Asan'ny Apostoly 19
1 Teo t’ie e Korinto añe t’i Apolosy, le niranga i tane aboy t’i Paoly naho nipoteake e Efesosy ao vaho nitendreke mpiòke,
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland districts of Roman Asia, and went to Ephesus. There he found some disciples, of whom he asked:
2 le nanoa’e ty hoe: Rinambe’ areo hao i Arofo Masiñey te niantoke? Aiy! hoe ty natoi’ iareo: mbe tsy nijanji’ay i Arofo Masiñey.
“Did you, when you became believers in Christ, receive the Holy Spirit?” “No,” they answered, “we did not even hear that there was a Holy Spirit.”
3 Aa le hoe re: Ami’ty inoñe arè ty nampiliporañe anahareo? Ty fampilipora’ i Jaonay, hoe iareo.
“What then was your baptism?” Paul asked.
4 Aa le hoe t’i Paoly: Toe nandipotse ami’ty fandiporam-pisolohoañe t’i Jaona, hatokisa’ iareo i manonjohy azey: Iesoà izay.
“John’s baptism was a baptism upon repentance,” rejoined Paul, “and John told the people (speaking of the ‘One Coming; after him) that they should believe in him — that is in Jesus.”
5 Ie jinanji’ iereo, le nalipotse ami’ty tahina’ Iesoà Talè.
On hearing this, they were baptized into the faith of the Lord Jesus,
6 Le nanampeza’ i Paoly fitàñe naho nivotraha’ i Arofo Masiñey naho nilikoliko vaho nitoky.
and, after Paul had placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit descended upon them, and they began to speak with ‘tongues’ and to preach.
7 Va’e folo ro’amby indaty rey.
There were about twelve of them in all.
8 Nizilik’ am-pitontonañ’ao t’i Paoly le nilañoñe telo volañe, am-pahavaniañe nitaroñe naho nañosike iareo amy Fifehean’ Añaharey.
Paul went to the Synagogue there, and for three months spoke out fearlessly, giving addresses and trying to convince his hearers, about the kingdom of God.
9 Aa ie nihagàñe ty ila’e naho nanjehatse mbore nanivetive i Lalañey añatrefa’ i màroy, le nisitaha’e naho nave’e o mpiòkeo vaho nañotsohotso boak’ andro an-dakilasi’ i Tiranò ao.
Some of them, however, hardened their hears and refused to believe, denouncing the Cause before the people. So Paul left them and withdrew his disciples, and gave daily addresses in the lecture-hall of Tyrannus.
10 Nitoloñe’ iereo roe taoñe izay, aa le hene nahajanjiñe ty tsara’ Iehovà o mpimoneñe Asiao, ndra Jiosy ndra Grika.
This went on for two years, so that all who lived in Roman Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the Lord’s Message.
11 Nitolon-draha tsitantane am-pità’ i Paoly t’i Andriañahare,
God did miracles of no ordinary kind by Paul’s hands;
12 ie nendeseñe boak’ an-tsandri’e ty sarimbo ndra masoara mb’ amo silokeo le nifiañe i hasilokey vaho nifaok’ añe o angatseo.
so that people would carry home to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body, and their diseases would leave them and the wicked spirits go out of them.
13 Aa le rinambe’ o Jiosy mirererere mpitrobo-angatseo ty fikaikaihañe i tahina’ Iesoày ambone’ o vinolevolen-kokolampao, ami’ty hoe: Lilie’ay irehe ami’ty tahina’ Iesoà tseize’ i Paoliy.
An attempt was made by some itinerant Jews, who were exorcists, to use the Name of the Lord Jesus over those who had wicked spirits in them. “I adjure you,” they would say, “by the Jesus, whom Paul preaches.”
14 Nanao izay ka ty anadahy fito’ i Skeva, Jiosy, talèm-pisoroñe,
The seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish Chief Priest, were doing this;
15 aa le tinoi’ i anga-dratiy ty hoe: Fantako t’Iesoa, apotako i Paoly, fa ia v’inahareoo?
but the wicked spirit answered them: “Jesus I acknowledge, and Paul I know, but you — who are you?”
16 Le niambotraha’ indaty niangara’ i kokolampaiy naho fonga ginore’e vaho rineba’e, le nibotatsak’ amy anjombay iereo nibongibongy naho nitsiri-dio.
Then the man, in whom this wicked spirit was, sprang upon them, mastered both of them, and so completely overpowered them, that they fled out of the house, stripped of their clothes, and wounded.
17 Kanao hene naharendreke izay ndra Jiosy ndra Grika mpimoneñe Efesosy ao le nivotraha’ ty eveñe, vaho nonjoneñe ty tahina’ Iesoà Talè.
This incident came to the knowledge of all the Jews and Greeks living at Ephesus; they were all awe-struck, and the Name of the Lord Jesus was held in the highest honour.
18 Aa le maro amo nahafiatoo ty nimb’eo nisoloho, vaho namoraborake o sata’eo.
Many, too, of those who had become believers in Christ came with a full confession of their practices;
19 Natonto’ ty mpisikily maro ka o boke’eo naho niforototoe’ iereo am-batraike. Ie vinolily, le nizoeñe te drakma lime ale ty vili’ irezay.
while a number of people, who had practiced magic, collected their books and burnt them publicly; and on reckoning up the price of these, they found it amounted to five thousand pounds.
20 Aa le nienatse an-kaozarañe ty tsara’ Iehovà vaho nahareketse.
So irresistibly did the Lord’s Message spread and prevail.
21 Ie niheneke, le sinafiri’ i Paoly añ’arofo ty hiranga i Makedonia naho i Akaia mb’e Ierosaleme añe; aa hoe re: Naho hirik’ añe le tsi-mahay tsy hitilike i Roma ka iraho.
Sometime after these events Paul resolved to go through Macedonia and Greece, and then make his way to Jerusalem. “And after I have been there,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.”
22 Aa le nampihitrife’e mb’e Makedonia mb’eo ty mpitoro’e roe, i Timoty naho i Erasto, ie nitambatse an-tane’ Asia ao heike.
So he sent to Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, while he himself stayed for some time longer in Roman Asia.
23 Ie amy zay, nipoñake ty fitrobotroboañe jabajaba ty amy Lalañey.
Just about that time a great disturbance arose about the Cause.
24 Teo ty mpanefe vola foty atao Demetrio, mpamboatse hazomanga volafoty ho amy Artemise, ze nampivangongo ty fitoloña’ o mpanefeo.
A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver models of the shrine of Artemis, and so gave a great deal of work to the artisans,
25 Kinoi’e hivory o mpitrao-tolon-drahao, vaho hoe ty asa’e: O androanavio, fohi’ areo te o tolon-drahao ro mampiraorao an-tika;
got these men together, as well as the workmen engaged in similar occupations, and said: “Men, you know that our prosperity depends upon this work,
26 naho isa’ areo naho janji’ areo te tsy e Efesosy avao fa didý tsy mahatsitsike i Asia ty fañosiha’ i Paoly i màroy hiamboho, ie manao te tsy ndrañahare ka o satam-pitàñeo.
and you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but in almost the whole of Roman Asia, this Paul has convinced and won over great numbers of people, by his assertion that those Gods which are made by hands are not Gods at all.
27 Aa tsy te i balibalin-tikañey avao ty ho mavoeñe, fa honjirañe ka ty anjomban-drañahare-ampela Artemisey hampifotsak’ i fiambesam-bolonahe’ey ie italahoa’ i Asia iaby naho ty voatse toy.
So that not only is this business of ours likely to fall into discredit, but there is the further danger that the Temple of the great Goddess Artemis will be thought nothing of, and that she herself will be deprived of her splendour — though all Roman Asia and the whole world worship her.”
28 Ie nahajanjiñe iereo, le nilifom-piforoforo vaho songa nikoràke ty hoe: Ra’elahy t’i Artemise’ o nte Efesosio!
When they heard this, the men were greatly enraged, and began shouting — “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29 Aa le nitsitsike fivalitaboahañe i rovay, le nihitrihitry hoe raike mb’an-tameañe ey, naho kinozozo’ iareo t’i Gaio naho i Aristarko nte-Makedonia, mpitrao-lia amy Paoly.
The commotion spread through the whole city, and the people rushed together into the amphitheater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, two Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.
30 Ho naneñateña amy fiharondembohañ’ ao t’i Paoly fe tsy napo’ o mpiòkeo.
Paul wished to go into the amphitheater and face the people, but the disciples would not let him,
31 Nañitrik’ ama’e ka ty ila’ o bei’ i Asia rañe’eo, ty tsy hitoaña’e i tameañey.
while some of the chief religious officials of the province, who were friendly to him, sent repeated entreaties to him not to trust himself inside.
32 Aa le nikoràke hoe zao ty ila’e naho hoe izay ty ila’e amy te nifamalitaboak’ i fivoriy vaho ninofi’ i màroy ty talim-pivoria’e.
Meanwhile some were shouting one thing and some another, for the Assembly was all in confusion, most of those present not even knowing why they had met.
33 Tamy màroy ty nampibejañe i rahay amy Aleksandro le naronje’ o Jiosio mb’aolo mb’eo. Aa le nanondrotondro fitàñe t’i Aleksandro hiveroke amo nivorio.
But some of the crowd prompted Alexander, whom the Jews had pushed to the front, and he waved his hand to show that he wanted to speak in their defence to the people.
34 Fe naho nifohi’ i màroy t’ie Jiosy, le nirihòñe’ iereo an-tazataza añate’ ty roe ora ty hoe: Ra’elahy t’i Artemise’ i Efesosy!
However, when they recognised him as a Jew, one cry broke from them all, and they continued shouting for two hours — “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
35 Ie nampianjiñe i lahialeñey ty silikitera’ i rovay le hoe ty asa’e: Ry ondaty nte Efesosio, Ia t’indaty tsy mahafohiñe te mpañambeñe ty anjomba’ i Artemise ra’elahy nivotrak’ atoy boak’ andindiñ’ añe, ty rova’ o nte-Efesosio?
When the Recorder had succeeded in quieting the crowd, he said: “Men of Ephesus, who is there, I ask you, who needs to be told that this city of Ephesus is the Warden of the Temple of the great Artemis, and of the statue which fell down from Zeus?
36 Aa kanao tsy hay liereñe, le kitra’e hianjiñe nahareo tsy hanao ty hajagarigarìañe,
As these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and do nothing rash;
37 amy te nasese’ areo mb’etoa ondaty tsy mpamaok’ anjomba miavake vaho tsy mpanivetive an-drañahare-ampela-tikañey.
for you have brought these men here, though they are neither robbers of Temples nor blasphemers of our Goddess.
38 Aa naho te haneseke ondaty t’i Demetrio naho o mpanao satam-pitàñeo, le misokake i zakay, vaho ao o sorotào, angao iereo hifampaneseke.
If, however, Demetrius and the artisans who are acting with him have a charge to make against any one, there are Court Days and there are Magistrates; let both parties take legal proceedings.
39 Hera t’ie aman-draha hafa tea’ areo ho bentareñe, fe am-pivory to ao ty ilaharañe.
But if you want anything more, it will have to be settled in the regular Assembly.
40 Toe marivo ho sangieñe tika ty amy hotakotak’ anindroaniy, ie tsy aman-taly hamolilia’ay ty fañotakotahañe toy.
For I tell you that we are in danger of being proceeded against for to-day’s riot, there being nothing to account for it; and in that case we shall be at a loss to give any reason for this disorderly gathering.”
41 Ie niheneke i saontsi’ey, le naba’e añe i màroy.
With these words he dismissed the Assembly.
