26  Now an angel of YHWH spoke to Philip, saying, "Get up and go toward the south on the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza."This is desolate.

26  But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza: the same is desert.

26  And the angel of the LORD spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go south by way of the desert that leads down from Jerusalem to Gaza,

27  So he got up and went; and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a court official of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem worshipping,

27  So he arose and went: and he was met by a eunuch, who had come from E-thi-oÆpi-a; an official of CanÆda-ce, queen of the E-thioÆpi- ans, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to worship at Jerusalem.

28  and he was returning. And sitting upon his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

28  While he was returning, sitting in his chariot, he read the book of the prophet IsaÆiah.

28  Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

29  Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go near, and join yourself to this chariot."

29  And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and keep close to the chariot.

30  And Phillip, running up to it, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"

30  And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

30  And as Philip drew near and heard him reading from the book of the prophet I-saÆiah, he said to him, Do you understand what you are reading?

31  And he said, "How can I, unless someone helps me?"And he urged Philip to come up and sit with him.

31  And he said, “But how can I, unless someone will have revealed it to me?” And he asked Philip to climb up and sit with him.

31  And the E-thi-oÆpi-an said, How can I understand unless some one teach me? and he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

32  Now the portion of the Scripture which he was reading was this: "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, thus He opened not His mouth.

32  The portion of the scripture which he was reading was this: He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and like a ewe sheep before the shearer, so he opened not his mouth

32  The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth

33  In His humiliation His justice was taken away, and who will recount His generation? For His life is taken away from the earth."

33  He endured his judgment with humility. Who of his generation shall describe how his life was taken away from the earth?”

33  In his humiliation, he suffered imprisonment and judgment: none can tell his struggle, for even his life is taken away from the earth.

34  So the eunuch answered Philip and said, "Please tell me, of whom does the prophet say this; of himself, or of someone else?"

34  And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other?

34  Then the eunuch responded to Philip, saying: “I beg you, about whom is the prophet saying this? About himself, or about someone else?”

35  And Philip, opening his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached the good news [about] Jesus to him.

35  Then Philip opened his mouth and began at that same scripture and preached to him concerning our LORD Jesus.

36  Now as they were going down the road, they came upon some water. And the eunuch said, "Behold, [here is] water: what prevents me from being baptized?"

36  And while they were going along the way, they arrived at a certain water source. And the eunuch said: “There is water. What would prevent me from being baptized?”

36  And as they went on their way, they came to a place where there was water; and the eunuch said, Behold here is water; what prevents me from being baptized?

37  [And Philip said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.]

37  Then Philip said, “If you believe from your whole heart, it is permitted.” And he responded by saying, “I believe the Son of God to be Jesus the Christ.”

38  And he ordered the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, both Phillip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

38  And he commanded the chariot be stopped: and both went down into the water, and Philip baptized the eunuch.

39  Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of YHWH caught up Philip, and the eunuch did not see him any longer; and he went on his way rejoicing.

39  And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing.