Acts 20
1 After the people at Ephesus had stopped rioting, Paul summoned the believers. He encouraged them [to continue to trust in the Lord Jesus. Soon] after that, he told them goodbye and left to go to Macedonia [province].
Tukun fohsak sac, Paul el solani mwet lulalfongi uh, ac sang kas in akku nu selos ac wilkas nu selos. Na el fahsr lukelos ac som nu Macedonia.
2 [After he arrived] there, he visited [each town where there were believers], and encouraged them. Then he arrived in Greece [province], [which is also called Achaia].
El fahsr sasla in polo acn sac nufon, ac akkeye mwet uh ke kas wo puspis, na el tuku nu Achaia,
3 He stayed there for three months. Then he planned to return to Syria by ship, but [he heard that] some of the Jews [SYN] [in that area] were planning to kill him [as he traveled. So] he decided instead to go [by land, and he traveled] again through Macedonia.
ac muta we ke malem tolu. El akola in som nu Syria ke el etauk lah mwet Jew elos pwapa in lainul; ouinge el sulela elan folokla sasla in acn Macedonia.
4 The men who were going to travel with him [to Jerusalem were] Sopater, [who was] a son of Pyrrhus, who grew up in Berea [town]; Aristarchus and Secundus, who were from Thessalonica [city; ] Gaius, [who was] from Derbe [town; ] Timothy, [who was from Galatia province; ] and Tychicus and Trophimus who were from Asia [province].
Sopater, wen natul Pyrrhus sie mwet Berea, el welul som; oayapa Aristarchus ac Secundus su mwet Thessalonica; Gaius liki siti Derbe; Tychicus ac Trophimus liki acn Asia; ac Timothy.
5 Those [seven] men went ahead of [Paul and me, Luke, by ship from Macedonia, so] they got to Troas [before we did and] waited for [the two of] us there.
Elos som meet ac soanekut in acn Troas.
6 [But we two(exc) traveled by land as far as] Philippi [city]. After the Jewish festival [when they eat] unleavened bread, we got on a ship [that was going from] the port near [Philippi to Troas city]. After five days we [(exc)] arrived at Troas and we met the other men who had traveled there [ahead of us]. Then we [all] stayed in Troas for seven days.
Kut kal Philippi lac tukun Kufwen Bread Tia Akpulol, ac tukun len limekosr kut sonolos in acn Troas, ac muta we wik se.
7 (On Sunday evening/On the evening of the first day of the week), we [(exc) and the other believers there] gathered together to celebrate the Lord’s Supper [and to eat other food] [SYN]. Paul spoke to the believers. He continued teaching them until midnight, because he was planning to leave [Troas] the next day.
Ke eku in Saturday ah, kut tukeni nu sie in oru kufwa in kunsalik bread. Paul el kaskas nu sin mwet uh ac luti nu selos nwe ke infulwen fong, mweyen el ac som ke len tok ah.
8 Many [oil] lamps were burning in the upstairs room in which we [(exc)] had gathered, [so the fumes caused some people to become sleepy].
Lam na pukanten akokak fin twek se lucng, yen kut tukeni we ah.
9 A young man whose name was Eutychus was there. He was seated on [the sill of] an [open] window [on the third story of the house]. As Paul continued talking for a long time, Eutychus became sleepier and sleepier. Finally, he was sound/really asleep. He fell [out of the window] from the third story down [to the ground. Some of the believers went down] immediately and picked him up. [But he was] dead.
Mukul fusr se pangpang Eutychus el muta ke winto se, ac ke Paul el sramsram na paht, Eutychus el arulana mwetkeli ac motulla, ac putatla liki twek se aktolu ac nwe infohk ah. Elos som sraklalak tuh el na misa tari.
10 Paul [also] went down. He lay down and stretched out on top of the young man and put his arms around him. Then he said [to the people who were standing around], “Do not worry, he is alive [again now]!”
Paul el fani ac asrosrelik facl ac apsilya. Na el fahk, “Kowos in tia fosrnga. El moul na.”
11 Then Paul, [along with the others], went upstairs again and they ate the Lord’s Supper and other food [SYN]. Afterwards, Paul conversed with the believers until dawn. Then he left.
Na el folokyak nu fin twek sac, kunsalik bread uh ac mongo. Tukun el welulos sramsram ke pacl na loes se, aok nwe ke lenelik, Paul el som.
12 The [other] people took the young man [home], and were greatly encouraged because he was alive [again].
Mukul fusr sac moul na, ac elos pwanulla nu lohm sel ah, ac elos arulana enganak.
13 We then went to the ship. Paul did not get on the ship [with us in Troas], because he preferred to go [more quickly] overland to Assos [town]. The rest of us got on the ship and sailed for Assos.
Kut som meet nu ke oak soko, ac oayak nu Assos, kut in tuh srakalak Paul nu fin oak uh we. El tuh sap kut in oru ouinge mweyen el mu el ac fahsrna ut finmes nwe we.
14 We [(exc)] met Paul in Assos. He got on [the ship] with us, and we sailed to Mitylene [town].
Ke el sun kut in acn Assos, kut sraklalak ac kal som nwe Mitylene.
15 The day after [we reached Mitylene], we [sailed from there and] arrived [at a place] near Kios [Island]. The day after that, we sailed to Samos [Island]. The next day we [left Samos and] sailed to Miletus [town].
Kut oayak liki acn sac ac oai Chios ke len tok ah. Na in len se toko ah kut tuku nu Samos, ac len tok ah kut sun acn Miletus.
16 [Miletus was just south of Ephesus city]. Paul had [earlier] decided that he would not get on a ship that would stop at Ephesus, because he did not want to spend [several] days in Asia [province]. If possible, he wanted to arrive in Jerusalem by the [time of the] Pentecost festival, [and the time of that festival was near].
Paul el wotela sel in ut sisken Ephesus lac, elan mau tia sisla pacl in acn Asia. El sulaklak elan sun acn Jerusalem meet liki len in Pentecost, el fin ku.
17 [When the ship arrived at] Miletus, Paul sent [a messenger] to Ephesus to ask the elders of the congregation to come to talk with him.
Paul el sapla Miletus lac nu Ephesus, ac siyuk mwet kol in church we ah in tuku osun nu sel.
18 When the elders arrived, Paul said to them, “You personally know how I [conducted myself among you the entire time] that I was with you, from the first day when I arrived [here] in Asia [province until the day I left].
Ke elos sun acn we el fahk nu selos, “Kowos etu ma nukewa ma nga tuh oru ke nga muta yuruwos, mutawauk na ke len se oemeet nga sun acn Asia ah.
19 [You know how] I was serving the Lord [Jesus] very humbly and how I sometimes wept [about people. You also know how] I suffered because the Jews [SYN] [who were not believers often] tried [to harm me].
Oana ke nga mwet kulansap lun Leum, nga tuh oru orekma kunuk ke inse pusisel, ac pus pacl nga tung ke ma upa sikyak nu sik ke sripen pwapa koluk lun mwet Jew uh.
20 You also know that, as I preached [God’s message] to you, I never left out anything that would help you. You know that I taught you [God’s message] when many people were present, and I [also went to your] homes and taught it there.
Kowos etu lah ke nga fahkak ku luti ye mutun mwet uh oayapa in lohm suwos kais sie, nga tia okanla kutena ma liki kowos fin ma ac kasrekowos,
21 I preached both to Jews and to non-Jews, telling them [all] that they must turn away from their sinful behavior. [I also told them they should] believe in our Lord Jesus.”
Nga sensenkakin mwet Jew ac oayapa mwet pegan tuh elos in forla liki ma koluk lalos nu sin God, ac lulalfongi in Leum lasr Jesus.
22 “And now note this: I am going to Jerusalem, because [God’s] Spirit has clearly shown me that I must go there. I do not know what will happen to me [while I am there].
Ac inge, nga ac akos Ngun Mutal ac som nu Jerusalem, ac nga tia etu lah mea ac sikyak nu sik we.
23 But I do know that in each city [where I have stopped], the Holy Spirit has (told me/[caused the believers to] tell me) that [in Jerusalem] people will put me in prison [PRS] and will cause me to suffer [PRS].
Ma sefanna nga etu pa Ngun Mutal el akkalemye nu sik tari, lah kapir ac mwe lokoalok soaneyu in siti nukewa nga ac som nu we.
24 But I do not care even if people kill me, if first I am able to finish the work [MET] that the Lord Jesus has told me [to do. He appointed me] to tell people the good message that God [saves us] by doing for us what we do not deserve.
Nga tia seko moul luk sifacna, a nga kena aksafyela kunokon se ma Leum Jesus el ase nga in oru, pa in fahkelik Pweng Wo ke kulang lun God.
25 I have preached to you the message about how God desires to rule [people’s lives]. But now I know that today is the last time that you fellow believers will see me [SYN].
“Nga tuh forfor inmasrlowos nukewa, ac fahkak ke Tokosrai lun God. Ac inge nga etu lah wangin sie suwos ac fah sifil liyeyu.
26 So I want you all to understand that if anyone [who has heard me preach] dies [without trusting in Jesus], it is not my fault [MTY],
Ouinge nga wili nu suwos misenge, lah kutena suwos fin tuhlac, wangin ma luk kac.
27 because I told you [LIT] everything [HYP] that God has planned for us [(inc)].
Tuh nga tia okanla liki kowos in fahkak oakwuk nukewa lun God.
28 [You leaders] must continue to believe and obey [God’s message. You must also help] all the other believers [MET] for whom the Holy Spirit has caused you to be responsible [MTY]. Watch over [MET] yourselves and the other believers [as] a shepherd [watches over his sheep]. God bought them with the blood [that flowed from] his [Son’s body on the cross].
Ke ma inge kowos liyekowosyang sifacna ac liyaung pac elos nukewa su oana un sheep ma Ngun Mutal filiya inpouwos uh. Kowos in mwet shepherd nu ke church lun God, su El oru in ma lal ke sripen misa lun Wen natul, su sifacna kisakunulla keiwos.
29 I know [very well] that after I leave, [people who teach] [MET] [false doctrines] will come among you and will do great harm to the believers. [They will be like] fierce wolves [that kill sheep].
Nga etu lah tukun nga ac som liki kowos uh, mwet ma oana wolf sulallal ac fah tuku nu inmasrlowos ac kunausla un sheep uh.
30 Even in your own group of believers there will be some who will deceive [other] believers by teaching them messages that are false. They will teach those messages so that some people [will believe them and] will become their followers.
Pacl se ac fah tuku, ke mwet na in u lowos an ac fah fahk kas kikiap in kolla mwet lulalfongi uh in fahsr tokolos.
31 So watch out [that none of you stops believing the true message about our Lord Jesus]. Remember that day and night for [about] three years I repeatedly taught you that message, and warned you with tears [in my eyes not to believe any other message].”
Ke ma inge kowos arulana taran ac esam lah nga tung ke len ac fong ke nga luti kowos nukewa ke yac tolu.
32 “[Now as I leave you], I ask God to protect you and to keep you believing the message [that he saves us(inc)] by doing for us what we do not deserve. [If you continue believing] the message [that I told you], you will become [spiritually mature], and God will give you the blessings that he has promised to give to all of those who belong to him.
“Ac inge nga eiskowosyang nu ke karinginyuk lun God ac nu ke kas kulang lal, su ku in musaikowosyak ac asot nu suwos mwe insewowo su God El akola nu sin mwet lal.
33 [As for myself], I have not desired anyone’s money [MTY] or [fine] clothing.
Wangin kena luk nu ke silver ku gold ku nuknuk lun kutena mwet.
34 You yourselves know that I have worked [with my hands] [MTY] to earn the money that my companions and I needed.
Kowos sifacna etu lah nga orekmakin na pouk in sokak ma su nga, ac mwet wiyu inge, enenu uh.
35 In everything that I did, I showed you that we [(inc)] should work hard in order [to have enough money] to give some to those who are needy. We [(inc)] should remember that our Lord Jesus himself said, ‘You are happy when people give you what you need, but God will be happy with you when you give other people what they need.’”
Nga tuh filiya sie srikasrak nu suwos, tuh ke kut insianaung in orekma, kut enenu pac in kasru mwet munas, ac esam kas ma Leum Jesus el sifacna fahk, ‘Insewowo in sang yohk liki insewowo in eis.’”
36 When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of the elders and prayed.
Ke safla ma Paul el fahk uh, na el sikukmutunteiyak ac pre.
37 They all cried a lot, and they hugged Paul and kissed him.
Elos nukewa tung ke elos kaosulma ac ngok mutal in wilkas nu sel.
38 They were especially sad because he had said that they would never see him [SYN] again. Then they [all] went with him to the ship.
Elos asor yohk ke sripen el tuh fahk mu elos ac fah tia sifil liyal. Na elos welul som nu ke oak ah.
