Acts 19
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples.
In pripetilo se je, medtem ko je bil Apolo v Korintu, da je Pavel, ko je šel skozi gornje kraje, prišel v Efez. In ko je našel nekatere učence,
2 He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
jim je rekel: »Ali ste, odkar ste verovali, prejeli Svetega Duha?« Oni pa so mu rekli: »Mi smo komaj slišali, ali obstaja nek Sveti Duh.«
3 He said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.”
In rekel jim je: »V kaj ste bili tedaj krščeni?« In rekli so: »Z Janezovim krstom.«
4 Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.”
Potem je Pavel rekel: »Janez je resnično krščeval s krstom kesanja, govoreč ljudem, da naj verujejo v tistega, ki naj bi prišel za njim, to je v Kristusa Jezusa.«
5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Ko so to slišali, so bili krščeni v imenu Gospoda Jezusa.
6 When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.
In ko je Pavel nanje položil svoje roke, je prišel nadnje Sveti Duh, in govorili so z jeziki ter prerokovali.
7 They were about twelve men in all.
In vseh mož je bilo okoli dvanajst.
8 He entered into the synagogue and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God’s Kingdom.
In odšel je v sinagogo in približno tri mesece pogumno govoril, razpravljal in prepričeval [o] stvareh glede Božjega kraljestva.
9 But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
Toda ko so bili številni zakrknjeni in niso verovali, temveč so pred množico o tej poti govorili hudobno, je odšel od njih in oddvojil učence in dnevno razpravljal v šoli nekega Tirána.
10 This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
In to se je nadaljevalo približno dve leti, tako da so vsi, ki so prebivali v Aziji, slišali besedo Gospoda Jezusa, tako Judje kakor Grki.
11 God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,
In Bog je po Pavlovih rokah delal posebne čudeže,
12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.
tako da so od njegovega telesa bolnim nosili robce ali predpasnike, in bolezni so odhajale od njih in zli duhovi so izhajali iz njih.
13 But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
Takrat so se tudi nekateri potepuški Judje, izganjalci duhov, lotili klicati ime Gospoda Jezusa nad temi, ki so imeli zle duhove, rekoč: »Mi vas zaklinjamo pri Jezusu, ki ga oznanja Pavel.«
14 There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
In bilo je sedem sinov nekega Skevá, Juda in vodilnega izmed duhovnikov, ki so to delali.
15 The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
Zli duh pa je odgovoril in rekel: »Jezusa poznam in Pavla poznam, toda kdo ste vi?«
16 The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
In človek, v katerem je bil zli duh, je skočil nanje ter jih premagal in prevladal proti njim, tako da so iz te hiše pobegnili nagi in ranjeni.
17 This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
In to je postalo znano vsem Judom in Grkom, ki so prav tako prebivali v Efezu in strah se je spustil na vse [izmed] njih in ime Gospoda Jezusa je bilo poveličano.
18 Many also of those who had believed came, confessing and declaring their deeds.
In mnogi, ki so verovali, so prišli in priznali ter razodeli svoja dejanja.
19 Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
Tudi mnogi izmed teh, ki so uporabljali magijo, so svoje knjige prinesli skupaj in jih sežgali pred vsemi ljudmi, in izračunali so njihovo vrednost ter ugotovili, [da] je petdeset tisoč koščkov srebra.
20 So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.
Tako je Božja beseda mogočno rasla in prevladala.
21 Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
Ko so bile te stvari končane, se je Pavel v duhu namenil, ko je šel skozi Makedonijo in Ahajo, da gre do Jeruzalema, rekoč: »Potem ko sem bil tukaj, moram videti tudi Rim.«
22 Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
Tako je v Makedonijo poslal dva izmed teh, ki so mu služili, Timóteja in Erásta, toda on sam je nekaj časa ostal v Aziji.
23 About that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way.
In hkrati je tam nastala ne majhna razvnetost glede te poti.
24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,
Kajti nek človek, po imenu Demetrij, srebrar, ki je izdeloval srebrne svetinje za Diano, ki so prinašale rokodelcem ne malo dobička,
25 whom he gathered together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.
ki jih je skupaj z delavci podobnega poklica sklical in rekel: »Gospodje, vi veste, da imamo od te obrti svoje premoženje.
26 You see and hear that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods that are made with hands.
Poleg tega vidite in slišite, da je, ne samo v Efezu, temveč skoraj po vsej celotni Aziji, ta Pavel prepričal in odvrnil mnogo ljudi, govoreč, da niso nikakršni bogovi, ki so narejeni z rokami,
27 Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”
tako da ni samo naša obrt v nevarnosti, da bo zaničevana, temveč, da naj bi bil preziran tudi tempelj velike boginje Diane in uničena naj bi bila njena veličastnost, ki jo obožuje vsa Azija in svet.«
28 When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
In ko so slišali te besede, so bili polni besa in vpili, rekoč: »Velika je Diana Efeška.«
29 The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel.
In celotno mesto je bilo napolnjeno z zmešnjavo. In ko so ujeli Gaja in Aristarha, moža iz Makedonije, Pavlova družabnika na potovanju, so z njima soglasno zdrveli v gledališče.
30 When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn’t allow him.
Ko pa je Pavel hotel vstopiti k ljudstvu [dežele], mu učenci niso dovolili.
31 Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
Nekateri izmed azijskih voditeljev, ki so bili njegovi prijatelji, pa so poslali k njemu ter ga prosili, da sebe v gledališču ne bi izpostavljal.
32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn’t know why they had come together.
Nekateri so torej vpili eno stvar, nekateri pa drugo, kajti zbor je bil zmeden in večji del ni vedel, zakaj so prišli skupaj.
33 They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people.
In iz množice so potegnili Aleksandra, ki so ga Judje porivali naprej. In Aleksander je z roko dal znamenje in želel narediti svoj zagovor pred ljudstvom [dežele].
34 But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Vendar ko so spoznali, da je bil Jud, so vsi soglasno približno dve uri vpili: »Velika je Diana Efeška.«
35 When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, “You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?
In ko je mestni uradnik pomiril množico, je rekel: » Vi efeški možje, kateri človek tukaj ne ve, kako je mesto Efežanov oboževalec velike boginje Diane in podobe, ki je padla dol iz Jupitra?
36 Seeing then that these things can’t be denied, you ought to be quiet and to do nothing rash.
Ker pa se torej zoper te stvari ne more govoriti, morate biti mirni in ne storite ničesar prenagljenega.
37 For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.
Kajti sèm ste privedli ta moža, ki nista niti roparja cerkvá niti nista bogokletnika vaše boginje.
38 If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.
Zatorej, če imajo Demetrij in rokodelci, ki so z njim, besedo proti kateremukoli človeku, je sodišče odprto in tam so namestniki; naj drug drugega tožijo.
39 But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
Toda če karkoli povprašujete glede drugih zadev, bo to odločeno na zakonitem zboru.
40 For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning today’s riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn’t be able to give an account of this commotion.”
Kajti v nevarnosti smo, da bi bili klicani na zagovor zaradi vstaje tega dne, kajti nobenega razloga ni, s čimer lahko damo obračun tega vrveža.«
41 When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
In ko je to rekel, je razpustil zbor.
