Jesu Tondiba Tuona 19
1 Li sua ke Apolo ń bo ye Korenti, Pɔli den tɔgni ya dogi n ye a juana nni kuli, ki ban pundi Efesi dogciamu nni, ki kadi yeni Jesu ŋɔdkaaba siiga tianba.
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
2 Pɔli ń yedi ba: «Yin dugi U Tienu po yeni, i baa mi Foŋanma aa?» Ban ŋmiani o: «N n, tii gbadi ke bi maadi Foŋanma maama mɔno»
and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
3 Pɔli ń buali ba: «To bi nan tieni yi mi ñinwulma bogdili yeni be i?» Ban jiini: “O Ñinwulka Jan yaama”
“Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
4 Lanwani ii, Pɔli ń jiini ba: «Jan den tieni ti tuonbiadi sugli ya ñinwulma bogdili i. O den waani bi niba ke ban ya daani yua n ba ŋɔdi o puoli wani n tie Jesu.»
Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
5 Bi niba ń gbadi lan ya maama, ke bi tuo ki ga mi ñinwulma bogdili O Diedo Jesu yeli po.
On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 Pɔli ń́ maani o nui bi po, ke Foŋanma jiidi bi po, ke bi ji maadi mi maalanma nni ki pua sawali.
And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
7 Bi den tie nani jaba piiga n bilie i.
There were about twelve men in all.
8 Pɔli den kua yikodi tundma dieli nni, ki maadi yeni li papaali, nani ŋmaali taa yeni, ki tie ania ke ban gbadi U Tienu diema niima nni.
Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
9 Ama, Juufinba bi tianba den juagi bi pala kaa tuo ki cɔlni Jesu sanŋɔdma, ki go maadi ki biidi Jesu yeli asala siiga. Lanyapo, Pɔli den yaadi ki ŋa ba, ki taa bi ŋɔdkaaba, ki piadi ki ban tundi ba daali kuli Tiranusi cogdieli nni.
But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
10 Pɔli den li kubi yeni i hali bina lie, ke yaaba ye Asi kuli, Juufinba yeni Gilekinba kuli, gbadi O Diedo maama.
This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
11 U Tienu den tie Yaalidgu tuada yeni Pɔli nui,
God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
12 Lanyapo, ya yianba den fidi ki sii Pɔli ninfiancabli bii o tiayiekaagu den yi baa laafia, mu cicibiadmu mo den ñ ki ŋaani yiantianba mo.
so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
13 Ama Juufinba, ŋantaadi danba mo den ye li diema nni, ki bieli ki ñangi mu cicibiadmu mun ye yaaba niinni O Diedo Jesu yeli po. Bi den yi yedi: “Jesu, Pɔli ń wangi yua ya maama yeli po, n yedi yi yeni li niinli ke yin ña ki ŋa bi niba ne”
Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
14 Yaaba n den tiendi lani den tie Juufi salga yidkacianba siiga yendo, ke bi yii o Sefa ya bijalelediba i.
Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
15 Cicibiadyenga ń jiini ba “N bani Jesu, N go bani Pɔli mo; Ke yinba mo tie bile i?
Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
16 Ki cicibiadga yaaga n ye o nilo nni yeni ń bibi ŋantaadi tofaadanba, kiloli ba ki puapua ki duoli ba ban ña li dieli nni ki sani mubili yeni ti yiadi.
Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.
17 Ya niba n ye Efesi kuli, Juufinba yeni gilekinba ń gbadi li maama, ki bandi. Ti jawaandi ń kua ba, ban kpiagi O Diedo Jesu yeli.
This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
18 Yaaba n den daani Jesu nni mo den nagdi ki wangi ban tieni ya tuonbiadi, ki miadi sugli ti po
Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
19 Bi ñɔgdanba yeni ti bulbɔndi danba den cua yeni bi tila ke bi juu ke a buodi u mu nni asala siiga. Li tila kuli dunga den pundi ligdibala tuda piimu
And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
20 Lanyapo, O Diedo maama den yadi i kaankuli yeni u paaciamu.
So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.
21 Pɔli ń sɔni o tuonli ki gbeni Efesi dogu nni, Foŋanma den kuani li jagli ke wan tɔgni Maseduani yeni Acihayi po, ki gedi Jerusalema; O den maadi “Min kali nekanba yeni, li buali ke min pundi Roma po mo.”
After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”
22 Pɔli den sɔni o todkaaba bilie Maseduani, lani n tie Timote yeni Erasitusi yaaba n den tie o naacenba. Ama wani obá go den tieni Asi diema nni waamu.
He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
23 Lanyognu, bi den fiini mi janjancianma Efesi dogu nni, ki mi nua Jesu sanŋɔdma.
About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
24 Wula maano den ye ki yii Demetriyusi, o den duadi Diyana jaandieli bonnanana ki kuandi o tuonsɔnba po li baali boncianla
It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.
25 Lanwani ii, o den yini li tuonsɔnba yeni ya maaba sieni, ki taani ba ki yedi ba, “Canbáanba, i kuli bani ke ku maagu ne tuonli kuandi ti li baali boncianla.
Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.
26 I la ki go gbadi, li ki tie Efesi ne baba ka ama Asi nni kuli, ke ban yii yua Pɔli bɔndi ki lebdi bi niba maalma ke bi ŋɔdi o. O yedi ba ke ban tagi ya buli yeni i nui ki tie tienu.
And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
27 Li ba fidi bi niba ń fali ti kpenkpendu tuonli ne; lani baba ka, bi go ba fidi ki fanbi ti pobulo Diyana yua n dagdi yeni ti kpiagdi yeni budieli. Wani yua ke Asi kuli yeni ŋanduna kuli bugi ba buoni o kpiagdi.”
There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”
28 Ban gbadi lanya maama, ke bi fii yeni li pabienli ki yigni ki tua “Efesi yaaba Diyana ye yeni ti kpiagdi”
When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29 Ke li ŋmadli tieni u dogu nni kuli, ke bi niba taani ku kua u badu guagu nni, ki cuo pɔli yegni yaaba n den ñani Maseduani ki cua, Gayusi yeni Arisitarkusi.
Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
30 Pɔli den bua kua ku niwulgu siiga, ama bi ŋɔdkaaba den pani o.
Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.
31 Asi diema nni yikodanba yaaba n den tie dɔnlinba den sɔni u tondu ki waani o ke wanda kua ku guagu nni.
Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.
32 Bi niba den yigni ki maadi maayenma, ke tianba mo maatɔma, kelima bi den ye ti yanyagdi nni ke bi siiga boncianli ki bani ban taani yaali ya po.
Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there.
33 Juufinba ń dadi Aleksandro ki ñani bi niba siiga, ki seni o liiga Aleksandro ń cili ki ya gangi o nui, ki bua wan waani li nitaanli li bonli niima nni.
The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.
34 Ama, ban bandi ke o tie Juufi, ban taani ki tandi ki maadi maayenma lan waagi kudilie ki tua, “Efesi yaaba Artemisa ye yeni ti kpiagdi.”
But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
35 yiko tuonsɔnlo ń mɔndi ki jiini ku niwulgu yama, ke o maadi, “Yinba Efesi yaaba, o laa nilo n ye ne, kaa bani ke Efesi dogciamu n tie ti pobulciamo Diyana budieli guudka, ya nannanli n ñani tanpoli ki baa?
Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?
36 Yin bani ke lanya bonli ki pia niama yeni ii, i ba dingi i yama ki da jegibi ki sɔni tuonkaadi.
Since these things are undeniable, you ought to be calm and not do anything rash.
37 Kelima yin cua yeni ya niba ti buudi ne ki tie jaandieli suuda, baa go tie yaaba n fanbi tin jaandi ya bulo mo.
For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.
38 Lanwani ii, Demetriyuusi yeni bi maaba yaaba n ye yeni o ya pia tagli yeni nilobá, ti buudi diena ye, ke ti buudi yudanba mo ye; bi ba fidi ki jia bi maama yeni biyaba.
So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.
39 Ama i ya pia maatɔma li buali li maama jiama ń cɔlni li nitaali sanu i.
But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.
40 Kelima, lanyapo, bi ba fidi ki jalgi ti ke ti yie yiko i ki fiini li ŋmadli dinne ki naa bani yaali ya po, ti go kan fidi ki waani li niima nni mo.
For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”
41 Wan maadi lanya maama ki gbeni, ke o cabi li nitaanli.
After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.
