Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly [is] great, but the labourers [are] few: pray you2f therefore the Lord - Kurios of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
And we beseech (to call upon; appeal; beg) you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord - Kurios, and admonish you;
[For the Son of Man is] as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
For therefore we both labour and suffer (allow, to let, permit) reproach (disgrace; shame), because we trust in the living God-The Father, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Spirit [Ruach HaKodesh] has made you overseers, to feed the church of Lord and God-The Father, which he has purchased with his own blood.
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit [Ruach HaKodesh], departed unto Seleucia [white light]; and from there they sailed to Cyprus [love: a blossom].
As they ministered to the Lord - Kurios, and fasted, the Holy Spirit [Ruach HaKodesh] said, Separate me Bar-Nabba [son of rest] and Sha’ul [desired] for the work whereunto I have called them.
Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen [crowned] travelled as far as Phoenicia [land of palm trees], and Cyprus [love: a blossom], and Antioch [speedy as a chariot], preaching the word to none but unto the Y’hudim (Judeans) [praised of Yah] only.
After this Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to his disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a certain individual, who was master in his house, who arose early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard”.
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaves the flock! the sword [shall be] upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus [lovely], my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
And God-The Father has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues (foreign languages).
And I will come down and talk with youi there: and I will take of the spirit which [is] upon youi, and will put [it] upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with youi, that youi bear [it] not yourself alone.
But Moshiach [Messiah] as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
For you2f remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the Gospel (joyful message) of God-The Father.
Epaphras [lovely], who is [one] of you, a slave of Moshiach [Messiah], salutes you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that you2f may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God-The Father.
But by the grace of God-The Father I am what I am: and his grace which [was bestowed] upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God-The Father which was with me.
Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) [be] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
Then said Eliyahu [my God is Yehovah] unto the people, I, [even] I only, remain a prophet of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); but Ba’al’s [lord (a false god)] prophets [are] four hundred and fifty men.
And Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] said unto him, Envy youi for my sake? would God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] that all the Lord-Yehōvah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] people were prophets, [and] that the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) would put his spirit upon them!
Sha’ul [desired], a prisoner of Yeshua [God is Salvation] Moshiach [Messiah], and Timothy [honoring God] [our] brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus [permitted] write; These things says he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;