29. Ya be e le kahobane ba ne ba bone Trofime wa Efese le yena hara motse; ba ne ba hloma ekaba Pauluse o mo tlisitse tempeleng.
30. Yaba motse kaofela o a ferekana; batho ba phallela hammoho; ba tshwara Pauluse, ba mo hulela kantle ho tempele, ba ntoo kwala menyako kapele.
31. Eitse ha ba batla ho mmolaya, molaodi wa lekgotla la sekete a bolellwa hore Jerusalema kaofela o ferekane.
32. A phakisa a tla le bahlabani le balaodi ba makgolo, a theohela ho bona; mme eitse ha ba bona molaodi wa sekete le bahlabani, ba lesa ho otla Pauluse.
33. Yaba molaodi wa sekete o atamela, a mo tshwara, a laela hore a tlangwe ka mahlaahlela a mabedi; a ntoo botsa hobane ke mang, le hoba seo a se entseng keng?
34. Empa ba bang ba ne ba howa ka hore, ba bang ka hore hara bongata. Mme ka hobane a ne a sitwa ho fihlela nnete ka baka la lerata, a laela hore a iswe qhobosheaneng.
35. Eitse ha a fihla methating, o ne a hlile a jerwe ke bahlabani ka baka la matla a bongata.
36. Hobane bongata jwa batho bo ne bo mo latela, bo ntse bo howa, bo re: A a bolawe!
37. Pauluse ha a se a tla kenngwa qhobosheaneng, a re ho molaodi wa sekete: Na nka dumellwa ho bua taba le wena na? Molaodi a re: Na o tseba Segerike na?
38. Na hase wena Moegepeta elwa, ya tsositseng moferefere tshiung tse fetileng, a ba a isa dihlola tse kete tse nne feelleng na?
39. Pauluse a re: Nna, ke Mojuda, motala wa Tarese, motse wa Silisia o tumileng. Ke a o kopa, o ntese, ke bue le setjhaba.
40. Eitse hobane a mo lesele, Pauluse ha a ntse a eme methating, a hwehla batho ka letsoho, mme ha ho itswe tu haholo, a bua ka puo ya Seheberu, a re: