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Pablo nemiya ne Efeso

19  Quemaj chica Apolos nemiya ne Corinto, Pablo oquistinen ne ipan on tetlalpan más tlajtlacpac niman oajsic ne Efeso. Niman ica ompa oquinnextij sequimej tlaneltocaquej. Niman oquintlajtoltij:

―¿Onenquiselijquej on Espíritu Santo ijcuac onentlaneltocaquej?

Yejhuamej oquinanquilijquej:

―Ca, tejhuamej xqueman oticaquej tla nemi on Espíritu Santo.

Ijcuacon Pablo oquintlajtoltij:

―¿Tlinon ica onemocuatequijquej?

Niman yejhuamej oquijlijquej:

―Ican itlacuatequilis Juan.

Quemaj Pablo oquimijlij:

―Juan quincuatequiyaya on tlacamej para quiteititiayaj ica yejhuamej yocajcajquej ica quichihuaj on tlen xcuajli. Niman quemaj quimijliaya ica nonequi quineltocasquej on aquin huajlas saquin. On aquin huajlas saquin quijtosnequi Jesús on Cristo yejhuan Dios oquitlalij para tlamandaros.

Niman ijcuac ocacquej yejhua in, onocuatequijquej ican itocatzin toTeco Jesús. Niman ijcuac Pablo impan oquitlalij imahuan, on Espíritu Santo impan ohuajlaj, niman opeu tlajtlajtohuaj ican sesetlamantic yencuic tlajtojli niman oquitojquej on tiotlajtojli yejhuan oquiselijquej itech Dios. Nochimej on tlacamej quen canaj majtlactli huan omemej catcaj.

Yeyi metztipan Pablo nochipa yaya ipan intiopan on hebreos campa quiteijliaya itlajtol Dios ican yolchicahualistli. Yejhua notentlaniya niman quintlaneltoquiltiaya on tlacamej itechica on quen Dios tlamandarohua. Pero sequimej onoyoltechicajquej niman xoquinequej otlaneltocaquej, yej ixpan on tlacamej opeu cuijhuicaltiaj on iojhui Dios. Yejhua ica, tej, Pablo onoxeloj intech niman oquinhuicac on tlaneltocaquej ipan iescuela se tlacatl itoca Tiranno. Niman mojmostla ompa tlajtlajtohuaya. 10 Niman ome xipan oquinmachtij. Ijcon tej, sanquen on hebreos niman on griegos yejhuan chantiyaj Asia ocacquej on itlajtoltzin toTeco Jesús.

11 Niman Dios quichihuaya huejhueyi milagros itechcopa Pablo. 12 Hasta opajtiquej on cocoxquej ijcuac ica quintemoltiayaj on pañitos niman on tlaquentin on yejhuan oquinteloj Pablo ican itlalnacayo. Niman on xcuajcualtin espíritus no quisayaj intech.

13-14 Pero sequimej hebreos yejhuan quintequixtilijtinemiyaj on xcuajcualtin espíritus oquinequej quitequitiltisquej itocatzin toTeco Jesús para quitequixtilisquej on xcuajcualtin espíritus. Yejhua in quichihuayaj on chicomemej iconehuan on hebreo itoca Esceva yejhuan tlayecanqui intech on tiopixqui. Quimijliayaj on xcuajcualtin espíritus:

―Temechnahuatia xquisacan ican itocatzin Jesús on yejhuan Pablo quiteijliaj.

15 Pero se tonajli ijcuac ijcon oquichiu, on xcuajli espíritu ijquin oquinnanquilij, oquijtoj:

―Niquixmati Jesús, niman nicmati aquinonon on Pablo, pero nemejhuamej, ¿nenaquinomej?

16 Ijcuac ijcon oquimijlij, on tlacatl yejhuan quipiaya on xcuajli espíritu impan onotlajcal niman quechica cojtic oquintlajtlan. Ijcon, tej, on tlacamej onotlajtlalojquej para ipan calle tetzotzoltiquej niman tlacocoltin. 17 Ijcuac nochimej on hebreos niman xhebreos yejhuan chantiyaj ne Efeso oquimatquej yejhua in, onomojtijquej niman sanoyej oquitlacaitaquej toTeco Jesús. 18 Niman miyequej on yejhuan otlaneltocaquej yayaj niman noyolcuitiayaj ica on tlin xcuajli tlajtlamach yejhuan oquichijquej. 19 Ijcon miyequej yejhuan quichihuayaj ica on innahuajlo ocuajquiquej inlibros niman oquintlatijquej teixpan. Ijcuac oquipojquej quech valerohuayaj nochi on quech libros, valerohuayaj canaj ompoajli huan majtlactli mil tomin tlachijchiutin ican plata. 20 Niman ijcon on itlajtoltzin toTeco nochayajtiaya niman nopanextiaya ipoder.

21 Ijcuac yopanoc yejhua in tlajtlamach, Pablo oquitlalij iyojlo ontenotzas ne ica Macedonia niman Acaya, niman quemaj yas ne Jerusalén. Niman quijtohuaya ica saquin ijcuac yotenojnotzato ne Jerusalén, ica oncaj no yas Roma. 22 Quemaj oquintitlan ne Macedonia omemej itlapalehuijcahuan Timoteo niman Erasto, niman yejhua onocau quesqui tonajli ne Asia.

On yejhuan chanejquej ne Efeso onajcomanquej

23 Ipan on tonaltin onajcomanaloc ica on cuajli tlajtojli. 24 Sen tlacatl itoca Demetrio yejhuan platero catca, quinchijchihuaya ican plata tiopantzitzintin yejhuan quen itiopan on tonantzin Diana. Sa no yejhua in tequitl ica quitlaniyaj miyec tomin para on yejhuan tequitij ihuan. 25 Demetrio oquinsentlalij yejhuamej niman ocsequimej yejhuan no yejhua tequitl quipiayaj, niman oquimijlij:

―Tlacamej, nemejhuamej nenquimatztoquej ica yejhua ica in tequitl titopanoltiaj sanoyej cuajli. 26 Pero nemejhuamej nenquitaj niman nencaquij tlinon quichihua in tlacatl itoca Pablo. Yejhua quiteijlijtinemi ica on dioses yejhuan tlamachijchiutin xmelahuac dioses. Ijcon, tej, yoquintlaneltoquiltij miyequej in chanejquej, niman xsan nanica Efeso yej san quen nochi in Asia. 27 Yejhua in sanoyej xcuajli xsan pampa totequiyo xoc yacaj quitlacaitas, yej no itiopan tonantzin Diana xoc yacaj quitlacaitas. Niman ijqui xoc quitlacaitasquej ihueyilis in tonantzin yejhuan nochi chanej Asia niman nochihuiyan imanyan in tlalticpactli quihueyiliaj.

28 Ijcuac ocacquej yejhua in, sanoyej ocualanquej niman otzajtziquej:

―¡Hueyi tonantzin Diana para tejhuamej efesios!

29 Saniman nochimej on ichantlacaj on hueyican onajcomanquej niman oometlamatquej. Yejhuamej nimantzin impan oyajquej niman oquinmajsiquej tocnihuan Gayo niman Aristarco yejhuan chanejquej ne Macedonia niman yejhuan ihuan Pablo quistinemiyaj. Ijcuac oquinmajsiquej, nochimej san secan oquintejchihuilanquej hasta ne ipan on plaza campa onosentlaliaj ijcuac itlaj noteititia. 30 Pablo quinequiya calaquis ompa para quinnotzas on tlacamej, pero on tlaneltocaquej xocahuilijquej. 31 No ijqui semej itetlajsojcahuan Pablo yejhuan tequihuajquej ne Asia oquitlatitlanilijquej niman oquijlijquej ma ca calaquis ipan on plaza. 32 Ne ipan on plaza on yejhuan onosentlalijquej sa tzajtziyaj sesetlamantic. Semej tzajtziyaj ocse ica niman ocsequimej no ocse ica, pampa on tojlamej yonajcomancaj, niman on más miyequej xquimatiyaj tlica onosentlalijquej. 33 On hebreos ocomapejquej Alejandro ne teixpan niman semej tlacamej yejhuan nemiyaj ne intzajlan on tojlamej oquitlajtlajtohuilijquej on tlen nochihua. Quemaj Alejandro oquintlajtlanilij ican ima on tlacamej para ma ca sa ma nahuatican, pampa quinequiya tlajtos ne teixpan para quinmanahuis on yejhuan quintlahuelitaj. 34 Pero ijcuac oquimatquej ica yejhua hebreo, sa setipan nochimej otzajtziquej hasta canaj ome hora:

―¡Hueyi tonantzin Diana para tejhuamej efesios!

35 Quemaj ijcuac on yejhuan itlajcuilojcau on hueyican ohuel oquintlacahualtij on tlacamej, oquimijlij:

―Tlacamej yejhuan nenchanejquej nican Efeso, nochi tlacatl quimatzticaj ica in hueyican Efeso yejhua oquimactilijquej para quitlapias itiopan in tohueyi nantzin Diana, niman on tetonantzin yejhuan ohualeu ne ilhuicac. 36 Niman pampa yejhua in xacaj huelis quiyanas, nonequi ma ca sa xnahuatican niman ma ca itlaj xchihuacan tla xachtopa cuajli nenquinemiliaj tlinon nenquichihuasquej. 37 In tlacamej yejhuan nemejhuamej onenquinhuajhuicaquej nion ichtequej ipan tiopantin nion cuijhuicaltiaj tonantzin. 38 Tla Demetrio niman on yejhuan ihuan tequitij quipiaj itlaj para quinteixpanhuisquej in omemej tlacamej, on tequipan tlapojticaj niman on yejhuan huejhueyi tequihuajquej nemij. Cuajli huelis quinixcomacasquej ixpan on tequihuajquej niman in omemej tlacamej no huelis nomanahuisquej quen quitocarohua. 39 Pero tla nentlajtlanij itlaj ocse más hueyi quijtosnequi, nonequi nenyasquej ijcuac nosentlalisquej on huejhueyi tequihuajquej. 40 Cas huelis techajajhuasquej yejhua ica in tlen aman onochiu niman xticpiaj tlinon ica titenanquilisquej tla techtlajtoltisquej tlica otajcomanquej. 41 Niman ijcuac oquijtoj on, oquinnahuatij on tojlamej ma huijhuiyan.

Paul in Ephesus

19 While Apollos(A) was at Corinth,(B) Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus.(C) There he found some disciples and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit(D) when[a] you believed?”

They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?”

“John’s baptism,” they replied.

Paul said, “John’s baptism(E) was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”(F) On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.(G) When Paul placed his hands on them,(H) the Holy Spirit came on them,(I) and they spoke in tongues[b](J) and prophesied. There were about twelve men in all.

Paul entered the synagogue(K) and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.(L) But some of them(M) became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way.(N) So Paul left them. He took the disciples(O) with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. 10 This went on for two years,(P) so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia(Q) heard the word of the Lord.(R)

11 God did extraordinary miracles(S) through Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured(T) and the evil spirits left them.

13 Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits(U) tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of the Jesus(V) whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.” 14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. 15 One day the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you?” 16 Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.

17 When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus,(W) they were all seized with fear,(X) and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor. 18 Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done. 19 A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.[c] 20 In this way the word of the Lord(Y) spread widely and grew in power.(Z)

21 After all this had happened, Paul decided[d] to go to Jerusalem,(AA) passing through Macedonia(AB) and Achaia.(AC) “After I have been there,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.”(AD) 22 He sent two of his helpers,(AE) Timothy(AF) and Erastus,(AG) to Macedonia, while he stayed in the province of Asia(AH) a little longer.

The Riot in Ephesus

23 About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.(AI) 24 A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a lot of business for the craftsmen there. 25 He called them together, along with the workers in related trades, and said: “You know, my friends, that we receive a good income from this business.(AJ) 26 And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus(AK) and in practically the whole province of Asia.(AL) He says that gods made by human hands are no gods at all.(AM) 27 There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited; and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her divine majesty.”

28 When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”(AN) 29 Soon the whole city was in an uproar. The people seized Gaius(AO) and Aristarchus,(AP) Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia,(AQ) and all of them rushed into the theater together. 30 Paul wanted to appear before the crowd, but the disciples(AR) would not let him. 31 Even some of the officials of the province, friends of Paul, sent him a message begging him not to venture into the theater.

32 The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another.(AS) Most of the people did not even know why they were there. 33 The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander to the front, and they shouted instructions to him. He motioned(AT) for silence in order to make a defense before the people. 34 But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”(AU)

35 The city clerk quieted the crowd and said: “Fellow Ephesians,(AV) doesn’t all the world know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven? 36 Therefore, since these facts are undeniable, you ought to calm down and not do anything rash. 37 You have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed temples(AW) nor blasphemed our goddess. 38 If, then, Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen(AX) have a grievance against anybody, the courts are open and there are proconsuls.(AY) They can press charges. 39 If there is anything further you want to bring up, it must be settled in a legal assembly. 40 As it is, we are in danger of being charged with rioting because of what happened today. In that case we would not be able to account for this commotion, since there is no reason for it.” 41 After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.

Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:2 Or after
  2. Acts 19:6 Or other languages
  3. Acts 19:19 A drachma was a silver coin worth about a day’s wages.
  4. Acts 19:21 Or decided in the Spirit