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Erékùṣù ni Mẹlita

28 Nígbà tí gbogbo wa sì yọ tan ni àwa tó mọ̀ pé, Mẹlita ni a ń pè erékùṣù náà. Kì í ṣe oore díẹ̀ ni àwọn aláìgbédè náà ṣe fún wa: nítorí ti wọ́n dáná, wọ́n sì gbà gbogbo wa sí ọ̀dọ̀ nítorí òjò ń rọ nígbà náà, àti nítorí òtútù. Nígbà tí Paulu sì ṣa ìdí ìṣẹ́pẹ́ igi jọ, ti ó sì kó o sínú iná, paramọ́lẹ̀ kan ti inú oru-iná jáde, ó di mọ́ ọn ní ọwọ́. Bí àwọn aláìgbédè náà sì ti rí ẹranko olóró náà tí ó dì mọ́ ọn lọ́wọ́, wọ́n bá ara wọn sọ pé, “Dájúdájú apànìyàn ni ọkùnrin yìí, ẹni ti ó yọ nínú Òkun tan, ṣùgbọ́n tí ẹ̀san kò sì jẹ́ kí ó wà láààyè.” Òun sì gbọn ẹranko náà sínú iná ohunkóhun kan kò sì ṣe é. Ṣùgbọ́n wọn ń wòye ìgbà tí yóò wù, tàbí tí yóò sì ṣubú lulẹ̀ láti kú lójijì: nígbà tí wọ́n wò títí, tí wọn kò sì rí nǹkan kan kí ó ṣe é, wọ́n pa èrò wọn dà pé, òrìṣà kan ni ọkùnrin yìí.

Ní agbègbè ibẹ̀ ni ilé ọkùnrin ọlọ́lá erékùṣù náà wà, orúkọ ẹni tí a ń pè ní Pọbiliu; ẹni tí ó ti ipa inú rere gbà wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ fún ọjọ́ mẹ́ta. Ó sì ṣe, baba Pọbiliu dùbúlẹ̀ àìsàn ibà àti ìgbẹ́-ọ̀rìn; ẹni tí Paulu wọlé tọ̀ lọ, tí ó sì gbàdúrà fún, nígbà tí ó sì fi ọwọ́ lé e, ó sì mú un láradá. Nígbà tí èyí sì ṣetán, àwọn ìyókù tí ó ni ààrùn ni erékùṣù náà tọ̀ ọ́ wá, ó sì mú wọn láradá. 10 Wọ́n sì bu ọlá púpọ̀ fún wa; nígbà tí a ń lọ, wọ́n sì fún wa ní ohun púpọ̀ tí a nílò ní ọ̀nà àjò wa.

Paulu dé sí Romu

11 Lẹ́yìn oṣù mẹ́ta, a wọ ọkọ̀ ojú omi kan èyí tí ó lo àkókò òtútù ní erékùṣù náà. Ó jẹ́ ọkọ̀ ojú omi ti Alekisandiria, èyí tí ààmì rẹ̀ jẹ́ tí òrìṣà ìbejì ti Kasitoru òun Polukisu. 12 Nígbà tí a sì gúnlẹ̀ ní Sirakusi, a gbé ibẹ̀ fún ọjọ́ mẹ́ta. 13 Láti ibẹ̀ nígbà tí a lọ yíká; a dé Regiomu: nígbà tí ó sì di ọjọ́ kejì, afẹ́fẹ́ gúúsù bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní fẹ́, ní ọjọ́ kejì rẹ̀ a sì dé Puteoli. 14 A sì rí àwọn arákùnrin kan níbẹ̀, tí wọ́n sì bẹ̀ wá láti bá wọn gbé fún ọjọ́ méje: bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a sì lọ sí ìhà Romu. 15 Àwọn arákùnrin ibẹ̀ gbúròó pé a ń bọ̀, wọ́n sì rìnrìn àjò títí wọ́n fi dé Apii Foroni àti sí ilé èrò mẹ́ta láti pàdé wa: nígba tí Paulu sì rí wọn, ó dúpẹ́ lọ́wọ́ Ọlọ́run, ó sì mú ọkàn le. 16 Nígbà tí a sì dé Romu, olórí àwọn ọmọ-ogun fi àwọn òǹdè lé olórí ẹ̀ṣọ́ lọ́wọ́: ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n gba Paulu láààyè láti máa dágbé fún ara rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ọmọ-ogun tí ó ń ṣọ́ ọ.

Paulu wàásù ní Romu ní abẹ́ ẹ̀ṣọ́

17 Lẹ́yìn ọjọ́ mẹ́ta, Paulu pe àwọn olórí Júù jọ. Nígbà tí wọ́n sì péjọ, ó wí fún wọn pé, “Ẹ̀yin ara, bí ó ti ṣe pé èmi kò ṣe ohun kan lòdì sí àwọn ènìyàn, tàbí sí àṣà àwọn baba wa, síbẹ̀ wọ́n fi mí lé àwọn ara Romu lọ́wọ́ ní òǹdè láti Jerusalẹmu wá. 18 Nígbà tí wọ́n sì wádìí ọ̀ràn mi, wọ́n fẹ́ jọ̀wọ́ mi lọ́wọ́ lọ, nítorí tí wọn kò rí ẹ̀sùn kan tí ó tọ́ sí ikú pẹ̀lú mi. 19 Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí àwọn Júù sọ̀rọ̀ lòdì sí i, èyí sún mí láti fi ọ̀ràn náà lọ Kesari, kì í ṣe pe mo ní ẹ̀sùn kan láti fi kan àwọn ènìyàn mi. 20 Ǹjẹ́ nítorí ọ̀ràn yìí ni mo ṣe ránṣẹ́ pè yín, láti rí yín àti láti bá yín sọ̀rọ̀ nítorí pé, nítorí ìrètí Israẹli ni a ṣe fi ẹ̀wọ̀n yìí dè mí.”

21 Wọ́n sì wí fún un pé, “Àwa kò rí ìwé gbà láti Judea nítorí rẹ, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹnìkan nínú àwọn arákùnrin tí ó ti ibẹ̀ wá kò ròyìn, tàbí kí ó sọ̀rọ̀ ibi kan sí ọ. 22 Ṣùgbọ́n àwa ń fẹ́ gbọ́ lẹ́nu rẹ ohun tí ìwọ rò nítorí bí ó ṣe ti ẹgbẹ́ ìlànà yìí ní, àwa mọ̀ pé, níbi gbogbo ni a ń sọ̀rọ̀ lòdì sí i.”

23 Àwọn fi ẹnu kò lórí ọjọ́ tí wọn yóò ṣe ìpàdé pẹ̀lú Paulu, ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ wọn ni ó tọ̀ ọ́ wa ni ilé àgbàwọ̀ rẹ̀; àwọn ẹni tí òun sọ àsọyé ọ̀rọ̀ ìjọba Ọlọ́run fún, ó ń yí wọn padà nípa ti Jesu láti inú òfin Mose àti àwọn wòlíì, láti òwúrọ̀ títí ó fi di àṣálẹ́. 24 Àwọn ẹlòmíràn gba ohun tí ó wí gbọ́, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn ẹlòmíràn kò sì gbà á gbọ́. 25 Nígbà tí ohùn wọn kò ṣọ̀kan láàrín ara wọn, wọ́n túká, lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí Paulu sọ̀rọ̀ kan pé, “Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ sọ òtítọ́ fún àwọn baba yín nígbà tí ó sọ láti ẹnu wòlíì Isaiah wí pé:

26 (A)‘Tọ àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí lọ, kí ó sì wí pé,
“Ní gbígbọ́ ẹ̀yin yóò gbọ́, kì yóò sì yé e yín;
    à ti ní rí rí ẹ̀yin yóò rí, ẹ̀yin kì yóò sí wòye.”
27 Nítorí ti àyà àwọn ènìyàn yìí yigbì,
    etí wọn sì wúwo láti fi gbọ́,
    ojú wọn ni wọn sì ti di.
Nítorí kí wọn má ba à fi ojú wọn rí,
    kí wọn kí ó má ba à fi etí wọn gbọ́,
    àti kí wọn má ba à fi ọkàn wọn mọ̀,
kí wọn kí ó má ba à yípadà, àti kí èmi má ba à mú wọn láradá.’

28 (B)“Ǹjẹ́ kí ẹ̀yin mọ́ èyí pé, a rán ìgbàlà Ọlọ́run sí àwọn kèfèrí wọ́n ó sì gbọ́. 29 Nígbà tí ó ti sọ ọ̀rọ̀ wọ̀nyí fún wọn tan, àwọn Júù lọ, wọ́n bá ara wọn jiyàn púpọ̀.”

30 Paulu sì gbé ilé àgbàwọ̀ rẹ̀ lọ́dún méjì gbáko, ó sì ń gbà gbogbo àwọn tí ó wọlé tọ̀ ọ́ wá. 31 Ó ń wàásù ìjọba Ọlọ́run, ó ń fi ìgboyà kọ́ni ní àwọn ohun tí i ṣe ti Jesu Kristi Olúwa, ẹnìkan kò si dá a lẹ́kun.

Paul Ashore on Malta

28 Once safely on shore, we(A) found out that the island(B) was called Malta. The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold. Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand,(C) they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.”(D) But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.(E) The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead; but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.(F)

There was an estate nearby that belonged to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us to his home and showed us generous hospitality for three days. His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer,(G) placed his hands on him(H) and healed him.(I) When this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured. 10 They honored us(J) in many ways; and when we were ready to sail, they furnished us with the supplies we needed.

Paul’s Arrival at Rome

11 After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in the island—it was an Alexandrian ship(K) with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux. 12 We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days. 13 From there we set sail and arrived at Rhegium. The next day the south wind came up, and on the following day we reached Puteoli. 14 There we found some brothers and sisters(L) who invited us to spend a week with them. And so we came to Rome. 15 The brothers and sisters(M) there had heard that we were coming, and they traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. At the sight of these people Paul thanked God and was encouraged. 16 When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.(N)

Paul Preaches at Rome Under Guard

17 Three days later he called together the local Jewish leaders.(O) When they had assembled, Paul said to them: “My brothers,(P) although I have done nothing against our people(Q) or against the customs of our ancestors,(R) I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans. 18 They examined me(S) and wanted to release me,(T) because I was not guilty of any crime deserving death.(U) 19 The Jews objected, so I was compelled to make an appeal to Caesar.(V) I certainly did not intend to bring any charge against my own people. 20 For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel(W) that I am bound with this chain.”(X)

21 They replied, “We have not received any letters from Judea concerning you, and none of our people(Y) who have come from there has reported or said anything bad about you. 22 But we want to hear what your views are, for we know that people everywhere are talking against this sect.”(Z)

23 They arranged to meet Paul on a certain day, and came in even larger numbers to the place where he was staying. He witnessed to them from morning till evening, explaining about the kingdom of God,(AA) and from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets(AB) he tried to persuade them about Jesus.(AC) 24 Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe.(AD) 25 They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors when he said(AE) through Isaiah the prophet:

26 “‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27 For this people’s heart has become calloused;(AF)
    they hardly hear with their ears,
    and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,
    understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a](AG)

28 “Therefore I want you to know that God’s salvation(AH) has been sent to the Gentiles,(AI) and they will listen!” [29] [b]

30 For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. 31 He proclaimed the kingdom of God(AJ) and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness(AK) and without hindrance!

Footnotes

  1. Acts 28:27 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)
  2. Acts 28:29 Some manuscripts include here After he said this, the Jews left, arguing vigorously among themselves.