प्रेरित 19
1 अपोलोस कोरिन्थमा भएको बेला पावल माथिल्लो भूभागको बाटोहुँदै एफिसस सहर आइपुगे र त्यहाँ कतिपय चेलाहरूलाई भेटे ।
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
2 पावलले तिनीहरूलाई सोधे, “के तिमीहरूले विश्वास गर्दा पवित्र आत्मा पायौ त?” तर तिनीहरूले उनलाई भने, “होइन, हामीले त पवित्र आत्माको बारेमा अहिलेसम्म सुनेका समेत छैनौँ ।”
He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
3 पावलले भने, “त्यसो भए तिमीहरूले केमा बप्तिस्मा लियौ त?” तिनीहरूले भने, “यूहन्नाको बप्तिस्मामा ।”
And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.
4 त्यसैले पावलले जवाफ दिए, “यूहन्नाले दिने बप्तिस्माचाहिँ पश्चात्तापको हो । उनले मानिसहरूलाई भनेका थिए कि उनीहरूले तिनीभन्दा पछि आउनुहुनेमाथि अर्थात् येशूमाथि विश्वास गर्नुपर्छ ।”
Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
5 मानिसहरूले त्यो कुरा सुनेपछि उनीहरूले प्रभु येशूको नाउँमा बप्तिस्मा लिए ।
When they heard [this], they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 त्यसपछि पावलले उनीहरूमाथि हात राखे र पवित्र आत्मा उनीहरूमाथि आउनुभयो अनि उनीहरूले अन्यभाषाहरूमा बोले र अगमवाणी गरे ।
And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
7 उनीहरू जम्मा बाह्र जना जति मानिसहरू थिए ।
And all the men were about twelve.
8 पावलले सभाघरमा गएर साहससाथ प्रचार गर्दै तीन महिना बिताए । उनले परमेश्वरको राज्यको बारेमा मानिसहरूसँग बहस गरे र विश्वास दिलाए ।
And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
9 तर केही यहूदीहरूले हृदय कठोर पारे र अनाज्ञाकारी भए, अनि तिनीहरूले ख्रीष्टको मार्गको विरुद्धमा भिडहरूका सामु दुष्ट कुरा बोल्न थाले । यसकारण पावलले उनीहरूलाई छोडे र विश्वासहरूलाई लिएर त्यहाँबाट गए । उनले टुरान्नसको प्रवचन कक्षमा हरेक दिन बोल्न थाले ।
But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10 यो प्रक्रिया दुई वर्षसम्म चल्यो र यसरी एसियामा भएका यहूदी र ग्रीकहरू दुवैले प्रभुको वचन सुने ।
And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11 पावलको हातबाट परमेश्वरले महान् कामहरू गर्नुभयो ।
And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
12 पावलको शरीरमा रुमाल र कपडालाई छुवाएर लगेर बिरामीहरूलाई छुवाइदिँदा समेत तिनीहरू निको भए र दुष्ट आत्माहरू तिनीहरूका शरीरबाट निस्केर गए ।
So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
13 तर त्यस इलाकामा येशूको नाउँलाई आफू अनुकुल प्रयोग गर्ने केही यहूदी झारफुक गर्नेहरू पनि थिए । तिनीहरूले भूतात्मा लागेकाहरूलाई यसो भन्ने गर्थे, “पावलले प्रचार गरेको येशूको नाउँमा निक्ली जान म तँलाई आज्ञा गर्छु ।”
Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14 त्यस्तो गर्नेमा एक जना यहूदी प्रधान पूजाहारी स्केवाका सातजना छोराहरू थिए ।
And there were seven sons of [one] Sceva, a Jew, [and] chief of the priests, which did so.
15 एउटा दुष्ट आत्माले तिनीहरूलाई यसो भनेर जवाफ दियो, “येशूलाई म चिन्छु; पावललाई पनि चिन्छु, तर तँचाहिँ को होस्?”
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
16 त्यो दुष्ट आत्मा लागेको मानिस तिनीहरूमाथि झम्ट्यो र तिनीहरूलाई लछारपछार गरेर पिट्यो । तब तिनीहरू त्यस घरबाट नाङ्गै र घाइते भएर भागे ।
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 एफिससमा बस्ने यहूदी र ग्रीक सबै विश्वासीहरूलाई यो कुरा थाहा भयो । यसले गर्दा उनीहरूमा ठुलो भय उत्त्पन्न भयो अनि प्रभु येशूको नाउँको महिमा भयो ।
And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 साथै धेरै विश्वासीहरू आएर आफूले गरेका दुष्ट कामहरू स्वीकार गरे ।
And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
19 टुनामुना गर्नेहरू धेरै जनाले आफ्ना पुस्तकहरू ल्याई सबैको सामुन्ने जलाए । तिनीहरूले यी सबैको मूल्याङ्कन गर्दा पचास हजार चाँदीका सिक्का बराबर भयो ।
Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all [men]: and they counted the price of them, and found [it] fifty thousand [pieces] of silver.
20 यसरी प्रभुको वचन धेरै शक्तिशाली रूपमा फैलियो ।
So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
21 अब पावलले एफिससमा अफ्नो सेवा-कार्य पुरा गरिसकेपछि पवित्र आत्माको अगुवाइमा उनले माकेडोनिया र अखैया हुँदै यरूशलेमतर्फ जाने निर्णय गरे । उनले भने, “यरूशलेम पुगेपछि म रोममा पनि जानै पर्छ ।”
After these things were ended, Paul purposed 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 पावलले आफ्ना दुई जना चेलाहरू तिमोथी र एरास्तसलाई माकेडोनिया पठाए जसले उनलाई सहयोग गरेका थिए । तर पावल आफैँचाहिँ केही समय एसियामै बसे ।
So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
23 त्यसैबेला एफिससमा यो मार्गको विषयमा ठुलो खैलाबैला मच्चियो ।
And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
24 डायनाको चाँदीका मूर्तिहरू बनाउने चाँदीका सिल्पकार डेमेत्रियसले कारीगरहरूलाई धेरै व्यापार जुटाइदिन्थे ।
For a certain [man] named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
25 त्यसैकारण ती मानिसहरूलाई भेला गरेर तिनले भने, “साथीहरू, यो व्यापारबाट हामीले धेरै पैसा कमाइरहेका छौँ ।
Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
26 तर तपाईंहरूले देख्दै र सुन्दै हुनुहुन्छ कि एफिससमा मात्र नभएर एसियामा भएका सबै ठाउँहरूमा पावलले कसरी धेरै मानिसहरूलाई यी कुराहरूबाट फर्काएको छ । उसले हातले बनाएका कुराहरूलाई ईश्वरहरू होइनन् भनिरहेछ ।
Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
27 त्यसले गर्दा हाम्रो व्यापारमा नोक्सानी हुने मात्र होइन तर हाम्री महान् देवी डायनाको मन्दिर र तिनीप्रति मानिसहरूको आस्था पनि अब एसिया र संसारबाटै हराउनेछ ।”
So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
28 यो कुरा सुनेपछि, तिनीहरू रिसाएर यसो भन्दै चिच्याए, “एफिसीहरूकी देवी डायना महान् छिन्!”
And when they heard [these sayings], they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great [is] Diana of the Ephesians.
29 यसरी सहरका सबै मानिसहरू अलमलमा परे । अनि पावलसँग माकेडोनियाबाट यात्रा गरी आएका गायस र अरिस्तार्खसलाई लिएर तिनीहरू सबै रङ्गशालाभित्र दौडे ।
And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
30 पावल पनि त्यस भिडमा जान चाहन्थे, तर चेलाहरूले उनलाई रोके ।
And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.
31 साथै कतिपय स्थानीय अधिकारीहरू जो पावलका मित्र थिए तिनीहरूले उनलाई त्यस भिडमा नआउन अनुरोध गर्दै खबर पठाए ।
And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring [him] that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.
32 केही मानिसहरू एउटा कुरा भन्दै थिए भने अरूले चाहिँ अर्कै कुरा गर्थे, कारण भिडका मानिसहरू अलमलमा थिए । धेरै मानिसहरूलाई त तिनीहरू त्यहाँ किन भेला भएका थिए भन्ने कुरा समेत थाहा थिएन ।
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
33 यहूदीहरूले एलेक्जेन्डरलाई भिडको पंक्तिमा ल्याए र तिनले आफ्ना हातद्वारा इशारा गरेर भिडलाई केही कुरा बुझाउन बोल्न लागे ।
And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.
34 तर जब तिनीहरूले अलेक्जेन्डर पनि यहूदी हुन् भन्ने थाहा पाए, तब तिनीहरू सबैले एउटै स्वरमा दुई घण्टासम्म “एफिसीहरूकी देवी डायना महान् छिन्!” भन्दै चिच्याए ।
But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great [is] Diana of the Ephesians.
35 तब नगर-सचिवले भिडलाई शान्त गराएर भने, “एफिससका मानिसहरू हो! एफिसीहरूको सहर महान् डायनाको मन्दिर र आकाशबाट खसेको तिनको मूर्तिको रक्षक हो भन्ने कुरा कसलाई थाहा छैन र?
And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, [Ye] men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the [image] which fell down from Jupiter?
36 यसरी यी कुराहरूलाई इन्कार गर्न सकिँदैन, यसकारण तपाईंहरू शान्त रहनुपर्छ र हतारमा केही गर्नुहुँदैन ।
Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
37 किनकि तपाईंहरूले ल्याएका यी मानिसहरूले न त मन्दिर लुटेका छन् न त हाम्री देवीको विरुद्धमा ईश्वरनिन्दा नै गरेका छन् ।
For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
38 त्यसकारण, डेमेत्रियस र उसका कारीगरहरूसँग कसैको विरुद्धमा केही भएमा अदालतहरू खुल्ला छन् र त्यहाँ न्यायाधीशहरू छन् । त्यहाँ तिनीहरूले उजुरी दिऊन् ।
Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
39 तर यदि अरू कुराहरू भएमा नियमित सभामा निर्णय लिइने छ ।
But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
40 किनभने आजको यस खैलाबैलाको दोष हामीलाई लाग्ने खतरा छ । यो बिनाकारणको हो र यसको व्याख्या गर्न हामी सक्दैनौँ ।”
For we are in danger to be called in question for this day’s uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
41 यति भनेपछि उनले सभालाई विसर्जन गरे ।
And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
