1 PBY Nemane sate na te, Apoloswai ne ye Korintus yone keu, Pauluswai dari damba ne pene Efesus yone. Nepene yau na dero na mo serei bete kaiwerai. BSB BSB: While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
2 PBY Pauluswai ne seraibra te a te sanumue, we damane Aru Roh Kudus dua dekau ne pete nemei yambuku? Ne seraibra a te sewaipiki, ambai tere, de dapene kate Aru Roh Kudus a te na betoipei. 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 PBY Nepere Pauluswai a te sanumue Beamena waro ne we seraibra bu te na kere yaimie? Ne seraibra a te sewaipiki, nedo Yohaneswai kna a waro ne bute na kereyuomu. BSB BSB: “Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
4 PBY Pauluswai sanumue, Yohaneswai bute kromuna waro bu te koma e na wa te teme ye a pa dusmangkrone, nedo tetero seraibrabra te a te sanumue A_I Nedo nete nemeiyimambinie nederaitie meto sure dewa da mene na Nedo Yesus." 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 PBY Nemena a te dua betaipiki ne seraibra Tuhan Yesus Mang Tetero kna wa do ne bute kromu. BSB BSB: On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 PBY Nepere Pauluswai meka te tenai damba tepumue Aru Roh Kudus ne seraibra kna damba wa pa nemane ne seraibra a tu peu site site seiyainie wande yeko te kirai. BSB BSB: And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
7 PBY Ne seraibra nena tereng meka bi suna wau biserei do bei ye. BSB BSB: There were about twelve men in all.
8 PBY Pauluswai sinagoge eyupa ke a te sanumue wa arma ye oko naming serei pa, a te dua dewa seiyainie ne seraibra pere Awa Mang Tetero nena dia te seiyainie. BSB BSB: Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
9 PBY Nemane deraitie, tetero mo serei bete kena arma te ataipiki nemeiyimbipeinya te a te baipa serai, nepere a peko te seiyainie tetero kaso pere na nero ne, Pauluswai ne seraibra temupuku yau na dero na te baya atekome mekai nenei a bete bete te ya ne ya ne semo te kepang te tepainya nou Tiranus nepe ne. 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 PBY Da a waro nemena beitie mai bi serei nepere tetero meyenamane Asia nepe ne kainya Asena Firman Tuhan Mang Tetero nena akurung te betai Yahudi tetero seraibrabra pere Yunani tetero seraibrabra pere. 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 PBY Awa Mang Tetero nena yeko pepoi te mekou Pauluswai kna meka dambere. BSB BSB: God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
12 PBY Nemane ne mayong serau waro ne Pauluswai nena wa ere dambere tepembinie wande sa na tetero kna wa damba, aru peko peko baipa dua nai ne seraibra nenei wa pepoi tere dua orunaipinie. 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 PBY Nemane tetero mo serei yahudi tetero sekai te baipa sekaimina nepe ne dua dewa werai Tuhan Yesus Mang Tetero nena wa do ne tetero kna wa ne aru peko peko te a te seiyainie. De ye we te tame Yesus kna wa do ne nedo Pauluswai seiyunue na mane! 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 PBY Yei meka susu na wau biserei do yei skewa, yei si newai imam detere Yahudi nena yei, nemena kembari te mekai. BSB BSB: Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
15 PBY Nemane aru peko a te saweke a te seiyunue ne serai kna damba, De pe da ye Nedo Yesus te dua aroumbuka wande Pauluswai te aroumbuka, nemane we kaye simbiyang? BSB BSB: But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
16 PBY Nepere tetero aru peko na ne seraibra kna wa nero pa senombuku, ne seraibra te wapumue wande apa baya dusumupuku nepere ne seraibra baipa baruaipiki ne mie eyu re wa kiyane kekou mane. 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 PBY Efesus tetero nemena a waro te arambiki, wande Yahudi tetero seraibra pere Yunani tetero seraibra pere meyena mane dua arambiki. Ne serai meyena mane endiki te dua dekai wande Tuhan Yesus Mang Tetero poi a te seiyainie. 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 PBY Ne seraibra sihir kembari te mekeyai, semo kepei te nebeipa kopirainie tetero meye na nero ne sing damba baya taunaiy. Ne seraibra semo kepei te aye bembiki nena ondung tereng siri meka su bei pa saweke (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 PBY Nepere Tuhan Mang Tetero nena Firman wake dopre neme na beitie tepeu. BSB BSB: So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.
21 PBY Nemena a waro nou pa dua mekou puku, Aru Roh Nena burune, dado Pauluswai Yerusalem yopa dua nena te nepere Makedonia yore wande Akhaya yopa, neye a te seiyunue, nemane deye nep ne kiya waria de nederaitie Roma yo te dou ye tetembinie. 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 PBY Nedo Timotiuswai pere Erastuswai pere ne dobi serei dua nei Makedonia yopa nei, nedo Pauluswai neye ya mo serei Asia ne neme keu. 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 PBY Ne ya na nepe ne ekri yembe orupuku nemane nipi te. BSB BSB: About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
25 PBY Nena kembari tetero kopurumbuku nebeinie a te sanumue, do keka yei meke we ye dua arambuku e na dera munu sa waro da kembari de tere nepe ne sawaka te kate. 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 PBY Weye dou te tau a te betau, da Efesus yo na beitie na ambai me tere Asia, Pauluswai a te sanumue tetero dua arambiki meye na mane meto pa biraisiki ena Allah do sna sna tetero yei kna mendo nena meka smo Awa Mang Tetero nemena ambai. 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 PBY Damena peko tere e na kembari waro apa semasinie baya temambinie, nemane kuil dewi Artemis piyambainya Asia ne dayo dambe metere ne te na kapneinipei ena pepoi waro dua karumbinie. 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 PBY Nemena a te dua da betaipiki, ne seraibra a te derainie a te keterai, Artemis detere, dewi Efesus tetero nena!" BSB BSB: When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
30 PBY Pauluswai nemane tetero kaso pere na nero pa, yau na dero na nete na ambipei. BSB BSB: Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.
31 PBY Tetero Asia ne tenai mane kainya nembere werainya nete a te senainie we di ongko detere pa na epeinya. 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 PBY Dero mo serei a te meye keterai wande dero si aye demupuku derainie, nemane dero si derou aroipei beamena pote da nou pa kopurune. 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 PBY Tetero kaso pere Aleksander nena wa pa dou te tai nemane Yahudi tetero ne te bekou pa sisainie, wande Aleksander meka te mekou nenei wate tetero nero ne baipa dua ne. 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 PBY Nemane nedo Aleksander te arambiki Yahudi tetero, soning biserei, ne seraibra a te meye keteraipiki a besika serei, Artemis detere, dewi Efesus tetero kna! 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 PBY Netenate a te na derenipei, we seraibra yekai nemei kende a te na nemena kete raipeinya. BSB BSB: Since these things are undeniable, you ought to be calm and not do anything rash.
37 PBY Nemane we seraibra da tetero te dapa ate kau mu mekai wena kuil te na sasyasi oripei we na dewi tena a derenipeinya tewai. BSB BSB: For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.
38 PBY Netenate Demetrius nena kembari tetero pere nebeinie a te tukanai nie da tetero si besika pa a te tunaisine wande prokosul nepene a te seyinai nie. 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 PBY Nemane we seraibra apa orunembinie, ne a waro yau nero ne seiyi mane. BSB BSB: But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.
40 PBY Nemane e seraibra peko nero ne uamipiki da a ye demupuku da yana nou karo mena aroipei bea mena a te eye seiyimane. 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 PBY Netenate neye a te seiyunue damena a waro neme temambine tetero baya moi moi serene. BSB BSB: After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.
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