< Acts 22 >
1 man brother and father to hear me the/this/who to/with you (now *N(k)O*) defence
Brethren and fathers, hear my defence which I now make to you.
2 to hear then that/since: that the/this/who Hebrew language to call to/summon it/s/he more to furnish occasion quietness and to assert
And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,
3 I/we (on the other hand *k*) to be man Jew to beget in/on/among Tarsus the/this/who Cilicia to bring up then in/on/among the/this/who city this/he/she/it from/with/beside the/this/who foot Gamaliel to instruct according to strictness the/this/who ancestral law zealot be already the/this/who God as/just as all you to be today
I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to [the] exactness of the law of [our] fathers, being zealous for God, as ye are all this day;
4 which this/he/she/it the/this/who road to pursue until death to bind and to deliver toward prison/watch: prison man and/both and woman
who have persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women;
5 as/when and the/this/who high-priest to testify me and all the/this/who council of elders from/with/beside which and epistle to receive to/with the/this/who brother toward Damascus to travel to bring and the/this/who there to be to bind toward Jerusalem in order that/to to punish
as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the elderhood: from whom also, having received letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus to bring those also who were there, bound, to Jerusalem, to be punished.
6 to be then me to travel and to come near the/this/who Damascus about noon/south suddenly out from the/this/who heaven to shine light sufficient about I/we
And it came to pass, as I was journeying and drawing near to Damascus, that, about mid-day, there suddenly shone out of heaven a great light round about me.
7 to collapse and/both toward the/this/who ground and to hear voice/sound: voice to say me Saul Saul which? me to pursue
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
8 I/we then to answer which? to be lord: God to say and/both to/with me I/we to be Jesus the/this/who Nazareth which you to pursue
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazaraean, whom thou persecutest.
9 the/this/who then with I/we to be the/this/who on the other hand light to look at (and afraid to be *K*) the/this/who then voice/sound: voice no to hear the/this/who to speak me
But they that were with me beheld the light, [and were filled with fear], but heard not the voice of him that was speaking to me.
10 to say then which? to do/make: do lord: God the/this/who then lord: God to say to/with me to arise to travel toward Damascus and there you to speak about all which to appoint you to do/make: do
And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Rise up, and go to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee of all things which it is appointed thee to do.
11 as/when then no to look into/upon away from the/this/who glory the/this/who light that to guide by/under: by the/this/who be with me to come/go toward Damascus
And as I could not see, through the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came to Damascus.
12 Ananias then one man (devout *N(k)O*) according to the/this/who law to testify by/under: by all the/this/who to dwell Jew
And a certain Ananias, a pious man according to the law, borne witness to by all the Jews who dwelt [there],
13 to come/go to/with me and to approach to say me Saul brother to look up/again I/we and it/s/he the/this/who hour to look up/again toward it/s/he
coming to me and standing by me, said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And I, in the same hour, received my sight and saw him.
14 the/this/who then to say the/this/who God the/this/who father me to appoint you to know the/this/who will/desire it/s/he and to perceive: see the/this/who just and to hear voice/sound: voice out from the/this/who mouth it/s/he
And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen thee beforehand to know his will, and to see the just one, and to hear a voice out of his mouth;
15 that/since: since to be witness it/s/he to/with all a human which to see: see and to hear
for thou shalt be a witness for him to all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
16 and now which? to ensue to arise to baptize and to wash off the/this/who sin you to call (on)/name the/this/who name (it/s/he *N(K)O*)
And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name.
17 to be then me to return toward Jerusalem and to pray me in/on/among the/this/who temple to be me in/on/among amazement
And it came to pass when I had returned to Jerusalem, and as I was praying in the temple, that I became in ecstasy,
18 and to perceive: see it/s/he to say me to hasten and to go out in/on/among speed out from Jerusalem because no to welcome you (the/this/who *k*) testimony about I/we
and saw him saying to me, Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
19 I/we and to say lord: God it/s/he to know/understand that/since: that I/we to be to imprison and to beat up according to the/this/who synagogue the/this/who to trust (in) upon/to/against you
And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those that believe on thee;
20 and when to pour out the/this/who blood Stephen the/this/who witness you and it/s/he to be to approach and to agree to (the/this/who murder it/s/he *K*) and to keep/guard: protect the/this/who clothing the/this/who to kill it/s/he
and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was shed, I also myself was standing by and consenting, and kept the clothes of them who killed him.
21 and to say to/with me to travel that/since: since I/we toward Gentiles far to send out/away you
And he said to me, Go, for I will send thee to the nations afar off.
22 to hear then it/s/he until this/he/she/it the/this/who word and to lift up the/this/who voice/sound: voice it/s/he to say to take up away from the/this/who earth: planet the/this/who such as this no for (be fit *N(k)O*) it/s/he to live
And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live.
23 (to shout *NK(o)*) (and/both *N(k)O*) it/s/he and to throw/lay down the/this/who clothing and dust to throw: throw toward the/this/who air
And as they were crying, and throwing away their clothes, and casting dust into the air,
24 to order the/this/who military officer (to bring in *N(k)O*) it/s/he toward the/this/who barracks to say whip to question it/s/he in order that/to to come to know through/because of which cause/charge thus(-ly) to shout it/s/he
the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying that he should be examined by scourging, that he might ascertain for what cause they cried thus against him.
25 as/when then (to stretch out *N(k)O*) it/s/he the/this/who leather strap to say to/with the/this/who to stand centurion the/this/who Paul if: is(QUESTION) a human Roman and uncondemned be permitted you to whip
But as they stretched him forward with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood [by], Is it lawful for you to scourge a man [who is] a Roman and uncondemned?
26 to hear then the/this/who centurion to come near/agree the/this/who military officer to announce to say (to see: see *K*) which? to ensue to do/make: do the/this/who for a human this/he/she/it Roman to be
And the centurion, having heard it, went and reported it to the chiliarch, saying, What art thou going to do? for this man is a Roman.
27 to come near/agree then the/this/who military officer to say it/s/he to say me (if *k*) you Roman to be the/this/who then to assert yes
And the chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes.
28 to answer (then *N(k)O*) the/this/who military officer I/we much sum the/this/who citizenship this/he/she/it to posses the/this/who then Paul to assert I/we then and to beget
And the chiliarch answered, I, for a great sum, bought this citizenship. And Paul said, But I was also [free] born.
29 immediately therefore/then to leave away from it/s/he the/this/who to ensue it/s/he to question and the/this/who military officer then to fear to come to know that/since: that Roman to be and that/since: since it/s/he to be to bind
Immediately therefore those who were going to examine him left him, and the chiliarch also was afraid when he ascertained that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
30 the/this/who then the next day to plan to know the/this/who secure the/this/who which? to accuse (by/under: by *N(k)O*) the/this/who Jew to loose it/s/he (away from the/this/who chain *K*) and to order (to assemble *N(k)O*) the/this/who high-priest and (all *N(k)O*) the/this/who council (it/s/he *k*) and to bring down the/this/who Paul to stand toward it/s/he
And on the morrow, desirous to know the certainty [of the matter] why he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and having brought Paul down set him before them.