2. While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Ruach ha-Kodesh said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
3. Then after fasting, praying, and laying hands on them, they sent them off.
4. So, sent out by the Ruach ha-Kodesh, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
5. When they arrived at Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as a helper.
6. When they had gone throughout the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a man who was a magician—a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-Yeshua.
7. He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
8. But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
9. But Saul, who is also Paul, filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh, fixed his gaze on him
10. and said, “O you, full of all deceit and trickery, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness—will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
11. Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind and not see the sun for awhile.” Immediately, cloudiness and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand.
12. When he saw what had happened, the proconsul believed, because he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.
13. Setting sail from Paphos, Paul’s company came to Perga in Pamphylia. John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
14. But they passed on from Perga and came to Antioch of Pisidia. Entering the synagogue on the Shabbat, they sat down.
15. After the reading of the Torah and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, speak.”
16. So Paul, standing up and motioning with his hand, said, “Men of Israel and God-fearers, listen.