1 A fter the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples and warned and consoled and urged and encouraged them; then he embraced them and told them farewell and set forth on his journey to Macedonia.

¶ Y después que cesó el alboroto, llamando Pablo a los discípulos, habiéndoles exhortado y abrazado, se despidió, y salió para ir a Macedonia.

2 T hen after he had gone through those districts and had warned and consoled and urged and encouraged the brethren with much discourse, he came to Greece.

Y después que hubo andado aquellas partes, y de exhortarles con abundancia de palabra, vino a Grecia.

3 H aving spent three months there, when a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he resolved to go back through Macedonia.

Y después de haber estado allí tres meses, y habiendo de navegar a Siria, le fueron puestas asechanzas por los judíos; y así tomó consejo de volverse por Macedonia.

4 H e was accompanied by Sopater the son of Pyrrhus from Beroea, and by the Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe and Timothy, and the Asians Tychicus and Trophimus.

Y le acompañaron hasta Asia, Sópater de Pirro, bereense, y los tesalonicenses, Aristarco y Segundo; y Gayo de Derbe, y Timoteo; y de Asia, Tíquico y Trófimo.

5 T hese went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas,

Estos yendo delante, nos esperaron en Troas.

6 B ut we sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we joined them at Troas, where we remained for seven days.

Y nosotros, pasados los días de los panes sin levadura, navegamos de Filipos y vinimos a ellos a Troas en cinco días, donde estuvimos siete días.

7 A nd on the first day of the week, when we were assembled together to break bread '> the Lord’s Supper], Paul discoursed with them, intending to leave the next morning; and he kept on with his message until midnight.

¶ Y el primero de los sábados, juntos los discípulos a partir el pan, Pablo les enseñaba, habiendo de partir al día siguiente; y continuó la palabra hasta la medianoche.

8 N ow there were numerous lights in the upper room where we were assembled,

Y había muchas lámparas en el aposento alto donde estaban juntos.

9 A nd there was a young man named Eutychus sitting in the window. He was borne down with deep sleep as Paul kept on talking still longer, and completely overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

Y un joven llamado Eutico que estaba sentado en una ventana, tomado de un sueño profundo, como Pablo predicaba largamente, postrado del sueño cayó del tercer piso abajo, y fue alzado muerto.

10 B ut Paul went down and bent over him and embraced him, saying, Make no ado; his life is within him.

Entonces descendió Pablo, y se derribó sobre él, y abrazándole, dijo: No os alborotéis, que aún su alma está en él.

11 W hen Paul had gone back upstairs and had broken bread and eaten, and after he had talked confidentially and communed with them for a considerable time—until daybreak —he departed.

Después subiendo, y partiendo el pan, y gustando, habló largamente hasta el alba, y así salió.

12 T hey took the youth home alive, and were not a little comforted and cheered and refreshed and encouraged.

Y llevaron al joven vivo, y fueron consolados no poco.

13 B ut going on ahead to the ship, the rest of us set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for that was what he had directed, intending himself to go by land.

¶ Y nosotros subiendo en el navío, navegamos a Asón, para recibir de allí a Pablo; pues así había determinado que debía él ir por tierra.

14 S o when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and sailed on to Mitylene.

Cuando se juntó con nosotros en Asón, tomándole vinimos a Mitilene.

15 A nd sailing from there, we arrived the day after at a point opposite Chios; the following day we struck across to Samos, and the next day we arrived at Miletus.

Y navegamos de allí, al día siguiente llegamos delante de Quío, y al otro día tomamos puerto en Samos; y habiendo reposado en Trogilio, al día siguiente llegamos a Mileto.

16 F or Paul had determined to sail on past Ephesus, lest he might have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening on so that he might reach Jerusalem, if at all possible, by the day of Pentecost.

Porque Pablo se había propuesto pasar adelante de Efeso, por no detenerse en Asia, porque se apresuraba por hacer el día de Pentecostés, si le fuera posible, en Jerusalén.

17 H owever, from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church.

¶ Y enviando desde Mileto a Efeso, hizo llamar a los ancianos de la Iglesia.

18 A nd when they arrived he said to them: You yourselves are well acquainted with my manner of living among you from the first day that I set foot in Asia, and how I continued afterward,

Y cuando vinieron a él, les dijo: Vosotros sabéis cómo, desde el primer día que entré en Asia, he estado con vosotros por todo el tiempo,

19 S erving the Lord with all humility in tears and in the midst of adversity (affliction and trials) which befell me, due to the plots of the Jews;

sirviendo al Señor con toda humildad, y con muchas lágrimas, y tentaciones que me han venido por las asechanzas de los judíos;

20 H ow I did not shrink from telling you anything that was for your benefit and teaching you in public meetings and from house to house,

como nada que fuera útil he rehuido de anunciaros y enseñaros, públicamente y por las casas,

21 B ut constantly and earnestly I bore testimony both to Jews and Greeks, urging them to turn in repentance '> that is due] to God and to have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ '> that is due Him].

testificando a los judíos y a los gentiles el arrepentimiento hacia Dios, y la fe en nuestro Señor Jesús, el Cristo.

22 A nd now, you see, I am going to Jerusalem, bound by the Spirit and obligated and compelled by the spirit, not knowing what will befall me there—

Y ahora, he aquí, que yo atado del Espíritu, voy a Jerusalén, sin saber lo que allá me ha de acontecer;

23 E xcept that the Holy Spirit clearly and emphatically affirms to me in city after city that imprisonment and suffering await me.

mas que el Espíritu Santo por todas las ciudades me da testimonio, diciendo que prisiones y tribulaciones me esperan.

24 B ut none of these things move me; neither do I esteem my life dear to myself, if only I may finish my course with joy and the ministry which I have obtained from the Lord Jesus, faithfully to attest to the good news (Gospel) of God’s grace (His unmerited favor, spiritual blessing, and mercy).

Mas de ninguna cosa hago caso, ni estimo mi vida preciosa para mí mismo; solamente que acabe mi carrera con gozo, y el ministerio que recibí del Señor Jesús, para dar testimonio del Evangelio de la gracia de Dios.

25 A nd now, observe, I perceive that all of you, among whom I have gone in and out proclaiming the kingdom, will see my face no more.

Y ahora, he aquí, yo sé que ninguno de todos vosotros, por quienes he pasado predicando el Reino de Dios, verá más mi rostro.

26 T herefore I testify and protest to you on this day that I am clean and innocent and not responsible for the blood of any of you.

Por tanto, yo os protesto el día de hoy, que yo soy limpio de la sangre de todos;

27 F or I never shrank or kept back or fell short from declaring to you the whole purpose and plan and counsel of God.

porque no he rehuido de anunciaros todo el consejo de Dios.

28 T ake care and be on guard for yourselves and the whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you bishops and guardians, to shepherd (tend and feed and guide) the church of the Lord or of God which He obtained for Himself with His own blood.

Por tanto mirad por vosotros y por todo el rebaño en que el Espíritu Santo os ha puesto por obispos, para apacentar la Iglesia de Dios, la cual ganó por su sangre.

29 I know that after I am gone, ferocious wolves will get in among you, not sparing the flock;

Porque yo sé que después de mi partida entrarán en medio de vosotros lobos rapaces, que no perdonarán al rebaño;

30 E ven from among your own selves men will come to the front who, by saying perverse (distorted and corrupt) things, will endeavor to draw away the disciples after them.

y de vosotros mismos se levantarán hombres que hablen cosas perversas, para llevar discípulos tras sí.

31 T herefore be always alert and on your guard, being mindful that for three years I never stopped night or day seriously to admonish and advise and exhort you one by one with tears.

Por tanto, velad, acordándoos que por tres años de noche y de día, no he cesado de amonestar con lágrimas a cada uno de vosotros.

32 A nd now, I commit you to God. And I commend you to the Word of His grace. It is able to build you up and to give you inheritance among all God’s set-apart ones (those consecrated, purified, and transformed of soul).

Y ahora también, hermanos, os encomiendo a Dios, y a la Palabra de su gracia, el cual es poderoso para sobreedificar, y daros heredad con todos los santificados.

33 I coveted no man’s silver or gold or garments.

La plata, o el oro, o el vestido de nadie he codiciado.

34 Y ou yourselves know personally that these hands ministered to my own needs and those who were with me.

Antes vosotros sabéis que para lo que me ha sido necesario, y a los que están conmigo, estas manos me han servido.

35 I n everything I have pointed out to you that, by working diligently in this manner, we ought to assist the weak, being mindful of the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, It is more blessed (makes one happier and more to be envied) to give than to receive.

En todo os he enseñado que, trabajando así, es necesario sobrellevar a los enfermos, y tener presente las palabras del Señor Jesús, el cual dijo: Más bienaventurada cosa es dar que recibir.

36 H aving spoken thus, he knelt down with them all and prayed.

¶ Cuando hubo dicho estas cosas, se puso de rodillas, y oró con todos ellos.

37 A nd they all wept freely and threw their arms around Paul’s neck and kissed him fervently and repeatedly,

Entonces hubo gran lloro de todos; y echándose en el cuello de Pablo, le besaban,

38 B eing especially distressed and sorrowful because he had stated that they were about to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

doliéndose en gran manera por la palabra que dijo, que no habían de ver más su rostro. Y le acompañaron al navío.