प्रेरित 19
1 अपोलोस कोरिन्थमा भएको बेला पावल माथिल्लो भूभागको बाटोहुँदै एफिसस सहर आइपुगे र त्यहाँ कतिपय चेलाहरूलाई भेटे ।
It happened that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found 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 to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They said to him, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
3 पावलले भने, “त्यसो भए तिमीहरूले केमा बप्तिस्मा लियौ त?” तिनीहरूले भने, “यूहन्नाको बप्तिस्मामा ।”
He said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into 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 ।”
Paul said, "John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in 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 ।
When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other tongues and prophesied.
7 उनीहरू जम्मा बाह्र जना जति मानिसहरू थिए ।
They were about twelve men in all.
8 पावलले सभाघरमा गएर साहससाथ प्रचार गर्दै तीन महिना बिताए । उनले परमेश्वरको राज्यको बारेमा मानिसहरूसँग बहस गरे र विश्वास दिलाए ।
He entered into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about 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 some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the crowd, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
10 यो प्रक्रिया दुई वर्षसम्म चल्यो र यसरी एसियामा भएका यहूदी र ग्रीकहरू दुवैले प्रभुको वचन सुने ।
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 पावलको हातबाट परमेश्वरले महान् कामहरू गर्नुभयो ।
God worked 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 even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the evil spirits went out.
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 ।”
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, "I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches."
14 त्यस्तो गर्नेमा एक जना यहूदी प्रधान पूजाहारी स्केवाका सातजना छोराहरू थिए ।
There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
15 एउटा दुष्ट आत्माले तिनीहरूलाई यसो भनेर जवाफ दियो, “येशूलाई म चिन्छु; पावललाई पनि चिन्छु, तर तँचाहिँ को होस्?”
The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"
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, having leapt on them, having overpowered them all, prevailed against them so that they fled from 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 ।
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 साथै धेरै विश्वासीहरू आएर आफूले गरेका दुष्ट कामहरू स्वीकार गरे ।
Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring 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 those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted the price of them, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 यसरी प्रभुको वचन धेरै शक्तिशाली रूपमा फैलियो ।
So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.
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 ।”
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 पावलले आफ्ना दुई जना चेलाहरू तिमोथी र एरास्तसलाई माकेडोनिया पठाए जसले उनलाई सहयोग गरेका थिए । तर पावल आफैँचाहिँ केही समय एसियामै बसे ।
Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
23 त्यसैबेला एफिससमा यो मार्गको विषयमा ठुलो खैलाबैला मच्चियो ।
About that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.
24 डायनाको चाँदीका मूर्तिहरू बनाउने चाँदीका सिल्पकार डेमेत्रियसले कारीगरहरूलाई धेरै व्यापार जुटाइदिन्थे ।
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,
25 त्यसैकारण ती मानिसहरूलाई भेला गरेर तिनले भने, “साथीहरू, यो व्यापारबाट हामीले धेरै पैसा कमाइरहेका छौँ ।
whom he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, "Sirs, you know that by this business 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 ।
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 त्यसले गर्दा हाम्रो व्यापारमा नोक्सानी हुने मात्र होइन तर हाम्री महान् देवी डायनाको मन्दिर र तिनीप्रति मानिसहरूको आस्था पनि अब एसिया र संसारबाटै हराउनेछ ।”
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 that she should even be deposed from her magnificence, whom all Asia and the world worships."
28 यो कुरा सुनेपछि, तिनीहरू रिसाएर यसो भन्दै चिच्याए, “एफिसीहरूकी देवी डायना महान् छिन्!”
When they heard this they were filled with anger, and began to shout, saying, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians."
29 यसरी सहरका सबै मानिसहरू अलमलमा परे । अनि पावलसँग माकेडोनियाबाट यात्रा गरी आएका गायस र अरिस्तार्खसलाई लिएर तिनीहरू सबै रङ्गशालाभित्र दौडे ।
The city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's companions in travel.
30 पावल पनि त्यस भिडमा जान चाहन्थे, तर चेलाहरूले उनलाई रोके ।
When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples did not allow him.
31 साथै कतिपय स्थानीय अधिकारीहरू जो पावलका मित्र थिए तिनीहरूले उनलाई त्यस भिडमा नआउन अनुरोध गर्दै खबर पठाए ।
And also some of the Asiarchs, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to venture into the theater.
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 shouted one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them did not know why they had come together.
33 यहूदीहरूले एलेक्जेन्डरलाई भिडको पंक्तिमा ल्याए र तिनले आफ्ना हातद्वारा इशारा गरेर भिडलाई केही कुरा बुझाउन बोल्न लागे ।
They brought Alexander out of the crowd, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to 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 perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours shouted, "Great is Artemis 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?
When the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, "You men of Ephesus, is there anyone who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?
36 यसरी यी कुराहरूलाई इन्कार गर्न सकिँदैन, यसकारण तपाईंहरू शान्त रहनुपर्छ र हतारमा केही गर्नुहुँदैन ।
Seeing then that these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.
37 किनकि तपाईंहरूले ल्याएका यी मानिसहरूले न त मन्दिर लुटेका छन् न त हाम्री देवीको विरुद्धमा ईश्वरनिन्दा नै गरेका छन् ।
For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.
38 त्यसकारण, डेमेत्रियस र उसका कारीगरहरूसँग कसैको विरुद्धमा केही भएमा अदालतहरू खुल्ला छन् र त्यहाँ न्यायाधीशहरू छन् । त्यहाँ तिनीहरूले उजुरी दिऊन् ।
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 तर यदि अरू कुराहरू भएमा नियमित सभामा निर्णय लिइने छ ।
But if you seek anything further, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
40 किनभने आजको यस खैलाबैलाको दोष हामीलाई लाग्ने खतरा छ । यो बिनाकारणको हो र यसको व्याख्या गर्न हामी सक्दैनौँ ।”
For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we would not be able to give an account of this commotion."
41 यति भनेपछि उनले सभालाई विसर्जन गरे ।
When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
