Travay 19
1 Antan Apolòs te lavil Korent, Pòl menm t'ap pase nan tout mòn peyi Lazi yo jouk li rive lavil Efèz. Li jwenn kèk disip nan lavil la.
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,
2 Li mande yo: Eske nou te resevwa Sentespri lè nou te kwè? Yo reponn li: Yo pa t' janm di nou te gen yon Sentespri.
‘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.’
3 Lè sa a, Pòl mande yo: Ki batèm nou te resevwa? Yo reponn li: Batèm Jan an.
‘What then was your baptism?’ Paul asked.
4 Pòl di yo: Jan te batize moun ki te asepte tounen vin jwenn Bondye, li t'ap di pèp Izrayèl la pou yo te kwè nan moun ki t'ap vini apre l' la, ki vle di Jezi.
‘John’s baptism was a baptism on 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.’
5 Lè yo tande sa, yo mande pou resevwa batèm nan non Seyè Jezi.
On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,
6 Apre sa, Pòl mete men sou tèt yo, epi Sentespri desann sou yo. Yo pran pale nan lang lòt peyi, yo t'ap bay mesaj ki soti nan Bondye.
and, after Paul had placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit descended on them, and they began to speak in other languages and to preach.
7 Te gen douz gason konsa antou.
There were about twelve of them in all.
8 Pòl ale nan sinagòg la. Pandan twa mwa li t'ap pale la avèk gwo konviksyon. Li t'ap fè yo konnen tout bagay sou Gouvènman Bondye ki wa a, li t'ap chache pran tèt moun ki t'ap koute l' yo.
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.
9 Men, anpil t'ap fè tèt di, yo te refize kwè: yo t'ap pase chemen Bondye a nan rizib devan tout asanble a. Lè Pòl wè sa, li wete kò l' nan mitan yo, li pran disip Kris yo avèk li. Chak jou li t'ap preche nan lekòl Tiranis la.
Some of them, however, hardened their hearts and refused to believe, denouncing the Way before the people. So Paul left them and withdrew his disciples, and gave daily addresses in the lecture-hall of Tyrannus.
10 Pandan dezan, sa mache konsa. Se sak fè tout moun ki te rete nan pwovens Lazi a, jwif kou moun lòt nasyon yo, yo tout te tande pawòl Seyè a.
This went on for two years, so that all who lived in Roman Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the Lord’s message.
11 Bondye te sèvi ak Pòl pou l' te fè anpil gwo mirak.
God did miracles of no ordinary kind by Paul’s hands;
12 Se konsa yo te konn pran mouchwa ak lòt rad ki te fwote ak kò l', yo pote yo bay moun malad. Lamenm malad yo te geri, epi tout move lespri yo te met deyò.
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.
13 Te gen kèk jwif ki t'ap mache toupatou ap chase move lespri sou moun malad. Yo menm tou, yo t'ap seye chase move lespri yo nan non Jezi. Se konsa yo te konn di move lespri yo: Pa pouvwa Jezi Pòl ap fè konnen an, mwen ba ou lòd soti.
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 order you,’ they would say, ‘by the Jesus, whom Paul preaches.’
14 (Se te sèt pitit gason Seva, yon granprèt jwif, ki t'ap fè sa.)
The seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this;
15 Men move lespri a reponn yo: Mwen konnen Jezi, mwen konnen Pòl. Men nou menm, ki moun nou ye?
but the wicked spirit answered them, ‘Jesus I acknowledge, and Paul I know, but you – who are you?’
16 Lè sa a, nonm ki te gen move lespri sou li a fonse sou yo, li moutre li te gen plis fòs pase yo tout mete ansanm. Li malmennen yo sitèlman yo pran kouri soti nan kay la toutouni, tout kò yo an san.
Then the man, in whom this wicked spirit was, sprang on them, mastered both of them, and so completely overpowered them, that they fled out of the house, stripped of their clothes, and wounded.
17 Tout moun lavil Efèz, jwif kou moun lòt nasyon yo, te rive konn bagay sa a. Yo tout te pè, men yo te vin gen gwo respè pou non Seyè Jezi a.
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.
18 Anpil nan moun ki te kwè yo vini, yo kanpe devan tout moun, yo t'ap avwe tou sa yo te fè, yo t'ap rekonèt sa an piblik.
Many, too, of those who had become believers in Christ came with a full confession of their practices;
19 Te gen anpil ladan yo ki te konn pratike maji, yo pote liv yo, yo boule yo devan tout moun. Dapre kalkil yo te fè, te gen liv pou desansenkantmil (250.000) goud antou.
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 fifty thousand silver coins.
20 Se konsa pawòl Bondye a t'ap gaye avèk pouvwa, li t'ap moutre fòs li.
So irresistibly did the Lord’s message spread and prevail.
21 Apre bagay sa yo fin pase, Pòl fè lide pase nan Masedwan ak Lakayi, apre sa pou li al Jerizalèm. Li t'ap di: Apre mwen soti la, se pou m' al wè lavil Wòm tou.
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.’
22 Lè sa a, li voye Timote ak Eras, de nan moun ki t'ap ede l' nan sèvis la, devan nan peyi Masedwan. Li menm li rete kèk tan ankò nan pwovens Lazi.
So he sent to Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, while he himself stayed for some time longer in Roman Asia.
23 Se lè sa a yon gwo dezòd pete nan lavil Efèz poutèt chemen Bondye a.
Just about that time a great disturbance arose about the Way.
24 Te gen yon òfèv yo te rele Demetriyis, ki te konn fè ti modèl kay yo te bati pou yon bondye fanm yo rele Atemis. Se an ajan li te fè yo. Travay sa a te rapòte ouvriye l' yo anpil.
A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver models of the shrine of Artemis, and so gave a great deal of work to the artisans,
25 Yon jou, li sanble tout ouvriye l' yo ansanm ak tout lòt moun ki te konn fè menm travay sa a tou. Li di yo: Mesye, nou konnen se travay sa a ki fè nou viv.
got these men together, as well as the workmen engaged in similar occupations, and said: ‘Men, you know that our prosperity depends on this work,
26 Men, nou wè ak je nou, nou tande ak zòrèy nou sa nonm yo rele Pòl la ap fè. L'ap mache di bondye moun fè ak men se pa bondye yo ye menm. Se konsa, li resi rive pran tèt anpil moun, pa isit nan lavil Efèz la ase, men nan tout pwovens Lazi a.
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.
27 Talè konsa, metye nou an pral pote move non. Men, sa ki pi rèd ankò, kay Atemis, gwo bondye fanm lan, pral pèdi repitasyon li. Lè sa a menm, gwo bondye moun ap adore nan tout pwovens Lazi ak toupatou sou latè a pral pase pou anyen.
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.’
28 Lè yo tande sa, foul moun yo vin ankòlè anpil, yo pran rele: Atemis moun Efèz yo, se gwo nègès!
When they heard this, the men were greatly enraged, and began shouting – ‘Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!’
29 Dezòd la gaye nan tout lavil la. Moun yo pase men yo, yo pran Gayis ak Aristak, de moun Masedwan ki te ansanm ak Pòl nan vwayaj li a, yo kouri an foul, y' al nan teyat la.
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.
30 Pòl te vle ale li menm tou devan pèp la, men disip yo te di l' non.
Paul wished to go into the amphitheater and face the people, but the disciples would not let him,
31 Te gen de twa chèf nan peyi Lazi a ki te zanmi l', yo voye bò kote l', yo mande l' pou l' pa parèt tèt li nan teyat la.
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.
32 Pandan tout tan sa a, te gen gwo bouyay nan asanble a. Yon pòsyon moun t'ap rele yon bagay, yon lòt pòsyon menm t'ap rele yon lòt bagay. Pifò ladan yo pa t' konnen ojis poukisa yo te sanble.
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.
33 Kèk moun nan foul la esplike bagay la bay Aleksann, yon nonm jwif yo te mete alatèt yo. Aleksann fè siy ak men li, li te vle pale pou l' pran defans jwif yo devan pèp la.
But some of the crowd prompted Alexander, whom several of the Jewish leaders had pushed to the front, and he waved his hand to show that he wanted to speak in their defence to the people.
34 Men, lè yo rekonnèt se jwif li ye, yo tout pran rele ansanm menm bagay la pandan dezèdetan: Atemis moun Efèz yo, se gwo nègès.
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!’
35 Bout pou bout, sekretè lakomin lan te resi fè foul la sispann rele, li di yo konsa: Moun Efèz, koute! Tout moun konnen lavil Efèz se li menm k'ap veye sou kay Atemis, gwo nègès, ansanm ak estati li a ki te tonbe sot nan syèl la.
When the Recorder had succeeded in quieting the crowd, he said, ‘People 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?
36 Pesonn pa ka di se pa vre. Se sa ki fè, se pou n' mete tèt nou an plas pou n' pa fè anyen san nou pa kalkile byen.
As these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and do nothing rash;
37 Bon. Mesye sa yo nou mennen isit la, se pa vòlò yo vòlò nan tanp yo, ni se pa pale yo pale mal sou Atemis, bondye fanm nou an.
for you have brought these men here, though they are neither robbers of Temples nor blasphemers of our Goddess.
38 Si Demetriyis ak ouvriye l' yo gen yon kont yo vle regle ak yon moun, gen jou pou tribinal la travay, epi gen chèf pou sa tou: se la pou y' al pote plent.
If, however, Demetrius and the artisans who are acting with him have a charge to make against anyone, there are court days and there are Magistrates; let both parties take legal proceedings.
39 Apre sa, si nou gen lòt reklamasyon nou vle fè, n'a regle sa yon lè tout sitwayen yo va reyini dapre lalwa.
But if you want anything more, it will have to be settled in the regular Assembly.
40 Avèk sa ki pase jòdi a, yo kapab al pote plent pou nou, yo kapab al di n'ap fè revolisyon. Pa gen okenn rezon pou tout dezòd sa a. Nou p'ap kapab bay okenn esplikasyon pou sa.
For I tell you that we are in danger of being proceeded against for today’s riot, there being nothing to account for it; and in that case we will be at a loss to give any reason for this disorderly gathering.’
41 Lè li fin di sa, li voye tout moun lakay yo.
With these words he dismissed the Assembly.
