Dɔwɔwɔwo 18
1 Le nu siawo megbe la, Paulo dzo le Atene heyi Korinto.
After these things Paul 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,
He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,
3 elabena enye avɔgbadɔwɔla abe woawo ke ene. Enɔ wo gbɔ hewɔ dɔ kpli wo.
and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
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.
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 compelled 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.”
When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads. I am clean. From now on, I will go to the non-Jewish people."
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.
He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Titius Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door 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.
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, 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,
The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent;
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 you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city."
11 Nu sia do ŋusẽ Paulo ale wònɔ Korinto ƒe ɖeka kple afã sɔŋ henɔ Mawu ƒe nyateƒenya la gblɔm.
He lived 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 one persuades people 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 to the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable 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. For I do not want to be a judge of these matters."
16 Ale Galio nya wo do goe le ʋɔnudrɔ̃ƒe la.
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.
Then they all took hold of Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. But none of these things were of concern to Gallio.
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.
Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, 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.
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.
When they asked him to stay a longer time, he declined;
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 to you if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus.
22 Esi wòɖo Kaesarea la, eɖado gbe na hame la, eye wòyi Antioxia.
When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted 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.
Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, strengthening 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. 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 spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew 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.
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to 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.
When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who 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 refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
