Acts of the Apostles 19

NEW JERUSALEM	STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH
1 It happened that while Apol os was in Corinth, Paul made his way overland as far as Ephesus, wherehe found a number of disciples.	1 וַיְהִי בִּהְיוֹת אַפּוֹלוֹס בְּקוֹרִנְתּוֹס וַיַּעֲבֹר פּוֹלוֹס בַּמְּדִינוֹת הָעֶלְיוֹנֹת וַיֵּרֶד אֶל־אֶפְסוֹס וַיִּמְצָא־שָׁם תַּלְמִידִים
2 When he asked, 'Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?' they answered, 'No, wewere never even told there was such a thing as a Holy Spirit.'	2 וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם הֲקִבַּלְתֶּם אֶת־רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר הֶאֱמַנְתֶּם וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו אַף לֹא שָׁמַעְנוּ כִּי יֶשְׁנוֹ רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ
3 He asked, 'Then how were you baptised?' They replied, 'With John's baptism.'	3 וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם עַל־מָה אֵפוֹא הָטְבַּלְתֶּם וַיֹּאמְרוּ עַל־טְבִילַת יוֹחָנָן
4 Paul said, 'John's baptism was a baptism of repentance; but he insisted that the people should believein the one who was to come after him -- namely Jesus.'	4 וַיֹּאמֶר פּוֹלוֹס יוֹחָנָן הִטְבִּיל בִּטְבִילַת הַתְּשׁוּבָה וְאָמַר אֶל־הָעָם כִּי־הַאֲמֵן יַאֲמִינוּ בַּאֲשֶׁר יָבוֹא אַחֲרָיו וְהוּא הַמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ
5 When they heard this, they were baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus,	5 וַיְהִי כְּשָׁמְעָם זֹאת וַיָּבֹאוּ לְהִטָּבֵל בְּשֵׁם יֵשׁוּעַ הָאָדוֹן
6 and the moment Paul had laid hands on them the Holy Spirit came down on them, and they began tospeak with tongues and to prophesy.	6 וַיִּסְמֹךְ פּוֹלוֹס אֶת־יָדָיו עֲלֵיהֶם וַיָּבֹא עֲלֵיהֶם רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ וַיְמַלְלוּ בִלְשֹׁנוֹת וַיִּתְנַבָּאוּ
7 There were about twelve of these men in al .	7 וַיִּהְיוּ כֻלָּם כִּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר אִישׁ
8 He began by going to the synagogue, where he spoke out fearlessly and argued persuasively aboutthe kingdom of God. He did this for three months,	8 וַיָּבֹא אֶל־בֵּית הַכְּנֵסֶת וַיִּקְרָא־שָׁם בְּבִטְחוֹן לֵבָב וַיְדַבֵּר עִמָּם כִּשְׁלשָׁה חֳדָשִׁים וַיַּט אֶת־לִבָּם אֶל־דִּבְרֵי מַלְכוּת הָאֱלֹהִים
9 till the attitude of some of the congregation hardened into unbelief. As soon as they began attackingthe Way in public, he broke with them and took his disciples apart to hold daily discussions in the lecture room ofTyrannus.	9 אַךְ מִקְצָתָם הִקְשׁוּ אֶת־לְבָבָם וְלֹא הֶאֱמִינוּ וַיְדַבְּרוּ סָרָה עַל־הַדֶּרֶךְ הַזֶּה לִפְנֵי הַקָּהָל וַיָּסַר מֵהֶם וַיַּבְדֵּל מִתּוֹכָם אֶת־הַתַּלְמִידִים וַיְדַבֵּר אִתָּם יוֹם יוֹם בְּבֵית הַמִּדְרָשׁ שֶׁל־טוּרְנוּס
10 This went on for two years, with the result that al the inhabitants of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, wereable to hear the word of the Lord.	10 וְכֵן הָיְתָה כִּשְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים עַד כִּי־שָׁמְעוּ כָּל־ישְׁבֵי אַסְיָא גַּם יְהוּדִים גַּם יְוָנִים אֶת־דְּבַר יֵשׁוּעַ הָאָדוֹן
11 So remarkable were the miracles worked by God at Paul's hands	11 וּגְבוּרוֹת גְּדֹלוֹת עָשָׂה הָאֱלֹהִים עַל־יְדֵי פוֹלוֹס
12 that handkerchiefs or aprons which had touched him were taken to the sick, and they were cured oftheir il nesses, and the evil spirits came out of them.	12 עַד כִּי־גַם־הִנִּיחוּ סוּדָרִים וַחֲגֹרֹת מֵעַל־עוֹר בְּשָׂרוֹ עַל־הַחוֹלִים וַיָּסוּרוּ מֵהֶם תַּחֲלֻאֵיהֶם וְגַם־הָרוּחוֹת הָרָעוֹת יָצָאוּ
13 But some itinerant Jewish exorcists too tried pronouncing the name of the Lord Jesus over peoplewho were possessed by evil spirits; they used to say, 'I adjure you by the Jesus whose spokesman is Paul.'	13 וַאֲנָשִׁים מִן־הַיְּהוּדִים הַסֹּבְבִים וּמְלַחֲשִׁים הוֹאִילוּ לְהַזְכִּיר אֶת־שֵׁם יֵשׁוּעַ הָאָדוֹן עַל־אֲחוּזֵי הָרוּחוֹת הָרָעוֹת לֵאמֹר מַשְׁבִּיעַ אֲנִי אֶתְכֶם בְּיֵשׁוּעַ אֲשֶׁר פּוֹלוֹס קֹרֵא אוֹתוֹ
14 Among those who did this were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest.	14 וְהָעֹשִׂים כָּכָה הָיוּ שִׁבְעַת בְּנֵי סְקֵוָה אֶחָד מִגְּדוֹלֵי כֹּהֲנֵי הַיְּהוּדִים
15 The evil spirit replied, 'Jesus I recognise, and Paul I know, but who are you?'	15 וַיַּעַן הָרוּחַ וַיֹּאמַר אֶת־יֵשׁוּעַ אֲנִי מַכִּיר וְאֶת־פּוֹלוֹס אֲנִי יֹדֵעַ וּמִי אַתֶּם
16 and the man with the evil spirit hurled himself at them and overpowered first one and then another,and handled them so violently that they fled from that house stripped of clothing and badly mauled.	16 וַיְקַפֵּץ עֲלֵיהֶם בַּעַל הָרוּחַ הָרָעָה וַיִּגְבַּר עֲלֵיהֶם וַיַּכְרִיעֵם עַד כִּי־נָסוּ מִן־הַבַּיִת הַהוּא עֵירֻמִּים וּפְצוּעִים
17 Everybody in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, heard about this episode; everyone was fil ed withawe, and the name of the Lord Jesus came to be held in great honour.	17 וַיִּוָּדַע הַדָּבָר לְכָל־הַיְּהוּדִים וְהַיְּוָנִים ישְׁבֵי אֶפְסוֹס וַיִּפֹּל פַּחַד עַל־כֻּלָּם וַיִּגְדַּל שֵׁם הָאָדוֹן יֵשׁוּעַ
18 Some believers, too, came forward to admit in detail how they had used spel s	18 וְרַבִּים מִן־הַמַּאֲמִינִים בָּאוּ וַיִּתְוַדּוּ וַיּוֹדִיעוּ אֶת־אֲשֶׁר עָשֹוּ
19 and a number of them who had practised magic col ected their books and made a bonfire of them inpublic. The value of these was calculated to be fifty thousand silver pieces.	19 וְרַבִּים אֲשֶׁר עָסְקוּ בְּמַעֲשֵׂי כְשָׁפִים הֵבִיאוּ אֶת־סִפְרֵיהֶם וַיִּשְׂרְפוּם לְעֵינֵי כֹל וַיְחַשְּׁבוּ אֶת־עֶרְכָּם וַיִּמְצָאֻהוּ חֲמֵשֶׁת רִבְבוֹת דִּינָרִים
20 In this powerful way the word of the Lord spread more and more widely and successful y.	20 וּדְבַר יְהוָֹה גָּבַר מְאֹד וַיֵּלֶךְ הָלֹךְ וְחָזֵק
21 When al this was over Paul made up his mind to go back to Jerusalem through Macedonia andAchaia. 'After I have been there,' he said, 'I must go on to see Rome as wel .'	21 וַיְהִי כִּכְלוֹת הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וָיִּוָּעֵץ פּוֹלוֹס בָּרוּחַ לַעֲבֹר בְּתוֹךְ מַקְדּוֹנְיָא וַאֲכַיָּא וְלָלֶכֶת יְרוּשָׁלָיִם וַיֹּאמֶר אַחֲרֵי הֱיוֹתִי שָׁמָּה רָאֹה אֶרְאֶה גַּם אֶת־רוֹמִי
22 So he sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, ahead of him to Macedonia, while he remainedfor a time in Asia.	22 וַיִּשְׁלַח שְׁנַיִם מִן־הַמְשָׁרְתִים אֹתוֹ אֶת־טִימוֹתִיּוֹס וְאֶת אֲרִסְטוֹס אֶל־מַקְדּוֹנְיָא וְהוּא הִתְמַהְמֵהַּ עוֹד יָמִים בְּאַסְיָא
23 It was during this time that a serious disturbance broke out in connection with the Way.	23 וַתְּהִי בָּעֵת הַהִיא מְהוּמָה לֹא קְטַנָּה עַל־אֹדוֹת דֶּרֶךְ יְהוָֹה
24 A silversmith cal ed Demetrius, who provided work for a large number of craftsmen making silvershrines of Diana,	24 כִּי־צוֹרֵף כֶּסֶף אֶחָד דְּמַטְרִיּוֹס שְׁמוֹ עֹשֵׂה הֵיכְלוֹת כֶּסֶף שֶׁל־אַרְטְמִיס הִמְצִיא לֶחָרָשִׁים מַשְׂכֹּרֶת לֹא־מְעָט
25 cal ed a general meeting of them with others in the same trade. 'As you know,' he said, 'it is on thisindustry that we depend for our prosperity.	25 וַיַּקְהֵל אֹתָם וְאֶת־שְׁאָר הָעֹסְקִים בַּמְּלָאכָה הַהִיא וַיֹּאמַר אֲנָשִׁים אַתֶּם יֹדְעִים כִּי מִן־הַמְּלָאכָה הַזֹּאת עָשִׂינוּ כָבוֹד
26 Now you must have seen and heard how, not just in Ephesus but nearly everywhere in Asia, this manPaul has persuaded and converted a great number of people with his argument that gods made by hand are notgods at all.	26 וְאַתֶּם רֹאִים וְשֹׁמְעִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא בְאֶפְסוֹס לְבַדָּהּ כִּי־גַם כִּמְעַט בְּאַסְיָא כֻלָּהּ זֶה פוֹלוֹס פִּתָּה וְהִדִּיחַ הֲמוֹן עַם־רָב לֵאמֹר לֹא־אֱלֹהִים אֵלֶּה הַנַּעֲשִׂים בְּיָדָיִם
27 This threatens not only to discredit our trade, but also to reduce the sanctuary of the great goddessDiana to unimportance. It could end up by taking away the prestige of a goddess venerated al over Asia, andindeed al over the world.'	27 וְעַתָּה עוֹד מְעַט וְלֹא לְבַד חֶלְקֵנוּ זֶה יִהְיֶה לָבוּז כִּי אִם־גַּם־הֵיכַל אַרְטְמִיס הַמְּלֶכֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה יֵחָשֵׁב לְאַיִן וְתִכְלֶה תִפְאַרְתָּהּ אֲשֶׁר כָּל־אַסְיָא וְכָל־ישְׁבֵי תֵבֵל מְכַבְּדִים אוֹתָהּ
28 This speech roused them to fury, and they started to shout, 'Great is Diana of the Ephesians!'	28 וַיְהִי כְּשָׁמְעָם אֶת־דְּבָרָיו וַיִּמָּלְאוּ חֵמָה וַיִּצְעֲקוּ לֵאמֹר גְּדוֹלָה אַרְטְמִיס שֶׁל־הָאֶפְסִיִּים
29 The whole town was fil ed with the uproar and the mob made a concerted rush to the theatre,dragging along two of Paul's Macedonian travelling companions, Gaius and Aristarchus.	29 וַתִּמָּלֵא כָל־הָעִיר מְבוּכָה וַיִּשְׂתָּעֲרוּ כֻלָּם יַחְדָּו אֶל־הַתֵּאַטְרוֹן וַיַּחְטְפוּ אִתָּם אֶת־גָּיוֹס וְאֶת־אֲרִסְטַרְכוֹס אֲנָשִׁים מַקְדּוֹנִים וְחַבְרֵי פוֹלוֹס בְּמַסָּעָיו
30 Paul wanted to make an appeal to the people, but the disciples refused to let him;	30 וַיּוֹאֶל פּוֹלוֹס לָבוֹא אֶל־תּוֹךְ הָעָם וְלֹא־הִנִּיחוּ לוֹ הַתַּלְמִידִים
31 in fact, some of the Asiarchs, who were friends of his, sent messages urging him not to take the riskof going into the theatre.	31 וְגַם־מִקְצָת רָאשֵׁי אַסְיָא אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ אֹהֲבָיו שָׁלְחוּ אֵלָיו וַיַּזְהִירוּ אֹתוֹ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִמְלָאֵהוּ לִבּוֹ לָבוֹא אֶל־הַתֵּאַטְרוֹן
32 By now everybody was shouting different things, til the assembly itself had no idea what was goingon; most of them did not even know why they had gathered together.	32 וַיִּצְעֲקוּ־שָׁם אֵלֶּה בְכֹה וְאֵלֶּה בְכֹה כִּי מְבוּכָה גְדוֹלָה הָיְתָה בַקָּהָל וְרֻבָּם לֹא יָדְעוּ עַל־מַה־זֶּה נֶאֱסָפוּ
33 Some of the crowd prevailed upon Alexander, whom the Jews pushed forward; he raised his hand forsilence with the intention of explaining things to the people.	33 וַיִּמְשְׁכוּ מִתּוֹךְ הֶהָמוֹן אֶת־אֲלֶכְּסַנְדֶּר וְהַיְּהוּדִים דָּחֲקוּ אֹתוֹ עַד־צֵאתוֹ וַיָּנֶף אֲלֶכְּסַנְדֶּר אֶת־יָדוֹ וַיְבַקֵּשׁ לְהִצְטַדֵּק לִפְנֵי הָעָם
34 As soon as they realised he was a Jew, they all started shouting in unison, 'Great is Diana of theEphesians!' and they kept this up for two hours.	34 וְהֵמָּה כְּהַכִּירָם כִּי־הוּא יְהוּדִי נָשְׂאוּ כֻלָּם קוֹל וַיִּצְעֲקוּ כִּשְׁתֵּי שָׁעוֹת לֵאמֹר גְּדוֹלָה אַרְטְמִיס שֶׁל־הָאֶפְסִיִּים
35 When the town clerk eventual y succeeded in calming the crowd, he said, 'Citizens of Ephesus! Isthere anybody who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the guardian of the temple of great Diana andof her statue that fell from heaven?	35 וַיַּהַס סוֹפֵר הָעִיר אֶת־הָעָם וַיֹּאמַר אַנְשֵׁי אֶפְסוֹס מִי הוּא הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא יֵדַע כִּי הָעִיר אֶפְסוֹס סֹכֶנֶת הִיא לְהֵיכָל שֶׁל־אַרְטְמִיס הַמְּלֶכֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה וּלְצַלְמָהּ הַיּוֹרֵד מִן־הַשָּׁמָיִם
36 Nobody can contradict this and there is no need for you to get excited or do anything rash.	36 וְיַעַן אֲשֶׁר אֵין לְכַחֵשׁ בַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה רָאוּי לָכֶם לִהְיוֹת שֹׁקְטִים וְלֹא לַעֲשׂוֹת דָּבָר נִמְהָר
37 These men you have brought here are not guilty of any sacrilege or blasphemy against our goddess.	37 כִּי הֲבֵאתֶם אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אֵינָם גֹּזְלֵי מִקְדָּשׁ גַּם־אֵינָם מְגַדְּפֵי מַלְכַּתְכֶם
38 If Demetrius and the craftsmen he has with him want to complain about anyone, there are the assizesand the proconsuls; let them take the case to court.	38 לָכֵן אִם־לִדְמַטְרִיּוֹס וְלֶחָרָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ דְּבַר־רִיב עִם־אִישׁ הִנֵּה־לָנוּ יְמֵי בֵית־דִּין וְשָׂרֵי הַמְּדִינָה וְיָבִיאוּ אֲלֵיהֶם אֶת־רִיבָם
39 And if you want to ask any more questions you must raise them in the regular assembly.	39 וְאִם־תְּבַקְשׁוּ דָּבָר אַחֵר שָׁפוֹט יִשָּׁפֵט בַּקָּהָל כְּפִי הַחֹק
40 We could easily be charged with rioting for today's happenings: there is no ground for it al , and wecan give no justification for this gathering.' When he had finished this speech he dismissed the assembly.	40 כִּי הֲלֹא בַסַּכָּנָה אֲנַחְנוּ לְהִתְחַיֵּב בְּמֶרֶד בַּעֲבוּר הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וְדָבָר אֵין לָנוּ לָתֵת דִּין וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן עַל־הַמְּהוּמָה הַזֹּאת
	41 וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלָּה לְדַבֵּר כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת־הַקָּהָל