Dɔwɔwɔwo 18

1 Le nu siawo megbe la, Paulo dzo le Atene heyi Korinto.

After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.

2 Afi ma wòdo go Yudatɔ aɖe si woyɔna be Akwila la le. Wodzi Akwila le Ponto, eye eya kple srɔ̃a Priskila wonɔ Italia tsã, gake Kaisaro Klaudio va de se be woanya Yudatɔwo katã le Roma dua me. Esia ta Akwila kple srɔ̃a ʋu va tsi Korinto. Paulo yi ɖasrã wo kpɔ,

And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came unto them;

3 elabena enye avɔgbadɔwɔla abe woawo ke ene. Enɔ wo gbɔ hewɔ dɔ kpli wo.

and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought; for by their trade they were tentmakers.

4 Paulo yia Yudatɔwo ƒe ƒuƒoƒe si le dua me le Dzudzɔgbe ɖe sia ɖe dzi hedzroa mawunya me kple Yudatɔwo kple Helatɔwo siaa, eye wòƒonɛ ɖe wo nu be woatrɔ dzi me.

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

5 Esi Silas kple Timoteo tso Makedonia va ɖo Korinto ko la, Paulo ɖe asi le nu sia nu ŋu hetsɔ eɖokui na mawunyakaka kple ɖaseɖiɖi na Yudatɔwo be Yesue nye Kristo la.

But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

6 Ke le ale si Yudatɔwo tsi tsitre ɖe Paulo ŋu sesĩe, eye gawu la, wonɔ busunyawo gblɔm ta la, Paulo ɖe asi le woƒe nya me, eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Miaƒe ʋu neva miawo ŋutɔ ƒe ta dzi. Nye asi megale miaƒe nya me o. Tso azɔ dzi yina la, magblɔ nyanyui la na ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o.”

And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out his raiment and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

7 Ale Paulo dzo le ƒuƒoƒea, eye wòge ɖe aƒe aɖe si le ƒuƒoƒea ŋu la me, heyi ɖanɔ aƒea tɔ si woyɔna be Tito Yusto la gbɔ, ame si nye Mawusubɔla.

And he departed thence, and went into the house of a certain man named Titus Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.

8 To Paulo ƒe afi ma nɔnɔ me la, Krispo si nye Yudatɔwo ƒe ƒuƒoƒemegã la kple eƒe aƒe blibo la me tɔwo katã xɔ Aƒetɔ la dzi se, eye wòde mawutsi ta na wo. Korintotɔ bubu geɖe siwo hã se eƒe mawunya la trɔ dzi me, eye wòde mawutsi ta na woawo hã.

And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

9 Gbe ɖeka ƒe zã me la, Mawu ƒo nu na Paulo le ɖeɖefia me be, “Mègavɔ̃ o; nɔ nya la gbɔgblɔ dzi, eye mègazi ɖoɖoe o,

And the Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace:

10 elabena meli kpli wò, eye ame aɖeke mate ŋu atsi tsitre ɖe ŋuwò o, ame geɖewo le du sia me siwo nye tɔnyewo.”

for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city.

11 Nu sia do ŋusẽ Paulo ale wònɔ Korinto ƒe ɖeka kple afã sɔŋ henɔ Mawu ƒe nyateƒenya la gblɔm.

And he dwelt [there] a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12 Ke esi Galio nye dziɖula le Akaya nuto me la, Yudatɔwo wɔ ɖeka ɖe Paulo ŋu, eye wokplɔe yi ʋɔnui.

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat,

13 Wotsɔ nya ɖe eŋu be, “Ŋutsu sia le amewo hem be woasubɔ Mawu le mɔ si mesɔ kple se la o dzi.”

saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

14 Esi Paulo ke nu be yeaɖe ye ɖokui nu la, Galio xɔ nya le enu hegblɔ na Yudatɔwo be, “Ne mi Yudatɔwo ɖe miele nutsotso nam tso nu vlo wɔwɔ aɖe alo amewuwu ŋuti la, anye ne maɖo to mi,

But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked villany, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

15 gake esi wònye nu si ku ɖe nyawo kple ŋkɔwo kpakple miaƒe sewo ŋuti la, miawo ŋutɔwo mikpɔ egbɔ. Nyemedi be manye ʋɔnudrɔ̃la le nya siawo me o.”

but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; I am not minded to be a judge of these matters.

16 Ale Galio nya wo do goe le ʋɔnudrɔ̃ƒe la.

And he drove them from the judgment-seat.

17 Ameha la do dziku vevie, ale be wodze Sostene si nye Yudatɔwo ƒe ƒuƒoƒemegã la dzi, eye wolée heƒoe nyuie le ʋɔnu la ŋkume, gake Galio mede nu eme kura o.

And they all laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things.

18 Paulo ganɔ dua me ɣeyiɣi aɖewo, eye emegbe la, eklã xɔsetɔwo, eye wòɖo tɔdziʋu hedzo yi Siria nuto me. Ekplɔ Priskila kple Akwila hã ɖe asi. Esi wova ɖo Kenkrea la, Paulo lũ ta kolikoli le adzɔgbeɖeɖe si wòwɔ do ŋgɔe le Yudatɔwo ƒe kɔnu nu la ta.

And Paul, having tarried after this yet many days, took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila: having shorn his head in Cenchreæ; for he had a vow.

19 Esi wova ɖo Efeso la, Paulo gblẽ Akwila kple Priskila ɖe tɔdziʋu la me, eye wòyi ɖe dua me be yeadzro nya me kple Yudatɔ siwo le afi ma la le woƒe ƒuƒoƒe.

And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

20 Wobia tso esi be wòanɔ anyi vie, gake egbe.

And when they asked him to abide a longer time, he consented not;

21 Ke esi wòle dzodzom le wo gbɔ la, edo ŋugbe na wo be, “Ne Mawu lɔ̃ la, matrɔ ava.” Esia megbe la, eɖo tɔdziʋu tso Efeso.

but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again unto you if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.

22 Esi wòɖo Kaesarea la, eɖado gbe na hame la, eye wòyi Antioxia.

And when he had landed at Cæsarea, he went up and saluted the church, and went down to Antioch.

23 Paulo nɔ Antoxia vie, emegbe edze mɔ tso teƒe yi teƒe le Galatia kple Frigia nutowo me le ŋusẽ dom nusrɔ̃lawo katã.

And having spent some time [there], he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.

24 Eva eme be Yudatɔ aɖe si ŋkɔe nye Apolo, ame si tso Aleksandria la va Efeso. Ame sia nye agbalẽnyala gã aɖe si bi ɖe ŋɔŋlɔ kɔkɔe la me.

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the scriptures.

25 Wofia nue tso Aƒetɔ la ƒe mɔ ŋuti, egblɔa nya dzideƒotɔe, eye wòfiaa nu tso Yesu ŋuti pɛpɛpɛ togbɔ be Yohanes ƒe mawutsideta ko wònya hã.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John:

26 Edze nufiafia gɔme le ƒuƒoƒe la dzideƒotɔe. Esi Akwila kple Priskila se eƒe nyawo la, wokpee yi woƒe aƒe me heɖe Mawu ƒe nyawo me nɛ tsitotsito wu esi wònya tsã.

and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more accurately.

27 Apolo di vevie be yeayi Akaya nuto me, ale xɔsetɔ siwo le Antioxia la do ŋusẽe be wòayi. Woŋlɔ agbalẽ ɖo ɖe xɔsetɔ siwo le afi ma la be ne Apolo va la, woaxɔe. Esi wòva ɖo Akaya nuto me la, egblɔ mawunya kple ŋusẽ eye wòdo ŋusẽ hame siwo nɔ afi ma le amenuveve me.

And when he was minded to pass over into Achaia, the brethren encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him: and when he was come, he helped them much that had believed through grace;

28 Edzro nya me kple Yudatɔwo le dutoƒo, eye wòɖi ɖase be mawunya ɖee fia kɔtɛe be Yesue nye Kristo la vavã.

for he powerfully confuted the Jews, [and that] publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.