Atos 19
1 E succedeu que, emquanto Apollo estava em Corintho, Paulo, tendo passado por todas as regiões superiores, chegou a Epheso; e, achando ali alguns discipulos,
Now it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus. And finding certain disciples
2 Disse-lhes: Recebestes vós já o Espirito Sancto quando crêstes? E elles disseram-lhe: Antes nem ainda ouvimos que haja Espirito Sancto.
he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” So they said to him, “But we have not so much as heard that there is a Holy Spirit!”
3 Disse-lhes então: Em que sois baptizados então? E elles disseram: No baptismo de João.
So he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” So they said, “Into John's baptism.”
4 Porém Paulo disse: Certamente João baptizou com o baptismo do arrependimento, dizendo ao povo que crêsse no que após elle havia de vir, isto é, em Jesus Christo.
So Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe into the One who would come after him, that is, into Jesus, the Christ.”
5 E os que ouviram foram baptizados em nome do Senhor Jesus.
So upon hearing this they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 E, impondo-lhes Paulo as mãos, veiu sobre elles o Espirito Sancto; e fallavam diversas linguas, e prophetizavam.
And as Paul laid his hands on them the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they started speaking languages and prophesying.
7 E estes eram, ao todo, quasi doze varões.
There were about twelve men in all.
8 E, entrando na synagoga, fallou ousadamente por espaço de tres mezes, disputando e persuadindo ácerca do reino de Deus.
During three months Paul kept going to the synagogue and speaking boldly, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the Kingdom of God.
9 Mas, endurecendo-se alguns, e não obedecendo, e fallando mal do caminho do Senhor perante a multidão, retirou-se d'elles, e separou os discipulos, disputando todos os dias na escola de um certo Tyranno.
But when some became hardened and disobedient, maligning the Way before the crowd, he withdrew from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of a certain Tyrannus.
10 E durou isto por espaço de dois annos; de tal maneira que todos os que habitavam na Asia, ouviram a palavra do Senhor Jesus, assim judeos como gregos.
Now this continued for two years, so that all who lived in Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the Word of the Lord Jesus.
11 E Deus pelas mãos de Paulo fazia maravilhas extraordinarias.
Further, God kept working unusual miracles by the hands of Paul,
12 De tal maneira que até os lenços e aventaes do seu corpo se levavam aos enfermos, e as enfermidades fugiam d'elles, e os espiritos malignos sahiam.
so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that he touched were applied to the sick, and the diseases left them and the wicked spirits went out from them.
13 E alguns dos exorcistas judeos vagabundos tentavam invocar o nome do Senhor Jesus sobre os que tinham espiritos malignos, dizendo: Esconjuramos-vos por Jesus a quem Paulo préga.
Well some among the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had wicked spirits saying, “We adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
14 E os que faziam isto eram sete filhos de Sceva, judeo, principal dos sacerdotes.
In fact there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who were doing this.
15 Respondendo, porém, o espirito maligno, disse: Conheço a Jesus, e bem sei quem é Paulo; porém vós quem sois
But a particular wicked spirit reacted and said, “Jesus I know, and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”
16 E, saltando n'elles o homem em que estava o espirito maligno, e assenhoreando-se d'elles, poude mais do que elles; de tal maneira que, nús e feridos, fugiram d'aquella casa.
And the man in whom the wicked spirit was jumped on them and overpowered them; he was so much stronger that they ran out of that house naked and wounded.
17 E foi isto notorio a todos os que habitavam em Epheso, tanto judeos como gregos; e caiu temor sobre todos elles, e o nome do Senhor Jesus era engrandecido.
Now this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being exalted.
18 E muitos dos que criam vinham, confessando e publicando os seus feitos.
And many of those who had believed started coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.
19 Tambem muitos dos que seguiam artes curiosas trouxeram os seus livros, e os queimaram na presença de todos, e, feita a conta do seu preço, acharam que montava a cincoenta mil peças de prata.
In fact, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them up, in front of everybody (they had calculated their value and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver).
20 Assim a palavra do Senhor crescia poderosamente e prevalecia.
With power like that it was that the word of the Lord kept growing and prevailing.
21 E, cumpridas estas coisas, Paulo propoz-se, em espirito, ir a Jerusalem, passando pela Macedonia e pela Achaia, dizendo: Depois que houver estado ali, importa-me vêr tambem Roma.
Now after these things were accomplished, Paul resolved in his spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
22 E, enviando á Macedonia dois d'aquelles que o serviam, Timotheo e Erasto, ficou elle por algum tempo na Asia.
So he sent two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, on to Macedonia, while he himself stayed on in Asia for a time.
23 Porém, n'aquelle mesmo tempo, houve um não pequeno alvoroço ácerca do caminho do Senhor.
Now it was during that time that a serious disturbance concerning the Way occurred.
24 Porque um certo ourives da prata, por nome Demetrio, que fazia de prata nichos de Diana, dava não pouco lucro aos artifices,
A certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, habitually brought in plenty of business for the artisans;
25 Aos quaes, havendo-os ajuntado com os officiaes de obras similhantes, disse: Varões, vós bem sabeis que d'este officio temos a nossa prosperidade:
he called them together, along with the workmen in related trades, and said: “Men, you know that our prosperity depends on this trade.
26 E bem vêdes e ouvis que não só em Epheso, mas até quasi em toda a Asia, este Paulo tem persuadido e afastado uma grande multidão, dizendo que não são deuses os que se fazem com as mãos.
And you observe and hear that not only in Ephesus but throughout almost all Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that handmade things are not gods.
27 E não sómente ha o perigo de que isto venha a servir-nos de desprezo, mas tambem de que o proprio templo da grande deusa Diana seja estimado em nada, e de que a sua magestade, a qual toda a Asia e o mundo inteiro veneram, venha a ser destruida.
So not only is this trade of ours in danger of falling into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be discredited, and even her own majesty be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worship.”
28 E, ouvindo-o, encheram-se de ira, e clamaram, dizendo: Grande é a Diana dos ephesios.
Now upon hearing this they were filled with anger and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29 E encheu-se de confusão toda a cidade; e unanimes arremetteram ao theatro, arrebatando comsigo a Gaio e a Aristarcho, macedonios, companheiros de Paulo na viagem.
So the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed into the theater with one accord (they had seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's traveling companions).
30 E, querendo Paulo apresentar-se ao povo, não lh'o permittiram os discipulos.
When Paul wanted to go in to the people, the disciples would not let him.
31 E tambem alguns dos principaes da Asia, que eram seus amigos, lhe enviaram, rogando que não se apresentasse no theatro.
Even some of the officials of Asia, being his friends, sent word to him and urged him not to venture into the theater.
32 Uns pois clamavam de uma maneira, outros d'outra, porque o ajuntamento era confuso; e os mais d'elles não sabiam por que causa se tinham ajuntado.
The assembly was in confusion: some were shouting one thing and some another; most of them did not know why they had come together.
33 Então tiraram Alexandre d'entre a multidão, impellindo-o os judeos para diante; e Alexandre, acenando com a mão, queria dar razão d'isto ao povo.
Then the Jews pushed Alexander forward, out from the crowd. So Alexander motioned with his hand and would have made a defense to the people.
34 Porém, conhecendo que era judeo, todos unanimemente levantaram a voz, clamando por espaço de quasi duas horas: Grande é a Diana dos ephesios.
But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
35 Então o escrivão da cidade, tendo apaziguado a multidão, disse: Varões ephesios, qual é o homem que não sabe que a cidade dos ephesios é a guardadora do templo da grande deusa Diana, e da imagem que desceu de Jupiter?
When the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said: “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple guardian of the great goddess Artemis and of what fell from Zeus?
36 De sorte que, não podendo isto ser contradito, convém que vos applaqueis, e nada façaes temerariamente;
Therefore, since these things are undeniable, you ought to be quiet and not do anything rash.
37 Porque estes homens que aqui trouxestes nem são sacrilegos nem blasphemam da vossa deusa:
You have arrested these men who are neither temple thieves nor blasphemers of your goddess.
38 Porém, se Demetrio e os artifices que estão com elle teem alguma coisa contra alguem, dão-se audiencias e ha proconsules: que se accusem uns aos outros;
Now if Demetrius and his fellow artisans have a complaint against anyone, courts are available, and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another.
39 E, se alguma outra coisa demandaes, averiguar-se-ha em legitimo ajuntamento.
But if you want to debate any other matter, it will be settled in the legal assembly.
40 Porque corremos perigo de que, por hoje, sejamos accusados de sedição, não havendo causa alguma com que possamos justificar este concurso.
Indeed, we are in danger of being charged with a riot, because of today, there being no reason at all that we can give to account for this commotion.”
41 E, tendo dito isto, despediu o ajuntamento.
And having said these things he dismissed the assembly.
