Acts 26
1 And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching out his hand answered in his defence:
Agrippa vero ad Paulum ait: Permittitur tibi loqui pro temetipso. Tunc Paulus extenta manu coepit rationem reddere.
2 I count myself happy, king Agrippa, in having to answer to-day before thee concerning all of which I am accused by the Jews,
De omnibus, quibus accusor a Iudaeis, rex Agrippa, aestimo me beatum apud te, cum sim defensurus me hodie,
3 especially because thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions which are among the Jews; wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
maxime te sciente omnia, et quae apud Iudaeos sunt consuetudines, et quaestiones: propter quod obsecro patienter me audias.
4 My manner of life then from my youth, which from its commencement was passed among my nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews,
Et quidem vitam meam a iuventute, quae ab initio fuit in gente mea in Ierosolymis, noverunt omnes Iudaei:
5 who knew me before from the outset [of my life], if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
praescientes me ab initio (si velint testimonium perhibere) quoniam secundum certissimam sectam nostrae religionis vixi Pharisaeus.
6 And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Et nunc in spe, quae ad patres nostros repromissionis facta est a Deo, sto iudicio subiectus:
7 to which our whole twelve tribes serving incessantly day and night hope to arrive; about which hope, O king, I am accused of [the] Jews.
in quam duodecim tribus nostrae nocte ac die deservientes, sperant devenire. De qua spe accusor a Iudaeis, rex.
8 Why should it be judged a thing incredible in your sight if God raises the dead?
Quid incredibile iudicatur apud vos, si Deus mortuos suscitat?
9 I indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.
Et ego quidem existimaveram, me adversus nomen Iesu Nazareni debere multa contraria agere.
10 Which also I did in Jerusalem, and myself shut up in prisons many of the saints, having received the authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote.
quod et feci Ierosolymis, et multos sanctorum ego in carceribus inclusi, a principibus sacerdotum potestate accepta: et cum occiderentur, detuli sententiam.
11 And often punishing them in all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And, being exceedingly furious against them, I persecuted them even to cities out [of our own land].
Et per omnes synagogas frequenter puniens eos, compellebam blasphemare: et amplius insaniens in eos, persequebar usque in exteras civitates.
12 And when, [engaged] in this, I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and power from the chief priests,
In quibus dum irem Damascum cum potestate, et permissu principum sacerdotum,
13 at mid-day, on the way, I saw, O king, a light above the brightness of the sun, shining from heaven round about me and those who were journeying with me.
die media in via, vidi, rex, de caelo supra splendorem solis circumfulsisse me lumen, et eos, qui mecum simul erant.
14 And, when we were all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against goads.
Omnesque nos cum decidissemus in terram, audivi vocem loquentem mihi Hebraica lingua: Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris? durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:
Ego autem dixi: Quis es Domine? Dominus autem dixit: Ego sum Iesus, quem tu persequeris.
16 but rise up and stand on thy feet; for, for this purpose have I appeared to thee, to appoint thee to be a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen, and of what I shall appear to thee in,
Sed exurge, et sta super pedes tuos: ad hoc enim apparui tibi, ut constituam te ministrum, et testem eorum, quae vidisti, et eorum, quibus apparebo tibi,
17 taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom I send thee,
eripiens te de populis, et gentibus, in quas nunc ego mitto te,
18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
aperire oculos eorum, ut convertantur a tenebris ad lucem, et de potestate satanae ad Deum, ut accipiant remissionem peccatorum, et sortem inter sanctos per fidem, quae est in me.
19 Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;
Unde rex Agrippa, non fui incredulus caelesti visioni:
20 but have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
sed his, qui sunt Damasci primum, et Ierosolymis, et in omnem regionem Iudaeae, et Gentibus annunciabam, ut poenitentiam agerent, et converterentur ad Deum, digna poenitentiae opera facientes.
21 On account of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, attempted to lay hands on and destroy me.
Hac ex causa me Iudaei, cum essem in templo, comprehensum tentabant interficere.
22 Having therefore met with [the] help which is from God, I have stood firm unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing else than those things which both the prophets and Moses have said should happen,
Auxilio autem adiutus Dei usque in hodiernum diem sto, testificans minori, atque maiori, nihil extra dicens quam ea, quae Prophetae locuti sunt futura esse, et Moyses,
23 [namely, ] whether Christ should suffer; whether he first, through resurrection of [the] dead, should announce light both to the people and to the nations.
si passibilis Christus, si primus ex resurrectione mortuorum, lumen annunciaturus est populo, et Gentibus.
24 And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness.
Haec loquente eo, et rationem reddente, Festus magna voce dixit: Insanis Paule: multae te litterae ad insaniam convertunt.
25 But Paul said, I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but utter words of truth and soberness;
Et Paulus: Non insanio (inquit) optime Feste, sed veritatis, et sobrietatis verba loquor.
26 for the king is informed about these things, to whom also I speak with all freedom. For I am persuaded that of these things nothing is hidden from him; for this was not done in a corner.
Scit enim de his rex, ad quem et constanter loquor: latere enim eum nihil horum arbitror. Neque enim in angulo quidquam horum gestum est.
27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
Credis rex Agrippa prophetis? Scio quia credis.
28 And Agrippa [said] to Paul, In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.
Agrippa autem ad Paulum: In modico suades me Christianum fieri.
29 And Paul [said], I would to God, both in little and in much, that not only thou, but all who have heard me this day, should become such as I also am, except these bonds.
Et Paulus: Opto apud Deum, et in modico, et in magno, non tantum te, sed etiam omnes, qui audiunt, hodie fieri tales, qualis et ego sum, exceptis vinculis his.
30 And the king stood up, and the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them,
Et exurrexit rex, et praeses, et Bernice, et qui assidebant eis.
31 and having gone apart, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
Et cum secessissent, loquebantur ad invicem, dicentes: Quia nihil morte, aut vinculis dignum quid fecit homo iste.
32 And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been let go if he had not appealed to Caesar.
Agrippa autem Festo dixit: Dimitti poterat homo hic, si non appellasset Caesarem.
