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].
Neng damdi raajeng thiin eno kati. Ju adi phangla ih daan jopkaat eno, Kos ni thok tahe, erah saalih adi Rhodes ni, erah dowa ih Patara ni kati.
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.
Erah ni kah eno Phoenesia ni wangte juukaari esiit japtup kati, erah di duukah eno daansoon wangti.
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.
Erah di Kipras ah japtup kati, juumeh ko ih Siria ni daanjoop wanti. Tair hah adi juukaang ko wang eno, juukaari ah ih huikhaak loong ah datthiin eta.
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.
Erah hah adi hanpiite loong ah damdi sa sinat tongthiinti. Chiiala chaan nawa ih Pool suh neng ih Jerusalem nah nak kaat theng ngeh ih baat rumta.
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.
Enoothong neng damdi jen roong tongthiin eno, seng kaat theng lamko ih dokchap kati. Samnuthung dowa miloong ah neng sanuh nyia neng sah loong ah siit ano juukaang adi roongra rum taha, erah di seng lakuh ni tong eno rangsoomti.
6 After we all said goodbye, Paul and we [his companions] got on the ship, and the [other] believers returned to their own homes.
Eno seng loong ah raajeng mui eno, juukaari ni toon du ti neng ah engaak wang ih rumta.
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.
Seng Tair dowa juulam ih karoh karoh eti eno Ptomais ni tong kati, erah ni hanpiite loong asuh jengse ah ra eno sasiit tong kati.
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].
Erah saalih adi dokchap eno Kaiseria ni thokti. Erah ni Ewanjelist Philip nok ni jam kati, wasinat tung dowa heh Jerusalem ni tongte kristaan loong chosokte danje dowa.
9 He had four daughters who were not married. Each of them [frequently] spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had revealed to them.
Heh sah jaalah wabajiiji hasong maangkah ang rumta eno neng Rangte tiit baatte ang rumta.
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.
Agubas khowah Judaia nawa thok taha doh seng erah ni sa sinat tongti.
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].’”
Heh seng reeni wang haano, Pool romkhe ah suh eta, eno romkhe ah ih heh teewah lak alah ah kit ano jengta, “Esa Chiiala ih amah liiha: Roomkhe changte warah Jerusalem nah Jehudi loong ih emamah ih khak ano Ranglajatte loong suh korum ah.”
12 When [the rest of] us heard that, we and [other] believers there repeatedly pled with Paul, “Please do not go up to Jerusalem!”
Erah chaat eno, erah hah dowa phoh ano loong nep roongjeng taha, Jerusalem nah lakaat weetheng ngeh ih taat chuut hu ti.
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.”
Eno Pool ih ngaakli tahe, “Sen tiimte hu lan, nga tenthun tiim esuh saap thuk lan? Ngah Jerusalem nah emah ih kitsuh luulu takhookham kang, Teesu Jisu raangtaan ih etek esuh nep khookham hang.”
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)!”
Lakah jen nuune baattaan keeno liiti, “Teesu tenthun mongtham ju toom ang ah.”
15 After those days [in Caesarea], we [(exc)] prepared [our things] and [left to] go [by land] up to Jerusalem.
Chomroe tong eno, seng huikhaak ah jamjaang eno Jerusalem ni kaat suh dok chapti.
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].
Kaisiria nawa heliphante mararah ah seng damdi roong ra taha eno Mnason nok ni naangjam suh siitkaat tahe—heh langla Kipras hah nawa angta maang ih dook Rangte menjatte ah.
17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, [a group of] the believers greeted us happily.
Jerusalem ni thok kino, Rangte menjatte loong ih tenroon woksoon ih lam banchoh tahe.
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.
Erah saalih adi Jeems damdoh chomui suh Pool seng damdi roong ra taha; eno erah ni chaas nawa mihak phokhoh loong eje ang rumta.
19 Paul greeted them, and then he reported all of the things that God had enabled him to do among the non-Jewish people.
Pool ih jengkhaapse ah ra rum ano Ranglajatte loong damdi heh teewah Rangte ih mamah ih maakta nyia mootkaat thukta tiit ah baat rumta.
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].
Pool jeng ah boichaat rum ano loongtang ih Rangte rangphoong rumta. Eno li rumta, “Seng loong phoh ano Pool, an ih tup eh hu haajaat mathan Jehudi loong ah rangsoomte eh hoonla, enoothong neng loong ah Hootthe lam ah phanroh ih rumha.
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].
Jehudi loong ih jen japchaat eta, an ih Ranglajatte deek akaan ni songte Jehudi loong suh Moses Hootthe ah lakah kap theng nyia nengsuh nengsah khoopkhan banlam ah lahoon theng adoleh Jehudi banlam ah lakah kap theng ngeh ih nyootsoottu rah ah.
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].
Neng ih an thok ah jat jaatjaat eha. Eno, mamah etheng ah?
23 So you should do what we suggest to you. There are four men among us who have strongly promised [to God] about [something].
Seng ih thun hi abah an ih emah re udoh phan ah. Arah di thoomhoon choi mih wabaji je ah.
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].
Chingkhothook thengnah neng damdoh roong kah uno neng lakkhoom ladi thaang ah koh eh uh; eno juuba neng khoh ah sui eh ah. Emah ang ano ba mirep ih an tiit waanla ah tiit hu ruurangla ngeh ih thun rum ah, erah nang ebah heh teewah jaatjaat eh Moses Hootthe jun ih songtongla ngeh ih thun rumho.
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.”
Enoothong Ranglajatte dowa o mina ih Rangte men jat ha, erah loong asuh seng roongwaanti tiit ah le jen raangmaat eti; romchoi phaksat ah laphaksat theng, khoisat luiamaan ah laphak theng, hesih laphak theng, adoleh mih damdoh roomjup roomtong laje theng adoleh sak lapiin theng ngeh ah.”
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.
Erah raangtaan ih Pool ih miloong ah siit ano erah saalih adi neng damdi chingkhothook roong kata. Eno Pool Rangteenok ni wang ano leeraang ah amah raang ano rapwanta; chingkhothook ah sa mathan doh thoon ah adoleh khojoop ah wasiit wasiit suh mabah hoonkot theng ah.
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!”
Sa sinat thoon nanah di, Esia hah nawa Jehudi loong ih Pool Rangteenok ni japtup wang rum taha. Neng loong ah ih mih khoontongta loong ah phaangdat thuk rum ano Pool ah jokhak eh rumta.
Neng loong ah riiraak rumta, “Ijirel noksong loong!” “Roong johe! Arah mih ah langbo ah noongrep ni Ijirel mih thetbaatte, Moses Hootthe thetbaatte nyia arah Rangteenok thetbaatte ra ah. Eno Ranglajatte mih nep siitwan haano arah esa Rangteenok ah nyaansaan wang hala!”
(Erah jeng rumta ah langla Epheses nawa Triphimus ah Pool damdi samnuh ni japtup rumta, eno neng ih thunta Rangteenok ni Pool ih nopsiit eh wan hala ngeh ah.)
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].
Samnuh thungtang hoongrok haphaang chikrokta, miloong ah khoonsoon ano, Rangteenok nawa Pool ah dok hoom ih kaat rumta. Lakdamdam eh Rangteenok paakaalu ah tangsak eh rumta.
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].
Room nok hah arami saahaap ih Jerusalem ni chikrokla ah japchaat tokdi miloong ah ih Pool tek haat taatchung rumta.
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.
Erah japchaat ano arami loong nyia saahaap wahoh loong ah siit ano saahaap elong ah lakdamdam eh miloong ah taangko karumta. Arami loong ah siit ano kaat kano, miloong ah ih Pool buh rumta ah toihaat eh rumta.
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?”
Saahaap elong ah Pool taangko wang ano jowangta eno jaanruh enyi ih kit thuk rumta. Erah lih adi chengta, “Arah mih ah o angla, tiimjih thet kota?”
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].
Mih lomkhoon rumta dowa wasiit maama wasiit maama eh riiraak rumta. Hoongrok haphaang ang kano saahaap elong ah ih tiimjih mamah angla erah tajat jota, erah raangtaan eh heh mina loong asuh Pool ah sipaahi tongtheng adi siitkaat thuk rumta.
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].
Miloong ah Pool likapkap eh kaat rum kano sipaahi loong ah ih Pool ah toonhui eh rumta tiimnge liidi miloong ah woma si thung ang rumta.
36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Kill him! Kill him!”
Miloong helih helih phanri rumta, “Tek haat etheng tek haat etheng ngeh ah!”
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]
Arami loong ah ih Pool ah sipaahi tongtheng ah noppi nanah di saahaap elong asuh chengta: “An suh tiim atiim tambaat weeha?” “Grik jenglam ih waanho, miijeng nih kah eh uh?” Saahaap elong ah ih chengta.
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]?”
“Miinyah marang changrook donghoom uno hajaat baji mina phisang hah ni siiara hoonkaat thukte Ijip mih ah an tanih angko?”
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.”
Pool ih baatta, “Ngah Jehudi nok hah, Kilia dowa Tarsas samnuthung ni tup hang ah. Miloong ah damdoh roongwaan weethuk hang.”
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].
Saahaap elong ah ih jeng thukta, eno Pool ah diihutok adi toonchap ano miloong asuh nak hoopti an ngeh ih heh lak japta. Miloong ah tikdat kano Pool Hebru jengdi baatta:
