BINUHATAN 21

Ang Pagkadto ni Pablo sa Jerusalem

1 Naglisensya kami sa mga manugdumala sang iglesya sa Efeso, kag nagpanakayon deretso hasta nakaabot kami sa Cos. Sang madason nga adlaw, nagderetso kami sa isla sang Rodes. Kag halin didto nagpadayon kami sa Patara.2 Didto sa Patara may nakita kami nga sakayan nga manugkadto sa Fenicia, gani nagsakay kami.3  Nalantawan namon ang isla sang Cyprus, pero wala kami nagpundo didto kundi nag-agi kami sa tuo dampi kag nagderetso sa Syria. Didto kami nagpundo sa siyudad sang Tyre, kay nagdiskarga didto ang sakayan.4  Ginpangita namon ang mga sumulunod ni Jesus didto, kag nagdayon kami sa ila sa sulod sang isa ka semana. Paagi sa gahom sang Espiritu Santo , ginpaandaman nila si Pablo nga indi magkadto sa Jerusalem.5 Pero pagkatapos sang isa ka semana, nagpadayon pa gid kami sang amon pagpanakayon. Tanan sila, pati ang ila mga asawa kag mga kabataan, nagdul-ong sa amon sa guwa sang siyudad. Nagluhod kami tanan didto sa baybay kag nagpangamuyo.

6 Sang nakalisensya na kami sa ila, nagsakay kami sa sakayan kag sila iya nagpauli.
7  Paghalin namon sa Tyre, nagpadayon kami sang amon pagpanakayon pakadto sa Tolemais. Pag-abot namon didto, nagpakigkita kami sa mga kauturan kay Cristo kag nagtiner kami didto sa ila sing isa ka adlaw.8  Pagkatapos naglakat naman kami pa-Cesarea. Pag-abot namon didto, nagkadto kami sa balay ni Felipe nga manugwali sang Maayong Balita, kag didto kami nagdayon. Si Felipe isa sang pito ka tawo nga ginpili sang una sa Jerusalem nga magbulig sa mga apostoles .9 Apat ang iya mga bata nga dalaga nga pulos propeta.10 Pagkaligad sang pila ka adlaw, may nag-abot man nga propeta halin sa Judea. Ang iya ngalan amo si Agabus.11 Ginkadtuan niya kami kag ginkuha ang paha ni Pablo, kag gin-gapos niya ang iya kaugalingon nga mga tiil kag mga kamot. Dayon nagsiling siya,12 Pagkabati namon sini, kami kag ang mga tumuluo didto nagpangabay kay Pablo nga indi na siya magkadto sa Jerusalem.13 Pero nagsabat si Pablo,

14 Indi gid namon mapunggan si Pablo, gani nagsiling na lang kami,
15 Sang makatiner kami didto sang pila ka adlaw, naghimos kami kag nagpa-Jerusalem.

16  May mga sumulunod man ni Jesus didto nga halin sa Cesarea nga nag-upod sa amon. Gindala nila kami sa balay ni Mnason nga taga-Cyprus kag didto kami nagdayon. Si Mnason isa sang mga una nga mga sumulunod ni Jesus .

Nagbisita si Pablo kay Santiago

17  Pag-abot namon sa Jerusalem, malipayon nga ginbaton kami sang mga kauturan kay Cristo .18  Sang madason nga adlaw, kaupod namon si Pablo nga nagbisita kay Santiago. Didto man ang mga manugdumala sang iglesya sa Jerusalem .

19 Ginkamusta sila ni Pablo kag ginsugiran sila sang tanan nga ginhimo sang Dios sa mga indi Judio paagi sa iya.
20 Pagkabati nila sa mga ginsugid niya, nagdayaw sila tanan sa Dios. Dayon nagsiling sila kay Pablo,21  Nakabati sila nga nagapanudlo ka sa mga Judio nga nagaestar sa lugar sang mga indi Judio nga indi na sila dapat magsunod sa Kasuguan ni Moises. Nagsiling ka kuno nga indi na nila pagtulion ang ila mga kabataan kag indi na magsunod sa iban pa nga mga kinabatasan naton nga mga Judio .22 Karon, ano ayhan ang maayo nga himuon? Kay sigurado gid nga mahibaluan nila nga diri ka na.23  Maayo siguro nga himuon mo ang amon isiling sa imo. May apat diri ka lalaki nga may panaad sa Dios .24  Mag-upod ka sa ila kag himuon ninyo ang seremonya nga ginasiling sang Kasuguan parte sa pagpakatinlo. Bayaran mo man ang ila mga kinahanglan sa paghalad sa Dios agod makapakalbo man sila. Amo ini ang paagi nga ang tanan makahibalo nga ang mga balita nga ila nabatian parte sa imo indi matuod, tungod nga makita nila nga ikaw man nagatuman sa Kasuguan ni Moises .25 Kon parte sa mga indi Judio nga nagatuo kay Jesus, nakapadala na kami sang sulat sa ila parte sa amon ginkasugtan nga indi sila magkaon sang mga pagkaon nga ginhalad sa mga dios-dios, ukon dugo, ukon sang karne sang sapat nga sang pagkapatay ang dugo wala nakaguwa. Kag indi sila maghimo sang imoral nga pagpakigrelasyon."

26 Gani sang madason nga adlaw gindala ni Pablo atong apat ka lalaki kag nag-intra siya sa ila pagpakatinlo suno sa ila panaad. Dayon nagkadto si Pablo sa templo agod isugid kon san-o matapos ang ila pagpakatinlo, kay sa tapos sini may ihalad nga mga sapat para sa tagsa-tagsa sa ila.

Gindakop si Pablo sa Templo

27  Sang madali na lang matapos ang ikapito nga adlaw sang ila pagpakatinlo, may mga Judio nga halin sa probinsya sang Asia nga nakakita kay Pablo sa templo. Ginsutsot nila ang tanan nga tawo didto sa templo nga dakpon si Pablo.28 Nagsinggit sila,

29 (Ginhambal nila ini tungod nga nakita nila si Trofimus nga taga-Efeso nga nag-upod kay Pablo didto sa Jerusalem, kag ang hunahuna nila gindala siya ni Pablo sa templo.)
30 Gani nagkinagamo ang mga tawo sa bug-os nga Jerusalem kag nagdinaguso sila pakadto sa templo agod dakpon si Pablo. Pagkadakop nila sa iya didto sa sulod, gin-guyod nila siya paguwa, kag ginsiraduhan nila dayon ang puwertahan sang templo.31 Patyon na nila kuntani si Pablo, pero may nagsugid sa kumander sang Romanhon nga mga soldado nga ang mga tawo sa bug-os nga Jerusalem nagakinagamo.32 Gani nagdala dayon ang kumander sang mga kapitan kag mga soldado didto sa mga tawo nga nagatilipon. Pagkakita sang mga tawo sa kumander kag sa mga soldado, gin-untatan nila bakol si Pablo.33 Ginkadtuan sang kumander si Pablo kag ginpadakop, kag nagsugo siya nga gapuson si Pablo sang duha ka kadena. Dayon nagpamangkot ang kumander sa mga tawo,34 Pero nagkalain-lain nga mga sabat ang iya nabatian, kag tungod sa sobra nga kinagamo sang mga tawo indi mahibaluan sang kumander kon ano gid ang natabo. Gani ginmanduan niya ang mga soldado nga dal-on si Pablo sa kampo.35 Pag-abot nila sa hagdanan sang kampo, ginhakwat na lang nila si Pablo tungod sang kinagamo sang mga tawo

36 nga nagalagas kag nagasinggit,

Ginsabat ni Pablo ang mga Akusasyon

37 Sang dal-on na nila si Pablo sa sulod sang kampo, nagsiling siya sa kumander, Nagsiling ang kumander,38 Ang hunahuna ko anay nga ikaw amo ang lalaki nga taga-Egipto nga bag-o lang nagpanguna sa pagrebelde sa gobyerno. 4,000 ka tawo nga maisog kag pulos armado ang iya gindala sa kamingawan."39 Nagsabat si Pablo,40 Ginsugtan siya sang kumander nga maghambal, gani nagtindog si Pablo sa hagdanan kag nagsinyas sa mga tawo nga may ihambal siya. Sang naghipos na sila, naghambal siya sa Hebreo nga lingguahe:

Acts 21

Tyre and Caesarea

1-4 And so, with the tearful good-byes behind us, we were on our way. We made a straight run to Cos, the next day reached Rhodes, and then Patara. There we found a ship going direct to Phoenicia, got on board, and set sail. Cyprus came into view on our left, but was soon out of sight as we kept on course for Syria, and eventually docked in the port of Tyre. While the cargo was being unloaded, we looked up the local disciples and stayed with them seven days. Their message to Paul, from insight given by the Spirit, was "Don't go to Jerusalem."

5-6 When our time was up, they escorted us out of the city to the docks. Everyone came along—men, women, children. They made a farewell party of the occasion! We all kneeled together on the beach and prayed. Then, after another round of saying good-bye, we climbed on board the ship while they drifted back to their homes.

7-9 A short run from Tyre to Ptolemais completed the voyage. We greeted our Christian friends there and stayed with them a day. In the morning we went on to Caesarea and stayed with Philip the Evangelist, one of "the Seven." Philip had four virgin daughters who prophesied.

10-11 After several days of visiting, a prophet from Judea by the name of Agabus came down to see us. He went right up to Paul, took Paul's belt, and, in a dramatic gesture, tied himself up, hands and feet. He said, "This is what the Holy Spirit says: The Jews in Jerusalem are going to tie up the man who owns this belt just like this and hand him over to godless unbelievers."

12-13 When we heard that, we and everyone there that day begged Paul not to be stubborn and persist in going to Jerusalem. But Paul wouldn't budge: "Why all this hysteria? Why do you insist on making a scene and making it even harder for me? You're looking at this backward. The issue in Jerusalem is not what they do to me, whether arrest or murder, but what the Master Jesus does through my obedience. Can't you see that?"

14 We saw that we weren't making even a dent in his resolve, and gave up. "It's in God's hands now," we said. "Master, you handle it."

15-16 It wasn't long before we had our luggage together and were on our way to Jerusalem. Some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us and took us to the home of Mnason, who received us warmly as his guests. A native of Cyprus, he had been among the earliest disciples.

Jerusalem

17-19 In Jerusalem, our friends, glad to see us, received us with open arms. The first thing next morning, we took Paul to see James. All the church leaders were there. After a time of greeting and small talk, Paul told the story, detail by detail, of what God had done among the non-Jewish people through his ministry. They listened with delight and gave God the glory.

20-21 They had a story to tell, too: "And just look at what's been happening here—thousands upon thousands of God-fearing Jews have become believers in Jesus! But there's also a problem because they are more zealous than ever in observing the laws of Moses. They've been told that you advise believing Jews who live surrounded by unbelieving outsiders to go light on Moses, telling them that they don't need to circumcise their children or keep up the old traditions. This isn't sitting at all well with them.

22-24 "We're worried about what will happen when they discover you're in town. There's bound to be trouble. So here is what we want you to do: There are four men from our company who have taken a vow involving ritual purification, but have no money to pay the expenses. Join these men in their vows and pay their expenses. Then it will become obvious to everyone that there is nothing to the rumors going around about you and that you are in fact scrupulous in your reverence for the laws of Moses.

25 "In asking you to do this, we're not going back on our agreement regarding non-Jews who have become believers. We continue to hold fast to what we wrote in that letter, namely, to be careful not to get involved in activities connected with idols; to avoid serving food offensive to Jewish Christians; to guard the morality of sex and marriage."

26 So Paul did it—took the men, joined them in their vows, and paid their way. The next day he went to the Temple to make it official and stay there until the proper sacrifices had been offered and completed for each of them.

Paul Under Arrest

27-29 When the seven days of their purification were nearly up, some Jews from around Ephesus spotted him in the Temple. At once they turned the place upside-down. They grabbed Paul and started yelling at the top of their lungs, "Help! You Israelites, help! This is the man who is going all over the world telling lies against us and our religion and this place. He's even brought Greeks in here and defiled this holy place." (What had happened was that they had seen Paul and Trophimus, the Ephesian Greek, walking together in the city and had just assumed that he had also taken him to the Temple and shown him around.)

30 Soon the whole city was in an uproar, people running from everywhere to the Temple to get in on the action. They grabbed Paul, dragged him outside, and locked the Temple gates so he couldn't get back in and gain sanctuary.

31-32 As they were trying to kill him, word came to the captain of the guard, "A riot! The whole city's boiling over!" He acted swiftly. His soldiers and centurions ran to the scene at once. As soon as the mob saw the captain and his soldiers, they quit beating Paul.

33-36 The captain came up and put Paul under arrest. He first ordered him handcuffed, and then asked who he was and what he had done. All he got from the crowd were shouts, one yelling this, another that. It was impossible to tell one word from another in the mob hysteria, so the captain ordered Paul taken to the military barracks. But when they got to the Temple steps, the mob became so violent that the soldiers had to carry Paul. As they carried him away, the crowd followed, shouting, "Kill him! Kill him!"

37-38 When they got to the barracks and were about to go in, Paul said to the captain, "Can I say something to you?"
He answered, "Oh, I didn't know you spoke Greek. I thought you were the Egyptian who not long ago started a riot here, and then hid out in the desert with his four thousand thugs."

39 Paul said, "No, I'm a Jew, born in Tarsus. And I'm a citizen still of that influential city. I have a simple request: Let me speak to the crowd."

Paul Tells His Story

40 Standing on the barracks steps, Paul turned and held his arms up. A hush fell over the crowd as Paul began to speak. He spoke in Hebrew.