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

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

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

²and he said unto them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye believed? And they [said] unto him, Nay, we did not so much as hear whether the Holy Spirit was [given].

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

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

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

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

⁵ይህንም በሰሙ ጊዜ በጌታ በኢየሱስ ስም ተጠመቁ፤

⁵And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

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

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

⁷ሰዎቹም ሁሉ አሥራ ሁለት ያህሉ ነበር።

⁷And they were in all about twelve men.

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

⁸And he entered into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, reasoning and persuading [as to] the things concerning the kingdom of God.

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

⁹But 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.

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

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

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

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

¹²ደዌያቸውም ይለቃቸው ነበር ክፉዎች መናፍስትም ይወጡ ነበር።

¹²insomuch that unto the sick were carried away from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the evil spirits went out.

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

¹³But certain also of the strolling Jews, exorcists, took upon them to name over them that had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

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

¹⁴And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this.

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁷And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, that dwelt at Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

¹⁸አምነውም ከነበሩት እጅግ ሰዎች ያደረጉትን እየተናዘዙና እየተናገሩ ይመጡ ነበር።

¹⁸Many also of them that had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.

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

¹⁹And not a few of them that practised magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all; and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

²⁰እንዲህም የጌታ ቃል በኃይል ያድግና ያሸንፍ ነበር።

²⁰So mightily grew the word of the Lord and prevailed.

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

²¹Now after 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.

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

²²And having sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

²³በዚያም ጊዜ ስለዚህ መንገድ ብዙ ሁከት ሆነ።

²³And about that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.

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

²⁴For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no little business unto the craftsmen;

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

²⁵whom he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this business we have our wealth.

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

²⁶And 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 are no gods, that are made with hands:

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

²⁷and not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana be made of no account, and that she should even be deposed from her magnificence whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.

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

²⁸And when they heard this they were filled with wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesus.

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

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

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

³⁰And when Paul was minded to enter in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.

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

³¹And certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent unto him and besought him not to adventure himself into the theatre.

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

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

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

³³And they brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made a defense unto the people.

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

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

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

³⁵And when the townclerk had quieted the multitude, he saith, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there who knoweth not that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Diana, and of the [image] which fell down from Jupiter?

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

³⁶Seeing then that these things cannot be gainsaid, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.

³⁷የመቅደስን ዕቃ ያልሰረቁ አምላካችንንም ያልሰደቡ እነዚህን ሰዎች አምጥታችኋቸዋልና።

³⁷For ye have brought [hither] these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

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

³⁸If therefore Demetrius, and the craftsmen that are with him, have a matter against any man, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.

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

³⁹But if ye seek anything about other matters, it shall be settled in the regular assembly.

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

⁴⁰For indeed we are in danger to be accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause [for it]: and as touching it we shall not be able to give account of this concourse.

⁴¹ይህንም ብሎ ጉባኤውን ፈታው።

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