Actuum Apostolorum 20
1 Postquam autem cessavit tumultus, vocatis Paulus discipulis, et exhortatus eos, valedixit, et profectus est ut iret in Macedoniam.
And aftir the noise ceesside, Poul clepide the disciplis, and monestide hem, and seide fare wel; and he wente forth, to go in to Macedonye.
2 Cum autem perambulasset partes illas, et exhortatus eos fuisset multo sermone, venit ad Graeciam:
And whanne he hadde walkid bi tho coostis, and hadde monestid hem bi many wordis, he cam to Greece.
3 ubi cum fecisset menses tres, factae sunt illi insidiae a Iudaeis navigaturo in Syriam: habuitque consilium ut reverteretur per Macedoniam.
Where whanne he hadde be thre monethis, the Jewis leiden aspies for hym, that was to saile in to Sirie; and he hadde counsel to turne ayen bi Macedonye.
4 Comitatus est autem eum Sosipater Pyrrhi Beroeensis, Thessalonicensium vero Aristarchus, et Secundus, et Gaius Derbeus, et Timotheus: Asiani vero Tychicus, et Trophimus.
And Sosipater of Pirri Boroense folowide hym; of Thessolonycenses, Astirak, and Secoundus, and Gayus Derbeus, and Tymothe; and Asians, Titicus and Trofimus.
5 Hi cum praecessissent, sustinuerunt nos Troade:
These for thei wenten bifore, aboden vs at Troade.
6 nos vero navigavimus post dies Azymorum a Philippis, et venimus ad eos Troadem in diebus quinque, ubi demorati sumus diebus septem.
For we schippiden aftir the daies of therf looues fro Filippis, and cam to hem at Troade in fyue daies, where we dwelten seuene daies.
7 Una autem Sabbati cum convenissemus ad frangendum panem, Paulus disputabat cum eis profecturus in crastinum, protraxitque sermonem usque in mediam noctem.
And in the first dai of the woke, whanne we camen to breke breed, Poul disputide with hem, and schulde go forth in the morew;
8 Erant autem lampades copiosae in coenaculo, ubi eramus congregati.
and he drow along the sermoun til in to mydnyyt. And many laumpes weren in the soler, where we weren gaderyd togidir.
9 Sedens autem quidam adolescens nomine Eutychus super fenestram, cum mergeretur somno gravi, disputante diu Paulo, ductus somno cecidit de tertio coenaculo deorsum, et sublatus est mortuus.
And a yong man, Euticus bi name, sat on the wyndowe, whanne he was fallun in to an heuy sleep, while Poul disputide long, al slepynge he felle doun fro the thridde stage; and he was takun vp, and was brouyt deed.
10 Ad quem cum descendisset Paulus, incubuit super eum: et complexus dixit: Nolite turbari, anima enim ipsius in ipso est.
To whom whanne Poul cam doun, he lay on hym, and biclippide, and seide, Nyle ye be troblid; for his soule is in hym.
11 Ascendens autem, frangensque panem, et gustans, satisque allocutus est usque in lucem, et sic profectus est.
And he wente vp, and brak breed, and eete, and spak ynowy vnto the dai; and so he wente forth.
12 Adduxerunt autem puerum viventem, et consolati sunt non minime.
And thei brouyten the childe alyue, and thei weren coumfortid greetli.
13 Nos autem ascendentes navem, navigavimus in Asson, inde suscepturi Paulum: sic enim disposuerat ipse per terram iter facturus.
And we wenten vp in to a schip, and schippiden in to Asson, to take Poul fro thennus; for so he hadde disposid to make iourney bi loond.
14 Cum autem convenissemus in Asson, assumpto eo, venimus Mitylenen.
And whanne he foond vs in Asson, we token hym, and camen to Mitilene.
15 Et inde navigantes, sequenti die venimus contra Chium, et alia die applicuimus Samum, et sequenti die venimus Miletum.
And fro thennus we schippiden in the dai suynge, and we camen ayens Chyum, and another dai we hauenyden at Samum, and in the dai suynge we camen to Mylete.
16 proposuerat enim Paulus transnavigare Ephesum, nequa mora illi fieret in Asia. Festinabat enim, si possibile sibi esset, ut diem Pentecostes faceret Ierosolymis.
And Poul purposide to schip ouer to Efesi, lest ony tariyng were maad to hym in Asie; for he hiyede, if it were possible to hym, that he schulde be in the dai of Pentecost at Jerusalem.
17 A Mileto autem mittens Ephesum, vocavit Maiores natu Ecclesiae.
Fro Mylete he sente to Effesi, and clepide the grettest men of birthe of the chirche.
18 Qui cum venissent ad eum, et simul essent, dixit eis: Vos scitis a prima die, qua ingressus sum in Asiam, qualiter vobiscum per omne tempus fuerim,
And whanne thei camen to hym, and weren togidir, he seide to hem, Ye witen fro the firste dai, in which Y cam in to Asie, hou with you bi eche tyme Y was,
19 serviens Domino cum omni humilitate, et lacrymis, et tentationibus, quae mihi acciderunt ex insidiis Iudaeorum:
seruynge to the Lord with al mekenesse, and mildnesse, and teeris, and temptaciouns, that felden to me of aspiyngis of Jewis;
20 quomodo nihil subtraxerim vobis utilium, quominus annunciarem vobis, et docerem vos publice, et per domos,
hou Y withdrowe not of profitable thingis to you, that Y telde not to you, and tauyte you opynli, and bi housis;
21 testificans Iudaeis, atque Gentilibus in Deum poenitentiam, et fidem in Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum.
and Y witnesside to Jewis and to hethene men penaunce in to God, and feith in to oure Lord Jhesu Crist.
22 Et nunc ecce alligatus ego spiritu, vado in Ierusalem: quae in ea ventura sint mihi, ignorans:
And now lo! Y am boundun in spirit, and go in to Jerusalem; and Y knowe not what thingis schulen come to me in it,
23 nisi quod Spiritus sanctus per omnes civitates mihi protestatur, dicens: quoniam vincula, et tribulationes Ierosolymis me manent.
but that the Hooli Goost `bi alle citees witnessith to me, and seith, that boondis and tribulaciouns at Jerusalem abiden me.
24 Sed nihil horum vereor: nec facio animam meam pretiosiorem quam me, dummodo consummem cursum meum, et ministerium verbi, quod accepi a Domino Iesu, testificari Evangelium gratiae Dei.
But Y drede no thing of these, nether Y make my lijf preciousere than my silf, so that Y end my cours, and the mynysterie of the word, which Y resseyuede of the Lord Jhesu, to witnesse the gospel of the grace of God.
25 Et nunc ecce ego scio quia amplius non videbitis faciem meam vos omnes, per quos transivi praedicans regnum Dei.
And `now lo! Y woot, that ye schulen no more se my face, alle ye bi whiche Y passide, prechynge the kingdom of God.
26 Quapropter contestor vos hodierna die, quia mundus sum a sanguine omnium.
Wherfor Y witnesse to you this day, that Y am cleen of the blood of alle men.
27 Non enim subterfugi, quominus annunciarem omne consilium Dei vobis.
For Y fley not awey, that Y telde not to you al the counsel of God.
28 Attendite vobis, et universo gregi, in quo vos Spiritus sanctus posuit episcopos regere Ecclesiam Dei, quam acquisivit sanguine suo.
Take ye tente to you, and to al the flocke, in which the Hooli Goost hath set you bischops, to reule the chirche of God, which he purchaside with his blood.
29 Ego scio quoniam intrabunt post discessionem meam lupi rapaces in vos, non parcentes gregi.
Y woot, that aftir my departyng, rauyschinge wolues schulen entre in to you, `and spare not the flok;
30 Et ex vobisipsis exurgent viri loquentes perversa, ut abducant discipulos post se.
and men spekinge schrewid thingis schulen rise of you silf, that thei leden awei disciplis aftir hem.
31 Propter quod vigilate memoria retinentes: quoniam per triennium nocte et die non cessavi, cum lacrymis monens unumquemque vestrum.
For which thing wake ye, holdinge in mynde that bi thre yeer nyyt and dai Y ceesside not with teeris monestinge ech of you.
32 Et nunc commendo vos Deo, et verbo gratiae ipsius, qui potens est aedificare, et dare hereditatem in sanctificatis omnibus.
And now Y bitake you to God and to the word of his grace, that is myyti to edifie and yyue eritage in alle that ben maad hooli.
33 Argentum, et aurum, aut vestem nullius concupivi, sicut
And of no man Y coueitide siluer, and gold, ether cloth, as you silf witen;
34 ipsi scitis: quoniam ad ea, quae mihi opus erant, et his, qui mecum sunt, ministraverunt manus istae.
for to tho thingis that weren nedeful to me, and to these that ben with me, these hoondis mynystriden.
35 Omnia ostendi vobis, quoniam sic laborantes, oportet suscipere infirmos, ac meminisse verbi Domini Iesu, quoniam ipse dixit: Beatius est magis dare, quam accipere.
Alle these thingis Y schewide to you, for so it bihoueth men trauelinge to resseyue sike men, and to haue mynde of the `word of the Lord Jhesu; for he seide, It is more blesful to yyue, than to resseyue.
36 Et cum haec dixisset, positis genibus suis oravit cum omnibus illis.
And whanne he hadde seid these thingis, he knelide, and he preiede with alle hem.
37 Magnus autem fletus factus est omnium: et procumbentes super collum Pauli, osculabantur eum,
And greet weping of alle men was maad; and thei felden on the necke of Poul, and kissiden hym,
38 dolentes maxime in verbo, quod dixerat, quoniam amplius faciem eius non essent visuri. Et deducebant eum ad navem.
and sorewiden moost in the word that he seide, for thei schulen no more se his face. And thei ledden hym to the schip.
