Mga Gawa 19
Ang Biblia, 2001
Si Pablo sa Efeso
19 Samantalang si Apolos ay nasa Corinto, si Pablo ay dumaan sa mga dakong loob ng lupain at nakarating sa Efeso. Doon ay nakatagpo siya ng ilang mga alagad.
2 At sinabi niya sa kanila, “Tinanggap ba ninyo ang Espiritu Santo nang kayo'y nanampalataya?”
Sinabi nila, “Hindi, ni hindi pa namin narinig na may Espiritu Santo.”
3 Kaya't sinabi niya, “Kung gayo'y sa ano kayo binautismuhan?”
Sinabi nila, “Sa bautismo ni Juan.”
4 Sinabi(A) ni Pablo, “Nagbautismo si Juan ng bautismo ng pagsisisi, na sinasabi sa mga tao na sila'y manampalataya sa darating na kasunod niya, samakatuwid ay kay Jesus.”
5 Nang kanilang marinig ito, sila'y binautismuhan sa pangalan ng Panginoong Jesus.
6 Nang maipatong na ni Pablo sa kanila ang kanyang mga kamay, bumaba sa kanila ang Espiritu Santo at sila'y nagsalita ng mga wika at nagpropesiya.
7 Silang lahat ay may labindalawang lalaki.
8 Siya'y pumasok sa sinagoga, at sa loob ng tatlong buwan ay nagsalita ng may katapangan, na nangangatuwiran at nanghihikayat tungkol sa mga bagay na nauukol sa kaharian ng Diyos.
9 Ngunit nang magmatigas ang ilan at ayaw maniwala, na nagsasalita ng masama tungkol sa Daan sa harapan ng kapulungan, kanyang iniwan sila at isinama ang mga alagad, at nakipagtalo araw-araw sa bulwagan ni Tiranno.[a]
10 At ito'y nagpatuloy sa loob ng dalawang taon, kaya't ang lahat ng mga naninirahan sa Asia ay nakarinig ng salita ng Panginoon, ang mga Judio at gayundin ang mga Griyego.
Ang mga Anak ni Eskeva
11 Gumawa ang Diyos ng mga di-pangkaraniwang himala sa pamamagitan ng mga kamay ni Pablo,
12 kaya't nang ang mga panyo o mga tapis na napadikit sa kanyang katawan ay dinala sa mga maysakit, nawala sa kanila ang mga sakit, at lumabas sa kanila ang masasamang espiritu.
13 Ngunit may ilang mga Judiong pagala-gala na nagpapalayas ng masasamang espiritu ang nangahas na bigkasin ang pangalan ng Panginoong Jesus sa mga may masasamang espiritu, na sinasabi, “Inuutusan ko kayo sa pamamagitan ni Jesus na ipinangangaral ni Pablo.”
14 Pitong anak na lalaki ng isang pinakapunong paring Judio, na ang pangalan ay Eskeva, ang gumagawa nito.
15 Ngunit sinagot sila ng masamang espiritu, “Kilala ko si Jesus, at kilala ko si Pablo; ngunit sino kayo?”
16 At ang taong kinaroroonan ng masamang espiritu ay lumukso sa kanila, at silang lahat ay dinaig niya, kaya tumakas sila sa bahay na iyon na mga hubad at sugatan.
17 Nalaman ito ng lahat ng naninirahan sa Efeso, mga Judio at gayundin ng mga Griyego; at sinidlan silang lahat ng takot, at pinuri ang pangalan ng Panginoong Jesus.
18 Marami rin naman sa mga nanampalataya ang dumating na ipinahahayag at ibinubunyag ang kanilang mga gawain.
19 Marami sa mga gumagamit ng mga salamangka ay tinipon ang kanilang mga aklat at sinunog sa paningin ng madla; at kanilang binilang ang halaga niyon, at napag-alamang may limampung libong pirasong pilak.
20 Sa gayo'y lumago at lubos na nanaig ang salita ng Panginoon.
Nagkagulo sa Efeso
21 Pagkatapos mangyari ang mga bagay na ito, ipinasiya ni Pablo sa Espiritu, na dumaan sa Macedonia at sa Acaia, at pumaroon sa Jerusalem, na sinasabi, “Pagkapanggaling ko roon, ay kinakailangang makita ko rin ang Roma.”
22 Isinugo niya sa Macedonia ang dalawa sa naglilingkod sa kanya, sina Timoteo at Erasto, samantalang siya ay tumigil nang ilang panahon sa Asia.
23 Nang panahong iyon ay nagkaroon ng malaking gulo tungkol sa Daan.
24 Sapagkat may isang tao na ang pangalan ay Demetrio, isang panday-pilak na gumagawa ng mga dambanang pilak ni Artemis, ay nagbibigay ng hindi maliit na pinagkakakitaan sa mga panday.
25 Ang mga ito ay kanyang tinipon pati ang mga manggagawa ng mga gayong hanapbuhay, at sinabi, “Mga ginoo, alam ninyo na mula sa gawaing ito ay mayroon tayong pakinabang.
26 Inyo ring nakikita at naririnig na hindi lamang sa Efeso, kundi halos sa buong Asia, na ang Pablong ito ay nakaakit at naglayo ng napakaraming tao, na sinasabing hindi mga diyos ang ginagawa ng mga kamay.
27 At may panganib na hindi lamang mawalan ng dangal ang hanapbuhay nating ito, kundi ang templo ng dakilang diyosang si Artemis ay mawalan din ng halaga. At siya ay maaari pang matanggal sa kanyang kadakilaan, siya na sinasamba ng buong Asia at ng sanlibutan.”
28 Nang marinig nila ito ay napuno sila ng galit at nagsigawan, “Dakila si Artemis ng mga taga-Efeso!”
29 Napuno ng kaguluhan ang lunsod at sama-sama nilang nilusob ang tanghalan, at sinunggaban sina Gayo at Aristarco, mga taga-Macedonia, na kasama ni Pablo sa paglalakbay.
30 Nais ni Pablo na pumunta sa mga tao ngunit hindi siya pinayagan ng mga alagad.
31 Maging ang ilan sa mga pinuno sa Asia, na kanyang mga kaibigan, ay nagpasugo sa kanya at siya'y pinakiusapang huwag mangahas sa tanghalan.
32 Samantala, ang iba ay sumisigaw ng isang bagay, at ang ilan ay iba naman, sapagkat ang kapulungan ay nasa kaguluhan at hindi nalalaman ng karamihan kung bakit sila'y nagkakatipon.
33 Ilan sa maraming tao ang nag-udyok kay Alejandro at pinapunta ng mga Judio sa unahan. At sumenyas si Alejandro na nais niyang ipagtanggol ang sarili sa mga taong-bayan.
34 Ngunit nang makilala nila na siya'y isang Judio, sa loob ng halos dalawang oras silang lahat ay nagsigawan na may isang tinig, “Dakila si Artemis ng mga taga-Efeso!”
35 Nang mapatahimik na ng kalihim ng bayan ang maraming tao, ay kanyang sinabi, “Mga lalaking taga-Efeso, sino sa mga tao ang hindi nakakaalam na ang lunsod ng mga taga-Efeso ay tagapag-ingat ng templo ng dakilang Artemis, at ng banal na batong nahulog mula sa langit?
36 Yamang hindi maikakaila ang mga bagay na ito, dapat kayong huminahon at huwag gumawa ng anumang bagay na padalus-dalos.
37 Dinala ninyo rito ang mga taong ito, na hindi mga magnanakaw sa templo ni mga lumalapastangan man sa ating diyosa.
38 Kaya't kung si Demetrio at ang mga panday na kasama niya ay mayroong reklamo laban sa kanino man, bukas ang mga hukuman, at may mga proconsul; hayaan ninyong doon magharap ng reklamo ang isa't isa.
39 Ngunit kung may iba pang bagay kayong hinahangad, ito ay lulutasin sa karaniwang kapulungan.
40 Sapagkat nanganganib tayong maparatangang nanggugulo sa araw na ito, palibhasa'y wala tayong maibibigay na dahilan upang bigyang-katuwiran ang gulong ito.”
41 Nang masabi na niya ang mga bagay na ito, pinaalis niya ang kapulungan.
Footnotes
- Mga Gawa 19:9 Sa ibang mga kasulatan ay ng isang Tirrano, mula sa ikalabing-isa ng umaga hanggang ikaapat ng hapon .
Acts 19
International Children’s Bible
Paul in Ephesus
19 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul was visiting some places on the way to Ephesus. There he found some followers. 2 Paul asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”
They said, “We have never even heard of a Holy Spirit!”
3 So he asked, “What kind of baptism did you have?”
They said, “It was the baptism that John[a] taught.”
4 Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of changed hearts and lives. He told people to believe in the One who would come after him. That One is Jesus.”
5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 Then Paul laid his hands on them,[b] and the Holy Spirit came upon them. They began speaking different languages and prophesying. 7 There were about 12 men in this group.
8 Paul went into the synagogue and spoke out boldly for three months. He talked with the Jews and persuaded them to accept the things he said about the kingdom of God. 9 But some of the Jews became stubborn and refused to believe. These Jews said evil things about the Way of Jesus. All the people heard these things. So Paul left them and took the followers with him. He went to a place where a man named Tyrannus had a school. There Paul talked with people every day 10 for two years. Because of his work, every Jew and Greek in Asia heard the word of the Lord.
The Sons of Sceva
11 God used Paul to do some very special miracles. 12 Some people took handkerchiefs and clothes that Paul had used and put them on the sick. When they did this, the sick were healed and evil spirits left them.
13-14 But some Jews also were traveling around and making evil spirits go out of people. The seven sons of Sceva were doing this. (Sceva was a leading Jewish priest.) These Jews tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus to force the evil spirits out. They would say, “By the same Jesus that Paul talks about, I order you to come out!”
15 But one time an evil spirit said to these Jews, “I know Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
16 Then the man, who had the evil spirit in him, jumped on these Jews. He was much stronger than all of them. He beat them and tore their clothes off, so they ran away from the house. 17 All the people in Ephesus, Jews and Greeks, learned about this. They were filled with fear. And the people gave great honor to the Lord Jesus. 18 Many of the believers began to confess openly and tell all the evil things they had done. 19 Some of them had used magic. These believers brought their magic books and burned them before everyone. Those books were worth about 50,000 silver coins.[c]
20 So in a powerful way the word of the Lord kept spreading and growing.
Paul Plans a Trip
21 After these things, Paul made plans to go to Jerusalem. He planned to go through the countries of Macedonia and Southern Greece, and then on to Jerusalem. He said, “After I have been to Jerusalem, I must also visit Rome.” 22 Paul sent Timothy and Erastus, two of his helpers, ahead to Macedonia. He himself stayed in Asia for a while.
Trouble in Ephesus
23 But during that time, there was some serious trouble in Ephesus about the Way of Jesus. 24 There was a man named Demetrius, who worked with silver. He made little silver models that looked like the temple of the goddess Artemis.[d] The men who did this work made much money. 25 Demetrius had a meeting with these men and some others who did the same kind of work. He told them, “Men, you know that we make a lot of money from our business. 26 But look at what this man Paul is doing! He has convinced and turned away many people in Ephesus and in almost all of Asia! He says the gods that men make are not real. 27 There is a danger that our business will lose its good name. But there is also another danger: People will begin to think that the temple of the great goddess Artemis is not important! Her greatness will be destroyed. And Artemis is the goddess that everyone in Asia and the whole world worships.”
28 When the men heard this, they became very angry. They shouted, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” 29 The whole city became confused. The people grabbed Gaius and Aristarchus. (These two men were from Macedonia and were traveling with Paul.) Then all the people ran to the theater. 30 Paul wanted to go in and talk to the crowd, but the followers did not let him. 31 Also, some leaders of Asia were friends of Paul. They sent him a message, begging him not to go into the theater. 32 Some people were shouting one thing, and some were shouting another. The meeting was completely confused. Most of the people did not know why they had come together. 33 The Jews put a man named Alexander in front of the people. Some of them had told him what to do. Alexander waved his hand because he wanted to explain things to the people. 34 But when they saw that Alexander was a Jew, they all began shouting the same thing. They continued shouting for two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
35 Then the city clerk made the crowd be quiet. He said, “Men of Ephesus, everyone knows that Ephesus is the city that keeps the temple of the great goddess Artemis. All people know that we also keep her holy stone[e] that fell from heaven. 36 No one can say that this is not true. So you should be quiet. You must stop and think before you do anything. 37 You brought these men here, but they have not said anything evil against our goddess. They have not stolen anything from her temple. 38 We have courts of law, and there are judges. Do Demetrius and the men who work with him have a charge against anyone? They should go to the courts! That is where they can argue with each other! 39 Is there something else you want to talk about? It can be decided at the regular town meeting of the people. 40 I say this because some people might see this trouble today and say that we are rioting. We could not explain this because there is no real reason for this meeting.” 41 After the city clerk said these things, he told the people to go home.
Footnotes
- 18:25; 19:3 John John the Baptist, who preached to people about Christ’s coming (Matthew 3; Luke 3).
- 19:6 laid his hands on them Here, doing this was a sign to show that Paul had God’s authority or power to give these people special powers of the Holy Spirit.
- 19:19 50,000 silver coins Probably drachmas. One coin was enough to pay a man for working one day.
- 19:24 Artemis A Greek goddess that the people of Asia Minor worshiped.
- 19:35 holy stone Probably a meteorite or stone that the people thought looked like Artemis.
Acts 19
King James Version
19 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
7 And all the men were about twelve.
8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.
31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.
32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.
34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
39 But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
40 For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
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