Kisah Para Rasul 19
1 Sementara Apolos masih di kota Korintus di provinsi Akaya, Paulus meninggalkan provinsi Galatia dan Frigia, lalu berjalan melintasi pedalaman Asia dan tiba kembali di Efesus. Di situ, dia bertemu dengan beberapa orang yang sudah percaya pada pengajaran bahwa Allah akan mengirim seorang Raja Penyelamat.
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 Kemudian Paulus bertanya kepada mereka, “Saat kalian percaya ajaran itu, apakah kalian juga menerima Roh Kudus?” Jawab mereka, “Belum, bahkan kami belum pernah mendengar bahwa ada Roh Kudus.”
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 Lalu dia bertanya lagi, “Kalau begitu, kalian dibaptis menurut ajaran siapa?” Jawab mereka, “Yang diajarkan Yohanes.”
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 Lalu Paulus berkata, “Yohanes membaptis orang sebagai tanda bahwa mereka sudah bertobat dari dosa-dosa mereka. Dia juga memberitahukan bahwa mereka harus percaya kepada Seseorang yang akan datang sesudahnya, yaitu Kristus Yesus.”
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 Ketika mendengar perkataan Paulus itu, mereka meminta dia untuk membaptis mereka dalam nama Tuhan Yesus.
So, when those men heard that, they were baptized [to affirm that they believed] [MTY] in the Lord Jesus.
6 Dan sewaktu Paulus meletakkan kedua tangannya pada mereka masing-masing, Roh Allah turun ke atas mereka. Orang-orang itu pun mulai berbicara dalam berbagai bahasa sesuai kemampuan yang diberikan oleh Roh Kudus. Mereka juga menyampaikan pesan dari Roh Allah.
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 Jumlah mereka kira-kira dua belas orang laki-laki.
There were about twelve men [whom Paul baptized and who received the power of the Holy Spirit].
8 Selama tiga bulan di Efesus, Paulus sering masuk ke rumah pertemuan orang Yahudi. Dengan berani dia berdebat dan meyakinkan mereka tentang berita keselamatan dan kerajaan Allah.
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 Tetapi beberapa orang dari antara mereka mengeraskan hati dan menolak untuk percaya kepada Yesus. Di depan umum mereka menghina jalan keselamatan melalui Yesus. Oleh karena itu Paulus meninggalkan rumah pertemuan tersebut dan mengajak orang-orang yang percaya untuk memisahkan diri dari mereka yang tidak percaya kepada Yesus. Sesudah itu, tiap hari dia mengajar orang-orang percaya di balai pertemuan yang dinamakan Balai Diskusi Tiranus.
[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 Sampai dua tahun berikutnya Paulus terus mengajar di tempat itu, sehingga semua orang yang tinggal di provinsi Asia mendengar berita keselamatan tentang Tuhan Yesus, baik orang Yahudi maupun yang bukan Yahudi.
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 Selama masa itu, Allah melakukan banyak keajaiban yang luar biasa melalui Paulus.
Also, God gave Paul the power [MTY] to do amazing miracles.
12 Misalnya, kalau orang-orang sakit tidak bisa datang menemui Paulus, mereka cukup memegang saputangan atau kain yang pernah disentuh Paulus, dan mereka pun langsung sembuh. Begitu juga dengan orang yang kerasukan setan.
[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 Suatu kali, ada tujuh orang dukun keliling yang hendak meniru Paulus. Mereka adalah anak-anak Skewa, seorang Yahudi yang mengaku sebagai imam besar. Mereka tidak percaya kepada Yesus, tetapi berusaha mengusir roh jahat dengan menggunakan nama Tuhan Yesus. Beberapa kali mereka berkata kepada orang-orang yang kerasukan roh-roh jahat, “Hai roh jahat, dengan nama Yesus yang diberitakan Paulus, kami perintahkan kalian keluar dari orang ini!”
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!”
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 Tetapi sekali waktu, saat mereka melakukannya lagi, roh jahat yang hendak mereka usir justru menjawab lewat mulut orang yang dia rasuki, “Yesus aku kenal. Paulus juga aku tahu. Tetapi kalian bukan siapa-siapa!”
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 Orang yang kerasukan roh jahat itu tiba-tiba berdiri, menyerang, dan merobek-robek pakaian mereka. Ketujuh anak Skewa dikalahkan olehnya, lalu mereka lari dari rumah itu dengan luka-luka dan telanjang.
[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 Ketika kejadian itu didengar oleh semua penduduk Efesus, baik orang Yahudi maupun yang bukan Yahudi, mereka menjadi ketakutan dan sangat menghormati Tuhan Yesus.
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 Lalu banyak orang yang sudah percaya kepada Yesus datang dan mengaku di depan umum bahwa mereka pernah terlibat dalam ilmu sihir.
[At that time], while other believers were listening, many believers confessed the evil things that they had been doing.
19 Bahkan banyak dari antara mereka mengumpulkan kitab-kitab sihir mereka dan membakarnya di hadapan semua orang. Kalau dihitung-hitung, harga semua buku itu kira-kira 50.000 keping uang perak.
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 Dengan demikian, berita keselamatan tentang Tuhan Yesus semakin tersebar dan semakin besar pengaruhnya.
As a result, many more people heard [MTY] the message about the Lord [Jesus], and the message powerfully [changed their lives].
21 Setelah semua peristiwa itu, Paulus berencana pergi ke Yerusalem dengan melewati Makedonia dan Akaya. Dia juga berkata, “Sesudah dari sana, saya harus mengunjungi Roma.”
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 Lalu Paulus mengirim dua orang kepercayaannya, yaitu Timotius dan Erastus, untuk mendahuluinya ke provinsi Makedonia. Sementara itu, dia sendiri masih tinggal beberapa waktu di provinsi Asia.
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 Kira-kira pada waktu itu, terjadilah kerusuhan besar karena orang-orang menentang jalan keselamatan yang diajarkan oleh Paulus.
[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 Masalah ini dimulai dari seorang pengusaha bernama Demetrius. Dia mempunyai usaha kerajinan perak. Di kota itu terdapat kuil dewi Artemis. Demetrius bersama rekan-rekan usahanya membuat hiasan miniatur berbentuk kuil itu, untuk dijual kepada para penyembah Artemis. Jadi semua yang terlibat dalam usaha itu mendapat penghasilan besar.
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 Demetrius mengumpulkan semua pengrajin yang ikut serta dalam pekerjaan itu lalu berkata kepada mereka, “Saudara-saudara, kalian semua tahu bahwa kita mendapat banyak uang karena usaha ini.
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 Tetapi sekarang kalian sendiri melihat dan mendengar bahwa Paulus sudah menghasut banyak orang dengan berkata, ‘Dewa-dewi yang dibuat oleh tangan manusia tidak hidup dan tidak berkuasa atas apa pun.’ Dan dia berhasil mempengaruhi banyak orang, baik penduduk Efesus maupun semua daerah di Asia.
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 Gara-gara si Paulus itu, pekerjaan kita akan dirugikan. Yang lebih parah, penyembahan dewi kita akan dianggap sia-sia, dan keagungan Artemis diinjak-injak! Sungguh celaka! Padahal dialah dewi agung yang dipuja oleh semua orang di Asia, bahkan seluruh dunia.”
[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 Mendengar perkataan Demetrius, hati orang-orang itu menjadi panas dan mereka berteriak-teriak, “Besarlah Artemis, dewi orang Efesus!”
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 Lalu timbullah huru-hara di seluruh kota. Kedua teman Paulus yang dari Makedonia, yaitu Gayus dan Aristarkus, ditangkap dan diseret beramai-ramai memasuki stadion.
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 Melihat situasi itu, Paulus ingin masuk ke dalam stadion untuk berbicara kepada orang banyak, tetapi saudara-saudari seiman mati-matian melarangnya.
Paul also wanted to go [to the stadium and speak to] the people, but the other believers would not let him go there.
31 Bahkan beberapa pembesar di provinsi Asia yang sudah menjadi sahabat Paulus mengirim pesan supaya dia tidak masuk ke tempat itu.
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 Keadaan di dalam stadion kacau balau. Ada yang berteriak begini, dan ada yang berteriak begitu. Sebenarnya kebanyakan orang tidak tahu untuk apa mereka berkumpul di situ.
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 Lalu beberapa orang Yahudi mendorong maju seseorang bernama Aleksander supaya dia menjelaskan bahwa yang menyebabkan masalah ini bukanlah orang Yahudi. Aleksander pun berusaha menenangkan kerumunan besar itu dengan isyarat tangannya, karena dia hendak berbicara.
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 Tetapi waktu orang banyak mengenali dia sebagai orang Yahudi, mereka berteriak-teriak selama kira-kira dua jam, “Besarlah Artemis, dewi orang Efesus!”
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 Lalu sekretaris kota menyuruh orang banyak itu tenang. Sesudah itu dia berkata, “Hai orang Efesus, tidak usah ribut! Semua orang di dunia ini sudah tahu bahwa kita orang Efesus yang menjaga kuil pusat penyembahan dewi besar kita Artemis, dan kita jugalah yang menjaga patungnya yang diturunkan dari langit!
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 Tidak akan ada yang bisa membantah hal itu. Jadi, hendaklah kita tenang. Jangan terburu-buru mengambil tindakan.
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 Percuma kalian membawa kedua orang itu ke sini. Karena mereka tidak mencuri apa pun dari kuil dewi kita, dan mereka juga tidak menghina dia.
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 Kalau Demetrius dan teman sekerjanya marah kepada seseorang, mereka bisa membawa perkara itu ke sidang pengadilan, di mana secara teratur kedua pihak bisa saling menunjukkan kesalahan di depan para hakim.
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 Dan kalau kalian mempunyai masalah-masalah yang lain, itu bisa kita selesaikan nanti dalam sidang rakyat yang sah.
But if you want to ask about something else, [you should ask] for [other officials to] resolve it when [those] officials legally assemble.
40 Tetapi jika kita ribut-ribut seperti hari ini, penguasa kita pemerintah Romawi bisa menyalahkan kita. Karena kalau mereka bertanya, ‘Kenapa kalian membuat kerusuhan?’— kita tidak bisa memberikan alasan.”
[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 Sesudah berkata begitu, dia menyuruh mereka bubar.
That is what the city secretary said [to the crowd]. Then he told them all to go [home. So they left].
