ACTS 21 On to Jerusalem 1After we had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Kos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patara. 2We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went on board and set sail. 3After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria. We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo. 4We sought out the disciples there and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. 5When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray. 6After saying goodbye to each other, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home. 7We continued our voyage from Tyre and landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed with them for a day. 8Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea and stayed at the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven. 9He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied. 10After we had been there a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. 11Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’ ” 12When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. 13Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” 14When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up and said, “The Lord’s will be done.” 15After this, we started on our way up to Jerusalem. 16Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us and brought us to the home of Mnason, where we were to stay. He was a man from Cyprus and one of the early disciples. Paul’s Arrival at Jerusalem 17When we arrived at Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters received us warmly. 18The next day Paul and the rest of us went to see James, and all the elders were present. 19Paul greeted them and reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. 20When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law. 21They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs. 22What shall we do? They will certainly hear that you have come, 23so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow. 24Take these men, join in their purification rites and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law. 25As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.” 26The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each of them. Paul Arrested 27When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, 28shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.” 29(They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.) 30The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. 31While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. 32He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done. 34Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another, and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks. 35When Paul reached the steps, the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers. 36The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!” Paul Speaks to the Crowd 37As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied. 38“Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the wilderness some time ago?” 39Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.” 40After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic:
OBEROW 21 Vyaj Powl dhe Yerusalem 1Lemmyn dell hwarva, ha ni omdennys dhiworta, ni a woelyas, ow siwya resegva gewar dhe Kos, ha ternos dhe Rhodos hag alena dhe Patara. 2Pan gavsen gorhel parys dhe vos dres an mor dhe Fenikia, ni eth a-bervedh ha goelya. 3Hag owth aspia Syprus hag orth y asa a'n barth kledh, ni a woelyas dhe Syria ha dos yn-nans dhe Tyr drefenn bos res dhe'n gorhel diskarga ena. 4Hag ow kavoes an dhyskyblon ni a wortas ena seyth dydh. Der an Spyrys i a leveris dhe Powl nag ella yn-bann dhe Yerusalem. 5Mes, ha'gan dydhyow ena diwedhys, ni eth alena ha pesya yn agan vyaj, i oll gans aga gwragedh ha'ga fleghes orth agan hembronk yn-mes a'n sita. Ena ni eth war benn-dewlin y'n treth ha pysi 6ha gasa farwell an eyl gans y gila ha mos a-bervedh y'n gorhel, hag i a dhehwelis tre. 7Pan gowlwrussen an vyaj dhiworth Tyr, ni a dheuth dhe Ptolemais, may salussyn an vreder ha gortos gansa unn jydh. 8Ha ternos ni eth yn-rag ha dos dhe Sesarea, ha ni eth yn chi Felip an aweyler, onan a'n seyth, ha triga ganso. 9Lemmyn yth esa dhe'n gour ma peder myrgh, gwyrghesow neb a brofoesa. 10Ha wosa ni dhe driga ena lies dydh, unn profoes henwys Agabus a dheuth yn-nans dhiworth Yudi, 11hag ev a dheuth dhyn, hag ow kemmeres grogys Powl ev a omgolmas er an dreys ha'n dhiwla ha leverel, ‘Yndellma y lever an Spyrys Sans, “Y'n for' ma an Yedhewon yn Yerusalem a wra kelmi an gour a bew an grogys ma, hag i a wra y dhelivra yn leuv an Jentilys.” ’ 12Ha pan glewsyn an taklow ma, ha ni ha trigoryon an tyller na a'n pysis nag ella yn-bann dhe Yerusalem. 13Ena Powl a worthybis, ‘Pandr'a wrewgh hwi, owth oela ha treghi ow holonn? Rag parys ov vy dhe vos kelmys keffrys ha merwel yn Yerusalem a-barth hanow an Arloedh.’ 14Ha pan na yllsyn y lesta, ni a dewis wosa leverel, ‘Re bo gwrys bodh an Arloedh.’ 15Wosa an dydhyow ma, ni a ombareusis ha mos yn-bann dhe Yerusalem. 16Ha re a'n dhyskyblon a Sesarea eth genen ynwedh, orth agan hembronk dhe ji Mnason, den a Syprus, dyskybel dhiworth an dalleth, may trikken ganso. Powl A dhe Yerusalem dhe Weles Jamys 17Ha ni yn Yerusalem, an vreder a'gan degemmeras yn lowen. 18Ha ternos Powl a entras genen dhe Jamys, hag oll an henavogyon a dheuth. 19Wosa aga salusi ev a dherivas onan hag onan an taklow re wrussa Duw yn mysk an Jentilys der y venystrans ev. 20Pan glewsons, i a wordhyas Duw, ha leverel dhodho, ‘Ty a wel, broder, fatell eus lies mil yn mysk an Yedhewon neb re grysis, hag i oll yw diwysyk rag an lagha; 21hag a-dro dhis y feu derivys dhedha ty dhe dhyski oll an Yedhewon trigys yn mysk an Jentilys nagh a Moyses, ow leverel dhedha ma na drodrogghens an fleghes na kerdhes herwydh an devosow. 22Ytho, pyth eus dhe wul? Yn neb kas i a wra klewes dha vos devedhys. 23Rakhenna, ty gwra an pyth a leveryn dhis. Yma dhyn peswar gour re wrug ambos; 24kemmer an re ma, ha bydh purhes gansa ha pe may hallons treghi aga gols, ha pubonan a wra godhvos nag eus travyth y'n pyth re beu derivys y'th kever, mes ty dha honan dhe vewa ow kwitha an lagha. 25Hag a-dro dhe'n Jentilys neb re grysis, ni re skrifas lyther, ow ri agan ervirans y koedh dhedha omwitha rag an pyth re beu sakrifiys dhe idolys ha rag goes ha rag an pyth re beu tegys ha rag dijastita.’ 26Ena Powl a gemmeras an wer, ha ternos pan re bia purhes, ev hag i war-barth, ev eth y'n tempel, dhe ri avisyans pan vedha an dydhyow a lanheans kowlwrys, ha'n offrynn gwrys a-barth pub huni anedha. Powl Dalghennys y'n Tempel 27Lemmyn, pan veu ogas kowlwrys an seyth dydh, an Yedhewon dhiworth Asia, orth y weles y'n tempel, a worras yn deray oll an routh, ha'y dhalghenna, 28ow karma, ‘Gwer Ysrael, gweresewgh! Hemm yw an den usi ow tyski dhe bubonan yn pub le erbynn an bobel ha'n lagha ha'n tyller ma, ha moy es henna, ev re dhros Grekys y'n tempel hag ev re dhisakras an tyller sans ma.’ 29Rag i re welsa kyns Trofimus, den a Efesus, y'n sita ganso, hag i a dybis y hwrussa Powl y dhri y'n tempel. 30Hag oll an sita a veu movyes, ha'n bobel a fyskas war-barth, hag ow settya dalghenn yn Powl i a'n tennas yn-mes a'n tempel, hag a-dhistowgh an darasow a veu degeys. 31Hag i owth assaya y ladha, derivadow a dheuth dhe dribun an kohort bos oll Yerusalem yn deray; 32hware ev a gemmeras soudoryon ha pennow-kangour ha poenya yn-nans dhedha; hag ow kweles an tribun ha'n soudoryon i a astelas gweskel Powl. 33Ena ow tos nes, an tribun a settyas dalghenn ynno ha gorhemmynna may fe kelmys gans dew jayn, ha govynn piw o, ha pyth re wrussa. 34Re y'n routh a armas unn dra, ha re neppyth ken, ha rag na allas dysmygi travyth sertan drefenn an tervans, ev a worhemmynnis may fe hembrenkys y'n kastell. 35Hag ev devedhys y'n gradhow, res o dhodho bos degys gans an soudoryon drefenn nerth an routh; 36rag an routh a dus a siwya ow karma, ‘Dhe-ves ganso!’ Powl a Bled y Gen 37Hag ev ow pos hembrenkys y'n kastell, yn-medh Powl dhe'n tribun, ‘Eus kummyas dhymm dhe leverel neppyth dhis?’ Hag yn-medh ev, ‘A wodhesta kewsel Greka? 38Ytho, a nyns osta an Ejyptyan neb a wrug rebellyans a-gynsow ha ledya yn-mes y'n gwylvos an peswar mil wer a'n Sikariow?’ 39Ha Powl a leveris, ‘Yedhow a Tarsus yn Silisia ov vy, burjes a sita nag yw isel, ha my a'th pys, gas vy dhe gewsel orth an bobel.’ 40Pan rosa kummyas, Powl ow sevel y'n gradhow a wrug sin dhe'n bobel gans y leuv. 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