Atos 19

1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples. 2 He 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."

3 He said, "Into what then were you baptized?"

They said, "Into John’s baptism."

4 Paul 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 Christ Jesus."*19:4 NU omits Christ.

5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied. 7 They were about twelve men in all.

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

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

11 God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out. 13 But 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." 14 There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.

15 The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?" 16 The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 This 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. 18 Many also of those who had believed came, confessing and declaring their deeds. 19 Many 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.*19:19 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 20 So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.

21 Now 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."

22 Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while. 23 About that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way. 24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen, 25 whom he gathered together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, "Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth. 26 You 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. 27 Not 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."

28 When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" 29 The 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. 30 When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn’t allow him. 31 Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater. 32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn’t know why they had come together. 33 They 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. 34 But 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!"

35 When 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? 36 Seeing then that these things can’t be denied, you ought to be quiet and to do nothing rash. 37 For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess. 38 If 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. 39 But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly. 40 For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning today’s riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn’t be able to give an account of this commotion." 41 When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

Ko Pāora kei Epeha

1 I a Aporo i Koriniti, ka puta atu a Pāora nā ngā wāhi o runga, ka tae ki Epeha, ā, tūpono atu ko ētahi ākonga. 2 Ā, ka mea ki a rātou, "I riro rānei te Wairua Tapu i a koutou i tō koutou whakaponotanga?"

Anō rā, ko rātou ki a ia, "Kāhore, kīanō mātou i rongo noa mehemea te Wairua Tapu i hōmai."

3 Ka mea ia ki a rātou, "I iriiria oti koutou ki roto ki te aha?"

Ka mea rātou, "Ki roto ki tā Hoani iriiri."

4 Nā, ka mea a Pāora, "Ko tā Hoani iriiri he iriiri rīpenetā. I mea ia ki te iwi, kia whakapono rātou ki tētahi e haere mai ana i muri i a ia, arā ki a Īhu."

5 Ā, ka rongo rātou i tēnei, ka iriiria i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki, o Īhu. 6 Nā, ka oti te whakapā e Pāora ōna ringa ki runga ki a rātou, ka tae mai te Wairua Tapu ki a rātou; nā, ka kōrerotia e rātou ngā reo, ka poropiti hoki. 7 Ā, ko tō rātou tokomaha kei te tekau mā rua.

8 Nā, ka tomo ia ki te whare karakia, ka kōrero māia atu, e toru ngā marama i kōrerorero ai, i kukume ai ki ngā mea o te rangatiratanga o te Atua. 9 Ā, ka pakeke ētahi, ka whakateka, ka whakahāwea ki taua ritenga i te aroaro o te mano, ka mawehe atu ia i roto i a rātou, ka wehea kētia ngā ākonga, ka kōrerorero i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā, i roto i te kura o Tairanu. 10 Nā, e rua ōna tau i pēnei ai; ā, ka rongo katoa te hunga e noho ana i Āhia, ngā Hūrai, ngā Kariki, i te kupu a te Ariki, a Īhu.

Ngā Tama a Hewa

11 Nā, ehara i te merekara noa ake a te Atua i mea ai kia meatia e ngā ringa o Pāora; 12 ina hoki, i te mauranga atu i ngā aikiha me ngā ārai i tōna tinana ki te hunga mate, mutu ake ō rātou mate, ā, puta atu ana ngā wairua kino i roto i a rātou.

13 Kātahi, ka anga ētahi o ngā Hūrai hāereere noa, he hunga pei wairua, ka whakahua i te ingoa o te Ariki, o Īhu ki runga ki ētahi i ngā wairua kino, ka mea, "He whakahua tēnei nā mātou ki a koutou i a Īhu, i tā Pāora e kauwhau nei." 14 Nā, i pērā anō ngā tama tokowhitu a tētahi Hūrai, a Hewa, he tohunga nui ia.

15 Nā, ka whakahoki te wairua kino, ka mea ki a rātou, "E mōhio ana ahau ki a Īhu, e mātau ana ki a Pāora; ko koutou ia, ko wai rā?" 16 Nā, ko te tūpeketanga o te tangata i a ia nei te wairua kino ki a rātou, kua kaha i a rātou, taea ana rātou e ia, nō ka oma tahanga rātou, ka oma mamae atu i taua whare.

17 Ā, ka mōhiotia tēnei e ngā tāngata katoa e noho ana i Epeha, e ngā Hūrai rātou tahi ko ngā Kariki; ā, ka tau te wehi ki a rātou katoa, ā, whakanuia ana te ingoa o te Ariki, o Īhu. 18 Ā, he tokomaha o te hunga whakapono i haere mai, i whāki, i whakakite i ā rātou mahi. 19 He tokomaha anō o te hunga i mahi i ngā mahi tinihanga, i huihui i ā rātou pukapuka, ā, tahuna ana i te aroaro o te katoa. Ā, ka taua ngā utu o aua pukapuka, ka kitea e rima tekau mano hiriwa. 20 Koia anō te nui o te tupu o te kupu a te Atua, te kaha.

Te Tutūtanga i Epeha

21 Ā, nō ka rite ēnei mea, ka mea a Pāora i roto i tōna wairua, kia tika nā Makeronia, nā Akāia, kia haere ki Hiruhārama; i mea ia, "Ka tae ahau ki reira, ko Rōma anō tāku e tiki ai e titiro." 22 Ā, tokorua āna i tono ai ki Makeronia o te hunga e mahi ana ki a ia, ko Tīmoti rāua ko Eratu; ko ia i noho iho i Āhia mō tētahi wā.

23 Nā, i taua wā kīhai i nohinohi te ngangau i puta ake mō taua Ara. 24 Tērā hoki tētahi tangata, ko Rimitiriu te ingoa, he kaimahi hiriwa, nāna nei i hanga ngā temepara hiriwa o Riana, kīhai hoki i nonohi ngā utu i tika mai i tāna mahi ki ngā kaihanga. 25 Nā, ka whakaminea rātou e ia me ērā kaimahi o ngā pērā, ā, ka mea, "E mara mā, e mātau ana koutou, nō tēnei mahi ā tātou rawa. 26 Nā, e kite ana, e rongo ana koutou, ehara i te mea ko Epeha anake, engari he iti te wāhi o Āhia katoa kua mahue nei i tēnei Pāora te kukume, te whakapeau kē i te tini o te tangata, e mea ana ia, ‘Ehara ēnei i te atua, e hangā nei e te ringa.’ 27 Nā, ehara i te mea ko tō tātou nei wāhi anake ka tata te kore noa iho; tērā anō hoki e whakakāhoretia te temepara o te atua nui, o Riana, ā, meāke memeha noa iho tōna nui, e karakiatia nei e Āhia katoa, e te ao."

28 Ā, nō tō rātou rongonga, ā, ka kī i te riri, ka karanga ake, ka mea, "He nui a Riana o ngā Epehi!" 29 Nā, ka tutū te puehu o te pā katoa, ā, ka oti te hopu e rātou a Kaiu rāua ko Aritaku, he hunga nō Makeronia, he hoa haere nō Pāora, nā, kotahi tonu tā rātou kōkiritanga ki te whare mātakitaki. 30 Ā, i a Pāora e mea ana kia tomo ki roto ki te iwi, kīhai ia i tukua e ngā ākonga. 31 Nā, ka unga tāngata mai ētahi o ngā rangatira o Āhia, i pai nei ki a ia, ka mea kia kaua ia e tuku i a ia ki roto ki te whare mātakitaki.

32 Heoi, puta kē te karanga a ētahi, puta kē a ētahi; tino raruraru hoki taua whakaminenga; ko te nuinga kīhai i mātau ki te mea i huihui ai rātou. 33 Nā, ka mauria e rātou a Arēhanara i roto i te hui, nā ngā Hūrai ia i mea kia whakatika atu. Ā, tāwhiri ana te ringa o Arēhanara, i mea hoki kia kōrerotia e ia tā rātou ki te iwi. 34 Heoi, ka mātau rātou he Hūrai ia, kotahi tonu te reo o te katoa ki te karanga, ā tata noa ki te rua ngā hāora, "He nui a Riana o ngā Epehi!"

35 Ā, ka māriri iho te huihui i te kaiwhakawā, ka mea ia, "E ngā Epehi, ko wai te tangata kāhore e mōhio ko te pā o ngā Epehi te kaitiaki temepara o te atua nui, o Riana, o te whakapakoko anō hoki i taka iho i a Hupita? 36 Nā, ka kore nei ēnei mea e taea te whākorekore, heoi, kia āta noho, kaua hoki e hīkaka te mahi. 37 Kua ārahina mai nei hoki e koutou ēnei tāngata ki konei, ehara nei i te hunga tāhae mea tapu, ehara hoki i te hunga kohukohu ki tō tātou atua. 38 Nā, ki te mea he kupu tā Rimitiriu rātou ko ōna hoa mahi mō tētahi tangata, e taea te whakawā, ā, tēnei anō ngā kāwana; mā rātou rātou e whakawā. 39 Nā, ki te mea he mea kē tā koutou e whai nā, waiho mā te rūnanga tika te ritenga. 40 Ko wai hoki ka tohu? Tērā pea tātou e whakawākia mō tēnei ngangautanga o nāianei, kāhore nei ōna take; kāhore hoki he take e tika ai tā tātou kōrero mō tēnei huihui." 41 Ā, nō ka puaki ēnei kupu āna, ka tonoa atu e ia te whakaminenga.