EGINAK 19

Paulo Efeson

1 Apolo Korinton t zegoela, Paulo Efesorat iritsi zen, Asia Txikiko mendialdean barrena. Han ikasle batzuk aurkitu zituen

2 eta galdetu zien:
—Hartu al zenuten Espiritu Santua sinetsi zenutenean?
Haiek erantzun zioten:
—Espiritu Santua badenik ere ez dugu entzun.t

3 Paulok, berriro:
—Zein bataio hartu duzue, bada?
Haiek erantzun:
—Joanen bataioat t .

4 Eta Paulok esan zien:
—Joanek bihozberritzearen ezaugarri zen bataioa ematen zuen, baina herriari beraren ondoren zetorrenagan, Jesusengan alegia, sinesteko esanez.t
5 Hau entzunik, Jesus Jaunaren izenean bataiatut ziren. 6 Paulok eskuak ezarri zizkienean, Espiritu Santua etorri zitzaien gainera, eta hizketa arrotzez mintzatzent t eta profeta gisa hitz egiten hasi ziren.

7 Hamabiren bat lagun ziren.
8 Hiru hilabetetan zehar, sinagogarat joan zen Paulo eta Jainkoaren erregetzaz ausarki hitz egin zuen, entzuleei sinestarazten saiatuz. 9 Baina batzuek beren burugogorkeriagatik ez baitzuten sinetsi nahi eta batzarraren aurrean kristau-bideaz gaizki-esaka ari baitziren, Paulok haiengandik alde egin eta ikasleekin talde berezia egin zuen. Egunero irakasten zuen Tiranot zelako baten eskolan.t

10 Bi urte egin zituen horrela, eta Asia probintziakot guztiek, judu nahiz jentil, entzun ahal izan zuten Jaunaren mezua.t

Judu exortzistak

12 aski zen hark soinean eramandako musuzapi edo beste jantziren bat gaixoei ezartzea, haiengandik gaitzak uxatzeko eta espiritu gaiztoak botatzeko.t

13 Harat-honat zebiltzan judu exortzistat batzuk ere Jesus Jaunaren izenaz baliatzen hasi ziren, espiritu gaiztoak botatzeko. Honela esaten zieten: «Paulok hots egiten duen Jesusen izenean, irteteko agintzen dizuet!»t
14 Apaizburu zen Eskeba izeneko judu baten zazpi seme zebiltzan horretan.

15 Baina espiritu gaiztoak erantzun zien: «Ezagutzen dut Jesus eta badakit Paulo nor den. Baina nor zarete zuek?»t
16 Bat-batean, espiritu gaiztodun gizonak gainera oldartu eta menpean hartu zituen denak, eta hain gogor eraso zien, ezen larrugorrian eta zauriturik ihes egin behar izan baitzuten etxe hartatik. 17 Efesoko bizilagun guztiek, judu eta greziar, izan zuten gertakari honen berri. Beldurrak harturik gelditu ziren denak eta Jesus Jaunaren izenat handiesten zuten. 18 Fededun berri askok ordu arteko beren jarduera okerrak agerian aitortu zituzten, 19 eta aztikeriatan ibilitakot askok beren liburuak pila batean bildu eta denen aurrean erre zituzten. Egindako kontuen arabera, zilarrezko berrogeita hamar mila txanpon balio zuten liburuok.

20 Horrela, Jaunaren ahalmenari esker, mezua zabalduzt eta finkatuz zihoan.

Efesoko matxinada

22 Bere laguntzaileetarik bi, Timoteot eta Erasto, Mazedoniara bidali zituen, baina bera Asia probintzian gelditu zen oraindik aldi batean.
23 Bitarte horretan, iskanbila gogorra sortu zen Efeson, kristau-bideat zela eta.t 24 Bazen han Demetrio zeritzan zilargin bat. Artemisa jainkosarent tenpluko iruditxoak landu ohi zituen zilarrez, artisauei irabazi ederra ematen zielarik.t 25 Bildu zituen, bada, artisauok eta ogibide bereko beste langileak, eta esan zien: «Adiskideok, badakizue irabazpide honi esker bizi garela hain ongi. 26 Eta ikusi eta entzungo zenuten, Paulo horrek, Efeson ez ezik, ia Asia probintzia osoan ere jendea franko pentsaeraz aldarazi duela, guk eskuz egiten ditugunak ez direla jainko sinestaraziz.t

27 Gure lanbidearen izen ona galtzeko arriskuan gaude; areago, Artemisa gure jainkosa handiaren tenplua ere ezerezkotzat har dezaten arriskuan eta Asia probintzia osoak eta mundu guztiak gurtzen duen jainkosaren ospe handia erabat galtzeko arriskuan».

28 Hitz hauek entzun orduko, guztiak amorru bizian oihuka hasi ziren: «Gora Efesoko Artemisa!»
29 Hiri osora zabaldu zen nahasmendua, eta jende guztiak antzokirantz jo zuen zalapartan, Gaio eta Aristarkot mazedoniarrak, Pauloren bidelagunak, berekin arrastaka eramanez. 30 Paulok biltzarrera sartu nahi izan zuen, baina ikasleek ez zioten utzi.

31 Adiskide zituen probintziako buruzagi batzuek ere abisua bidali zioten antzokira ez agertzeko.
32 Bitartean, biltzarra nahasmendu hutsa zen: batak hau eta besteak hura oihukatzen zuen, gehienek jakin ere ez baitzekiten zertarako bilduak ziren. 33 Jendartetik Alexandro zelako bat atera zuten aurrera, juduek bultzaturik; honek, eskuaz isiltzeko keinut eginik, batzarrari argitasunak eman nahi zizkion.

34 Baina judua zela jabetu bezain laster, denak aho batez oihuka hasi ziren: «Gora Efesoko Artemisa!»
Eta ia bi ordu egin zituzten halaxe oihuka.
35 Hiriko idazkariak, jendea baretu ahal izan zuenean, honela hitz egin zuen: «Efesoarrok, ba ote da inor ez dakienik Efeso hiria Artemisa jainkosa handiaren tenpluaren eta zerutik eroritako beraren irudiaren zaintzailea dela? 36 Hori ukaezina da; zaudete, beraz, lasai, itsu-itsuan jokatu gabe. 37 Hona ekarri dituzuen gizon hauek ez dira gure jainkosaren kontrako sakrilego, ez biraolari. 38 Eta Demetriok eta bere artisauek inoren kontra ezer badute, hor dituzte herriko auzitegiak eta kontsulordeak. Ager bitzate han elkarren aurkako salakuntzak. 39 Eta beste gorabeherarik baldin baduzue, legezko batzar batean erabakiko da.

40 Izan ere, gaurko honengatik matxinadaz sala gaitzakete, ez baitezakegu arrazoirik eman iskanbila hau zuritzeko».
Hau esanik, bukatutzat eman zuen batzarra.

Acts 19

Disciples of John the Baptist at Ephesus

1 Whilet Apollos was in Corinth,s Paul went through the inlandt regionst and came to Ephesus.s Het found some disciples theret2 and said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”t They replied,t “No, we have not event heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”3 So Pault said, “Into what then were you baptized?” “Into John’s baptism,” they replied.t4 Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him,s that is, in Jesus.”5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,6 and when Paul placedt his hands on them, the Holy Spirit cames upon them, and they began to speakt in tongues and to prophesy.t

7 (Now there were about twelve men in all.)s

Paul Continues to Minister at Ephesus

8 So Pault enteredt the synagogues and spoke out fearlesslyt for three months, addressingt and convincingt them about the kingdom of God.s9 But whent some were stubbornt and refused to believe, revilingt the Ways before the congregation, he leftt them and took the disciples with him,t addressingt them every dayt in the lecture hallt of Tyrannus.

10 This went on for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia,ts both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.s

The Seven Sons of Sceva

11 God was performing extraordinaryt miracles by Paul’s hands,12 so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his bodyt were broughtt to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.t13 But some itinerantt Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the namet of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed byt evil spirits, saying, “I sternly warns you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”14 (Now seven sons of a man namedt Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.)s15 But the evil spirit replied to them,t “I know about Jesust and I am acquainted witht Paul, but who are you?”s16 Then the man who was possessed byt the evil spirit jumped ont them and beat them all into submission.t He prevailedt against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.17 This became known to all who lived in Ephesus,s both Jews and Greeks; fear came overt them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised.t18 Many of those who had believed came forward,t confessing and making their deeds known.ts19 Large numberst of those who had practiced magict collected their bookst and burned them up in the presence of everyone.t Whent the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins.t

20 In this way the word of the Lords continued to grow in powert and to prevail.s

A Riot in Ephesus

21 Now after all these things had taken place,t Paul resolvedt to go to Jerusalem,s passing through Macedonias and Achaia.s He said,t “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”ss

22 So after sendingt two of his assistants,t Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia,s he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia.t
23 Att that timet a great disturbancet took place concerning the Way.s24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrinest of Artemis,s brought a great dealt of businesss to the craftsmen.25 He gatheredt theset together, along with the workmen in similar trades,s and said, “Men, you know that our prosperityt comes from this business.26 And you see and hear that this Paul has persuadedt and turned awayt a large crowd,t not only in Ephesuss but in practically all of the province of Asia,t by sayingt that gods made by hands are not gods at all.ts

27 There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute,t but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemiss will be regarded as nothing,t and she whom all the province of Asiat and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness.”ts
28 Whent they heardt this they became enragedt and began to shout,t “Great is Artemiss of the Ephesians!”29 Thet city was filled with the uproar,t and the crowdt rushed to the theaters together,t dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.30 But when Paul wanted to enter the public assembly,t the disciples would not let him.31 Even some of the provincial authoritiest who were his friends sentt a messaget to him, urging him not to venturet into the theater.32 So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.t33 Some of the crowd concludedt it was aboutt Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front.t Alexander, gesturingt with his hand, was wanting to make a defenses before the public assembly.t34 But when they recognizedt that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison,t “Great is Artemiss of the Ephesians!” for about two hours.s35 After the city secretaryt quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what persont is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keepert of the temple of the great Artemiss and of her image that fell from heaven?ts36 So because these factst are indisputable,t you must keep quiett and not do anything reckless.t37 For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robberst nor blasphemers of our goddess.s38 If then Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaintt against someone, the courts are opent and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another there.t39 But if you want anything in addition,t it will have to be settledt in a legal assembly.t40 Fort we are in danger of being charged with riotingt today, since there is no cause we can give to explaint this disorderly gathering.”t

41 Aftert he had saidt this,t he dismissed the assembly.s