1 A nd it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples,

I a Aporo i Koriniti, ka puta atu a Paora na nga wahi o runga, ka tae ki Epeha: a tupono atu ko etahi akonga.

2 h e said to them, Did ye receive Holy Spirit when ye had believed? And they to him, We did not even hear if Holy Spirit was.

A ka mea ki a ratou, I riro ranei te Wairua Tapu i a koutou i to koutou whakaponotanga? Ano ra ko ratou ki a ia, Kahore, kiano matou i rongo noa mehemea te Wairua Tapu i homai.

3 A nd he said, To what then were ye baptised? And they said, To the baptism of John.

Ka mea ia ki a ratou, I iriiria oti koutou ki roto ki te aha? Ka mea ratou, Ki roto ki ta Hoani iriiri.

4 A nd Paul said, John indeed baptised the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.

Na ka mea a Paora, Ko ta Hoani iriiri he iriiri ripeneta. I mea ia ki te iwi, kia whakapono ratou ki tetahi e haere mai ana i muri i a ia, ara ki a Ihu.

5 A nd when they heard that, they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.

A, ka rongo ratou i tenei, ka iriiria i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki, o Ihu.

6 A nd Paul having laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

Na ka oti te whakapa e Paora ona ringa ki runga ki a ratou, ka tae mai te Wairua Tapu ki a ratou; na ka korerotia e ratou nga reo, ka poropiti hoki.

7 A nd all the men were about twelve.

A ko to ratou tokomaha kei te tekau ma rua.

8 A nd entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly during three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the kingdom of God.

Na ka tomo ia ki te whare karakia, ka korero maia atu, e toru nga marama i korerorero ai, i kukume ai ki nga mea o te rangatiratanga o te Atua.

9 B ut 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.

A, ka pakeke etahi, ka whakateka, ka whakahawea ki taua ritenga i te aroaro o te mano, ka mawehe atu ia i roto i a ratou, ka wehea ketia nga akonga, ka korerorero i tenei ra, i tenei ra, i roto i te kura o Tairanu.

10 A nd this took place for two years, so that all that inhabited Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

Na e rua ona tau i penei ai; a ka rongo katoa te hunga e noho ana i Ahia, nga Hurai, nga Kariki, i te kupu a te Ariki, a Ihu.

11 A nd God wrought no ordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

Na ehara i te merekara noa ake a te Atua i mea ai kia meatia e nga ringa o Paora:

12 s o that even napkins or aprons were brought from his body upon the sick, and the diseases left them, and the wicked spirits went out.

Ina hoki, i te mauranga atu i nga aikiha me nga arai i tona tinana ki te hunga mate, mutu ake o ratou mate, a puta atu ana nga wairua kino i roto i a ratou.

13 A nd 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.

Katahi ka anga etahi o nga Hurai haereere noa, he hunga pei wairua, ka whakahua i te ingoa o te Ariki, o Ihu ki runga ki etahi i nga wairua kino, ka mea, He whakahua tenei na matou ki a koutou i a Ihu, i ta Paora e kauwhau nei.

14 A nd there were certain, seven sons of Sceva, Jewish high priest, who were doing this.

Na i pera ano nga tama tokowhitu a tetahi Hurai, a Hewa, he tohunga nui ia.

15 B ut the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but ye, who are ye?

Na ka whakahoki te wairua kino, ka mea ki a ratou, E mohio ana ahau ki a Ihu, e matau ana ki a Paora; ko koutou ia, ko wai ra?

16 A nd 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.

Na ko te tupeketanga o te tangata i a ia nei te wairua kino ki a ratou, kua kaha i a ratou, taea ana ratou e ia, no ka oma tahanga ratou, ka oma mamae atu i taua whare.

17 A nd 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.

A ka mohiotia tenei e nga tangata katoa e noho ana i Epeha, e nga Hurai ratou tahi ko nga Kariki; a ka tau te wehi ki a ratou katoa, a whakanuia ana te ingoa o te Ariki, o Ihu.

18 A nd many of those that believed came confessing and declaring their deeds.

A he tokomaha o te hunga whakapono i haere mai, i whaki, i whakakite i a ratou mahi.

19 A nd many of those that practised curious arts brought their books and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

He tokomaha ano o te hunga i mahi i nga mahi tinihanga, i huihui i a ratou pukapuka, a tahuna ana i te aroaro o te katoa: a ka taua nga utu o aua pukapuka, ka kitea e rima tekau mano hiriwa.

20 T hus with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed.

Koia ano te nui o te tupu o te kupu a te Atua, te kaha.

21 A nd 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.

A, no ka rite enei mea, ka mea a Paora i roto i tona wairua, kia tika na Makeronia, na Akaia, kia haere ki Hiruharama; i mea ia, Ka tae ahau ki reira, ko Roma ano taku e tiki ai e titiro.

22 A nd having sent into Macedonia two of those ministering to him, Timotheus and Erastus, he remained himself awhile in Asia.

A tokorua ana i tono ai ki Makeronia o te hunga e mahi ana ki a ia, ko Timoti raua ko Eratu; ko ia i noho iho i Ahia mo tetahi wa.

23 A nd there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.

Na i taua wa kihai i nohinohi te ngangau i puta ake mo taua Ara.

24 F or a certain by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver temples of Artemis, brought no small gain to the artisans;

Tera hoki tetahi tangata, ko Rimitiriua te ingoa, he kaimahi hiriwa, nana nei i hanga nga temepara hiriwa o Riana, kihai hoki i nohinohi nga utu i tika mai i tana mahi ki nga kaihanga;

25 w hom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,

Na ka whakaminea ratou e ia me era kaimahi o nga pera, a ka mea, E mara ma, e matau ana koutou, no tenei mahi a tatou rawa.

26 a nd 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.

Na e kite ana, e rongo ana koutou, ehara i te mea ko Epeha anake, engari he iti te wahi o Ahia katoa kua mahue nei i tenei Paora te kukume, te whakapeau ke i te tini o te tangata, e mea ana ia, Ehara enei i te atua, e hanga nei e te ringa:

27 N ow 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.

Na ehara i te mea ko to tatou nei wahi anake ka tata te kore noa iho; tera ano hoki e whakakahoretia te temepara o te atua nui, o Riana, a meake memeha noa iho tona nui, e karakiatia nei e Ahia katoa, e te ao.

28 A nd having heard, and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great Artemis of the Ephesians.

A, no to ratou rongonga, a ka ki i te riri, ka karanga ake, ka mea, He nui a Riana o nga Epehi.

29 A nd the city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, having seized and carried off with Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.

Na ka tutu te puehu o te pa katoa: a, ka oti te hopu e ratou a Kaiu raua ko Aritaku, he hunga no Makeronia, he hoa haere no Paora, na kotahi tonu ta ratou kokiritanga ki te whare matakitaki.

30 B ut Paul intending to go in to the people, the disciples suffered him not;

A, i a Paora e mea ana kia tomo ki roto ki te iwi, kihai ia i tukua e nga akonga.

31 a nd some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.

Na ka unga tangata mai etahi o nga rangatira o Ahia, i pai nei ki a ia, ka mea kia kaua ia e tuku i a ia ki roto ki te whare matakitaki.

32 D ifferent 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.

Heoi puta ke te karanga a etahi, puta ke a etahi: tino raruraru hoki taua whakaminenga; ko te nuinga kihai i matau ki te mea i huihui ai ratou.

33 B ut 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.

Na ka mauria e ratou a Arehanara i roto i te hui, na nga Hurai ia i mea kia whakatika atu. A tawhiri ana te ringa o Arehanara, i mea hoki kia korerotia e ia ta ratou ki te iwi.

34 B ut, recognising that he was a Jew, there was one cry from all, shouting for about two hours, Great Artemis of the Ephesians.

Heoi ka matau ratou he Hurai ia, kotahi tonu te reo o te katoa ki te karanga, a tata noa ki te rua nga haora, He nui a Riana o nga Epehi.

35 A nd 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 which fell down from heaven?

A, ka mariri iho te huihui i te kaiwhakawa, ka mea ia, E nga Epehi, ko wai te tangata kahore e mohio ko te pa o nga Epehi te kaitiaki temepara o te atua nui, o Riana, o te whakapakoko ano hoki i taka iho i a Hupita?

36 T hese things therefore being undeniable, it is necessary that ye should be calm and do nothing headlong.

Na, ka kore nei enei mea e taea te whakakorekore, heoi kia ata noho, kaua hoki e hikaka te mahi.

37 F or ye have brought these men, neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.

Kua arahina mai nei hoki e koutou enei tangata ki konei, ehara nei i te hunga tahae mea tapu, ehara hoki i te hunga kohukohu ki to tatou atua.

38 I f therefore Demetrius and the artisans who with him have a matter against any one, the courts are being held, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.

Na, ki te mea he kupu ta Rimitiriu ratou ko ona hoa mahi mo tetahi tangata, e taea te whakawa, a tenei ano nga kawana: ma ratou ratou e whakawa.

39 B ut if ye inquire anything concerning other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.

Na, ki te mea he mea ke ta koutou e whai na, waiho ma te runanga tika te ritenga.

40 F or also we are in danger to be put in accusation for sedition for this of to-day, no cause existing in reference to which we shall be able to give a reason for this concourse.

Ko wai hoki ka tohu? tera pea tatou e whakawakia mo tenei ngangautanga onaianei, kahore nei ona take; kahore hoki he take e tika ai ta tatou korero mo tenei huihui.

41 A nd having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.

A, no ka puaki enei kupu ana, ka tonoa atu e ia te whakaminenga.