Paul Strengthen di Believers
Paul talk pass midnight, and one young man wey sleep for window fall from third floor die; Paul go down, hold am, and e live. Later, as e know sey chain dey wait am for Jerusalem, e tell di Ephesian elders make dem guard our Papa flock. Dem cry sey dem no go see im face again.
20 1After di wahala don finish, Paul send call di disciples, encourage dem, tell dem bye-bye, and comot go Macedonia. 2As e don pass through dem regions and encourage di believers well well, e come reach Greece. 3E stay for there three months; and as di Jews plan bad thing against am wey e wan take ship go Syria, e decide say make e take Macedonia road go back. 4Sopater di pikin of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia waka with am. 5Dis people waka go front and dey wait for us for Troas. 6We take ship comot from Philippi after di days of Bread wey no get yeast, and e take us five days to reach dem for Troas, and we stay there seven days.
Dem Raise One Young Man for Troas
7For di first day of di week, wey we gather togeda to break bread, Paul dey talk with dem; and as e plan say e go comot di next day, e continue to dey talk reach midnight. 8Plenty lamp dey for di upstairs room wey we gather. 9One young man wey im name na Eutychus sidon for di window, and deep sleep begin dey carry am as Paul continue to dey talk. Sleep overpower am, e fall from di third floor, and dem carry am up wey e don die. 10Paul come down, bend over am, hug am and talk say, “No make una fear; im life still dey inside am.”
11E go back up, break bread, chop, and talk with dem long time reach when day begin break, then e comot. 12And dem carry di young man go house alive, and dem heart calm well well.
Di Journey go Miletus
13We waka go front by ship go Assos, wey we plan say we go carry Paul enter there; because e don choose say e go waka by land. 14And wey e meet us for Assos, we carry am enter ship and come reach Mitylene. 15As we take ship comot from there, di next day we reach opposite Chios, di day after we land for Samos, and di following day we reach Miletus. 16Paul don decide say e go pass Ephesus for ship, so dat e no go waste time for Asia; because e dey hurry make e reach Jerusalem, if e fit, before Pentecost.
17From Miletus e send message go Ephesus and call di elders of di church make dem come meet am. 18Wey dem come, e talk say, “Una know how I take live among una di whole time, from di first day wey I put my leg for Asia, 19as I dey serve our Oga Jesus with complete humble heart, with tears, and with di trials wey come from di way di Jews dey plan bad thing against me, 20how I no hide anything wey for help una, but I tell una and teach una for open and from house to house, 21as I dey testify give both Jews and Greeks: say make dem turn come our Papa and put faith for our Oga Jesus. 22Now, as di Spirit don tie me, I dey go Jerusalem, and I no know wetin dey wait for me there, 23except say di Holy Spirit dey tell me for every city say chain and suffering dey wait for me. 24But I no dey count my life as anything, and I no dey treasure am for myself, na only say make I finish my race and di ministry wey I collect from our Oga Jesus, to testify di good news of our Papa grace.
25And now I know say none of una wey I waka among una dey preach di kingdom of our Papa go see my face again. 26So I dey testify give una today say I clean from di blood of everybody, a a v26 'Clean from di blood of everybody': Paul dey talk say if anybody here get lost for spirit, no be say e no warn dem — e no hide anything. 27because I no draw back from telling una di whole plan of our Papa. 28Watch unaself and all di flock wey di Holy Spirit don make una overseers, to shepherd di church of our Papa, wey e buy with di blood of im own Pikin. b b v28 Di Greek talk literally say “through di blood of im own,” wey di FHB render as “im own Pikin” — our Papa get di church for di price of im Pikin blood. Paul talk di same truth for Romans 8:32: our Papa no spare im own Pikin but e give am up for all of us. 29I know say after I don comot, fierce wolf go enter among una, and dem no go spare di flock. 30Men from among unaself go rise up, dey talk twisted things, to pull di disciples comot follow dem. 31So watch, remember say for three years, night and day, I no ever stop to warn each one of una with tears. 32Now I hand una over to our Papa and to di word of im grace, wey fit build una up and give una di inheritance among all di people wey dem don make holy. 33I no crave anybody silver or gold or cloth. 34Unaself know say dis two hands provide for my needs and for di people wey dey with me. 35For everything I show una say, as we dey work hard dis way, we must help di weak ones, dey remember di words of our Oga Jesus, wey e imself talk say, E better pass to give than to collect.”
36And wey e don talk dis things, e kneel down with all of dem and pray. 37Dem all cry; dem hug Paul and kiss am, 38and wetin pain dem pass na im words—say dem no go see im face again—dem waka go with am reach di ship.
