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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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Paulus Mus Tim Xeev Makedaunias thiab Xeev Akhayas

¹Thaum tsis muaj kev kub ntxhov lawm, Paulus hu cov ntseeg tuaj ua ke. Nws hais lus txhawb lawv zog tas, nws txawm ncaim lawv mus rau pem lub xeev Makedaunias lawm. ²Thaum nws taug kev mus, nws qhia ntau zaj txhawb cov ntseeg uas nyob hauv tej zejzog hauv lub xeev ntawd lub zog, nws mam li mus txog nram lub xeev Akhayas. ³Nws nyob hauv lub xeev Akhayas tau peb hlis. Thaum nws tabtom yuav caij nkoj mus rau tim tebchaws Xilias, nws hnov hais tias cov Yudais tuavhauv yuav ua phem rau nws. Ces nws txawm xav hais tias nws yuav rov qab mus rau pem lub xeev Makedaunias. ⁴Cov neeg uas nrog Paulus mus yog Pilehus tus tub Xaupates uas nyob hauv Npele-as, Alitakhus thiab Xekudus uas nyob hauv lub nroog Thexalaunikes; Nkayus uas nyob hauv lub nroog Denpis; Tikhikus thiab Taufimus uas nyob hauv lub xeev Axias thiab Timautes. ⁵Lawv cov ntawd xub ua ntej mus nyob nram lub nroog Tau-as tos peb. ⁶Thaum peb ua Kevcai Noj Ncuav tsis Xyaw Keeb tas, peb txawm caij nkoj tawm hauv lub nroog Filipis mus rau nram lub nroog Tau-as. Peb mus tau tsib hnub mam li mus txog nrad, thiab peb nyob nrad tau rau xya hnub.

Paulus Mus Saib Lub Nroog Tau-as Zaum Kawg

⁷Hnub xya thaum tsaus ntuj peb tuaj noj mov ua ke thiab ua kevcai noj tus Tswv Rooj Mov. Paulus qhia lawv txog ib tag hmo, rau qhov thaum kaj ntug nws yuav ncaim lawv mus. ⁸Chav tsev txheej saum uas peb sablaj ntawd, lawv taws ntau lub teeb. ⁹Hmo ntawd muaj ib tug hluas hu ua Etikhus, nws nyob ntawm lub qhovrai mloog Paulus qhia. Thaum Paulus tseem tabtom qhia, Etikhus tsaug zog heev, nws txawm cia li looj hlias thiab poob ntawm lub qhovrai uas yog txheej tsev peb mus rau hauv av. Thaum lawv nqis mus muab nws tsa hlo nws twb tuag lawm. ¹⁰Tiamsis thaum Paulus nqis los txog, Paulus txawm mus puag nkaus tus hluas ntawd; Paulus hais rau sawvdaws hais tias, “Nej tsis txhob txhawj, nws twb muaj sia lawm.” ¹¹Ces Paulus nce rov mus rau saum tsev thiab muab ncuav los faib rau sawvdaws noj raws li kevcai noj tus Tswv Rooj Mov. Paulus nrog sawvdaws tham mus txog kaj ntug, nws mam li ncaim lawv mus lawm. ¹²Sawvdaws pom tus hluas ntawd tseem muaj sia, lawv zoo siab kawg li, lawv txawm coj nws mus tsev.

Mus Ntawm Tau-as rau Miletus

¹³Peb caij nkoj ua ntej mus nyob nram lub nroog Axaus tos Paulus. Nws twb xub hais kom peb mus nyob nrad tos nws, rau qhov nws yuav mus kotaw mus rau nrad, nws mam li nrog peb caij nkoj mus. ¹⁴Thaum Paulus tuaj txog nram lub nroog Axaus, peb thiaj coj nws nrog peb caij nkoj mus rau nram lub nroog Mitilenes. ¹⁵Peb caij nkoj tawm hauv lub nroog Mitilenes mus ib hnub txog ntawm lub koog Povtxwv Khi-aus; hnub tom qab peb caij nkoj tawm ntawm Khi-aus mus ib hnub txog lub koog Povtxwv Xamaus, thiab hnub tom qab peb mus txog nram lub nroog Miletus. ¹⁶Paulus twb xav tseg lawm hais tias nws yuav tsis mus so hauv lub nroog Efexus, rau qhov nws tsis muaj sijhawm so hauv xeev Axias; nws yuav maj mus nram lub nroog Yeluxalees saib mus puas ncav hnub uas sawvdaws ua kevcai Peetekos. Yog li ntawd, peb thiaj caij nkoj dhau plaws mus tsis so hauv lub nroog Efexus.

Paulus Qhia rau Cov Txwjlaug uas Tuaj Pem Efexus Tuaj

¹⁷Thaum Paulus tseem nyob hauv lub nroog Miletus, nws txib neeg mus hu cov txwjlaug uas saib cov ntseeg pem lub nroog Efexus kom tuaj cuag nws. ¹⁸Thaum cov txwjlaug tuaj txog lawm, Paulus hais rau lawv hais tias, “Txij thaum kuv tuaj txog hauv lub xeev Axias los txog hnub no, kuv ua kuv lub neej zoo li cas los nej puavleej pom. ¹⁹Txawm yog cov Yudais pheej tuavhauv ua phem rau kuv kom kuv raug kev txomnyem los kuv tseem ua siab ntev ua Vajtswv tes haujlwm. Thaum kuv ua tes haujlwm ntawd, muaj qee zaus los kuv kua muag kawg li. ²⁰Thiab nej twb paub hais tias, thaum kuv qhia nej hauv nej tej tsev thiab hauv tej tsev sablaj, kuv yeej qhia tej zaj uas yuav pab tau nej xwb, kuv tsis zais ib los li. ²¹Kuv pheej ntuas cov Yudais thiab lwm Haivneeg kom sawvdaws nyias tso nyias tej kev txhaum tseg, tig rov los cuag Vajtswv thiab ntseeg peb tus Tswv Yexus. ²²Nimno Vaj Ntsujplig tus Dawbhuv yuav kom kuv mus nram lub nroog Yeluxalees. Thaum kuv mus txog nrad, kuv yuav raug kev txomnyem li cas los kuv tsis paub. ²³Kuv tsuas paub raws li Vaj Ntsujplig qhia rau kuv lawm xwb. Nws qhia kuv hais tias kuv yuav raug kaw hauv tsev lojcuj thiab yuav raug kev txomnyem hauv tej nroog uas kuv yuav mus ntawd. ²⁴Tiamsis kuv yeej tsis suav hais tias kuv lub neej tseemceeb dabtsi, rau qhov kuv xav ua tes haujlwm uas tus Tswv Yexus muab rau kuv ua kom tiav. Tes haujlwm ntawd yog mus qhia Txojmoo Zoo rau sawvdaws kom lawv paub hais tias Vajtswv hlub lawv.
²⁵“Kuv twb mus txhua qhov qhia rau sawvdaws hais txog Vajtswv lub Tebchaws. Nimno kuv paub hais tias nej txhua tus uas nyob ntawm no yuav tsis muaj ib tug rov pom kuv li lawm. ²⁶Yog li ntawd, hnub no kuv qhia rau nej hais tias yog nej cov leejtwg raug kev puastsuaj, nej tsis txhob liam hais tias kuv tsis qhia nej. ²⁷Rau qhov kuv twb qhia tej uas Vajtswv xav kom nej paub rau nej lawm, kuv tsis tau zais ib qho li. ²⁸Nej yuav tsum ceevfaj nyob tsam nej yuam kev thiab nej yuav tsum ua tib zoo saib pab yaj uas Vaj Ntsujplig tus Dawbhuv muab tso rau nej ua tus saib. Nej yuav tsum saib cov ntseeg ntawd ib yam li tus tswv yaj saib nws pab yaj. Cov ntseeg ntawd yog cov uas Vajtswv tus Tub tuag txhiv los ua nws cov lawm. ²⁹Kuv paub hais tias thaum kuv mus lawm, hma yeej yuav los rau hauv nej cov. Thaum hma los, hma yuav tom txhua tus yaj huv tibsi. ³⁰Txawm yog hauv nej cov los yeej yuav muaj qee leej qhia tsis tseeb ntxias cov ntseeg kom mus ua lawv thwjtim. ³¹Nej yuav tsum ceevfaj thiab nco ntsoov hais tias, kuv twb niaj hnub niaj hmo qhia nej tau peb xyoos los lawm. Thaum kuv qhia nej ntawd muaj qee zaus los kuv kua muag kawg li.
³²“Nimno kuv yuav ncaim nej mus, kuv thov Vajtswv tsomkwm nej, nej yuav tsum khaws Vajtswv tej lus uas hais tias Vajtswv hlub nej rau hauv nej lub siab. Vajtswv Txojlus ntawd thiaj pab tau nej kom nej muab siab rau ntseeg thiab yuav pub tej koob hmoov uas Vajtswv twb npaj tseg cia rau cov uas ntseeg nws lawm rau nej. ³³Kuv yeej tsis ntshaw leejtwg tej nyiaj tej kub lossis tej ris tsho hnav los ua kuv tug. ³⁴Nej sawvdaws puavleej paub hais tias kuv thiab cov phoojywg uas nrog kuv ua haujlwm tau noj tau hnav twb yog vim kuv ob txhais tes khwv yug sawvdaws xwb, kuv yeej tsis tau thov leejtwg li. ³⁵Txhua yam haujlwm uas kuv ua rau nej pom twb yog kuv ua qhia rau nej paub hais tias peb yuav tsum ua haujlwm hnyav li ntawd thiaj pab tau cov neeg uas tsis muaj zog. Thiab peb yuav tsum nco ntsoov tej lus uas tus Tswv Yexus qhia hais tias, ‘Thaum yus pub rau luag yus zoo siab heev dua thaum yus tau luag li.’ ”
³⁶Thaum Paulus qhia lawv tas, Paulus thiab cov neeg uas mloog nws qhia sawvdaws txhos caug thov Vajtswv. ³⁷Thaum Paulus yuav ncaim lawv mus, sawvdaws quaj quaj thiab lawv los puag Paulus xubpwg nwj Paulus. ³⁸Lawv nyuaj siab kawg li, rau qhov nws hais tias lawv yuav tsis pom nws lawm, ces lawv txawm xa nws mus rau nram lub nkoj.