6 When they had traveled the whole island as far as Paphos, they came across a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.q 7 He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.r 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (that is the meaning of his name) opposeds them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.t

9 But Saul—also called Paul—filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at Elymas 10 and said, “You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery, you son of the devilu and enemy of all that is right. Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight pathsv of the Lord?