Apostolska dela 19
1 Zgodí se pa, ko je bil Apolo v Korintu, da Pavel, prehodivši gorenje strani, pride v Efez; in ko je našel nekaj učencev,
NOW it came to pass that during the time Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, after passing through the upper provinces, came to Ephesus; and finding certain disciples,
2 Reče jim: Ali ste prejeli Duha svetega, ko ste postali verni? Oni mu pa rekó: Saj še slišali nismo, da je sveti Duh.
said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not even heard if the Holy Ghost is given.
3 In reče jim: Na kaj torej ste se krstili? Oni pa rekó: Na krst Janezov.
And he asked them, Into what then were ye baptised? And they replied, Into John’s baptism.
4 Pavel pa reče: Janez je krstil s krstom spokore, govoreč ljudstvu, da naj verujejo v tega, kteri bo za njim prišel, to je v Kristusa Jezusa.
Then said Paul, John indeed baptised with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people, That they should believe on him who was coming after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.
5 Ko so pa to slišali, krstili so se v ime Gospoda Jezusa.
Now when they heard it, they were baptised into the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 In ko je položil Pavel roke na-nje, prišel je sveti Duh na-nje, in govorili so jezike in prerokovali.
And Paul laying on them his hands, the Holy Ghost came upon them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
7 Bilo je pa vseh móž kakih dvanajst.
And the men were in all about twelve.
8 In ko je prišel v shajališče, govoril je srčno, tri mesece prepirajoč se in učeč o kraljestvu Božjem.
And entering into the synagogue, he spake boldly during three months, reasoning and persuading the things that concern the kingdom of God.
9 Ko so bili pa nekteri otrpneli in niso hoteli pokorni biti, hudo govoreč o potu Gospodovem pred množico, odstopil je od njih, in odločil je učence, in učil je vsak dan v šoli nekega Tirana.
And when some were hardened, and infidel, speaking evil of the way before the people, he withdrew from them, and separated the disciples, discoursing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10 In to se je godilo dve leti, tako, da so vsi, kteri so prebivali v Aziji, slišali besedo Gospoda Jezusa, Judje in Grki.
And this he did for two years; so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11 In čudeže ne majhne je delal Bog po rokah Pavlovih;
And God wrought by the hands of Paul extraordinary miracles;
12 Tako, da so na bolnike pokladali potne prte od života njegovega in opasnike, in puščale so jih bolezni, in duhovi hudobni so izhajali iž njih.
so that even from his skin there were brought handkerchiefs and aprons unto the diseased, and their disorders were chased from them, and the evil spirits came out of them.
13 In izkušali so nekteri izmed Judov, kteri so okrog hodili in hudiče rotili, klicati na tiste, kteri so imeli duhove hudobne, ime Gospoda Jezusa, govoreč: Zaklinjamo vas pri Jezusu, kterega Pavel oznanjuje.
Then certain of the Jews, who went about as exorcists, attempted to make mention of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14 Bilo je pa nekih sedem sinov Skeve Juda, vélikega duhovna, kteri so to delali.
And they were seven sons of Sceva a Jew, a chief priest, who did this.
15 Odgovarjajoč pa duh hudobni, reče: Jezusa poznam, in Pavla vém; vi pa, kdo ste?
Then the evil spirit replied, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
16 In skočivši človek, v kterem je bil duh hudobni, na-nje, premagal jih je, in zdelal jih je tako, da so nagi in ranjeni ubežali iz tiste hiše.
And the man sprang upon them, in whom was the evil spirit, and getting the mastery over them, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 To je pa prišlo na znanje vsem Judom in Grkom, kteri so prebivali v Efezu; in obšel jih je strah vse, in poveličevalo se je ime Gospoda Jezusa.
And this was known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who dwelt at Ephesus: and fear fell on them all, and they magnified the name of the Lord.
18 In mnogo teh, kteri so verovali, dohajalo je in izpovedovali so se, in razodevali so dela svoja.
And many of those who believed came, confessing and declaring their practices.
19 A mnogi tistih, kteri so uganjali vraže, znesli so bukve, in sežgali so jih pred vsemi; in ko so preudarili njih ceno, našli so, da so veljale petdeset tisoči srebrnikov.
And many of those who practised magical arts brought the books, and burned them before all men; and they calculated the prices of them, and found them worth fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 Tako krepko je beseda Božja rastla in utrjevala se.
So mightily did the word of God increase and prevail.
21 A ko se je to dopolnilo, nameni Pavel v duhu, da prehodivši Macedonijo in Ahajo, pojde v Jeruzalem, in reče: Po tem, ko bom tam, moram tudi Rim videti.
Now when these things were accomplished, Paul purposed by the Spirit, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, That after I have been there, I must see Rome also.
22 In poslal je v Macedonijo dva od tistih, kteri so mu služili, Timoteja in Erasta; a sam je ostal nekaj časa v Aziji.
Then he dispatched into Macedonia two of those who attended upon him, Timothy and Erastus; while he himself continued a while longer in Asia.
23 Vstal je pa v ta čas ne majhen hrup za voljo pota Gospodovega.
And there happened at that time no small disturbance about this way.
24 Neki Demetrij namreč po imenu, srebrar, ki je delal Dijani srebrne cerkvice, dajal je umetnikom ne malo dela;
For a person named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made little temples in silver to represent that of Diana, brought to the artificers no small gain;
25 In sklicavši te, in druge takošne delalce, reče: Možjé! véste, da imamo od tega dela zaslužek svoj;
whom collecting together, with the workmen also of such trinkets, he said, Sirs, ye know that by this employment we make our advantageous livelihood:
26 In vidite in slišite, da ne samo v Efezu, nego skoro po vsej Aziji je ta Pavel veliko ljudstva pregovoril in odvrnil, govoreč, da bogovi, kteri so z rokami narejeni, niso bogovi.
and ye see and hear how not only at Ephesus, but almost through all Asia, this fellow Paul, by his persuasions, hath perverted a vast multitude, affirming that they are not gods which are made with hands:
27 Ni pa samo to v nevarnosti, da bo delo naše na nič prišlo, nego tudi vélike boginje Dijane tempelj se bo za nič štel, in poginilo bo veličastvo te, ktero vsa Azija in ves svet častí.
so that not only is this our trade in danger of falling into contempt, but also that this temple of the great goddess Diana should be counted as nothing, and that henceforth also her magnificence should be utterly destroyed, whom all Asia and the whole world worshippeth.
28 Ko so pa to slišali, napolnijo se jeze, in kričali so, govoreč: Velika je Dijana Efežanov!
On hearing this then, and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
29 In napolni se vse mesto zmešnjave; in zaženó se enodušno na gledališče, in zgrabijo Gaja in Aristarha, Macedonca tovariša Pavlova.
And the whole city was filled with confusion; and they rushed unanimously into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul’s travelling companions.
30 Ko je pa Pavel hotel vniti med ljudstvo, niso mu pustili.
But though Paul wished to go in to the people, the disciples would not permit him.
31 Pa tudi nekteri od Azijskih poglavarjev, kteri so mu bili prijatelji, poslali so k njemu, in prosili so ga, naj se ne podá v gledališče.
And some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent unto him, admonishing him not to venture himself into the theatre.
32 Vpili so pa eni to, drugi drugo; kajti bil je zbor poln zmešnjave, in največ jih je bilo med njimi, kteri niso vedeli, po kaj so se sešli.
So they were crying out some one thing and some another: for the assembly was a scene of confusion, and the greater part knew not on what account they were collected together.
33 A nekteri izmed ljudstva so izvlekli Aleksandra, ko so ga Judje naprej tiščali; Aleksander pa zamahme z rokó, da naj umolknejo, in hotel je ljudstvu odgovoriti.
Then out of the crowd they brought forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him on: and Alexander, waving his hand, would fain have addressed his apology to the people.
34 Ko so pa spoznali, da je Jud, vzdignejo vsi en glas, in vpili so kaki dve uri: Velika je Dijana Efežanov!
But when they knew he was a Jew, one shout burst from all, crying for about the space of two hours, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
35 Pisar pa, ko je ljudstvo upokojil, reče: Možjé Efežani! kdo pa je človek, kteri ne vé, da mesto Efežanov častí véliko boginjo Dijano in od Jupiterja padlo podobo?
Then the recorder having quieted the multitude, said, Men of Ephesus, who indeed is the man that doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is wholly devoted to the great goddess Diana, and to the image which fell down from Jupiter?
36 Ker se torej to ne more tajiti, treba je, da se umirite, in ne delate nič naglo.
These things being then incontrovertible, it becomes you to be quiet, and to do nothing with precipitation.
37 Kajti pripeljali ste te ljudí, kteri niso ne tempeljna oropali, ne boginje vaše preklinjali.
For ye have brought hither these men, neither robbers of the temple, nor blasphemers of your goddess.
38 Če imajo pa Demetrij in umetniki, kteri so ž njim, tožbo zoper koga, sodnije so, in namestniki so; naj tožijo eden drugega.
If then indeed Demetrius and the artificers that are with him have a charge against any man, the courts are held, and there are proconsuls: let them implead one another.
39 Če pa kaj drugega iščete, obravnalo se bo v postavnem zboru.
And if ye have any dispute about other matters, it shall be terminated in a lawful assembly,
40 Kajti v nevarnosti smo, da bomo zatoženi za voljo današnjega punta, ko nimamo nobenega vzroka, s kterim bi mogli odgovor dati za ta hrup.
For we are even in danger of being called to account for this day’s insurrection, there being no cause on account of which we can justify this tumultuary concourse:
41 In rekši to, razpustil je zbor.
and so saying, he dissolved the assembly.
