Acts 16:19-23 in English

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,

²⁰ and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

²¹ and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.

²² And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.

²³ And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

¹⁹ And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,

²⁰ And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

²¹ And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

²² And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

²³ And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,

²⁰ and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

²¹ and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.

²² And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.

²³ And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

¹⁹ And then her owners realized that she could no longer earn money for them because she could no longer predict what would happen to people, so they were angry. They grabbed Paul and Silas and forcefully took them to the public square, to the place where the government authorities and a lot of other people were gathered.

²⁰ The owners of the young woman brought Paul and Silas to the city officials and told them, “These men are Jews, and they are greatly troubling the people in MTY our city.

²¹ They are teaching that we (inc) should follow customs that our laws do not allow us Romans to consider to be correct or to obey!”

²² Many of the crowd joined those who were accusing Paul and Silas, and started beating them. Then the Roman authorities commanded soldiers to tear the shirts off Paul and Silas and to beat them with rods/sticks.

²³ So the soldiers beat Paul and Silas vigorously with rods. After that, they took them and shoved them into the prison. They told the jailer that he should lock them up securely.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

²¹ and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

²² The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

²¹ and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

²² The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

²¹ and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

²² The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;

²⁰ And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

²¹ Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

²² And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.

²³ And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

¹⁹ And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market before the magistrates;

²⁰ and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,

²¹ and announce customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor practise, being Romans.

²² And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge them.

²³ And having laid many stripes upon them they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;

¹⁹ But her masters, seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, apprehending Paul and Silas, brought them into the marketplace to the rulers.

²⁰ And presenting them to the magistrates, they said: These men disturb our city, being Jews;

²¹ And preach a fashion which it is not lawful for us to receive nor observe, being Romans.

²² And the people ran together against them; and the magistrates rending off their clothes, commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the gaoler to keep them diligently.

¹⁹ And when her masters saw that the hope of their profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, and dragged them to the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ And bringing them to the magistrates they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city;

²¹ and they are proclaiming customs which are not lawful for us to receive or to do, since we are Romans.”

²² And the crowd rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore their clothes and ordered men to beat them with rods.

²³ And when they laid many strokes on them, they cast them into prison, commanding the prison keeper to keep them securely;

¹⁹ But when her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place to the rulers,

²⁰ and bringing them before the magistrates they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,

²¹ and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or do.”

²² The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off of them and ordered a beating with rods.

²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them securely;

¹⁹ But when her masters saw they had lost their means of making money, they grabbed hold of Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities at the marketplace.

²⁰ They brought them in front of the magistrates, and accused them: “These Jewish men are causing a great disturbance in our town,” they said.

²¹ “They're advocating things that are illegal for us as Romans to accept or to practice.”

²² The crowd joined together in an attack on them. The magistrates tore off Paul and Silas' clothes, and ordered them beaten with rods.

²³ After giving them a severe beating, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them locked up.

¹⁹ Nowe when her masters sawe that the hope of their gaine was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drewe them into the market place vnto the Magistrates,

²⁰ And brought them to the gouernours, saying, These men which are Iewes, trouble our citie,

²¹ And preache ordinances, which are not lawfull for vs to receiue, neither to obserue, seeing we are Romanes.

²² The people also rose vp together against them, and the gouernours rent their clothes, and commanded them to be beaten with roddes.

²³ And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into prison, commaunding the Iayler to keepe them surely.

¹⁹ And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market-place unto the rulers,

²⁰ and brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

²¹ and teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

²² And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

²³ And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

¹⁹ But her masters seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, laid hold of Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the market-place to the rulers;

²⁰ and having brought them before the magistrates, said, These men are grievously disturbing our city, being Jews;

²¹ and they teach customs which it is not lawful for us Romans to receive or observe.

²² And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates, tearing off their clothes, commanded to beat them with rods;

²³ and when they had laid on them many stripes, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely;

¹⁹ When her masters saw that there was no hope of further profit from her, they seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the public square to the authorities,

²⁰ and took them before the Magistrates. “These men are causing a great disturbance in our town,” they complained;

²¹ “They are Jews, and they are teaching customs which it is not right for us, as Romans, to sanction or adopt.”

²² The mob rose as one person against them, and the Magistrates stripped them of their clothing and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

²³ After beating them severely, the Magistrates put them in prison, with orders to the jailer to keep them in safe custody.

¹⁹ When her masters saw that there was no hope of further profit from her, they seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the public square to the authorities,

²⁰ and took them before the Magistrates. “These men are causing a great disturbance in our town,” they complained;

²¹ “They are Jews, and they are teaching customs which it is not right for us, as Romans, to sanction or adopt.”

²² The mob rose as one person against them, and the Magistrates stripped them of their clothing and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

²³ After beating them severely, the Magistrates put them in prison, with orders to the jailer to keep them in safe custody.

¹⁹ Her bosses saw this happen and they thought, “Oh, no. Now she will not be able to tell anybody what will happen to them, and she will not get us any more money.” And her bosses were angry with Paul and Silas. They grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them to the Roman judges in the middle of that town.

²⁰ Her bosses said to the judges, “These men are making a lot of trouble for everyone in our town. They are Jews,

²¹ and they are telling people to do things that our Roman law says are wrong.”

²² A lot of other people there joined those bosses and started blaming Paul and Silas. Then the Roman bosses told their soldiers, “Rip the shirts off Paul and Silas and hit them with sticks.”

²³ The soldiers hit Paul and Silas really hard with sticks and then they put them in the jail. They told the boss of that jail, “Make sure Paul and Silas don’t get away.”

¹⁹ And when her master and mastres sawe that the hope of their gaynes was gone they caught Paul and Sylas and drue the into the market place vnto the rulars

²⁰ and brought them to the officers sayinge: These men trouble oure cite which are Iewes

²¹ and preache ordinaunces which are not laufull for vs to receave nether to observe seinge we are Romayns.

²² And the people ranne on them and the officers rent their clothes and commaunded them to be beaten with roddes.

²³ And when they had beaten them sore they cast them into preson commaundynge the iayler to kepe them surely.

¹⁹ When her masters saw that their opportunity to make money was now gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.

²⁰ When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are stirring up our city. They are Jews.

²¹ They proclaim customs that are not lawful for Romans to accept or practice.”

²² Then the crowd rose up together against Paul and Silas; the magistrates tore their garments off them and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ When they had laid many blows upon them, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to keep them securely.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

²¹ and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

²² The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

²¹ and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

²² The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

¹⁹ And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market-place to the rulers,

²⁰ And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

²¹ And teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

²² And the multitude rose together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them .

²³ And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

²¹ and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

²² The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

²¹ and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

²² The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

¹⁹ And the lords of her saw, that the hope of their winning went away, and they took Paul and Silas, and led them into the chapping, either doom place, to the princes.

²⁰ And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, These men disturb or distrouble our city, for they be Jews,

²¹ and show a custom, which it is not leaveful to us to receive, neither do, since we be Romans.

²² And the people and magistrates ran against them, and when they had rent to pieces the coats of them, they commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ And when they had given to them many wounds, they sent them into prison, and commanded to the keeper, that he should keep them diligently.

¹⁹ And the lords of her saw, that the hope of their winning went away, and they took (hold of) Paul and Silas, and led them into the chapping, either doom place, to the princes. (And her masters saw, that their hope for more profit went away, and they took hold of Paul and Silas, and led (them) to the market, (or to the seat of judgement), that is, the city square, to the city leaders.)

²⁰ And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, These men disturb or distrouble our city, for they be Jews,

²¹ and show a custom, which it is not leaveful to us to receive (or which it is not lawful for us to accept), neither do, since we be Romans.

²² And the people and magistrates ran against them, and when they had rent to pieces the coats of them (or and when they had torn their coats to pieces), they commanded them to be beaten with rods.

²³ And when they had given to them many wounds, they sent them into prison, and commanded to the keeper, that he should keep them diligently. (And after they had given them many wounds, they threw them into prison, and commanded the warden of the prison, that he should guard them carefully.)

¹⁹ And her masters having seen that the hope of their employment was gone, having caught Paul and Silas, drew them to the market-place, unto the rulers,

²⁰ and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, 'These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews;

²¹ and they proclaim customs that are not lawful for us to receive nor to do, being Romans.'

²² And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat them with rods,

²³ many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,