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1 Tad jys aizgōja ari uz Derbe un Lystru. Un raug, tur beja vīns mōceklis, vōrdā Timotejs. Jys beja īticējušōs jūdītes un tāva pogōna dāls. 2 Tai kai Lystras un Ikonijas brōli par jū labi līcynōja, 3 Pōvuls gribēja jū sev pajimt par leidzstrōdnīku. Tymūs apgobolūs dzeivojūšūs jūdu dēļ, jys lyka tū apgraizeit, jō visi zynōja, ka jō tāvs beja pogōns. 4 Apstaigojūt mīstus, jī tim pīsaceja sorgōt apostolu un vacōkūs Jeruzalemā izdareitūs lāmumus. 5 Draudzess typrynōjōs ticeibā, un ar kotru dīnu jūs skaits palyka lelōks.
6 Tad jī staigōja pa Frigijas un Gaļacijas apgobolu, jo Svātais Gors jim (Dīva) vōrdu sludynōt Azijā beja nūlīdzis. 7 Īdami uz Mysiju, jī mēginōja nūkļyut Bytynijā, bet Jezus Gors tō naļōve. 8 Tad, pagōjuši Mysijai garum, jī aizgōja uz Troadu. 9 Te Pōvulam naktī beja vīna parōdeiba: Kaids Makedonijas veirīts nūstōja jam prīškā un jō lyudze saceidams: Ej uz Makedoniju un paleidz mums. 10 Pēc šōs parōdeibas redzēšonas, mes tyuleņ meklējom izdeveibas aizīt uz Makedoniju, jo nūprotom, ka Dīvs myusus aicynoj sludynōt tim Evangeliju.
11 Laidemēs tad nu Troades un pa yudini aizbraucem taišni uz Samotrake, tad nōkūšā dīnā uz Neapoli 12 un nu turīnes uz Filippiju, kura ir pyrmais Makedonijas apgobola mīsts, kolonija. Tamā mīstā mes dažas dīnas apstōjom.
13 Sabata dīnā mes izgōjom ōrā vōrtu prīškā, uz upes krosta, kur, lykōs, beja lyugšonas noms, un nūsāduši runōjom sasalasejušajom tur sīvītem. 14 Tur klausejōs kaida Dīva baileiga sīvītes vōrdā Lydija, kura beja purpura tērgōtōja nu Tyatira mīsta. Jai Dīvs atdareja sirdi, ka pīkrystu tam, kū Pōvuls sludynōja. 15 Kad jei, kūpā ar sovu sātu, beja nūkristeita, lyudze saceidama: Jo asat par munu uzticeibu Kungam pōrlīcynōti, tad ejte uz munu sātu un tur palicit. Tai jei myusus skubynōja. 16 Un nūtyka, mums ejūt uz lyugšonas nomu, aizskrēja mums prīškā kaida meitine, kurai beja dīvredzeibas gors. Jei caur sovu dīvredzeibu sovim kungim deve lelus īnōkumus. 17 Jei, tacādama Pōvulam un mums pakaļ, sauce saceidama: Šitī cylvāki ir Vysaugstōkō Dīva kolpi, kuri jums sludynoj pesteišonas ceļu. 18 Un vairōkas dīnas jei dareja tū pat. Tad Pōvuls sakaitynōts atsagrīze un saceja goram: Jezus Kristus vōrdā es tev pavēļu nu jōs izīt. Un tys tymā pat breidī izgōja.
19 Jōs kungi radzādami, ka jūs īnōkumu cereibas ir zudušas, sakēre Pōvulu un Silasu un pōri par tērga laukumu aizvylka uz pōrvaļdi, 20 un, nūdūdūt jūs īrednim, saceja: Šitī ļaudis ceļ namīru vysā myusu mīstā. 21 Jī, jūdi byudami, sludynoj taidas parašas, kuru mes kai romīši nadreikstam ni pījimt, ni ari dzeivē īvest. 22 Pret jim sasacēle ari pyuļs. Īredni pavēlēja nūplēst jim drēbes un pērt ar reikstem. 23 Izdarejuši jim daudzi cērtumu, īmete jūs cītumā un cītuma uzraugam pavēlēja uzmaneigi jūs apsorgōt. 24 Saskaņā ar taidu pavēli, jys īslūdzeja jūs pošā cītuma dybynā un jūs kōjas īkola skautovōs.
25 Ap pušnaktim Pōvuls ar Sylasu, Dīva lyugdami, dzīdōja, un citi apcītynōtī jūs klausejōs. 26 Umai nūtyka tik lela zemes trice, ka aiztreisēja cītuma pamati. Vīnā ocumirklī atsadareja vysas durovas un visim nūkryta saiški. 27 Pasamūstūt cītuma uzraugs īraudzeja vaļā stovūšas durovas un, izviļcis škāpu, gribēja izdareit pašnōveibu, jo dūmōja, ka visi īslūdzeitī ir izbāguši. 28 Bet Pōvuls lelā bolsā īsasauce saceidams: Nadori sev nikaida ļaunuma, mes tadei visi asam uz vītas. 29 Tad jys pavēlēja dūt guni, īgōja īškā un treisādams nūkryta pi Pōvula un Silasa kōjom. 30 Tad, izvedis jūs ōrā saceja: Kungi, kas maņ doroms, lai sevi izpesteitu? 31 Tad jī atbiļdēja: Ītic Kungam Jezum un byusi izpesteits i pats, i tova sāta. 32 Tad jī jam un vysai jō saimei sludynōja Kunga vōrdu. 33 Un jys tōs pošas nakts stuņdē pajēmis apmozgōja jūs cērtumus, un tyuleņ pats un vysa jō saime pījēme kristeibu. 34 Tad, īvedis sovā mōjā, sagatavōja jim maļteiti un prīcōjōs par tū, ka ar vysu saimi ir īticējis Dīvam.
35 Dīnai austūt, īredni ar liktorim aizsyuteja pavēli: Šytūs cylvākus palaist vaļā. 36 Un cītuma uzraugs paziņōja Pōvulam, ka īredni atsyuteja pavēli jūs izlaist. Tai tad varit īt ōrā un īt prūjom ar mīru.
37 Bet Pōvuls tim saceja: Bez tīsas myusus, Romas piļsōņus, publiski šausteja reikstem un īslūdzeja cītumā, un tagad slapyn grib myusus izmest ōrā!? Tai nabyus! Lai atīt jī poši un myusus izvad. 38 Šū atbiļdi liktori aiznese īrednim. Dzērdādami, ka jī ir Romas piļsōni, tī nūsabeida. 39 Tad jī atgōjuši tūs pōrlyudze un izvadūt lyudze, lai nu tō mīsta ītu prūjom. 40 Izgōjuši nu cītuma, jī aizgōja uz Lydiju. Sastopūt brōļus, jī tūs mīrynōja un aizgōja tōļōk.
Timothy Goes with Paul and Silas
1 Paul traveled on to Derbe and Lystra, where a Christian named Timothy lived. His mother, who was also a Christian, was Jewish, but his father was a Greek. 2 All the believers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of Timothy. 3 Paul wanted to take Timothy along with him, so he circumcised him. He did so because all the Jews who lived in those places knew that Timothy's father was Greek. 4 As they went through the towns, they delivered to the believers the rules decided upon by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem, and they told them to obey those rules. 5 So the churches were made stronger in the faith and grew in numbers every day.
In Troas: Paul's Vision
6 They traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia because the Holy Spirit did not let them preach the message in the province of Asia. 7 When they reached the border of Mysia, they tried to go into the province of Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them. 8 So they traveled right on through Mysia and went to Troas. 9 That night Paul had a vision in which he saw a Macedonian standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us!” 10 As soon as Paul had this vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, because we decided that God had called us to preach the Good News to the people there.
In Philippi: the Conversion of Lydia
11 We left by ship from Troas and sailed straight across to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis. 12 From there we went inland to Philippi, a city of the first district of Macedonia; it is also a Roman colony. We spent several days there. 13 On the Sabbath we went out of the city to the riverside, where we thought there would be a place where Jews gathered for prayer. We sat down and talked to the women who gathered there. 14 One of those who heard us was Lydia from Thyatira, who was a dealer in purple cloth. She was a woman who worshiped God, and the Lord opened her mind to pay attention to what Paul was saying. 15 After she and the people of her house had been baptized, she invited us, “Come and stay in my house if you have decided that I am a true believer in the Lord.” And she persuaded us to go.
In Prison at Philippi
16 One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a young servant woman who had an evil spirit that enabled her to predict the future. She earned a lot of money for her owners by telling fortunes. 17 She followed Paul and us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God! They announce to you how you can be saved!” 18 She did this for many days, until Paul became so upset that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I order you to come out of her!” The spirit went out of her that very moment. 19 When her owners realized that their chance of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them to the authorities in the public square. 20 They brought them before the Roman officials and said, “These men are Jews, and they are causing trouble in our city. 21 They are teaching customs that are against our law; we are Roman citizens, and we cannot accept these customs or practice them.” 22 And the crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas.
Then the officials tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be whipped. 23 After a severe beating, they were thrown into jail, and the jailer was ordered to lock them up tight. 24 Upon receiving this order, the jailer threw them into the inner cell and fastened their feet between heavy blocks of wood.
25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was a violent earthquake, which shook the prison to its foundations. At once all the doors opened, and the chains fell off all the prisoners. 27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he thought that the prisoners had escaped; so he pulled out his sword and was about to kill himself. 28 But Paul shouted at the top of his voice, “Don't harm yourself! We are all here!”
29 The jailer called for a light, rushed in, and fell trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas. 30 Then he led them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 They answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your family.” 32 Then they preached the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in the house. 33 At that very hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; and he and all his family were baptized at once. 34 Then he took Paul and Silas up into his house and gave them some food to eat. He and his family were filled with joy, because they now believed in God.
35 The next morning the Roman authorities sent police officers with the order, “Let those men go.”
36 So the jailer told Paul, “The officials have sent an order for you and Silas to be released. You may leave, then, and go in peace.”
37 But Paul said to the police officers, “We were not found guilty of any crime, yet they whipped us in public—and we are Roman citizens! Then they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Not at all! The Roman officials themselves must come here and let us out.”
38 The police officers reported these words to the Roman officials; and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were afraid. 39 So they went and apologized to them; then they led them out of the prison and asked them to leave the city. 40 Paul and Silas left the prison and went to Lydia's house. There they met the believers, spoke words of encouragement to them, and left.
