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].
Onlardan ayrılınca denize açılıp doğru İstanköy'e gittik. Ertesi gün Rodos'a, oradan da Patara'ya geçtik.
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.
Fenike'ye gidecek bir gemi bulduk, buna binip denize açıldık.
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.
Kıbrıs'ı görünce güneyinden geçerek Suriye'ye yöneldik ve Sur Kenti'nde karaya çıktık. Gemi, yükünü orada boşaltacaktı.
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.
İsa'nın oradaki öğrencilerini arayıp bulduk ve yanlarında bir hafta kaldık. Öğrenciler Ruh'un yönlendirmesiyle Pavlus'u Yeruşalim'e gitmemesi için uyardılar.
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.
Günümüz dolunca kentten ayrılıp yolumuza devam ettik. İmanlıların hepsi, eşleri ve çocuklarıyla birlikte bizi kentin dışına kadar geçirdiler. Deniz kıyısında diz çöküp dua ettik.
6 After we all said goodbye, Paul and we [his companions] got on the ship, and the [other] believers returned to their own homes.
Birbirimizle vedalaştıktan sonra biz gemiye bindik, onlar da evlerine döndüler.
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.
Sur'dan deniz yolculuğumuza devam ederek Batlamya Kenti'ne geldik. Oradaki kardeşleri ziyaret edip bir gün yanlarında kaldık.
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].
Ertesi gün ayrılıp Sezariye'ye geldik. Yediler'den biri olan müjdeci Filipus'un evine giderek onun yanında kaldık.
9 He had four daughters who were not married. Each of them [frequently] spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had revealed to them.
Bu adamın peygamberlik eden, evlenmemiş dört kızı vardı.
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.
Oraya varışımızdan birkaç gün sonra Yahudiye'den Hagavos adlı bir peygamber geldi.
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].’”
Bu adam bize yaklaşıp Pavlus'un kuşağını aldı, bununla kendi ellerini ayaklarını bağlayarak dedi ki, “Kutsal Ruh şöyle diyor: ‘Yahudiler, bu kuşağın sahibini Yeruşalim'de böyle bağlayıp öteki uluslara teslim edecekler.’”
12 When [the rest of] us heard that, we and [other] believers there repeatedly pled with Paul, “Please do not go up to Jerusalem!”
Bu sözleri duyunca hem bizler hem de oralılar Yeruşalim'e gitmemesi için Pavlus'a yalvardık.
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.”
Bunun üzerine Pavlus şöyle karşılık verdi: “Ne yapıyorsunuz, ne diye ağlayıp yüreğimi sızlatıyorsunuz? Ben Rab İsa'nın adı uğruna Yeruşalim'de yalnız bağlanmaya değil, ölmeye de hazırım.”
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)!”
Pavlus'u ikna edemeyince, “Rab'bin istediği olsun” diyerek sustuk.
15 After those days [in Caesarea], we [(exc)] prepared [our things] and [left to] go [by land] up to Jerusalem.
Bir süre sonra hazırlığımızı yapıp Yeruşalim'e doğru yola çıktık.
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].
Sezariye'deki öğrencilerden bazıları da bizimle birlikte geldiler. Bizi, evinde kalacağımız adama, eski öğrencilerden Kıbrıslı Minason'a götürdüler.
17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, [a group of] the believers greeted us happily.
Yeruşalim'e vardığımız zaman kardeşler bizi sevinçle karşıladılar.
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.
Ertesi gün Pavlus'la birlikte Yakup'u görmeye gittik. İhtiyarların hepsi orada toplanmıştı.
19 Paul greeted them, and then he reported all of the things that God had enabled him to do among the non-Jewish people.
Pavlus, onların hal hatırını sorduktan sonra, hizmetinin aracılığıyla Tanrı'nın öteki uluslar arasında yaptıklarını teker teker anlattı.
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].
Bunları işitince Tanrı'yı yücelttiler. Pavlus'a, “Görüyorsun kardeş, Yahudiler arasında binlerce imanlı var ve hepsi Kutsal Yasa'nın candan savunucusudur” dediler.
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].
“Ne var ki, duyduklarına göre sen öteki uluslar arasında yaşayan bütün Yahudiler'e, çocuklarını sünnet etmemelerini, törelerimize uymamalarını söylüyor, Musa'nın Yasası'na sırt çevirmeleri gerektiğini öğretiyormuşsun.
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].
Şimdi ne yapmalı? Senin buraya geldiğini mutlaka duyacaklar.
23 So you should do what we suggest to you. There are four men among us who have strongly promised [to God] about [something].
Bunun için sana dediğimizi yap. Aramızda adak adamış dört kişi var.
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].
Bunları yanına al, kendileriyle birlikte arınma törenine katıl. Başlarını tıraş edebilmeleri için kurban masraflarını sen öde. Böylelikle herkes, seninle ilgili duyduklarının asılsız olduğunu, senin de Kutsal Yasa'ya uygun olarak yaşadığını anlasın.
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.”
Öteki uluslardan olan imanlılara gelince, biz onlara, putlara sunulan kurbanların etinden, kandan, boğularak öldürülen hayvanlardan ve fuhuştan sakınmalarını öngören kararımızı yazmıştık.”
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.
Bunun üzerine Pavlus o dört kişiyi yanına aldı, ertesi gün onlarla birlikte arınma törenine katıldı. Sonra tapınağa girerek arınma günlerinin ne zaman tamamlanacağını, her birinin adına ne zaman kurban sunulacağını bildirdi.
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!”
Yedi günlük süre bitmek üzereydi. Asya İli'nden bazı Yahudiler Pavlus'u tapınakta görünce bütün kalabalığı kışkırtarak onu yakaladılar.
“Ey İsrailliler, yardım edin!” diye bağırdılar. “Her yerde herkese, halkımıza, Kutsal Yasa'ya ve bu kutsal yere karşı öğretiler yayan adam budur. Üstelik tapınağa bazı Grekler'i sokarak bu kutsal yeri kirletti.”
Bu Yahudiler, daha önce kentte Pavlus'un yanında gördükleri Efesli Trofimos'un, Pavlus tarafından tapınağa sokulduğunu sanıyorlardı.
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].
Bütün kent ayağa kalkmıştı. Her taraftan koşuşup gelen halk Pavlus'u tutup tapınaktan dışarı sürükledi. Arkasından tapınağın kapıları hemen kapatıldı.
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].
Onlar Pavlus'u öldürmeye çalışırken, bütün Yeruşalim'in karıştığı haberi Roma taburunun komutanına ulaştı.
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.
Komutan hemen yüzbaşılarla askerleri yanına alarak kalabalığın olduğu yere koştu. Komutanla askerleri gören halk Pavlus'u dövmeyi bıraktı.
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?”
O zaman komutan yaklaşıp Pavlus'u yakaladı, çift zincirle bağlanması için buyruk verdi. Sonra, “Kimdir bu adam, ne yaptı?” diye sordu.
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].
Kalabalıktakilerin her biri ayrı bir şey bağırıyordu. Kargaşalıktan ötürü kesin bilgi edinemeyen komutan, Pavlus'un kaleye götürülmesini buyurdu.
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].
Pavlus merdivenlere geldiğinde kalabalık öylesine azmıştı ki, askerler onu taşımak zorunda kaldılar.
36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Kill him! Kill him!”
Kalabalık, “Öldürün onu!” diye bağırarak onları izliyordu.
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]
Kaleden içeri girmek üzereyken Pavlus komutana, “Sana bir şey söyleyebilir miyim?” dedi. Komutan, “Grekçe biliyor musun?” dedi.
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]?”
“Sen bundan bir süre önce bir ayaklanma başlatıp dört bin tedhişçiyi çöle götüren Mısırlı değil misin?”
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.”
Pavlus, “Ben Kilikya'dan Tarsuslu bir Yahudi, hiç de önemsiz olmayan bir kentin vatandaşıyım” dedi. “Rica ederim, halka birkaç söz söylememe izin ver.”
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].
Komutanın izin vermesi üzerine Pavlus merdivende dikilip eliyle halka bir işaret yaptı. Derin bir sessizlik olunca, İbrani dilinde konuşmaya başladı.
