Asomafoɔ 19
1 Ɛberɛ a Apolo wɔ Korinto no, Paulo tuu ɛkwan faa ɔmantam no atifi kɔduruu Efeso. Ɛhɔ na ɔhunuu agyidifoɔ bi
It happened that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples.
2 bisaa wɔn sɛ, “Ɛberɛ a mogye diiɛ no, monyaa Honhom Kronkron no anaa?” Wɔbuaa no sɛ, “Yɛntee mpo da sɛ Honhom Kronkron bi wɔ baabi.”
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 Paulo bisaa wɔn bio sɛ, “Ɛnneɛ na asubɔ bɛn na wɔbɔɔ mo?” Wɔbuaa sɛ, “Asubɔ a Yohane kaa ho asɛm no.”
He said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism."
4 Paulo ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Yohane asubɔ no yɛ ahonu asubɔ. Ɔka kyerɛɛ Israelfoɔ no sɛ, wɔnnye onipa a ɔdi nʼakyi a ɔreba a ɔne Yesu no nni.”
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 Wɔtee saa asɛm yi no, wɔmaa wɔbɔɔ wɔn asu wɔ Awurade Yesu din mu.
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 Paulo de ne nsa guu wɔn so no, Honhom Kronkron baa wɔn so maa wɔkaa kasa foforɔ, hyɛɛ nkɔm.
When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other tongues and prophesied.
7 Na wɔn dodoɔ bɛyɛ mmarima dumienu.
They were about twelve men in all.
8 Paulo de nnam kyerɛkyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn Ahennie no ho asɛm wɔ hyiadan mu abosome mmiɛnsa pɛɛ sɛ ɔsakyera nnipa no adwene.
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 Nanso, nnipa no mu bi pirimm wɔn akoma, annye nni, kasa tiaa nnipa a wɔka ekuo a wɔfrɛ no Ɛkwan no ho wɔ atiefoɔ no anim. Enti, Paulo firii hɔ de agyidifoɔ no kaa ne ho kɔeɛ. Na Paulo kyerɛkyerɛ wɔ obi a wɔfrɛ no Tirano suadan mu daa.
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 Saa nkyerɛkyerɛ yi kɔɔ so mfeɛ mmienu; enti ɛmaa nnipa a na wɔwɔ Asia mantam mu a Yudafoɔ ne Helafoɔ ka ho no tee Awurade asɛm no.
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 Onyankopɔn nam Paulo so yɛɛ anwanwadeɛ akɛseakɛseɛ,
God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,
12 maa mpo ne nnuku ne nʼatadeɛ nsɛnanimu a wɔde guu nnipa so no tumi saa nyarewa, tuu ahonhommɔne nso.
so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the evil spirits went out.
13 Yudafoɔ bi a wɔnam asumansɛm so tu ahonhommɔne pɛɛ sɛ wɔde Awurade Yesu din tu ahonhommɔne. Wɔkankye kyerɛɛ ahonhommɔne no sɛ, “Meka Yesu a Paulo ka ne ho asɛm no sɛ, montu mfiri ne mu!”
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 Yudafoɔ sɔfopanin bi a na ne din de Skewa no mma baason na na wɔyɛ yei.
There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
15 Honhommɔne no buaa sɛ, “Menim Yesu, na menim Paulo; na mo nso mone ɛhefoɔ?”
The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"
16 Afei, ɔbarima a honhommɔne ahyɛ no ma yi to hyɛɛ wɔn so, pirapiraa wɔn maa wɔde adagya dwane firii efie hɔ.
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 Yudafoɔ ne amanamanmufoɔ a wɔte Efeso no tee asɛm yi no, wɔbɔɔ hu na wɔyii Awurade Yesu ayɛ.
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 Agyidifoɔ no mu bebree baa badwa mu bɛkaa wɔn bɔne ne wɔn kɔkoamsɛm.
Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.
19 Wɔn mu nkonyaayifoɔ pii de wɔn nkonyaayie nwoma baeɛ maa wɔhyee wɔ nnipa no nyinaa anim. Wɔbuu nwoma a wɔhyeeɛ no boɔ no na ɛyɛ nnwetɛbena ɔpeduonum.
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 Saa anwanwadeɛ ahodoɔ yi maa Onyankopɔn asɛm no trɛɛ tumi so.
So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.
21 Yeinom nyinaa akyi no Paulo yɛɛ nʼadwene sɛ ɔbɛfa Makedonia ne Akaia akɔ Yerusalem. Ɔkaa sɛ, “Meduru Yerusalem a, akyire no mɛkɔ Roma nso.”
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 Paulo somaa Timoteo ne Erasto a wɔyɛ nʼaboafoɔ no dii nʼanim ɛkan kɔɔ Makedonia, nanso ɔno de, ɔtenaa Asia kyɛɛ kakra.
Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
23 Saa ɛberɛ yi ara mu na basabasa a emu yɛ den a ɛfa nnipa a wɔka ekuo a wɔfrɛ no Ɛkwan no ho sii wɔ Efeso.
About that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.
24 Dwetɛdwumfoɔ bi a wɔfrɛ no Demetrio yɛɛ Artemi abosonnan sɛso. Nʼadwuma no maa nʼadwumayɛfoɔ nyaa wɔn ho sei tam.
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,
25 Ɔfrɛfrɛɛ nʼadwumayɛfoɔ no ne wɔn a wɔdi saa dwuma ahodoɔ no ara bi no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Anuanom, monim sɛ yɛn ahonya nyinaa gyina saa dwumadie yi so.
whom he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, "Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.
26 Mo ara moahunu, na moate dwuma a saa Paulo yi redi. Ɔka sɛ, anyame a nnipa de wɔn nsa ayɛ no nyɛ anyame biara. Ɔnam saa asɛm yi so adane nnipa bebree adwene wɔ Efeso ha ne Asia nyinaa.
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 Sɛ yɛanhwɛ no yie a, yɛn adwuma yi bɛgye din bɔne. Saa ara nso na obiara remfa ɔbosom Artemi a wɔsom no wɔ Asia ne ewiase nyinaa no nyɛ hwee bio na nʼanim agu ase.”
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 Nnipadɔm no tee saa asɛm a Demetrio kaeɛ no, wɔn bo fuiɛ, hyɛɛ aseɛ yɛɛ basabasa, teateaam sɛ, “Efeso Artemi yɛ kɛse!”
When they heard this they were filled with anger, and began to shout, saying, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians."
29 Basabasayɛ no trɛɛ wɔ kuro no mu nyinaa. Ɛdɔm no kyeree Makedoniafoɔ baanu a wɔn din de Gaio ne Aristarko a na wɔne Paulo retu ɛkwan no de wɔn kɔɔ adwabɔeɛ.
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 Paulo pɛɛ sɛ anka ɔkɔ adwabɔeɛ hɔ kɔhyia dɔm no, nanso asuafoɔ no amma no kwan.
When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples did not allow him.
31 Ɔmantam no mu mpanin no mu bi a na wɔyɛ Paulo nnamfo no soma kɔsrɛɛ no sɛ ɔnnkɔ adwabɔeɛ hɔ.
And also some of the Asiarchs, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to venture into the theater.
32 Nhyiamu yi yɛɛ basabasa; nnipa no mu bi teateaam kaa nsɛm bi, na ebinom nso teaam kaa nsɛm foforɔ bi, ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔn mu dodoɔ no ara nnim asɛm ko a ɛde wɔn abɛhyia mu.
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 Yudafoɔ no piapiaa Aleksandro kɔgyinaa dɔm no anim sɛ ɔnkasa. Yei maa nnipa no bi susuu sɛ Aleksandro enti na wɔahyia hɔ. Afei, Aleksandro nyamaa dɔm no pɛɛ sɛ ɔkasa yi ɔno ne ne nkurɔfoɔ ano.
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 Ɛdɔm no hunuu sɛ Aleksandro yɛ Yudani no pɛ, wɔteateaam nnɔnhwere mmienu sɛ, “Efeso Artemi yɛ kɛse!”
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 Kuro no sohwɛfoɔ no bɔɔ mmɔden maa dɔm no tɛm dinn. Afei, ɔkasa kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Efeso mmarima, obiara nim sɛ Efeso kuro yi na ɛhwɛ Artemi asɔrefie ne ohoni a ɛfiri soro bɛduruiɛ no so.
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 Obiara rentumi nnye yei ho akyinnyeɛ enti monyɛ komm, monnyɛ basabasa biara.
Seeing then that these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.
37 Mode saa nnipa yi aba ha wɔ ɛberɛ a wɔnwiaa biribiara mfirii yɛn asɔrefie, nkaa asɛmmɔne biara ntiaa yɛn nyame no.
For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.
38 Sɛ Demetrio ne adwumfoɔ a wɔka ne ho no wɔ obi ho asɛm bi a, asɛnniiɛ ne mpanin wɔ hɔ, wɔmfa mmɛto dwa.
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 Nanso, sɛ mowɔ biribi foforɔ bi ka a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔmanfoɔ hyia, fa mmara kwan so ka ho asɛm.
But if you seek anything further, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
40 Sɛ yɛanhwɛ yie a, wɔbɛka sɛ saa ɛnnɛ basabasayɛ yi firi yɛn. Saa basabasayɛ yi ho nhia. Sɛ wɔbisa yɛn ho asɛm a, yɛrennya anoyie biara.”
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 Ɔkasa wieeɛ no, ɔtuu dwa no.
When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
