Acts of the Apostles 20

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 When the disturbance was over, Paul sent for the disciples and, after speaking words ofencouragement to them, said good -- bye and set out for Macedonia.	1 And after the tumult was ceased, Paul calling to him the disciples, and exhorting them, took his leave, and set forward to go into Macedonia.
2 On his way through those areas he said many words of encouragement to them and then made hisway into Greece,	2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had exhorted them with many words, he came into Greece;
3 where he spent three months. He was leaving by ship for Syria when a plot organised against him bythe Jews made him decide to go back by way of Macedonia.	3 Where, when he had spent three months, the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria; so he took a resolution to return through Macedonia.
4 He was accompanied by Sopater, son of Pyrrhus, who came from Beroea; Aristarchus and Secunduswho came from Thessalonica; Gaius from Derbe, and Timothy, as well as Tychicus and Trophimus who werefrom Asia.	4 And there accompanied him Sopater the son of Pyrrhus, of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus, and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
5 They al went on to Troas where they waited for us.	5 These going before, stayed for us at Troas.
6 We ourselves left Philippi by ship after the days of Unleavened Bread and joined them five days later atTroas, where we stayed for a week.	6 But we sailed from Philippi after the days of the Azymes, and came to them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.
7 On the first day of the week we met for the breaking of bread. Paul was due to leave the next day, andhe preached a sermon that went on til the middle of the night.	7 And on the first day of the week, when we were assembled to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, being to depart on the morrow: and he continued his speech until midnight.
8 A number of lamps were lit in the upstairs room where we were assembled,	8 And there were a great number of lamps in the upper chamber where we were assembled.
9 and as Paul went on and on, a young man called Eutychus who was sitting on the window-sil grewdrowsy and was overcome by sleep and fel to the ground three floors below. He was picked up dead.	9 And a certain young man named Eutychus, sitting on the window, being oppressed with a deep sleep, (as Paul was long preaching,) by occasion of his sleep fell from the third loft down, and was taken up dead.
10 Paul went down and stooped to clasp the boy to him, saying, 'There is no need to worry, there is stillife in him.'	10 To whom, when Paul had gone down, he laid himself upon him, and embracing him, said: Be not troubled, for his soul is in him.
11 Then he went back upstairs where he broke the bread and ate and carried on talking til he left atdaybreak.	11 Then going up, and breaking bread and tasting, and having talked a long time to them, until daylight, so he departed.
12 They took the boy away alive, and were greatly encouraged.	12 And they brought the youth alive, and were not a little comforted.
13 We were now to go on ahead by sea, so we set sail for Assos, where we were to take Paul on board;this was what he had arranged, for he wanted to go overland.	13 But we, going aboard the ship, sailed to Assos, being there to take in Paul; for so he had appointed, himself purposing to travel by land.
14 When he rejoined us at Assos we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.	14 And when he had met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
15 The next day we sailed from there and arrived opposite Chios. The second day we touched at Samosand, after stopping at Trogyllium, made Miletus the next day.	15 And sailing thence, the day following we came over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos; and the day following we came to Miletus.
16 Paul had decided to pass wide of Ephesus so as to avoid spending time in Asia, since he wasanxious to be in Jerusalem, if possible, for the day of Pentecost.	16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, lest he should be stayed any time in Asia. For he hasted, if it were possible for him, to keep the day of Pentecost at Jerusalem.
17 From Miletus he sent for the elders of the church of Ephesus.	17 And sending from Miletus to Ephesus, he called the ancients of the church.
18 When they arrived he addressed these words to them: 'You know what my way of life has been eversince the first day I set foot among you in Asia,	18 And when they were come to him, and were together, he said to them: You know from the first day that I came into Asia, in what manner I have been with you, for all the time,
19 how I have served the Lord in al humility, with al the sorrows and trials that came to me through theplots of the Jews.	19 Serving the Lord with all humility, and with tears, and temptations which befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews;
20 I have not hesitated to do anything that would be helpful to you; I have preached to you and instructedyou both in public and in your homes,	20 How I have kept back nothing that was profitable to you, but have preached it to you, and taught you publicly, and from house to house,
21 urging both Jews and Greeks to turn to God and to believe in our Lord Jesus.	21 Testifying both to Jews and Gentiles penance towards God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
22 'And now you see me on my way to Jerusalem in captivity to the Spirit; I have no idea what wilhappen to me there,	22 And now, behold, being bound in the spirit, I go to Jerusalem: not knowing the things which shall befall me there:
23 except that the Holy Spirit, in town after town, has made it clear to me that imprisonment andpersecution await me.	23 Save that the Holy Ghost in every city witnesseth to me, saying: That bands and afflictions wait for me at Jerusalem.
24 But I do not place any value on my own life, provided that I complete the mission the Lord Jesus gaveme -- to bear witness to the good news of God's grace.	24 But I fear none of these things, neither do I count my life more precious than myself, so that I may consummate my course and the ministry of the word which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
25 'I now feel sure that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom wil eversee my face again.	25 And now behold, I know that all you, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
26 And so on this very day I swear that my conscience is clear as far as all of you are concerned,	26 Wherefore I take you to witness this day, that I am clear from the blood of all men;
27 for I have without faltering put before you the whole of God's purpose.	27 For I have not spared to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
28 'Be on your guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you theguardians, to feed the Church of God which he bought with the blood of his own Son.	28 Take heed to yourselves, and to the whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops, to rule the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
29 'I know quite wel that when I have gone fierce wolves wil invade you and will have no mercy on theflock.	29 I know that, after my departure, ravening wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 Even from your own ranks there wil be men coming forward with a travesty of the truth on their lips toinduce the disciples to fol ow them.	30 And of your own selves shall arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
31 So be on your guard, remembering how night and day for three years I never slackened in counsel ingeach one of you with tears.	31 Therefore watch, keeping in memory, that for three years I ceased not, with tears to admonish every one of you night and day.
32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace that has power to build you up and togive you your inheritance among all the sanctified.	32 And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, who is able to build up, and to give an inheritance among all the sanctified.
33 'I have never asked anyone for money or clothes;	33 I have not coveted any man's silver, gold, or apparel, as
34 you know for yourselves that these hands of mine earned enough to meet my needs and those of mycompanions.	34 You yourselves know: for such things as were needful for me and them that are with me, these hands have furnished.
35 By every means I have shown you that we must exert ourselves in this way to support the weak,remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, who himself said, "There is more happiness in giving than inreceiving." '	35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring you ought to support the weak, and to remember the word of the Lord Jesus, how he said: It is a more blessed thing to give, rather than to receive.
36 When he had finished speaking he knelt down with them all and prayed.	36 And when he had said these things, kneeling down, he prayed with them all.
37 By now they were all in tears; they put their arms round Paul's neck and kissed him;	37 And there was much weeping among them all; and falling on the neck of Paul, they kissed him,
38 what saddened them most was his saying they would never see his face again. Then they escortedhim to the ship.	38 Being grieved most of all for the word which he had said, that they should see his face no more. And they brought him on his way to the ship.