EGINAK 21

Paulo Jerusalemera

1 Haiengandik aldendurik, ontzia hartu eta Koseraino joan ginent zuzenean; biharamunean, berriz, Rodasera, eta handik Patarara. 2 Hemen Feniziara zihoan ontzi bat aurkitu genuelarik, bertara igo eta abiatu egin ginen. 3 Zipre begiztatu eta ezkerretara utzirik, Siriarantz jarraitu genuen eta Tirora iritsi, han hustu behar baitzuen ontziak bere karga. 4 Hango ikasleent bila joan ginen eta astebetez beraiekin gelditu; Jerusalemera ez igotzeko esan zioten haiek Paulori Espirituaren eraginez. 5 Baina, astea igaro ondoren, geure bidaiari jarraitu genion. Hiritik kanporaino lagundut ziguten haiek denek, beren emazte eta haurrekin. Hondartzan otoitz egin genuen belauniko;

6 gero, elkarri agur egin ondoren, ontzira igo ginen, eta haiek etxera itzuli.
7 Gu Tirotik Ptolemaidarat joan ginen, hala geure itsasbidea bukatuz. Han senideakt agurtu genituen eta egun osoa eman genuen beraiekin. 8 Biharamunean atera eta Zesareara heldu ginen. Han, apostoluen zazpi laguntzaileetako batt zen Felipe misiolariaren etxera joan ginen, eta bertan gelditu.t

9 Hark profezi dohaina zuten lau alabat ezkongabe zituen.
10 Han zenbait egun generamala, Agabot izeneko profeta bat iritsi zen Judeatik.

11 Gu ikustera etorri zen eta, Pauloren gerrikoa harturik, harekin bere esku-oinak lotut eta esan zuen: «Hona zer dioen Espiritu Santuak: Honelaxe lotuko dute juduek Jerusalemen gerriko honen jabea, eta jentilen eskuetara emango dute».t
12 Hori entzutean, Jerusalemera ez igotzekot erregutzen genion Paulori, bai guk eta bai bertakoek.

13 Baina Paulok erantzun zigun: «Zer dela-eta ari zarete negarrez? Bihozgabetu egin nahi al nauzue? Prest nago, lotua izateko ez ezik, Jerusalemen hiltzeko ere, Jesus Jaunarengatik».t

14 Ezin baikenion hura burutik kendu, bere hartan utzi genuen, esanez: «Egin bedi Jaunaren nahiat».
15 Handik egun batzuetara, biderakoak prestatu eta Jerusalemerako bidean gorat ekin genion.

16 Zesareako ikasle batzuk ere etorri ziren gurekin eta lehen garaietako ikaslea zen Nason Zipretarraren etxera lagundut ziguten, hark eman behar baitzigun ostatu.

JERUSALEMDIK ERROMARA (21,17—28,31)

Paulo Jerusalemen atxilotua

eta auzitara eramana (21,17—23,35)

Paulok eta Santiagok elkarrekin topo

25 Fededun egin diren jentilei dagokienez, berriz, geure erabakiakt t idatziz eman genizkien: ez dezatela jan sasijainkoei eskainitako haragirik, ezta odolik nahiz odolustu gabeko abererik ere, eta utz ditzatela legearen kontrako sexu-harremanak».

26 Hartu zituen, bada, Paulok gizon haiek berekin, eta hurrengo egunean, beraiekin batera garbikuntza eginik, tenplura joan zen, garbikuntza-egunak noiz bukatzen ziren eta haietako bakoitzarengatik opariak noiz eskainiko ziren jakinaraztera.

Paulo tenpluan atxilotu

29 Izan ere, Efesoko Trofimot Paulorekin ikusia zuten aurretik hirian eta Paulok tenpluan sartu zuela uste zuten.

30 Hiri osoa asaldatu zen, eta jendea pilaka bildu. Paulori heldurik, tenplutik arrastaka atera zuten, eta berehala ateak itxi zituzten.
31 Haiek Paulo hil beharrean zerabilten bitartean, Jerusalem osoa nahaspilatua zegoela salatu zioten gudalburuari. 32 Hau, berehala soldadu eta ehuntariak bildurik, lasterka joan zen; gudalburua eta soldaduak ikustean, juduek utzi egin zioten Paulo jotzeari. 33 Gudalburuak, hurbildurik, preso hartu zuen Paulo eta bi katez lotzeko agindut. Gero, ea nor zen eta zer egin zuen galdetu zuen;t 34 baina jendeak nork berea zioen oihuka. Eta iskanbila hartan ezin baitzuen gudalburuak ezer garbirik atera, kuartelerat eramateko agindu zuen. 35 Harmailetara iritsi zirenean, soldaduek airean eraman behar izan zuten Paulo jendearen erasoagatik,

36 herri guztia baitzetorren atzetik, «Hil horit!» oihuka.

Paulo bere buruaren alde

37 Kuartelera sartzera zihoazela, Paulok esan zion gudalburuari:
—Mesedez, bi hitz esan nahi nizkizuke.
Gudalburuak erantzun zion:
—Grekoz ere ba al dakizu?

38 Beraz, ez zara zu oraindik orain matxinatu eta lau mila gerrillarirekin basamortura jo zuen egiptoarra.t

39 Paulok erantzun zuen:
—Ni? Ni judua naiz, Ziliziako Tarsokoat, nahiko entzuna den hiri batekoa. Uztazu, otoi, herriari hitz egiten.
40 Baimena eman zion, eta Paulok, harmailetan zutik, herriari isiltzeko keinu egin zion eskuaz. Denak isil-isilik gelditu ziren, eta Paulo honela mintzatu zitzaien hebreerazt:t

Acts 21

Paul’s Journey to Jerusalem

1 Aftert wes tore ourselves awayt from them, we put out to sea,t and sailing a straight course,t we came to Cos,s on the next day to Rhodes,s and from there to Patara.s2 We foundt a ship crossing over to Phoenicia,s went aboard,t and put out to sea.t3 After we sighted Cypruss and left it behind on our port side,s we sailed on to Syria and put int at Tyre,ss because the ship was to unload its cargo there.4 After we locatedt the disciples, we stayed theret seven days. They repeatedly toldt Paul through the Spirits not to set foott in Jerusalem.s5 Whent our time was over,t we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompaniedt us outside of the city. Aftert kneeling down on the beach and praying,s6 we said farewellt to one another.s Thent we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes.t7 We continued the voyage from Tyres and arrived at Ptolemais,s and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.8 On the next day we leftt and came to Caesarea,ss and enteredt the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven,s and stayed with him.

9 (He had four unmarriedt daughters who prophesied.)s
10 While we remained there for a number of days,t a prophet named Agabuss came down from Judea.11 He camet to us, tookt Paul’s belt,s tiedt his own hands and feet with it,t and said, “The Holy Spirit says this: ‘This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him overts to the Gentiles.’”12 When we heard this, both we and the local peoplet begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.13 Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breakingt my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up,t but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

14 Because he could not be persuaded,t we said no more except,t “The Lord’s will be done.”s
15 After these days we got readyt and started upts to Jerusalem.16 Some of the disciples from Caesareass came along with us too, and brought us to the houset of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times,t with whom we were to stay.17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly.t18 The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were there.ts19 When Pault had greeted them, he began to explaint in detailt what Gods had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.20 When they heard this, they praisedt God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jewsts there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observerst of the law.s21 They have been informed about you – that you teach all the Jews now livingt among the Gentiles to abandonts Moses, telling them not to circumcise their childrens or livet according to our customs.22 What then should we do? They will no doubtt hear that you have come.23 So do whatt we tell you: We have four ment who have takent a vow;t24 take them and purifys yourself along with them and pay their expenses,t so that they may have their heads shaved.ts Thent everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been toldt about you, but that you yourself live in conformity witht the law.s25 But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter, having decidedts that they should avoidt meat that has been sacrificed to idolst and blood and what has been strangleds and sexual immorality.”26 Then Paul took the men the next day,t and after he had purified himselft along with them, he went to the temple and gave noticet of the completion of the days of purification,s whent the sacrifice would be offered for eacht of them.27 When the seven days were almost over,t the Jews from the province of Asiats who had seen him in the temple areat stirred up the whole crowdt and seizedt him,28 shouting, “Men of Israel,t help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law,s and this sanctuary!ts Furthermoret he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the templet and made this holy place ritually unclean!”ts29 (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, andt they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.)ts30 The whole city was stirred up,t and the people rushed together.t They seizedt Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts,t and immediately the doors were shut.31 While they were tryingt to kill him, a reportt was sent upt to the commanding officert of the cohorts that all Jerusalem was in confusion.t32 Het immediately tookt soldiers and centurionss and ran down to the crowd.t When they sawt the commanding officert and the soldiers, they stopped beatings Paul.33 Then the commanding officert came up and arrestedt him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains;t het then asked who he was and whatt he had done.34 But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else,t and when the commanding officert was unablet to find out the trutht because of the disturbance,t he ordered Pault to be brought into the barracks.t35 When he came to the steps, Pault had to be carrieds by the soldiers because of the violencet of the mob,36 for a crowd of peoplet followed them,t screaming, “Away with him!”37 As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks,t he saidt to the commanding officer,t “May I sayt something to you?” The officert replied,t “Do you know Greek?s38 Then you’re not that Egyptian who started a rebelliont and led the four thousand men of the ‘Assassins’ts into the wildernesst some time ago?”t39 Paul answered,t “I am a Jewt from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city.t Pleaset allow me to speak to the people.”

40 When the commanding officert had given him permission,t Paul stoodt on the steps and gesturedt to the people with his hand. When they had become silent,t he addressedt them in Aramaic,t