Misala ya Bantoma 19
1 Wana Apolosi azalaki na Kolinto, Polo alekelaki na mokili ya bangomba ya Azia, mpe akomaki na Efeso. Kuna, akutaki mwa ndambo ya bayekoli
Now it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus. And finding certain disciples
2 mpe atunaki bango: — Boni, bozwaki Molimo Mosantu tango bokomaki bandimi? Bazongisaki: — Te! Totikala nanu koyoka te ete Molimo Mosantu azalaka.
he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” So they said to him, “But we have not so much as heard that there is a Holy Spirit!”
3 Polo atunaki bango lisusu: — Bongo libatisi ya ndenge nini penza bozwaki? Bazongisaki: — Tozwaki libatisi ya Yoane.
So he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” So they said, “Into John's baptism.”
4 Polo alobaki na bango: — Libatisi oyo Yoane azalaki kopesa ezalaki libatisi ya kobongola motema; azalaki koloba na bato ete bandimela moto oyo akoya sima na ye, elingi koloba ete bandimela Yesu.
So Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe into the One who would come after him, that is, into Jesus, the Christ.”
5 Boye, bayokelaki ye mpe bazwaki libatisi na Kombo ya Nkolo Yesu.
So upon hearing this they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 Tango Polo atielaki bango maboko, Molimo Mosantu akitelaki bango, mpe bakomaki koloba na nkota ya sika mpe kosakola.
And as Paul laid his hands on them the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they started speaking languages and prophesying.
7 Bango nyonso bazalaki bato pene zomi na mibale.
There were about twelve men in all.
8 Bongo, Polo akendeki na ndako ya mayangani epai wapi, na basanza misato, azalaki koloba na molende epai na bato; azalaki koteya bango makambo oyo etali Bokonzi ya Nzambe mpe kondimisa bango yango.
During three months Paul kept going to the synagogue and speaking boldly, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the Kingdom of God.
9 Kasi bato mosusu kati na bango bazalaki mitema mabanga; baboyaki kondima mpe batiolaki nzela ya Nkolo na miso ya bato ebele. Bongo Polo akabwanaki na bango. Amemaki bayekoli mpe, mokolo na mokolo, azalaki koteya bango na eteyelo ya Tiranisi.
But when some became hardened and disobedient, maligning the Way before the crowd, he withdrew from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of a certain Tyrannus.
10 Esalaki bongo mibu mibale; boye Bayuda nyonso mpe bato nyonso ya Grese, oyo bazalaki kovanda na mokili ya Azia bayokaki Liloba na Nkolo.
Now this continued for two years, so that all who lived in Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the Word of the Lord Jesus.
11 Nzambe azalaki kosala bikamwa ya somo na nzela ya Polo.
Further, God kept working unusual miracles by the hands of Paul,
12 Boye bato bakomaki kokamata miswale mpe bilamba oyo etuti nzoto ya Polo, mpo na kotia yango na banzoto ya babeli, bongo bokono ya bato yango ezalaki kosila, mpe milimo mabe ezalaki kobima kati na bango.
so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that he touched were applied to the sick, and the diseases left them and the wicked spirits went out from them.
13 Ndambo ya Bayuda oyo bazalaki kotambola-tambola mpo na kobengana milimo mabe bamekaki kobelela Kombo ya Nkolo Yesu mpo na koluka kokangola bato oyo bazalaki na se ya bokonzi ya milimo mabe; bazalaki koloba: — Na Kombo ya Yesu oyo Polo ateyaka, napesi bino mitindo ya kobima.
Well some among the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had wicked spirits saying, “We adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
14 Bana mibali sambo ya Moyuda Seva, moko kati na bakonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe, bazalaki kosala bongo.
In fact there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who were doing this.
15 Mokolo moko, molimo mabe ezongiselaki bango: — Nayebi Yesu, nayebi mpe soki Polo azali nani; kasi bino, bozali banani?
But a particular wicked spirit reacted and said, “Jesus I know, and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”
16 Mpe moto oyo azalaki na molimo mabe apumbwelaki bango, akangaki bango mpe abetaki bango nyonso makasi penza kino babimaki na ndako bolumbu mpe batonda na bapota.
And the man in whom the wicked spirit was jumped on them and overpowered them; he was so much stronger that they ran out of that house naked and wounded.
17 Tango likambo yango eyebanaki na Bayuda mpe na bato ya Grese oyo bavandaka na Efeso, somo ekangaki bango nyonso, mpe Kombo ya Nkolo Yesu ezwaki lokumu mingi.
Now this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being exalted.
18 Mingi kati na bato oyo bakomaki bandimi bazalaki koya kondima mpe kotubela polele misala na bango ya mabe.
And many of those who had believed started coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.
19 Mpe bato mingi ya maji bamemaki babuku na bango mpe batumbaki yango na miso ya bato nyonso. Tango balukaki koyeba motuya ya babuku yango, emonanaki ete ezalaki na motuya ya mbongo ya bibende nkoto tuku mitano.
In fact, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them up, in front of everybody (they had calculated their value and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver).
20 Ezali ndenge wana nde Liloba na Nkolo ezalaki kokoba kopanzana mpe komonana ete etonda na nguya ya Nzambe.
With power like that it was that the word of the Lord kept growing and prevailing.
21 Sima na makambo oyo nyonso, Polo, na bokambami ya Molimo, azwaki mokano ya kolekela na Masedwane mpe na Akayi mpo na kokende na Yelusalemi. Alobaki: — Soki nalongwe kuna, nakokende lisusu na Rome.
Now after these things were accomplished, Paul resolved in his spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
22 Atindaki na Masedwane, mibale kati na basungi na ye ya mosala, Timote mpe Erasite, wana ye moko atikalaki mwa mikolo na Azia.
So he sent two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, on to Macedonia, while he himself stayed on in Asia for a time.
23 Ezalaki na tango wana nde mobulu makasi esalemaki na Efeso na tina na Nzela ya Nkolo.
Now it was during that time that a serious disturbance concerning the Way occurred.
24 Demetriusi, mosali ya babiju, azalaki kosala na palata bililingi ya batempelo ya nzambe Artemisi. Na mosala yango, azalaki kofuta basali na ye mbongo mingi.
A certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, habitually brought in plenty of business for the artisans;
25 Asangisaki bango elongo na bato ya misala ya maboko, oyo basalaka mosala moko na ye, mpe alobaki na bango: — Baninga na ngai, boyebi malamu ete mosala oyo efutaka biso malamu.
he called them together, along with the workmen in related trades, and said: “Men, you know that our prosperity depends on this trade.
26 Nzokande, bino moko bozali komona mpe koyoka ndenge nini Polo wana azali kosala nyonso mpo na kondimisa bato mpe kobenda sima na ye bato ebele awa kaka na Efeso te, kasi mpe na etuka mobimba ya Azia; azali koloba ete banzambe oyo esalemi na maboko ya bato ezali banzambe te.
And you observe and hear that not only in Ephesus but throughout almost all Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that handmade things are not gods.
27 Makambo oyo Polo azali kosala ezali koluka kaka te kobebisa lokumu ya mosala na biso, kasi ezali mpe kosilisa lokumu ya tempelo ya Artemisi, nzambe monene ya mwasi; ezali lisusu kosilisa nkembo ya Artemisi oyo Azia mobimba mpe mokili mobimba ezali kogumbamela.
So not only is this trade of ours in danger of falling into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be discredited, and even her own majesty be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worship.”
28 Tango kaka bayokaki bongo, basilikaki makasi mpe bakomaki koganga: — Artemisi ya Efeso azali monene!
Now upon hearing this they were filled with anger and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29 Mbala moko, mobulu ekotaki kati na engumba mobimba. Bakangaki Gayusi mpe Arisitarke, bato mibale ya Masedwane, oyo bazalaki kotambola elongo na Polo; mpe bato nyonso bakendeki na lombangu na ndako ya masano.
So the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed into the theater with one accord (they had seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's traveling companions).
30 Polo azalaki na posa ya kobima na miso ya bato, kasi bayekoli bapekisaki ye.
When Paul wanted to go in to the people, the disciples would not let him.
31 Ezala mpe baninga na ye, oyo bazalaki bakambi ya etuka, batindelaki ye maloba mpo na kosenga na ye ete ameka te kosala liseki ya kokende na ndako ya masano.
Even some of the officials of Asia, being his friends, sent word to him and urged him not to venture into the theater.
32 Mobulu makasi ekotaki kati na ebele ya bato: bamoko bazalaki koganga mpo na likambo moko, mpe bamosusu, mpo na likambo mosusu. Mingi kati na bango bazalaki koyeba te tina nini basangani wana.
The assembly was in confusion: some were shouting one thing and some another; most of them did not know why they had come together.
33 Bayuda kati na ebele ya bato batindikaki Alekizandre na liboso, mpe batalisaki ye likambo yango ndenge ezali. Bongo Alekizandre atombolaki loboko mpo na kolakisa ete alingi kozwa maloba mpo na kotalisa na bato.
Then the Jews pushed Alexander forward, out from the crowd. So Alexander motioned with his hand and would have made a defense to the people.
34 Kasi tango basosolaki ete azali Moyuda, bango nyonso basalaki pene bangonga mibale ya koganga lokola moto moko: — Artemisi ya Efeso azali monene!
But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
35 Suka na suka, mokomi mikanda ya engumba alongaki kopekisa makelele ya bato; alobaki: — Bato ya Efeso! Nani kati na mokili oyo ayebi te ete engumba ya Efeso ezali engumba mosantu ya Artemisi, nzambe mwasi monene, mpe ya ekeko na ye oyo ekita wuta na likolo?
When the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said: “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple guardian of the great goddess Artemis and of what fell from Zeus?
36 Yango wana, lokola moko te akoki kotia tembe na likambo oyo, bovanda kimia mpe bosala makambo ya bozoba te.
Therefore, since these things are undeniable, you ought to be quiet and not do anything rash.
37 Bato oyo bomemi awa babebisi ndako ya nzambe na biso te mpe bafingi ye te.
You have arrested these men who are neither temple thieves nor blasphemers of your goddess.
38 Soki Demetriusi mpe basali na ye bazwi moto likambo, esambiselo ezali, basambisi mpe bazali. Ebongi malamu ete bakende kofunda.
Now if Demetrius and his fellow artisans have a complaint against anyone, courts are available, and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another.
39 Mpe soki bozali na likambo mosusu ya koloba, tokoyekola yango malamu kati na mayangani oyo mibeko epesa ndingisa.
But if you want to debate any other matter, it will be settled in the legal assembly.
40 Soki tokebi te, bakoki kofunda biso ete botombokisi bato, mpo na makambo oyo esalemi lelo. Na bongo, tokolonga te kolimbola tina oyo bato basangani awa.
Indeed, we are in danger of being charged with a riot, because of today, there being no reason at all that we can give to account for this commotion.”
41 Tango kaka asilisaki koloba, apesaki mitindo ete bato bapanzana.
And having said these things he dismissed the assembly.
