5. And when it came to be that our days there were ended, we left and went on, all of them accompanying us, with wives and children, till we were out of the city. And kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.
6. And having embraced one another, we boarded the ship, and they returned to their homes.
7. And when we had completed our voyage from Tsor, we came to Ptolemais. And having greeted the brothers we stayed with them one day.
8. And on the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and went into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
9. Now this one had four maiden daughters who prophesied.
10. And as we were staying many days, a certain prophet named Ḥag̅aḇ came down from Yehuḏah,
11. and having come to us, he took the girdle of Sha’ul, bound his own hands and feet, and said, “Thus says the Set-apart Spirit, ‘Thus shall the Yehuḏim at Yerushalayim bind the man who owns this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the gentiles.’ ”
12. And when we heard this, both we and those from that place begged him not to go up to Yerushalayim.
13. And Sha’ul answered, “What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Yerushalayim for the Name of the Master יהושע.”
14. And as he could not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “Let the desire of the Master be done.”
15. And after those days, having made ready, we went up to Yerushalayim.
16. And also some of the taught ones from Caesarea went with us and brought with them one, Mnason of Cyprus, an early taught one, with whom we were to lodge.
17. And when we had arrived in Yerushalayim, the brothers received us gladly.
18. And on the following day Sha’ul went in with us to Ya‛aqoḇ, and all the elders came.
19. And having greeted them, he was relating one by one what Elohim had done among the gentiles through his service.
20. And when they heard it, they praised the Master. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Yehuḏim there are who have believed, and all are ardent for the Torah.
21. “And they have been informed about you that you teach all the Yehuḏim who are among the gentiles to forsake Mosheh, saying not to circumcise the children nor to walk according to the practices.
22. “What then is it? They shall certainly hear that you have come.
23. “So do this, what we say to you: We have four men who have taken a vow.
24. “Take them and be cleansed with them, and pay their expenses so that they shave their heads. And all shall know that what they have been informed about you is not so, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Torah.