Apostelgeschichte 19
1 Es begab sich aber, während Apollos in Korinth war, daß Paulus, nachdem er die obern Länder durchzogen hatte, nach Ephesus kam. Und als er etliche Jünger fand, sprach er zu ihnen:
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.
2 Habt ihr den heiligen Geist empfangen, als ihr gläubig wurdet? Sie aber sprachen: Wir haben nicht einmal gehört, ob ein heiliger Geist sei!
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.”
3 Und er sprach zu ihnen: Worauf seid ihr denn getauft worden? Sie aber sprachen: Auf die Taufe des Johannes.
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.”
4 Da sprach Paulus: Johannes hat mit der Taufe der Buße getauft und dem Volke gesagt, daß sie an den glauben sollten, der nach ihm komme, das heißt an Christus Jesus.
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.”
5 Als sie das hörten, ließen sie sich taufen auf den Namen des Herrn Jesus.
So, when those men heard that, they were baptized [to affirm that they believed] [MTY] in the Lord Jesus.
6 Und als Paulus ihnen die Hände auflegte, kam der heilige Geist auf sie, und sie redeten in Zungen und weissagten.
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.
7 Es waren aber im ganzen etwa zwölf Männer.
There were about twelve men [whom Paul baptized and who received the power of the Holy Spirit].
8 Und er ging in die Synagoge und trat öffentlich auf, drei Monate lang, indem er Gespräche hielt und sie betreffs des Reiches Gottes zu überzeugen versuchte.
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].
9 Da aber etliche verstockt blieben und sich nicht überzeugen ließen, sondern den Weg vor der Menge lästerten, trennte er sich von ihnen und sonderte die Jünger ab und hielt täglich Gespräche in der Schule des Tyrannus.
[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].
10 Das geschah zwei Jahre lang, so daß alle, die in Asien wohnten, das Wort des Herrn hörten, Juden und Griechen.
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].
11 Und Gott wirkte ungewöhnliche Wunder durch die Hände des Paulus,
Also, God gave Paul the power [MTY] to do amazing miracles.
12 so daß sogar Schweißtücher oder Gürtel von seinem Leibe weg auf die Kranken gelegt wurden und die Krankheiten von ihnen wichen und die bösen Geister ausfuhren.
[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.
13 Es unterwanden sich aber etliche der herumziehenden jüdischen Beschwörer, über denen, welche böse Geister hatten, den Namen des Herrn Jesus zu nennen, indem sie sagten: Ich beschwöre euch bei dem Jesus, welchen Paulus predigt!
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!”
14 Es waren aber sieben Söhne eines jüdischen Hohenpriesters Skevas, die solches taten.
There were seven men who were doing that. They were sons of a man named Sceva, a Jew, [who called himself] a chief priest.
15 Aber der böse Geist antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Jesus kenne ich wohl, und von Paulus weiß ich; wer aber seid ihr?
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]”
16 Und der Mensch, in welchem der böse Geist war, sprang auf sie los, überwältigte zwei von ihnen und zeigte ihnen dermaßen seine Kraft, daß sie nackt und verwundet aus jenem Hause entflohen.
[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.
17 Das aber wurde allen kund, Juden und Griechen, die zu Ephesus wohnten. Und Furcht befiel sie alle, und der Name des Herrn Jesus wurde hoch gepriesen.
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].
18 Und viele von denen, die gläubig geworden waren, kamen und bekannten und erzählten ihre Taten.
[At that time], while other believers were listening, many believers confessed the evil things that they had been doing.
19 Viele aber von denen, die vorwitzige Künste getrieben hatten, trugen die Bücher zusammen und verbrannten sie öffentlich; und sie berechneten ihren Wert und kamen auf fünfzigtausend Silberlinge.
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.
20 So wuchs das Wort des Herrn mächtig und gewann die Oberhand.
As a result, many more people heard [MTY] the message about the Lord [Jesus], and the message powerfully [changed their lives].
21 Nachdem aber solches vollbracht war, nahm sich Paulus im Geiste vor, durch Mazedonien und Achaja zu ziehen und nach Jerusalem zu reisen, indem er sprach: Wenn ich dort gewesen bin, muß ich auch Rom sehen.
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.”
22 Er sandte aber zwei seiner Gehilfen, Timotheus und Erastus, nach Mazedonien und hielt sich noch eine Zeitlang in Asien auf.
He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, ahead to Macedonia. But Paul stayed a little longer [in Ephesus city], in Asia [province].
23 Es entstand aber um jene Zeit ein nicht unbedeutender Aufruhr um des Weges willen.
[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].
24 Denn ein gewisser Demetrius, ein Silberschmied, verfertigte silberne Tempel der Diana und verschaffte den Künstlern nicht unbedeutenden Gewinn.
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].
25 Diese versammelte er samt den Arbeitern desselben Faches und sprach: Ihr Männer, ihr wisset, daß von diesem Gewerbe unser Wohlstand kommt.
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.
26 Und ihr sehet und höret, daß dieser Paulus nicht allein in Ephesus, sondern fast in ganz Asien viel Volk überredet und abwendig gemacht hat, indem er sagt, das seien keine Götter, die mit Händen gemacht werden.
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].
27 Aber es besteht nicht nur die Gefahr, daß dieses unser Geschäft in Verfall komme, sondern auch, daß der Tempel der großen Göttin Diana für nichts geachtet und zuletzt auch ihre Majestät gestürzt werde, welche doch ganz Asien und der Erdkreis verehrt!
[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!”
28 Als sie das hörten, wurden sie voll Zorn und schrieen: Groß ist die Diana der Epheser!
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!”
29 Und die ganze Stadt kam in Verwirrung, und sie stürmten einmütig ins Theater und rissen die Mazedonier Gajus und Aristarchus, des Paulus Reisegefährten, mit sich.
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.
30 Da aber Paulus unter das Volk gehen wollte, ließen es ihm die Jünger nicht zu.
Paul also wanted to go [to the stadium and speak to] the people, but the other believers would not let him go there.
31 Auch etliche der Obersten von Asien, die seine Freunde waren, schickten zu ihm und baten ihn, sich nicht ins Theater zu begeben.
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.
32 Hier schrie nun alles durcheinander; denn die Versammlung war in der größten Verwirrung, und die Mehrzahl wußte nicht, weswegen sie zusammengekommen waren.
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!
33 Da zogen sie aus der Volksmenge den Alexander hervor, da die Juden ihn vorschoben. Und Alexander winkte mit der Hand und wollte sich vor dem Volk verantworten.
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].
34 Als sie aber vernahmen, daß er ein Jude sei, schrieen sie alle wie aus einem Munde etwa zwei Stunden lang: Groß ist die Diana der Epheser!
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]!”
35 Da beruhigte der Stadtschreiber das Volk und sprach: Ihr Männer von Ephesus, wo ist denn ein Mensch, der nicht wüßte, daß die Stadt Ephesus die Tempelpflegerin der großen Diana und des vom Himmel gefallenen Bildes ist?
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!
36 Da nun solches unwidersprechlich ist, so solltet ihr ruhig sein und nichts Übereiltes tun.
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).
37 Denn ihr habt diese Männer hergeführt, die weder Tempelräuber sind, noch unsere Göttin gelästert haben.
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.
38 Haben aber Demetrius und die Künstler, die mit ihm sind, an jemand einen Anspruch, so werden Gerichtstage gehalten, und es sind Statthalter da; sie mögen einander verklagen!
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].
39 Habt ihr aber ein weiteres Begehren zu stellen, so wird es in der gesetzlichen Versammlung erledigt werden.
But if you want to ask about something else, [you should ask] for [other officials to] resolve it when [those] officials legally assemble.
40 Denn wir stehen in Gefahr, daß wir des heutigen Tages wegen des Aufruhrs angeklagt werden, weil kein Grund vorliegt, womit wir diese Zusammenrottung entschuldigen könnten.
[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.”
41 (19-40b) Und als er das gesagt, entließ er die Versammlung.
That is what the city secretary said [to the crowd]. Then he told them all to go [home. So they left].
