Ditiro 19
1 Mme erile Apolose a santse a le mo Kontha, Paulo a ralala ntlheng ya godimo mme a goroga kwa Efeso, kwa o neng a fitlhela teng barutwa ba le bantsinyana.
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples.
2 One a ba botsa a re, “A lo ne lwa amogela Mowa O O Boitshepo fa lo dumela?” Mme ba fetola ba re, “Nnyaa, ga re itse gore o rayang. Mowa O O Boitshepo ke eng?”
He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
3 Mme Paulo a ba botsa a re, “Lo kolobeditswe ka kolobetso e e ntseng jang?” Mme ba araba ba re, “Kolobetso ya ga Johane?”
He said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.”
4 Mme Paulo a ba bolelela gore kolobetso ya ga Johane e ne e le go supa keletso ya go sokologa mo sebeng go ya kwa Modimong le gore ba ba amogelang kolobetso ya gagwe ba tshwanetse go tswelela ba dumela mo go Jesu, yo Johane o neng a bolela gore o tlaa tla.
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 Christ Jesus.”
5 Erile fela jaaka ba utlwa a bua jaana, ba kolobediwa mo leineng la Morena Jesu.
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 Erile fa Paulo a ba baya diatla, Mowa O O Boitshepo wa fologela mo go bone, mme ba bua dipuo di sele ba bo ba porofesa.
When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.
7 E ne e ka nna banna ba le lesome le bobedi
They were about twelve men in all.
8 Mme Paulo o ne a ya kwa tlung ya thuto a rera ka bopelokgale Sabata mongwe le mongwe mo dikgweding tse tharo, a bolela se a se dumetseng le gore ke ka ntlha yang fa a ne a dumela, ebile a tlhotlheletsa ba le bantsi gore ba dumele mo go Jesu.
He entered into the synagogue and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God’s Kingdom.
9 Mme bangwe ba ne ba gana molaetsa wa gagwe mme ba bua mo pepeneneng kgatlhanong le Keresete, mme a tsamaya, a gana go ba rerela gape. Mme a tswa le badumedi, mme a simolola kopano e nngwe gape mo tlung ya ga Turano mme a rapela koo letsatsi le letsatsi.
But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
10 Mo go ne ga tswelela dingwaga di le pedi, mo e leng gore mongwe le mongwe mo kgaolong ya Asia ebong Bajuta le Bagerika, ba ne ba utlwa molaetsa wa Morena.
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 Mme Modimo wa naya Paulo nonofo ya go dira dikgakgamatso tse di sa tlwaelesegang,
God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,
12 mo e leng gore e ne e re fa diiphimolo (disakatuku) tsa gagwe kgotsa diaparo tsa gagwe di bewa mo balwetseng, ba fole, le mewa e e maswe e e neng e le mo go bone e tswe.
so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.
13 Mme setlhopha sengwe sa Bajuta ba ba neng ba tsena motse le motse ba ntsha mewa e e maswe, ba ne ba loga leano la go leka go dirisa leina la ga Jesu Keresete. Se ba neng ba se akantse e ne e le gore ba tlaa bua ba re, “Ke a go laola ka Jesu yo Paulo o mo rerang gore o tswele kwa ntle!”
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, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
14 Bo-morwa Sekefa moperesiti wa Mojuta, ba supa, ba ne ba dira jalo.
There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
15 Mme erile ba lekeletsa mo monneng yo o nang le mowa o o maswe wa fetola wa re, “Ke itse Jesu ebile ke itse Paulo, mme lona lo bo mang?”
The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
16 Mme a tlolela bangwe ba bone ba le babedi a ba betsa mo ba neng ba siela kwa ntle ga ntlo ya gagwe ba sa ikatega ebile ba bolaisegile thata.
The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 Polelo ya se se diragetseng ya anama ka bonako mo motseng otlhe wa Efeso, mo Bajuteng le mo Bagerikeng ka go tshwana, ga nna poifo e kgolo mo motseng, mme leina la Morena Jesu la tlotlwa thata.
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 Badumedi ba le bantsi ba ba neng ba dirisa maselamose ba ipolela ditshiamololo tsa bone ba tlisa dikwalo tsa bone tsa boloi le melemo e ba e dirisang ba di tshuba ka molelo mo pepeneneng. (Mongwe a akanyetsa tlhwatlhwa ya dikwalo tseo go ka nna dipula di le dikete tse di masome matlhano).
Many also of those who had believed came, confessing and declaring their deeds.
Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 Mo go ne go supa gore kgaolo yotlhe e ne e amilwe ke molaetsa wa Modimo go le kae.
So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.
21 Morago ga moo Paulo a utlwa a gogwa ke Mowa O O Boitshepo go ya kwa Gerika pele ga a boela Jerusalema. O ne a re, “Morago ga moo ke tshwanetse go ya kwa Roma!”
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 O ne a romela bathusi ba gagwe ba le babedi, Timotheo le Eraseto, gore ba tsamaele pele go ya Masedonia fa a sa ntse a setse lobakanyana mo Asia.
Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
23 Mme ka nako eo, go ne ga nna pheretlhego e kgolo mo Efeso kaga Bakeresete.
About that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way.
24 E ne ya simologa ka Demeterio, mothudi wa tshipi tsa selefera yo o neng a hirile babetli ba le bantsi go dira ditempelana tsa selefera tsa ga Diana, modimo wa sesadi wa Segerika.
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,
25 O ne a bitsa phuthego ya banna ba gagwe, le ba bangwe ba ba hirilweng mo ditirong tse di boletsweng, mme a ba bolelela jaana: “Borra, tiro e ke yone re amogelang ka yone.
whom he gathered together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.
26 Jaaka lo itse sentle mo go se lo se bonyeng le se lo se utlwileng, monna yo, Paulo, o tlhotlheleditse batho ba le bantsintsi gore medimo e e itirelwang ga se medimo gotlhelele. Ka ntlha ya moo, theko ya dilo tsa rona e ya kwa tlase! Mme mo ga go bonale fela mo Efeso, go mo tikologong yotlhe ya kgaolo!
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 Mme ruri, ga ke bue fela ka theko le thekiso mo seemong se, le kaga tatlhegelo ka fa re neng re ntse re boelwa ka teng, mme le gore go ka diragala gore tempele ya ga Diana modimo wa sesadi o mogolo e latlhegelwe ke tlotlo, mme Diana, modimo o montlentle o, o o sa obamelweng fela ke tikologo yotlhe ya Asia mme o obamelwa ke lefatshe lotlhe, o lebalwe!”
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 her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”
28 Erile fa ba utlwa jaana, ba galefa thata mme ba simolola go goa ba re, “Go mogolo Diana wa Baefesia!”
When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29 Bontsi jo bogolo jwa batho jwa simolola go phuthega mme ka bofefo motse wa tlala pheretlhego. Mongwe le mongwe a tabogela kwa kagong ya botshamekelo, ba swaswaila Gaio le Arisetareko, bapati ba ga Paulo go ya go sekisiwa.
The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel.
30 Paulo o ne a batla go tsena, mme barutwa ba ne ba se ka ba mo letla.
When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn’t allow him.
31 Mme bangwe balaodi ba Baroma ba kgaolo e, ditsala tsa ga Paulo, le bone ba ne ba romela molaetsa kwa go ene, ba mo kopa gore a seka a ba a tshameka ka botshelo jwa gagwe ka go tsena mo tlung ya botshamekelo.
Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
32 Mo teng, batho botlhe ba ne ba goa, ba tsositse modumo, mongwe a bua sele yo mongwe le ene a bua sele, sengwe le sengwe se ne se tlhakatlhakanye. Tota bontsi jwa bone bo ne bo sa itse gore bo tletse eng foo.
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn’t know why they had come together.
33 Mme Alekesandere o ne a lemogwa mo boidiiding ke Bajuta bangwe mme ba mo gogela fa pele. O ne a gwetlha ka seatla gore go didimalwe mme a leka go bua.
They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people.
34 Mme ya re fa boidiidi jwa batho bo lemoga gore ke Mojuta, ba simolola gape ba tsosa modumo sebaka sa oura tse pedi ba ntse ba re, “Go mogolo Diana wa Baefesia!”
But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
35 Mme lwa bofelo molaodi o ne a kgona go ba didimatsa gore a kgone go bua. O ne a re, “Banna ba Efeso, mongwe le mongwe o itse gore Efeso ke motse mogolo wa tumelo ya ga Diana yo mogolo, yo setshwantsho sa gagwe se fologileng se tswa legodimong.
When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, “You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?
36 Mme e re ka se e le boammaaruri jo bo sa kakeng jwa ganediwa, ga lo a tshwanela go tshwenyega le fa go ka buiwa go tweng ebile lo seka lwa dira sepe ka mahega.
Seeing then that these things can’t be denied, you ought to be quiet and to do nothing rash.
37 Ntswa lo tlisitse banna ba fano ba sa utswa sepe mo tempeleng ya ga Diana le gone ba sa mo nyenyefatsa ka gope.
For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.
38 Mme fa Demeterio le babetli ba gagwe ba na le molato nabo, ditsheko di tsenye mme basekisi ba ka seka tsheko e gone jaanong jaana. A ba tsamaye ka fa molaong.
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 Mme fa go na le dingongorego kaga dilo dingwe, di ka baakanngwa sentle mo diphuthegong tsa lekgotla la motse;
But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
40 gonne re mo diphatseng tsa go bidiwa ke mmuso wa Ba-Roma gore re bolele gore khuduego e ya gompieno e simologile jang, ka go sena mabaka ape a a e simolotseng. Mme fa Baroma ba batla tlhaloso ga ke itse gore ke tlaa reng.”
For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning today’s riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn’t be able to give an account of this commotion.”
41 Hong a ba phatlalatsa ba tsamaya.
When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
