Acts (The Things the Apostle Dem Do)

19 When A·polʹlos wor still in Corinth, Paul travel to the area dem da wor not near the sea and he came down to Ephʹe·sus. When he reach there, he saw some disciple dem. 2 He ask them: “Yor receive the holy spirit the time yor accept the good news?” They tell him say: “We never hear about holy spirit before.” 3 So he ask them: “Da who baptism yor got baptize in?” They say: “Da in John baptism.” 4 Paul tell them say: “John use to baptize people to show da they na repent. He wor telling them to believe the person da will come after him, and da person da Jesus.” 5 When they hear this one, they got baptize in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul put his hands on them, the holy spirit came on them. And they started speaking different-different language dem and talking about message dem da come from God. 7 They wor about 12 men.

8 He wor brave and he teach in the synagogue for three months. He use to give talks and try to convince the people about God Kingdom. 9 But some people wor acting hard head and they not accept the good news. Because of da, they started talking bad-bad thing dem about God Way to the people. So he move from among them and carry the disciple dem with him. He use to give talks every day in the big hall da wor in the school da for Ty·ranʹnus. 10 This one continue for two years, and all the Jews and Greek people who wor living in Asia hear God* Word.

11 And God continue to use Paul to perform wonderful miracle dem. 12 People even take the cloth and the clothes dem da touch his body and carry them to the people da wor sick, and it make them well. And the demon dem move from inside them. 13 But some Jews dem use to travel from place to place to move demons from inside people. They also try to use the name of the Lord Jesus on people who wor having demons. They use to say: “I command you to come out in the name of Jesus who Paul can preach about.” 14 One chief priest for the Jews who name wor Sceʹva wor having seven sons who use to do this thing dem. 15 But the demons tell them say: “I know Jesus and I know Paul, but yor who?” 16 So the man who wor having the demon jump on them. He fight them and beat them one by one. He hurt them and they run away from the house naked. 17 All the Jews dem and the Greek people who wor living in Ephʹe·sus got to know about it. And all of them got scare and they continue to praise the name of the Lord Jesus. 18 And plenty of the people who accept the good news confess and talk in front of everybody about the thing dem they na do. 19 And all the people who use to play magic bring their magic book dem together and burn them in front of everybody. And when they check the price, it reach 50,000 silver money. 20 Because of Jehovah* power, his word continue to spread and change people.

21 After this thing dem happen, Paul decide da after he pass in Mac·e·doʹni·a and A·chaʹia, he will go to Jerusalem. He say: “After going to Jerusalem, I will also go to Rome.” 22 So he send two of the people who help him to Mac·e·doʹni·a. Da wor Timothy and E·rasʹtus, but he stay in Asia for some time.

23 Da time the people dem who wor following God Way started facing big problem. 24 One man name De·meʹtri·us use to use silver to make small-small temple dem. They wor looking like the temple of Arʹte·mis, and the people who use to do this kindna work use to get plenty profit from it. 25 He call them and the other people who can do this kindna work. He tell them say: “My people, yourself know da we can get plenty money from this business. 26 Yor na see and hear how Paul na convince plenty people in Ephʹe·sus, and almost all over in Asia. He na make them to believe different thing. He say the god dem people can make with their hands da not real gods. 27 Also, if we allow this thing to continue happening, maybe people will talk bad against our business. Also, they will look at the temple of the powerful god Arʹte·mis to not be anything. And this god* who people can worship in the whole of Asia and all over the world will not get the honor she suppose to get.” 28 When the men dem hear this one, they got vex bad way, and they started shouting: “Arʹte·mis da powerful god for the people in Ephʹe·sus!”

29 And all the people in the city started demonstrating, and all of them rush in the stadium.* When they wor going there, they drag Gaʹius and Ar·is·tarʹchus who wor from Mac·e·doʹni·a, and they use to travel with Paul. 30 Paul wanted to go inside to the people dem, but the disciple dem not allow him. 31 Some of the people who use to organize the festivals and the games wor friendly with Paul. Some of them even send message to him. They beg him to not enter the stadium so da he can’t put his life in danger. 32 In fact, some of the people wor shouting and saying different-different thing dem, because all of them wor confuse and plenty of them never knew the reason why they came together. 33 So they take Alexander from among the plenty people. The Jews dem wor pushing him to go in front. Alexander use his hand to throw sign to the people so they can stop talking and he wanted to defend hisself in front of them. 34 But when they got to know da he wor Jew, they started shouting together for about two hours: “Arʹte·mis da powerful god for the people in E·pheʹsus!”

35 In the end, when the leader for the city finish making the people to stop talking, he say: “People in Ephʹe·sus, who not know da the city of Ephʹe·sus can take care of the temple for the powerful god Arʹte·mis and the thing* da fall down from heaven? 36 Because nobody can deny this thing here. Yor take it easy and yor mon not rush to do anything. 37 And yor na bring this men dem here who never steal from the temple dem or talk bad about our god.* 38 So if De·meʹtri·us and the people who can work with him get problem with somebody, we get days da the court can be open and we get governor* dem. Let them come and explain the problem they get with each other in court. 39 But if yor want anything apart from this one, then we can call meeting to talk about it. 40 This thing da happen today na put us in serious problem. And da because they will say we na turn against the government. And we not get any reason to give for bringing this people together to cause trouble.” 41 When he finish saying this thing dem, he tell everybody to go.