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.
Ketika Apolos masih di Korintus, Paulus sudah menjelajah daerah-daerah pedalaman dan tiba di Efesus. Di situ didapatinya beberapa orang murid.
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.”
Katanya kepada mereka: "Sudahkah kamu menerima Roh Kudus, ketika kamu menjadi percaya?" Akan tetapi mereka menjawab dia: "Belum, bahkan kami belum pernah mendengar, bahwa ada Roh Kudus."
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.”
Lalu kata Paulus kepada mereka: "Kalau begitu dengan baptisan manakah kamu telah dibaptis?" Jawab mereka: "Dengan baptisan Yohanes."
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.”
Kata Paulus: "Baptisan Yohanes adalah pembaptisan orang yang telah bertobat, dan ia berkata kepada orang banyak, bahwa mereka harus percaya kepada Dia yang datang kemudian dari padanya, yaitu Yesus."
5 So, when those men heard that, they were baptized [to affirm that they believed] [MTY] in the Lord Jesus.
Ketika mereka mendengar hal itu, mereka memberi diri mereka dibaptis dalam nama Tuhan Yesus.
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.
Dan ketika Paulus menumpangkan tangan di atas mereka, turunlah Roh Kudus ke atas mereka, dan mulailah mereka berkata-kata dalam bahasa roh dan bernubuat.
7 There were about twelve men [whom Paul baptized and who received the power of the Holy Spirit].
Jumlah mereka adalah kira-kira dua belas orang.
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].
Selama tiga bulan Paulus mengunjungi rumah ibadat di situ dan mengajar dengan berani. Oleh pemberitaannya ia berusaha meyakinkan mereka tentang Kerajaan Allah.
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].
Tetapi ada beberapa orang yang tegar hatinya. Mereka tidak mau diyakinkan, malahan mengumpat Jalan Tuhan di depan orang banyak. Karena itu Paulus meninggalkan mereka dan memisahkan murid-muridnya dari mereka, dan setiap hari berbicara di ruang kuliah Tiranus.
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].
Hal ini dilakukannya dua tahun lamanya, sehingga semua penduduk Asia mendengar firman Tuhan, baik orang Yahudi maupun orang Yunani.
11 Also, God gave Paul the power [MTY] to do amazing miracles.
Oleh Paulus Allah mengadakan mujizat-mujizat yang luar biasa,
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.
bahkan orang membawa saputangan atau kain yang pernah dipakai oleh Paulus dan meletakkannya atas orang-orang sakit, maka lenyaplah penyakit mereka dan keluarlah roh-roh jahat.
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!”
Juga beberapa tukang jampi Yahudi, yang berjalan keliling di negeri itu, mencoba menyebut nama Tuhan Yesus atas mereka yang kerasukan roh jahat dengan berseru, katanya: "Aku menyumpahi kamu demi nama Yesus yang diberitakan oleh Paulus."
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.
Mereka yang melakukan hal itu ialah tujuh orang anak dari seorang imam kepala Yahudi yang bernama Skewa.
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]”
Tetapi roh jahat itu menjawab: "Yesus aku kenal, dan Paulus aku ketahui, tetapi kamu, siapakah kamu?"
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.
Dan orang yang dirasuk roh jahat itu menerpa mereka dan menggagahi mereka semua dan mengalahkannya, sehingga mereka lari dari rumah orang itu dengan telanjang dan luka-luka.
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].
Hal itu diketahui oleh seluruh penduduk Efesus, baik orang Yahudi maupun orang Yunani, maka ketakutanlah mereka semua dan makin masyhurlah nama Tuhan Yesus.
18 [At that time], while other believers were listening, many believers confessed the evil things that they had been doing.
Banyak di antara mereka yang telah menjadi percaya, datang dan mengaku di muka umum, bahwa mereka pernah turut melakukan perbuatan-perbuata seperti itu.
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.
Banyak juga di antara mereka, yang pernah melakukan sihir, mengumpulkan kitab-kitabnya lalu membakarnya di depan mata semua orang. Nilai kitab-kitab itu ditaksir lima puluh ribu uang perak.
20 As a result, many more people heard [MTY] the message about the Lord [Jesus], and the message powerfully [changed their lives].
Dengan jalan ini makin tersiarlah firman Tuhan dan makin berkuasa.
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.”
Kemudian dari pada semuanya itu Paulus bermaksud pergi ke Yerusalem melalui Makedonia dan Akhaya. Katanya: "Sesudah berkunjung ke situ aku harus melihat Roma juga."
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].
Lalu ia menyuruh dua orang pembantunya, yaitu Timotius dan Erastus, mendahuluinya ke Makedonia, tetapi ia sendiri tinggal beberapa lama lagi di Asia.
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].
Kira-kira pada waktu itu timbul huru-hara besar mengenai Jalan Tuhan.
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].
Sebab ada seorang bernama Demetrius, seorang tukang perak, yang membuat kuil-kuilan dewi Artemis dari perak. Usahanya itu mendatangkan penghasilan yang tidak sedikit bagi tukang-tukangnya.
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.
Ia mengumpulkan mereka bersama-sama dengan pekerja-pekerja lain dalam perusahaan itu dan berkata: "Saudara-saudara, kamu tahu, bahwa kemakmuran kita adalah hasil perusahaan ini!
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].
Sekarang kamu sendiri melihat dan mendengar, bagaimana Paulus, bukan saja di Efesus, tetapi juga hampir di seluruh Asia telah membujuk dan menyesatkan banyak orang dengan mengatakan, bahwa apa yang dibuat oleh tangan manusia bukanlah dewa.
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!”
Dengan jalan demikian bukan saja perusahaan kita berada dalam bahaya untuk dihina orang, tetapi juga kuil Artemis, dewi besar itu, berada dalam bahaya akan kehilangan artinya. Dan Artemis sendiri, Artemis yang disembah oleh seluruh Asia dan seluruh dunia yang beradab, akan kehilangan kebesarannya."
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!”
Mendengar itu meluaplah amarah mereka, lalu mereka berteriak-teriak, katanya: "Besarlah Artemis dewi orang Efesus!"
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.
Seluruh kota menjadi kacau dan mereka ramai-ramai membanjiri gedung kesenian serta menyeret Gayus dan Aristarkhus, keduanya orang Makedonia dan teman seperjalanan Paulus.
30 Paul also wanted to go [to the stadium and speak to] the people, but the other believers would not let him go there.
Paulus mau pergi ke tengah-tengah rakyat itu, tetapi murid-muridnya tidak mengizinkannya.
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.
Bahkan beberapa pembesar yang berasal dari Asia yang bersahabat dengan Paulus, mengirim peringatan kepadanya, supaya ia jangan masuk ke gedung kesenian itu.
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!
Sementara itu orang yang berkumpul di dalam gedung itu berteriak-teriak; yang seorang mengatakan ini dan yang lain mengatakan itu, sebab kumpulan itu kacau-balau dan kebanyakan dari mereka tidak tahu untuk apa mereka berkumpul.
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].
Lalu seorang bernama Aleksander didorong ke depan oleh orang-orang Yahudi. Ia mendapat keterangan dari orang banyak tentang apa yang terjadi. Segera ia memberi isyarat dengan tangannya dan mau memberi penjelasan sebagai pembelaan di depan rakyat itu.
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]!”
Tetapi ketika mereka tahu, bahwa ia adalah orang Yahudi, berteriaklah mereka bersama-sama kira-kira dua jam lamanya: "Besarlah Artemis dewi orang Efesus!"
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!
Akan tetapi panitera kota menenangkan orang banyak itu dan berkata: "Hai orang Efesus! Siapakah di dunia ini yang tidak tahu, bahwa kota Efesuslah yang memelihara baik kuil dewi Artemis, yang mahabesar, maupun patungnya yang turun dari 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).
Hal itu tidak dapat dibantah, karena itu hendaklah kamu tenang dan janganlah terburu-buru bertindak.
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.
Sebab kamu telah membawa orang-orang ini ke sini, walaupun mereka tidak merampok kuil dewi kita dan tidak menghujat namanya.
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].
Jadi jika Demetrius dan tukang-tukangnya ada pengaduannya terhadap seseorang, bukankah ada sidang-sidang pengadilan dan ada gubernur, jadi hendaklah kedua belah pihak mengajukan dakwaannya ke situ.
39 But if you want to ask about something else, [you should ask] for [other officials to] resolve it when [those] officials legally assemble.
Dan jika ada sesuatu yang lain yang kamu kehendaki, baiklah kehendakmu itu diselesaikan dalam sidang rakyat yang sah.
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.”
Sebab kita berada dalam bahaya akan dituduh, bahwa kita menimbulkan huru-hara pada hari ini, karena tidak ada alasan yang dapat kita kemukakan untuk membenarkan kumpulan yang kacau-balau ini."
41 That is what the city secretary said [to the crowd]. Then he told them all to go [home. So they left].
(19-40b) Dan dengan kata-kata itu ia membubarkan kumpulan rakyat itu.
