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Journeys in Greece

¹After the uproar had ceased, Paul called the disciples to himself, embraced them, and ⚓departed to go to Macedonia. ²Now when he had gone over that region and encouraged them with many words, he came to ⚓Greece ³and stayed three months. And ⚓when the Jews plotted against him as he was about to sail to Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. ⁴And Sopater of Berea accompanied him to Asia—also ⚓Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and ⚓Gaius of Derbe, and ⚓Timothy, and ⚓Tychicus and ⚓Trophimus of Asia. ⁵These men, going ahead, waited for us at ⚓Troas. ⁶But we sailed away from Philippi after ⚓the Days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days joined them ⚓at Troas, where we stayed seven days.

Ministering at Troas

⁷Now on ⚓the first day of the week, when the disciples came together ⚓to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight. ⁸There were many lamps ⚓in the upper room where they were gathered together. ⁹And in a window sat a certain young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep. He was overcome by sleep; and as Paul continued speaking, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead. ¹⁰But Paul went down, ⚓fell on him, and embracing him said, ⚓“Do not trouble yourselves, for his life is in him.” ¹¹Now when he had come up, had broken bread and eaten, and talked a long while, even till daybreak, he departed. ¹²And they brought the young man in alive, and they were not a little comforted.

From Troas to Miletus

¹³Then we went ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, there intending to take Paul on board; for so he had given orders, intending himself to go on foot. ¹⁴And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene. ¹⁵We sailed from there, and the next day came opposite Chios. The following day we arrived at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium. The next day we came to Miletus. ¹⁶For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for ⚓he was hurrying ⚓to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on ⚓the Day of Pentecost.

The Ephesian Elders Exhorted

¹⁷From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church. ¹⁸And when they had come to him, he said to them: “You know, ⚓from the first day that I came to Asia, in what manner I always lived among you, ¹⁹serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears and trials which happened to me ⚓by the plotting of the Jews; ²⁰how ⚓I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house, ²¹⚓testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, ⚓repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. ²²And see, now ⚓I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there, ²³except that ⚓the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me. ²⁴But ⚓none of these things move me; nor do I count 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 testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
²⁵“And indeed, now I know that you all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, will see my face no more. ²⁶Therefore I testify to you this day that I am⚓innocent of the blood of all men. ²⁷For I have not shunned to declare to you ⚓the whole counsel of God. ²⁸⚓Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit ⚓has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God ⚓which He purchased ⚓with His own blood. ²⁹For I know this, that after my departure ⚓savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. ³⁰Also ⚓from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. ³¹Therefore watch, and remember that ⚓for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.
³²“So now, brethren, I commend you to God and ⚓to the word of His grace, which is able ⚓to build you up and give you ⚓an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. ³³I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel. ³⁴Yes, you yourselves know ⚓that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me. ³⁵I have shown you in every way, ⚓by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
³⁶And when he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all. ³⁷Then they all ⚓wept freely, and ⚓fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him, ³⁸sorrowing most of all for the words which he spoke, that they would see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

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Povlauj mus rau lub xeev Makhedaunia thiab Kili tebchaws

¹Thaum dhau tej kev ntxhov ntawd lawm Povlauj txawm kom cov thwjtim tuaj cuag nws thiab hais txhawb lawv lub siab thiab fim ncaim lawv ces nws txawm mus rau lub xeev Makhedaunia lawm. ²Thaum taug kev hla qhov ntawd mus thiab hais lus txhawb lawv siab ntau lawm nws txawm tuaj txog Kili tebchaws. ³Nws nyob qhov ntawd tau peb lub hli. Thaum nws tabtom yuav nce nkoj mus rau lub xeev Xilia cov Yudai txawm tuav tswvyim ua phem rau nws. Nws thiaj txiav txim siab taug txojkev hla lub xeev Makhedaunia rov mus. ⁴Cov uas nrog nws mus yog Xaupathaw uas yog neeg hauv lub moos Npele‑a yog Pila tus tub, thiab Alithakha thiab Xekhuda uas yog neeg hauv lub moos Thexalaunika, thiab Kai‑a uas yog neeg hauv lub moos Dawnpi, thiab Thikhika thiab Rhaufima uas yog neeg Axia, thiab Timaute. ⁵Lawv cov ntawd ua ntej mus nyob ntawm lub moos Rhau‑a tos peb. ⁶Dhau lub sijhawm uas ua kevcai Noj Ncuav tsis Xyaw Keeb lawm peb li nce nkoj tawm hauv lub moos Filipi mus. Peb mus tau tsib hnub li los cuag lawv ntawm lub moos Rhau‑a thiab so qhov ntawd xya hnub.

Povlauj qhia cov ntseeg hauv Rhau‑a

⁷Hnub ib⚓ thaum peb tuaj txoos ua ke noj mov⚓ Povlauj qhuab qhia lawv. Vim nws npaj siab tias tagkis tom qab nws yuav ncaim mus nws thiaj qhia ntev loo txog ib tag hmo. ⁸Txheej saud uas peb sablaj ntawd taws ntau lub teeb. ⁹Muaj ib tug hluas npe hu ua Yuthikha zaum ntawm qhov rais. Nws pheej ncaws dab ntub heev rau thaum Povlauj qhia ntev zuj zus, nws txawm tsaug zog looj hlias poob saum txheej peb los. Thaum muab tsa kiag mas pom tias tuag lawm. ¹⁰Tiamsis Povlauj nqes mus khwb nkaus puag kiag tus ntawd thiab hais tias, “Nej tsis txhob ntshai, nws tseem muaj txojsia.” ¹¹Thaum Povlauj nce rov mus rau txheej saud nws ntais ncuav noj⚓ thiab nrog lawv tham ntev ntev txog kaj ntug ces nws txawm ncaim mus lawm. ¹²Lawv coj tus hluas uas tseem ciaj ntawd mus thiab lawv tau txais kev txhawb siab ntau heev.

Caij nkoj ntawm Rhau‑a mus txog Miletha

¹³Peb nce nkoj ua ntej mus rau lub moos Axau npaj siab yuav tos Povlauj nce nkoj qhov ntawd, rau qhov nws hais cia li ntawd vim nws npaj siab taug kev nruab nqhuab mus. ¹⁴Thaum nws ntsib peb ntawm lub moos Axau lawm peb kuj txais nws nce nkoj thiab mus rau lub moos Mithileni. ¹⁵Peb caij nkoj ntawm mus tau ib hnub mas mus txog ze lub koog povtxwv Khi‑au. Mas hnub uas ob mus txog lub koog povtxwv Xamau, mus dua ib hnub mus txog lub moos Miletha. ¹⁶Rau qhov Povlauj txiav txim siab tias yuav hla kiag lub moos Efexau xwv thiaj tsis nkim sijhawm rau hauv lub xeev Axia. Nws maj mus kom txog Yeluxalees, yog mus tau nws xav mus kav kom cuag hnub Pheethekhoxate.

Povlauj qhia cov saib xyuas pawg ntseeg Efexau

¹⁷Povlauj txib neeg ntawm lub moos Miletha mus hu cov saib xyuas pawg ntseeg hauv lub moos Efexau tuaj. ¹⁸Thaum lawv tuaj txog lawm, Povlauj hais tias, “Nej paub lawm tias txij hnub uas kuv xub tuaj nyob hauv lub xeev Axia kuv nrog nej nyob txhua lub sijhawm kuv coj li cas. ¹⁹Kuv txo kuv lub hwjchim ua tus Tswv tes haujlwm ntawm lub kua muag thiab kuv raug kev sim siab vim yog cov Yudai tej tswvyim phem. ²⁰Yam twg uas muaj nuj nqes rau nej kuv yeej qhia tsis zais li, kuv qhuab qhia tab meeg sawvdaws thiab qhia hauv tej tsev, ²¹ua timkhawv rau cov Yudai thiab cov Kili txog qhov uas yuav tsum ntxeev dua siab tshiab rov los cuag Vajtswv thiab qhov uas ntseeg peb tus Tswv Yexus Khetos. ²²Saib maj, nimno Vaj Ntsuj Plig cab kuv mus rau hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees, tsis paub tias yuav muaj xwm dabtsi tshwm los rau kuv qhov ntawd, ²³tsuas yog paub tias Vaj Ntsuj Plig dawb huv ua timkhawv rau kuv hauv txhua lub moos hais tias tej kev raug kaw thiab kev txom nyem tos rawv kuv. ²⁴Tiamsis kuv tsis suav tias kuv txojsia tseem ceeb dabtsi rau kuv, tsuav yog kuv dhia tau mus txog qhov kawg thiab tau ua tes haujlwm uas tus Tswv Yexus muab cob rau kuv lawd kom tiav xwb, uas yog ua timkhawv txog txoj xov zoo uas hais txog Vajtswv txojkev hlub.
²⁵“Nimno kuv paub tias nej txhua tus uas kuv tau mus tshaj tawm txog Vajtswv lub tebchaws rau lawm yuav tsis rov pom kuv ntsej muag dua li. ²⁶Vim li no hnub no kuv ua timkhawv rau nej tias kuv tsis txhaum, kuv yuav tsis ris nej sawvdaws tej ntshav lawm, ²⁷rau qhov kuv tsis tseg qhov uas hais txhua yam uas Vajtswv xav tseg lawd rau nej mloog. ²⁸Nej yuav tsum ua tib zoo saib nej thiab saib xyuas pab yaj huvsi uas Vaj Ntsuj Plig dawb huv tsa nej ua tus saib nej thiaj yug tau Vajtswv pawg ntseeg uas Vajtswv muab nws tus Tub cov ntshav⚓ yuav los. ²⁹Kuv paub tias thaum kuv ncaim nej lawm yuav muaj hma nyaum tuaj rau hauv nej, thiab yuav tsis tseg pab yaj kiag li. ³⁰Thiab yuav muaj qee leej hauv nej cov sawv los ntxeev txojkev tseeb thiaj rub tau cov thwjtim raws lawv qab. ³¹Vim li no cia li zov tos, thiab nco tias kuv twb qhuab ntuas nej ntawm lub kua muag nruab hnub hmo ntuj tau peb xyoos tsis tu ncua li. ³²Nimno kuv muab nej tso rau hauv Vajtswv thiab hauv txoj xov zoo uas hais txog nws txojkev hlub. Txoj xov zoo ntawd muaj peevxwm tsim nej nyob ruaj thiab pub kom nej nrog txhua tus uas Vajtswv muab cais ua dawb huv tau qub txeeg qub teg. ³³Kuv tsis ntshaw leejtwg li nyiaj kub lossis ris tsho. ³⁴Nej yeej paub tias kuv ob txhais tes khwv txhua yam uas kuv thiab cov uas nrog kuv nyob ua ke cheem tsum. ³⁵Kuv twb ua txhua yam qhia rau nej paub tias peb yuav tsum ua haujlwm khwv li no thiaj pab tau cov uas tsis muaj zog, thiab nco tus Tswv Yexus tej lus uas nws hais tias, ‘Qhov uas pub rau luag ua rau yus kaj siab dua li txais luag li los.’ ”
³⁶Thaum Povlauj hais li ntawd tag lawd, nws txawm txhos caug nrog lawv sawvdaws thov Vajtswv. ³⁷Lawv txhua tus quaj heev thiab khawm nws thiab nwj nws. ³⁸Lawv nyuaj siab kawg txog lo lus uas nws hais tias lawv yuav tsis rov pom nws ntsej muag dua li lawm. Ces lawv txawm xa nws mus nce nkoj.