Acts 23
1 And Paul looking earnestly upon the council, said: Brethren! I have ordered my life in all good conscience before God to this day.
Intendens autem in concilium Paulus, ait: Viri fratres, ego omni conscientia bona conversatus sum ante Deum usque in hodiernum diem.
2 And the high-priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
Princeps autem sacerdotum Ananias præcepit astantibus sibi percutere os ejus.
3 Then Paul said to him, God will smite thee, thou whited wall! Art thou then sitting to judge me according to the law, and dost thou command me to be smitten contrary to the law?
Tunc Paulus dixit ad eum: Percutiet te Deus, paries dealbate. Et tu sedens judicas me secundum legem, et contra legem jubes me percuti?
4 And they that stood by said, Dost thou revile God's high-priest?
Et qui astabant dixerunt: Summum sacerdotem Dei maledicis.
5 Then said Paul, I knew not, brethren, that he was high-priest; for it is written, “Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of thy people.”
Dixit autem Paulus: Nesciebam, fratres, quia princeps est sacerdotum. Scriptum est enim: Principem populi tui non maledices.
6 But Paul, perceiving one part to be Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried aloud in the council, Brethren! I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees; for the hope of the resurrection of the dead I am now tried.
Sciens autem Paulus quia una pars esset sadducæorum, et altera pharisæorum, exclamavit in concilio: Viri fratres, ego pharisæus sum, filius pharisæorum: de spe et resurrectione mortuorum ego judicor.
7 And when he had said this, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the multitude was divided.
Et cum hæc dixisset, facta est dissensio inter pharisæos et sadducæos, et soluta est multitudo.
8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, and no angel or spirit; but the Pharisees affirm both.
Sadducæi enim dicunt non esse resurrectionem, neque angelum, neque spiritum: pharisæi autem utraque confitentur.
9 And there arose a great clamor; and scribes of the party of the Pharisees arose, and contended, saying, We find nothing amiss in this man; but if a spirit hath spoken to him or an angel—
Factus est autem clamor magnus. Et surgentes quidam pharisæorum, pugnabant, dicentes: Nihil mali invenimus in homine isto: quid si spiritus locutus est ei, aut angelus?
10 And a great dissension arising, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, ordered the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.
Et cum magna dissensio facta esset, timens tribunus ne discerperetur Paulus ab ipsis, jussit milites descendere, et rapere eum de medio eorum, ac deducere eum in castra.
11 And the night following, the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good courage; for as thou hast borne witness concerning me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
Sequenti autem nocte assistens ei Dominus, ait: Constans esto: sicut enim testificatus es de me in Jerusalem, sic te oportet et Romæ testificari.
12 And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Facta autem die collegerunt se quidam ex Judæis, et devoverunt, se dicentes neque manducaturos, neque bibituros donec occiderent Paulum.
13 And there were more than forty who took this oath together.
Erant autem plus quam quadraginta viri qui hanc conjurationem fecerant:
14 And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.
qui accesserunt ad principes sacerdotum et seniores, et dixerunt: Devotione devovimus nos nihil gustaturos, donec occidamus Paulum.
15 Now therefore do ye with the council give notice to the chief captain, that he bring him down to you, as though ye were about to examine his case more thoroughly; and we are ready to kill him before he cometh near you.
Nunc ergo vos notum facite tribuno cum concilio, ut producat illum ad vos, tamquam aliquid certius cognituri de eo. Nos vero priusquam appropiet, parati sumus interficere illum.
16 But Paul's sister's son hearing of the plot went, and entering the castle, told Paul.
Quod cum audisset filius sororis Pauli insidias, venit, et intravit in castra, nuntiavitque Paulo.
17 Then Paul called one of the centurions to him, and said, Take this young man to the chief captain; for he hath something to tell him.
Vocans autem Paulus ad se unum ex centurionibus, ait: Adolescentem hunc perduc ad tribunum, habet enim aliquid indicare illi.
18 So he took him and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me to him, and asked me to bring this young man to thee, as he hath something to say to thee.
Et ille quidem assumens eum duxit ad tribunum, et ait: Vinctus Paulus rogavit me hunc adolescentem perducere ad te, habentem aliquid loqui tibi.
19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand and went aside privately, and asked him, What is it that thou hast to tell me?
Apprehendens autem tribunus manum illius, secessit cum eo seorsum, et interrogavit illum: Quid est quod habes indicare mihi?
20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul tomorrow into the council, as though thou wert about to inquire more thoroughly concerning him.
Ille autem dixit: Judæis convenit rogare te ut crastina die producas Paulum in concilium, quasi aliquid certius inquisituri sint de illo:
21 But do not thou yield to them; for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves with an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him; and they are now ready, looking for the promise from thee.
tu vero ne credideris illis: insidiantur enim ei ex eis viri amplius quam quadraginta, qui se devoverunt non manducare, neque bibere donec interficiant eum: et nunc parati sunt, exspectantes promissum tuum.
22 The chief captain then dismissed the young man with the charge, Tell no one that thou hast disclosed these things to me.
Tribunus igitur dimisit adolescentem, præcipiens ne cui loqueretur quoniam hæc nota sibi fecisset.
23 And he called to him two of the centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night;
Et vocatis duobus centurionibus, dixit illis: Parate milites ducentos ut eant usque Cæsaream, et equites septuaginta, et lancearios ducentos a tertia hora noctis,
24 and provide beasts, whereon they may set Paul, and carry him safe to Felix the governor.
et jumenta præparate ut imponentes Paulum, salvum perducerent ad Felicem præsidem.
25 And he wrote a letter after this manner:
(Timuit enim ne forte raperent eum Judæi, et occiderent, et ipse postea calumniam sustineret, tamquam accepturus pecuniam.)
26 Claudius Lysias to the moss excellent governor Felix, greeting.
Scribens epistolam continentem hæc: Claudius Lysias optimo præsidi Felici, salutem.
27 This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them; but I came upon them with the soldiery, and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.
Virum hunc comprehensum a Judæis, et incipientem interfici ab eis, superveniens cum exercitu eripui, cognito quia Romanus est.
28 And wishing to know the crime of which they accused him, I brought him down to their council;
Volensque scire causam quam objiciebant illi, deduxi eum in concilium eorum.
29 but I found him to be accused only on account of questions of their law, and to have nothing laid to his charge deserving death or bonds.
Quem inveni accusari de quæstionibus legis ipsorum, nihil vero dignum morte aut vinculis habentem criminis.
30 And having been informed of a plot against the man, I sent him at once to thee, and directed his accusers also to bring their charges against him before thee.
Et cum mihi perlatum esset de insidiis quas paraverant illi, misi eum ad te, denuntians et accusatoribus ut dicant apud te. Vale.
31 Then the soldiers, as was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
Milites ergo secundum præceptum sibi assumentes Paulum, duxerunt per noctem in Antipatridem.
32 But on the morrow they left the horsemen to go on with him, and returned to the castle.
Et postera die dimissis equitibus ut cum eo irent, reversi sunt ad castra.
33 And they, when they had come to Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
Qui cum venissent Cæsaream, et tradidissent epistolam præsidi, statuerunt ante illum et Paulum.
34 And having read the letter, he asked of what province he was; and when he understood that he was of Cilicia,
Cum legisset autem, et interrogasset de qua provincia esset, et cognoscens quia de Cilicia:
35 he said, I will hear thee fully, when thy accusers also have arrived. And he ordered him to be kept in Herod's palace.
Audiam te, inquit, cum accusatores tui venerint. Jussitque in prætorio Herodis custodiri eum.
