¹¶ I a Aporo i Koriniti, ka puta atu a Paora na nga wahi o runga, ka tae ki Epeha: a tupono atu ko etahi akonga.

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,

²A ka mea ki a ratou, I riro ranei te Wairua Tapu i a koutou i to koutou whakaponotanga? Ano ra ko ratou ki a ia, Kahore, kiano matou i rongo noa mehemea te Wairua Tapu i homai.

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;`

³Ka mea ia ki a ratou, I iriiria oti koutou ki roto ki te aha? Ka mea ratou, Ki roto ki ta Hoani iriiri.

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

⁴Na ka mea a Paora, Ko ta Hoani iriiri he iriiri ripeneta. I mea ia ki te iwi, kia whakapono ratou ki tetahi e haere mai ana i muri i a ia, ara ki a Ihu.

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;`

⁵A, ka rongo ratou i tenei, ka iriiria i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki, o Ihu.

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

⁶Na ka oti te whakapa e Paora ona ringa ki runga ki a ratou, ka tae mai te Wairua Tapu ki a ratou; na ka korerotia e ratou nga reo, ka poropiti hoki.

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

⁷A ko to ratou tokomaha kei te tekau ma rua.

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

⁸¶ Na ka tomo ia ki te whare karakia, ka korero maia atu, e toru nga marama i korerorero ai, i kukume ai ki nga mea o te rangatiratanga o te Atua.

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

⁹A, ka pakeke etahi, ka whakateka, ka whakahawea ki taua ritenga i te aroaro o te mano, ka mawehe atu ia i roto i a ratou, ka wehea ketia nga akonga, ka korerorero i tenei ra, i tenei ra, i roto i te kura o Tairanu.

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.

¹⁰Na e rua ona tau i penei ai; a ka rongo katoa te hunga e noho ana i Ahia, nga Hurai, nga Kariki, i te kupu a te Ariki, a Ihu.

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,

¹¹Na ehara i te merekara noa ake a te Atua i mea ai kia meatia e nga ringa o Paora:

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

¹²Ina hoki, i te mauranga atu i nga aikiha me nga arai i tona tinana ki te hunga mate, mutu ake o ratou mate, a puta atu ana nga wairua kino i roto i a ratou.

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.

¹³¶ Katahi ka anga etahi o nga Hurai haereere noa, he hunga pei wairua, ka whakahua i te ingoa o te Ariki, o Ihu ki runga ki etahi i nga wairua kino, ka mea, He whakahua tenei na matou ki a koutou i a Ihu, i ta Paora e kauwhau nei.

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;`

¹⁴Na i pera ano nga tama tokowhitu a tetahi Hurai, a Hewa, he tohunga nui ia.

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

¹⁵Na ka whakahoki te wairua kino, ka mea ki a ratou, E mohio ana ahau ki a Ihu, e matau ana ki a Paora; ko koutou ia, ko wai ra?

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

¹⁶Na ko te tupeketanga o te tangata i a ia nei te wairua kino ki a ratou, kua kaha i a ratou, taea ana ratou e ia, no ka oma tahanga ratou, ka oma mamae atu i taua whare.

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,

¹⁷A ka mohiotia tenei e nga tangata katoa e noho ana i Epeha, e nga Hurai ratou tahi ko nga Kariki; a ka tau te wehi ki a ratou katoa, a whakanuia ana te ingoa o te Ariki, o Ihu.

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,

¹⁸A he tokomaha o te hunga whakapono i haere mai, i whaki, i whakakite i a ratou mahi.

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

¹⁹He tokomaha ano o te hunga i mahi i nga mahi tinihanga, i huihui i a ratou pukapuka, a tahuna ana i te aroaro o te katoa: a ka taua nga utu o aua pukapuka, ka kitea e rima tekau mano hiriwa.

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;

²⁰Koia ano te nui o te tupu o te kupu a te Atua, te kaha.

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

²¹¶ A, no ka rite enei mea, ka mea a Paora i roto i tona wairua, kia tika na Makeronia, na Akaia, kia haere ki Hiruharama; i mea ia, Ka tae ahau ki reira, ko Roma ano taku e tiki ai e titiro.

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;`

²²A tokorua ana i tono ai ki Makeronia o te hunga e mahi ana ki a ia, ko Timoti raua ko Eratu; ko ia i noho iho i Ahia mo tetahi wa.

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

²³Na i taua wa kihai i nohinohi te ngangau i puta ake mo taua Ara.

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

²⁴Tera hoki tetahi tangata, ko Rimitiriua te ingoa, he kaimahi hiriwa, nana nei i hanga nga temepara hiriwa o Riana, kihai hoki i nohinohi nga utu i tika mai i tana mahi ki nga kaihanga;

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,

²⁵Na ka whakaminea ratou e ia me era kaimahi o nga pera, a ka mea, E mara ma, e matau ana koutou, no tenei mahi a tatou rawa.

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;

²⁶Na e kite ana, e rongo ana koutou, ehara i te mea ko Epeha anake, engari he iti te wahi o Ahia katoa kua mahue nei i tenei Paora te kukume, te whakapeau ke i te tini o te tangata, e mea ana ia, Ehara enei i te atua, e hanga nei e te ringa:

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;

²⁷Na ehara i te mea ko to tatou nei wahi anake ka tata te kore noa iho; tera ano hoki e whakakahoretia te temepara o te atua nui, o Riana, a meake memeha noa iho tona nui, e karakiatia nei e Ahia katoa, e te ao.

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.`

²⁸A, no to ratou rongonga, a ka ki i te riri, ka karanga ake, ka mea, He nui a Riana o nga Epehi.

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

²⁹Na ka tutu te puehu o te pa katoa: a, ka oti te hopu e ratou a Kaiu raua ko Aritaku, he hunga no Makeronia, he hoa haere no Paora, na kotahi tonu ta ratou kokiritanga ki te whare matakitaki.

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.

³⁰A, i a Paora e mea ana kia tomo ki roto ki te iwi, kihai ia i tukua e nga akonga.

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

³¹Na ka unga tangata mai etahi o nga rangatira o Ahia, i pai nei ki a ia, ka mea kia kaua ia e tuku i a ia ki roto ki te whare matakitaki.

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.

³²Heoi puta ke te karanga a etahi, puta ke a etahi: tino raruraru hoki taua whakaminenga; ko te nuinga kihai i matau ki te mea i huihui ai ratou.

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;

³³Na ka mauria e ratou a Arehanara i roto i te hui, na nga Hurai ia i mea kia whakatika atu. A tawhiri ana te ringa o Arehanara, i mea hoki kia korerotia e ia ta ratou ki te iwi.

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,

³⁴Heoi ka matau ratou he Hurai ia, kotahi tonu te reo o te katoa ki te karanga, a tata noa ki te rua nga haora, He nui a Riana o nga Epehi.

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!`

³⁵A, ka mariri iho te huihui i te kaiwhakawa, ka mea ia, E nga Epehi, ko wai te tangata kahore e mohio ko te pa o nga Epehi te kaitiaki temepara o te atua nui, o Riana, o te whakapakoko ano hoki i taka iho i a Hupita?

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?

³⁶Na, ka kore nei enei mea e taea te whakakorekore, heoi kia ata noho, kaua hoki e hikaka te mahi.

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

³⁷Kua arahina mai nei hoki e koutou enei tangata ki konei, ehara nei i te hunga tahae mea tapu, ehara hoki i te hunga kohukohu ki to tatou atua.

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

³⁸Na, ki te mea he kupu ta Rimitiriu ratou ko ona hoa mahi mo tetahi tangata, e taea te whakawa, a tenei ano nga kawana: ma ratou ratou e whakawa.

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.

³⁹Na, ki te mea he mea ke ta koutou e whai na, waiho ma te runanga tika te ritenga.

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

⁴⁰Ko wai hoki ka tohu? tera pea tatou e whakawakia mo tenei ngangautanga onaianei, kahore nei ona take; kahore hoki he take e tika ai ta tatou korero mo tenei huihui.

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;`

⁴¹A, no ka puaki enei kupu ana, ka tonoa atu e ia te whakaminenga.

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