Acts 16
1 And he came even unto Derbe, and unto Lystra; and lo! a certain disciple, was there, by name Timothy, son of a believing Jewish woman, but whose father was a Greek, —
So he came to Derbe and Lystra. Well now, a certain disciple was there named Timothy, son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was a Greek;
2 who was well-attested by the brethren in Lystra, and Iconium.
he was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.
3 The same, would Paul have go forth with him, and took and circumcised him, on account of the Jews who were in those places; for they one and all knew that, his father, was, a Greek.
Paul wanted to have him go on with him, so he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, because they all knew that his father was a Greek.
4 And, as they passed through the cities, they were delivering unto them, for observance, the decrees which had been decided upon by the Apostles and Elders who were in Jerusalem.
As they were going through the cities they were delivering the dogmas to them, to keep—the ones that had been determined by the apostles and the elders in Jerusalem.
5 The assemblies, therefore, were being confirmed in the faith, and increasing in number, every day.
So the congregations kept on being strengthened in the faith, and were increasing in number daily.
6 And they passed through the Phrygian and Galatian country, being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;
Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,
7 but, coming along Mysia, they were attempting to journey into Bithynia, —and, the Spirit of Jesus, suffered them not;
they approached Mysia and tried to go to Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.
8 but, passing by Mysia, they came down unto Troas.
So they bypassed Mysia and went down to Troas.
9 And, a vision, by night, unto Paul appeared: —A man of Macedonia, there was, standing and beseeching him, and saying—Come over into Macedonia, and bring us succour!
A vision appeared to Paul during the night: a man of Macedonia was standing, appealing to him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
10 Now, when, the vision, he had seen, straightway, we sought to go forth unto Macedonia, concluding that God, had summoned us to tell the glad tidings unto them.
So when he saw the vision, we immediately prepared to go over to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to evangelize them.
11 Setting sail, therefore, from Troas, we ran straight into Samothracia, and, on the morrow, unto New City,
So setting sail from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis;
12 and, from thence, unto Philippi, —which, indeed, is the first city of the part of Macedonia—a colony. And we were, in this city, spending certain days;
and from there to Philippi, which is the foremost city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. We stayed some days in that city.
13 and on the day of rest, we went forth outside the gate, beside a river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, —and, sitting down, we went on to speak unto the women who had come together.
On the Sabbath day we went outside the city by a river, where prayer was customarily made, and sitting down we started speaking to the assembled women.
14 And, a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, devout towards God, was hearkening, whose heart, the Lord, fully opened, to be giving heed unto the things being spoken by Paul.
A certain woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, really listened, whose heart the Lord opened to give heed to the things spoken by Paul.
15 And, when she was immersed, and her house, she besought [us], saying—If ye have judged me to be a believer in the Lord, come into my house, and abide [there]. And she constrained us.
When she and her household were baptized, she appealed saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.
16 And it came to pass, as we were on our way unto the place of prayer, a certain damsel, having a spirit of Python, met us, —who, indeed, much gain, was presenting unto her masters, by divining.
Now it happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain slave girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought considerable profit to her owners by divination.
17 The same, following after Paul and us, kept crying aloud, saying—These men, are servants of the Most High God, —who, indeed, are declaring unto you a way of salvation.
Following Paul and Silas this girl kept calling out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to us the way of salvation!”
18 And, this, she continued to do for many days. But Paul, worn out, and turning unto the spirit, said—I charge thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out from her. And it came out the same hour.
She kept this up for many days! So Paul, becoming increasingly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out that very hour.
19 And, her masters, seeing that their hope of gain had gone out, laying hold on Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market-place, unto the rulers;
But when her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place to the rulers,
20 and, leading them forward unto the magistrates, said—These men, are exceedingly troubling our city, they, being Jews,
and bringing them before the magistrates they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,
21 And are declaring customs, which it is not allowable for us either to accept or to observe, being Romans.
and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or do.”
22 And the multitude rose up together against them, and, the magistrates, rending off them their mantles, were giving orders to beat them with rods;
The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off of them and ordered a beating with rods.
23 and, laying upon them many stripes, they thrust them into prison, charging the prison-keeper, safely, to be keeping them:
When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them securely;
24 who, a charge like this receiving, thrust them into the inner prison, and, their feet, made he fast in the stocks.
who, having received such a charge, threw them into the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25 And, at midnight, Paul and Silas, being at prayer, began singing praise unto God; and the prisoners unto them, did hearken.
Well about midnight Paul and Silas were singing hymns to God in prayer; and the other prisoners were listening to them.
26 And, suddenly, a great earthquake took place, —so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, and all the doors were [instantly] set open, and the bonds of all were unfastened.
Suddenly there was a great earthquake, enough to shake the foundations of the prison; immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed.
27 And, the prison-keeper, being wakened and seeing that the doors of the prison had been opened, drawing his sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to have fled.
But the jailer, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew sword, intending to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
28 But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying—By no means, do thyself harm, for we are, one and all, here.
But Paul shouted out, “Don't harm yourself, because we are all here!”
29 And, asking for a light, he sprang in, and becoming, agitated, fell down unto Paul and Silas,
So calling for a light he ran in and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.
30 and, leading them forth outside, said—Sirs! what must I be doing, that I may be saved?
He then brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 And, they, said—Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou, and thy house.
So they said, “Believe upon the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, you and your household.”
32 And they spake unto him the word of God, with all who were in his house.
Then they spoke the Word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.
33 And, taking them with him, in that hour of the night, he bathed them from their stripes, and was immersed, he, and his, one and all, on the spot;
In that same hour of the night he took them aside and washed their wounds, and thereupon he and all his family were baptized.
34 and, leading them up into his house, he set near a table, —and exulted, having, with all his house, believed in God.
Then he brought them into his house and set a meal before them, and he was really rejoicing, having believed in God with his whole family.
35 And. when day came. the magistrates sent off the constables saying—Let those men go!
Now when it was day the magistrates sent the officers saying, “Let those men go.”
36 And the prison-keeper reported the words unto Paul—The magistrates have sent, that ye be let go. Now, therefore, going forth, be taking your journey in peace.
So the jailer reported these words to Paul, “The magistrates have sent to release you; so now you can leave and go in peace.”
37 But, Paul, said unto them—Beating us, in public, uncondemned, men that are Romans, they thrust us into prison; —and, now, by stealth, are they thrusting us forth? Nay, verily! but let them come, themselves, and lead us out!
But Paul said to them: “After severely beating us in public, although we were uncondemned Romans, they threw us into prison, and now do they toss us out on the sly? No way! Rather, let them come themselves and escort us out!”
38 And the constables reported unto the magistrates these words; and they were struck with fear, when they heard that they were, Romans;
So the officers reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans;
39 and came, and besought them, and, leading them out, went on to request them to depart from the city.
and they came and appealed to them, and leading them out they asked them to leave the city.
40 And so, coming forth from the prison, they went unto Lydia, and, seeing the brethren, they comforted them, and went forth.
So exiting the prison they entered Lydia's place, and upon seeing the brothers they encouraged them and departed.
