Acts 19
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples.
Bere a Apolo wɔ Korinto no, Paulo tuu kwan faa ɔmantam no atifi koduu Efeso. Ɛhɔ na ohuu agyidifo bi
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.”
bisaa wɔn se, “Bere a mugye dii no, munyaa Honhom Kronkron no ana?” Wobuaa no se, “Yɛntee mpo da sɛ Honhom Kronkron bi wɔ baabi.”
3 He said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.”
Paulo bisaa wɔn bio se, “Ɛno de na asubɔ bɛn na wɔbɔɔ mo?” Wobuae se, “Asubɔ a Yohane kaa ho asɛm no.”
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.”
Paulo ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Yohane asubɔ no yɛ asu a wɔbɔ wɔn a wɔsakra wɔn adwene. Ɔka kyerɛɛ Israelfo no se, wonnye onipa a odi nʼakyi a ɔreba a ɔne Yesu no nni.”
5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Wɔtee saa asɛm no, wɔma wɔbɔɔ wɔn asu wɔ Awurade Yesu din mu.
6 When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.
Paulo de ne nsa guu wɔn so no, Honhom Kronkron baa wɔn so ma wɔkaa kasa foforo, hyɛɛ nkɔm.
7 They were about twelve men in all.
Na wɔn dodow bɛyɛ mmarima dumien.
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.
Paulo de nnam kyerɛkyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn Ahenni no ho asɛm wɔ hyiadan mu asram abiɛsa pɛɛ sɛ ɔsakra nnipa no adwene.
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.
Nanso nnipa no mu bi pirim wɔn koma, annye anni, kasa tiaa asɛm no wɔ atiefo no anim. Enti Paulo fii hɔ de agyidifo no kaa ne ho kɔe. Na Paulo kyerɛkyerɛ wɔ obi a wɔfrɛ no Tirano asuadan mu daa.
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.
Saa nkyerɛkyerɛ yi kɔɔ so mfe abien; enti ɛmaa nnipa a na wɔwɔ Asia mantam mu a Yudafo ne Helafo ka ho no tee Awurade asɛm no.
11 God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,
Onyankopɔn nam Paulo so yɛɛ anwonwade akɛseakɛse,
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.
maa mpo ne nnukuu ne nʼatade nsɛnanim a wɔde guu nnipa so no tumi saa nyarewa, tuu ahonhommɔne nso.
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.”
Yudafo bi a wɔnam asumansɛm so tu ahonhommɔne pɛɛ sɛ wɔde Awurade Yesu din tu ahonhommɔne. Wɔkankye kyerɛɛ ahonhommɔne no se, “Meka Yesu a Paulo ka ne ho asɛm no sɛ, muntu mfi ne mu!”
14 There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
Yudafo sɔfopanyin bi a na ne din de Skewa no mma baason na na wɔyɛ eyi.
15 The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
Honhommɔne no buae se, “Minim Yesu, na minim Paulo; na mo nso mo ne hefo?”
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.
Afei ɔbarima a honhommɔne ahyɛ no ma yi tow hyɛɛ wɔn so, pirapiraa wɔn ma wɔde adagyaw guan fii fie hɔ.
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.
Yudafo ne amanamanmufo a wɔte Efeso no tee asɛm no, wɔbɔɔ hu na woyii Awurade Yesu ayɛ.
18 Many also of those who had believed came, confessing and declaring their deeds.
Agyidifo no mu bebree baa bagua mu bɛkaa wɔn bɔne ne wɔn kokoamsɛm.
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.
Wɔn mu nkonyaayifo pii de wɔn nkonyaayi nhoma ba maa wɔhyew wɔ nnipa no nyinaa anim. Wobuu nhoma a wɔhyew no bo no na ɛyɛ nnwetɛbona mpem aduonum.
20 So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.
Saa anwonwade ahorow yi maa Onyankopɔn asɛm no trɛw tumi so.
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.”
Eyinom nyinaa akyi no, Paulo yɛɛ nʼadwene sɛ ɔbɛfa Makedonia ne Akaia akɔ Yerusalem. Ɔkae se, “Midu Yerusalem a, akyiri no mɛkɔ Roma nso.”
22 Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
Paulo somaa Timoteo ne Erasto a wɔyɛ nʼaboafo no dii nʼanim kan kɔɔ Makedonia, nanso ɔno de, ɔtenaa Asia kyɛɛ kakra.
23 About that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way.
Saa bere yi ara mu na basabasa a emu yɛ den a ɛfa Awurade asɛm no ho no sii wɔ Efeso.
24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,
Dwetɛdwumfo bi a wɔfrɛ no Demetrio yɛɛ Artemi abosonnan sɛso. Nʼadwuma no maa nʼadwumayɛfo nyaa wɔn ho sɛɛ tam.
25 whom he gathered together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.
Ɔfrɛfrɛɛ nʼadwumayɛfo no ne wɔn a wodi saa dwuma ahorow no ara bi no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Anuanom, munim sɛ yɛn ahonya nyinaa gyina saa dwumadi yi so.
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.
Mo ara moahu na moate dwuma a saa Paulo yi redi. Ɔka se anyame a nnipa de wɔn nsa ayɛ no nyɛ anyame biara. Ɔnam saa asɛm yi so adan nnipa bebree adwene wɔ Efeso ha ne Asia nyinaa.
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.”
Sɛ yɛanhwɛ no yiye a, yɛn adwuma yi begye dimmɔne. Saa ara na obiara remfa ɔbosom Artemi a wɔsom no wɔ Asia ne wiase nyinaa no nyɛ hwee bio na nʼanim agu ase.”
28 When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Nnipadɔm no tee saa asɛm a Demetrio kae no, wɔn bo fuw fii ase yɛɛ basabasa, teɛteɛɛ mu se, “Efeso Artemi yɛ kɛse!”
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.
Basabasayɛ no trɛw wɔ kurow no mu nyinaa. Dɔm no kyeree Makedoniafo baanu a wɔn din de Gaio ne Aristarko a na wɔne Paulo retu kwan no de wɔn kɔɔ aguabɔbea.
30 When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn’t allow him.
Paulo pɛɛ sɛ anka ɔkɔ aguabɔbea hɔ kohyia dɔm no, nanso asuafo no amma no kwan.
31 Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
Ɔmantam no mu mpanyimfo bi a na wɔyɛ Paulo nnamfo no soma kɔsrɛɛ no sɛ ɔnkɔ aguabɔbea hɔ.
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.
Nhyiamu yi yɛɛ basabasa; nnipa no mu bi teɛteɛɛ mu kaa nsɛm bi na ebinom nso teɛɛ mu kaa nsɛm foforo bi, efisɛ na wɔn mu dodow no ara nnim asɛm ko a ɛde wɔn abehyia mu.
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.
Yudafo no piapiaa Aleksandro kogyinaa dɔm no anim sɛ ɔnkasa. Eyi maa nnipa no bi susuw sɛ Aleksandro nti na wɔahyia hɔ. Afei Aleksandro nyamaa dɔm no pɛɛ sɛ ɔkasa yi ɔno ne ne nkurɔfo ano.
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!”
Dɔm no huu sɛ Aleksandro yɛ Yudani no, wɔteɛteɛ mu nnɔnhwerew abien se, “Efeso Artemi yɛ kɛse!”
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?
Kurow no sohwɛfo no bɔɔ mmɔden maa dɔm no tɛm dinn. Afei ɔkasa kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Efeso mmarima, obiara nim sɛ Efeso kurow yi na ɛhwɛ Artemi hyiadan ne ohoni a efi ɔsoro beduruu no so.
36 Seeing then that these things can’t be denied, you ought to be quiet and to do nothing rash.
Obiara rentumi nnye eyi ho akyinnye enti monyɛ komm, monnyɛ basabasa biara.
37 For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.
Mode saa nnipa yi aba ha wɔ bere a wonwiaa biribiara mfii yɛn hyiadan mu, nkaa asɛmmɔne biara ntia yɛn nyame no.
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.
Sɛ Demetrio ne adwumfo a wɔka ne ho no wɔ obi ho asɛm bi a, asennii ne mpanyin wɔ hɔ, wɔmfa mmɛto gua.
39 But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
Nanso sɛ mowɔ biribi foforo bi ka a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔmanfo hyia na wɔfa mmara kwan so ka ho asɛm.
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.”
Sɛ yɛanhwɛ yiye a, wɔbɛka se saa nnɛ basabasayɛ yi fi yɛn. Saa basabasayɛ yi ho nhia. Sɛ wobisa yɛn ho asɛm a, yɛrennya anoyi biara.”
41 When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
Ɔkasa wiei no, otuu gua no.
