Acts 19
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul [left the places in Phrygia and Galatia] provinces where he had been visiting, and traveled through [Asia province] back to Ephesus. He met some people [who said that they] were believers.
ᎯᎠᏃ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅᎩ, ᎾᎯᏳ ᎠᏉᎳ ᎪᎵᏂᏗᏱ ᎡᏙᎲᎩ, ᏉᎳ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎶᏒ, ᎡᏈᏌ ᏭᎷᏨᎩ. ᏚᏩᏛᎲᏃ ᎩᎶ ᎢᏳᎾᏍᏗ ᎠᏃᎯᏳᎲᏍᎩ,
2 He asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed [God’s message]?” They answered, “No, we [(exc) did not]. We have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
ᎯᎠ ᏂᏚᏪᏎᎸᎩ; ᎡᏥᏁᎸᏍᎪ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎨᏦᎯᏳᏅᎯ? ᎯᎠᏃ ᏅᎬᏩᏪᏎᎸᎩ; ᎥᏝ ᎣᎦᏛᎦᏅᎯᎤᏅ ᏱᎩ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎡᎲᎢ.
3 So Paul asked, “So when you were baptized, what [were you showing]?” They replied, “[We were showing] that we [(exc)] believed what John [the Baptizer] taught.”
ᎯᎠᏃ ᏂᏚᏪᏎᎸᎩ; ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᏗᏓᏬᏍᏙᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏕᏣᏬᏍᏔᏁᎢ? ᏣᏂ ᏧᏓᏬᏍᏙᏗ ᎨᏒ, ᎤᎾᏛᏅᎩ.
4 Paul said, “John baptized people who turned away from their sinful behavior. He [also] told the people to believe in the one who would come after he [had come], and that was Jesus.”
ᏉᎳᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏒᎩ; ᏣᏂ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ ᏓᏓᏬᏍᏗᏍᎬᎩ ᏗᏓᏬᏍᏙᏗ ᎦᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎣᏓᏅᏛ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ, ᏕᎧᏁᏤᎲ ᏴᏫ, ᎤᏃᎯᏳᏗᏱ ᎣᏂ ᏅᏓᏰᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᏥᏌ ᏕᎪᏎᎲᎩ.
5 So, when those men heard that, they were baptized [to affirm that they believed] [MTY] in the Lord Jesus.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎤᎾᏛᎦᏅ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏥᏌ ᏚᏙᎥ ᏕᎨᎦᏬᏍᏔᏅᎩ.
6 After that, Paul placed his hands on their heads [one by one], and the [power of the] Holy Spirit came upon [each of] them. The [Holy Spirit] enabled them to speak in various languages [MTY] [that they had not learned], and they also spoke messages [that the Holy Spirit] revealed to them.
ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᏉᎳ ᏚᏏᏔᏛ, ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᏂᎷᏤᎸᎩ, ᏚᏂᏬᏂᏒᎩᏃ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏗᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎾᏙᎴᎰᏒᎩ.
7 There were about twelve men [whom Paul baptized and who received the power of the Holy Spirit].
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ ᏂᎦᏛ ᏔᎳᏚ ᎢᏴᏛ ᎾᏂᎥᎩ.
8 For three months after that, Paul entered the Jewish meeting place [in Ephesus on each] Sabbath/Jewish day of rest, and he spoke boldly. He convincingly taught [the people] about how God wanted to rule [MET] [their lives].
ᏗᎦᎳᏫᎢᏍᏗᏱᏃ ᏭᏴᎸ ᎾᏍᎦᎢᎲᎾ ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎬᎩ, ᏦᎢ ᎢᏯᏅᏙ ᎢᎦᎯᏛ ᏕᎦᏬᏁᏗᏍᎬᎩ ᎠᎴ ᏓᏍᏗᏰᏗᏍᎬᎩ ᎤᏃᎯᏳᏗᏱ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎪᎯ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ.
9 [A few of the people in the meeting house believed the message about Jesus]. But some of the people would not believe that message and did not want to [continue to] hear it. While many people were listening, they said many bad things about the way [for people to receive eternal life about which Paul was preaching]. So Paul left them and took the believers with him [to meet in another place]. He taught every day in a lecture hall [that a man whose name was] Tyrannus [lectured in/owned].
ᎩᎶᏃ ᎢᏳᎾᏍᏗ ᎤᏂᏍᏓᏲᏒ ᎠᎴ ᏄᏃᎯᏳᏅᎾ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ, ᎠᎴ ᎣᏐᏅᏉ ᎤᏂᏃᎮᎸ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᏅᏅ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᎤᏂᏣᏘ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎲᎢ, ᏚᏓᏅᎡᎸᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᏚᏓᏓᎴᏔᏅᎩ ᎠᏃᎯᏳᎲᏍᎩ ᏕᎦᏬᏁᏗᏍᎬᎩ ᏂᏚᎩᏨᏂᏒ ᎩᎶ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏓᎳᎾ ᏧᏙᎢᏛ ᏧᏕᏲᏗᏱ.
10 For two years Paul continued to teach people in that building. In this way, most of [HYP] the Jews and non-Jews who lived in Asia [province] heard the message about the Lord [Jesus].
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏛᏁᎸᎩ ᏔᎵ ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏛ ᎢᎪᎯᏛ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏅᏓᏳᎵᏍᏙᏔᏅᎩ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎡᏏᏱ ᎠᏁᎯ ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᎪᎢ ᎤᎾᏛᎦᏅᎩ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏥᏌ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ.
11 Also, God gave Paul the power [MTY] to do amazing miracles.
ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏯᏃ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗ ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲᎩ ᏉᎳ ᎠᎬᏗᏍᎬᎩ;
12 [If those who were sick could not come to Paul, handkerchiefs or aprons that Paul had touched would be taken and] placed on the sick people {[others] would take [and place on] the sick people handkerchiefs or aprons that Paul had touched}. As a result, those sick people would become well, and evil spirits that troubled people would leave.
ᎠᏰᎸᏰᏃ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᎯ ᏗᏯᏠ ᎠᎴ ᏗᏞᏌᏙ ᏓᏂᏃᎮᎲᎩ ᏧᏂᏢᎩ, ᎥᏳᎩᏃ ᎠᎵᏛᏗᏍᎬᎩ, ᎤᏂᏲᏃ ᏗᏓᏅᏙ ᎬᏩᏂᏄᎪᎬᎩ.
13 There were also some Jews who traveled around [to] various places, [and] they commanded the evil spirits in those places to depart [from people. Certain ones of those Jews once] tried to command the evil spirits to come out of people by saying “I command you by the authority [MTY] of the Lord Jesus, the man about whom Paul preaches, to come out!”
ᎩᎶᏃ ᎢᏳᎾᏍᏗ ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᏅᏁᏙᎯ, ᎠᏂᏍᎩᎾ ᏗᏂᏄᎪᏫᏍᎩ, ᎤᎾᏓᏅᏖᎴ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏥᏌ ᏕᎤᏙᎥ ᏧᏂᏁᎢᏍᏓᏁᏗᏱ ᎤᏂᏲ ᏗᏓᏅᏙ ᏧᏂᏯᎢ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏂᏪᏎᎢ; ᎢᏨᏁᎢᏍᏓᏏ ᏥᏌ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏉᎳ ᎠᎵᏥᏙᎲᏍᎬ ᏥᎦᏃᎮᎭ.
14 There were seven men who were doing that. They were sons of a man named Sceva, a Jew, [who called himself] a chief priest.
ᎠᏁᎮᏃ ᎦᎵᏉᎩ ᎢᏯᏂᏛ ᏏᏫ ᏧᏙᎢᏛ ᏧᏪᏥ ᎠᏧᏏ ᏄᎬᏫᏳᎡ ᎠᏥᎸᎨᎶᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᎾᏛᏁᎮᎢ.
15 But [one day as they were doing that], the evil spirit [refused to come out of that person. Instead, he] said to them, “I know Jesus, and I know [that he has authorized] Paul [to expel demons]. (But no one has authorized you [to do anything to me!]/who authorized you [to do anything to me]?) [RHQ]”
ᎤᏲᏃ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᏁᏨ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; ᏥᏌ ᏥᎦᏔᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᏉᎳ ᏥᎦᏔᎭ, ᏂᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎦᎪ ᎢᏣᏍᏗ?
16 [After saying that, suddenly] the man who was controlled by the evil spirit jumped on the seven Jewish men, [one after another], knocked all of them down, and beat each of them severely. He tore off their clothes and wounded them, causing them to bleed. So, [greatly frightened, they all] ran out of the house.
ᎠᏍᎦᏯᏃ ᎤᏲ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᏯᎢ ᏚᏁᎷᎩᎡᎴᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎡᏍᎦ ᏂᏚᏩᏁᎴᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏚᏎᎪᎩᏎᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎤᎾᎵᏎ ᎾᎿᎭᎠᏓᏁᎸ ᎤᏂᏄᎪᏤ ᏧᏂᏰᎸᎢᎭ ᎠᎴ ᏗᎨᏥᏐᏅᏅᎯ.
17 All the people who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and non-Jews, heard what had happened. So they were afraid [MTY]. They honored the Lord Jesus [MTY] [because they realized that he was very powerful].
ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎤᎾᏛᎦᏅᎩ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᎪᎢ ᎡᏈᏌ ᎠᏁᎯ; ᏂᎦᏛᏃ ᎤᏂᎾᏰᏒᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏥᏌ ᏚᏙᎥ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅᎩ.
18 [At that time], while other believers were listening, many believers confessed the evil things that they had been doing.
ᎤᏂᏣᏛᎩᏃ ᎤᏃᎯᏳᏅᎯ ᎤᏂᎷᏨᎩ, ᎠᏂᏃᎲᏍᎬ ᎠᎴ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎾᏅᏁᎲᏚᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎸᎢ.
19 Several of those who had [previously] practiced sorcery gathered up their scrolls [that told how to work] magic and burned them in a public place. When people added up how much those scrolls had cost, they realized that altogether the amount was 50,000 valuable silver coins.
ᎾᏍᏉ ᎤᏂᏣᏛᎩ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗ ᎠᎾᏛᏁᎵᏍᎩ ᏚᏂᏟᏌᏅᎩ ᎪᏪᎵ, ᎠᎴ ᏚᎾᎪᎲᏍᏔᏅᎩ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎲᎢ. ᎤᎾᏎᎸᏃ ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗᎯ ᎤᎾᏙᎴᎰᏒᎩ ᎯᏍᎦᏍᎪᎯ ᎢᏯᎦᏴᎵ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏂᏁᎬ ᎠᏕᎸ.
20 As a result, many more people heard [MTY] the message about the Lord [Jesus], and the message powerfully [changed their lives].
ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᎵᏂᎬᎬᎩ ᎤᏛᏃᏒᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏰᎵᏒᎩ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ.
21 After those things had happened, Paul decided that he wanted to go to Jerusalem, but he decided that [first] he would visit [the believers in] Macedonia and Achaia [provinces again]. Paul said, “After I have been to Jerusalem, I must also go to Rome.”
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏂᏙᎸ, ᏉᎳ ᎤᏓᏅᏖᎸᎩ ᎤᏓᏅᏛᎢ, ᎿᎭᏉ ᎹᏏᏙᏂ ᎠᎴ ᎡᎧᏯ ᎤᎶᏐᏅᎯ, ᏥᎷᏏᎵᎻ ᏭᎶᎯᏍᏗᏱ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏒᎩ; ᎾᎿᎭᎬᏇᏙᏅᎯ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎶᎻ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎠᏎ ᏛᏥᎪᎢ.
22 He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, ahead to Macedonia. But Paul stayed a little longer [in Ephesus city], in Asia [province].
ᎰᏩᏃ ᎹᏏᏙᏂ ᏕᎤᏅᏒᎩ ᎠᏂᏔᎵ ᎬᏩᏍᏕᎸᎯᏙᎯ, ᏗᎹᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎢᎳᏍᏓ, ᎤᏩᏒᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏗᎩᏴᎩ ᎡᏏᏱ ᎢᎸᏍᎩ ᎢᎪᎯᏛ.
23 [Soon after that], some of the people there tried to make a lot of [LIT] trouble for the people who believed the way [God revealed for us(inc) to receive eternal life].
ᎾᎯᏳᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎤᏍᏗᏉ ᎤᏕᏯᏙᏗ ᏱᏄᎵᏍᏔᏁᎢ, ᏅᏓᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎬᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᏅᏅ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ.
24 There was a man there whose name was Demetrius who made little images out of silver. [They were models] of the temple of [a goddess whose name was] Artemis. Demetrius and the other men [who made those little images] earned a lot of [LIT] money [from selling those images].
ᎩᎶᏰᏃ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏗᎻᏟᏯ ᏧᏙᎢᏛ, ᎠᏕᎸ ᎠᏢᏅᎥᏍᎩ, ᎠᏕᎸ ᏗᎪᏢᏔᏅᎯ ᏓᏓᏁᎸ ᏕᎪᏢᎾᏁᎲ ᏓᏰᏂ, ᎥᏝ ᎤᏍᏗᏉ ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ ᏱᏓᏩᏛᎡᎮ ᎠᏃᏢᏅᎥᏍᎩ.
25 Demetrius called a meeting of his workmen and also of others who made the little silver images. He said to them, “Men, you know that we [(inc)] earn a lot of money doing our kind of work.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᏚᏪᏟᏌᏅ ᎠᎴ ᏅᏩᎾᏓᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯ ᏚᏪᏟᏌᏅ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏒᎩ; ᎢᏥᏍᎦᏯ, ᎢᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ ᎢᏗᏩᏛᏗᏍᎬᎢ.
26 Also, you know that [this fellow] Paul has persuaded many people who live in Ephesus [to no longer buy the images that we make. Now even the people from] many other towns in our province [no longer want to buy what we make]. This fellow tells people that the gods that we have made [and worship] are not gods [and that we should not worship them].
ᎠᎴ ᎢᏥᎪᏩᏘᎭ ᎠᎴ ᎢᏣᏛᎩᎭ, ᎥᏝ ᎡᏈᏌᏉ ᎤᏩᏒ, ᎾᏍᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᎴᏉ ᏂᎬᎾᏛ ᎡᏏᏱ, ᎯᎠ ᏉᎳ ᏓᏍᏗᏰᏗᏍᎬ ᏚᎦᏔᎲᏒ ᎤᏂᏣᏘ ᏴᏫ, ᎯᎠ ᏂᏕᎦᏪᏎᎲᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎠᏁᎯ ᏱᎩ ᎩᎶ ᏧᏬᏰᏂᏉ ᏧᏬᏢᏔᏅᎯ ᏥᎩ.
27 [If people continue to listen to him], soon they will ruin our business. Besides, they will no longer think that they should [come to] the temple of Artemis [to worship her. People] all over our Asia [province] and everywhere [HYP] else worship [our great] goddess [Artemis. Soon people] may no longer consider that Artemis is great!”
ᎠᎴ ᎥᏝ ᎯᎠᏉ ᏗᎩᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᏫᎬᏩᏲᏥᏓᏍᏗ ᏱᎩ; ᎾᏍᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᏓᏁᎸ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎡᎯ ᏓᏰᏂ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ ᎠᏎᏉᏉ ᎢᎬᏩᎵᏍᏔᏂᏓᏍᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎨᏒ ᏫᎬᏩᏲᏥᏓᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎡᏏᏱ ᎠᎴ ᏂᎬᎾᏛ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏥᎬᏩᎸᏉᏗᎭ.
28 All the men there were very angry [at Paul] when they heard what Demetrius said. They began to shout, “The goddess Artemis of us Ephesians is very great!”
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎤᎾᏛᎦᏅ ᎤᏂᏔᎳᏬᏍᎬᎢ ᎤᏂᎧᎵᏨᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎷᏅᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏂᏪᏒᎩ; ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᏓᏰᏂ ᎡᏈᏌ ᎠᏁᎯ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎦ.
29 Many of the other people in the city heard the shouting and went [and joined the crowd. They also became angry at Paul] and began shouting. [Several of] the people seized Gaius and Aristarchus, two men [from Macedonia] who had been traveling with Paul. [Then the whole crowd of people ran, dragging those men along with them], to the city stadium.
ᏂᎬᏃ ᎦᏚᎲ ᎤᎾᏓᏑᏰᏛᏉ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅᎩ, ᏚᏂᏂᏴᎲᏃ ᎦᏯ ᎠᎴ ᎡᎵᏍᏔᎦ ᎹᏏᏙᏂ ᎠᏁᎯ, ᏉᎳ ᎤᎾᎵᎪᎯ ᎠᏁᏙᎲᎢ, ᎤᎴᏃᏅᎯ ᎤᎾᏁᎷᎩᏒᎩ ᏭᏂᏴᎸᎩ ᎤᎾᏛᏁᎸᏗᏱ.
30 Paul also wanted to go [to the stadium and speak to] the people, but the other believers would not let him go there.
ᏉᎳᏃ ᏫᏚᏴᏎᏗᏱ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏓᏅᏖᎸ, ᎠᏃᎯᏳᎲᏍᎩ ᎬᏩᏅᏍᏓᏕᎸᎩ.
31 Also, some government officials of that province who were friends of Paul [heard what was happening]. So they sent someone to tell him [urgently] not to go into the stadium.
ᎩᎶᏃ ᎢᏳᎾᏍᏗ ᏗᎨᎦᏁᎶᏗ ᎡᏏᏱ ᎠᏁᎯ, ᏉᎳ ᏧᎵᎢ, ᎤᎾᏓᏅᏒᎩ ᏫᎬᏩᏔᏲᏎᎸᎩ, ᏭᏴᏍᏗᏱ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎤᎾᏛᏁᎸᏗᏱ.
32 The crowd of people [in the stadium] continued shouting. Some shouted one thing, and some shouted something else. But most of them did not even know what the meeting was about!
ᎤᏁᎷᏅᎯ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏛᏉ ᏂᏚᏂᏪᏒᎩ; ᏓᏂᎳᏫᎥᏰᏃ ᎤᎾᏓᏑᏰᏛᏉ ᎨᏒᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏟ ᎢᏯᏂᏛ ᎥᏝ ᏯᏂᎦᏔᎮ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎬ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᏅᎢ.
33 One of the [Jews there was named Alexander. Some of] the Jews pushed him to the front of the stadium, [so that he could speak to the crowd of people]. So Alexander motioned with his hands to the crowd, [wanting them to be quiet]. He wanted to tell them that [the Jews] were not responsible [for the riot].
ᏭᏃᏯᏁᏒᎩᏃ ᎡᎵᎩ ᎤᏂᏣᏘ ᎠᏂᏙᎾᎥᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᎠᏂᏅᏫᏍᏗᏍᎬᎩ; ᎡᎵᎩᏃ ᎤᏕᎸᏅ ᎤᏬᏰᏂ ᎤᏚᎵᏍᎬᎩ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎠᎵᏍᏕᎵᏍᎬᎢ ᏧᏬᏁᏙᏗᏱ ᏴᏫ.
34 But [many of the non-Jewish people] knew that Alexander was a Jew. [They also knew that the Jews did not worship the goddess Artemis. So the non-Jews there] unitedly [and] repeatedly shouted for about two hours, “Great is [the goddess] Artemis [whom we(inc)] Ephesians [worship]!”
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᎾᏙᎴᎰᏒ ᎠᏧᏏ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᏌᏉ ᏥᎧᏁᎪ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎤᏁᎷᏅᎩ, ᏔᎵᎭ ᎢᏳᏟᎶᏛ ᎢᎪᎯᏛ ᎯᎠ ᎾᏂᏪᏍᎬᎩ; ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᏓᏰᏂ ᎡᏈᏌ ᎠᏁᎯ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎦ.
35 Then the city secretary made the crowd stop shouting, and he said to them, “My fellow-citizens, everyone in the world knows [RHQ] that [we(inc) people who live in] Ephesus [city] guard the temple [where we worship] the great [goddess] Artemis. Also, [everyone knows that we(inc) watch over] the [sacred] image [of our goddess] that fell down from heaven!
ᏗᎪᏪᎵᏍᎩᏃ ᏚᏲᏍᏙᏓᏁᎸ ᏴᏫ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏒᎩ; ᎢᏥᏍᎦᏯ ᎡᏈᏌ ᎢᏤᎯ, ᎦᎪ ᎡᎭ ᎾᎦᏔᎲᎾ ᎦᏚᎲ ᎡᏈᏌ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎡᏓᏓᏙᎵᏍᏓᏁᎯ ᎨᏒ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎡᎯ ᏓᏰᏂ, ᎠᎴ ᏧᏉᏙ ᏅᏓᏳᎶᎣᏒᎯ ᏗᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅᎯ?
36 Of course everyone knows that, and no one can say that these things are not true. So you should be quiet now. Do not suddenly do anything (foolish/that will cause us trouble).
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏜᏓᏏᏛᎡᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏥᎩ, ᏙᎯᏱᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᏱᏂᏣᏛᏅ, ᎠᎴ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎬᏁᎳᎩ ᏂᏣᏛᏁᎸᎾ ᏱᎩ.
37 You [should not] have brought these [two] men [here, because they have not done anything evil]. They have not gone into our temples and taken things [from there]. And they have not spoken evil of our goddess.
ᏕᏣᏘᏃᎦᏰᏃ ᎯᎠ Ꮎ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎸᏉᏗ ᏕᎨᏒ ᎠᏂᏃᏍᎩᏍᎩ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᏣᏤᎵ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎡᎯ ᎠᏂᏐᏢᎢᏍᏗᏍᎩ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ.
38 Therefore, if Demetrius and his fellow-workmen want to accuse anyone [about anything bad, they should do it in the right way]. There are courts [that you can go to when you want to accuse someone], and there are judges [there who have been appointed by the government] {[whom the government has appointed]}. You can accuse [anyone there].
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎢᏳᏃ ᏗᎻᏟᏯ ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏣᏁᎭ ᎠᏃᏢᏅᎥᏍᎩ ᎠᏄᎯᏍᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎩᎶᎢ, ᎤᏜᏓᏅᏛ ᏗᏓᏱᎵᏓᏍᏗᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᎨᏥᎦᏘᏗᏍᏗ ᎠᏁᎭ; ᏫᏓᎾᏓᏱᎵᏓ.
39 But if you want to ask about something else, [you should ask] for [other officials to] resolve it when [those] officials legally assemble.
ᎢᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᎢᏥᏱᎵᏙᎮᏍᏗ, ᎤᎵᏁᏨᎯ ᏕᎦᎳᏫᎥ ᏓᏚᎪᏔᏅᎭ.
40 [And this is certainly not a legal meeting! Resolve this legally] because, if [we(inc) do] not, I am afraid [that the governor] will hear about all this noise [that you have made] and will say that we [(inc)] were trying to rebel [against the government]. If he would ask me what you were all shouting about, I would not be able to give him an answer.”
ᎨᎦᎵᏱᎵᏕᏗᏰᏃ ᎪᎯ ᎢᎦ ᎤᏓᏑᏰᏛ ᏥᏓᎵᏖᎸᎲᎦ, ᎥᏝᏰᏃ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏯᎭ ᎨᎩᏃᎮᏗ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎬ ᎯᎠ ᎪᎯ ᏥᏓᏓᎶᏌ.
41 That is what the city secretary said [to the crowd]. Then he told them all to go [home. So they left].
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏄᏪᏒ ᏚᏰᎵᎯᏍᏔᏅᎩ ᏓᏂᎳᏫᎥᎢ.
