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、
Now it came to pass while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul having passed through the upper parts of Asia came to Ephesus:
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、
and finding some disciples there, he said unto them, Have ye received the holy Spirit since ye embraced the faith? And they said unto him, Nay, we had not even heard whether the holy Spirit be yet given.
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 unto them, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into 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。
Then said Paul, John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people, that they should believe in Him that was coming after him, that is, in Christ 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 this, they were baptized in 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 as Paul laid his hands on them, the holy Spirit came upon them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. And the men were in all about twelve.
7 是等の男子凡十二人なりき。
And he went into the synagogue,
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 spake boldly, disputing with them for the space of three months, and persuading them of 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 as some were hardened and refractory, speaking evil of the way of life before the multitude, he departed from them, and took away the disciples with him, disputing daily in the school of one 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 he did for two years; so that all the inhabitants of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord Jesus.
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 extraordinary 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 handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases lest them, and evil spirits went out of them.
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。
Then some of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to name the name of the Lord Jesus over those that had evil spirits, saying, "We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preacheth."
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、
Now there were seven sons of one Sceva a Jewish priest, who did 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 evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but 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 evil spirit was, leapt upon them, and mastered them, and 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, that dwelt at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, 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 them that believed came confessing and declaring their former practices.
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 a great number of those that had used inquisitive arts, brought the books, and burned them before them all: and they computed the price of them, and found it to be 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。
So mightily did the word of the Lord increase and prevail.
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、
After these things, Paul purposed in spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia, and go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
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。
So he sent into Macedonia two of those that ministred to him, Timothy and Erastus, but he himself stayed some time 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。
Now there happened at that time no small disturbance about the way which he taught.
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 one Demetrius, a silver-smith, who made silver models of Diana's temple, brought no small gain to the artificers: whom he got together,
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、
and with them the workmen they employed about such things, and said, My friends, ye know that by this employment we get our wealth.
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 not only at Ephesus, but in almost all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and perverted many people, saying, that they are no gods which are made by 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。
So that we are not only in danger of this, that the business we follow will come to nothing; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana will be despised; and her magnificence destroyed, whom all Asia and the whole world worshippeth.
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。
Hearing this and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great is Diana 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 into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus two Macedonians, fellow-travellers with 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、
And when Paul would have gone in unto the people, the disciples would not let him.
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 also of the chief men of Asia, being his friends, sent to him and desired him not to venture 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。
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another; for the assembly was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they were 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、
And they brought Alexander forward out of the multitude, the Jews urging him on. And Alexander beckoning with the 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 when they knew that he was a Jew, they all cried out with one voice, for near two hours, Great is Diana 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 when the Secretary had appeased the multitude, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there who doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is devoted to the service of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
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。
Since therefore these things are incontestible, ye ought to be quiet and composed, and to do nothing rashly.
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 hither, who are neither robbers of temples, nor blasphemers 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 Demetrius therefore, and the artificers that are with him, have a charge against any one, the law-courts are open, and there are Roman proconsuls likewise: let them implead 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 are enquiring any thing about other matters, let it be decided in a lawful 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 we are in danger of being charged with sedition for what has happened this day, there being no cause by which we can 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 when he had said these things, he dismissed the assembly.
