1-7 Soo Paul ka Apollos togesoo Corinth-wikoo sogo meadabenona ka Ephesus mee naneadu-kwi petuga. Sumumano waha-ma tsebooekudu (12) naana o, mu tunaka'oedyukudu. Soo Paul mu mayuse, mu tubenga, “Soo Te Naa haa'a Tu Besa Pooha-matu-ma mu sootuhi, ka tunaka'oedyuku mu manese?” Umu meeoo oo nanekwegea, “Numme gi ka Te Naa Besa Pooha-witu nakadu.” Soo Paul tuwazoo meeoo mu tubenga, “Hownnekoo mu nasootuhise ka baa-wi namatzaka?” Umu meeoo oo tuukwe'e, “Soo John oetu numu tuukweyina yise numu matzakayakwe oo numme yugweyakwe ka tunaka'oedyuku ne maneyakwe.” Soo Paul yise meeoo mu netamma, “Soo John baa-wi numu matzaka ka sutakoo podo mu meadabepu mu nematzakakwunise, yise ka Te Naa besa podo mu meadape. Meeoo soo John mu tuukwekwuna'e. ‘Sumu'yoo ka saa'a e-nakwi kemmadooa. Ooka sakwa mu naka'oedyuku.’ Soo John netammana Te Pabe'e Jesus mee nane'a.”

Mu numu ka Paul unnena nakase, baa-wi namatzaka ka Te Pabe'e-wi tunaka'oedyukuna. Soo Paul yise tu mi-ma mu wo-ma matuguyina, soo Te Naa yise tu Besa Pooha-matu-ma mu sootuhiyakwe. Umu yise nanakumma'akoosoo yadooa-ma apegeagonno, ka Te Naa Besa Pooha-ma oo unnena wahakono.

8 Pahe muha-wi soo Paul mu Jew numu nanesootuhibu tunedyooeyakwe ewa ka Te Naa besow po-witu mu tuukwena. Soo Paul gi umu-ma sua'e. 9 Susumudu mu Jew-matu tusoomatzooekuna gi oo naka'oedyukuna, suda ka Te Naa-witu netamma ka numu ewa-kwi'yoona. Soo Paul yise umu punno'o Te Pabe'e naka'oedyukudu-no ka Jew nanesootuhi nobe-kwi'yoona me'a. 10 Waha tommo petuga, umu ka nono'otsa tabeno ka natunedyooe nobe Tyrannus mee naneadu-kwitoo numu tunedyooebodona. Paul ka Te Pabe'e unnena no'obatusoo numu modu tunedyoo'e ka teepu Asia mee naneadu-kwi'yoona.

11 Soo Te Naa yise ka Paul ewow Tu Besa Pooha-matu-ma sootuhise oosoo yise ewahoo numu mabesaku. 12 Mu numu besa mayugweyakwe. Susumudu numu ka wanapu noko kwasu-matu natzakebooena ka Paul-makoo tuhanena, ka mu tuoegoedu-matu hemedyakwe. Mu tuoegoedu yise besa maneyakwe, mu tzoapugoedu punno'o.

13 Susumudu Jew numu mu tsoapa madidu mana tooe manemo'o ka mu tsoapa too'e nematzagakwunina. Umu ka Te Pabe'e pooha-ma gi nasootuhipu, mu tsoapa sukwe too'e tayakwunina ka Jesus nanea-ma. Umu meeoo ka tsoapa netammayakwe, “Nu u tayakwuna'e ka Paul ooosapa wahana ka Jesus nanea-ma.” 14 Natakwatsukwu'yoo (7) nanakwannga'amu ka Jew nanesootuhidu moohedu, Sceva mee naneadu dooamu, uga tsoapa nematzagakwunidu. Umu ka tsoapa too'e nematzagakwuni, 15 pana soo tsoapa gi me'a, meeoo mu sukwe nanekwegea, “Nu ka Jesus sopedakwatoo, ka Paul tuwazoo. Mumme nu gi sopedakwadoo. Mu gi umu-wa'ne'yoo. Hownne'yoo mu?” 16 Soo tsoapayaedu nana umu-koobatoo nadawunihoose, mu kwasu magebooekwunihoose, unu mu moomooedyugwese yise ka nobe-kwikoo mu matzayubahoo. 17 No'yoona numu ka o nakase Te Pabe'e pooha nesookwuga'e, “Besa'yoo,” mee ka Te Pabe'e Pooha netamma.

18 O'no yise ewa'yoo mu tunaka'oedyukudu ka suda tu manena nanekwahamena. 19 Ka tu manepu mu numu uga poohadu ka sutakoo tu pooha pukwi nanabotuguna ka mu numu-kobena hane petuse mu tuna'e. Ooonnekoo mu tzapoonnemena ka suda tu manena ma'wukwuse oo nemawunina. Ka oetu tu nasoohane-kwi mu manenaga sumuna tubetse ewa nanenaga. 20 Ka 'yoo tu namane-kwi soo Te Naa unnena umu-tamme nanakasopedakwadoo manekese, ewa'yoo numu ka Te Naa unne-kwitu naka'oedyuku manepetu.

21 Obenakwa, soo Paul meeoo soonamme, “Nu sakwa mana ka teepu Macedonia noko Greece-too mease, ka Jerusalem mee naneadu-kwitoo. Onona yise ka Rome mee naneadu-kwitoo mea.” 22 Waahoo nanana pumme tummatzidu, Timothy-no Erastus mee nananeadu, mooe taya nakobenasoo Macedonia-witoo. Sagwane wuna'me o ka Asia mee naneadu teepu-kooba.

23 Ka gisoo Ephesus-wi'yoona oo me'a ewa'yoo numu Paul tuaganena ka Te Pabe'e unnepu-witu oo waha. Mu numu otuoo, gi Jew numu, Artemis mee naneadu numu tumadabue-matoo nanesootuha'e. Ka pabow nanesootuhi nobe-kwi soo Artemis namadabu'e Ephesus-wi. 24 Soo Demetrius mee naneadu ka esekweehepu-ma ka mu nanesootuhi nobe-kwa'ne tutugutse tumadabuena ka umu pumme tummatzidu-no ewa oo-ma tumu'u. Mu numu yise tu nobe-kwi oo hanena oo-matoo nanesootuhi. 25 No'oko pukwa'ne tumadabuedu nesumuse, mee'e mu netamma, “E pupua'amu tamme 'yoo te tumadabue-ma gwetzoi. 26 Esoo nana Paul yise ka mu numu meeoo netamma, ‘Gi ka numu tumadabue-matoo nanesootuhipana. Umu gi hee, gi toogoope-ga'yoo.’ Ewa'yoo numu oo nakabetse'a yow Ephesus-wi tuwazoo mana no'oko ka teepu Asia-kooba. 27 Ka saa'a mu numu gi te tumadabuena petzabekwu, tamme Artemis nanesootuhi nobe noko ka Artemis tuwazoo gi petzabekwu. Esoo Artemis paba nanenagadu pummatoo mu nanesootuhina no'yoona Asia-koobatu noko yise ka te teepu-koobakwitu.”

28 Umu ka ekow nakase, unu nakasagwa'e. No'yoona yise wa'agekoohase meeoo unnegonno, “Soo Artemis pummatoo ne nanesootuhina, Ephesus-wi naduyadu.” 29 Pudusoo numu no'oko ka ootuoo nakase, umu-baa manekakwu. Umu waahoo ka Paul pupua'amu-ma tzakatu Gaius noko Aristarchus mee nananeadu ka Paul-no Macedonia-wi'yoona kekemmadu, yise pabow pukwikoo mu tunehaneyi-kwitoo mu bihooka.

30 Soo Paul oetoo too'e neme'a, ka mu numu ewa-kwikoo mu yadooekwu mee soonammena pana mu tunaka'oedyukudu gi oetuoo oo meakute. 31 Susumudu umu numu mooedu-matu Paul pupua'amu mee oo tuyatuukwe'e, “Gi ka mu tunehane-kwitoo meapana.” 32 Mu numu nana'atasoo wa'agemo'o ka gi oo sopedakwatoona ka pukwitu mu nanesumuna. 33 Sumu'yoo Jew, Alexander mee naneadu oe. Susumudu mu numu-matu ono apegea. 34 Mu numu ka oo Jew oo sopedakwatoo oosoo gi Artemis-matoo nanesootuhidu, umu yise pabasoo wa'agekooha Atemis pummatoo ne nanesootuhina unu naduyadu. Ooosapa wa'agegonno wuna'metoo.

35 Mu tunehanedu tubowabe mu numu yadooena mee mu netamma, “E pupua'amu, no'yoona numu oo sopedakwatoo tamme yow Ephesus-witu ka pabow Artemis nanesootuhi nobe mabetseadu. Tamme ka pooha tupe pa'anakwana tamme-matoo wuepu hee-ga'yoo. 36 No'yoona numu te sopedakwatoo, tamme togesapa ka Artemis-matoo nanesootuhidu. 37 Umu nanana mu bi petuna, gi hemma tuduha ka te nanesootuhi nobe-kwitu. Gi umu ena suda tuukwe, ka Artemis-witu. 38 Tamme tunehanewabe-gana tunehaneyakwe tuwazoo. Mu Demetrius umu punotu-no ka ha'yoo numu soonetammana umu sakwa mu tunehane-witoo meeoo mu netamma.

39 Mu ka ewasoo ha'yoo soo'unena mu sakwa tunehanepe-kwikoo nanemadabue. 40 Gi tamme ha'yoo ka Roman numu-kooba katudu tuukwe-wa'ne'yoo, ha'oo manena tamme yaa tabeno sumu'u. Umu sumuna mee te netamma ka te nanago'e. 41 Mu sakwa no'yoona nobe-kwitoosoo kodyuka.”