On to Jerusalem
1After we had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Kos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patara. 2We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went on board and set sail. 3After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria. We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo. 4We sought out the disciples there and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. 5When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray. 6After saying goodbye to each other, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
7We continued our voyage from Tyre and landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed with them for a day. 8Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea and stayed at the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven. 9He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
10After we had been there a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. 11Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’ ”
12When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. 13Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” 14When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
15After this, we started on our way up to Jerusalem. 16Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us and brought us to the home of Mnason, where we were to stay. He was a man from Cyprus and one of the early disciples.
Paul’s Arrival at Jerusalem
17When we arrived at Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters received us warmly. 18The next day Paul and the rest of us went to see James, and all the elders were present. 19Paul greeted them and reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
20When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law. 21They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs. 22What shall we do? They will certainly hear that you have come, 23so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow. 24Take these men, join in their purification rites and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law. 25As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.”
26The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each of them.
Paul Arrested
27When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, 28shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.” 29(They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)
30The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. 31While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. 32He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
33The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done. 34Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another, and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks. 35When Paul reached the steps, the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers. 36The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!”
Paul Speaks to the Crowd
37As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?”
“Do you speak Greek?” he replied. 38“Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the wilderness some time ago?”
39Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.”
40After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic21:40 Or possibly Hebrew; also in 22:2:
Paulo Kɔ Yerusalem
1Yɛne Efeso asafo mpanyimfo no dii ntetewmu no, yesii mu nam asu ani tee kɔɔ Ko. Ade kyee no, yekoduu Rodo na yefii hɔ kɔɔ Patara. 2Yenyaa hyɛn bi a ɛrekɔ Foinike kɔtenaa mu kɔe. 3Yeduu baabi a yɛn ani tua Kipro no, yetwaa ho wɔ benkum fam kɔɔ Siria. Yesii fam wɔ Tiro, efisɛ na ɛhɔ na wɔrekoyi hyɛn no mu nneɛma. 4Yehuu asuafo bi wɔ hɔ tenaa wɔn nkyɛn dii nnaawɔtwe. Asuafo no nam Honhom Kronkron adiyi so bɔɔ Paulo kɔkɔ sɛ ɔnkɔ Yerusalem. 5Nanso bere duu sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ yefi hɔ no, yegyaw wɔn hɔ kɔe. Asuafo no nyinaa ne wɔn yerenom ne wɔn mma kogyaa yɛn kwan koduu mpoano. Yeduu hɔ no yɛn nyinaa buu nkotodwe bɔɔ mpae. 6Afei yɛkrakraa yɛn ho yɛn ho wiei no, yɛkɔtenaa hyɛn no mu maa wɔn nso san kɔɔ fie.
7Yefi Tiro no, yɛtoaa yɛn akwantu no so faa nsu ani koduu Ptolemai. Yeduu hɔ no yekokyiaa asuafo a wɔwɔ hɔ no dii wɔn nkyɛn da koro. 8Yefii hɔ nʼadekyee so kɔɔ Kaesarea kɔtenaa ɔsɛmpakafo Filipo a na ɔka mmarima baason a woyii wɔn wɔ Yerusalem no ho no fi. 9Na Filipo wɔ mmabea baanan a wɔnwaree ɛ, na wɔhyɛ nkɔm.
10Yɛtenaa hɔ kyɛɛ kakra no, odiyifo bi a wɔfrɛ no Agabo fii Yudea baa hɔ. 11Ɔbaa faako a yɛwɔ no, ɔfaa Paulo abɔso de kyekyeree ne nan ne ne nsa kae se, “Asɛm a Honhom Kronkron ka ni, ‘Sɛnea Yudafo a wɔwɔ Yerusalem no bɛkyekyere onipa a abɔso yi yɛ ne dea no, na wɔde no ahyɛ amanamanmufo no nsa ni!’ ”
12Yɛtee saa asɛm no, yɛne wɔn a na yɛne wɔn wɔ hɔ no nyinaa srɛɛ Paulo sɛ ɔnnkɔ Yerusalem. 13Na ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Osu a musu de rehyɛ me awerɛhow yi ase ne dɛn? Me de, masiesie me ho sɛ ɛnyɛ kyekyere a wɔbɛkyekyere me wɔ Yerusalem no na misuro, na sɛ etwa sɛ miwu ma Awurade Yesu a, mewu.” 14Yɛkae kae a wampene no yegyae kae se, “Nea Awurade pɛ na ɛnyɛ.”
15Nna bi akyi no, yɛboaboaa yɛn ho fii hɔ kɔɔ Yerusalem. 16Kaesarea asuafo no bi ne yɛn kɔe. Yeduu hɔ no, yɛkɔsoɛɛ Mnason a ofi Kipro a ogyee Yesu Kristo dii akyɛ no fi.
Paulo Kɔsra Yakobo
17Yeduu Yerusalem no, asuafo a wɔwɔ hɔ no nyinaa gyee yɛn ɔfɛw so. 18Ade kyee no, Paulo ne yɛn kokyia Yakobo ne Yerusalem asafo no mu mpanyimfo. 19Nkyia no akyi no, Paulo kaa biribiara a Onyankopɔn nam ne som no so ayɛ wɔ amanamanmufo no mu no kyerɛɛ wɔn.
20Wotiee Paulo amanneɛbɔ no wiei no, wɔhyɛɛ Onyankopɔn anuonyam. Na wɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Onua, wʼankasa wudi adanse sɛ Yudafo mpempem na na wɔabɛyɛ asuafo a wɔn nyinaa nso di yɛn mmara no so. 21Saa nnipa yi ate sɛ wutia Mose mmara no ne Yudafo amanne; ɛne sɛ, wokyerɛkyerɛ Yudafo a wɔte amanamanmufo no mu se wonntwa wɔn mma twetia na wonnni yɛn amanne nso so. 22Nea ɛbɛyɛ biara, wɔbɛte sɛ woaba ha. Enti yɛbɛyɛ no dɛn? 23Yɛ nea yɛrebɛka akyerɛ wo yi. Mmarima baanan bi wɔ yɛn nkyɛn ha a, wɔaka ntam. 24Wo ne wɔn nkɔ na munkodwira mo ho na tua ho ka ma wɔn sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, wobetumi atwitwa wɔn tinwi. Eyi bɛma obiara ahu sɛ nsɛm a wɔte faa wo ho no mu biara nyɛ nokware, efisɛ wʼankasa mpo wudi Mose mmara no so. 25Amanamanmufo a wɔabɛyɛ asuafo no de, wɔakyerɛw akɔma wɔn akyerɛ gyinae a yɛasi sɛ, wonnni aduan biara a wɔde abɔ afɔre ama abosom; wonnni mogya; wonnni aboa biara a wɔantwa ne mene ansa na owui; na afei nso wɔntwe wɔn ho mfi aguamammɔ ho.”
26Ade kyee no, Paulo ne mmarima no kodwiraa wɔn ho. Ɔne wɔn kɔɔ asɔredan mu kɔkyerɛɛ da a wobewie wɔn ahodwira no ne da a wɔbɛbɔ afɔre ama wɔn mmaako mmaako.
Wɔkyere Paulo
27Nnanson no reyɛ atwam no, Yudafo bi a wofi Asia huu Paulo wɔ asɔredan no mu. Wɔhwanyan nnipa a wɔwɔ hɔ no nyinaa ma wɔkyeree Paulo. 28Wɔteɛteɛɛ mu se, “Israel mmarima, monsɔre mmɛboa yɛn! Oyi ne ɔbarima a baabiara a ɔbɛkɔ no ɔnam ne nkyerɛkyerɛ so tia Israelfo, Mose mmara ne asɔredan yi. Mpo ɔde amanamanmufo bi aba ha de agu Kronkronbea ha ho fi.” 29Nea enti a wɔkaa saa asɛm yi ne sɛ, na wɔahu Paulo ne Efesoni Trofimo wɔ kurom hɔ, enti na wosusuw sɛ Paulo de no akɔ asɔredan mu hɔ.
30Wɔtee saa no, kurow mu no nyinaa bɔɔ twi kɔkyeree Paulo, twee no fii asɔredan no mu hɔ. Wɔtotoo asɔredan no apon no nyinaa mu ntɛm so. 31Bere a dɔm no pɛɛ sɛ wokum Paulo no, obi kɔka kyerɛɛ Roma asraafo sahene no se basabasa asi Yerusalem. 32Amono mu hɔ ara ɔsahene no ne asraafo mpanyin bi ne asraafo bi de ahoɔhare kɔɔ nea dɔm no ahyia hɔ. Bere a nnipa no huu no ne asraafo no, wogyaee Paulo hwe.
33Ɔsahene no kosoo Paulo mu, kyerɛɛ sɛ wɔmfa nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn abien ngu no. Afei obisae se, “Hena ne saa ɔbarima yi? Bɔne bɛn na wayɛ?” 34Nnipa no ano antumi ankɔ bɛnkoro; ebinom ka sɛɛ a, na afoforo nso aka sɛɛ. Saa basabasa yi amma ɔsahene no antumi anhu asɛm pɔtee a asi. Ɛno nti, ɔhyɛɛ nʼasraafo no sɛ wɔmfa Paulo nkɔ aban mu. 35Wɔde Paulo duu atrapoe no ano no, dɔm no bɔ toaa no enti asraafo no maa no so kɔe. 36Dɔm no tu dii wɔn akyi teɛteɛɛ mu se, “Munkum no!”
Paulo Yi Ne Ho Ano
37Wɔde Paulo rekɔ aban mu no, obisaa ɔsahene no se, “Mesrɛ wo, metumi aka asɛm bi akyerɛ wo ana?”
Ɔsahene no nso bisaa no se, “Enti, wote Hela kasa? 38Ɛnyɛ wo ne Misraimni a da bi ofii basabasayɛ ase dii mmarima awudifo mpem anan anim kɔɔ sare so no?”
39Paulo buaa no se, “Meyɛ Yudani a wɔwoo me wɔ Tarso; Kilikia kurow a agye din no mu nipa ne me. Mesrɛ wo, ma me ho kwan na me ne nnipa no nkasa.”
40Ɔsahene no maa Paulo kwan ma ogyinaa atrapoe no so nyamaa nnipa no. Wɔyɛɛ komm no, Paulo kasa kyerɛɛ wɔn wɔ Arameike kasa mu se:
