1 PBK Taam amseki faitn, omoro Apolos woi yapu Korintusro, Paulus semaim daerah pedalaman omkgi pem woi Efesus ro. Omorohm om yahpakum tamsekin om yoyim enem ro. BSB BSB: While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
2 PBK Paulus fohmum om enero, tamsekin ahn hepafirentain Roh pamipmaam omfe ahan yirahpsepe firimfiren om?"En fenkum wikina, eine ama dep eine pahmakin yirari, ama Roh pamipmaam Amrohm." BSB BSB: and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
3 PBK Omkgi, Paulus fohmum, waniem bekem, omkgi ahan apu yaprare? En fenkum, waniem apuyaprareahm Yohanes. BSB BSB: “Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
4 PBK Paulus fohmum, Yohanes yaprare apu om pem yirahpsepe yap, omkgi fohrpe yanap-yanap yirahpsepe, pemfohrpe yanap-yanap om yirahp sepefakir om yanap-yanap pamakin om honifitn om omkgi, ya omor Yeisi ahro. BSB BSB: Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
5 PBK Omfe enn yiriaim omkgi yasap om, e yaprare apu, omor na-Tuhan Yeisi ahrki. BSB BSB: On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 PBK Wonakgi, omkgi Paulus weime hotpakum yep enem wabri yeinaenero Roh pamipmaam semoum wapina enero, omkgi enn fapaiyaim Roh boup pemeryap pemer yap, pem omkgi baitma nubuatan. BSB BSB: And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
7 PBK En waspahkgi biap enem yerekaptim yepre kaptim apir tuski yanap yoram pahmo. BSB BSB: There were about twelve men in all.
8 PBK Amar, Paulus yemaim woi Sinagogero, pem omkgi fohmum woopemki omor watnkeski hahram enem omkgi omhapyose emeahm baithose, pem omkgi baithn hose en om omor kerajaan Aar ahm fakgir. BSB BSB: Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
9 PBK Pe omkgi tamsekin om yanap kakup ait rare epeahm pem biremkoseme yirapsepeyap, omkgi om fare, yasap-yasap om, tanam yap, om hamin om woi sahmipam yanap biapohmro, Paulus temaam semsaim enn, pem foyapsepe murid enem omsepe, omkgi emeahm baitnose, ta amtaam akin woi sekolah tiranus ro. BSB BSB: But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
10 PBK Yasap am huhumeit om tuski thn enem, omkgi waspahkgi yanap om mimi woi asiaro yirari ran Tuhan ahm, amfe Yahudi yanap pem Yunani yanap. BSB BSB: This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
11 PBK Aar ahin farkum biap sahpaeyap, om pises raam, om omor yeep Paulus ahmki. BSB BSB: God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
12 PBK Omkgi fepe yap yep pem celemek omfe rere pi Paulus ahmrohm, woi hapinima omoro hamoh um yanapro, omkgi hamohum yap enkem mamai rare, pem roh-roh tanam om sepewarki enki. BSB BSB: so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
13 PBK Pem tamsekin om ka humari woi saitan ahin Yahudi om inimai arki warki hai sap inima omkgi papsatne na Tuhan Yeisi ahain amar yanap-yanap amhopop koseme hor tanam rare, omkgi fare, dahre yirahsepe ahanro, omor na Tuhan Yeisi arki, om Paulus ahare teima hee, dah om ahnkim, waina naa Yeisi ahm, omfe Paulus ahre raan harpe om. BSB BSB: Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
14 PBK Yepre kaptimeki yeprem Tuski, bapurep skewa yap pahmo nim, imam tapur Yahudi yap, om frare yap om. BSB BSB: Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
15 PBK Pee omkgi, Roh tanam om, fohmum omkgi wikina werearkum, fohmumenero, dah daitiepe Yeisi ahain, pem dah yirari om Paulus fakgir, pee brein ahan? BSB BSB: But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
16 PBK Omkgi, yanap om saitan ahre yahpe om, waa kakamtarimum enere omroh, omkgi en ohoitohm omor enere. Pem omkgi yepmaam arukum, en waspahkgi, omkgi en harmenkum youpki om wou om waniem houpam pem om kopah. BSB BSB: Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.
17 PBK Yasap am, weimekgi yiriaim enkum warga Efesus enre, pem Yahudi yanap, pem Yunani yanap. Pe, enn waspahkgi too Ai urukum, pem na Tuhan Yeisi ahain, om wapina hepetrare enam. BSB BSB: This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
19 PBK Omkgi biapy om enere. Omfe omre farkum uwum paski, kamho sakum buku-buku enkem omkgi hesentepe omoro sahmipaam yanap biap omro pem, en yep dekeme biap buku-buku om omkitup satne biap enem 50.000 keping perak. BSB BSB: And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
20 PBK Amar, raan Tuhan ahm am sepae pe ohoitohm. BSB BSB: So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.
21 PBK Omkgi yasap-yasap omfra semaim waina rohro Paulus hamtarimum sepefakir woi Yerusalem ro omkgi om weimetemsem houm maredun pem akhaya, omkgi fohmum, omro woisopop om, dah pahmsekin sahpae Roma. BSB BSB: After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”
22 PBK Pem, omkgi kau baitnakum yanap tuski om melayani fakgir Makedoniaro, yaomor Timotius pem Erastus, om ohona biokum tamsekin om taam, woi asinro. BSB BSB: He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
23 PBK Omkgi taam om, omro woi farufur semamum yap, om eine tebreah, om omor hamin omfakin. BSB BSB: About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
25 PBK Omkgi tukang-tukang enem omrohm om kamhosakum waspahkgi karya yap enem, woi bidang pahmo roh pemyue yanmapu, ahan yirari kemakmuran dohm om amar perusahaan amki. BSB BSB: Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.
26 PBK Om, ahan sahpae pem yirari amarine omor pahmo woi Efesus rohm, om amar itnepkgi am asia amro waspahkgi, Paulus weime yahpum pem baitnakum niap yanap warerare omkgi fare, amfe Aar ahin. BSB BSB: And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
27 PBK Yasap amtanam, om eine frarenohm om woi henma yapro, pem pahmsekin kuil, Dewi Artemis, om agung om, eine pamakintiep tuski paski om, yep dekene, pem omkgi om fare yap woi waspahkgi asia ro pembep amro om mamai arufeitn, keagungan enem. BSB BSB: There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”
28 PBK Omkgi en yiriaim yasap am, omkgi en heinain airukum pem omkgi diri fenkum, tapuram Artemis Dewi Efesus yanap. BSB BSB: When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
30 PBK Omkgi omrohm, Paulus om sepe yemaim yanap biap kap omkgi om yahnap eine om tepap sepe eine. BSB BSB: Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.
31 PBK Omfakir tamsekin-tamsekin om pembesar-pembesar Asia om yahnap heyahpe ommis harpenkei pahmo yasap, mounip ene rohmpem ura ura fare enerohm om omor eine harpe warohm enem woi wou tapur resenian omrohm. BSB BSB: Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.
32 PBK Omkgi, tamsekin tomoup yap pahmakin pem tamsekin ompemer yanap omor karteahm omoro, om omoro tanam wunma yap om prem tiri maptanam, omkaya en eine yirari bekeme om akirose yapom wime honkum. BSB BSB: Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there.
33 PBK Prem omor omkayap yanap biap omkgi warki Aleksander om Yahudi nim weime bitnokum wapina yupro, pem omkgi Aleksander ahrki harpakum wou nim, om yepenemki, om hapyose enem baitnakum kakup tepefakir, sepe pem yanap biap omro. BSB BSB: The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.
34 PBK Ompaski om enn yiriaim om Aleksander om omor Yahudi nim, omrohm om dua jam. En waspahkgi tomo up om pahma roh en kem, tapure artemis Dewi Efesus nim. BSB BSB: But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
35 PBK Omkgi, paniterayapu baitnohse yanap biap om, omkgi om fohmum, hae Efesus yanap, mein om nimom yirari maam. Oma yapu Efesus om omor bue kuil, Dewi Artemis om kakup, pem om surumim, wapki yeina imohm kapgi? BSB BSB: Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven? 36 PBK Omkgi, omfakir yasap-yasap om ien pahmakin reite. Ahn enem omseki tiri taire mimi, pem eine frare yopsi yap. BSB BSB: Since these things are undeniable, you ought to be calm and not do anything rash.
37 PBK Pee, ahnre omor yahpsem hon iken on yanap om amroh, om eine duki yanap kuil om, pem henma Dewi nohm. BSB BSB: For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.
38 PBK Omre fakgir om Demetrius pem tukang-tukang waspagi enpis hepenkum kei yap om yanap-yanap akin bue hapae yap yahiyaim pem omrohm prokunsul. Omor um en farefakir keiyap pemki pemrohm. BSB BSB: So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.
39 PBK Omkgi, om akhan tamsekin ferare rokh pem om, rohom fare kakte tamro kamtariaim koseme omkgi yanap biap waspahki, hukum ro ipopkgi. BSB BSB: But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.
40 PBK Omkgi dep omor bokoi kap omro hepeyam yasap heinain yap tam am omor akirose yap eine amro bekem depre farupsatne omor kakte tanam amro om. BSB BSB: For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”
41 PBK Ekam omkgi, fotem hammerki rokh yanap om kakte amki. BSB BSB: After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.
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