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

¹ A go mo, waato kaŋ Abolos go Korint, Bulos bisa beene haray laabo ra ka kaa Afasos kwaara. A di talibi fooyaŋ noodin.

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].

² A ne i se: «Waato kaŋ araŋ cimandi, araŋ du Biya Hanno, wala?» I ne a se: «Hã'a. Iri ya mana baa maa hala Biya Hanno go no.»

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

³ A ne: «Baptisma woofo no araŋ du?» I ne: «Yohanna baptisma no iri du.»

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.

⁴ Bulos mo ne: «Yohanna na baptisma te da tuubiyaŋ baptisma ka ne borey se i ma nga kaŋ goono ga kaa Yohanna banda cimandi, danga Yesu nooya.»

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

⁵ Waato kaŋ i maa woodin, i te i se baptisma Rabbi Yesu maa ra.

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

⁶ Waato kaŋ Bulos na nga kambey dake i boŋ, Biya Hanna zumbu i boŋ. I sintin ka salaŋ da ciine waani-waani yaŋ ka annabitaray te.

⁷And all the men were about twelve.

⁷ Ikulu me-da-me si kala ngey alboro way cindi hinka.

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

⁸ Bulos furo Yahudance diina marga* fuwo ra ka salaŋ handu hinza cine da bine-gaabi. A na sabaabey kaa taray, ka borey candi ka kand'ey Irikoy koytara do haray.

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.

⁹ Amma waato kaŋ boro fooyaŋ na hanga sanday te, i wangu ka gana mo, i na sanni futuyaŋ te fondo woodin boŋ borey marga kulu jine. Bulos mo fun i do ka talibey fay ka ye waani. Zaari kulu mo a ga kakaw Tiranos cawyaŋ fuwo ra.

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

¹⁰ Woodin mo te sanda jiiri hinka hala Aziya gorokoy kulu du ka maa Rabbi sanno, Yahudancey da Garekey kulu.

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

¹¹ Irikoy mo na dabari goy waani yaŋ te Bulos kambe ra,

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.

¹² hal i goono ga sungay tuusuyaŋ calley da cancandiyaŋ ta Bulos do ka kond'ey doorikomey do. Doori waani-waani yaŋ mo fun borey gaa, follay tamey mo follayey dira.

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.

¹³ Amma Yahudance fooyaŋ kaŋ yaŋ goono ga windi-windi laabo ra, kaŋ tibbonceyaŋ no, si ka Rabbi Yesu maa ce borey kaŋ gonda follayyaŋ boŋ. I goono ga ne: «Ay g'araŋ lordi da Yesu kaŋ Bulos goono g'a baaro waazu.»

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

¹⁴ Boro iyye go no, boro folloŋ izeyaŋ no, kaŋ maa Sikewa, Yahudance alfaga beeri fo no. Ngey no goono ga woodin te.

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

¹⁵ Kala folla tu i se ka ne: «Ay ga Yesu bay, ay ga Bulos mo bay, amma araŋ ya may yaŋ no?»

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.

¹⁶ Bora kaŋ banda folla bara din kaŋ i ra k'i zeeri. A te i boŋ zaama, kal i zuru ka fun fuwo din ra gaa-koonu. I maray mo.

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.

¹⁷ Woodin mo, Afasos gorokoy kulu bay a gaa, Yahudancey ka guna Garekey kulu. Humburkumay na ikulu di, Rabbi Yesu maa mo goono ga du beeray.

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

¹⁸ Boro boobo kaŋ cimandi goono ga kaa ka ngey zunubey ci, ka ngey goyey mo cabe.

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.

¹⁹ Moodabal teekoy ra boro fooyaŋ mo, kaŋ manti jama kayna bo na ngey tirey margu. I goono g'i ton borey kulu jine. I na tirey noorey lasaabu. A to nzarfu noor'ize zambar waygu.

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

²⁰ Yaadin no Rabbi sanno goono ga tonton da gaabi gumo ka te sahã.

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.

²¹ Hayey din teeyaŋ banda, Bulos na nga bina daŋ Urusalima koyyaŋ gaa, d'a na Masidoniya da Akaya mo gana. A ne i se: «D'ay koy Urusalima, tilas kala ya bisa ka koy di Roma mo.»

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

²² A na boro hinka donton nga saajawkoy ra, i ma koy Masidoniya, ngey Timotiyos da Arastos, amma nga bumbo goro kayna fo noodin Aziya laabo ra.

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

²³ Alwaato din ra no kusuuma fo tun kaŋ manti ikayna no, Yesu fonda ciine ra.

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

²⁴ Zama boro fo go no kaŋ maa Dimitriyos, nzarfu zam no. A ga Artemis* fuwo alhaalo te da nzarfu, kaŋ kande zamey se daymi boobo.

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

²⁵ Day, a n'i margu, da ceeci woodin fonda goy-teerey. A ne: «Ya alborey, araŋ ga bay kaŋ ceeci woone do no iri goono ga du iri arzaka.

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.

²⁶ Araŋ goono ga di, araŋ goono ga maa mo, kaŋ manti Afasos ra hinne no, amma Aziya baayaŋo kulu ra, Bulos wo na boro boobo candi k'i bare. A goono ga ne woone yaŋ kaŋ kambey goono ga te manti irikoyyaŋ no.

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.

²⁷ Manti mo zama iri ceeco go kataru ra a ma ciya dondayaŋ hari hinne bo, amma hala baa Artemis fuwo, tooru wayboro beero, i g'a ye yaamo mo. I g'a beera zeeri mo, nga kaŋ Aziya nda ndunnya kulu goono ga sududu a se.»

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

²⁸ Waato kaŋ i maa woodin binde, i biney tun. I sintin ka kuuwa ka ne: «Artemis, Afasos wano, ya ibeeri no!»

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.

²⁹ Kwaara kulu to mo da kururuwa. I kulu te me folloŋ mo ka tun da zuray ka koy marga batama do. I goono ga Gayos da Aristarkos candi ka kond'ey, kaŋ yaŋ ti Masidoniya boroyaŋ, kaŋ ngey da Bulosyaŋ ga dira care banda.

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

³⁰ Waato kaŋ Bulos ga ba nga ma furo borey do, talibey wangu a se.

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

³¹ Kwaara jine boro fooyaŋ mo, kaŋ yaŋ ti a corey, donton a gaa k'a ŋwaaray ka ne a ma si koy marga batama do.

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.

³² Boro fooyaŋ binde kuuwa ka hay fo ci, boro fooyaŋ mo goono ga hay fo waani ci. Zama jama boŋ haw, i baayaŋo mo mana bay haŋ kaŋ se no i margu.

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.

³³ Jama ra boro fooyaŋ na Iskandari fahamandi _da haŋ kaŋ goono ga te|_. Yahudancey mo n'a tuti ka daŋ jama jine. Iskandari mo na nga kamba sambu, zama a ga ba nga ma salaŋ borey se k'i kaa kambe.

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

³⁴ Amma waato kaŋ i di kaŋ Yahudance no, borey kulu soobay ka wurru me fo kal a to sanda guuru hinka cine ka ne: «Artemis, Afasos wano, ya ibeeri no!»

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?

³⁵ Waato kaŋ kwaara hantumkwa na jama laakal kanandi, gaa no a ne i se: «Ya Afasos borey, may no si bay kaŋ Afasos kwaara ga ti Artemis beero windo batukwa, d'a himando mo kaŋ fun beene ka kaŋ?

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

³⁶ Za kaŋ i si du ka woodin yaŋ ze, a ga hima woodin se araŋ laakaley ma kani, araŋ ma si hay fo te da cahãyaŋ.

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

³⁷ Zama araŋ kanda borey wo, a go mo, i manti tooru fuwo zayyaŋ no, wala mo i manti iri wayboro tooro kaynakoyaŋ.

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.

³⁸ Da day Dimitriyos da zamey kaŋ go a banda gonda sanni fo ngey da boro kulu kaŋ no game ra, ciiti fuyaŋ go no feerante, ciitikoyaŋ mo go no. Wa naŋ i ma kande care kalima noodin.

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

³⁹ Amma d'araŋ gonda sanni fo kaŋ boŋ araŋ ga ba araŋ ma salaŋ, i ga woodin sasabandi ciiti faada ra.

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.

⁴⁰ Zama haciika hunkuna iri go kataru ra, d'i n'iri kalima kusuuma wo se, kaŋ sinda kobay. A boŋ mo iri si hin ka marga sabaabo cabe.» Waato kaŋ a na woodin ci, a na marga sallama.

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