1 PBS Pu Apolos lei Korintus, Paulus hapetai kepakulo pa ketiju Efesus. Kei hahake nararau kefi. BSB BSB: While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
2 PBS Kelote-te: "Tata Letuke ekena, pu keke-ehi?" Pa tenite-ke: "Uafa, ne-ruraka, kei Tata Letukei leile." 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 PBS Kaipa Paulus lote-te: "Anipa pa-niha teni ehe?" Tenite: "Yohanes paletehe-ei." BSB BSB: “Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
4 PBS Paulus lote: "Yohanes paletehe-ei kei teba moputoi, pa kelote tebapa, Keba totleia kea keehihi, kei Oke." 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 PBS Pu piti-i teri, notete terini Oke Batikepa patehe. BSB BSB: On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 PBS Pa pu Paulus nokelofe-te, Tata Letuke heto pute, pa letu-pilake tete-e pa Tatapifekera tete-e. BSB BSB: And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
7 PBS Teluko teba nawopepe hapa. BSB BSB: There were about twelve men in all.
8 PBS Ke-heto Paulus tipai lupopopa koi pa nafepa jakenalui. Pifekenalui-i ke-enako Tata Paikei teritata. BSB BSB: Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
9 PBS Pa tebafau hupala tete nave. Teputuka pifei teriri, pa te-ena Tata Lomakei tepe-e tebapaho. Peanya Paulus te-kelufate pa teakokeke kelokakana poti, pa fepato jakenalui Tiranus ja-ritopu kelei. 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 PBS Jawe felaro hitu kelei, ko teba Asia Tata Pifekewe terifata, kei teba Yahudi pa teba Yunani. 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 PBS Wa Paulus Tata jalopa tafafa kelei, BSB BSB: God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
12 PBS kaupa teba rori-paponejunete na Paulus rorikeke kefai-i terefe teba noe, kaipate-nohae pa letu fefemotui temekete. 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 PBS Teba Yahudi nararau jamote-e, tepajupate-e hatui, Tata Oke batike otefaepa tejapa teba letu fefe hemetei tetujue, tenie: "E-nihaju Oke bati ka-Paulus pilei-i." 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 PBS Teba jaite-ei kebarube Yahidi-te janoloi Tatapake hahake teba napahi batikeke Skewa. BSB BSB: Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
15 PBS Pa letu-fei kelo: Tata Oke nifula, Paulus nilu, pa-e, Ewe-ba?" BSB BSB: But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
16 PBS Pa keba letufe ke-kekei keoko te-kelohipateji-i pa te-ketokeloi, kaipa bafapa nowepiupa te-mejeta ke-kebai pake keto. 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 PBS Teba Efesus tupai jaiteri, kei teba Yahudi pa teba Yunani, kaipa teve-fata pa Tata Oke batike pi-tenie. 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 PBS Tebafai nawora, jamo teremoi, ropupepei telufatapa ratete tebapaho. Ropu teremoi taimbe ahapepe napapanopo. 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 PBS Janoi loma teweni Tata pifeke kapakui pa nave pewenue. BSB BSB: So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.
21 PBS Kaipa wa jalelepai Paulus kepule ketiti Yerusalem-le kele Makedonia pa Akhaya. Kelo: "Nireiu Roma rai." 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 PBS Pa keloko teba poha kekehitu-u, kei Timotius tena Erastus, tenake jatotete Makedonia, pa kei banararau kelei Asia. 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 PBS Pa-pui Tata Lomakewe piputelae. BSB BSB: About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
25 PBS Tebafaipa teba janokaure-ei keloko telufata janopai pa kelo: "Ebaletu, e-lu, janowei janahefe penuetu! 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 PBS Uawe ewo-fu pa elu, anane Paulus, Efesus faka, Asia tupaira otefa pa teba nawo teteri teninawea, ja-no-oe-epa jano eloi tebateka. 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 PBS Lumanoi jano nenewe-fe kotenaji, pa Artemis-parai, pebate bapalei, fepewewto pa bati letetetu. Pa Artemis pewo, Artemis teba Asia tupa tabejate-e pa fito tupa noka, notipepe letetetu." 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 PBS Piti-i teriko tehefe, kaipa hipanapa tehe-e, teni: "Teba Efesus pebate-tete Artemis peba bapatete." BSB BSB: When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
30 PBS Paulus titi tebapaia hou, pa teakokeke wenika. BSB BSB: Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.
31 PBS Kipa tebatafa nararau ja-Asia Paulus bapatete, pi-tewenito-ke u-jaramenapai ke-ketitika. 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 PBS Jokatapa teba lume pai tehiwae; kou lowe pa tekau nikei, tebalumei teheke pa tebafau terika teluko jatetete. 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 PBS Kaipa kebau batikeke Aleksander tejarutute teba Yahudi-ho. Pikewe tebapa jalewai. Kipa no-nakeoi papikelei pa pinakelei nokokele tebapa. 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 PBS Pa pu-teri, kei keba Yahudi, telupa hiwa raku hitu jupepe: "Pebate Artemis peba Efesus-tei pebatete!" 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!”
36 PBS Jai teparaka, peanya emororopapa pa ekokofa kehahaka. BSB BSB: Since these things are undeniable, you ought to be calm and not do anything rash.
37 PBS Kei tebawe ealowea, kebate pake tetakiraka pa bati kekera tenajiraka. BSB BSB: For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.
38 PBS Peanya anara Demetriua pa teba janore-ei piputela kebau, kei tebapaho kotu pa kebatete ramole, kei tebahitu pitehejaei earerei. 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 PBS Pa anara jau e-putu, hupala e-ei etupipi tebapaho. BSB BSB: But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.
40 PBS Pa nefenewewete ne-tehejajajte, kei ne-uai pipunelane, jaura neweko lananini ko nebamua netoto teba pipulaei." 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 PBS Pa piti-iapa tebafai keloko temepu. BSB BSB: After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.