Atos 20

1 After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia. 2 When he had gone through those parts and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece. 3 When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia. 4 These accompanied him as far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea, Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, Gaius of Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia. 5 But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas. 6 We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.

7 On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day; and continued his speech until midnight. 8 There were many lights in the upper room where we*20:8 TR reads "they" instead of "we" were gathered together. 9 A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third floor and was taken up dead. 10 Paul went down and fell upon him, and embracing him said, "Don’t be troubled, for his life is in him."

11 When he had gone up, had broken bread and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even until break of day, he departed. 12 They brought the boy in alive, and were greatly comforted.

13 But we, going ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there; for he had so arranged, intending himself to go by land. 14 When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and came to Mitylene. 15 Sailing from there, we came the following day opposite Chios. The next day we touched at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and the day after we came to Miletus. 16 For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

17 From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to himself the elders of the assembly. 18 When they had come to him, he said to them, "You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the time, 19 serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews; 20 how I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house, 21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.*20:21 TR adds "Christ" 22 Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there; 23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me. 24 But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

25 "Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching God’s Kingdom, will see my face no more. 26 Therefore I testify to you today that I am clean from the blood of all men, 27 for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God. 28 Take heed, therefore, to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and*20:28 TR, NU omit "the Lord and" God which he purchased with his own blood. 29 For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31 Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn’t cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears. 32 Now, brothers,*20:32 The word for "brothers" here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings." I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 33 I coveted no one’s silver, gold, or clothing. 34 You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me. 35 In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ "

36 When he had spoken these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all. 37 They all wept freely, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him, 38 sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

Ki Makeronia me Kariki

1 Ā, nō te mutunga o te ngangau, ka karangatia e Pāora ngā ākonga, ka tohutohu i a rātou, ka poroporoaki, ā, tūria atu ana e ia, haere ana ki Makeronia. 2 Ā, ka hāereerea e ia aua wāhi, me te whakahau i a rātou ki ngā kupu maha, ā, haere ana ia ki Kariki; 3 ā, ka toru ōna marama ki reira. I ngā Hūrai anō e whakatakoto whakaaro ana mōna, i a ia meāke rere ki Hīria, ka whakaaro ia kia hoki mā Makeronia. 4 Ā, i haere tahi i a ia tae noa ki Āhia, a Hopate o Peria, te tama a Piru; a Aritaku rāua ko Hekunu o Teharonika; a Kaiu o Rerepe; a Tīmoti hoki rātou ko Tikiku, ko Toropimu o Āhia. 5 Otirā, kua haere atu ēnei i mua, ā, e tatari mai ana ki a mātou i Toroa. 6 Nā, i te mutunga o ngā rā o te Taro Rēwenakore ka rere atu mātou i Piripai, ā, pō rima ka tae atu ki a rātou ki Toroa; ā, e whitu ngā rā i noho ai ki reira.

Te Haerenga Whakamutunga o Pāora ki Toroa

7 Nā, i te rā tuatahi o te wiki, i te mea kua huihui mātou ki te whawhati taro, ka kauwhau a Pāora ki a rātou, e mea ana hoki ki te haere i te aonga ake; ā, ka kūmea roatia tāna kōrero ā waenganui pō rā anō. 8 Ā, he maha ngā rama i te rūma i runga, i te wāhi i huihui ai mātou. 9 Nā, tērā tētahi taitamariki, ko Ūtiku te ingoa, i te matapihi e noho ana, kua tino parangia e te moe; ā, ka roa tonu te kauwhau a Pāora, nā, ka pēhia rawatia ia e te moe, nā, ka taka iho i te toru o ngā whakapaparanga o ngā rūma, tangohia rawatia ake kua mate. 10 Nā, ka heke iho a Pāora, ā, hinga ana ki runga ki a ia, awhi ana i a ia, ka mea, "Kei ngangau koutou; kei roto hoki i a ia tōna wairua." 11 Nā, ka kake atu anō ia, ka whawhati taro, ka kai, ā, ka roa rawa te kōrero ā pūao noa, ka haere. 12 Heoi, ārahina oratia atu ana e rātou taua taitama, kīhai hoki i nohinohi te koa.

Mai i Toroa ki Miretu

13 Nā, ko mātou kua riro i mua ki te kaipuke, ā, rere ana ki Aho, i mea kia utaina a Pāora i reira; nāna hoki i whakarite, i mea hoki ko ia me rā uta. 14 Ā, ka tūtaki ki a mātou ki Aho, ka utaina ia, ā, rere ana mātou ki Mitirini. 15 Rere atu ana mātou i reira, ā, i te aonga ake ka taea te ritenga atu o Kio; ao ake anō ka ū ki Hamo, ā, noho ana ki Torokiriuma; ao ake anō ka ū ki Miretu. 16 I mea hoki a Pāora kia rere i waho ake o Epeha, kei roa ia ki Āhia; i pōrangi hoki me kore e rokohanga atu ia e te rā o te Petekoha ki Hiruhārama.

Te Poroporoaki a Pāora ki ngā Kaumātua o Epeha

17 Nā, ka tono tāngata atu ia i Miretu ki Epeha, hei tiki i ngā kaumātua o te hāhi. 18 Ā, nō tō rātou taenga mai ki a ia, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "E mātau ana koutou ki tāku tikanga i roto i a koutou i ngā rā katoa, nō te rā tuatahi iho anō o tōku taenga mai ki Āhia, 19 pāpaku noa iho te ngākau i mahi ai ahau ki te Ariki, he maha ia ngā roimata me ngā whakamātautau i pā ki ahau, i ngā Hūrai e whakatakoto whakaaro ana mōku. 20 Kīhai i puritia e ahau tētahi o ngā mea pai i whakakitea atu anō ki a koutou i ākona nuitia ki a koutou, i tēnei whare, i tēnei whare; 21 i kauwhautia hoki ki ngā Hūrai ki ngā Kariki, te rīpenetā whaka te Atua, me te whakapono ki tō tātou Ariki, ki a Īhu Karaiti.

22 "Nā, tēnei ahau te haere nei ki Hiruhārama, he hereherenga nā te wairua, kāhore hoki e mōhio ki ngā mea e pā ki ahau i reira; 23 heoi anō, ko tā te Wairua Tapu e whakaatu nei ki ahau i tēnei pā, i tēnei pā, e mea ana, kei te tāria mai ahau e ngā mekameka, e ngā mate. 24 Otirā, kāhore ahau e ihupuku ki te ora, hei painga ki ahau ake, engari, kia taea tāku e whai nei, me te mahi i hōmai ki ahau e te Ariki, e Īhu, arā kia whakaaturia te rongopai o te aroha noa o te Atua.

25 "Nā, e mōhio ana tēnei ahau, heoi anō, kitenga o tōku mata e tētahi o koutou, e te hunga i kauwhau haere nei ahau i te rangatiratanga o te Atua i roto i a koutou. 26 Koia ahau ka mea nei ki a koutou āianei, kāhore ōku poke i ngā toto o tētahi tangata. 27 Kīhai hoki ahau i manawapā ki te kauwhau i te whakaaro katoa o te Atua ki a koutou. 28 Nā, kia tūpato ki a koutou, ki te kāhui katoa anō i meinga ai koutou e te Wairua Tapu hei kaitirotiro, whāngaia te hāhi a te Atua i hokona nei e ia ki ōna ake toto. 29 E mōhio ana hoki ahau ki tēnei ka riro ahau tērā e puta mai ki a koutou he wuruhi nanakia, e kore nei e tohu i te kāhui; 30 ā, ka whakatika ake ētahi tāngata i roto i a koutou anō, kōrero ai i ngā mea parori kē, hei kukume i ngā ākonga kia whai i a rātou. 31 Nā reira, kia mataara, kia mahara anō ki ngā tau e toru kīhai nei ahau i māngere i te pō, i te ao, ki te whakatūpato i tēnei, i tēnei o koutou, me te tangi anō ahau.

32 "Nā, tēnei ahau, te tuku nei i a koutou ki te Atua, ki te kupu hoki o tōna aroha noa, e kaha nei ki te whakatupu ake, ki te hoatu hoki i tētahi wāhi ki a koutou i roto i te hunga katoa kua oti te whakatapu. 33 Kīhai i hiahiatia e ahau te hiriwa, te kōura, te kākahu rānei, o tētahi. 34 E mōhio ana anō koutou, nā ēnei ringa i mahi ngā mea i matea e ahau, e ōku hoa hoki. 35 I ngā mea katoa i hoatu ahau he tauira ki a koutou, kia pēnei tā koutou mahi kia atawhaitia ai e koutou te hunga ngoikore, me te mahara ki ngā kupu a te Ariki, a Īhu, i mea rā ia, ‘Ko te whakawhiwhi, nui atu te hari i tō te whiwhi.’ "

36 I te mutunga o tēnei whai kupu āna ka tukua ōna turi ki raro, ka īnoi tahi ia me rātou katoa. 37 He nui hoki te tangi o te katoa; hinga iho rātou ki runga ki te kakī o Pāora, ka kihi i a ia; 38 i tino mamae pū hoki rātou i te kupu i mea ai ia, heoi anō, tō rātou kitenga i tōna mata. Nā, ka ārahi rātou i a ia ki te kaipuke.