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.
E sucedeu que, enquanto Apolo estava em Corinto, Paulo, tendo passado por todas as regiões superiores, chegou a Éfeso; e, achando ali alguns discípulos,
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.”
Disse-lhes: Recebestes vós já o Espírito Santo quando crestes? E eles disseram-lhe: Antes nem ainda ouvimos que haja Espírito Santo.
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.”
Disse-lhes então: Em que sois batizados então? E eles disseram: No batismo de João.
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.”
Porém Paulo disse: Certamente João batizou com o batismo do arrependimento, dizendo ao povo que cresse no que após ele havia de vir, isto é, em Jesus Cristo.
5 So, when those men heard that, they were baptized [to affirm that they believed] [MTY] in the Lord Jesus.
E os que ouviram foram batizados em nome do Senhor 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.
E, impondo-lhes Paulo as mãos, veio sobre eles o Espírito Santo; e falavam diversas línguas, e profetizavam.
7 There were about twelve men [whom Paul baptized and who received the power of the Holy Spirit].
E estes eram, ao todo, quase doze varões.
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].
E, entrando na sinagoga, falou ousadamente por espaço de três meses, disputando e persuadindo acerca do reino de Deus.
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].
Mas, endurecendo-se alguns, e não obedecendo, e falando mal do caminho do Senhor perante a multidão, retirou-se deles, e separou os discípulos, disputando todos os dias na escola de um certo 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].
E durou isto por espaço de dois anos; de tal maneira que todos os que habitavam na Asia, ouviram a palavra do Senhor Jesus, assim judeus como gregos.
11 Also, God gave Paul the power [MTY] to do amazing miracles.
E Deus pelas mãos de Paulo fazia maravilhas extraordinárias.
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.
De tal maneira que até os lenços e aventais do seu corpo se levavam aos enfermos, e as enfermidades fugiam deles, e os espíritos malignos saiam.
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!”
E alguns dos exorcistas judeus vagabundos tentavam invocar o nome do Senhor Jesus sobre os que tinham espíritos malignos, dizendo: Esconjuramos-vos por Jesus a quem Paulo prega.
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.
E os que faziam isto eram sete filhos de Sceva, judeu, principal dos sacerdotes.
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]”
Respondendo, porém, o espírito maligno, disse: Conheço a Jesus, e bem sei quem é Paulo; porém vós quem sois
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.
E, saltando neles o homem em que estava o espírito maligno, e assenhoreando-se deles, pôde mais do que eles; de tal maneira que, nus e feridos, fugiram daquela casa.
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].
E foi isto notório a todos os que habitavam em Éfeso, tanto judeus como gregos; e caiu temor sobre todos eles, e o nome do Senhor Jesus era engrandecido.
18 [At that time], while other believers were listening, many believers confessed the evil things that they had been doing.
E muitos dos que criam vinham, confessando e publicando os seus feitos.
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.
Também muitos dos que seguiam artes curiosas trouxeram os seus livros, e os queimaram na presença de todos, e, feita a conta do seu preço, acharam que montava a cincoênta mil peças de prata.
20 As a result, many more people heard [MTY] the message about the Lord [Jesus], and the message powerfully [changed their lives].
Assim a palavra do Senhor crescia poderosamente e prevalecia.
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.”
E, cumpridas estas coisas, Paulo propôs-se, em espírito, ir a Jerusalém, passando pela Macedônia e pela Acáia, dizendo: Depois que houver estado ali, importa-me ver também 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].
E, enviando à Macedônia dois daqueles que o serviam, Timotheo e Erasto, ficou ele por algum tempo na 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].
Porém, naquele mesmo tempo, houve um não pequeno alvoroço acerca do caminho do Senhor.
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].
Porque um certo ourives da prata, por nome Demétrio, que fazia de prata nichos de Diana, dava não pouco lucro aos artífices,
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.
Aos quais, havendo-os ajuntado com os oficiais de obras semelhantes, disse: Varões, vós bem sabeis que deste ofício temos a nossa prosperidade:
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].
E bem vêdes e ouvis que não só em Éfeso, mas até quase em toda a Asia, este Paulo tem persuadido e afastado uma grande multidão, dizendo que não são deuses os que se fazem com as mãos.
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!”
E não somente há o perigo de que isto venha a servir-nos de desprezo, mas também de que o próprio templo da grande deusa Diana seja estimado em nada, e de que a sua magestade, a qual toda a Asia e o mundo inteiro veneram, venha a ser destruída.
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!”
E, ouvindo-o, encheram-se de ira, e clamaram, dizendo: Grande é a Diana dos efésios.
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.
E encheu-se de confusão toda a cidade; e unânimes arremeteram ao teatro, arrebatando consigo a Gaio e a Aristarco, macedônios, companheiros de Paulo na viagem.
30 Paul also wanted to go [to the stadium and speak to] the people, but the other believers would not let him go there.
E, querendo Paulo apresentar-se ao povo, não lho permitiram os discípulos.
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.
E também alguns dos principais da Asia, que eram seus amigos, lhe enviaram, rogando que não se apresentasse no teatro.
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!
Uns pois clamavam de uma maneira, outros doutra, porque o ajuntamento era confuso; e os mais deles não sabiam por que causa se tinham ajuntado.
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].
Então tiraram Alexandre dentre a multidão, impelindo-o os judeus para diante; e Alexandre, acenando com a mão, queria dar razão disto ao povo.
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]!”
Porém, conhecendo que era judeu, todos unanimemente levantaram a voz, clamando por espaço de quase duas horas: Grande é a Diana dos efésios.
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!
Então o escrivão da cidade, tendo apaziguado a multidão, disse: Varões efésios, qual é o homem que não sabe que a cidade dos efésios é a guardadora do templo da grande deusa Diana, e da imagem que desceu de Júpiter?
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).
De sorte que, não podendo isto ser contradito, convém que vos aplaqueis, e nada façais temerariamente;
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.
Porque estes homens que aqui trouxestes nem são sacrílegos nem blasfemam da vossa deusa:
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].
Porém, se Demétrio e os artífices que estão com ele tem alguma coisa contra alguém, dão-se audiências e há procônsules: que se acusem uns aos outros;
39 But if you want to ask about something else, [you should ask] for [other officials to] resolve it when [those] officials legally assemble.
E, se alguma outra coisa demandais, averiguar-se-a em legítimo ajuntamento.
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.”
Porque corremos perigo de que, por hoje, sejamos acusados de sedição, não havendo causa alguma com que possamos justificar este concurso.
41 That is what the city secretary said [to the crowd]. Then he told them all to go [home. So they left].
E, tendo dito isto, despediu o ajuntamento.
