1Cum autem factum esset ut navigaremus abstracti ab eis,And after these things had happened, having reluctantly parted from them,recto cursu venimus Coum,we sailed a direct course, arriving at Cos,et sequenti die Rhodum,and on following the day at Rhodes,et inde Pataram.and from there to Patara.

2Et cum invenissemus navem transfretantem in Phœnicen,And when we had found a ship sailing across to Phoenicia,ascendentes navigavimus.climbing aboard, we set sail.

3Cum apparuissemus autem Cypro,Then, after we had caught sight of Cyprus,relinquentes eam ad sinistram,keeping it to the left,navigavimus in Syriam,we sailed on to Syria,et venimus Tyrum:and we arrived at Tyre.ibi enim navis expositura erat onus.For the ship was going to unload its cargo there.

4Inventis autem discipulis,Then, having found the disciples,mansimus ibi diebus septem:we lodged there for seven days.qui Paulo dicebant per Spiritum ne ascenderet Jerosolymam.And they were saying to Paul, through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

5Et expletis diebus,And when the days were completed,profecti ibamus,setting out,deducentibus nos omnibus cum uxoribuswe went on;et filiis usque foras civitatem:and they all accompanied us with their wives and children,et positis genibus in littore,until we were outside of the city.oravimus.And we kneeled down at the shore and prayed.

6Et cum valefecissemus invicem,And when we had said farewell to one another,ascendimus navem:we climbed aboard the ship.illi autem redierunt in sua.And they returned to their own.

7Nos vero navigatione expleta a Tyro descendimus Ptolemaidam:Yet truly, having completed our journey by boat from Tyre, we descended to Ptolemais.et salutatis fratribus,And greeting the brothers,mansimus die una apud illos.we lodged with them for one day.

8Alia autem die profecti,Then, after setting out the next day,venimus Cæsaream.we arrived at Caesarea.Et intrantes domum Philippi evangelistæ,And upon entering into the house of Philip the evangelist,qui erat unus de septem,who was one of the seven,mansimus apud eum.we stayed with him.

9Huic autem erant quatuor filiæ virgines prophetantes.Now this man had four daughters, virgins, who were prophesying.

10Et cum moraremur per dies aliquot,And while we were delayed for some days,supervenit quidam a Judæa propheta,a certain prophet from Judea,nomine Agabus.named Agabus, arrived.

11Is cum venisset ad nos,And he,tulit zonam Pauli:when he had come to us,et alligans sibi pedes et manus,took Paul’s belt,dixit:and binding his own feet and hands,Hæc dicit Spiritus Sanctus:he said:Virum,“Thus says the Holy Spirit:cujus est zona hæc,The man whose belt this is,sic alligabunt in Jerusalem Judæi,the Jews will bind in this way at Jerusalem.et tradent in manus gentium.And they will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.”

12Quod cum audissemus,And when we had heard this,rogabamus nos, et qui loci illius erant, ne ascenderet Jerosolymam.both we and those who were from that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

13Tunc respondit Paulus,Then Paul responded by saying:et dixit:“What do you accomplish by weeping and afflicting my heart?Quid facitis flentes,For I am prepared,et affligentes cor meum?not only to be bound,Ego enim non solum alligari,but also to die in Jerusalem,sed et mori in Jerusalem paratus sum propter nomen Domini Jesu.for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

14Et cum ei suadere non possemus,And since we were not able to persuade him,quievimus,we quieted,dicentes:saying:Domini voluntas fiat.“May the will of the Lord be done.”

15Post dies autem istos,Then, after those days,præparati ascendebamus in Jerusalem.having made preparations, we ascended to Jerusalem.

16Venerunt autemNow some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us,et ex discipulis a Cæsarea nobiscum,bringing with them a certain Cypriot named Mnason,adducentes secum apud quem hospitaremur Mnasonem quemdam Cyprium,a very old disciple,antiquum discipulum.whose guests we would be.

17Et cum venissemus Jerosolymam,And when we had arrived at Jerusalem,libenter exceperunt nos fratres.the brothers received us willingly.

18Sequenti autem die introibat Paulus nobiscum ad Jacobum,Then, on the following day, Paul entered with us to James.omnesque collecti sunt seniores.And all the elders were assembled.

19Quos cum salutasset,And when he had greeted them,narrabat per singula quæ Deus fecisset in gentibus per ministerium ipsius.he explained each thing that God had accomplished among the Gentiles through his ministry.

20At illi cum audissent,And they,magnificabant Deum,upon hearing it,dixeruntque ei:magnified God and said to him:Vides,“You understand,frater,brother,quot millia sunt in Judæis qui crediderunt,how many thousands there are among the Jews who have believed,et omnes æmulatores sunt legis.and they are all zealous for the law.

21Audierunt autem de te quia discessionem doceas a Moyse eorum qui per gentes sunt Judæorum,Now they have heard about you, that you are teaching those Jews who are among the Gentiles to withdraw from Moses,dicens non debere eos circumcidere filios suos,telling them that they should not circumcise their sons,neque secundum consuetudinem ingredi.nor act according to custom.

22Quid ergo est?What is next?utique oportet convenire multitudinem:The multitude ought to be convened.audient enim te supervenisse.For they will hear that you have arrived.

23Hoc ergo fac quod tibi dicimus.Therefore, do this thing that we ask of you:Sunt nobis viri quatuor,We have four men,votum habentes super se.who are under a vow.

24His assumptis, sanctifica te cum illis,Take these and sanctify yourself with them,et impende in illis ut radant capita:and require them to shave their heads.et scient omnes quia quæ de te audierunt, falsa sunt,And then everyone will know that the things that they have heard about you are false,sed ambulas et ipse custodiens legem.but that you yourself walk in keeping with the law.

25De his autem qui crediderunt ex gentibus,But, about those Gentiles who have believed,nos scripsimus judicantes ut abstineant se ab idolis immolato,we have written a judgment that they should keep themselves from what has been immolated to idols, and from blood,et sanguine, et suffocato,and from what has been suffocated,et fornicatione.and from fornication.”

26Tunc Paulus, assumptis viris,Then Paul, taking the men on the next day,postera die purificatus cum illis intravit in templum,was purified with them, and he entered the temple,annuntians expletionem dierum purificationis,announcing the process of the days of purification,donec offerretur pro unoquoque eorum oblatio.until an oblation would be offered on behalf of each one of them.

27Dum autem septem dies consummarentur,But when the seven days were reaching completion,hi qui de Asia erant Judæi,those Jews who were from Asia,cum vidissent eum in templo,when they had seen him in the temple,concitaverunt omnem populum,incited all the people,et injecerunt ei manus,and they laid hands on him,clamantes:crying out:

28Viri Israëlitæ,“Men of Israel,adjuvate:help!hic est homo qui adversus populum,This is the man who is teaching,et legem,everyone,et locum hunc,everywhere,omnes ubique docens,against the people and the law and this place.insuperFurthermore,et gentiles induxit in templum,he has even brought Gentiles into the temple,et violavit sanctum locum istum.and he has violated this holy place.”

29Viderant enim Trophimum Ephesium in civitate cum ipso,(For they had seen Trophimus, an Ephesian, in the city with him,quem æstimaverunt quoniam in templum introduxisset Paulus.and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)

30Commotaque est civitas tota,And the entire city was stirred up.et facta est concursio populi.And it happened that the people ran together.Et apprehendentes Paulum,And apprehending Paul,trahebant eum extra templum:they dragged him outside of the temple.et statim clausæ sunt januæ.And immediately the doors were closed.

31Quærentibus autem eum occidere,Then, as they were seeking to kill him,nuntiatum est tribuno cohortis quia tota confunditur Jerusalem.it was reported to the tribune of the cohort: “All Jerusalem is in confusion.”

32Qui statim,And so,assumptis militibus et centurionibus,immediately taking soldiers and centurions,decurrit ad illos.he rushed down to them.Qui cum vidissent tribunum et milites,And when they had seen the tribune and the soldiers,cessaverunt percutere Paulum.they ceased to strike Paul.

33Tunc accedens tribunus apprehendit eum,Then the tribune,et jussit eum alligari catenis duabus:drawing near,et interrogabat quis esset,apprehended him and ordered that he be bound with two chains.et quid fecisset.And he was asking who he was and what he had done.

34Alii autem aliud clamabant in turba.Then they were crying out various things within the crowd.Et cum non posset certum cognoscere præ tumultu,And since he could not understand anything clearly because of the noise,jussit duci eum in castra.he ordered him to be brought into the fortress.

35Et cum venisset ad gradus,And when he had arrived at the stairs,contigit ut portaretur a militibus propter vim populi.it happened that he was carried up by the soldiers, because of the threat of violence from the people.

36Sequebatur enim multitudo populi,For the multitude of the people were followingclamans:and crying out,Tolle eum.“Take him away!”

37Et cum cœpisset induci in castra Paulus,And as Paul was beginning to be brought into the fortress,dicit tribuno:he said to the tribune,Si licet mihi loqui aliquid ad te?“Is it permissible for me to say something to you?”Qui dixit:And he said,Græce nosti?“You know Greek?

38nonne tu es Ægyptius,So then,qui ante hos dies tumultum concitasti,are you not that Egyptian who before these days incited a rebellionet eduxisti in desertum quatuor millia virorum sicariorum?and led out into the desert four thousand murderous men?”

39Et dixit ad eum Paulus:But Paul said to him:Ego homo sum quidem Judæus a Tarso Ciliciæ,“I am a man, indeed a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia,non ignotæ civitatis municeps.a citizen of a well-known city.Rogo autem te,So I petition you,permitte mihi loqui ad populum.permit me to speak to the people.”

40Et cum ille permisisset,And when he had given him permission,Paulus stans in gradibus annuit manu ad plebem,Paul, standing on the stairs, motioned with his hand to the people.et magno silentio facto,And when a great silence occurred,allocutus est lingua hebræa,he spoke to them in the Hebrew language,dicens:saying: