Acts 26
1 Agrippa then said to Paul, “You are free to speak on your own behalf.” With a sweep of his arm, Paul began his defense.
Potem je Agripa rekel Pavlu: »Dovoljeno ti je, da se zagovarjaš.« Nató je Pavel iztegnil svojo roko in se zagovarjal:
2 “I am delighted, King Agrippa, to make my defense before you today regarding everything I am accused of by the Jews,
»Imam se za srečnega, kralj Agripa, ker se bom danes pred teboj zagovarjal gledé vseh stvari, katere me Judje obtožujejo,
3 particularly because you are an expert in all Jewish issues and customs. I beg your patient indulgence as you listen to what I have to say.
še posebej, ker te poznam, da si poznavalec vseh običajev in vprašanj, ki so med Judi, te zaradi tega rotim, da me potrpežljivo poslušaš.
4 All the Jews know my life story—from my earliest days beginning in my own country and then in Jerusalem.
Moj življenjski slog od moje mladosti, ki je bila najprej med mojim lastnim narodom v Jeruzalemu, poznajo vsi Judje,
5 They have known me for a long time and can verify, if they choose to, that I have followed the religious school that observes our faith in the strictest way—I lived as a Pharisee.
ki so me poznali od začetka, če bi [le] želeli pričevati, da sem po najstrožji ločini našega bogoslužja živel kot farizej.
6 Now I am standing here to be judged regarding the promised hope God gave to our fathers
In sedaj stojim in sem sojen zaradi upanja o od Boga dani obljubi našim očetom.
7 that our twelve tribes hoped to receive as they continually dedicated themselves in God's service. Yes, it's because of this hope that I'm accused by the Jews, Your Majesty!
K tej obljubi se naši dvanajsteri rodovi, ki dan in noč iskreno služijo Bogu, nadejajo, da se uresniči. Zaradi tega upanja, kralj Agripa, sem obtožen od Judov.
8 Why should any of you think it's unbelievable that God raises the dead?
Zakaj bi vam bila neverjetna misel, da bi Bog obujal mrtve?
9 Previously I was sincerely convinced I should do as much as I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Jaz sem sam pri sebi resnično mislil, da moram mnoge stvari narediti nasprotno imenu Jezusa Nazarečana.
10 This is what I did in Jerusalem. I threw many of the believers in prison, having been given authority to do this by the chief priests. When they were sentenced to death I cast my vote against them.
Kar sem tudi počel v Jeruzalemu. In mnoge izmed svetih sem zapiral v ječo, ker sem prejel oblast od visokih duhovnikov. In ko so jih morili, sem dajal svoj glas zoper nje.
11 I had them punished in all the synagogues, trying to make them recant. I was so furiously opposed to them that I went to cities outside our country to persecute them.
In pogosto sem jih v vsaki sinagogi kaznoval ter jih silil k bogokletju in zoper njih sem bil silno besen. Preganjal sem jih celó v tujih mestih.
12 That's why one day I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and orders from the chief priests.
Nakar, ko sem odšel v Damask, z oblastjo in pooblastilom od visokih duhovnikov,
13 At about noon as I was on my way, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven that blazed brighter than the sun. It shone around me and those who were traveling with me.
sem sredi dneva, oh kralj, na poti videl svetlobo z neba, nad sijajem sonca, ki je svetilo naokoli mene in teh, ki so potovali z menoj.
14 All of us fell to the ground. Then I heard a voice speaking to me in Aramaic, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It's hard for you to fight against me!’
In ko smo vsi popadali na zemljo, sem zaslišal glas, ki mi je spregovoril in v hebrejskem jeziku rekel: ›Savel, Savel, zakaj me preganjaš? Zate je to težko, da se upiraš bodicam.‹
15 ‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, the one you're persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
In rekel sem: ›Kdo si ti, Gospod?‹ In rekel je: ›Jaz sem Jezus, ki ga ti preganjaš.
16 ‘But pick yourself up and get to your feet. The reason why I've appeared to you is to appoint you as my servant, to be a witness for me, telling others how you have seen me and everything I will reveal to you.
Toda vstani in stopi na svoja stopala, kajti prikazal sem se ti zaradi tega namena, da te naredim za služabnika in pričo tako o teh stvareh, ki si jih videl, kakor o teh stvareh, v katerih se ti bom prikazal,
17 I will save you from your own people and from the foreigners. I am sending you to them
in te reševal pred ljudmi ter pred pogani, h katerim te sedaj pošiljam,
18 to open their eyes so they can turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, and so that they can receive forgiveness for their sins and a place with those who are set right as they trust in me.’
da odpreš njihove oči in da jih obrneš od teme k svetlobi in od Satanove oblasti k Bogu, da bi lahko prejeli odpuščanje grehov in dediščino med temi, ki so posvečeni po veri, ki je v meni.‹
19 Clearly, King Agrippa, I could not disobey this vision from heaven.
Nakar, oh kralj Agripa, nisem bil neposlušen nebeškemu videnju,
20 First in Damascus, then in Jerusalem, and then all over Judea and also to the foreigners I shared the message of repentance: how they should turn to God, demonstrating their repentance through their actions.
temveč sem se najprej pokazal tem iz Damaska in v Jeruzalemu in po vseh celotnih krajih Judeje in potem poganom, da bi se pokesali in se obrnili k Bogu in opravljali dela, primerna kesanju.
21 That's why the Jews seized me in the Temple and tried to kill me.
Zaradi teh razlogov so me v templju Judje zgrabili in me poskušali ubiti.
22 God has looked after me so I can stand here today as a witness to everyone, both to ordinary people and to those who are important. I am only repeating what Moses and the prophets said would happen—
Ker sem torej dobil pomoč od Boga, sem nadaljeval do današnjega dne in pričeval tako malim kakor velikim in nisem govoril nobenih drugih besed kakor te, ki so jih govorili preroki in Mojzes, da naj bi se zgodile,
23 how the Messiah had to suffer, and that by being the first to rise from the dead he would announce the light of God's salvation to both Jews and foreigners.”
da naj bi Kristus trpel in da naj bi bil on prvi, ki bi vstal od mrtvih in bi naznanil svetlobo ljudem ter poganom.«
24 Festus interrupted Paul as he made his defense, shouting out, “Paul, you've gone mad! All your knowledge is driving you insane!”
In ko se je tako zagovarjal, je Fest z močnim glasom rekel: »Pavel, izgubil si pamet. Mnogo učenja te je naredilo norega.«
25 “I'm not mad, Festus your Excellency,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and makes sense.
Vendar je ta odvrnil: »Nisem zmešan, najplemenitejši Fest, temveč govorim besede resnice in treznosti.
26 The king recognizes this, and I'm explaining it very clearly. I am sure that he is aware of what's been happening, because none of this took place as if it were hidden in a corner.
Kajti kralj, pred katerim tudi sam pogumno govorim, ve o teh stvareh, kajti prepričan sem, da nobena teh stvari pred njim ni skrita, kajti ta stvar se ni zgodila v zakotju.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe what the prophets said? I'm sure you do!”
Kralj Agripa, verjameš prerokom? Vem, da verjameš.«
28 “Do you think you can convince me to become a Christian so quickly?” Agrippa asked Paul.
Potem je Agripa rekel Pavlu: »Skoraj me pregovoriš, da postanem kristjan.«
29 “Whether it takes a short time or a long time doesn't matter,” Paul answered. “But my prayer to God is that not just you, but everybody listening to me today would become like me—except for these chains!”
In Pavel je rekel: »Bog daj, da ne bi bil samo ti, temveč tudi vsi, ki so me danes slišali, tako skoraj, kakor povsem tako kakor jaz, toda brez teh vezi.«
30 The king stood up, along with the governor and Bernice, and everyone who had been sitting with them.
In ko je tako govoril, so vstali kralj in voditelj in Bereníka in vsi, ki so sedeli z njimi.
31 They conferred together after they had left. “This man hasn't done anything that deserves death or imprisonment,” they concluded.
In ko so odšli proč, so se med seboj pogovarjali, rekoč: »Ta človek ne dela nič vrednega smrti ali ujetništva.«
32 Agrippa told Festus, “He could have been freed if he hadn't appealed to Caesar.”
Potem je Agripa rekel Festu: »Tega človeka bi lahko izpustili na prostost, če se ne bi skliceval na cesarja.«
