¹It happened that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found 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 you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

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

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

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

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.”

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.

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

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

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

⁷They were about twelve men in all.

⁷Won sas sa andek than desh u dui manush.

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.

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 disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from 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.

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

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

¹¹God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,

¹¹Ai O Del kerelas bare mirakluria le Pavlosa.

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

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.”

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."

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.”

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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.”

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!"

²⁸When they heard this they were filled with anger, and 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."

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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!”

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

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?

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).

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

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

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 you seek anything about 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 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.”

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

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

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