¹And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,

¹አጵሎስም በቆሮንቶስ ሳለ ጳውሎስ በላይኛው አገር አልፎ ወደ ኤፌሶን መጣ፥

²He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.

²አንዳንድ ደቀ መዛሙርትንም አገኘ። ባመናችሁ ጊዜ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ተቀበላችሁን? አላቸው። እነርሱም። አልተቀበልንም መንፈስ ቅዱስ እንዳለ ስንኳ አልሰማንም አሉት።

³And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.

³እንኪያ በምን ተጠመቃችሁ? አላቸው። እነርሱም። በዮሐንስ ጥምቀት አሉት።

⁴Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

⁴ጳውሎስም። ዮሐንስስ ከእርሱ በኋላ በሚመጣው በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ያምኑ ዘንድ ለሕዝብ እየተናገረ በንስሐ ጥምቀት አጠመቀ አላቸው።

⁵When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

⁵ይህንም በሰሙ ጊዜ በጌታ በኢየሱስ ስም ተጠመቁ፤

⁶And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

⁶ጳውሎስም እጁን በጫነባቸው ጊዜ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ወረደባቸው በልሳኖችም ተናገሩ፥ ትንቢትም ተናገሩ።

⁷And all the men were about twelve.

⁷ሰዎቹም ሁሉ አሥራ ሁለት ያህሉ ነበር።

⁸And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.

⁸ወደ ምኵራብም ገብቶ ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እየተነጋገረና እያስረዳቸው ሦስት ወር ያህል በግልጥ ይናገር ነበር።

⁹But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

⁹አንዳንዶች ግን እልከኞች ሆነው በሕዝብ ፊት መንገዱን እየሰደቡ ባላመኑ ጊዜ፥ ከእነርሱ ርቆ ደቀ መዛሙርትን ለየ፥ ጢራኖስም በሚሉት በትምህርት ቤት ዕለት ዕለት ይነጋገር ነበር።

¹⁰And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

¹⁰በእስያም የኖሩት ሁሉ አይሁድም የግሪክ ሰዎችም የጌታን ቃል እስኪሰሙ ድረስ ሁለት ዓመት ያህል እንዲህ ሆነ።

¹¹And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:

¹¹እግዚአብሔርም በጳውሎስ እጅ የሚያስገርም ተአምራት ያደርግ ነበር፤ ስለዚህም ከአካሉ ጨርቅ ወይም ልብስ ወደ ድውዮች ይወስዱ ነበር፥

¹²So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

¹²ደዌያቸውም ይለቃቸው ነበር ክፉዎች መናፍስትም ይወጡ ነበር።

¹³Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

¹³አጋንንትንም እያወጡ ይዞሩ ከነበሩት አይሁድ አንዳንዶች። ጳውሎስ በሚሰብከው በኢየሱስ እናምላችኋለን እያሉ ክፉዎች መናፍስት ባሉባቸው ላይ የጌታን የኢየሱስን ስም ይጠሩባቸው ዘንድ ሞከሩ።

¹⁴And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.

¹⁴የካህናትም አለቃ ለሆነ አስቄዋ ለሚሉት ለአንድ አይሁዳዊ ይህን ያደረጉ ሰባት ልጆች ነበሩት።

¹⁵And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

¹⁵ክፉው መንፈስ ግን መልሶ። ኢየሱስንስ አውቀዋለሁ ጳውሎስንም አውቀዋለሁ፤ እናንተሳ እነማን ናችሁ? አላቸው።

¹⁶And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

¹⁶ክፉው መንፈስም ያለበት ሰው ዘለለባቸው ቆስለውም ከዚያ ቤት ዕራቁታቸውን እስኪሸሹ ድረስ በረታባቸው አሸነፋቸውም።

¹⁷And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

¹⁷ይህም በኤፌሶን በሚኖሩት ሁሉ በአይሁድና በግሪክ ሰዎች ዘንድ የታወቀ ሆነ፥ በሁላቸውም ላይ ፍርሃት ወደቀባቸው፥ የጌታም የኢየሱስ ስም ተከበረ፤

¹⁸And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.

¹⁸አምነውም ከነበሩት እጅግ ሰዎች ያደረጉትን እየተናዘዙና እየተናገሩ ይመጡ ነበር።

¹⁹Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

¹⁹ከአስማተኞችም ብዙዎቹ መጽሐፋቸውን ሰብስበው በሰው ሁሉ ፊት አቃጠሉት፤ ዋጋውም ቢታሰብ አምሳ ሺህ ብር ሆኖ ተገኘ።

²⁰So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

²⁰እንዲህም የጌታ ቃል በኃይል ያድግና ያሸንፍ ነበር።

²¹After these things were ended, Paul purposed 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.

²¹ይህም በተፈጸመ ጊዜ ጳውሎስ። ወደዚያ ደርሼ ሮሜን ደግሞ አይ ዘንድ ይገባኛል ብሎ በመቄዶንያና በአካይያ አልፎ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንዲሄድ በመንፈስ አሰበ።

²²So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.

²²ከሚያገለግሉትም ሁለቱን ጢሞቴዎስንና ኤርስጦንን ወደ መቄዶንያ ልኮ ራሱ በእስያ ጥቂት ቀን ቆየ።

²³And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.

²³በዚያም ጊዜ ስለዚህ መንገድ ብዙ ሁከት ሆነ።

²⁴For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;

²⁴ብር ሠሪ የሆነ ድሜጥሮስ የሚሉት አንድ ሰው የአርጤምስን ቤተ መቅደስ ምስሎች በብር እየሠራ ለአንጥረኞች እጅግ ትርፍ ያገኝ ነበርና፤

²⁵Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.

²⁵እነዚህንም ይህንም የሚመስለውን ሥራ የሠሩትን ሰብስቦ እንዲህ አላቸው። ሰዎች ሆይ፥ ትርፋችን በዚህ ሥራ እንደ ሆነ ታውቃላችሁ።

²⁶Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:

²⁶ይህም ጳውሎስ። በእጅ የተሠሩቱ አማልክት አይደሉም ብሎ፥ በኤፌሶን ብቻ ሳይሆን ከጥቂት ክፍል በቀር በእስያ ሁሉ ብዙ ሕዝብን እንደ አስረዳና እንደ አሳተ አይታችኋል ሰምታችሁማል።

²⁷So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.

²⁷ሥራችንም እንዲናቅ ብቻ አይደለም፥ እስያ ሁሉ ዓለሙም የሚያመልካት የታላቂቱ አምላክ የአርጤምስ መቅደስ ምናምን ሆኖ እንዲቆጠር እንጂ፥ ታላቅነትዋም ደግሞ እንዳይሻር ያስፈራል።

²⁸And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

²⁸ይህንም በሰሙ ጊዜ ቍጣ ሞላባቸው። የኤፌሶን አርጤምስ ታላቅ ናት እያሉም ጮኹ።

²⁹And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.

²⁹ከተማውም በሙሉው ተደባለቀ፥ የመቄዶንያም ሰዎች የጳውሎስን ጓደኞች ጋይዮስንና አርስጥሮኮስን ከእነርሱ ጋር ነጥቀው በአንድ ልብ ሆነው ወደ ጨዋታ ስፍራ ሮጡ።

³⁰And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.

³⁰ጳውሎስም ወደ ሕዝቡ ይገባ ዘንድ በፈቀደ ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርት ከለከሉት።

³¹And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.

³¹ከእስያም አለቆች ወዳጆቹ የሆኑት አንዳንዶች ደግሞ ወደ እርሱ ልከው ወደ ጨዋታ ስፍራ ራሱን እንዳይሰጥ ለመኑት።

³²Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.

³²ወዲያና ወዲህም እያሉ ይጮኹ ነበር፤ በጉባኤው ድብልቅልቅ ሆኖ የሚበልጡት ስንኳ ስለ ምን እንደተሰበሰቡ አላወቁም ነበርና።

³³And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.

³³አይሁድም ሲያቀርቡት፥ እስክንድሮስን ከሕዝቡ መካከል ወደ ፊት ገፉት፤ እስክንድሮስም በእጁ ጠቅሶ በሕዝብ ፊት እንዲምዋገትላቸው ወደደ።

³⁴But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

³⁴አይሁዳዊ ግን እንደ ሆነ ባወቁ ጊዜ፥ ሁሉ በአንድ ድምፅ። የኤፌሶን አርጤምስ ታላቅ ናት እያሉ ሁለት ሰዓት ያህል ጮኹ።

³⁵And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

³⁵የከተማይቱም ጸሐፊ ሕዝቡን ጸጥ አሰኝቶ እንዲህ አለ። የኤፌሶን ሰዎች ሆይ፥ የኤፌሶን ከተማ ለታላቂቱ አርጤምስ ከሰማይም ለወረደው ጣዖትዋ የመቅደስ ጠባቂ መሆንዋን የማያውቅ ሰው ማን ነው?

³⁶Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

³⁶ይህንም የሚክደው ከሌለ፥ ጸጥ እንድትሉና አንዳች በችኮላ እንዳታደርጉ ይገባል።

³⁷For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.

³⁷የመቅደስን ዕቃ ያልሰረቁ አምላካችንንም ያልሰደቡ እነዚህን ሰዎች አምጥታችኋቸዋልና።

³⁸Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.

³⁸ድሜጥሮስና ከእርሱ ጋር ያሉት አንጥረኞች ግን በሰው ላይ ነገር እንዳላቸው፥ የመጋቢያ ቀንና አገረ ገዢዎች አሉ፤ እርስ በርሳቸው ይምዋገቱ።

³⁹But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.

³⁹ስለ ሌላ ነገር እንደ ሆነ ግን አንዳች ብትፈልጉ፥ በተደነገገው ጉባኤ ይፈታል።

⁴⁰For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.

⁴⁰ዛሬ ስለ ተደረገው። ሁከት ነው ሲሉ እንዳይከሱን ያስፈራልና፤ ስለዚህም ስብሰባ ምላሽ መስጠት አንችልም፥ ምክንያት የለምና።

⁴¹And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

⁴¹ይህንም ብሎ ጉባኤውን ፈታው።