Esaamootkaat 20
1 Hoongrok haphaang ah sem lidi, Pool ih hanpiite loong ah khoonpoon rum ano, chaankot jengkhaap ah jeng koh rum ano raajeng rumta eno Mesidonia ko ih wangta.
After the people at Ephesus had stopped rioting, Paul summoned the believers. He encouraged them [to continue to trust in the Lord Jesus. Soon] after that, he told them goodbye and left to go to Macedonia [province].
2 Pool erah hah lam ih wang ano chaankot jengkhaap ah miloong asuh rapne ih koh thiin rumta. Erah lih adi Akaia hah ni thok ano,
[After he arrived] there, he visited [each town where there were believers], and encouraged them. Then he arrived in Greece [province], [which is also called Achaia].
3 laajom tongthiinta. Siria nah wang ang ngeh ih taat khookhaam adi Jehudi loong ih heh tek haat suh kaankoong rumta ah Pool ih jatjoot eta; erah raangtaan ih Pool Mesidonia lam ih ngaakwang chungta.
He stayed there for three months. Then he planned to return to Syria by ship, but [he heard that] some of the Jews [SYN] [in that area] were planning to kill him [as he traveled. So] he decided instead to go [by land, and he traveled] again through Macedonia.
4 Heh damdi Puros sah Sopater, Beria hah nawa roongwangta; erah damdi Thesalonika nawa, Aristarkas nyia Sekundas, Derbe nawa Gaius, Esia hah nawa langla Taichikas nyia Trophimas; eno Timothi loong ah nep wakwang rumta.
The men who were going to travel with him [to Jerusalem were] Sopater, [who was] a son of Pyrrhus, who grew up in Berea [town]; Aristarchus and Secundus, who were from Thessalonica [city; ] Gaius, [who was] from Derbe [town; ] Timothy, [who was from Galatia province; ] and Tychicus and Trophimus who were from Asia [province].
5 Neng loong ah sengngah sengngah ban wangrum ano Troas ni banwan tahe.
Those [seven] men went ahead of [Paul and me, Luke, by ship from Macedonia, so] they got to Troas [before we did and] waited for [the two of] us there.
6 Toomuh Kham Kuwaang lih adi Philippi nawa juulam ih daansoon eno, sa bangnga lidi Troas ni chomui eno erah ni sa sinat tongthiinti.
[But we two(exc) traveled by land as far as] Philippi [city]. After the Jewish festival [when they eat] unleavened bread, we got on a ship [that was going from] the port near [Philippi to Troas city]. After five days we [(exc)] arrived at Troas and we met the other men who had traveled there [ahead of us]. Then we [all] stayed in Troas for seven days.
7 Huuniibaat rangja di rang chosoomti adi phaksat ah room phaksah eti. Pool erah saalih adi rangkhano ih wangte ang ano, miloong ah damdi rangphe thungkham di thok roong waanta.
(On Sunday evening/On the evening of the first day of the week), we [(exc) and the other believers there] gathered together to celebrate the Lord’s Supper [and to eat other food] [SYN]. Paul spoke to the believers. He continued teaching them until midnight, because he was planning to leave [Troas] the next day.
8 Seng khoontongti nokkhoh adi weetook loong ah phaak eta.
Many [oil] lamps were burning in the upstairs room in which we [(exc)] had gathered, [so the fumes caused some people to become sleepy].
9 Jaaro wasiit heh men ah Eutikaas ngeh ih angta ah wokaacha ni tongta, eno Pool ih tiitwaan jangbaat adi, Eutikaas ah heh jupmot ih ngotdatta, eno mokjup ano nokkhoh thoongjom khoh nawa datti kata. Taat toonpi karum ano, tekmang angta.
A young man whose name was Eutychus was there. He was seated on [the sill of] an [open] window [on the third story of the house]. As Paul continued talking for a long time, Eutychus became sleepier and sleepier. Finally, he was sound/really asleep. He fell [out of the window] from the third story down [to the ground. Some of the believers went down] immediately and picked him up. [But he was] dead.
10 Eno Pool ah echaan ih daatkhoom kah ano khekjoh kata. “Nak sotsaam an” Pool ih baat rumta, “amadi heh ething!”
Paul [also] went down. He lay down and stretched out on top of the young man and put his arms around him. Then he said [to the people who were standing around], “Do not worry, he is alive [again now]!”
11 Eno lamtok nokkhok adi we ngaakwang ano, baanlo ah chep hoom phak wangta. Neng damdi rekamdook eh rangsa laandongroh roongwaan rum ano Pool ah doksoon kata.
Then Paul, [along with the others], went upstairs again and they ate the Lord’s Supper and other food [SYN]. Afterwards, Paul conversed with the believers until dawn. Then he left.
12 Jaaro ah nok ni ething ih piikaat rum ano miloong ah neng ten kokchem rumta.
The [other] people took the young man [home], and were greatly encouraged because he was alive [again].
13 Assos nawa Pool ban toonhui kaat suh seng juukaari ni jaakhoh ban daansoonti. Emah eh kaat theng ngeh ih Pool ih baatthiin tahe, eno heh ah saanghook lam ih wangta.
We then went to the ship. Paul did not get on the ship [with us in Troas], because he preferred to go [more quickly] overland to Assos [town]. The rest of us got on the ship and sailed for Assos.
14 Assos ni chomui eno, Mitilene ne kaat suh toonhui kati.
We [(exc)] met Paul in Assos. He got on [the ship] with us, and we sailed to Mitylene [town].
15 Erah dowa juulam ih daansoon kah eno Kios ni saasiit adi thok kati. Erah saalih adi Samos ni thokti, erah lih adi Miletus ni thok wangti.
The day after [we reached Mitylene], we [sailed from there and] arrived [at a place] near Kios [Island]. The day after that, we sailed to Samos [Island]. The next day we [left Samos and] sailed to Miletus [town].
16 Esia hah nah rangsa photham ah ngeh ih li ano, Pool ih Ephesas ni wang chungta. Lek jen ang abah, Jerusalem nah Pentikos maangdoh thok suh ngeh ih thuuhuuta.
[Miletus was just south of Ephesus city]. Paul had [earlier] decided that he would not get on a ship that would stop at Ephesus, because he did not want to spend [several] days in Asia [province]. If possible, he wanted to arrive in Jerusalem by the [time of the] Pentecost festival, [and the time of that festival was near].
17 Pool Miletus ni ang adi Ephesaste suh, chaas mihak phokhoh loong toom chomui rumha ngeh ih jengkhaap maatbaatta.
[When the ship arrived at] Miletus, Paul sent [a messenger] to Ephesus to ask the elders of the congregation to come to talk with him.
18 Eno heh jiinni thokrum kano li rumta, “Sen ih jat ih han sen damdi ang tahang adoh ngah tiimthan saajang mamah ih roongtong tahang, Esia hah nawa phangthok sa dowa ih ah.
When the elders arrived, Paul said to them, “You personally know how I [conducted myself among you the entire time] that I was with you, from the first day when I arrived [here] in Asia [province until the day I left].
19 Jehudi loong ih nga tek haat taatchung tahang adoh nga mikse ah janhaat angno Teesu laksuh angkang ngeh ih rekamdook ih seklilih ih mokah tang.
[You know how] I was serving the Lord [Jesus] very humbly and how I sometimes wept [about people. You also know how] I suffered because the Jews [SYN] [who were not believers often] tried [to harm me].
20 Sen raangtaan ih mamah doh se ah li angno tiim nyoot theng angta nokwah dungni ni nyia sen nok ni thoontang nyootsoot rum taha.
You also know that, as I preached [God’s message] to you, I never left out anything that would help you. You know that I taught you [God’s message] when many people were present, and I [also went to your] homes and taught it there.
21 Jehudi nyia Ranglajatte loongtang suh phoosiitsiit ih baat rum tang sen rangdah nawa Rangte jiinko wang hanno Teesu Jisu hanpi an ngeh ah.
I preached both to Jews and to non-Jews, telling them [all] that they must turn away from their sinful behavior. [I also told them they should] believe in our Lord Jesus.”
22 Amadi bah ngah Esa Chiiala jeng chaatchaat ih Jerusalem ko ih kalang, erah nah mamah ang koja ngah ih tajatkang.
“And now note this: I am going to Jerusalem, because [God’s] Spirit has clearly shown me that I must go there. I do not know what will happen to me [while I am there].
23 Ngah suh Esa Chiiala ih erah ba baat halang samnuthung rookwet ni chamnaang nyia phaatak ah nga raangtaan ih ban tong roh ela ngeh ah.
But I do know that in each city [where I have stopped], the Holy Spirit has (told me/[caused the believers to] tell me) that [in Jerusalem] people will put me in prison [PRS] and will cause me to suffer [PRS].
24 Enoothong ngah ih hanpi hang nga roidong ah tiimtha uh tah angka; ngah ih hanpi hang Teesu ih mootthuk halang ah ba mokah ang, erah langla Rangte minchan ruurang tiit ah tumbaat theng.
But I do not care even if people kill me, if first I am able to finish the work [MET] that the Lord Jesus has told me [to do. He appointed me] to tell people the good message that God [saves us] by doing for us what we do not deserve.
25 “Ngah sen loong hani tumkhoom lang, eno Rangte hasong tiit ah tumbaat hang. Amadi ngah ih jat ehang sen ih ngah mabah uh takah japtup ri ang ah
I have preached to you the message about how God desires to rule [people’s lives]. But now I know that today is the last time that you fellow believers will see me [SYN].
26 Erah raangtaan ih chiinnyah baat rumhala: Sen loong ah emat ih anbah nga matkapjih tah angka.
So I want you all to understand that if anyone [who has heard me preach] dies [without trusting in Jesus], it is not my fault [MTY],
27 Tiimnge liidi Rangte tenthun tiit ah mathan angta thoontang baat ih rum taha.
because I told you [LIT] everything [HYP] that God has planned for us [(inc)].
28 Erah raangtaan ih Esa Chiiala ih sokboi thuk halan saapsah loong ah rapniine ih sokboi an. Hesah sih jun ih Rangte chaas ni sen loong ah saapriimte heh sah angthuk halan.
[You leaders] must continue to believe and obey [God’s message. You must also help] all the other believers [MET] for whom the Holy Spirit has caused you to be responsible [MTY]. Watch over [MET] yourselves and the other believers [as] a shepherd [watches over his sheep]. God bought them with the blood [that flowed from] his [Son’s body on the cross].
29 Ngah ih jat ehang nga doksoon lidoh, so loong ah sendung nah wang haano, saap ah tachiimka ang ah.
I know [very well] that after I leave, [people who teach] [MET] [false doctrines] will come among you and will do great harm to the believers. [They will be like] fierce wolves [that kill sheep].
30 Saapoot thok ha doh miwah loong ah ih mih mokwaan rum ano hanpiite loong ah pheehoom rum ah eno neng lih phanjoot thuk rum ah.
Even in your own group of believers there will be some who will deceive [other] believers by teaching them messages that are false. They will teach those messages so that some people [will believe them and] will become their followers.
31 Erah raangtaan ih naririh ih tongtha an, paangjom adi rangwu rangphe ih nga mikse ah janhaat angno nyootsoot rumhala ah samthun roh ih an.
So watch out [that none of you stops believing the true message about our Lord Jesus]. Remember that day and night for [about] three years I repeatedly taught you that message, and warned you with tears [in my eyes not to believe any other message].”
32 “Sen loong ah Rangte lakhui ni nyia heh minchan jengkhaap ni look haat rumhala, eno juuba Rangte ih heh mina raangtaan ih thiinha minchan khui nah hak thuk suh romseetam kohan.
“[Now as I leave you], I ask God to protect you and to keep you believing the message [that he saves us(inc)] by doing for us what we do not deserve. [If you continue believing] the message [that I told you], you will become [spiritually mature], and God will give you the blessings that he has promised to give to all of those who belong to him.
33 Ngah ih o jiin nawa hun, kom nyia nyuh akhat tasuh rumra.
[As for myself], I have not desired anyone’s money [MTY] or [fine] clothing.
34 Sen teenuh teewah ih jat ehan nga raangtaan nyia nga joon loong raangtaan ih nga laklak ih ngun ah bi angno phaksahi.
You yourselves know that I have worked [with my hands] [MTY] to earn the money that my companions and I needed.
35 Seng loong asuh jirep ah noisok rumhala motchaan kaatchaan ah kah eno changthih noodek suh mamah ih chokot theng ah, Jisu ih baat tahan jengkhaap ah samthun roh ih an, “Echoh ehi nang ih ekot ehi ah tenroon ehan.”
In everything that I did, I showed you that we [(inc)] should work hard in order [to have enough money] to give some to those who are needy. We [(inc)] should remember that our Lord Jesus himself said, ‘You are happy when people give you what you need, but God will be happy with you when you give other people what they need.’”
36 Pool thoonjeng ano, neng damdi heh lakuh ni chooktong ano rangsoomta.
When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of the elders and prayed.
37 Mih thoontang hu rum ano chupphak rumta eno khekjoot damdi raajeng rumta.
They all cried a lot, and they hugged Paul and kissed him.
38 Pool ih takah chotup ri li kano miloong ah ehan thungthih rumta. Eno juukaari adi diisiitkaat rumta.
They were especially sad because he had said that they would never see him [SYN] again. Then they [all] went with him to the ship.
