¹And it came to pass, in Apollos` being in Corinth, Paul having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples,

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

²he said unto them, `The Holy Spirit did ye receive — having believed?` and they said unto him, `But we did not even hear whether there is any Holy Spirit;`

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

³and he said unto them, `To what, then, were ye baptized?` and they said, `To John`s baptism.`

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

⁴And Paul said, `John, indeed, did baptize with a baptism of reformation, saying to the people that in him who is coming after him they should believe — that is, in the Christ — Jesus;`

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

⁵and they, having heard, were baptized — to the name of the Lord Jesus,

⁵ይህንም በሰሙ ጊዜ በጌታ በኢየሱስ ስም ተጠመቁ፤

⁶and Paul having laid on them [his] hands, the Holy Spirit came upon them, they were speaking also with tongues, and prophesying,

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

⁷and all the men were, as it were, twelve.

⁷ሰዎቹም ሁሉ አሥራ ሁለት ያህሉ ነበር።

⁸And having gone into the synagogue, he was speaking boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading the things concerning the reign of God,

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

⁹and when certain were hardened and were disbelieving, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, having departed from them, he did separate the disciples, every day reasoning in the school of a certain 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 happened for two years so that all those dwelling in Asia did hear 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።

¹¹mighty works also — not common — was God working through the hands of Paul,

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

¹²so that even unto the ailing were brought from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the sicknesses departed from them; the evil spirits also went forth from them.

¹²ደዌያቸውም ይለቃቸው ነበር ክፉዎች መናፍስትም ይወጡ ነበር።

¹³And certain of the wandering exorcist Jews, took upon [them] to name over those having the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, `We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul doth preach;`

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

¹⁴and there were certain — seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest — who are doing this thing;

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

¹⁵and the evil spirit, answering, said, `Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; and ye — who are ye?`

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

¹⁶And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaping upon them, and having overcome them, prevailed against them, so that naked and wounded they did flee out of that house,

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

¹⁷and this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who are dwelling at Ephesus, and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified,

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

¹⁸many also of those who did believe were coming, confessing and declaring their acts,

¹⁸አምነውም ከነበሩት እጅግ ሰዎች ያደረጉትን እየተናዘዙና እየተናገሩ ይመጡ ነበር።

¹⁹and many of those who had practised the curious arts, having brought the books together, were burning [them] before all; and they reckoned together the prices of them, and found [it] five myriads of silverlings;

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

²⁰so powerfully was the word of God increasing and prevailing.

²⁰እንዲህም የጌታ ቃል በኃይል ያድግና ያሸንፍ ነበር።

²¹And when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in the Spirit, having gone through Macedonia and Achaia, to go on to Jerusalem, saying — `After my being there, it behoveth me also to see Rome;`

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

²²and having sent to Macedonia two of those ministering to him — Timotheus and Erastus — he himself stayed a time in Asia.

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

²³And there came, at that time, not a little stir about the way,

²³በዚያም ጊዜ ስለዚህ መንገድ ብዙ ሁከት ሆነ።

²⁴for a certain one, Demetrius by name, a worker in silver, making silver sanctuaries of Artemis, was bringing to the artificers gain not a little,

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

²⁵whom, having brought in a crowd together, and those who did work about such things, he said, `Men, ye know that by this work we have our wealth;

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

²⁶and ye see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost in all Asia, this Paul, having persuaded, did turn away a great multitude, saying, that they are not gods who are made by hands;

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

²⁷and not only is this department in danger for us of coming into disregard, but also, that of the great goddess Artemis the temple is to be reckoned for nothing, and also her greatness is about to be brought down, whom all Asia and the world doth worship.`

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

²⁸And they having heard, and having become full of wrath, were crying out, saying, `Great [is] the Artemis of the Ephesians!`

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

²⁹and the whole city was filled with confusion, they rushed also with one accord into the theatre, having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul`s fellow-travellers.

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

³⁰And on Paul`s purposing to enter in unto the populace, the disciples were not suffering him,

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

³¹and certain also of the chief men of Asia, being his friends, having sent unto him, were entreating him not to venture himself into the theatre.

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

³²Some indeed, therefore, were calling out one thing, and some another, for the assembly was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they were come together;

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

³³and out of the multitude they put forward Alexander — the Jews thrusting him forward — and Alexander having beckoned with the hand, wished to make defence to the populace,

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

³⁴and having known that he is a Jew, one voice came out of all, for about two hours, crying, `Great [is] the Artemis of the Ephesians!`

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

³⁵And the public clerk having quieted the multitude, saith, `Men, Ephesians, why, who is the man that doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is a devotee of the great goddess Artemis, and of that which fell down from Zeus?

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

³⁶these things, then, not being to be gainsaid, it is necessary for you to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

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

³⁷`For ye brought these men, who are neither temple-robbers nor speaking evil of your goddess;

³⁷የመቅደስን ዕቃ ያልሰረቁ አምላካችንንም ያልሰደቡ እነዚህን ሰዎች አምጥታችኋቸዋልና።

³⁸if indeed, therefore, Demetrius and the artificers with him with any one have a matter, court [days] are held, and there are proconsuls; let them accuse one another.

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

³⁹`And if ye seek after anything concerning other matters, in the legal assembly it shall be determined;

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

⁴⁰for we are also in peril of being accused of insurrection in regard to this day, there being no occasion by which we shall be able to give an account of this concourse;`

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

⁴¹and these things having said, he dismissed the assembly.

⁴¹ይህንም ብሎ ጉባኤውን ፈታው።