Acts 18
1 After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth.
Tukun ma inge Paul el fahsr liki acn Athens ac som nu Corinth.
2 He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,
In acn Corinth el sun sie mwet Jew pangpang Aquila, su isusla in acn Pontus ac tufahna foloko liki acn Italy welul Priscilla mutan kial, mweyen Tokosra Fulat Claudius el sap mwet Jew nukewa in som liki acn Rome. Paul el som nu yoroltal,
3 and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
ac ke sripen eltal mwet orekma ke lohm nuknuk oapana Paul, el muta yoroltal ac welultal orekma.
4 He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
Ke Sabbath nukewa el sramsram ac topuk mwet uh in iwen lolngok, ac srike in kifus mwet Jew ac mwet Greek in wela lulalfongi.
5 When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
Ke Silas ac Timothy tuku Macedonia me, Paul el sang pacl lal nukewa nu ke fahkak kas, ac el fahkak kalem nu sin mwet Jew uh lah Jesus pa Christ.
6 When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!”
Ke elos lainul ac fahk ma koluk kacl, el osrokla kutkut ke nuknuk lal uh in akkalemye lah el lainulos pac, ac el fahk nu selos, “Kowos fin tuhlac, ma na kowos sifacna oru! Wangin ma luk kac. Ingela nga ac som nu yurin mwet Gentile.”
7 He departed there and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
Ouinge el som lukelos ac muta in lohm sin sie mwet Gentile su alu nu sin God, pangpang Titius Justus. Lohm sel uh fototo na nu ke iwen lolngok uh.
8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
Crispus, sie sin mwet kol lun iwen lolngok, el lulalfongi ke Leum, wi pac sou lal nukewa; ac pus pac mwet saya in Corinth lohng kas lal Paul, ac lulalfongi ac baptaisla.
9 The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;
Sie fong ah Paul el liye aruruma se, ac el liye mu Leum El fahk nu sel, “Nimet kom sangeng, a kom in kaskas na ac tia fuhleak,
10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”
tuh nga ac wi kom. Wangin mwet ac ku in oru kutena ma koluk nu sum, mweyen pus mwet luk in siti se inge.”
11 He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
Ouinge Paul el muta we ke yac se tafu, ac luti nu sin mwet uh ke kas lun God.
12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
Ke touyak Gallio elan governor lun Rome in acn Achaia, mwet Jew uh tukeni nu sie, sruokilya Paul ac usalak nu in nununku.
13 saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”
Elos fahk, “Mwet se inge srike in kifasla mwet uh in alu nu sin God in ouiya su lain ma sap uh!”
14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
Paul el akola in sramsram ke Gallio el fahk nu sin mwet Jew uh, “Mwet se inge funu orala sie ma sutuu ku ma koluk na lulap, lukun oasr sripa nga in mongfisrasr nu suwos mwet Jew an.
15 but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t want to be a judge of these matters.”
Tuh ke sripen akukuin lowos an ma na ke kas, ac inen mwet, ac ke ma sap lowos sifacna uh, kowos sifacna aksuwosyela. Nga ac tia nununku kain ouiya ingan.”
16 So he drove them from the judgment seat.
Ac el luselosyak liki acn in nununku uh.
17 Then all the Greeks seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn’t care about any of these things.
Elos nufon sruokilya Sosthenes, sie pac sin mwet kol lun iwen lolngok uh, ac onel ke mutun acn in nununku uh. Tuh Gallio el tiana mayak kac.
18 Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.
Paul el mutana yurin mwet lulalfongi uh in Corinth ke len pus, na el wilkas nu selos, ac usal Priscilla ac Aquila welul in kal som nu Syria. Meet liki el oayak liki acn Cenchreae, el sang mangsrasraiyukla sifal ke sripen el tuh orala sie wulela ku nu sin God.
19 He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
Elos sun acn Ephesus, ac Paul el fahsr lukel Priscilla ac Aquila we. El utyak nu ke iwen lolngok, ac sramsram ac asiyuki yurin mwet Jew uh.
20 When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;
Kutu mwet we elos siyuk elan muta paht, tuh el srangesr.
21 but taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.
El wilkas nu selos ac fahk, “Fin ou lungse lun God, nga fah sifilpa foloko nu yuruwos.” Na el kal som liki acn Ephesus.
22 When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.
Ke el oai Caesarea, el som nu Jerusalem ac paing church in acn we, na el som nu Antioch.
23 Having spent some time there, he departed and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.
Tukun el muta we kitin pacl, el som ac fahsr sasla in acn Galatia ac Phrygia, ac akkeye mwet lulalfongi nukewa.
24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.
In pacl sac mwet Jew se pangpang Apollos, su isusla in Alexandria, el tuku nu Ephesus. El sie mwet na pah in kas, ac arulana yohk etu lal ke Ma Simusla.
25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.
Lutiyuk el tari ke Inkanek lun Leum, ac el arulana moniyuk ac oaru in sulkakin mwe luti pwaye ke Jesus. Tusruktu baptais na lal John pa el etu kac uh.
26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
El mutawauk in kaskas pulaik in iwen lolngok. Ke Priscilla ac Aquila eltal lohng sramsram lal, eltal usalla nu lohm seltal ah, ac aketeya nu sel ac akkalemye suwohs ke Inkanek lun God.
27 When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him; and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;
Na Apollos el sulela elan som nu Achaia. Mwet lulalfongi Ephesus elos kasrel ac sim nu sin mwet lulalfongi in Achaia, ac kwafe elos in paingul. Ke el sun acn we, el arulana kasrelos su wela tari lulalfongi ke sripen kulang lun God.
28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
El arulana lain mwet Jew ke elos sramsram in walil uh, ac el orekmakin kas in Ma Simusla in akpwayei lah Jesus pa Christ.
