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

¹Zhi kai o Apollos sas ande Corinth, o Pavlo kana nakhlo anda sa le gava kai si ande Asia, areslo ando Ephesus, ai kotse arakhlia uni disiplon.

²he said to them, Did ye receive [the] Holy Spirit when ye had believed? And they [said] to him, We did not even hear if [the] Holy Spirit was [come].

²Ai phendia lenge, "Lian anda tumende O Swunto Duxo kana pachan tume?" Won phende leske, "Ame chi ashundiam ke si ek Swunto Duxo."

³And he said, To what then were ye baptised? And they said, To the baptism of John.

³Ai phendia lenge, "Anda savo bolimos tume sanas bolde?" Ai won phende leske, "Ando bolimos le Iovanosko."

⁴And Paul said, John indeed baptised [with] the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.

⁴Antunchi o Pavlo phendia, "O Iovano boldia kodolen kai mangenas te parhuven pengo traio, ai motholas le Zhidovonge te pachanpe ande kodo kai avela pala leste, kodo si O Kristo.

⁵And when they heard that, they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.

⁵Pe kodola vorbi, bolde sas ando anav le Devlesko O Jesus.

⁶And Paul having laid [his] hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

⁶Kana o Pavlo thodia le vas pe lende, O Swunto Duxo avilo pe lende, ai denas duma andal kolaver shiba, ai mothonas so si te avel.

⁷And all the men were about twelve.

⁷Won sas sa andek than desh u dui manush.

⁸And entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly during three months, reasoning and persuading [the things] concerning the kingdom of God.

⁸Porme o Pavlo gelo ande synagogue, ai kotse dia duma bi darako trin shon, ai delas duma pal dieli le rhaioske kai si le Devlesko.

⁹But when some were hardened and disbelieved, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he left them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

⁹Numa uni lengo ilo zuralo sas, ai chi pachanaspe, ai mothonas chorhe dieli pa drom le Devlesko angla narodo. Antunchi o Pavlo gelotar lendar, ai lia le manushen kai pachanaspe ando Del pesa; ai sicharelas len pa Del swako dies andek shkola ieke manusheske kai busholas Tirannas.

¹⁰And this took place for two years, so that all that inhabited Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

¹⁰Kodia buchi gelia dui bersh, ai sa kodola kai beshenas ande Asia, Zhiduvuria ai Grekuria ashunde E Vorba le Devleski.

¹¹And God wrought no ordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

¹¹Ai O Del kerelas bare mirakluria le Pavlosa.

¹²so that even napkins or aprons were brought from his body [and put] upon the sick, and the diseases left them, and the wicked spirits went out.

¹²Kadia kai thonas pe naswale gada vai dikhlorhe kai azbade sas le Pavlos, ai le naswale sastionas, ai le manush kai sas o beng lende zhalastar.

¹³And certain of the Jewish exorcists also, who went about, took in hand to call upon those who had wicked spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.

¹³Sas uni Zhiduvuria kai zhanas andek than ando foro forestar te gonin le bengen andal naswale, zumavenas ando anav le Devlesko Jesus te keren le te anklen avri, phende le bengenge, "Dav tume ordina ando anav le Jesusosko, anklen avri, kado Jesus kai o Pavlo mothol pe leste."

¹⁴And there were certain [men], seven sons of Sceva, Jewish high priest, who were doing this.

¹⁴Ieke bare rasha kai sas Zhidovo, busholas Sceva, sas les efta shave, kodola shave kerenas kadia.

¹⁵But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but *ye*, who are ye?

¹⁵Numa o beng mothol lenge, "Zhanav kon si O Jesus, ai zhanav kon si o Pavlo, numa tume kon san?"

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

¹⁶Ai kado manush kai sas o beng ande leste xoko pe lende, ai sas les putiera pe lende, ai mardia le. Kadia de zurales kai nashle anda kodo kher sa nange ai dukhade.

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

¹⁷Kodola diela zhanenas sa le Zhiduvuria sa le Grekuria kai beshenas ando Ephesus, ai daraile savorhe, ai o anav le Devlesko Jesus sas bariardia.

¹⁸And many of those that believed came confessing and declaring their deeds.

¹⁸But shave le Devleske avenas te mothonas angla narodo so kerde.

¹⁹And many of those that practised curious arts brought their books [of charms] and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

¹⁹But anda kodola kai kerenas drabarimos, andine penge klishki, ai phabarenas le angla sa o narodo. Ai line sama le love kai monas kadala klishki, ai arakhle ke sas pe panvardesh mi teliara rupune.

²⁰Thus with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed.

²⁰Ai E Vorba le Devleski zhalas katar godi ande putiera ai ande zor.

²¹And when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in his spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, After I have been there I must see Rome also.

²¹Akana kai kodola dieli nakhle, o Pavlo manglia te zhal ande Jerusalem. Ai manglia te nakhel pai Macedonia ai pai Greece, "Ai kana avava kotse," phendia, "Trobul te dikhav Rome."

²²And having sent into Macedonia two of those ministering to him, Timotheus and Erastus, he remained himself awhile in Asia.

²²Tradia antunchi ande Macedonia dui anda peske zhutitoria, o Timote ai o Erastus; ai wo mai beshlo xantsi vriama ande Asia.

²³And there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.

²³Ande kodia vriama kerdilia but bunto pala zakono le Devlesko.

²⁴For a certain [man] by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver temples of Artemis, brought no small gain to the artisans;

²⁴Iek manush kai sas zhintari, wo busholas Demetrius, wo kerelas ikoni rupeske pala Diana, ai le manush kai kerenas leski buchi nirinas but love.

²⁵whom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,

²⁵Ai chidia sa kodolen kai kerenas kodalatar buchi, ai phendia lenge, "Manushale, te sam barvale, barvale sam pala e buchi kai si ame.

²⁶and ye see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great crowd, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying that they are no gods which are made with hands.

²⁶Ai dikhen ai ashunen, ke na ferdi ando Ephesus, numa pashte ande sa Asia, kado kai bushol Pavlo phendia le manushenge ai sikadia lenge ke le dela kai si kerde andal vas le manushenge nai dela.

²⁷Now not only there is danger for us that our business come into discredit, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that her greatness should be destroyed whom the whole of Asia and the world reveres.

²⁷Kadia diela chi rimol ferdi amari buchi, numa vi e bari del Diana te xasarel sa pesko barimos ande tampla, ai antunchi chi mai avela la lako barimos, ai kadia ikona kai rhuginpe late o narodo kai si ande Asia ai sa le lumia!"

²⁸And having heard [this], and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.

²⁸Kana ashunde kodola vorbi, savorhe xolaile, ai tsipinas. Phenenas, "Bari si e ikona Diana le Ephesusonge."

²⁹And the [whole] city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, having seized and carried off with [them] Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.

²⁹Sa o foro buntisailosas, ai line pesa o Gaius ai o Aristarchus, dui andal Macedonia, kai sas le vortacha le Pauloske kai zhanas lesa, ai gele savorhe andek bari soba.

³⁰But Paul intending to go in to the people, the disciples suffered him not;

³⁰O Pavlo mangelas vi wo te zhal angla narodo, numa le shave le Devleske chi mekenas les.

³¹and some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.

³¹Uni andel bare kai poronchinas pe uni gava ande Asia, kai sas leske vortacha, trade leske lil te mangenpe lestar te na zhal ande kodo kher.

³²Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.

³²Uni mothonas kadia, uni aver fialo ke buntuimos kerdiliasas; ai but anda narodo chi zhanenas sostar chidinisaile sas andek than.

³³But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.

³³Uni manush anda narodo line o Alexander ai thode les angla narodo. O Alexander antunchi kerdia iek semno anda vas ai manglia te del duma te chacharel le angla narodo.

³⁴But, recognising that he was a Jew, there was one cry from all, shouting for about two hours, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.

³⁴Numa kana haliarde ke Zhidovo sas, tsipisarde savorhe andek than sa kodola vorbi pashte dui chasuria, "Bari si e ikona Diana le Ephesusonge".

³⁵And the townclerk, having quieted the crowd, said, Ephesians, what man is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis the great, and of the [image] which fell down from heaven?

³⁵Ai kana o baro manush le forosko ashadia le narodos te na mai buntuilpe, phendia, "Ephesusanuria, sa e lumia zhanel ke o foro kai si ando Ephesus, lel sama katar o tampla kai si e ikona Diana ai lako patreto kai hulisto anda cheri (Jupiter).

³⁶These things therefore being undeniable, it is necessary that ye should be calm and do nothing headlong.

³⁶Khonik nashti mothol ke chi zhanel, anda kodia trobul te na mai buntuin tume, ai te na keren kanch mai anglal sar te gindin tume.

³⁷For ye have brought these men, [who are] neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.

³⁷Tume andian kadale manushen katse, won chi chorde andal tampluria, ai chi marde mui katar amari ikona.

³⁸If therefore Demetrius and the artisans who [are] with him have a matter against any one, the courts are being held, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.

³⁸Te si o Demetrius, ai leske manush te thonpe vari kashte dosh, si diesa krisake, ai si zhandari, ai kotse trobul te zhan te mothon pe kaste thon dosh.

³⁹But if ye inquire anything concerning other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.

³⁹Ai te mai si tumen vari so kai miazol tumenge ke nai mishto, lasharasa kodia diela ande kris.

⁴⁰For also we are in danger to be put in accusation for sedition for this [affair] of to-day, no cause existing in reference to which we shall be able to give a reason for this concourse.

⁴⁰Ke sai dosharen ame ke buntuisailiam anda so kerdilia adies. Ke kanchi nai ame te sikavas ke vorta keras kai chidinisailiam.

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

⁴¹Kana getosardia pesko divano, phendia le narodoske te zhantar khere.