Djela apostolska 24
1 Nakon pet dana siđe veliki svećenik Ananija s nekim starješinama i odvjetnikom, nekim Tertulom te izniješe upravitelju tužbu protiv Pavla.
Five days afterwards the high priest Ananias came down with some of the elders and a barrister named Tertullus. They laid an information with the Governor against Paul;
2 Pošto dozvaše Pavla, poče ga Tertul optuživati: “Veliki mir što ga po tebi, vrli Felikse, uživamo i boljitak što tvojom providnošću narodu ovomu nastaje,
and, when the hearing came on, Tertullus began his speech for the prosecution.
3 u svemu i posvuda primamo sa svom zahvalnošću.
‘We owe it to your Excellency,’ he said, ‘that we are enjoying profound peace, and we owe it to your foresight that this nation is constantly securing reforms – advantages which we very gratefully accept at all times and places.
4 Ali, da ti dulje ne dodijavam, molim te da nas u svojoj blagonaklonosti ukratko poslušaš.
But – not to be tedious – I beg you, with your accustomed fairness, to listen to a brief statement of our case.
5 Utvrdismo da je ovaj čovjek kuga, da pokreće bune među svim Židovima po svijetu, da je kolovođa nazaretske sljedbe,
We have found this man a public pest; he is one who stirs up disputes among our people all the world over, and is a ringleader of the Nazarene heretics.
6 da je čak i Hram pokušao oskvrnuti pa ga uhitismo.
He even attempted to desecrate the Temple itself, but we caught him;
8 Od njega, ako ga o svemu tomu ispitaš, možeš saznati za što ga mi optužujemo.”
and you will be able, by examining him on all these points, to satisfy yourself as to the charges which we are bringing against him.’
9 Podržaše ga i Židovi tvrdeći da je tako.
The Jewish crowd also joined in the attack and bore out his statements.
10 Nato Pavao odvrati pošto mu upravitelj kimnu da govori: “Kako znam da si već mnogo godina sudac narodu ovomu, mirne se duše branim.
On a sign from the Governor, Paul made this reply: ‘Knowing, as I do, for how many years you have acted as judge to this nation, it is with confidence that I undertake my own defence.
11 Ta možeš se osvjedočiti da nema više od dvanaest dana otkad uzađoh u Jeruzalem da se poklonim.
For you can easily verify that it is not more than twelve days ago that I went up to worship at Jerusalem,
12 A nisu me našli ni u Hramu da s kim raspravljam ili bunu podižem, ni u sinagogama, ni po gradu.
where my prosecutors never found me holding discussions with anyone, or causing a crowd to collect – either in the Temple, or in the synagogues, or about the city;
13 I ne mogu ti dokazati ono za što me sada optužuju.”
and they cannot establish the charges which they are now making against me.
14 “Jamčim ti, naprotiv, ovo: Putom koji nazivaju sljedbom služim otačkom Bogu vjerujući u sve što je u Zakonu i u Prorocima napisano,
This, however, I do acknowledge to you, that it is as a believer in the Way which they call heretical, that I worship the God of my ancestors. At the same time, I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the prophets;
15 uzdajući se u Boga da će uskrsnuti pravednici i nepravednici, što oni i sami očekuju.
and I have a hope that rests in God – a hope which they also cherish – that there will one day be a resurrection of good and bad alike.
16 Zato se i ja trudim uvijek imati savjest besprijekornu pred Bogom i pred ljudima.”
This being so, I strive at all times to keep my conscience clear before both God and people.
17 “Nakon više godina dođoh da donesem milostinju za svoj narod i prinose;
After some years’ absence I had come to bring charitable gifts to my nation, and to make offerings;
18 dok sam ih prinosio, nađoše me posvećena u Hramu, a ne sa svjetinom ni u metežu.
and it was while engaged in this that they found me in the Temple, after completing a period of purification, but not with any crowd or disorder.
19 Ali neki Židovi iz Azije - da, trebalo bi da se oni pojave pred tobom i optuže me ako što imaju protiv mene.
There were, however, some Jews from Roman Asia who ought to have been here before you, and to have made any charge that they may have against me –
20 Ili neka ovi sami kažu: koji su zločin na meni našli kad sam stajao pred Vijećem,
Or else let my opponents here say what they found wrong in me when I was before the Council,
21 osim možda one jedne riječi koju doviknuh među njima stojeći: Zbog uskrsnuća mrtvih sudi mi se danas pred vama!”
except as to the one sentence that I shouted out as I stood among them – “It is about the resurrection of the dead that I am on my trial before you today”.’
22 Nato Feliks, koji je točno znao sve o ovom Putu, odgodi njihovu parnicu rekavši: “Kada dođe tisućnik Lizija, riješit ću vaš spor.”
Felix, however, adjourned the case – though he had a fairly accurate knowledge of all that concerned the Way – with the promise, ‘When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will give my decision in your case.’
23 Satniku pak naredi da se Pavao čuva, ali da uživa olakšice i da se nikomu od njegovih ne brani posluživati ga.
So he gave orders to the centurion in charge of Paul to keep him in custody, but to relax the regulations, and not to prevent any of his personal friends from attending to his wants.
24 Nakon nekoliko dana stigne i Feliks sa svojom ženom Druzilom koja bijaše Židovka; posla po Pavla i posluša ga o vjeri u Isusa Krista.
Some days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, and, sending for Paul, listened to what he had to say about faith in Christ Jesus.
25 Kad Pavao stade raspravljati o pravednosti, uzdržljivosti i budućem Sudu, Feliks uplašen reče: “Zasad idi, a kad nađem vremena, pozvat ću te.”
But, while Paul was speaking at length about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became terrified, and interrupted him – ‘Go for the present, but, when I find an opportunity, I will send for you again.’
26 Ujedno se nadao da će mu Pavao dati novaca. Zato ga je češće pozivao i s njim razgovarao.
He was hoping, too, for a bribe from Paul, and so he used to send for him frequently and talk with him.
27 Nakon dvije godine dobi Feliks za nasljednika Porcija Festa. Hoteći ugoditi Židovima, ostavi Feliks Pavla u okovima.
But, after the lapse of two years, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and, wishing to gain popularity with the Jewish leaders, he left Paul a prisoner.
