Acts 21
1 [After] we said goodbye to the elders [from Ephesus], we [got on the ship and] sailed to Cos [Island, where the ship stopped for the night]. The next day we sailed from Cos to Rhodes [Island, where the ship stopped again. The day after] that we sailed to Patara [town, where the ship stopped. This was on Patara Island].
Als wir uns endlich von ihnen losgerissen hatten und in See gegangen waren, fuhren wir geradewegs nach Kos. Tags darauf kamen wir nach Rhodus und von da nach Patara.
2 [At Patara we left that ship, and someone told us that] there was a ship that would be going to Phoenicia [region. So] we got on that ship, and it left.
Hier fanden wir ein Schiff, das nach Phönizien fahren wollte; da gingen wir an Bord und segelten ab.
3 [We sailed until] we could see Cyprus [Island]. We passed to the south of the island and continued sailing until we arrived at [Phoenicia region, in] Syria [province]. We arrived at Tyre [city. The ship was going to stay there several days, because its workers] had to unload the cargo.
Als wir Zypern zu Gesicht bekamen, ließen wir es links liegen, fuhren auf Syrien zu und gingen in Tyrus vor Anker. Denn dort sollte das Schiff seine Ladung löschen.
4 [Someone told us] where the believers in Tyre lived, so we [(exc) went and] stayed with them for seven days. Because [God’s] Spirit revealed to them ([that people would cause Paul to suffer/Paul would suffer]) [in Jerusalem], they told Paul that he should not go there.
Wir suchten in Tyrus die Jünger auf und blieben sieben Tage bei ihnen. Die Jünger warnten Paulus durch den Geist, wiederholt vor der Reise nach Jerusalem.
5 But when it was time [for the ship to leave again], we [prepared to] continue going [to Jerusalem]. When we left [Tyre], all the believers, including their wives and children, went with us [to the edge of the sea]. We all knelt down there on the sand/shore and prayed.
Als die sieben Tage des Aufenthaltes zu Ende waren, schickten wir uns zur Weiterreise an. Alle Jünger mit Weib und Kind begleiteten uns bis vor die Stadt. Am Strand knieten wir nieder zum Gebet.
6 After we all said goodbye, Paul and we [his companions] got on the ship, and the [other] believers returned to their own homes.
Dann nahmen wir Abschied voneinander und bestiegen unser Schiff, während die Jünger nach Hause zurückkehrten.
7 After we [(exc)] left Tyre, we continued on [that ship] to Ptolemais [city]. There were believers there, and we greeted them and stayed with them that night.
Unsere Seereise war zu Ende, als wir von Tyrus aus in Ptolemais landeten. Dort begrüßten wir die Brüder und blieben einen Tag bei ihnen.
8 The next day we left [Ptolemais] and sailed to Caesarea [city], where we stayed in the home of Philip, who [spent his days] telling others how to become disciples of Jesus. He was one of the seven [men whom the believers in Jerusalem had chosen to care for the widows].
Tags darauf machten wir uns auf den Weg nach Cäsarea. Dort gingen wir in das Haus des Evangelisten Philippus, eines von den Sieben, und blieben bei ihm.
9 He had four daughters who were not married. Each of them [frequently] spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had revealed to them.
Der hatte vier Töchter; die waren Jungfrauen und hatten die Gabe der Weissagung.
10 After [we(exc) had been in Philip’s house for] several days, a believer whose name was Agabus came down from Judea [district] and arrived [in Caesarea]. He [frequently] spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had told him.
Wir waren schon einige Tage in Cäsarea, als von Judäa ein Prophet, mit Namen Agabus, dort ankam.
11 Coming over to where we were, he took off Paul’s belt. Then he tied his own feet and hands with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] in Jerusalem will tie up [the hands and feet of] the owner of this belt, like this, and they will hand him over to non-Jewish people [as a prisoner].’”
Der besuchte uns und ergriff bei dieser Gelegenheit den Gürtel des Paulus, band sich damit Füße und Hände und sprach dabei die Worte: "Dies sagt der Heilige Geist: 'So werden die Juden in Jerusalem den Eigentümer dieses Gürtels binden und ihn den Heiden überliefern.'"
12 When [the rest of] us heard that, we and [other] believers there repeatedly pled with Paul, “Please do not go up to Jerusalem!”
Als wir dies hörten, baten wir und die Brüder in Cäsarea Paulus dringend, er möge nicht nach Jerusalem hinaufziehen.
13 But Paul replied, “(Please stop crying and trying to discourage me [IDM] [from going!]/Why are you crying and trying to discourage me [IDM] [from going]?) [RHQ] I am willing to be put {[for people] to put me} in prison and also to be killed {[for them] to kill me} in Jerusalem because I [serve] [MTY] the Lord Jesus.”
Da antwortete er: "Was weint ihr denn und brecht mir das Herz? Ich bin bereit, mich in Jerusalem für den Namen des Herrn Jesus nicht nur binden zu lassen, sondern sogar zu sterben."
14 When [we(exc) realized that] he was determined [to go to Jerusalem], we did not try [any longer] to persuade him [not to go]. We said, “May (the Lord [God] do what he wants/the Lord’s will be done)!”
Weil er sich nicht umstimmen lassen wollte, redeten wir ihm nicht weiter zu und sprachen: "Des Herrn Wille geschehe!"
15 After those days [in Caesarea], we [(exc)] prepared [our things] and [left to] go [by land] up to Jerusalem.
Einige Tage später machten wir uns reisefertig und traten die Wanderung nach Jerusalem an.
16 Some of the believers from Caesarea also went with us. [On the way to Jerusalem], we stayed [one night] in the house of [a man whose name was] Mnason. He was from Cyprus [Island], and he had believed [in Jesus] when people were first beginning to hear the message [about him].
Auch einige Jünger aus Cäsarea zogen mit uns. Die brachten uns zu einem alten Jünger aus Zypern, namens Mnason, bei dem wir wohnen sollten.
17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, [a group of] the believers greeted us happily.
Bei unserer Ankunft in Jerusalem hießen uns die Brüder herzlich willkommen.
18 The next day Paul and the rest of us went to speak with James, [who was the leader of the congregation there]. All of the [other] leaders/elders [of the congregation in Jerusalem] were also there.
Tags darauf ging Paulus mit uns zu Jakobus, bei dem sich alle Ältesten versammelt hatten.
19 Paul greeted them, and then he reported all of the things that God had enabled him to do among the non-Jewish people.
Paulus begrüßte sie und erzählte ihnen ausführlich und genau, was Gott durch seinen Dienst unter den Heiden gewirkt habe.
20 When they heard that, James and the other elders said, “Praise the Lord!” Then [one of] them said to Paul, “Brother/Friend, you [(sg)] know that there are very many thousands of us [(inc)] Jewish people [here] who have believed [in the Lord Jesus]. Also, you know that we [(inc)] all continue very carefully to obey the laws [that Moses gave us].
Als die Ältesten das hörten, priesen sie Gott. Dann aber sprachen sie zu Paulus: "Du siehst, Bruder: die gläubiggewordenen Juden zählen nach Zehntausenden; aber alle eifern noch für das Gesetz.
21 [But our fellow Jewish believers] have been told {have heard [people say]} that when you are among non-Jews, you tell the Jewish believers who live there that they should stop obeying [the laws] [MTY] ([of] Moses/[that] Moses [received from God]). [People say that] you tell [those Jewish believers] not to circumcise their sons and not to practice our [other] customs. [We(exc) do not believe that this is true].
Nun hat man ihnen von dir erzählt, du fordertest alle Juden, die unter den Heiden leben, zum Abfall von Mose auf und rietest ihnen, sie sollten ihre Kinder nicht beschneiden und nicht nach den Vorschriften des Gesetzes leben.
22 But our fellow [Jewish] believers will certainly hear that you have arrived, [and they will be angry with you]. So [you] need to do something [RHQ] [to show them that what they heard about you is not true].
Was ist da zu tun? Es wird ja sicher ruchbar, daß du hier bist.
23 So you should do what we suggest to you. There are four men among us who have strongly promised [to God] about [something].
Tu deshalb, was wir dir raten: Wir haben hier vier Männer, die ein Gelübde einlösen müssen.
24 Go with these men [to the Temple] and [ritually] purify yourself along with them. Then, [when it is time for them to offer the sacrifices for that ritual], pay for what they offer [as sacrifices]. After that, they can shave their heads [to show that they have done what they promised to do. And when people see you in the courts of the Temple with those men], they will know that what they have been told {what people have told them} about you is not true. Instead, all of them will know that you obey all our Jewish laws [and rituals].
Denen schließe du dich an, nimm auch ein Gelübde auf dich und trage die Kosten für sie, damit sie sich das Haupthaar scheren lassen können! Dann werden alle einsehen, daß an dem, was sie von dir gehört, nichts Wahres ist, sondern daß auch du gewissenhaft nach dem Gesetz wandelst.
25 As for the non-Jewish believers, [we elders here in Jerusalem have talked] about [which of our laws] they [should obey, and] we [(exc)] wrote them [a letter, telling them] what we decided. [We wrote] that they should not eat meat that people have offered as a sacrifice to any idol, [that they should not eat] blood [from animals], and that [they should not eat] meat from animals [that people have killed by] strangling [them. We also told them that] they should not have sex with someone to whom they are not married.”
Was aber die gläubig gewordenen Heiden betrifft, so haben wir ja bestimmt und ihnen dies schriftlich mitgeteilt, daß sie meiden sollen den Genuß von Götzenopferfleisch, das Blut geschlachteter Tiere, das Fleisch von Tieren, die man in Schlingen fängt, und die Ehen mit Heiden."
26 So Paul [agreed to do what they asked], and the next day he took the [four] men, and together they ritually purified themselves. After that, Paul went to the Temple [courts and] told [the priest] what day they would [finish] purifying themselves [ritually] and when [they] would offer [the animals as sacrifices] for each of them.
Da ließ Paulus die Männer zu sich kommen und schloß sich ihrem Gelübde an. Tags darauf ging er in den Tempel und ließ dort anmelden, daß die Tage ihres Gelübdes zu Ende seien, und er blieb im Tempel, bis das vorgeschriebene Opfer für jeden von ihnen dargebracht war.
27 When the seven days [for purifying themselves] were nearly finished, Paul [returned] to the Temple [courtyard]. Some Jews from Asia [province] saw him there, [and they were very angry at him]. On another day they had seen Paul [walking around] in Jerusalem with Trophimus, who was a non-Jew. Their laws did not permit non-Jews to be in the Temple, and they thought that Paul had brought Trophimus into the Temple [courtyard that day. So] they called out to many other Jews [who were in the Temple courtyard] to [help them] seize [MTY] Paul. They shouted, “Fellow Israelites, come and help [us punish this] man! This is the one who is [constantly] teaching people wherever [he goes that they] should despise the [Jewish] people. [He teaches people that they should no longer obey] the laws [of Moses] nor respect this holy [Temple]. He has even brought non-Jews here into [the court of] our Temple, causing God to consider it no longer holy!”
Als die sieben Tage ihrem Ende nahten, erblickten die Juden aus Asien Paulus im Tempel. Da brachten sie die ganze Volksmenge in Aufruhr, legten die Hände an ihn
und riefen laut: "Zu Hilfe, ihr Männer Israels! Dies ist der Mensch, der überall vor aller Welt gegen unser Volk und Gesetz und gegen diese Stätte redet. Und obendrein hat er noch Heiden in den Tempel gebracht und diese heilige Stätte entweiht."
Sie hatten nämlich Trophimus aus Ephesus vorher mit ihm in der Stadt gesehen und meinten nun, Paulus habe ihn in den Tempel geführt.
30 [People] throughout [MTY] the city heard that there was trouble [at the Temple courtyard], and they came running there. They grabbed Paul and dragged him outside of the Temple [area]. The gates [to the Temple courtyard were shut] {[The Temple guards] shut the doors [to the Temple courts]} immediately, [so that the people would not riot inside the Temple area].
Die ganze Stadt geriet in Aufregung, und es entstand ein Volksauflauf. Paulus ward ergriffen, und man schleppte ihn aus dem Tempel, dessen Türen sofort geschlossen wurden.
31 While they were trying to kill Paul, someone [ran to the fort near the Temple] and told the Roman commander that many [HYP] people [MTY] in Jerusalem were rioting [at the Temple].
Schon wollten sie Paulus töten, als dem Obersten der römischen Truppe gemeldet wurde, ganz Jerusalem sei in Aufruhr.
32 The commander quickly took some officers and [a large group of] soldiers and ran to [the Temple area where] the crowd was. When the crowd of people [who were yelling and beating Paul] saw the commander and the soldiers [coming], they stopped beating him.
Der Oberst eilte sofort mit einer Abteilung Soldaten und einigen Hauptleuten zu dem Tempelplatz hinab. Bei dem Anblick des Befehlshabers und seiner Soldaten hörte die Menge auf, Paulus zu schlagen.
33 The commander came to [where Paul was and] seized him. He [commanded soldiers] to fasten a chain to [each of] Paul’s [arms]. Then he asked [the people in the crowd], “Who is this man, and what has he done?”
Der Oberst kam herbei, ließ Paulus ergreifen und befahl, ihn mit zwei Ketten zu binden. Zugleich fragte er, wer er sei und was er getan habe.
34 Some of the many people there were shouting one thing, [and] some were shouting something else. Because they continued shouting so loudly, the commander could not understand [what they were shouting. So] he [commanded] that Paul be taken {[the soldiers] to take Paul} into the barracks [so that he could question him there].
Die einen im Volk riefen dies, die anderen das. Weil er bei dem Lärm nichts Sicheres erfahren konnte, befahl er, ihn in das Lager zu führen.
35 [The soldiers] led Paul to the steps [of the barracks], but many people continued to follow them, trying to kill [Paul. So the commander told] the soldiers to carry Paul [up the steps into the barracks].
Als Paulus an die Stufen kam, drang das Volk so wütend auf ihn ein, daß er von den Soldaten getragen werden mußte.
36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Kill him! Kill him!”
Denn die Menge folgte und schrie: "Er soll sterben!"
37 As Paul was about to be taken {[the soldiers] were about to take Paul} into the barracks, he said [in Greek] to the commander, “May I speak to you?” The commander said, “(I am surprised that you can speak the Greek [language]!/Can you [(sg)] speak the Greek [language]?)” [RHQ]
In dem Augenblick, wo Paulus in das Lager geführt werden sollte, sprach er (auf griechisch) zu dem Obersten: "Darf ich ein Wort zu dir reden?" Der antwortete (voll Erstaunen): "Du kannst Griechisch?
38 “(I [thought] that you [(sg)] were that fellow/Are you not that fellow) from Egypt [RHQ] who wanted to rebel [against the government not long ago], and who took 4,000 violent terrorists [with him] out into the desert, [so that we could not catch him]?”
Du bist also nicht der Jude aus Ägypten, der vor einiger Zeit den Aufstand erregt und die viertausend Dolchmänner in die Wüste hinausgeführt hat?"
39 Paul answered, “[No, I am not!] I am a Jew. I [was born] in Tarsus, which is an important [LIT] city in Cilicia [province]. I ask that you [(sg)] let me speak to the people.”
Paulus erwiderte: "Nein, ich bin ein Jude aus Tarsus, ein Bürger dieser bekannten Stadt Ziliziens. Erlaube mir, bitte, zu dem Volk zu reden!"
40 Then the commander permitted Paul [to speak. So] Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand [for the crowd to be quiet. And after] the people in the crowd became quiet, Paul spoke to them in [their own] Hebrew language [MTY].
Als der Befehlshaber dies gestattete, trat Paulus oben auf die Stufen und winkte dem Volk mit der Hand. Da trat ein lautloses Schweigen ein, und er redete nun zu ihnen in der aramäischen Landessprache.
