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:

¹A stalo sa v tom, čo bol Apollo v Korinte, že Pavel pochodil horné kraje a prišiel do Efezu a najdúc tam niektorých učeníkov

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].

²povedal im: Či ste dostali Svätého Ducha, keď ste uverili? A oni mu povedali: Ba ani sme nepočuli, či je Svätý Duch.

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

³A on im povedal: A na čo ste tedy pokrstení? A oni povedali: Na krst Jánov.

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.

⁴A Pavel povedal: Ján krstil krstom pokánia a hovoril ľudu, aby uverili v toho, ktorý prijde po ňom, to jest v Krista Ježiša.

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

⁵Keď to počuli, dali sa pokrstiť na meno Pána Ježiša.

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

⁶A keď potom vzložil na nich Pavel ruky, prišiel na nich Svätý Duch a hovorili jazykmi a prorokovali.

⁷And they were in all about twelve men.

⁷A bolo ich všetkých asi dvanásť mužov.

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.

⁸A vošiel do synagógy a hovoril prosto a smele za tri mesiace hovoriac a presviedčajúc o veciach kráľovstva Božieho.

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.

⁹Ale keď sa niektorí zatvrdzovali, neposlúchali a vraveli zle o ceste Božej pred množstvom, odstúpil od nich a oddelil učeníkov a hovoril každý deň v škole istého Tyrana.

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.

¹⁰A to sa dialo dva roky, takže všetci, ktorí bývali v Ázii, počuli slovo Pána Ježiša, Židia i Gréci.

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

¹¹A Bôh činil nevšedné divy skrze ruky Pavlove,

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

¹²takže i na nemocných odnášali s jeho tela znojníky alebo zástery, a odchádzaly od nich neduhy a vychádzali z nich zlí duchovia.

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.

¹³Ale boli sa pokúsili aj niektorí z túlavých Židov zaklínačov menovať nad takými, ktorí mali zlých duchov, meno Pána Ježiša a hovorili: Zaklínam(e) vás v mene Ježiša, ktorého hlása Pavel.

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

¹⁴A boli to istého Skevu, Žida, najvyššieho kňaza, siedmi synovia, ktorí to robili.

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

¹⁵Ale zlý duch odpovedal a riekol im: Ježiša znám, aj o Pavlovi viem, ale kto ste vy?

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.

¹⁶A človek, v ktorom bol zlý duch, skočil na nich a opanujúc oboch, tak sa ich zmocnil, že nahí a zranení utiekli z toho domu.

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.

¹⁷A to sa stalo známym všetkým Židom i Grékom, ktorí bývali v Efeze, a padla bázeň na nich na všetkých, a bolo zvelebované meno Pána Ježiša.

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

¹⁸A mnohí z uverivších prichádzali, vyznávali a priznávali svoje skutky.

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.

¹⁹A mnohí z tých, ktorí sa zapodievali čary, posnášali knihy a pálili ich pred všetkými. A keď spočítali ich ceny, našli, že toho bolo za päťdesiat tisíc striebra.

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

²⁰Tak silne rástlo slovo Pánovo a vzmáhalo sa.

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.

²¹A keď sa to dokončilo, umienil si Pavel v duchu, že keď prejde Macedoniu a Achaju, pojde do Jeruzalema a povedal: Potom, keď budem tam a odbavím sa, musím vidieť aj Rím.

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

²²A poslal do Macedonie dvoch z tých, ktorí mu posluhovali, Timotea a Erasta, a sám sa zdržal ešte nejaký čas v Ázii.

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

²³A v tom čase povstal nemalý nepokoj o cestu Pánovu.

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

²⁴Lebo nejaký zlatník, menom Demeter, ktorý robil strieborné chrámy bohyne Diany, poskytoval remeselníkom nemalý zárobok.

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

²⁵A shromaždil ich aj robotníkov, ktorí sa zaoberali s takými vecami, a povedal: Mužovia, viete, že z tohoto remesla máme svoj blahobyt.

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:

²⁶A vidíte a čujete, že tento Pavel nie len v Efeze, ale skoro po celej Ázii zviedol a odvrátil veliký zástup ľudí a hovorí, že to vraj nie sú bohovia, ktorých spravia rukami.

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.

²⁷A nie len že tomuto nášmu remeslu hrozí nebezpečenstvo, že prijde do nevážnosti, ale že i chrám velikej bohyne Diány nebude považovaný za nič, a bude pripravená aj o svoje veličenstvo, ktorú predsa ctí celá Ázia i celý svet.

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

²⁸Keď to počuli a naplnení boli hnevom, kričali a hovorili: Veľká je Diána Efežanov!

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.

²⁹A celé mesto bolo razom naplnené zmätkom, a vrhli sa jednomyseľne do divadla strhnúc so sebou Gája i Aristarcha, Macedoncov, Pavlových spolucestovateľov.

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

³⁰A keď chcel Pavel ísť medzi ľud, nedali mu učeníci.

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

³¹Ba i niektorí náčelní úradníci Ázie súc jeho priateľmi poslali k nemu a prosili, žeby sa nevydával do divadla.

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.

³²A tak tedy jedni kričali jedno a druhí druhé voľačo, lebo celé shromaždenie bolo zmätené, a väčšina ich ani nevedela, prečo sa sišli.

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.

³³A zo zástupu vytiahli Alexandra, ktorého postrčili Židia do predu. A Alexander pokynul rukou a chcel sa brániť pred ľudom.

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.

³⁴Ale keď poznali, že je Žid, zvolali všetci jedným hlasom a kričali tak asi dve hodiny: Veľká je Diána Efežanov!

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?

³⁵A keď upokojil pisár zástup, povedal: Mužovia Efežania, ale veď kde ktorý človek je to, ktorý by nevedel, že mesto Efežanov koná veľkej bohyni Diáne svätoslužbu aj od Jupitera padlej soche?

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

³⁶Tak tedy pretože sa proti tomu nedá nič povedať, je potrebné, aby ste boli na pokoji a nerobili ničoho prenáhlene.

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

³⁷Lebo ste doviedli týchto ľudí, ktorí nie sú ani svätokrádežníkmi ani sa nerúhajú vašej bohyni.

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.

³⁸Ak tedy Demeter a remeselníci, ktorí sú s ním, majú proti niekomu žalobu, na to je obecný súd, a sú prokonzulovia; nech žalujú druh druha.

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

³⁹A jestli vyhľadávate niečo iné, to sa rozrieši v zákonitom shromaždení;

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.

⁴⁰lebo sme aj v nebezpečenstve, že budeme obžalovaní pre dnešnú vzburu, kým nieto nijakej príčiny, ktorú by sme mohli udať, prečo tento shon.

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

⁴¹A keď to povedal, rozpustil shromaždenie.