Acts 20

1 When the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples; and, after speaking words of encouragement to them, he took his leave, and started for Macedonia.

After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the talmidim and, after encouraging them, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia.

2 Passing through those districts he encouraged the disciples in frequent addresses, and then came into Greece, and spent three months there.

When he had gone through those parts, and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.

3 The Jews having planned to waylay him whenever he might be on the point of taking ship for Syria, he decided to travel back by way of Macedonia.

When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

4 He was accompanied as far as the province of Asia by Sopater the Beroean, the son of Pyrrhus; by the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; by Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and by the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.

He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus of Beroea; Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians; Gaius of Derbe; Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.

5 These brethren had gone on and were waiting for us in the Troad.

But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.

6 But we ourselves sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined them in the Troad, where we remained for a week.

We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.

7 On the first day of the week, when we had met to break bread, Paul, who was going away the next morning, was preaching to them, and prolonged his discourse till midnight.

On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.

8 Now there were a good many lamps in the room upstairs where we all were,

There were many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered together.

9 and a youth of the name of Eutychus was sitting at the window. This lad, gradually sinking into deep sleep while Paul preached at unusual length, overcome at last by sleep, fell from the second floor and was taken up dead.

A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.

10 Paul, however, went down, threw himself upon him, and folding him in his arms said, "Do not be alarmed; his life is still in him."

Paul went down, and fell upon him, and embracing him said, "Do not be troubled, for his life is in him."

11 Then he went upstairs again, broke bread, and took some food; and after a long conversation which was continued till daybreak, at last he parted from them.

When he had gone up, and had broken bread, and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even until break of day, he departed.

12 They had taken the lad home alive, and were greatly comforted.

They brought the boy in alive, and were greatly comforted.

13 The rest of us had already gone on board a ship, and now we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there; for so he had arranged, he himself intending to go by land.

But we who went ahead to the ship set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for he had so arranged, intending himself to go by land.

14 Accordingly, when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.

When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard, and came to Mitylene.

15 Sailing from there, we arrived the next day off Chios. On the next we touched at Samos; and on the day following reached Miletus.

Sailing from there, we came the following day opposite Chios. The next day we landed at Samos, and the day after we came to Miletus.

16 For Paul's plan was to sail past Ephesus, so as not to spend much time in the province of Asia; since he was very desirous of being in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of the Harvest Festival.

For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Shavu'ot.

17 From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the Elders of the Church to come to him.

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the congregation.

18 Upon their arrival he said to them, "You Elders well know, from the first day of my setting foot in the province of Asia, the kind of life I lived among you the whole time,

When they had come to him, he said to them, "You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the time,

19 serving the Lord in all humility, and with tears, and amid trials which came upon me through the plotting of the Jews--

serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;

20 and that I never shrank from declaring to you anything that was profitable, or from teaching you in public and in your homes,

how I did not hold back from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,

21 and urging upon both Jews and Greeks the necessity of turning to God and of believing in Jesus our Lord.

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Yeshua.

22 "And now, impelled by a sense of duty, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,

And now, look, compelled by the Ruach, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;

23 except that the Holy Spirit, at town after town, testifies to me that imprisonment and suffering are awaiting me.

except that the Ruach ha-Kodesh testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.

24 But even the sacrifice of my life I count as nothing, if only I may perfect my earthly course, and be faithful to the duty which the Lord Jesus has entrusted to me of proclaiming, as of supreme importance, the Good News of God's grace.

But I make my life an account of nothing precious to myself, so that I may finish my race, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Yeshua, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

25 "And now, I know that none of you among whom I have gone in and out proclaiming the coming of the Kingdom will any longer see my face.

"And now, look, I know that you all, among whom I went about proclaiming the Kingdom, will see my face no more.

26 Therefore I protest to you to-day that I am not responsible for the ruin of any one of you.

Therefore I testify to you today that I am innocent of everyone's blood,

27 For I have not shrunk from declaring to you God's whole truth.

for I did not hold back from declaring to you the whole plan of God.

28 "Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has placed you to take the oversight for Him and act as shepherds to the Church of God, which He has bought with His own blood.

Watch out for yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Ruach ha-Kodesh has made you overseers, to shepherd the congregation of God which he purchased with his own blood.

29 I know that, when I am gone, cruel wolves will come among you and will not spare the flock;

For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

30 and that from among your own selves men will rise up who will seek with their perverse talk to draw away the disciples after them.

Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the talmidim after them.

31 Therefore be on the alert; and remember that, night and day, for three years, I never ceased admonishing every one, even with tears.

Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.

32 "And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace. He is able to build you up and to give you your inheritance among His people.

Now I entrust you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

33 No one's silver or gold or clothing have I coveted.

I coveted no one's silver, or gold, or clothing.

34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have provided for my own necessities and for the people with me.

You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me.

35 In all things I have set you an example, showing you that, by working as I do, you ought to help the weak, and to bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, "'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Yeshua, that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

36 Having spoken thus, Paul knelt down and prayed with them all;

When he had spoken these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

37 and with loud lamentation they all threw their arms round his neck, and kissed him lovingly,

They all wept a lot, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,

38 grieved above all things at his having told them that after that day they were no longer to see his face. And they went with him to the ship.

sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.