Acts 19
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland districts of Roman Asia, and went to Ephesus. There he found some disciples, of whom he asked:
Pea ʻi he kei nofo ʻa ʻApolosi ʻi Kolinitō, naʻe ʻalu ʻa Paula ki ʻEfesō, ʻi he hili ʻa ʻene fononga ʻi he ngaahi potu tukuʻuta; pea ne ʻilo ai ʻae ākonga niʻihi,
2 “Did you, when you became believers in Christ, receive the Holy Spirit?” “No,” they answered, “we did not even hear that there was a Holy Spirit.”
Pea ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Kuo mou maʻu ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni talu hoʻomou tui?” Pea naʻa nau pehē kiate ia, “ʻOku teʻeki ai te mau fanongo pe ʻoku ai ha Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni.”
3 “What then was your baptism?” Paul asked.
Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, “Pea ne mou papitaiso ki he hā?” Pea nau pehē, “Ki he papitaiso ʻa Sione.”
4 “John’s baptism was a baptism upon repentance,” rejoined Paul, “and John told the people (speaking of the ‘One Coming; after him) that they should believe in him — that is in Jesus.”
Pea toki pehē ʻe Paula, “Ko e moʻoni naʻe papitaiso ʻaki ʻe Sione ʻae papitaiso ki he fakatomala, ʻo ne pehē ki he kakai, ke nau tui kiate ia ʻe fakamuimui ʻiate ia, ʻa ia, ko Kalaisi Sisu.
5 On hearing this, they were baptized into the faith of the Lord Jesus,
Pea ʻi he nau fanongo eni naʻa nau papitaiso ʻi he huafa ʻoe ʻEiki ko Sisu.
6 and, after Paul had placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit descended upon them, and they began to speak with ‘tongues’ and to preach.
Pea kuo hilifaki ʻae nima ʻo Paula kiate kinautolu, pea hoko kiate kinautolu ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni; pea naʻa nau leaʻaki ʻae lea kehekehe, mo nau kikite.
7 There were about twelve of them in all.
Pea ko e tangata ʻe toko hongofulu ma toko ua nai ʻakinautolu.
8 Paul went to the Synagogue there, and for three months spoke out fearlessly, giving addresses and trying to convince his hearers, about the kingdom of God.
Pea naʻe ʻalu ia ki he falelotu, ʻo ako mālohi ʻi he māhina ʻe tolu, ʻo ne fakamatala mo fakapapau atu ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻoe puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua.
9 Some of them, however, hardened their hears and refused to believe, denouncing the Cause before the people. So Paul left them and withdrew his disciples, and gave daily addresses in the lecture-hall of Tyrannus.
Kae ʻi he fakafefeka ʻae niʻihi, mo ʻikai tui, kae lea kovi ki he hala ko ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai, naʻa ne mahuʻi ʻiate kinautolu, mo ne vahevahe [mei ai ]ʻae kau ākonga, pea malanga ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻi he fale lautohi ʻoe tangata ko Tilano.
10 This went on for two years, so that all who lived in Roman Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the Lord’s Message.
Pea ne fai ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe ua; ko ia naʻe fanongo ai ki he folofola ʻae ʻEiki ko Sisu ʻakinautolu kotoa pē naʻe nofo ʻi ʻEsia, ʻae kakai Siu mo e Kiliki.
11 God did miracles of no ordinary kind by Paul’s hands;
Pea naʻe fai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae ngaahi mana fakaofo ʻi he nima ʻo Paula:
12 so that people would carry home to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body, and their diseases would leave them and the wicked spirits go out of them.
He naʻe ʻave mei hono sino ʻae ngaahi holoholo mo e noʻo, ki he kakai mahaki, pea naʻe mahuʻi ʻae mahaki ʻiate kinautolu, pea ʻalu ʻiate kinautolu ʻae kau laumālie kovi.
13 An attempt was made by some itinerant Jews, who were exorcists, to use the Name of the Lord Jesus over those who had wicked spirits in them. “I adjure you,” they would say, “by the Jesus, whom Paul preaches.”
Pea ko e kau Siu niʻihi naʻe feʻaluʻaki fano, ko e kau fie mana, naʻa nau fai ke ui ʻaki ʻae huafa ʻoe ʻEiki ko Sisu kiate kinautolu naʻe ulusino ai ʻae ngaahi laumālie kovi, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku mau fekau mālohi kiate kimoutolu ia Sisu, ʻaia ʻoku malangaʻaki ʻe Paula.”
14 The seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish Chief Priest, were doing this;
Pea naʻe fai pehē ʻae ngaahi foha ʻe toko fitu ʻo Siva, ko e Siu, pea ko e taulaʻeiki lahi.
15 but the wicked spirit answered them: “Jesus I acknowledge, and Paul I know, but you — who are you?”
Pea naʻe lea ʻae laumālie kovi, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻa Sisu, pea ʻoku ou ʻilo mo Paula; ka ko hai ʻakimoutolu?”
16 Then the man, in whom this wicked spirit was, sprang upon them, mastered both of them, and so completely overpowered them, that they fled out of the house, stripped of their clothes, and wounded.
Pea naʻe ʻoho kiate kinautolu ʻae tangata naʻe ulusino ai ʻae laumālie kovi, pea naʻa ne ikuna ʻakinautolu, mo fai mālohi kiate kinautolu, pea naʻa nau feholaki mei he fale ko ia kuo nau telefua mo makafokafo.
17 This incident came to the knowledge of all the Jews and Greeks living at Ephesus; they were all awe-struck, and the Name of the Lord Jesus was held in the highest honour.
Pea naʻe ʻilo eni ʻe he Siu mo e Kiliki kotoa pē naʻe nofo ʻi ʻEfesō; pea naʻe tō ʻae manavahē kiate kinautolu kotoa pē, pea naʻe ongoongolelei ai ʻae huafa ʻoe ʻEiki ko Sisu.
18 Many, too, of those who had become believers in Christ came with a full confession of their practices;
Pea naʻe haʻu ʻae tokolahi naʻe tui, ke vete mo fakahā ʻenau ngaahi faianga.
19 while a number of people, who had practiced magic, collected their books and burnt them publicly; and on reckoning up the price of these, they found it amounted to five thousand pounds.
Pea ko e tokolahi, ʻiate kinautolu naʻe ngāue fakafiemana, naʻa nau ʻomi ʻo fakataha ʻenau ngaahi tohi, ʻo tutu ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai: pea naʻa nau lau hono totongi [ʻoe ngaahi tohi], ko e paʻanga siliva ʻe nima mano.
20 So irresistibly did the Lord’s Message spread and prevail.
He naʻe mātuʻaki tupulekina pea mālohi ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua.
21 Sometime after these events Paul resolved to go through Macedonia and Greece, and then make his way to Jerusalem. “And after I have been there,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.”
Pea kuo hili ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻe maʻu ʻae loto ʻo Paula ke ʻalu ki Selūsalema, ʻoka hili ʻene ʻalu ʻi Masitōnia, mo ʻAkeia, pea naʻa ne pehē, “ʻOka hili ʻeku ʻalu ki ai, ʻe totonu ke u vakai foki ki Loma.”
22 So he sent to Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, while he himself stayed for some time longer in Roman Asia.
Pea fekau ʻe ia ke ō ki Masitōnia ʻae toko ua ʻiate kinautolu naʻe tauhi kiate ia, ko Timote mo Eleasito; ka naʻe kei nofo siʻi ia ʻi ʻEsia.
23 Just about that time a great disturbance arose about the Cause.
Pea naʻe tupu ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia ʻae maveuveu lahi, ko e meʻa ʻi he lotu ko ia.
24 A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver models of the shrine of Artemis, and so gave a great deal of work to the artisans,
He ko e tangata ko Temetelio hono hingoa, ko e tufunga ngaohi siliva, naʻa ne ngaohi ʻae teunga siliva ki he fale lahi ʻo Taiena, pea naʻe lahi ʻae koloa naʻe maʻu ai ʻe he kau tufunga;
25 got these men together, as well as the workmen engaged in similar occupations, and said: “Men, you know that our prosperity depends upon this work,
Pea naʻa ne fakakātoa ʻakinautolu, mo e kakai naʻa nau kaunga faiva fakataha mo ne pehē, “ʻAe kau matāpule, ʻoku mou ʻilo ko e meʻa ʻi he faiva ni ʻoku tau maʻu ai ʻetau koloa.
26 and you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but in almost the whole of Roman Asia, this Paul has convinced and won over great numbers of people, by his assertion that those Gods which are made by hands are not Gods at all.
Pea ko eni, ʻoku mou mamata mo fanongo kuo fakalotoʻi mo fakatafoki ʻe Paula ni ʻae kakai tokolahi, ʻikai ʻi ʻEfesō pē, kae meimei ʻi ʻEsia kotoa pē, ʻi heʻene pehē, ʻOku ʻikai ko e ngaahi ʻotua ʻaia ʻoku ngaohi ʻe he nima:
27 So that not only is this business of ours likely to fall into discredit, but there is the further danger that the Temple of the great Goddess Artemis will be thought nothing of, and that she herself will be deprived of her splendour — though all Roman Asia and the whole world worship her.”
Pea ʻe ʻikai ngata ʻi he manukiʻi ʻo ʻetau faiva ni; ka ʻe taukaea foki mo e fale lahi ʻoe ʻotua fefine ongoongo ko Taiena, pea ʻe maumau mo hono nāunau, ʻaia ʻoku hū ki ai ʻa ʻEsia mo māmani kotoa pē.”
28 When they heard this, the men were greatly enraged, and began shouting — “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Pea ʻi heʻenau fanongo, naʻa nau fonu ʻi he ʻita, mo nau kalanga, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku lahi ʻa Taiena ʻoe kakai ʻEfesō.”
29 The commotion spread through the whole city, and the people rushed together into the amphitheater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, two Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.
Pea naʻe maveuveu ʻae kolo kotoa pē: pea kuo nau puke ʻa Keio mo ʻAlisitako, ko e ongo tangata Masitōnia, ko e kau fononga ʻo Paula, naʻa nau feʻohofi fakataha ki he fale faiva.
30 Paul wished to go into the amphitheater and face the people, but the disciples would not let him,
Pea naʻe fie ʻalu atu ʻa Paula ki loto ki he kakai, ka naʻe taʻofi ia ʻe he kau ākonga.
31 while some of the chief religious officials of the province, who were friendly to him, sent repeated entreaties to him not to trust himself inside.
Pea ko e niʻihi ʻi he kau matāpule ʻo ʻEsia, ko hono kāinga, naʻa nau fekau atu, ʻo kole kiate ia ke ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa ʻalu ia ki he fale faiva.
32 Meanwhile some were shouting one thing and some another, for the Assembly was all in confusion, most of those present not even knowing why they had met.
Pea kalanga ʻaki ʻe he niʻihi ha meʻa ʻe taha, pea ko e niʻihi ha meʻa kehe: he naʻe puputuʻu ʻae kakai, pea naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ʻe he tokolahi pe ko e hā kuo nau fakataha ai.
33 But some of the crowd prompted Alexander, whom the Jews had pushed to the front, and he waved his hand to show that he wanted to speak in their defence to the people.
Pea naʻa nau taki mai ʻa ʻAlekisānita, mei he kakai, pea fokotuʻu ia ʻe he kakai Siu. Pea taʻalo ʻaki ʻe ʻAlekisānita hono nima, ʻo fie fakamatala ki he kakai.
34 However, when they recognised him as a Jew, one cry broke from them all, and they continued shouting for two hours — “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Ka ʻi heʻenau ʻilo ko e Siu ia, naʻa nau kalanga fakataha kotoa pē ʻi he feituʻulaʻā ʻe ua, “ʻOku lahi ʻa Taiena ʻoe kakai ʻEfesō.”
35 When the Recorder had succeeded in quieting the crowd, he said: “Men of Ephesus, who is there, I ask you, who needs to be told that this city of Ephesus is the Warden of the Temple of the great Artemis, and of the statue which fell down from Zeus?
Pea kuo lolomi ʻae kakai ʻe he matāpule tohi ʻoe kolo, pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko e kakai ʻEfesō, ko hai ha tangata ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻilo ʻoku tapu ʻae kolo ko ʻEfesō kia Taiena, ko e ʻotua fefine ʻoku lahi, pea mo e [tamapua ]naʻe tō hifo meia Supita?
36 As these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and do nothing rash;
Pea ko eni, ʻi he ʻikai faʻa lea kehe ʻe ha taha ki he ngaahi meʻa ni, ko ia ʻoku totonu ai ke mou nofo pē, pea ʻoua naʻa fai ha meʻa ʻi he ʻohonoa.
37 for you have brought these men here, though they are neither robbers of Temples nor blasphemers of our Goddess.
He kuo mou taki mai ʻae kau tangata ni, ka ʻoku ʻikai ko e kau kaihaʻa mei he ngaahi fale fakaʻeiki, pe ko e kau lea kovi ki homou ʻotua fefine.
38 If, however, Demetrius and the artisans who are acting with him have a charge to make against any one, there are Court Days and there are Magistrates; let both parties take legal proceedings.
Pea kapau ʻoku ia Temetelio, mo e kau tufunga ʻoku ʻiate ia, ha meʻa ki ha taha, ʻoku ai ʻae ngaahi fakamaauʻanga, pea ʻoku ai mo e kau fakamaau: tuku ke nau fetalatalaaki ai ʻakinautolu.
39 But if you want anything more, it will have to be settled in the regular Assembly.
Pea ka ko haʻamou fehuʻi ki ha ngaahi meʻa kehe, ʻe fakamaau ia ʻi he fakataha totonu.
40 For I tell you that we are in danger of being proceeded against for to-day’s riot, there being nothing to account for it; and in that case we shall be at a loss to give any reason for this disorderly gathering.”
Koeʻuhi naʻa ʻeke kiate kitautolu ki he maveuveu ʻoe ʻaho ni, he ʻoku ʻikai te tau faʻa fakahā hano ʻuhinga ʻoe fakataha ni.”
41 With these words he dismissed the Assembly.
Pea hili ʻene lea ko ia, naʻe tutuku ʻe ia ʻae fakataha.
