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

¹A stalo sa v tom, čo bol Apollo v Korinte, že Pavel pochodil horné kraje a prišiel do Efezu a najdúc tam niektorých učeníkov

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.”

²povedal im: Či ste dostali Svätého Ducha, keď ste uverili? A oni mu povedali: Ba ani sme nepočuli, či je Svätý Duch.

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

³A on im povedal: A na čo ste tedy pokrstení? A oni povedali: Na krst Jánov.

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.”

⁴A Pavel povedal: Ján krstil krstom pokánia a hovoril ľudu, aby uverili v toho, ktorý prijde po ňom, to jest v Krista Ježiša.

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

⁵Keď to počuli, dali sa pokrstiť na meno Pána Ježiša.

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

⁶A keď potom vzložil na nich Pavel ruky, prišiel na nich Svätý Duch a hovorili jazykmi a prorokovali.

⁷They were about twelve men in all.

⁷A bolo ich všetkých asi dvanásť mužov.

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.

⁸A vošiel do synagógy a hovoril prosto a smele za tri mesiace hovoriac a presviedčajúc o veciach kráľovstva Božieho.

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.

⁹Ale keď sa niektorí zatvrdzovali, neposlúchali a vraveli zle o ceste Božej pred množstvom, odstúpil od nich a oddelil učeníkov a hovoril každý deň v škole istého Tyrana.

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

¹⁰A to sa dialo dva roky, takže všetci, ktorí bývali v Ázii, počuli slovo Pána Ježiša, Židia i Gréci.

¹¹God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,

¹¹A Bôh činil nevšedné divy skrze ruky Pavlove,

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

¹²takže i na nemocných odnášali s jeho tela znojníky alebo zástery, a odchádzaly od nich neduhy a vychádzali z nich zlí duchovia.

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.”

¹³Ale boli sa pokúsili aj niektorí z túlavých Židov zaklínačov menovať nad takými, ktorí mali zlých duchov, meno Pána Ježiša a hovorili: Zaklínam(e) vás v mene Ježiša, ktorého hlása Pavel.

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

¹⁴A boli to istého Skevu, Žida, najvyššieho kňaza, siedmi synovia, ktorí to robili.

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

¹⁵Ale zlý duch odpovedal a riekol im: Ježiša znám, aj o Pavlovi viem, ale kto ste vy?

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.

¹⁶A človek, v ktorom bol zlý duch, skočil na nich a opanujúc oboch, tak sa ich zmocnil, že nahí a zranení utiekli z toho domu.

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.

¹⁷A to sa stalo známym všetkým Židom i Grékom, ktorí bývali v Efeze, a padla bázeň na nich na všetkých, a bolo zvelebované meno Pána Ježiša.

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

¹⁸A mnohí z uverivších prichádzali, vyznávali a priznávali svoje skutky.

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

¹⁹A mnohí z tých, ktorí sa zapodievali čary, posnášali knihy a pálili ich pred všetkými. A keď spočítali ich ceny, našli, že toho bolo za päťdesiat tisíc striebra.

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

²⁰Tak silne rástlo slovo Pánovo a vzmáhalo sa.

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.”

²¹A keď sa to dokončilo, umienil si Pavel v duchu, že keď prejde Macedoniu a Achaju, pojde do Jeruzalema a povedal: Potom, keď budem tam a odbavím sa, musím vidieť aj Rím.

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

²²A poslal do Macedonie dvoch z tých, ktorí mu posluhovali, Timotea a Erasta, a sám sa zdržal ešte nejaký čas v Ázii.

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

²³A v tom čase povstal nemalý nepokoj o cestu Pánovu.

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

²⁴Lebo nejaký zlatník, menom Demeter, ktorý robil strieborné chrámy bohyne Diany, poskytoval remeselníkom nemalý zárobok.

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

²⁵A shromaždil ich aj robotníkov, ktorí sa zaoberali s takými vecami, a povedal: Mužovia, viete, že z tohoto remesla máme svoj blahobyt.

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.

²⁶A vidíte a čujete, že tento Pavel nie len v Efeze, ale skoro po celej Ázii zviedol a odvrátil veliký zástup ľudí a hovorí, že to vraj nie sú bohovia, ktorých spravia rukami.

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.”

²⁷A nie len že tomuto nášmu remeslu hrozí nebezpečenstvo, že prijde do nevážnosti, ale že i chrám velikej bohyne Diány nebude považovaný za nič, a bude pripravená aj o svoje veličenstvo, ktorú predsa ctí celá Ázia i celý svet.

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

²⁸Keď to počuli a naplnení boli hnevom, kričali a hovorili: Veľká je Diána Efežanov!

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.

²⁹A celé mesto bolo razom naplnené zmätkom, a vrhli sa jednomyseľne do divadla strhnúc so sebou Gája i Aristarcha, Macedoncov, Pavlových spolucestovateľov.

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

³⁰A keď chcel Pavel ísť medzi ľud, nedali mu učeníci.

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

³¹Ba i niektorí náčelní úradníci Ázie súc jeho priateľmi poslali k nemu a prosili, žeby sa nevydával do divadla.

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.

³²A tak tedy jedni kričali jedno a druhí druhé voľačo, lebo celé shromaždenie bolo zmätené, a väčšina ich ani nevedela, prečo sa sišli.

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.

³³A zo zástupu vytiahli Alexandra, ktorého postrčili Židia do predu. A Alexander pokynul rukou a chcel sa brániť pred ľudom.

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!”

³⁴Ale keď poznali, že je Žid, zvolali všetci jedným hlasom a kričali tak asi dve hodiny: Veľká je Diána Efežanov!

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?

³⁵A keď upokojil pisár zástup, povedal: Mužovia Efežania, ale veď kde ktorý človek je to, ktorý by nevedel, že mesto Efežanov koná veľkej bohyni Diáne svätoslužbu aj od Jupitera padlej soche?

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

³⁶Tak tedy pretože sa proti tomu nedá nič povedať, je potrebné, aby ste boli na pokoji a nerobili ničoho prenáhlene.

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

³⁷Lebo ste doviedli týchto ľudí, ktorí nie sú ani svätokrádežníkmi ani sa nerúhajú vašej bohyni.

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.

³⁸Ak tedy Demeter a remeselníci, ktorí sú s ním, majú proti niekomu žalobu, na to je obecný súd, a sú prokonzulovia; nech žalujú druh druha.

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

³⁹A jestli vyhľadávate niečo iné, to sa rozrieši v zákonitom shromaždení;

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.”

⁴⁰lebo sme aj v nebezpečenstve, že budeme obžalovaní pre dnešnú vzburu, kým nieto nijakej príčiny, ktorú by sme mohli udať, prečo tento shon.

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

⁴¹A keď to povedal, rozpustil shromaždenie.