Acts 26
1 And Agrippa said to Paul, “It is permitted to you to speak for yourself”; then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defense:
Agrippa vero ad Paulum ait permittitur tibi loqui pro temet ipso tunc Paulus extenta manu coepit rationem reddere
2 “Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, King Agrippa, I have thought myself blessed, being about to make a defense before you today,
de omnibus quibus accusor a Iudaeis rex Agrippa aestimo me beatum apud te cum sim defensurus me hodie
3 especially knowing you to be acquainted with all things—both customs and questions—among Jews; for this reason, I implore you to hear me patiently.
maxime te sciente omnia quae apud Iudaeos sunt consuetudines et quaestiones propter quod obsecro patienter me audias
4 The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth—which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem—all the Jews know,
et quidem vitam meam a iuventute quae ab initio fuit in gente mea in Hierosolymis noverunt omnes Iudaei
5 knowing me before from the first (if they may be willing to testify), that after the most exact sect of our worship, I lived a Pharisee;
praescientes me ab initio si velint testimonium perhibere quoniam secundum certissimam sectam nostrae religionis vixi Pharisaeus
6 and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,
et nunc in spe quae ad patres nostros repromissionis facta est a Deo sto iudicio subiectus
7 to which our twelve tribes, intently serving night and day, hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, King Agrippa, by the Jews;
in quam duodecim tribus nostrae nocte ac die deservientes sperant devenire de qua spe accusor a Iudaeis rex
8 why is it judged incredible with you if God raises the dead?
quid incredibile iudicatur apud vos si Deus mortuos suscitat
9 I indeed, therefore, thought with myself that it was necessary [for me] to do many things against the Name of Jesus of Nazareth,
et ego quidem existimaveram me adversus nomen Iesu Nazareni debere multa contraria agere
10 which I also did in Jerusalem, and I shut up many of the holy ones in prison, having received the authority from the chief priests; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,
quod et feci Hierosolymis et multos sanctorum ego in carceribus inclusi a principibus sacerdotum potestate accepta et cum occiderentur detuli sententiam
11 and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining [them] to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting [them] even to strange cities.
et per omnes synagogas frequenter puniens eos conpellebam blasphemare et amplius insaniens in eos persequebar usque in exteras civitates
12 In which things, also, going on to Damascus—with authority and commission from the chief priests—
in quibus dum irem Damascum cum potestate et permissu principum sacerdotum
13 at midday, I saw in the way, O king, out of Heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining around me a light—and those going on with me;
die media in via vidi rex de caelo supra splendorem solis circumfulsisse me lumen et eos qui mecum simul erant
14 and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? [It is] hard for you 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 are You, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus whom you persecute;
ego autem dixi quis es Domine Dominus autem dixit ego sum Iesus quem tu persequeris
16 but rise, and stand on your feet, for this I appeared to you, to appoint you an officer and a witness both of the things you saw, and of the things [in which] I will appear to you,
sed exsurge 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 delivering you from the people, and the nations, to whom I now send you,
eripiens te de populo et gentibus in quas nunc ego mitto te
18 to open their eyes, to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the authority of Satan to God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified by faith that [is] toward 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 After which, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
unde rex Agrippa non fui incredulus caelestis visionis
20 but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, also to all the region of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to convert, and to turn back to God, doing works worthy of conversion;
sed his qui sunt Damasci primum et Hierosolymis et in omnem regionem Iudaeae et gentibus adnuntiabam ut paenitentiam agerent et converterentur ad Deum digna paenitentiae opera facientes
21 because of these things the Jews—having caught me in the temple—were endeavoring to kill [me].
hac ex causa me Iudaei cum essem in templo conprehensum temptabant interficere
22 Having obtained, therefore, help from God, until this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spoke of as about to come,
auxilio autem adiutus Dei usque in hodiernum diem sto testificans minori atque maiori nihil extra dicens quam ea quae prophetae sunt locuti futura esse et Moses
23 that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a resurrection from the dead, He is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.”
si passibilis Christus si primus ex resurrectione mortuorum lumen adnuntiaturus est populo et gentibus
24 And he thus making a defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “You are mad, Paul; much learning turns you mad!”
haec loquente eo et rationem reddente Festus magna voce dixit insanis Paule multae te litterae ad insaniam convertunt
25 And he says, “I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness I speak forth the sayings;
at Paulus non insanio inquit optime Feste sed veritatis et sobrietatis verba eloquor
26 for the king knows concerning these things, before whom I also speak boldly, for none of these things, I am persuaded, are hidden from him; for this thing has not been done in a corner;
scit enim de his rex ad quem et constanter loquor latere enim eum nihil horum arbitror neque enim in angulo quicquam horum gestum est
27 do you believe, King Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that you believe!”
credis rex Agrippa prophetis scio quia credis
28 And Agrippa said to Paul, “In [so] little you persuade me to become a Christian?”
Agrippa autem ad Paulum in modico suades me Christianum fieri
29 And Paul said, “I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only you, but also all those hearing me today, to become such as I also am—except these bonds.”
et Paulus opto apud Deum et in modico et in magno non tantum te sed et omnes hos qui audiunt hodie fieri tales qualis et ego sum exceptis vinculis his
30 And he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,
et exsurrexit rex et praeses et Bernice et qui adsidebant eis
31 and having withdrawn, they were speaking 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 vinculorum dignum quid facit homo iste
32 and Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Agrippa autem Festo dixit dimitti poterat homo hic si non appellasset Caesarem
