1 STF A kad Apolos beљe u Korintu, Pavle proрe gornje zemlje i doрe u Efes. Tu naрe neke uиenike BSB BSB: While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
2 STF i reиe im: Jeste li primili Duha svetoga kad ste poverovali? A oni mu rekoљe: Nismo ni иuli da ima duh sveti. 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 STF A on reиe: kakvim ste se, dakle, krљtenjem krstili? A oni rekoљe: Jovanovim krљtenjem. BSB BSB: “Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
4 STF Tada Pavle reиe: Jovan je krstio krљtenjem pokajanja i govorio je narodu da veruje u onoga koji жe doжi za njim, t.j. u Isusa. 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 STF Kad to иuљe, krstiљe se u ime Gospoda Isusa. BSB BSB: On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 STF I kad Pavle metnu ruke na njih, siрe Duh sveti na njih, i govorahu jezike i proricahu. BSB BSB: And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
7 STF A beљe ljudi svega oko dvanaest. BSB BSB: There were about twelve men in all.
8 STF I uрe u sinagogu i propovedaљe onde slobodno tri meseca, govoreжi im i trudeжi se da ih zadobije za carstvo Boћje. BSB BSB: Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
9 STF A kad neki ostaљe uporni i neverni i ruћahu nauku pred narodom, odstupi od njih, odluиi uиenike i propovedaљe svaki dan u љkoli nekoga Tirana. 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 STF Ovo je bilo dve godine, tako da su svi koji su ћiveli u Aziji, i Judeji i Grci, иuli reи Gospodnju. 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 STF A Bog je neobiиna иudesa иinio rukama Pavlovim, BSB BSB: God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
12 STF tako da su i njegove ubruљиiжe i kecelje nosili na bolesnike, ioni se isceljivahu od bolesti, i zli duhovi izlaћahu iz njih. 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 STF Tada poиeљe i neki od Judeja koji se skitahu i zaklinjahu рavole, spominjati ime Gospoda Isusa nad onima u kojima behu zli duhovi i rekoљe: Zaklinjem vas Isusom koga Pavle propoveda. 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 STF Sedam sinova jednog judejskog prvosveљtenika Skever иinjahu ovo. BSB BSB: Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
15 STF A zli duh odgovori im: Isusa poznajem, i Pavla znam; ali ko ste vi? BSB BSB: But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
16 STF I skoиi na njih иovek u kome beљe zli duh, nadvlada ih sve i savlada, tako da su goli i izranjeni utekli iz one kuжe. 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 STF Ovo doznadoљe svi Judeji i Grci koji ћivljahu u Efesu, i uрe strah u sve njih, i veliиaљe se ime Gospoda Isusa. 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 STF Mnogi od onih koji иarahu, sabraљe knjige svoje i spaliљe ih pred svima. Proraиunaљe i naрoљe da su vredile pedeset hiljada srebra. 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 STF Tako je silno rasla i jaиala reи Gospodnja. BSB BSB: So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.
21 STF Posle ovoga namisli Pavle da proрe Makedoniju i Ahaju i da onda ide u Jerusalim. Reиe: Poљto budem tamo, moram i Rim videti. 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 STF I posla u Makedoniju dvojicu svojih pomoжnika, Timoteja i Erasta, a sam osta joљ neko vreme u Aziji. 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 STF U to vreme podiћe se ne mala buna zbog nauke. BSB BSB: About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
25 STF skupi ove i majstore drugih ovakvih stvari i reиe: Ljudi, vi znate da mi od ovoga posla ћivimo. 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 STF Ali vidite i иujete da ovaj Pavle, govoreжi da to nisu bogovi љto se rukama ljudskim grade, nagovori i odvrati mnogi narod ne samo u Efesu nego gotovo po svoj Aziji. 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 STF Ali ne preti samo ta opasnost da жe nam propasti ovaj zanat, nego se neжe mariti ni za hram velike boginje Artemide, i propaљжe veliиanstvo one koju sva Azija i sav svet poљtuje. 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 STF A kad иuљe ovo, napuniљe se gneva i vikahu: Velika je Artemida efeska! BSB BSB: When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
30 STF A kad Pavle htede da ide meрu narod, ne dadoљe mu uиenici. BSB BSB: Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.
31 STF A i neki od Aziarha, koji mu behu prijatelji, poslaљe k njemu i svetovahu ga da ne ide u pozoriљte. 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 STF Meрutim, jedni vikahu jedno, a drugi drugo; jer zbor beљe smuжen, i najviљe ih nije znalo zaљto su se skupili. 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 STF Iz gomile dovedoљe Aleksandra koga su Judeji izgurali napred. Aleksandar mahnu rukom i htede se braniti pred narodom. 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 STF Ali, kad ga poznaљe da je Judejin, povikaљe svi u glas i vikahu oko dva иasa: Velika je Artemida efeska! 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 STF Kad, dakle, to niko ne moћe poreжi, valja vi da budete mirni i niљta naglo dane иinite. BSB BSB: Since these things are undeniable, you ought to be calm and not do anything rash.
37 STF Dovedoste ove ljude koji niti su pokrali hram niti hule na naљu boginju. BSB BSB: For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.
38 STF A Dimitrije i majstori koji su s njim, ako imaju kakvu tuћbu, ima dana kad se sudi i ima prokonzula; neka tuћe jedan drugoga. 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 STF Ako li joљ љto traћite, reљiжe se u zakonitoj skupљtini. BSB BSB: But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.
40 STF Jer nam preti opasnost da budemo tuћeni za danaљnju bunu, jer nema nijednoga uzroka kojim bismo se mogli opravdati za ovu bunu. I kad ovo reиe, raspusti narod koji se beљe skupio. 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 STF . BSB BSB: After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.
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