1 En nadat die oproer verby was, het Paulus die dissipels na hom geroep en gegroet en het vertrek om na Macedonië te reis.

2 En hy het daardie streke deurgegaan, en nadat hy hulle met baie woorde bemoedig het, in Griekeland gekom.

3 En daar het hy drie maande gebly; maar toe die Jode teen hom saamgespan het, terwyl hy juis na S¡rië sou afvaar, het hy besluit om deur Macedonië terug te gaan.

4 En tot in Asië het Sopater van Ber,a hom vergesel, en van die Thessalonicense, Arist rchus en Secundus, en Gajus van Derbe en Timothes, en uit Asië T¡chikus en Trofimus.

5 Hulle het vooruitgegaan en in Troas op ons gewag.

6 Maar n die dae van die ongesuurde brode het ons van Fil¡ppi uitgeseil en binne vyf dae by hulle in Troas gekom waar ons sewe dae deurgebring het.

7 En op die eerste dag van die week, toe die dissipels vergader het om brood te breek, het Paulus hulle toegespreek, omdat hy die volgende dag sou vertrek en hy het sy rede gerek tot middernag toe.

8 En daar was baie lampe in die bovertrek waar hulle vergader het.

9 En 'n sekere jongman met die naam van Eutichus het in die venster gesit en weggesink in 'n diepe slaap; en toe Paulus nog lank gespreek het, is hy oorweldig deur die slaap en het van die derde verdieping afgeval en is dood opgetel.

10 Toe gaan Paulus ondertoe en val op hom en slaan sy arms om hom en sê: Moenie so te kere gaan nie, want sy lewe is in hom.

11 En hy het boontoe gegaan en brood gebreek en geëet; en nadat hy nog 'n geruime tyd gespreek het tot dagbreek toe, het hy vertrek.

12 En hulle het die seun lewendig huis toe weggebring en was uitermate getroos.

13 Maar ons het vooruit op die skip gegaan en afgevaar na Assus, waar ons van plan was om Paulus aan boord te neem; want so het hy dit bestel, omdat hy self te voet wou gaan.

14 Toe hy ons dan in Assus ontmoet, het ons hom aan boord geneem en by Mitil,ne gekom.

15 En daarvandaan het ons weggevaar en die volgende dag teenoor Chios gekom, en die ander dag na Samos oorgevaar en in Trog¡llion oorgebly en die dag daarop by Mil,te gekom.

16 Want Paulus het besluit om by fese verby te vaar, sodat hy nie in Asië tyd sou verloor nie; want hy het hom gehaas om, as dit vir hom moontlik was, op die pinksterdag in Jerusalem te wees.

17 En van Mil,te het hy gestuur na fese en die ouderlinge van die gemeente laat roep.

18 En toe hulle by hom kom, sê hy vir hulle: Julle weet hoe ek, van die eerste dag af dat ek in Asië aangekom het, die hele tyd by julle gewees het

19 en die Here gedien het met alle nederigheid en baie trane en beproewinge wat oor my gekom het deur die komplotte van die Jode;

20 hoe ek niks agtergehou het van wat nuttig is nie, om dit aan julle te verkondig en julle te onderrig in die openbaar en in julle huise,

21 terwyl ek kragtig by die Jode sowel as die Grieke aangedring het op die bekering tot God en die geloof in onse Here Jesus Christus.

22 En kyk, ek gaan nou gebind deur die Gees na Jerusalem; en watter dinge my daar sal oorkom, weet ek nie,

23 behalwe dat die Heilige Gees in elke stad kragtig getuig en sê dat boeie en verdrukkinge my wag.

24 Maar ek bekommer my glad nie en ek ag ook my lewe vir myself nie dierbaar nie, sodat ek met blydskap my loopbaan kan volbring en die bediening wat ek van die Here Jesus ontvang het, om kragtig te getuig vir die evangelie van die genade van God.

25 En nou weet ek dat julle almal onder wie ek rondgegaan en die koninkryk van God verkondig het, my aangesig nie meer sal sien nie.

26 Daarom betuig ek aan julle op hierdie dag dat ek rein is van die bloed van almal.

27 Want ek het nie nagelaat om aan julle die hele raad van God te verkondig nie.

28 Gee dan ag op julleself en op die hele kudde waaroor die Heilige Gees julle as opsieners aangestel het om as herders die gemeente van God te versorg, wat Hy deur sy eie bloed verkry het.

29 Want ek weet dit, dat n my vertrek wrede wolwe onder julle sal inkom en die kudde nie sal spaar nie.

30 Ja, uit julle self sal daar manne opstaan wat verkeerde dinge praat om die dissipels weg te trek agter hulle aan.

31 Daarom moet julle waak en onthou dat ek drie jaar lank nag en dag nie opgehou het om elkeen met trane te vermaan nie.

32 En nou, broeders, dra ek julle op aan God en aan die woord van sy genade, wat magtig is om julle op te bou en julle 'n erfdeel te gee onder al die geheiligdes.

33 Niemand se silwer of goud of klere het ek begeer nie;

34 maar julle weet self dat hierdie hande voorsien het in die behoeftes van my en die wat by my was.

35 Ek het julle in alles getoon dat ons deur so te arbei die swakkes moet help en die woorde van die Here Jesus moet onthou, dat Hy gesê het: Dit is saliger om te gee as om te ontvang.

36 En n hierdie woorde het hy neergekniel en met hulle almal saam gebid.

37 En daar het 'n groot geween ontstaan van almal, en hulle het Paulus om die hals geval en hom gesoen,

38 veral bedroef oor die woord wat hy gesê het, dat hulle sy aangesig nie meer sou sien nie. En hulle het hom na die skip begelei.

1 And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.

2 And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

3 And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia.

4 And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as Asia.

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

6 And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.

7 And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.

8 And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.

9 And a certain young man named Eutychus, who was seated in the window, went into a deep sleep; and while Paul went on talking, being overcome by sleep, he had a fall from the third floor, and was taken up dead.

10 And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.

11 And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away.

12 And they took the boy in, living, and were greatly comforted.

13 But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.

14 And when he came up with us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene.

15 And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day to Miletus.

16 For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.

18 And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

19 Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

20 And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,

21 Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

22 And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:

23 Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

24 But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

25 And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.

26 And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men.

27 For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.

28 Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

29 I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;

30 And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.

31 So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

32 And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.

33 I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.

34 You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.

35 In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

36 And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all.

37 And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,

38 Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.