Imbombo zya Atume 19
1 U Apolo nali hu Korintho, u Paulo ashilile hunsi izya pamwanya afishile hu Efeso atangine na manyili yhwo.
And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, after passing through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples,
2 U Paulo wabhabhuzya, “Huje, mwamposhiye Umpepo Ufinjile pamwahitishe?” Bhaga, “Ha' aa, atahuhwumvwe siga tahumvwizye huje huli Umpepo Ufinjile.”
said to them: Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed? They said to him: We have not only not received it, but we have not even heard whether the Holy Spirit is given.
3 U Paulo wabhabhuuzya, “Eshi mwahoziwe?” Wozyonshii, “Abheene bhaga uwozyo wa Yohana.
And he said to them: Into what, then, were you immersed? They replied: Into John’s immersion.
4 U Paulo waga, “U Yohana abhozizye huwozyo wa alambe. Abhabhuulile bhaala aje bhamwitishe uyo yahwinza pamande uYesu.”
And Paul said: John immersed with the immersion of repentance, saying to the people, that they must believe on him who should come after him, that is, on the Christ, Jesus.
5 Abhantu nabhuumvwa enongwa ezi bhoziwa hwitawa lya Yesu Kilisti.
And when they heard this, they were immersed into the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 U Paulo nawabhabhishila amakhono pitwe Umpepo Ufinjile wabhishila bhanda ayanje enjango empya nakuwe.
And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied.
7 Bhahali alume ilonga na bhabhili.
And all the men were about twelve.
8 U Paulo ahinjila mwisinagogi amezi gatatu. Alongozyaga enjangano na bhavute abhantu hwa Yesu nu uumwene uwa humwanya.
And he entered the synagogue, and spoke boldly, reasoning, and persuading them for three months, with respect to the things of the kingdom of God.
9 Lelo Ayahudi bhamo bhahali na mampuli sigabhahitihaga, bhaligaga nabhayangaga ezya Yesu. U Paulo wabhefwa aKtilisti wabhala nabho muukumbi wa Tirano abhamanyizye.
But as some were hardened, and did not believe, and spoke evil of that way before the multitude, he withdrew from them, and separated the disciples, and discoursed daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10 Ahindiliye isho humaha gabhili bhonti bhabhakhalaga hu Asia bhahumvwizye izu lya Ngulubhi Ayahudi na Ayunani(Agriki).
This continued for two years; so that all that dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
11 Ungulubhi abhombaga amambo amagosi hukhono gwa Paulo,
Mighty deeds, also, that were unusual, did God perform by the hands of Paul;
12 abhabhinu bhaponaga ata utuleso na menda gagafumile mubili gwa Paulo bhabhapalamansiaga nago bhaponaga ne Mpepo embibhi zyahepaga mwabhantu.
so that handkerchiefs or aprons were carried from his body to the sick, and diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits came out of them.
13 Bhahali Ayahudi bhamo bhaali bhemazimu, bhahanzaga alitumile itawa lya Yesu hu faida yabho, bhabhabhuulaga abhantu bhabhali ne Mpepo embibhi epa hwitawa lya Yesu ula yalumbililwa nu Paulo.”
And some of the roving Jews, who were exorcists, undertook to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying: I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.
14 Bhabhabhombaga isho bhali saba bhahali bhanabha sikewa yahali Gosi wishibhanza sha Yahudi, Skewa.
And there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
15 Zila Impepo embibhi zyabhabhuula zyaga, “U Paulo timinye nu Yesu wope timinye amwe mwenanuu?”
But the evil spirit answered and said: Jesus I acknowledge, and Paul I know; but who are you?
16 Zila empepo zyabhatomoshela zya bhamena ikhoni, zyabhavwalazya. Bhashimbila shabhali welele afume munyumba mula.
And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled from that house, naked and wounded.
17 Ijambo eli lyamanyiha hwa bhantu bhonti, Ayahudi na Giriki, bhogopa itawa lya Yesu lyatinihwa na bhantu.
And this became known to all the Greeks and Jews that dwelt in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 Akristo bhinji bhenza alambe, bhazibhonesya embibhi zabhabhomba.
And many of those who believed came and confessed, and made known their practices.
19 Abhantu bhabhatumilaga evitabu alagulile bhahaleta evitabu vyabhobhavipemba nu mwoto, bhabhazizye egalama yakwe yahali evipanda vyehala elfu amalongo gasanu.
And many of those who practiced magic, brought together their books, and burned them, in the presence of all. And they computed their value, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 Izu lya Ngulubhi lyanyampana hwonti.
So mightily did the word of the Lord grow and prevail.
21 U Paulo nawamala imbombo yakwe hula hu Efeso Umpepo walongozya abhale hu Yerusalemu ashilile hu Makedonia na hu Akaya; Waga na nakhala uhwo nehaibhala hu Rumi.”
When these things had been accomplished, Paul purposed in spirit to go to Jerusalem, after he should pass through Macedonia and Achaia, saying: After I have been there, I must see Rome also.
22 U Paulo wabhatuma amanyili bhakwe bhabhili, u Timotheo nu Erasto, bhabhamwavwize. Lelo umwene ahasagala hu Asia.
So, having sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he remained for a time in Asia.
23 Hula hu Efeso abhantu bhaletile efujo husababu yidala liila.
And at that time there was no little excitement about that way.
24 Umuntu umo ali Sonara itawa ali yu Demetrio, alinganya ga utufwanitwihela ufwa Ungulubhi u Diana, aletile ebiashara yakwe hwa fundi.
For a certain man, named Demetrius, a silversmith, by making silver shrines for Diana, furnished no little trade to the artists.
25 Wabhabunganya afundi bhonti abhimbombo iyo, wabhabhuula huje, “Mumenye ebiashara ene huja etipela ehela zyinyinji.
These he called together, with the workmen employed about such things, and said: Men, you know that our wealth arises from this trade:
26 Siga hu Efeso hwene, nahu Asia hwonti eshi unu uPaulo abhasulihenye abhantu aiga numo Ungulubhi yalinginywe namakhono.
and you see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but throughout almost the whole of Asia, this Paul, by his persuasions, has drawn away a great multitude, saying, that they which are made with hands are not gods.
27 Nantele ehweli ehatali iyaje ebiashara yetu sihaihwanziwa, sigayibiashara nyene nu Ngulubhi ushiwi tu ugosi uDiana abhazalauliwe netezye ougosi waluwe, nantele abha Asia bhonti bhahupuuta nensi yonti.
Now there is danger, not only that this our calling will come into disgrace, but that the temple of the great goddess Diana will be despised, and that the majesty of her whom all Asia and the world worships, will be destroyed.
28 Nabhahumvwa isho bhahabwaga wikhatwe ni lyoyo, bhahaga, “uDiana wa bha Efeso gosi.”
When they heard this, they were full of anger, and cried out, saying: Great is Diana of the Ephesians!
29 Umuji gwonti gwabha nefujo abhantu binjila muukumbi wiyango. Bhabhakhate bhabhashulaga nu Paulo, u Gayo nu Aristariko, bhabhafumile hu Makedonia.
And the whole city was filled with confusion. And they seized Gains and Aristarchus, who were Macedonians, Paul’s fellow-travelers, and, with one consent, rushed into the theater.
30 U Paulo ahanzaga ahwinjile mwabhali muukumbi, lelo amanyili bakwe bhaha khanizyu.
And when Paul wished to go in among the people, the disciples did not permit him.
31 Amaafisa abhe mkoa bhabhali bhakundane nu Paulo bhatumile uujumbe huje asahinjile muukumbi uwinyango.
Some of the Asiarchs also, who were friendly to him, sent to him, and besought him not to trust himself into the theater.
32 Abhantu bhachanganyikine sigabhaminye ne zyabhayanga, bhamo bhaiga eshi bhamo shila.
Some, therefore, were crying one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused, and the greater part knew not for what they had come together.
33 Ayahudi bhaleta u Iskanda hwabhabhungine abhantu bhabhiha hwitagalila. U Iskanda ahabhapumya abhantu aje ayanje na bhantu, afumye amaelezo.
And some of the multitude put Alexander forward, the Jews urging him on. And Alexander waved his hand, and wished to make a defense to the people.
34 Abhantu nabhamanya huje Iskanda Yahudi bhabwaga ibwago amasala gabhili bhaga uDiana gosi wa bha Efeso.”
But perceiving that he was a Jew, they all cried out, with one voice, for about two hours: Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
35 Usimbi we muji nawabhapumya ubhungano gula waga amwe mubhalume mubha Efeso wenu yasiga aminye huje umuji ogu gwa Efeso gwagutunza eshibhanza sha Diana ugosi nela epicha yehagwiye afume humwanya?
But the town-clerk quieted the multitude, and said: Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great Diana, and of the image that fell down from Jupiter?
36 Eshi poomi nasoti, ezi sigatibhomba nanali, musabhombe nahamo.
As these things, then, can not be contradicted, you ought to be quiet, and do nothing rashly.
37 Eshi mubhaletile abhantu ebha palonzi sigabhiibha nantele sigabhalijile Ungulubhi wetu ushe.
For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples, nor revilers of your goddess.
38 Eshi u Demetrio na bhamwabho nafundi bhakwe nkashele bhali na mashitako gagonti numuntu yayonti ikoroti lihweli wazi bhaletwe palonzi.
Therefore, if Demetrius, and the artists who are with him, have a charge against any one, the courts are in session, and the proconsuls are there; let them accuse each other.
39 Lelo nkashele uhwanza amambo aganji tibhagalonje sheshinza.
But if you have any inquiries to make about other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
40 Tili muhatari iyalongwe uefujo ezi nantele sigatibhajiye azigolosye enongwa ezi.
For we are in danger of being called to answer for this day’s tumult, since there is no cause by which we shall be able to account for this concourse.
41 Nawayanga isho wabhanyampanya abhantu.
And when he had said these things, he dismissed the assembly.
