Apostlenes-gjerninge 19
1 Medan Apollos var i Korint, hende det at Paulus kom til Efesus, etter han hadde fare gjenom dei øvre bygder.
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul [left the places in Phrygia and Galatia] provinces where he had been visiting, and traveled through [Asia province] back to Ephesus. He met some people [who said that they] were believers.
2 Der fann han nokre læresveinar og sagde til deim: «Fekk de den Heilage Ande då de vart truande?» Dei svara honom: «Me hev ikkje ein gong høyrt um den Heilage Ande er komen.»
He asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed [God’s message]?” They answered, “No, we [(exc) did not]. We have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
3 Han sagde til deim: «Kva dåp er de då døypte med?» Dei sagde: «Med Johannes’ dåp.»
So Paul asked, “So when you were baptized, what [were you showing]?” They replied, “[We were showing] that we [(exc)] believed what John [the Baptizer] taught.”
4 Då sagde Paulus: «Johannes, han døypte med umvendings dåp, med di han sagde til folket, at dei skulde tru på den som kom etter honom, det er på Jesus.»
Paul said, “John baptized people who turned away from their sinful behavior. He [also] told the people to believe in the one who would come after he [had come], and that was Jesus.”
5 Då dei høyrde det, let dei seg døypa til Herren Jesu namn,
So, when those men heard that, they were baptized [to affirm that they believed] [MTY] in the Lord Jesus.
6 og då Paulus lagde henderne på deim, kom den Heilage Ande yver deim, og dei tala med tungor og profetiske ord.
After that, Paul placed his hands on their heads [one by one], and the [power of the] Holy Spirit came upon [each of] them. The [Holy Spirit] enabled them to speak in various languages [MTY] [that they had not learned], and they also spoke messages [that the Holy Spirit] revealed to them.
7 Desse mennerne var umkring tolv i alt.
There were about twelve men [whom Paul baptized and who received the power of the Holy Spirit].
8 Han gjekk då inn i synagoga og tala frimodigt i tri månader, med di han samtala med deim og yvertydde deim um det som høyrer til Guds rike.
For three months after that, Paul entered the Jewish meeting place [in Ephesus on each] Sabbath/Jewish day of rest, and he spoke boldly. He convincingly taught [the people] about how God wanted to rule [MET] [their lives].
9 Men då nokre forherde seg og ikkje vilde tru, og tala ille for mengdi um denne vegen, braut han lag med deim og skilde læresveinarne ut og heldt dagleg samtalar i skulen åt Tyrannus.
[A few of the people in the meeting house believed the message about Jesus]. But some of the people would not believe that message and did not want to [continue to] hear it. While many people were listening, they said many bad things about the way [for people to receive eternal life about which Paul was preaching]. So Paul left them and took the believers with him [to meet in another place]. He taught every day in a lecture hall [that a man whose name was] Tyrannus [lectured in/owned].
10 Dette varde i tvo år, so at alle dei som budde i Asia, fekk høyra Herrens ord, både jødar og grækarar,
For two years Paul continued to teach people in that building. In this way, most of [HYP] the Jews and non-Jews who lived in Asia [province] heard the message about the Lord [Jesus].
11 Og uvanlege kraftverk gjorde Gud ved Paulus’ hender,
Also, God gave Paul the power [MTY] to do amazing miracles.
12 so at folk endå tok sveitedukar eller fangskinn som han hadde havt på seg, og gjekk med deim til dei sjuke, og dei vart fri for sjukdomarne, og dei vonde ånderne for ut or deim.
[If those who were sick could not come to Paul, handkerchiefs or aprons that Paul had touched would be taken and] placed on the sick people {[others] would take [and place on] the sick people handkerchiefs or aprons that Paul had touched}. As a result, those sick people would become well, and evil spirits that troubled people would leave.
13 Men nokre av dei jødar som for ikring og mana ånder, tok til å nemna Herren Jesus namn yver deim som hadde dei vonde ånderne, med di dei sagde: «Eg manar dykk ved den Jesus som Paulus forkynner.»
There were also some Jews who traveled around [to] various places, [and] they commanded the evil spirits in those places to depart [from people. Certain ones of those Jews once] tried to command the evil spirits to come out of people by saying “I command you by the authority [MTY] of the Lord Jesus, the man about whom Paul preaches, to come out!”
14 Det var nokre søner til Skevas, ein jødisk øvsteprest, sju i talet, dei som gjorde dette.
There were seven men who were doing that. They were sons of a man named Sceva, a Jew, [who called himself] a chief priest.
15 Men den vonde åndi svara og sagde: «Jesus kjenner eg, og Paulus veit eg um; men de, kven er de?»
But [one day as they were doing that], the evil spirit [refused to come out of that person. Instead, he] said to them, “I know Jesus, and I know [that he has authorized] Paul [to expel demons]. (But no one has authorized you [to do anything to me!]/who authorized you [to do anything to me]?) [RHQ]”
16 Og mannen som den vonde åndi var i, sprang innpå deim og vann på deim og fekk yvermagt yver deim, so at dei laut fly nakne og såra ut or huset.
[After saying that, suddenly] the man who was controlled by the evil spirit jumped on the seven Jewish men, [one after another], knocked all of them down, and beat each of them severely. He tore off their clothes and wounded them, causing them to bleed. So, [greatly frightened, they all] ran out of the house.
17 Dette vart kunnigt for alle som budde i Efesus, både jødar og grækarar, og der kom ræddhug på deim alle, og Herren Jesu namn vart høglova.
All the people who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and non-Jews, heard what had happened. So they were afraid [MTY]. They honored the Lord Jesus [MTY] [because they realized that he was very powerful].
18 Og mange av deim som hadde teke ved trui, kom og vitna og fortalde um sine gjerningar.
[At that time], while other believers were listening, many believers confessed the evil things that they had been doing.
19 Og ein stor hop av deim som hadde fare med fåfengde kunster, bar bøkerne sine i hop og brende deim upp so alle folk såg det. Og dei rekna saman deira verde og fann at det var femti tusund sylvpengar.
Several of those who had [previously] practiced sorcery gathered up their scrolls [that told how to work] magic and burned them in a public place. When people added up how much those scrolls had cost, they realized that altogether the amount was 50,000 valuable silver coins.
20 Soleis hadde Herrens ord veldug framgang og fekk magt.
As a result, many more people heard [MTY] the message about the Lord [Jesus], and the message powerfully [changed their lives].
21 Då dette var fullført, sette Paulus seg fyre å draga gjenom Makedonia og Akaia og fara til Jerusalem, med di han sagde: «Når eg hev vore der, lyt eg og sjå Rom.»
After those things had happened, Paul decided that he wanted to go to Jerusalem, but he decided that [first] he would visit [the believers in] Macedonia and Achaia [provinces again]. Paul said, “After I have been to Jerusalem, I must also go to Rome.”
22 So sende han tvo av hjelpesmennerne sine, Timoteus og Erastus, til Makedonia; sjølv vart han endå verande ei tid i Asia.
He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, ahead to Macedonia. But Paul stayed a little longer [in Ephesus city], in Asia [province].
23 Men ved den tid vart der ikkje lite uppstyr um Guds veg.
[Soon after that], some of the people there tried to make a lot of [LIT] trouble for the people who believed the way [God revealed for us(inc) to receive eternal life].
24 For det var ein mann med namnet Demetrius, ein sylvsmed, som gjorde Artemis-tempel av sylv og gav kunstsmedarne ikkje liti vinning.
There was a man there whose name was Demetrius who made little images out of silver. [They were models] of the temple of [a goddess whose name was] Artemis. Demetrius and the other men [who made those little images] earned a lot of [LIT] money [from selling those images].
25 Han kalla saman desse og dei arbeidarar som sysla med det same, og sagde: «Menner, de veit at det er av dette arbeidet me hev vårt velstand.
Demetrius called a meeting of his workmen and also of others who made the little silver images. He said to them, “Men, you know that we [(inc)] earn a lot of money doing our kind of work.
26 Og de ser og høyrer at ikkje berre i Efesus, men yver mest heile Asia hev denne Paulus ved yverteljing avvendt ein stor hop, med di han segjer at dei ikkje er gudar, dei som vert gjorde med henderne.
Also, you know that [this fellow] Paul has persuaded many people who live in Ephesus [to no longer buy the images that we make. Now even the people from] many other towns in our province [no longer want to buy what we make]. This fellow tells people that the gods that we have made [and worship] are not gods [and that we should not worship them].
27 No er det ikkje berre den fåren at dette vårt handverk skal få eit uord, men ogso at den store gudinna Artemis’ tempel skal verta rekna for ingen ting, og hennar storvelde verta øydelagt, ho som heile Asia og mannheimen dyrkar.»
[If people continue to listen to him], soon they will ruin our business. Besides, they will no longer think that they should [come to] the temple of Artemis [to worship her. People] all over our Asia [province] and everywhere [HYP] else worship [our great] goddess [Artemis. Soon people] may no longer consider that Artemis is great!”
28 Då dei høyrde dette, vart dei fulle av harm og ropa: «Stor er den efesiske Artemis!»
All the men there were very angry [at Paul] when they heard what Demetrius said. They began to shout, “The goddess Artemis of us Ephesians is very great!”
29 Og heile byen kom i fullt upprør, og dei styrmde alle som ein til teatret og reiv med seg makedonarane Gaius og Aristarkus, fylgjesmennerne åt Paulus.
Many of the other people in the city heard the shouting and went [and joined the crowd. They also became angry at Paul] and began shouting. [Several of] the people seized Gaius and Aristarchus, two men [from Macedonia] who had been traveling with Paul. [Then the whole crowd of people ran, dragging those men along with them], to the city stadium.
30 Då Paulus vilde ganga inn til folket, let ikkje læresveinarne honom få lov.
Paul also wanted to go [to the stadium and speak to] the people, but the other believers would not let him go there.
31 Nokre av asiarådarne, som var hans vener, sende og bod til honom og bad honom at han ikkje måtte ganga inn i teatret.
Also, some government officials of that province who were friends of Paul [heard what was happening]. So they sent someone to tell him [urgently] not to go into the stadium.
32 Nokre ropa då eitt, andre noko anna; for folkehopen var reint fortulla, og dei fleste visste ikkje kva dei var komne saman for.
The crowd of people [in the stadium] continued shouting. Some shouted one thing, and some shouted something else. But most of them did not even know what the meeting was about!
33 Men nokre av flokken sette Aleksander inn i saki, då jødarne skuva honom fram. Men Alexander slo til ljod med handi og vilde halda ein forsvarstale til folket.
One of the [Jews there was named Alexander. Some of] the Jews pushed him to the front of the stadium, [so that he could speak to the crowd of people]. So Alexander motioned with his hands to the crowd, [wanting them to be quiet]. He wanted to tell them that [the Jews] were not responsible [for the riot].
34 Men då dei fekk vita at han var ein jøde, vart det eit einaste rop frå deim alle, so dei mest i tvo timar ropa: «Stor er den efisiske Artemis!»
But [many of the non-Jewish people] knew that Alexander was a Jew. [They also knew that the Jews did not worship the goddess Artemis. So the non-Jews there] unitedly [and] repeatedly shouted for about two hours, “Great is [the goddess] Artemis [whom we(inc)] Ephesians [worship]!”
35 Men byskrivaren fekk då stagga hopen og sagde: «Menner frå Efesus? Kva menneskje er det vel som ikkje veit at efesar-byen er tempelvaktar for den store gudinna Artemis og hennar himmelfalne bilæte?
Then the city secretary made the crowd stop shouting, and he said to them, “My fellow-citizens, everyone in the world knows [RHQ] that [we(inc) people who live in] Ephesus [city] guard the temple [where we worship] the great [goddess] Artemis. Also, [everyone knows that we(inc) watch over] the [sacred] image [of our goddess] that fell down from heaven!
36 Då no ingen segjer imot dette, so må de styra dykk og ikkje gjera noko for framfust.
Of course everyone knows that, and no one can say that these things are not true. So you should be quiet now. Do not suddenly do anything (foolish/that will cause us trouble).
37 For de hev ført hit desse mennerne, som korkje er tempelranarar eller spottar dykkar gudinna.
You [should not] have brought these [two] men [here, because they have not done anything evil]. They have not gone into our temples and taken things [from there]. And they have not spoken evil of our goddess.
38 Hev no Demetrius og kunstsmedarne med honom nokor klaga på nokon, so vert det då halde rettarmøte, og her er landshovdingar; lat deim so føra klaga på kvarandre!
Therefore, if Demetrius and his fellow-workmen want to accuse anyone [about anything bad, they should do it in the right way]. There are courts [that you can go to when you want to accuse someone], and there are judges [there who have been appointed by the government] {[whom the government has appointed]}. You can accuse [anyone there].
39 Men dersom det er noko anna de søkjer, so skal det verta avgjort på det lovlege ålmannating.
But if you want to ask about something else, [you should ask] for [other officials to] resolve it when [those] officials legally assemble.
40 For det er jamvel fåre for at me skal verta klaga for upprør etter dette i dag, då det ingen grunn finst, som me kann bruka til å gjera greida for dette upplaupet.»
[And this is certainly not a legal meeting! Resolve this legally] because, if [we(inc) do] not, I am afraid [that the governor] will hear about all this noise [that you have made] and will say that we [(inc)] were trying to rebel [against the government]. If he would ask me what you were all shouting about, I would not be able to give him an answer.”
41 Og med å segja dette fekk han hopen til å skiljast.
That is what the city secretary said [to the crowd]. Then he told them all to go [home. So they left].
