Paulus muEfeso
1 Ndele Apollos fimbo a li muKorinto, Paulus okwa li ta ende nokupitapita moilongo yokombada, ndele ta fiki muEfeso, ndele okwa hanga mo ovalongwa vamwe 2 nokwa pula kuvo: “Nye omwa pewa tuu Omhepo Iyapuki eshi mwa itavela?” Vo ove mu nyamukula, tava ti: “Fye inatu uda nandenande, ngeenge oku na Omhepo Iyapuki.” 3 Ndele okwe va pula: “Nye omwa shashwa neshasho lilipi?” Vo ve mu nyamukula: “Eshasho laJohannes.” 4 Opo nee Paulus ta ti: “Johannes okwa li ta shashe neshasho lelidilululo, eshi a lombwela ovanhu ve nokwiitavela ou te mu shikula, nokutya oJesus.” 5 Ndele vo, eshi ve di uda, ova shashelwa medina lOmwene Jesus. 6 Ndele Paulus eshi e va tenheka omake aye, Omhepo Iyapuki ye uya muvo, vo ova popya omalaka ndele tava xunganeke. 7 Ndele venya va li ve fike pomulongo navavali.
8 Ndele ye okwa ya moshinagoga nokwa popya navo nouladi omafiku e fike peehani nhatu, ndele ta kendabala oku va hepaululila oinima ei yomouhamba waKalunga. 9 Ndele vamwe eshi ve likukutika nova anya okwiitavela, tava sheke ondjila moipafi yovanhu, ye okwa dja po puvo, ndele ta tongola mo ovalongwa muvo, ndele okwa li ha popi keshe efiku mofikola yaTirannus. 10 Ndele eshi pa pita omido mbali, novanhu aveshe vomuAsia, nOvajuda nOvagreka, ova uda eendjovo dOmwene.
11 Ndele Kalunga okwa longifa yo Paulus oilonga inene yeenghono, 12 ngaashi yo eenashituke noitetahema yaye oya ka tenhekwa kovanaudu, noudu we va efa, neemhepo dii oda dja mo muvo. 13 Ndele eemhule dimwe Ovajuda ovaendaendi, va hetekela yo okutumbula edina lOmwene Jesus kombada yaava va li ve neemhepo dii, ndele tava ti: “Ame ohandi mu anifa medina lOmwene Jesus, ou ta udifwa kuPaulus.” 14 Mokati kaava ve shi ninga, omwa li ovana ovamati vaheyali vaSkeva, omupristeli omukulunhu wOvajuda, 15 ndele omhepo ii oye va nyamukula tai ti: “Jesus ondi mu shii, naPaulus ondi mu wete, ndele onye oolyelye?” 16 Nomunhu ou e nomhepo ii, okwe va nhukila ndele e va finda, ngaashi ou osho naawinya, vo ova puma mo meumbo olo ve li omalutu ongaho a tosholwa oipute. 17 Ndele eshi osha udika kwaaveshe muEfeso, kOvajuda nokOvagreka, ndele va kwatwa ketilo, nedina lOmwene Jesus ola fimanekwa pombada. 18 Ndele vahapu vomuvo va ninga ovaitaveli, nove uya okuhepaulula nokuholola oilonga yavo. 19 Ndele vahapu vomwaava va li va longifa oupule wavo, ova eta omishangwa davo doupule da ndubilwa onduba, ndele ve di xwika po moipafi yovanhu, nondado yado, eshi ya valulilwa kumwe, oya ninga oimaliwa oisiliveli yomayovi omilongo itano. 20 Hano osho ngaha eendjovo dOmwene oda kula noda pama noda holola eenghono dado.
21 Ndele ashishe osho eshi sha ningwa ko, Paulus e litokolela okupitila muMakedonia nomuAkaia nokuya kuJerusalem, ndele ta ti: “Ame nge nda di ko, ondi noku ka mona yo Roma.” 22 Ye okwa tuma ko ovakwafi vaye vavali, Timoteus naErastus muMakedonia, fimbo ye mwene ta kala efimbo limwe muAsia natango.
Euyaano laDemetrius
23 Ndele momafiku enya euyaano linene la tukulukila ondjila ei. 24 Osheshi omuhambwidi umwe woshisiliveli, edina laye Demetrius, ou ha hambula moshisiliveli omafano eetembeli daDiana (Artemis) e a likolifila ovalongi eenghulungu vakwao ovo ve mu longela eliko linene. 25 Ndele okwa ifana ava novalongi vakwao, va longa oshilonga osho, ndele ta ti: “Ovalumenhu nye, omu shi shii eliko letu ola dja moilonga ei. 26 Ndele paife omu shi wete ndele hamu shi udu, Paulus ou nhumbi a ivalaleka, haamo omu muEfeso amuke, ndele nomuAsia alishe ndele ta hongaula ovanhu vahapu eshi ta ti: Oinima ei ya hongwa nomake kai fi ookalunga. 27 Hano paife oshiponga eshi oshi li popepi: hashilonga eshi shetu ashike sha nyika okudinika, ndelenee otembeli yakalungakadona Diana yakula, tai xutuka, nako vene yo taka kanifa etumbalo lako, oko tuu aka ka fimanekwa muAsia ashishe nomounyuni.”
28 Ndele vo eshi ve di uda, ova yada ehandu, va ingida mokule tava ti: “Omwene oove Diana wOvaefeso!” 29 Noshilando ashishe sha hovela okupiyaana, ndele ova lotokela kumwe kondabo youdano nova kokololela mo Gaius naAristarkus, Ovamakedonia, ava va enda pamwe naPaulus. 30 Ndele Paulus eshi a hala okuya mokati kovanhu, ovalongwa inave mu efa. 31 Novakulunhu vamwe vomuAsia ava va li ookaume kaye, ova tuma kuye, ndele tave mu indile, aha ye ko kondabo youdano. 32 Vo aveshe ova uyaana va popya, vamwe eshi novakwao shinya, osheshi ongudu aishe oya dundakana, navahapu ova li vehe shii eshi she va ongaleka ko. 33 Ndele mongudu omwa shililwa Aleksander, Ovajuda ve mu undula moipafi. Aleksander okwe va mweneka neke, a hala okulombwela ongudu eendjovo delipopilo. 34 Ndelenee vo eshi ve mu koneka nokutya, ye Omujuda, opo nee aveshe va hovela okwiingida mokule unene ngaashi okanya kamwe, ndele tava uyaana eetundi mbali, tava ti: “Omwene oove Diana wOvaefeso!”
35 Ndele hamushanga woshilando, eshi a li a mweneka ovanhu, ta ti: “Ovalumenhu nye Ovaefeso, oku na tuu nande oumwe ou ehe shii kutya oshilando shOvaefeso hashi pashukile otembeli inene yaDiana nefano laye la wile meulu? 36 Hano eshi shi li ngaha noshihe fi okutuwa eemhata, omu nokumwena muha longe osho inashi yuka. 37 Nye mwa eta apa ovanhu ava, vehe fi ovanyeki votembeli ile ovasheki vakalungakadona aka ketu. 38 Ngeenge hano Demetrius novalongi eenghulungu ve neemhata nomunhu, oku na omafiku okuhokololifa, novatokoli veendjovo oko ve li, nava ye hano va hokololifafane. 39 Ndelenee ngeenge mu neendjovo donhumba nodongadi dimwe di lili, odo odi nokutokolwa moshiongalele shoshiwana konghedi yoveta yoshilongo. 40 Osheshi oshinima eshi sha ningwa mefiku eli lonena, osha nyika oku tu pa etimba tu hokololifwe omolwondubo, nande inatu nyona sha, ndele fye itatu dulu okulipopila euyaano eli.” 41 Hano eshi a popya ngaha, oshiongalele osha hanauka nee.