Acts 19
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples.
Kane Apolo ni Korintho, Paulo nowuotho e gwenge mamalo, nyaka nochopo Efeso. Kuno noyude jopuonjre moko,
2 He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
mi openjogi niya, “Bende ne uyudo Roho Maler chiengʼ mane uyie kuom Yesu?” Negidwoke niya, “Ooyo, kata mana winjo pok wawinjo ni nitie gimoro ni Roho Maler.”
3 He said, “Into what then were you immersed?” They said, “Into Yochanan’s immersion.”
Paulo nomedo penjogi niya, “Ka kamano, to kare batiso mane mane uyudo?” Negidwoke niya, “Ne wayudo batiso mar Johana.”
4 Paul said, “Yochanan indeed immersed with the immersion of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Messiah Yeshua.”
Paulo nowachonegi niya, “Batiso mar Johana ne en mar lokruok weyo richo. Nonyiso ji mondo oyie kuom Jal mane biro bangʼe, ma en Yesu.”
5 When they heard this, they were immersed in the name of the Lord Yeshua.
Bangʼ winjo mano, nobatisgi e nying Ruoth Yesu.
6 When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.
Kane Paulo oketo lwete kuomgi, Roho Maler nolor kuomgi, mine giwuoyo gi dhok mayoreyore kendo ne gikoro wach.
7 They were about twelve men in all.
Kar romb jogo ne gin chwo apar gariyo.
8 He entered into the synagogue and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God’s Kingdom.
Paulo nodonjo e sinagogi mi opuonjo ji gi chir kuom dweche adek. Notemo wuoyo kodgi konyisogi adiera man kuom pinyruodh Nyasaye.
9 But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
To jomoko kuomgi chunygi nodoko matek, ne gidagi yie kendo negichako wuoyo marach kuom jo-Kristo e lela. Omiyo Paulo noweyogi, mi okawo jopuonjre odhigo e od puonjruok mar ngʼat ma nyinge Turano, kuma ne gitwakie pile.
10 This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Yeshua, both Jews and Greeks.
Paulo notimo mano kuom higni ariyo, mi jo-Yahudi duto gi jo-Yunani manodak e piny Asia nowinjo wach Ruoth.
11 God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,
Nyasaye nomiyo Paulo otimo honni madongo,
12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.
kata mana kitembini kod lewni mane orere kuome noter ni jotuo, mine gichango kuom tuochegi kendo jochiende noa kuomgi.
13 But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Yeshua, saying, “We adjure you by Yeshua whom Paul preaches.”
To jo-Yahudi moko mane wuotho koni gi koni kagolo jochiende notemo tiyo gi nying Ruoth Yesu mondo giriemb jochiende kuom ji. Ne gitemo wacho niya, “E nying Yesu ma Paulo yalo, wachiki mondo iwuog oko!”
14 There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
To jadolo maduongʼ moro mar jo-Yahudi miluongo ni Sekewa ne nigi yawuowi abiriyo mane timo kamano.
15 The evil spirit answered, “Yeshua I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
To chiengʼ moro achiel jachien nodwokogi niya, “Yesu to angʼeyo, kendo Paulo bende angʼeyo, to un, to un ngʼa gini?”
16 The man in whom the evil spirit was leapt on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Eka ngʼat mane nigi jachien-no nopor kuomgi mohewogi duto. Nogoyogi marach mi giringo gia e odno ka gin duge kendo dendgi chwer remo.
17 This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Yeshua was magnified.
Ka jo-Yahudi gi jo-Yunani mane odak Efeso nowinjo wachno luoro nomakogi, kendo nying Ruoth Yesu noyudo duongʼ.
18 Many also of those who had believed came, confessing and declaring their deeds.
Ji mangʼeny mane oyie kuom Yesu nobiro mohulo richogi e lela.
19 Many of those who practised magical arts brought their books together and burnt them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
Jomoko kuomgi manosebedo katimo timbe jwok nokelo kitepegi mag thieth mi nowangʼ-gi e lela ka ji duto neno. Kane gikwano nengo kitepego duto mane giwangʼo, neginwangʼo ka nengogi oromo silingʼ alufu piero abich.
20 So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.
Kuom mano, Wach Ruoth nomedo landore kendo ne medo bedo gi teko.
21 Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
Kane gigo duto osetimore, Paulo nongʼado e chunye mondo odhi Jerusalem, kokadho Makedonia gi Akaya. Nowacho e chunye niya, “Bangʼ dhi Jerusalem, to nyaka alim Rumi bende.”
22 Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
Nooro jokonyne moko ariyo, ma gin Timotheo gi Erasto, nyaka Makedonia, ka en to ne pod odongʼ e piny Asia kuom ndalo moko.
23 About that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way.
E kindeno koko maduongʼ nowuok kuom wach luwo Yor Kristo.
24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,
Ngʼat moro ma nyinge Demetrio, mane jathedh fedha, ne loso kido mag hekalu mar nyasaye madhako miluongo ni Artemis, kendo tichneno ne kelo ohala maduongʼ ni jotheth wetene.
25 whom he gathered together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.
Demetrio noluongo jotheth wetene duto, kod jotich mamoko ma tijgi ne chal gi margi, mi owachonegi niya, “Yawa, ungʼeyo ni tijwani kelonwa ohala maduongʼ.
26 You see and hear that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods that are made with hands.
To koro uneno kendo uwinjo kaka ngʼat miluongo ni Pauloni oseloko ji mathoth Efeso-ka, nyaka e piny Asia duto. Owacho ni nyiseche ma dhano oloso ok gin nyiseche mar adier.
27 Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”
Koro wan gi chandruok, ok mana nikech ji biro chayo tijwani mi ohandwani podhi, to bende nikech hekalu mar nyasaye madhako marahuma, ma en Artemis owuon, ibiro chayo, mi Artemis owuon, ma ji lamo e piny Asia, nyaka e piny duto, ok bi ngʼe duongʼne kaka nyasaye!”
28 When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Kane giwinjo wachno, mirima nomakogi mi gichako goyo koko kagiwacho niya, “Artemis mar jo-Efeso duongʼ!”
29 The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theatre, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel.
Koko nolandore e dala duto kendo negimako Gayo gi Aristarko ma jo-Makedonia mane jowuodh Paulo kendo ne gimwomore kuomgi ka gichiko pawgi mar tugo.
30 When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn’t allow him.
Paulo ne dwaro dhi e diergi mondo owuo kodgi, to jopuonjre notame.
31 Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theatre.
Kata moko kuom jotend pinyno mane osiepene, noorone wach kakwaye mondo kik odonj e paw tugono.
32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn’t know why they had come together.
Chokruok nonjawni. Ji moko ne wacho gimoro achiel, to jomoko ne wacho gimachielo. Ji mangʼeny ne ok ongʼeyo kata gima omiyo ne gin kanyo.
33 They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defence to the people.
Jomoko kuomgi ne paro ni Aleksanda ema oluongo burani nikech negineno ka jo-Yahudi chwale nyime mondo owuo gi ji. Aleksanda notingʼo bade mondo owuo gi ji.
34 But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
To ka ogandano nofwenyo nine en ja-Yahudi, ne gikok gi dwol achiel kuom seche ariyo kagiwacho niya, “Artemis mar jo-Efeso duongʼ!”
35 When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, “You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?
Bangʼe jagoro morito dalano nopieyo ji kawacho niya, “Un jo-Efeso, donge piny ngima ongʼeyo ni dala mar Efeso ema orito hekalu mar nyasaye marahuma miluongo ni Artemis, kaachiel gi kidone manolwar koa e polo?
36 Seeing then that these things can’t be denied, you ought to be quiet and to do nothing rash.
Kuom mano, kaka wechegi gin adier chuth ma ngʼato ok nyal dagi, weuru goyo koko kendo kik utim tim moro ka ok uparo.
37 For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.
Usekelo jogi ka, kata obedo ni ok gisekwalo gimoro e hekalu, kata yanyo nyasachwa madhakoni.
38 If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.
Ka dipo ni Demetrio gi jotheth wetene nigi wach gi ngʼato kuomgi, to ute yalo bura oyaw dhogi, kendo joyal bura bende nitie. Kuno ema ginyalo dhi donjo ni joma okethonigi.
39 But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
To ka dipo ni nitie wach moro machielo ma udwaro nolosi, to nyaka lose mana e chokruok ma chik oyiego.
40 For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning today’s riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn’t be able to give an account of this commotion.”
To kaka weche chal sani, gik mutimogi biro ketowa e chandruok, nikech ibiro ngʼadnwa bura kaka joma kelo koko. Kuom mano, onge yo moro amora ma wanyalo tonygo e wachni, nikech wasegoyo koko maonge tiende.”
41 When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
Bangʼ kane osewacho wechegi, nogonyo chokruok.
