Acts 21
1 [After] we said goodbye to the elders [from Ephesus], we [got on the ship and] sailed to Cos [Island, where the ship stopped for the night]. The next day we sailed from Cos to Rhodes [Island, where the ship stopped again. The day after] that we sailed to Patara [town, where the ship stopped. This was on Patara Island].
Als es nun geschah, daß wir, von ihnen gewandt, dahinfuhren, kamen wir stracks Laufs gen Kos und am folgenden Tage gen Rhodus und von dannen gen Patara.
2 [At Patara we left that ship, and someone told us that] there was a ship that would be going to Phoenicia [region. So] we got on that ship, and it left.
Und als wir ein Schiff fanden, das nach Phönizien fuhr, traten wir darein und fuhren hin.
3 [We sailed until] we could see Cyprus [Island]. We passed to the south of the island and continued sailing until we arrived at [Phoenicia region, in] Syria [province]. We arrived at Tyre [city. The ship was going to stay there several days, because its workers] had to unload the cargo.
Als wir aber Zypern ansichtig wurden, ließen wir sie zur linken Hand und schifften nach Syrien und kamen an zu Tyrus; denn daselbst sollte das Schiff die Ware niederlegen.
4 [Someone told us] where the believers in Tyre lived, so we [(exc) went and] stayed with them for seven days. Because [God’s] Spirit revealed to them ([that people would cause Paul to suffer/Paul would suffer]) [in Jerusalem], they told Paul that he should not go there.
Und als wir Jünger fanden, blieben wir daselbst sieben Tage. Die sagten Paulus durch den Geist, er sollte nicht hinauf gen Jerusalem ziehen
5 But when it was time [for the ship to leave again], we [prepared to] continue going [to Jerusalem]. When we left [Tyre], all the believers, including their wives and children, went with us [to the edge of the sea]. We all knelt down there on the sand/shore and prayed.
Und es geschah, da wir die Tage zugebracht hatten, zogen wir aus und wandelten. Und sie geleiteten uns alle mit Weibern und Kindern bis hinaus vor die Stadt und knieten nieder am Ufer und beteten.
6 After we all said goodbye, Paul and we [his companions] got on the ship, and the [other] believers returned to their own homes.
Und als wir einander gesegnet, traten wir ins Schiff; jene aber wandten sich wieder zu dem Ihren.
7 After we [(exc)] left Tyre, we continued on [that ship] to Ptolemais [city]. There were believers there, and we greeted them and stayed with them that night.
Wir aber vollzogen die Schiffahrt von Tyrus und kamen gen Ptolemais und grüßten die Brüder und blieben einen Tag bei ihnen.
8 The next day we left [Ptolemais] and sailed to Caesarea [city], where we stayed in the home of Philip, who [spent his days] telling others how to become disciples of Jesus. He was one of the seven [men whom the believers in Jerusalem had chosen to care for the widows].
Des andern Tages zogen wir aus, die wir um Paulus waren, und kamen gen Cäsarea und gingen in das Haus Philippus, des Evangelisten, der einer von den Sieben war, und blieben bei ihm.
9 He had four daughters who were not married. Each of them [frequently] spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had revealed to them.
Derselbige hatte vier Töchter, die waren Jungfrauen und weissageten.
10 After [we(exc) had been in Philip’s house for] several days, a believer whose name was Agabus came down from Judea [district] and arrived [in Caesarea]. He [frequently] spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had told him.
Und als wir mehr Tage dablieben, reisete herab ein Prophet aus Judäa mit Namen Agabus und kam zu uns.
11 Coming over to where we were, he took off Paul’s belt. Then he tied his own feet and hands with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] in Jerusalem will tie up [the hands and feet of] the owner of this belt, like this, and they will hand him over to non-Jewish people [as a prisoner].’”
Der nahm den Gürtel des Paulus und band seine Hände und Füße und sprach: Das saget der Heilige Geist: Den Mann, des der Gürtel ist, werden die Juden also binden zu Jerusalem und überantworten in der Heiden Hände.
12 When [the rest of] us heard that, we and [other] believers there repeatedly pled with Paul, “Please do not go up to Jerusalem!”
Als wir aber solches höreten, baten wir ihn, und die desselbigen Orts waren, daß er nicht hinauf gen Jerusalem zöge.
13 But Paul replied, “(Please stop crying and trying to discourage me [IDM] [from going!]/Why are you crying and trying to discourage me [IDM] [from going]?) [RHQ] I am willing to be put {[for people] to put me} in prison and also to be killed {[for them] to kill me} in Jerusalem because I [serve] [MTY] the Lord Jesus.”
Paulus aber antwortete: Was machet ihr, daß ihr weinet und brechet mir mein Herz? Denn ich bin bereit, nicht allein mich binden zu lassen, sondern auch zu sterben zu Jerusalem um des Namens willen des HERRN Jesu.
14 When [we(exc) realized that] he was determined [to go to Jerusalem], we did not try [any longer] to persuade him [not to go]. We said, “May (the Lord [God] do what he wants/the Lord’s will be done)!”
Da er aber sich nicht überreden ließ, schwiegen wir und sprachen: Des HERRN Wille geschehe!
15 After those days [in Caesarea], we [(exc)] prepared [our things] and [left to] go [by land] up to Jerusalem.
Und nach denselbigen Tagen entledigten wir uns und zogen hinauf gen Jerusalem.
16 Some of the believers from Caesarea also went with us. [On the way to Jerusalem], we stayed [one night] in the house of [a man whose name was] Mnason. He was from Cyprus [Island], and he had believed [in Jesus] when people were first beginning to hear the message [about him].
Es kamen aber mit uns auch etliche Jünger von Cäsarea und führeten uns zu einem mit Namen Mnason aus Zypern, der ein alter Jünger war, bei dem wir herbergen sollten.
17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, [a group of] the believers greeted us happily.
Da wir nun gen Jerusalem kamen, nahmen uns die Brüder gerne auf.
18 The next day Paul and the rest of us went to speak with James, [who was the leader of the congregation there]. All of the [other] leaders/elders [of the congregation in Jerusalem] were also there.
Des andern Tages aber ging Paulus mit uns ein zu Jakobus, und kamen die Ältesten alle dahin.
19 Paul greeted them, and then he reported all of the things that God had enabled him to do among the non-Jewish people.
Und als er sie gegrüßet hatte, erzählte er eins nach dem andern, was Gott getan hatte unter den Heiden durch sein Amt.
20 When they heard that, James and the other elders said, “Praise the Lord!” Then [one of] them said to Paul, “Brother/Friend, you [(sg)] know that there are very many thousands of us [(inc)] Jewish people [here] who have believed [in the Lord Jesus]. Also, you know that we [(inc)] all continue very carefully to obey the laws [that Moses gave us].
Da sie aber das höreten, lobeten sie den HERRN und sprachen zu ihm: Bruder, du siehest, wieviel tausend Juden sind, die gläubig worden sind, und sind alle Eiferer über dem Gesetz.
21 [But our fellow Jewish believers] have been told {have heard [people say]} that when you are among non-Jews, you tell the Jewish believers who live there that they should stop obeying [the laws] [MTY] ([of] Moses/[that] Moses [received from God]). [People say that] you tell [those Jewish believers] not to circumcise their sons and not to practice our [other] customs. [We(exc) do not believe that this is true].
Sie sind aber berichtet worden wider dich, daß du lehrest von Mose abfallen alle Juden, die unter den Heiden sind, und sagest, sie sollen ihre Kinder nicht beschneiden, auch nicht nach desselbigen Weise wandeln.
22 But our fellow [Jewish] believers will certainly hear that you have arrived, [and they will be angry with you]. So [you] need to do something [RHQ] [to show them that what they heard about you is not true].
Was ist's denn nun? Allerdinge muß die Menge zusammenkommen; denn es wird vor sie kommen, daß du kommen bist.
23 So you should do what we suggest to you. There are four men among us who have strongly promised [to God] about [something].
So tu nun das, was wir dir sagen:
24 Go with these men [to the Temple] and [ritually] purify yourself along with them. Then, [when it is time for them to offer the sacrifices for that ritual], pay for what they offer [as sacrifices]. After that, they can shave their heads [to show that they have done what they promised to do. And when people see you in the courts of the Temple with those men], they will know that what they have been told {what people have told them} about you is not true. Instead, all of them will know that you obey all our Jewish laws [and rituals].
Wir haben vier Männer, die haben ein Gelübde auf sich; dieselbigen nimm zu dir und laß dich reinigen mit ihnen und wage die Kosten an sie, daß sie ihr Haupt bescheren, und alle vernehmen, daß nicht sei, wes sie wider dich berichtet sind, sondern daß du auch einhergehest und hattest das Gesetz.
25 As for the non-Jewish believers, [we elders here in Jerusalem have talked] about [which of our laws] they [should obey, and] we [(exc)] wrote them [a letter, telling them] what we decided. [We wrote] that they should not eat meat that people have offered as a sacrifice to any idol, [that they should not eat] blood [from animals], and that [they should not eat] meat from animals [that people have killed by] strangling [them. We also told them that] they should not have sex with someone to whom they are not married.”
Denn den Gläubigen aus den Heiden haben wir geschrieben und beschlossen, daß sie der keines halten sollen, denn nur sich bewahren vor dem Götzenopfer, vor Blut, vor Ersticktem und vor Hurerei.
26 So Paul [agreed to do what they asked], and the next day he took the [four] men, and together they ritually purified themselves. After that, Paul went to the Temple [courts and] told [the priest] what day they would [finish] purifying themselves [ritually] and when [they] would offer [the animals as sacrifices] for each of them.
Da nahm Paulus die Männer zu sich und ließ sich des andern Tages samt ihnen reinigen und ging in den Tempel und ließ sich sehen, wie er aushielte die Tage der Reinigung, bis daß für einen jeglichen unter ihnen das Opfer geopfert ward.
27 When the seven days [for purifying themselves] were nearly finished, Paul [returned] to the Temple [courtyard]. Some Jews from Asia [province] saw him there, [and they were very angry at him]. On another day they had seen Paul [walking around] in Jerusalem with Trophimus, who was a non-Jew. Their laws did not permit non-Jews to be in the Temple, and they thought that Paul had brought Trophimus into the Temple [courtyard that day. So] they called out to many other Jews [who were in the Temple courtyard] to [help them] seize [MTY] Paul. They shouted, “Fellow Israelites, come and help [us punish this] man! This is the one who is [constantly] teaching people wherever [he goes that they] should despise the [Jewish] people. [He teaches people that they should no longer obey] the laws [of Moses] nor respect this holy [Temple]. He has even brought non-Jews here into [the court of] our Temple, causing God to consider it no longer holy!”
Als aber die sieben Tage sollten vollendet werden, sahen ihn die Juden aus Asien im Tempel und erregten das ganze Volk, legten die Hände an ihn und schrieen:
Ihr Männer von Israel, helft! Dies ist der Mensch, der alle Menschen an allen Enden lehret wider dies Volk, wider das Gesetz und wider diese Stätte; auch dazu hat er die Griechen in den Tempel geführet und diese heilige Stätte gemein gemacht.
Denn sie hatten mit ihm in der Stadt Trophimus, den Epheser, gesehen; denselbigen meineten sie, Paulus hätte ihn in den Tempel geführet.
30 [People] throughout [MTY] the city heard that there was trouble [at the Temple courtyard], and they came running there. They grabbed Paul and dragged him outside of the Temple [area]. The gates [to the Temple courtyard were shut] {[The Temple guards] shut the doors [to the Temple courts]} immediately, [so that the people would not riot inside the Temple area].
Und die ganze Stadt ward beweget, und ward ein Zulauf des Volks. Sie griffen aber Paulus und zogen ihn zum Tempel hinaus; und alsbald wurden die Türen zugeschlossen.
31 While they were trying to kill Paul, someone [ran to the fort near the Temple] and told the Roman commander that many [HYP] people [MTY] in Jerusalem were rioting [at the Temple].
Da sie ihn aber töten wollten, kam das Geschrei hinauf vor den obersten Hauptmann der Schar, wie das ganze Jerusalem sich empörete.
32 The commander quickly took some officers and [a large group of] soldiers and ran to [the Temple area where] the crowd was. When the crowd of people [who were yelling and beating Paul] saw the commander and the soldiers [coming], they stopped beating him.
Der nahm von Stund' an die Kriegsknechte und Hauptleute zu sich und lief unter sie. Da sie aber den Hauptmann und die Kriegsknechte sahen, höreten sie auf, Paulus zu schlagen.
33 The commander came to [where Paul was and] seized him. He [commanded soldiers] to fasten a chain to [each of] Paul’s [arms]. Then he asked [the people in the crowd], “Who is this man, and what has he done?”
Als aber der Hauptmann nahe herzukam, nahm er ihn an sich und hieß ihn binden mit zwo Ketten und fragte, wer er wäre, und was er getan hätte.
34 Some of the many people there were shouting one thing, [and] some were shouting something else. Because they continued shouting so loudly, the commander could not understand [what they were shouting. So] he [commanded] that Paul be taken {[the soldiers] to take Paul} into the barracks [so that he could question him there].
Einer aber rief dies, der andere das im Volk. Da er aber nichts Gewisses erfahren konnte um des Getümmels willen, hieß er ihn in das Lager führen.
35 [The soldiers] led Paul to the steps [of the barracks], but many people continued to follow them, trying to kill [Paul. So the commander told] the soldiers to carry Paul [up the steps into the barracks].
Und als er an die Stufen kam, mußten ihn die Kriegsknechte tragen vor Gewalt des Volks.
36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Kill him! Kill him!”
Denn es folgte viel Volks nach und schrie: Weg mit ihm!
37 As Paul was about to be taken {[the soldiers] were about to take Paul} into the barracks, he said [in Greek] to the commander, “May I speak to you?” The commander said, “(I am surprised that you can speak the Greek [language]!/Can you [(sg)] speak the Greek [language]?)” [RHQ]
Als aber Paulus jetzt zum Lager eingeführet ward, sprach er zu dem Hauptmann: Darf ich mit dir reden? Er aber sprach: Kannst du Griechisch?
38 “(I [thought] that you [(sg)] were that fellow/Are you not that fellow) from Egypt [RHQ] who wanted to rebel [against the government not long ago], and who took 4,000 violent terrorists [with him] out into the desert, [so that we could not catch him]?”
Bist du nicht der Ägypter, der vor diesen Tagen einen Aufruhr gemacht hat und führetest in die Wüste hinaus viertausend Meuchelmörder?
39 Paul answered, “[No, I am not!] I am a Jew. I [was born] in Tarsus, which is an important [LIT] city in Cilicia [province]. I ask that you [(sg)] let me speak to the people.”
Paulus aber sprach: Ich bin ein jüdischer Mann von Tarsus, ein Bürger einer namhaftigen Stadt in Zilizien; ich bitte dich, erlaube mir, zu reden zu dem Volk.
40 Then the commander permitted Paul [to speak. So] Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand [for the crowd to be quiet. And after] the people in the crowd became quiet, Paul spoke to them in [their own] Hebrew language [MTY].
Als er aber ihm erlaubte, trat Paulus auf die Stufen und winkte dem Volk mit der Hand. Da nun eine große Stille ward, redete er zu ihnen auf ebräisch und sprach:
