¹It happened that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples.

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

²He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

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

³He said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.”

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

⁴Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

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

⁵When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

⁵ይህንም በሰሙ ጊዜ በጌታ በኢየሱስ ስም ተጠመቁ፤

⁶When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

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

⁷They were about twelve men in all.

⁷ሰዎቹም ሁሉ አሥራ ሁለት ያህሉ ነበር።

⁸He entered into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning the Kingdom of God.

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

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

¹⁰This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

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

¹¹God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,

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

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

¹²ደዌያቸውም ይለቃቸው ነበር ክፉዎች መናፍስትም ይወጡ ነበር።

¹³But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”

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

¹⁴There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.

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

¹⁵The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”

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

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

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

¹⁷This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

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

¹⁸Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.

¹⁸አምነውም ከነበሩት እጅግ ሰዎች ያደረጉትን እየተናዘዙና እየተናገሩ ይመጡ ነበር።

¹⁹Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver. The 50,000 pieces of silver here probably referred to 50,000 drachmas. If so, the value of the burned books was equivalent to about 160 man-years of wages for agricultural laborers

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

²⁰So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.

²⁰እንዲህም የጌታ ቃል በኃይል ያድግና ያሸንፍ ነበር።

²¹Now after these things had ended, Paul determined 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.”

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

²²Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

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

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

²³በዚያም ጊዜ ስለዚህ መንገድ ብዙ ሁከት ሆነ።

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

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

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

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

²⁶You see and hear, that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands.

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

²⁷Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing, and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”

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

²⁸When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

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

²⁹The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel.

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

³⁰When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn’t allow him.

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

³¹Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.

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

³²Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn’t know why they had come together.

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

³³They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people.

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

³⁴But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

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

³⁵When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, “You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?

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

³⁶Seeing then that these things can’t be denied, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.

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

³⁷For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.

³⁷የመቅደስን ዕቃ ያልሰረቁ አምላካችንንም ያልሰደቡ እነዚህን ሰዎች አምጥታችኋቸዋልና።

³⁸If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.

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

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

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

⁴⁰For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day’s riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn’t be able to give an account of this commotion.”

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

⁴¹When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

⁴¹ይህንም ብሎ ጉባኤውን ፈታው።