Asan'ny Apostoly 21
1 Ie nifamitsok’ am’iereo, le nijon-dakañe naho niranga mb’e Kosy naho mb’e Rodo amy loak’ àndroy, boak’ao le nimb’e Patara añe,
[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].
2 naho nahtendreke lakañe hitsake mb’e Foenika mb’eo zahay le nijoñe vaho nionjoñe an-day.
[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.
3 Ie nahatalake i Kiprosy le nenga’ay am-pitàn-kavia, le nionjoñe mb’e Sirià vaho toly e Tirò eo, hanjotsoa’ i lakañey i kilanka’e.
[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.
4 Nitsoehe’ay o mpiòkeo, le nañialo am’iereo ao fito andro, ie nitolom-panohiñe i Paoly añamy Arofoy ty tsy hionjoñe mb’e Ierosaleme añe.
[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.
5 Aa ie niheneke o andro’aio, le nionjoñe vaho nanonjohy i lia’aiy. Nanese anay ze hene mpiama’e reke-baly naho anake ampara’ te nienga i rovay naho nitongalek’ añ’ olon-driake eo niloloke.
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.
6 Ie nifanolo-pañanintsiñe, le nijon-dakañe, vaho nimpoly iereo.
After we all said goodbye, Paul and we [his companions] got on the ship, and the [other] believers returned to their own homes.
7 Ie nihenefa’ay i lia boak’e Tiròy le avy e Tolemaia, naho nifañontane amo mpiama’eo vaho niambahiny am’iereo andro raike.
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.
8 Nionjoñe amy maraiñey zahay le nandoake e Kaisaria naho nizilik’ añ’anjomba’ i Filipo Mpitaroñe, mpiamy fito rey, vaho nañialo ama’e.
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].
9 Efatse ty anak’ ampela’e somondrara, songa mpitoky.
He had four daughters who were not married. Each of them [frequently] spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had revealed to them.
10 Ie nandrare tobok’ andro maro ao, le nizotso hirik’e Iehodà añe ty mpitoky atao Agabo,
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.
11 niheo mb’ama’ay mb’eo, nandrambe ty fiètse’ i Paoly le nandrohy o fità’eo naho o fandia’eo vaho nanao ty hoe: Hoe ty tsara’ i Arofo Masiñey: Hambañe amy zao ty handrohiza’ o Jiosy e Ierosalemeo ty tompo’ ty fiètse toy, haneseañ’ aze am-pità’ o kilakila ondatio.
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].’”
12 Ie jinanji’ay, le nihalaly amy Paoly, zahay naho ondati’ i toetseio, ty tsy hionjoñe mb’e Ierosaleme añe.
When [the rest of] us heard that, we and [other] believers there repeatedly pled with Paul, “Please do not go up to Jerusalem!”
13 Aa hoe ty natoi’ i Paoly: Inoñ’ o iroveta’ areo hampikoretse ty trokoo? Tsy t’ie ho vahoreñe avao, fa toe veka’e hikenkañe e Ierosaleme ao ty amy tahina’ Iesoà Talèy.
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.”
14 Kanao tsy lefe nampiantofan-dre, le nado’ay ami’ty hoe: Ty satri’ i Talè ro hanoeñe.
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)!”
15 Añe i andro rezay, le nañalankañe zahay vaho nionjomb’e Ierosaleme mb’ eo.
After those days [in Caesarea], we [(exc)] prepared [our things] and [left to] go [by land] up to Jerusalem.
16 Nindre ama’ay ty ila’ o mpiòke e Kaisariao, le nendese’ iereo mb’amy nte-Kiprosy atao Menasona, mpiòke hatrela’e, hañialoa’ay ama’e.
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].
17 Ie nandoake e Ierosaleme ao, le rinambe’ o roahalahio antalatala-saba,
When we arrived in Jerusalem, [a group of] the believers greeted us happily.
18 amy loakandroy le niheo mb’ am’ Iakobe t’i Paoly naho zahay, vaho tao iaby o beio.
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.
19 Nifañontane am’ iereo re vaho hene natalili’e kiraikiraike o raha nanoen’ Añahare añivo’ o kilakila ‘ndatio amy fitoroña’eio.
Paul greeted them, and then he reported all of the things that God had enabled him to do among the non-Jewish people.
20 Ie jinanji’ iereo, le nandrenge an’Andrianañahare vaho nanoa’ iareo ty hoe: O rahalahio, henteo te añ’aleale o Jiosy mpiatoo, songa mahimbañe an-Kake.
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].
21 Toe nampandrendreheñe am’iereo te ihe mañòke ze fonga Jiosy añivo’ o kilakila’ ndatio ty hamorintseñe i Mosè, naho manoro te tsy ho savareñe ty ana’ iareo vaho tsy horiheñe o lilitseo.
[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].
22 Inoñ’ arè ty hatao? amy te tsi-mete tsy ho janjiñe t’ie pok’eo,
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].
23 aa le anò ze hatoro’ay azo: Ama’ay atoañe t’indaty efatse fehè’ ty fanta.
So you should do what we suggest to you. There are four men among us who have strongly promised [to God] about [something].
24 Endeso i lahilahy rey le itraofo fañeferam-batañe le avaho ty fañè’ iareo amy fiharatañe añamboney; vaho hene hahafohiñe te tsy amam-bente’e i nampahafohineñe azo iareo, f’ie toe mañavelo an-kavantañañe vaho mifahatse’ amy Hàke.
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].
25 Aa naho o kilakila ondaty mpiatoo, fa nisokira’ay ty safiri’ay te hifoneña’ iareo ze nisoroñañe an-kazomanga, naho ty lio, naho ze nidageañeñe, vaho ze hakarapiloañe.
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.”
26 Aa le rinambe’ i Paoly indaty rey, ie maraindray le nindre niefetse vaho nizilik’ añ’anjomban’ Añahare ao nitaroñe te heneke o androm-piefera’ iareoo ampara’ te songa añengàñe soroñe.
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.
27 Aa ie ho nigadoñe i fito àndro rey, le natrabi’ o Jiosy nte-Asia nahaisake iareo añ’anjomban’ Añahareo i màroy, hitsepak’ aze,
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!”
28 ami’ty koike ty hoe: Ry ‘ndaty nte Israeleo, oloro! Intoy t’indaty mañòke sikal’ aia sikal’ aia ty handietse ondatin-tikañeo naho i Hake vaho ty toetse toy, mbore nampizilihe’e amy anjombay o nte-Grikao le naniva ty toetse-miavake toy.
29 (Ie niisa’ iereo an-drova ao nindre amy Trofimo nte Efesosy, naho sinafiri’ iereo te nendese’ i Paoly añ’anjomban’ Añahare ao.)
30 Le nivalitsikotake iaby i rovay, naho niropake mb’eo ondatio nitsepak’ i Paoly naho kinororò’ iereo mb’alafe’ i anjomban’ Añaharey vaho vinarindriñe o lalam-beio.
[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].
31 Ie nimanea’ iareo havetrake le nahatakatse i talèm-pirai-lian-dahin-defoñey, te nifandrakaraka iaby t’Ierosaleme;
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].
32 aa le ninday lahindefoñe miharo mpifele-jato amy zao re nitsondemboke te nizotso, nisorogoda mb’am’iareo ao. Ie zoe’ i màroy i talè mandroron-dahin-defon-katsaorañe, le napo’ iareo ty fikobokobohañ’ i Paoly.
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.
33 Loneake eo i talèy nigore aze, le linili’e t’ie ho vahorañe an-tsilisily roe, vaho hinerehere’e te ia, naho ze nanoe’e.
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?”
34 Le hirik’ amy màroy ty nitazataza izay, naho ty nikontsiañ’ izao; aa kanao tsy haharendreke ty to amy fitabohazakey, le nampanase’e mb’ añ’ akibam-piosoñañ’ ao.
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].
35 Ie pok’ am-panongañe eo, le nonjone’ o lahin-defoñeo an-tsoroke re ty amy haandoviaha’ i lahialeñeiy,
[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].
36 amy t’ie norihe’ i màroy nikoiake ty hoe: Aseseo!
The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Kill him! Kill him!”
37 Ie ho nazili’ o lahin-defoñeo añ’ anjomba ao t’i Paoly le hoe re amy talèy: Te hivolañe ama’o iraho? Aa hoe re: Mahay Grika v’iheo?
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]
38 Tsy ihe hao i nte-Egipte nañoràke fakomale-bey, ninday ‘ndaty mpamono efats’ arivo mb’ an-dratraratra añey?
“(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]?”
39 Hoe t’i Paoly: Jiosy iraho, nte Tarsosy e Kilkia añe, tan-drova tsy atao tsotra. Ehe, apoho hitaroñe am’ ondatio.
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.”
40 Nimea’e lily, le nijohañe amy fanongañey t’i Paoly nanondrotondro am’ondatio am-pitàñe, le nianjiñe do’e iereo vaho nilañona’e an-tsaontsy Hebreo ty hoe,
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].
