Actuum Apostolorum 21
1 Cum autem factum esset ut navigaremus abstracti ab eis, recto cursu venimus Coum, et sequenti die Rhodum, et inde Pataram.
When at least we had torn ourselves away, and had set sail, we ran a straight course to Cos, and next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
2 Et cum invenissemus navem transfretantem in Phoenicen, ascendentes navigavimus.
And when we had found a ship bound for Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.
3 Cum apparuissemus autem Cypro, relinquentes eam ad sinistram, navigavimus in Syriam, et venimus Tyrum: ibi enim navis expositura erat onus.
After sighting Cyprus and leaving it on the left hand, we sailed for Syria, and put in at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload her cargo.
4 Inventis autem discipulis, mansimus ibi diebus septem: qui Paulo dicebant per Spiritum ne ascenderet Ierosolymam.
We looked up the local disciples and remained there seven days; and these disciples kept telling Paul, through the Spirit, that he should not set foot in Jerusalem.
5 Et expletis diebus profecti ibamus, deducentibus nos omnibus cum uxoribus, et filiis usque foras civitatem: et positis genibus in littore, oravimus.
When, however, our time was up, we left and started on our journey; and all of them, with wives and children, were escorting us on our way until we were out of the city; then, kneeling down on the beach, we prayed,
6 Et cum valefecissemus invicem, ascendimus navem: illi autem redierunt in sua.
and said good-bye, and went on board the ship, while they returned home again.
7 Nos vero navigatione expleta a Tyro descendimus Ptolemaidam: et salutatis fratribus, mansimus die una apud illos.
And when we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we reached Ptolemais, and greeted the brothers and stayed with them one day.
8 Alia autem die profecti, venimus Caesaream. Et intrantes domum Philippi evangelistae, qui erat unus de septem, mansimus apud eum.
On the morrow we started for Caesarea, where we went into the house of Philip, the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
9 Huic autem erant quattuor filiae virgines prophetantes.
Now Philip had four unmarried daughters who prophesied,
10 Et cum moraremur per dies aliquot, supervenit quidam vir a Iudaea propheta, nomine Agabus.
and while we remained there many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
11 Is cum venisset ad nos, tulit zonam Pauli: et alligans sibi pedes, et manus dixit: Haec dicit Spiritus sanctus: Virum, cuius est zona haec, sic alligabunt in Ierusalem Iudaei, et tradent in manus Gentium.
He came to us, and taking Paul’s girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, saying, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘so will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the owner of this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’"
12 Quod cum audissemus, rogabamus nos, et qui loci illius erant, ne ascenderet Ierosolymam.
As soon as we heard these words, both we and those who were standing near entreated Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 Tunc respondit Paulus, et dixit: Quid facitis flentes, et affligentes cor meum? Ego enim non solum alligari, sed et mori in Ierusalem paratus sum propter nomen Domini Iesu.
"What do you mean by thus breaking my heart with your grief?" answered Paul. "For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus."
14 Et cum ei suadere non possemus, quievimus, dicentes: Domini voluntas fiat.
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The will of the Lord be done."
15 Post dies autem istos praeparati, ascendebamus in Ierusalem.
A few days after this we took up our luggage and went up to Jerusalem.
16 Venerunt autem quidam ex discipulis a Caesarea nobiscum, adducentes secum apud quem hospitaremur Iasonem quendam Cyprium, antiquum discipulum.
And some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us. They led us to the house of Mnason, a Cypriote, a disciple of long standing, with whom we were to lodge.
17 Et cum venissemus Ierosolymam, libenter exceperunt nos fratres.
At length we reached Jerusalem, and the brothers there received us gladly.
18 Sequenti autem die introibat Paulus nobiscum ad Iacobum, omnesque collecti sunt seniores.
On the following day we went with Paul to call on James, and all the elders were present.
19 Quos cum salutasset, narrabat per singula, quae Deus fecisset in Gentibus per ministerium ipsius.
After saluting them Paul rehearsed, one by one, the things that God had done among the Gentiles by his ministry.
20 At illi cum audissent, magnificabant Deum, dixeruntque ei: Vides frater, quot millia sunt in Iudaeis, qui crediderunt, et omnes aemulatores sunt legis.
And they, when they heard it, glorified God, and said to him. "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews, of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law.
21 Audierunt autem de te quia discessionem doceas a Moyse eorum, qui per Gentes sunt, Iudaeorum: dicens non debere eos circumcidere filios suos, neque secundum consuetudinem ingredi.
"Now what they have been told about you, again and again, is that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles, to forsake Moses, and not to circumcise their children, nor to follow the old customs.
22 Quid ergo est? utique oportet convenire multitudinem: audient enim te supervenisse.
"What then ought to be done? They will certainly hear that you are come.
23 Hoc ergo fac quod tibi dicimus: Sunt nobis viri quattuor, votum habentes super se.
"So do this that we tell you.
24 His assumptis, sanctifica te cum illis: et impende in illis ut radant capita: et scient omnes quia quae de te audierunt, falsa sunt, sed ambulas et ipse custodiens legem.
"We have four men here under a vow; associate yourself with them, purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses so that they may have their heads shaved; then every one will know that there is no truth in the rumors that they have heard about you; but that you yourself walk orderly obeying the law.
25 De his autem, qui crediderunt ex Gentibus, nos scripsimus iudicantes ut abstineant se ab idolis, immolato, et sanguine, et suffocato, et fornicatione.
"As for the Gentile believers, we wrote giving judgment that they should abstain from anything sacrificed to an idol, from blood, from what is strangled, and from fornication."
26 Tunc Paulus, assumptis viris, postera die purificatus cum illis intravit in templum, annuncians expletionem dierum purificationis, donec offerretur pro unoquoque eorum oblatio.
Then Paul took the men, and after purifying himself with them next day, went into the temple to declare the fulfilment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.
27 Dum autem septem dies consummarentur, hi, qui de Asia erant, Iudaei, cum vidissent eum in templo, concitaverunt omnem populum, et iniecerunt ei manus, clamantes:
But when the seven days were almost over, the Asiatic Jews caught sight of him in the temple, and began to stir up all the crowd, and laid hands on him, shouting.
28 Viri Israelitae, adiuvate: hic est homo, qui adversus populum, et legem, et locum hunc, omnes ubique docens, insuper et Gentiles induxit in templum, et violavit sanctum locum istum.
"Men of Israel, help! This is the man who goes everywhere preaching to everybody against the people, and the Law, and this place. And he has actually brought Gentiles even into the temple, and has desecrated the holy place."
29 Viderant enim Throphimum Ephesium in civitate cum ipso, quem aestimaverunt quoniam in templum introduxisset Paulus.
(For they had formerly seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, with him in the city, and supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)
30 Commotaque est civitas tota, et facta est concursio populi. Et apprehendentes Paulum, trahebant eum extra templum: et statim clausae sunt ianuae.
The whole city was thrown into uproar. The mob surged together, seized Paul, and began to drag him outside the temple. Whereupon the doors were at once shut.
31 Quaerentibus autem eum occidere, nunciatum est tribuno cohortis: Quia tota confunditur Ierusalem.
While they were attempting to kill him, news came to the tribune commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
32 Qui statim assumptis militibus, et centurionibus, decurrit ad illos. Qui cum vidissent tribunum, et milites, cessaverunt percutere Paulum.
At once he took soldiers and centurions, and rushed down upon them. When they saw the tribune and the troops, they left off beating Paul.
33 Tunc accedens tribunus apprehendit eum, et iussit eum alligari catenis duabus: et interrogabat quis esset, et quid fecisset.
Then the tribune came up and seized him, and ordered that he be bound with two chains. "Who is he?" he began asking, "and what has he done?"
34 Alii autem aliud clamabant in turba. Et cum non posset certum cognoscere prae tumultu, iussit duci eum in castra.
Some among the crowd kept shouting one thing, some another; and when the tribune could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered Paul into the barracks.
35 Et cum venisset ad gradus, contigit ut portaretur a militibus propter vim populi.
When was going up the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the mob,
36 Sequebatur enim multitudo populi, clamans: Tolle eum.
for the whole mass of the people were following him, shouting, "Away with him!"
37 Et cum coepisset induci in castra Paulus, dicit tribuno: Si licet mihi loqui aliquid ad te? Qui dixit ei: Graece nosti?
Just as he was about to be taken into the barracks, Paul said to the tribune, "May I speak to you?"
38 Nonne tu es Aegyptius, qui ante hos dies tumultum concitasti, et eduxisti in desertum quattuor millia virorum sicariorum?
"Do you know Greek?" said the tribune; "Are you not, then, the Egyptian who in days gone by stirred up to sedition, and let into the wilderness the four thousand cutthroats?"
39 Et dixit ad eum Paulus: Ego homo sum quidem Iudaeus a Tarso Ciliciae, non ignotae civitatis municeps. Rogo autem te, permitte mihi loqui ad populum.
"I am a Jew," answered Paul, "a native of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city. And I pray you, give me permission to speak to the people."
40 Et cum ille permisisset, Paulus stans in gradibus, annuit manu ad plebem, et magno silentio facto, allocutus est lingua Hebraea, dicens:
So when he had given leave, Paul stood on the stairs, beckoning with his hands to the people. There came a great hush, and he spoke to them as follows, in Hebrew.
