Acts 19
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples.
Apolo bu kaba ku Kolinto, Polo wusabuka zunga ki miongo, wutulaku Efeso; kuna kadenginina minlonguki minkaka.
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.”
Wuba yuvula: —Beno lutambula Pheve Yinlongo mu thangu luwilukila e? Bamvutudila: —Nana! Tuwiluꞌeto ko ti pheve Yinlongo yidi!
3 He said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.”
Polo wuba yuvula diaka: —A mbotokolo mbi lutambula e? Bamvutudila: —Mbotokolo yibotika Yowani tutambula!
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.”
Bosi Polo wuba kamba: —Yowani wubotika mbotokolo yi batu bobo babalula mavanga bu katuba ti bawilukila mutu wowo wunkuiza ku manima mandi; Yesu niandi mutu beni.
5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Buna bawa mambu momo, babotama mu dizina di Pfumu Yesu.
6 When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.
Bosi, Polo bu kaba tetika mioko babaka Pheve Yinlongo ayi bayolukamu zimbembo zinkaka ayi babikula.
7 They were about twelve men in all.
Baba nduka-nduka kumi batu buadi.
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.
Bosi bu kakota mu nzo lukutukunu, wuyolukila mu kambu memata mu tezo ki zingondi zitatu, wuba leba mu wilukila mambu ma Kipfumu ki Nzambi.
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.
Vayi sumbu bankaka bamanga wilukila ayi baba matingu bu baba tubanga mambimbi mu diambu di nzila yi Pfumu va ntuala nkangu, diawu Polo kaba bikila, wuvambana yawu ayi wunata minlonguki mu nzo nkanda yi Tilanusi; kuawu kalonga kadika lumbu.
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.
Mimvu miodi kasadila buawu. Diawu babo baba kalanga mu Azi, baba Bayuda voti basi Ngelese, bawa mambu ma Pfumu.
11 God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,
Bosi Nzambi wuvanga bikumu binneni mu nzila yi Polo;
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.
nkutu nate batu babonga misuala ayi minledi miomi mibelakana nitu yi Polo mu diambu batetika miawu bambevo; buna bambevo zibeluka ayi ziphevi zimbimbi zitotuka.
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.”
Bayuda bankaka baba kuenda diengilanga mu bibuangu mu kuendatotulanga ziphevi zimbimbi mu batu, batona sadila dizina di Pfumu Yesu mu totula ziphevi zimbimbi. Bakamba ziphevi zimbimbi ti: —Mu dizina di Yesu diodi Polo keti longila, ndikulutumina totuka!
14 There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
Tsambuadi di bana ba Sikeva bawu bavanga mambu momo. Sikeva wuba pfumu yi zinganga Nzambi zi Bayuda.
15 The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
Vayi pheve yimbimbi yiba vutudila: —Minu nzebi Yesu ayi nzebi nani Polo vayi beno luidi banani e?
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.
Vana vawu, mutu wowo wuba pheve yimbimbi wuba buila mu nitu, wuba lutila mu ngolo ayi wuba yamisa mu kikhesa. Batina mu nzo beni. Sumbu baba kuenda tini, bamemana luala ayi pheni nkua baba.
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.
Nsamu beni wumana tembakana muidi batu boso bobo baba kalanga ku Efeso; basi Ngelese ayi bayuda. Babo bamona boma, bosi dizina di Yesu dikemboso.
18 Many also of those who had believed came, confessing and declaring their deeds.
Bawombo mu batu bobo bawilukila bayiza ayi batuba mambu mosomambimbi momo bavanga.
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.
Bawombo mu batu bobo basadila mazi banata zibuku ziawu, bayoka ziawu va meso ma batu boso. Thalu yifua zibuku beni yiba nduka-ndukamakuma tanu ma zimili zi bivanza.
20 So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.
Mu lulendo lolo mambu ma Pfumu matembikinina ayi mamonisa zingoloziandi.
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.”
Mambu mama bu mavioka, Polo wukubika nzila mu mabanza mandi muviokila ku Maseduani ayi ku Akayi ayi mu kuenda ku Yelusalemi bu katuba: —Minu mana ba kuna, mfueti kuenda ku Loma.
22 Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
Wutuma bisadi biba salanga yandi va kimosi Timote ayi Elasitusi, ku Maseduani vayi niandi veka wusiala fioti ku Azi.
23 About that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way.
Vayi muna thangu beni, khindu yitotuka ku Efeso mu diambu di nzila yi Pfumu.
24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,
Bila mutu wumosi, dizina diandi Demetiliwusi, wuba fulanga bisengo, niandi wuba vanganga zinzo zi nzambi zi Alitemisi, nzambi yimosi yi nketo, wuvana diluaku dibakila zimbongo ziwombo kuidi bisadi biandi.
25 whom he gathered together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.
Wukutikisa bisadi biandi ayi batu bobo baba salanga bisalu bi ntindu wowo, wuba kamba: —Zikhomba, luzebi kueno ti mamboti meto mu kisalu kiaki madi.
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.
Lulembo moni ayi lulembo wi, bika sia ti mu Efeso kaka vayi nate mu Azi dioso, mambu malembo vangi Polo diodi dilembo kambisilanga batu ti zinzambi ziozi zivangulu mu mioko mi batu zisi kuandi zinzambi ko ayi batu bawombo kavukumuni.
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.”
Bika sia ti kioki kisalu kieto kuandi ki kuiza fui vayi ayi nzo nzambi yi Alitemisi, nzambi yinneni yi nketo, yikuiza kambu kinzukungu. Buna dilenda ba ti batu balendi buela kinzikanga Alitemisi ko, nzambi yoyi Azi dioso ayi nza yimvimba bansambilanga!
28 When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Batu bu bawa mambu momo, bafuema ayi batona yamikina: —Alitemisi di basi Efeso widi wunneni!
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.
Divula dioso di Efeso dikota divunzi ayi mu kithuadi, bakota mu nzo yi bisavu. Bavitumuna Ngayusi ayi Alisitalike basi Maseduani, bakundi baba kibanga va kimosi ayi Polo.
30 When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn’t allow him.
Polo bu kaba mayindu ma kota kuna kuba batu, minlongukiminkandika.
31 Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
Bapfumu bankaka zi zunga kina ziozi baba bakundi ba Polo bamfidisila thumu ti kabika kuenda ku nzo yi bisavu.
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.
Divuda dinneni dibua mu nkangu, bankaka bayamikina diambu diadi; bankaka diambu dina. Bawombo mu bawu basia sudika ko bila mbi bakutikinina.
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.
Bayuda babonga alekizande va khati nkangu, bantula ku ntuala ayi batu bankaka. Niandi wuvumuna koko kuandi mu diambu wuzola nuanina batu bandi va ntuala nkangu.
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!”
Vayi bu babakula ti niandi Nyuda, buna baluta buela yamikina ngolomu mbembo yimosi nduka-nduka mu tezo ki zithangu zizole ti: —Alitemisi yi basi Efeso widi wunnene!
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?
Bosi nsoniki wu divula diyiza lembika biyoko; diba kamba: —A basi Efeso! A nani mu batu zimbulu ti divula di basi Efeso didi divula dinkebanga nzo yi nzambi yi Alitemisi wunneni ayi tumba kiandi kioki kiba ku diyilu e?
36 Seeing then that these things can’t be denied, you ought to be quiet and to do nothing rash.
Bu didi ti diambu diadi didi di kiedika, buna mboti luba dio sui, lubika vanga diambu mu kambu yindula.
37 For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.
Bila batu bobo luneti vava basi yiba bima mu nzo nzambi ko ayi basi finga nzambi eno yinketo ko.
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.
Enati Demetiliwusi ayi batu beti sala yandi bawu babeki mutu mambu, ntilibinadu widi wuzibuka ayi mazuzi madi; buna balenda kuawu fundana.
39 But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
Enati mambu mankaka madi yeno ma buela, buna mela talu ku lukutukunu boso buididi Mina.
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.”
Bila balenda kutufunda banga batu batotudi khindu mu diambu di mambu mavangimini buabu ayi bila kikadi monika kioki tukutikinini, buelatulendi baka diambu di vutula ko enati batuyuvudi.
41 When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
Bu kamana tuba mambu momo; wutulula nkangu.
