使徒の働き 19
1 然るにアポルロコリントに居りし時、パウロは高地の方を巡りてエフェゾに來り、或弟子等に遇ひて、
And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples,
2 汝等信者となりて聖霊を蒙りたるか、と云ひしに、彼等、我等は聖霊の在る事すら聞きし事なし、と云ひしかば、
he said to them, Did ye receive [the] Holy Spirit when ye had believed? And they [said] to him, We did not even hear if [the] Holy Spirit was [come].
3 パウロ云ひけるは、然らば何によりて洗せられたるぞ、と。彼等云へらく、ヨハネの洗禮を受けたるなり、と。
And he said, To what then were ye baptised? And they said, To the baptism of John.
4 パウロ云ひけるは、ヨハネは、己の後に來るべき者、即ちイエズスを信ずべし、と言ひつつ、改心の洗禮を以て人民を洗したるなり、と。
And Paul said, John indeed baptised [with] the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.
5 彼等之を聞きて主イエズスの御名に由りて洗せられ、
And when they heard that, they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 パウロ之に按手せしかば、聖霊彼等の上に降り給ひて、彼等異國語を語り、且預言したり、
And Paul having laid [his] hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
7 是等の男子凡十二人なりき。
And all the men were about twelve.
8 パウロ會堂に入りて三箇月の間憚らず語り、神の國に就きて論じ、人々を勧め居りしが、
And entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly during three months, reasoning and persuading [the things] concerning the kingdom of God.
9 或は頑固になりて信ぜず、主の道を群衆の前に罵る者ありければ、パウロ彼等を去りて弟子等をも別れしめ、日々チランノと云へる人の教場にて弁論し居たり。
But when some were hardened and disbelieved, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he left them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
10 斯く為る事二年に渉りしかば、ユデア人も異邦人も[小]アジアに住める者は総て主の御言を聞くに至り、
And this took place for two years, so that all that inhabited Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
11 神は又凡ならぬ奇蹟をパウロの手に由りて行ひ給ひ、
And God wrought no ordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
12 其身より手拭或は帯を取りて病人に着くれば、病ひ彼等を離れ惡鬼立去る程なりき。
so that even napkins or aprons were brought from his body [and put] upon the sick, and the diseases left them, and the wicked spirits went out.
13 然るに各地を巡るユデアの呪術師の中なる或人々は、パウロが宣ぶるイエズスによりて我汝に命ず、と云ひて、惡鬼に憑かれたる人の上に、試に主イエズスの御名を呼べり。
And certain of the Jewish exorcists also, who went about, took in hand to call upon those who had wicked spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.
14 斯く為せるはユデア人なるスケヴァ大司祭の七人の男子なりしが、
And there were certain [men], seven sons of Sceva, Jewish high priest, who were doing this.
15 惡鬼答へて、我イエズスを知り、パウロを知れり、然れど汝等は誰ぞ、と云ひて、
But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but ye, who are ye?
16 極惡の魔鬼に憑かれたる其人彼等に飛蒐り、二人を取押へて責めしかば、彼等裸體に為られ傷けられて、其家を逃去れり。
And the man in whom the wicked spirit was leaped upon them, and having mastered both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 此事エフェゾに住めるユデア人及びギリシア人一般に知れ渡りしかば、恐怖は一同の上を襲ひて、主イエズスの御名崇められつつありき。
And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who inhabited Ephesus, and fear fell upon all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 斯て信仰せる人々多く來り、己が行ひし事を説顕はして之を告白し居り、
And many of those that believed came confessing and declaring their deeds.
19 又曾て魔術を行ひたりし人々多く其書籍を持來り、衆人の前にて焼盡ししが、其代價を算りて銀貨五萬なる事を認めたり。
And many of those that practised curious arts brought their books [of charms] and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 神の御言の弘まりて勢力を得つつある事斯の如くなりき。
Thus with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed.
21 是等の事を為遂げて後、パウロ聖霊に勧められて、マケドニア及びアカヤを経てエルザレムへ往かんと志し、我彼處に至りて後ロマをも見ざるべからず、と謂ひて、
And when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in his spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, After I have been there I must see Rome also.
22 從者の中チモテオとエラストとの二人をマケドニアに遣し、其身は暫く[小]アジアに留れり。
And having sent into Macedonia two of those ministering to him, Timotheus and Erastus, he remained himself awhile in Asia.
23 然て此時に當り、主の道に就きて、一方ならぬ騒動起れり。
And there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.
24 即ちデメトリオと云へる一人の銀細工屋あり、ヂアナ女神の銀の厨子を造りて、細工人等に得さする利益少からざりしが、
For a certain [man] by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver temples of Artemis, brought no small gain to the artisans;
25 其細工人及び同業の職工を呼集めて云ひけるは、男等よ、我等の利益が此細工に依れる事は汝等の知る所にして、
whom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,
26 彼パウロが、手にて造れるものは神に非ず、と云ひて、既にエフェゾのみならず、殆全アジアを説勧めて、夥しき人を遠ざからしめし事も、亦汝等の見聞せる所なり。
and ye see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great crowd, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying that they are no gods which are made with hands.
27 之より起る危険は、啻に我等が職業の信用を失ふ耳ならず、ヂアナ大女神の宮も`蔑にせられ、アジア及び世界挙りて崇め奉る大女神の威厳も失行くべき事是なり、と。
Now not only there is danger for us that our business come into discredit, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that her greatness should be destroyed whom the whole of Asia and the world reveres.
28 彼等之を聞きて怒胸に満ち、叫びて、大いなる哉エフェゾ人のヂアナ、と云へり。
And having heard [this], and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.
29 斯て市中挙りて大いに騒ぎ立ち、相一致して、パウロの友なるマケドニア人ガイオとアリスタルコとを捕へて劇場に押入りたり。
And the [whole] city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, having seized and carried off with [them] Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.
30 パウロも群衆の中に入込まんとせしを弟子等許さず、
But Paul intending to go in to the people, the disciples suffered him not;
31 又[小]アジアにて國祭を司れる上官中に、パウロの親友なる人々あり、使にて、劇場に立入らざらん事を云ひ遣りしが、
and some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.
32 人々は彼是と叫び居たり、其は會衆混雑して、大方の人は己等が何故に集りしかをさえ知らざればなり。
Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.
33 斯てユデア人より突遣られたるアレキサンドルを雑踏の中より引出ししに、彼手眞似して静まらん事を乞ひ、人民に事の由を述べんとしたれど、
But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.
34 人々彼がユデア人なるを見知るや、皆異口同音に殆二時間に渉りて、大いなる哉エフェゾ人のヂアナ、と叫べり。
But, recognising that he was a Jew, there was one cry from all, shouting for about two hours, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.
35 斯て書記官群衆を鎮めて後云ひけるは、エフェゾ人よ、エフェゾの市はヅウスの裔なるヂアナ大女神の宮に事へ奉る者たる事誰かは知らざらん、
And the townclerk, having quieted the crowd, said, Ephesians, what man is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis the great, and of the [image] which fell down from heaven?
36 是拒むべからざる事なれば、汝等宜しく穏便にして、何事も軽率に為すべからず。
These things therefore being undeniable, it is necessary that ye should be calm and do nothing headlong.
37 即ち汝等は此人々を召連れたれども、彼等は宮の物を盗みたるにも非ず、我等の女神を罵りたるにも非ず。
For ye have brought these men, [who are] neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.
38 若しデメトリオ及び其友なる細工人等、或人に就きて訴ふる所あらば、法廷の開かれたるあり、地方総督の在るあり、人々互に告訴すべし。
If therefore Demetrius and the artisans who [are] with him have a matter against any one, the courts are being held, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.
39 汝等若他の問題に就きて議する事あらば、正當の議會に於て之を決するを得べし。
But if ye inquire anything concerning other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
40 蓋今日の事に就きては、騒亂の咎を受くる懼あり、其は此集會の事を弁解すべき理由、我等に一もあらざればなり、と。
For also we are in danger to be put in accusation for sedition for this [affair] of to-day, no cause existing in reference to which we shall be able to give a reason for this concourse.
41 書記官は斯く云ひ終りて散會を告げたり。
And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.
