Apustuļu Darbi 19
1 Un kamēr Apollus Korintū bija, notikās, ka Pāvils, tās augšzemes vietas pārstaigājis, nāca uz Efesu, un kādus mācekļus atradis,
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 Viņš uz tiem sacīja: “Vai jūs Svēto Garu esat dabūjuši, kad jūs tapāt ticīgi?” Bet tie uz viņu sacīja: “Mēs neesam ne dzirdējuši, ka Svēts Gars ir.”
‘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 Un viņš uz tiem sacīja: “Uz ko tad jūs esat kristīti?” Un tie sacīja: “Uz Jāņa kristību.”
‘What then was your baptism?’ Paul asked.
4 Bet Pāvils sacīja: “Jānis ir kristījis ar to kristību uz atgriešanos no grēkiem, tiem ļaudīm sacīdams, lai tic uz To, kas nākšot pēc viņa, tas ir, uz Kristu Jēzu.”
‘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 Un to dzirdējuši tie tapa kristīti uz Tā Kunga Jēzus vārdu.
On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,
6 Un kad Pāvils tiem rokas uzlika, tad Svētais Gars uz tiem nāca, un tie runāja valodām un sludināja praviešu mācības.
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 Un visi tie vīri bija kādi divpadsmit.
There were about twelve of them in all.
8 Bet viņš baznīcā iegājis, droši mācīja kādus trīs mēnešus, sarunādamies un tos pārliecinādams par Dieva valstības lietām.
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 Un kad citi bija apcietināti un nepaklausīgi un par šo ceļu ļaužu priekšā nelabi runāja, tad viņš no tiem atstājās un atšķīra tos mācekļus, ikdienas sarunādamies kādā Tiranna skolā.
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 Un tā tas gāja divus gadus, tā ka visi, kas Āzijā dzīvoja, Tā Kunga Jēzus vārdu dzirdēja, gan Jūdi, gan Grieķi.
This went on for two years, so that all who lived in Roman Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the Lord’s message.
11 Un Dievs lielus darbus darīja caur Pāvila rokām,
God did miracles of no ordinary kind by Paul’s hands;
12 Tā ka arī sviedru auti un citi auti no viņa miesām tapa nesti pie neveseliem; un slimības tos atstāja, un ļaunie gari no tiem izgāja.
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 Un kādi no tiem Jūdiem, kas bija velnu izdzinēji un apkārt vazājās, uzdrīkstējās Tā Kunga Jēzus vārdu saukt pār tiem, kam bija ļauni gari, sacīdami: mēs jūs apdraudam no tā Jēzus puses, ko Pāvils sludina.
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 Tie nu, kas šo darīja, bija Sķevasa, Jūdu augstā priestera, septiņi dēli.
The seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this;
15 Un tas ļaunais gars atbildēja un sacīja: “To Jēzu es pazīstu un to Pāvilu es zinu; bet jūs, kas jūs tādi esat?”
but the wicked spirit answered them, ‘Jesus I acknowledge, and Paul I know, but you – who are you?’
16 Un tas cilvēks, kam tas ļaunais gars bija, tiem uzlēca un tos pievarēdams tā darīja, ka tiem bija kailiem un ievainotiem jāizbēg no tā nama.
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 Un tas tapa zināms visiem Jūdiem un Grieķiem, kas Efesū dzīvoja; un visiem bailes uzgāja, un Tā Kunga Jēzus vārds tapa augsti teikts.
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 Un daudzi no tiem, kas bija palikuši ticīgi, nāca un izteica un izsūdzēja savus nedarbus.
Many, too, of those who had become believers in Christ came with a full confession of their practices;
19 Un daudzi no tiem, kas māņu darbus bija darījuši, tās grāmatas kopā sanesa un sadedzināja visiem redzot; un viņu vērtību aprēķināja un saskaitīja piecdesmit tūkstošus sudraba grašus.
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 Tik varen auga un uzvarēja Tā Kunga vārds.
So irresistibly did the Lord’s message spread and prevail.
21 Un pēc šiem notikumiem Pāvils garā apņēmās pārstaigāt Maķedoniju un Akaju un iet uz Jeruzālemi, sacīdams: “Pēc tam, kad tur būšu bijis, man arī Roma jāredz.”
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 Un uz Maķedoniju divus sūtījis, kas viņam kalpoja, Timoteju un Erastu, viņš pats kādu brīdi palika iekš Āzijas.
So he sent to Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, while he himself stayed for some time longer in Roman Asia.
23 Bet ap to laiku liels troksnis cēlās šīs mācības dēļ
Just about that time a great disturbance arose about the Way.
24 Jo viens, ar vārdu Demeteris, sudraba kalējs, no sudraba taisīja Dianas namiņus un gādāja tiem amata meistariem lielu peļņu.
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 Šos, un šī amata strādniekus sapulcējis, viņš sacīja: “Vīri, jūs zināt: ka no šā darba mums ir sava pārtikšana;
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 Un jūs redzat un dzirdat, ka šis Pāvils ne vien Efesū, bet tik ne pa visu Āziju lielu pulku pārrunādams ir novērsis, sacīdams, ka tie nav dievi, kas rokām taisīti.
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 Un tas ne vien mums tā var padarīt, ka šī mūsu peļņa ies mazumā, bet arī ka tās augstās dieves Dianas nams taps nievāts, un arī viņas augstība iznīks, kam taču visa Āzija un pasaule kalpo.”
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 Bet to dzirdēdami, tie tapa dusmības pilni un sauca, sacīdami: “Augsta ir Efesiešu Diana.”
When they heard this, the men were greatly enraged, and began shouting – ‘Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!’
29 Un visa tā pilsēta tapa trokšņa pilna, un tie skrēja vienprātīgi uz teātri, līdz raudami tos Maķedoniešus Gaju un Aristarku, Pāvila ceļa biedrus.
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 Un kad Pāvils gribēja iet pie tiem ļaudīm, tad tie mācekļi viņam to neļāva.
Paul wished to go into the amphitheater and face the people, but the disciples would not let him,
31 Bet arī kādi no Āzijas virsniekiem, viņa draugi būdami, pie tā sūtīja lūgdami, ka tas nedotos uz teātri.
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 Tad nu citi sauca šā, citi tā, jo tā draudze bija sajukusi, un tas lielais pulks nezināja, kādēļ kopā bija sanākuši,
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 Un Aleksandru no tā pulka izvilka, kad tie Jūdi viņu uz priekšu stūma; un Aleksandrs meta ar roku, gribēdams priekš tiem ļaudīm aizbildināties.
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 Bet kad tie nomanīja, viņu esam Jūdu, tad visi vienā balsī sauca ap divām stundām: “Augsta ir Efesiešu Diana.”
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 Un kad tās pilsētas rakstuvedējs to pulku bija klusinājis, tad viņš sacīja: “Jūs Efesus vīri, kurš cilvēks nezina, Efesus pilsētu esam tās augstās dieves Dianas un tā no debess kritušā tēla kopēju?
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 Kad nu šīm lietām neviens nevar pretī runāt, tad jums pienākas ar mieru būt un nenieka aplam nedarīt.
As these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and do nothing rash;
37 Jo jūs šos vīrus esat atveduši, kas nav nedz tās svētās vietas laupītāji nedz jūsu dievietes zaimotāji.
for you have brought these men here, though they are neither robbers of Temples nor blasphemers of our Goddess.
38 Ja tad nu Demeterim un tiem amata vīriem kāda lieta ir pret kādu, tad tiesas dienas top turētas un zemes soģi ir, lai viņi tur savā starpā sūdzās.
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 Bet ja jūs citu kādu lietu meklējiet, tad lai sapulcējās pēc likuma un lai iztiesā.
But if you want anything more, it will have to be settled in the regular Assembly.
40 Jo mēs esam tai likstā, ka par to, kas šodien noticis, varam tikt apsūdzēti dumpja dēļ, un tomēr nekādas vainas nav, ar ko šo dumpi varētu aizbildināt.”
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 Un to sacījis, viņš tos ļaudis atlaida.
With these words he dismissed the Assembly.
