Asan'ny Apostoly 19
1 Ary raha mbola tany Korinto Apolosy, dia nitety ny tany ambony Paoly ka tonga tany Efesosy, dia nahita mpianatra sasany teo izy
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples.
2 ka nanao taminy hoe: Efa noraisinareo va ny Fanahy Masìna, fony vao nino ianareo? Fa ireo nanao taminy hoe: Tsy renay akory fa efa nomena ny Fanahy Masìna.
He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
3 Ary hoy Paoly: Ho amin’ inona ary no nanaovana batisa anareo? Dia hoy ireo: Ho amin’ ny batisan’ i Jaona.
He said, “Into what then were you baptised?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.”
4 Fa hoy Paoly: Jaona nanao ny batisan’ ny fibebahana ka nilaza tamin’ ny olona hino Izay ho avy manaraka azy, dia Jesosy.
Paul said, “John indeed baptised with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.”
5 Ary raha nahare izany izy, dia natao batisa ho amin’ ny anaran’ i Jesosy Tompo.
When they heard this, they were baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 Ary rehefa nametrahan’ i Paoly tanana izy, dia nilatsaka taminy ny Fanahy Masìna; ary niteny tamin’ ny teny tsy fantatra izy sady naminany.
When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.
7 Ary tokony ho roa ambin’ ny folo lahy no isan’ izy rehetra.
They were about twelve men in all.
8 Ary Paoly niditra tao amin’ ny synagoga ka niteny tamin’ ny fahasahiana, dia niady hevitra telo volana ka nampanaiky ny amin’ ny fanjakan’ Andriamanitra.
He entered into the synagogue and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God’s Kingdom.
9 Fa raha nikiribiby ny sasany ka tsy nanaiky, fa niteny ratsy izany fampianarana izany teo imason’ ny olona maro, dia niala tamin’ ireo izy ka nitondra ny mpianatra nitokana, dia niady hevitra isan’ andro tao amin’ ny trano fampianaran’ i Tyrano.
But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
10 Ary naharitra roa taona ngarangidina izany, ka dia nandre ny tenin’ ny Tompo izay rehetra nonina tany Asia, na Jiosy na jentilisa.
This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11 Ary ny tànan’ i Paoly no nanaovan’ Andriamanitra fahagagana lehibe maro,
God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,
12 ka dia ny mosara sy ny fiaron’ akanjo teny aminy no nentina hatao amin’ ny marary, dia sitrana ny aretiny, ary nivoaka ny fanahy ratsy.
so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.
13 Ary nisy Jiosy sasany, mpiriorio mamoaka fanahy ratsy, izay ninia nanonona ny anaran’ i Jesosy Tompo koa teo ambonin’ ny manana fanahy ratsy ka nanao hoe: Mampianiana anareo amin’ i Jesosy Izay torin’ i Paoly aho.
But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
14 Ary nisy fito mirahalahy, zanak’ i Skeva, Jiosy, lohan’ ny mpisorona, izay nanao izany.
There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
15 Ary ny fanahy ratsy namaly ka nanao taminy hoe: Fantatro Jesosy, ary fantatro koa Paoly; fa mba iza kosa moa ianareo?
The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
16 Ary ny lehilahy izay nanana ny fanahy ratsy dia niantsambotra tamin’ ireo ary nahery ka naharesy azy roa lahy, dia nandositra niala tamin’ izany trano izany ireo sady nitanjaka no voaratra.
The man in whom the evil spirit was leapt on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 Ary fantatry ny Jiosy sy ny jentilisa rehetra izay nonina tany Efesosy izany; dia raiki-tahotra ny olona rehetra ka nankalaza ny anaran’ i Jesosy Tompo.
This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 Ary maro izay nino dia tonga ka niaiky sy nilaza ny asany.
Many also of those who had believed came, confessing and declaring their deeds.
19 Ary maro ny mpanao ody no nanangona ny bokiny ka nandoro azy teo imason’ ny olona rehetra; ary nony voatontaly ny tokom-bidiny, dia hita fa volafotsy dimy alina izany.
Many of those who practised magical arts brought their books together and burnt them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 Fatratra toy izany no fandroson’ ny tenin’ Andriamanitra sy ny heriny.
So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.
21 Ary rehefa vita izany zavatra izany, Paoly dia nikasa tao am-pony handeha hamaky an’ i Makedonia sy Akaia aloha vao hankany Jerosalema ka nanao hoe: Rehefa tonga any aho, dia tsy maintsy hahita an’ i Roma koa.
Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
22 Ary ny roa lahy tamin’ izay nanompo ary, dia Timoty sy Erasto, no nirahiny nankany Makedonia; fa izy mbola nitoetra tany Asia andro vitsivitsy kosa.
Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
23 Ary tamin’ izany andro izany dia nisy tabataba be ihany ny amin’ izany fampianarana izany.
About that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way.
24 Fa nisy lehilahy anankiray atao hoe Demetrio, mpanefy volafotsy, izay nanao sarin’ ny tempolin’ i Diana tamin’ ny volafotsy, dia nampahazo harena be ny mpanefy;
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,
25 ireny mbamin’ ny mpanao zavatra hafa koa toy izany dia nantsoiny hiangona ka nilazany hoe: Tompokolahy, fantatrareo fa amin’ izao tao-zavatra izao no ahazoantsika harena.
whom he gathered together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.
26 Ary hitanareo sy renareo fa tsy eto Efesosy ihany, fa saiky manerana an’ i Asia rehetra dia mitaona olona betsaka izany Paoly izany ka mampivily ny samy manao hoe: Tsy Andriamanitra izay zavatra nataon-tanana.
You see and hear that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods that are made with hands.
27 Ka dia tsy izao raharahantsika izao ihany no ahina hatao ho zava-poana; fa ny tempolin’ i Diana, andriamani-bavy lehibe, dia hatao tsinontsinona koa aza, ka ho afa-boninahitra ilay ivavahan’ i Asia rehetra sy izao tontolo izao.
Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”
28 Ary rehefa nandre izany izy ireo, dia tezitra loatra ka niantso hoe: Lehibe Dianan’ ny Efesiana!
When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29 Ary nanerana ny tanàna ny tabataba; ary rehefa nisarika an’ i Gaio sy Aristarko, lehilahy Makedoniana niara-dia tamin’ i Paoly, izy, dia niray saina niriotra ho ao an-trano filalaovana.
The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theatre, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel.
30 Ary raha te-hiditra ho any amin’ ny olona Paoly, dia tsy navelan’ ny mpianatra.
When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn’t allow him.
31 Ary ny lehibe sasany tany Asia, izay sakaizany, dia nampitondra teny nananatra azy mba tsy ho sahy hiditra ao an-trano filalaovana.
Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theatre.
32 Ary ny sasany niantso zavatra iray, ary ny sasany kosa zavatra hafa; fa nihorikorika ny olona vory; koa ny ankamaroany tsy nahalala izay anton’ ny niangonany teo.
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn’t know why they had come together.
33 Ary nisy nisarika an’ i Aleksandro avy teo amin’ ny vahoaka, fa ny Jiosy nanesika azy handroso. Ary Aleksandro nanofa tanana, fa ta-handaha-teny hiala tsiny tamin’ ny olona.
They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defence to the people.
34 Fa rehefa fantatry ny olona fa Jiosy, izy dia niredona niantso tokony ho ora roa izy rehetra hoe: Lehibe Dianan’ ny Efesiana!
But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
35 Ary ny mpitahiry ny didy dia nampangina ny olona ka nanao hoe: Ry lehilahy Efesiana, iza no olona tsy mahalala fa ny tanànan’ ny Efesiana no mpitahiry an’ i Diana lehibe sy ny sarin-javatra izay latsaka avy tamin’ i Jopitera?
When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, “You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?
36 Ary satria tsy azo toherina izany, dia tokony hangina ianareo ka tsy hanao na inona na inona an-kamehana.
Seeing then that these things can’t be denied, you ought to be quiet and to do nothing rash.
37 Fa nentinareo etỳ ireo lehilahy ireo, izay tsy nandroba tempoly, na niteny ratsy ny andriamanitsika.
For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.
38 Koa raha manan-teny hifamaliana amin’ olona Demetrio sy ny mpanefy izay momba azy, aoka hifandahatra izy, fa misy ihany ny andro hitsarana, ary ao ihany koa ireo governora.
If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.
39 Fa raha mitady zavatra hafa kosa ianareo, dia hotsaraina amin’ izay fivoriana voatendrin’ ny lalàna.
But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
40 Fa andrao ampangaina isika noho ny tabataba tsy misy antony izay niseho androany, ka tsy hita izay hilazantsika izao fampitairana izao.
For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning today’s riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn’t be able to give an account of this commotion.”
41 Ary rehefa nilaza izany izy, dia nampirava ny olona vory teo.
When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
