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

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.»

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

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

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.”

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.»

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

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

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

⁷They were about twelve men in all.

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

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.

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

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

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

¹¹God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,

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

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

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.”

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.»

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.”

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.»

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.»

²⁸When they heard this they were filled with anger, and 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!»

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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!”

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!»

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?

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?

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

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

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 you seek anything about 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 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.”

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.

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