knew that Alexander was a Jew. [They also knew that the Jews did not worship the goddess Artemis. So the non-Jews there] unitedly [and] repeatedly shouted for about two hours, “Great is [the goddess] Artemis [whom we(inc)] Ephesians [worship]!”
Apan sa dihang nakaamgo sila nga siya usa ka Judio, silang tanan naninggit sa usa ka tingog nga hapit miabot sa duha ka oras, “Bantogan si Diana sa mga taga Efeso.”
35 Then the city secretary made the crowd stop shouting, and he said to them, “My fellow-citizens, everyone in the world knows [RHQ] that [we(inc) people who live in] Ephesus [city] guard the temple [where we worship] the great [goddess] Artemis. Also, [everyone knows that we(inc) watch over] the [sacred] image [of our goddess] that fell down from heaven!
Sa dihang gipahilom sa tigdumala sa lungsod ang pundok sa katawhan, siya miingon, “Kamo mga tawo sa Efeso, unsa nga tawo didto ang wala masayod nga ang siyudad sa mga taga-Efeso mao ang magbalantay sa templo sa bantogang Diana ug sa mga larawan nga nahulog gikan sa langit?
36 Of course everyone knows that, and no one can say that these things are not true. So you should be quiet now. Do not suddenly do anything (foolish/that will cause us trouble).
Sa pagkakita nga kining mga butanga dili ikalimod, kamo kinahanglan nga maghilom ug dili maghimo sa pagpangagpas.
37 You [should not] have brought these [two] men [here, because they have not done anything evil]. They have not gone into our temples and taken things [from there]. And they have not spoken evil of our goddess.
Kay inyong gidala kining mga tawhana dinhi sa korte nga dili man gani mga kawatan sa templo ni tigpasipala sa atong diosa.
38 Therefore, if Demetrius and his fellow-workmen want to accuse anyone [about anything bad, they should do it in the right way]. There are courts [that you can go to when you want to accuse someone], and there are judges [there who have been appointed by the government] {[whom the government has appointed]}. You can accuse [anyone there].
Busa, kung si Demetrius ug ang mga mananalsal uban kaniya adunay mga sumbong batok ni bisan kinsa, abre ang mga hukmanan ug adunay mga gobernador. Tugoti sila nga magpasangil sa usag-usa.
39 But if you want to ask about something else, [you should ask] for [other officials to] resolve it when [those] officials legally assemble.
Apan kung mangita kamo sa bisan unsang mga butang mahitungod sa laing mga butang, kinahanglan kini mahusay sa kasagaran nga panagtigom.
40 [And this is certainly not a legal meeting! Resolve this legally] because, if [we(inc) do] not, I am afraid [that the governor] will hear about all this noise [that you have made] and will say that we [(inc)] were trying to rebel [against the government]. If he would ask me what you were all shouting about, I would not be able to give him an answer.”
Kay sa pagkatinuod kita anaa sa kakuyaw mahitungod sa kagubot niining adlawa. Walay hinungdan alang niining kagubot, ug dili kita makahimo sa pagpahayag niini.”
41 That is what the city secretary said [to the crowd]. Then he told them all to go [home. So they left].
Sa dihang nasulti na niya kini, gitapos niya ang panagtigom.
