Acts 26
1 And Agripos said to Paulos, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paulos stretched forth his hand and made defence, and said,
Ἀγρίππας δὲ πρὸς τὸν Παῦλον ἔφη, “Ἐπιτρέπεταί σοι περὶ σεαυτοῦ λέγειν.” Τότε ὁ Παῦλος ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα ἀπελογεῖτο,
2 Of all that I am accused by the Jihudoyee, king Agripos, I consider myself happy, that before you I (have to) make defence.
“Περὶ πάντων ὧν ἐγκαλοῦμαι ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων, Βασιλεῦ Ἀγρίππα, ἥγημαι ἐμαυτὸν μακάριον ἐπὶ σοῦ, μέλλων σήμερον ἀπολογεῖσθαι.
3 Especially because I know that you are conversant with all questions and laws of the Jihudoyee; therefore, I pray you with patient mind to hear me.
Μάλιστα γνώστην ὄντα σε πάντων τῶν κατὰ Ἰουδαίους, ἐθῶν τε καὶ ζητημάτων· διὸ δέομαι μακροθύμως ἀκοῦσαί μου.
4 For the Jihudoyee themselves-if they would testify-know my manners from my youth, which were mine from the beginning among my people at Urishlem;
Τὴν μὲν οὖν βίωσίν μου, ἐκ νεότητος τὴν ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς γενομένην ἐν τῷ ἔθνει μου ἔν τε Ἱεροσολύμοις, ἴσασι πάντες Ἰουδαῖοι,
5 because they of a long time were assured of me, and they know that in the high doctrine of the Pharishee I lived.
προγινώσκοντές με ἄνωθεν, ἐὰν θέλωσι μαρτυρεῖν ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ἀκριβεστάτην αἵρεσιν τῆς ἡμετέρας θρησκείας, ἔζησα Φαρισαῖος.
6 And now, concerning the hope of the promise that was made to our fathers by Aloha, stand I, and am judged.
Καὶ νῦν ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι τῆς εἰς τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν ἐπαγγελίας, γενομένης ὑπὸ τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, ἕστηκα κρινόμενος,
7 And for this hope (to which) our twelve tribes, with diligent prayers by day and night, are expecting to come, for this very hope am I accused by the Jihudoyee, king Agripos!
εἰς ἣν τὸ δωδεκάφυλον ἡμῶν ἐν ἐκτενείᾳ, νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν λατρεῦον, ἐλπίζει καταντῆσαι· περὶ ἧς ἐλπίδος ἐγκαλοῦμαι ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων, Βασιλεῦ.
8 What judge you; ought we not to believe that Aloha will raise the dead?
Τί ἄπιστον κρίνεται παρʼ ὑμῖν, εἰ ὁ ˚Θεὸς νεκροὺς ἐγείρει;
9 For I, at the first, proposed in my mind to do many things against the name of Jeshu Natsroya.
Ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ἔδοξα ἐμαυτῷ πρὸς τὸ ὄνομα ˚Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου, δεῖν πολλὰ ἐναντία πρᾶξαι.
10 This I also did in Urishlem. And many holy ones I cast into the house of the bound, by the authority which I had received from the great priests; and when they were killed by them, I participated with those who condemned them.
Ὃ καὶ ἐποίησα ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις, καὶ πολλούς τε τῶν ἁγίων ἐγὼ ἐν φυλακαῖς κατέκλεισα, τὴν παρὰ τῶν ἀρχιερέων ἐξουσίαν λαβών, ἀναιρουμένων τε αὐτῶν, κατήνεγκα ψῆφον.
11 And in every synagogue I was furious against them, while I constrained them to blaspheme the name of Jeshu; and, being filled with great wrath against them, I went forth unto other cities also to persecute them.
Καὶ κατὰ πάσας τὰς συναγωγὰς, πολλάκις τιμωρῶν αὐτοὺς, ἠνάγκαζον βλασφημεῖν, περισσῶς τε ἐμμαινόμενος αὐτοῖς, ἐδίωκον ἕως καὶ εἰς τὰς ἔξω πόλεις.
12 And while going on this account to Darmsuk, with authority and permission from the great priests,
Ἐν οἷς πορευόμενος εἰς τὴν Δαμασκὸν, μετʼ ἐξουσίας καὶ ἐπιτροπῆς τῆς τῶν ἀρχιερέων,
13 at the dividing of the day, in the way, I saw from heaven, O king, shining upon me and upon all who were with me, a light which (was) more excellent than the sun.
ἡμέρας μέσης κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν εἶδον, Βασιλεῦ, οὐρανόθεν ὑπὲρ τὴν λαμπρότητα τοῦ ἡλίου περιλάμψαν με φῶς, καὶ τοὺς σὺν ἐμοὶ πορευομένους.
14 And we fell all of us upon the earth; and I heard a voice that said to me in Hebrew, Shaol, Shaol, why persecutest thou me? It is hard to thee to kick against the pricks!
Πάντων τε καταπεσόντων ἡμῶν εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἤκουσα φωνὴν, λέγουσαν πρός με τῇ Ἑβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ, ‘Σαοὺλ, Σαούλ, τί με διώκεις; Σκληρόν σοι πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν.’
15 And I said, Who art thou, my Lord? And he said, I am Jeshu Natsroya, whom thou persecutest.
Ἐγὼ δὲ εἶπα, ‘Τίς εἶ, κύριε;’ Ὁ δὲ ˚Κύριος εἶπεν, ‘Ἐγώ εἰμι ˚Ἰησοῦς, ὃν σὺ διώκεις.
16 And he said to me, Stand upon thy feet, because for this I have appeared to thee, to appoint thee a minister and witness of that (for) which thou hast seen me, and (for) which thou shalt see me.
Ἀλλὰ ἀνάστηθι, καὶ στῆθι ἐπὶ τοὺς πόδας σου· εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ ὤφθην σοι, προχειρίσασθαί σε ὑπηρέτην καὶ μάρτυρα, ὧν τε εἶδές με ὧν τε ὀφθήσομαί σοι,
17 And I will deliver thee from the people of the Jihudoyee, and from the other nations to whom I send thee,
ἐξαιρούμενός σε ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν, εἰς οὓς ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω σε,
18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto Aloha, and receive the forgiveness of sins, and a lot with the saints through faith, which (is) in me.
ἀνοῖξαι ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν, τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι ἀπὸ σκότους εἰς φῶς, καὶ τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ Σατανᾶ ἐπὶ τὸν ˚Θεόν, τοῦ λαβεῖν αὐτοὺς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν καὶ κλῆρον ἐν τοῖς ἡγιασμένοις πίστει τῇ εἰς ἐμέ.’
19 Wherefore, king Agripos, I withstood not with perversity the heavenly vision,
Ὅθεν, Βασιλεῦ Ἀγρίππα, οὐκ ἐγενόμην ἀπειθὴς τῇ οὐρανίῳ ὀπτασίᾳ,
20 but preached, at first to them who were in Darmsuk, and to them who were at Urishlem, and in all the districts of Jihud, and also to the Gentiles have I preached, that they should repent, and turn to Aloha, and do works worthy of repentance.
ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἐν Δαμασκῷ πρῶτόν τε, καὶ Ἱεροσολύμοις, πᾶσάν τε τὴν χώραν τῆς Ἰουδαίας, καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ἀπήγγελλον μετανοεῖν καὶ ἐπιστρέφειν ἐπὶ τὸν ˚Θεόν, ἄξια τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα πράσσοντας.
21 And for these things the Jihudoyee seized me in the temple, and would have killed me;
Ἕνεκα τούτων, με Ἰουδαῖοι συλλαβόμενοι ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, ἐπειρῶντο διαχειρίσασθαι.
22 but Aloha hath helped me until this day; and, behold, I stand and testify to the small and to the great, yet nothing beyond Musha and the prophets do I speak, but those things which they said should come to pass;
Ἐπικουρίας οὖν τυχὼν τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ ἄχρι τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης, ἕστηκα μαρτυρόμενος μικρῷ τε καὶ μεγάλῳ, οὐδὲν ἐκτὸς λέγων ὧν τε οἱ προφῆται ἐλάλησαν μελλόντων γίνεσθαι, καὶ Μωϋσῆς,
23 that the Meshiha should suffer, and should be the chief of the resurrection from the house of the dead, and should preach light to the people and to the nations.
εἰ παθητὸς ὁ ˚Χριστός, εἰ πρῶτος ἐξ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν, φῶς μέλλει καταγγέλλειν τῷ τε λαῷ καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.”
24 AND as Paulos was thus making defence, Festos cried with a high voice, Thou art mad, Paulos; much learning hath made thee mad!
Ταῦτα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀπολογουμένου, ὁ Φῆστος μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ φησιν, “Μαίνῃ, Παῦλε! Τὰ πολλά σε γράμματα εἰς μανίαν περιτρέπει!”
25 Paulos said to him, I am not mad, victorious Festos, but words of truth and righteousness I speak.
Ὁ δὲ Παῦλος, “Οὐ μαίνομαι”, φησίν, “κράτιστε Φῆστε, ἀλλὰ ἀληθείας καὶ σωφροσύνης ῥήματα ἀποφθέγγομαι.
26 And king Agripos also, especially, knoweth concerning these things; and therefore speak I with openness before him; because not one of these things I think have been hidden from him; for they were not done in secrecy.
Ἐπίσταται γὰρ περὶ τούτων ὁ βασιλεύς, πρὸς ὃν καὶ παρρησιαζόμενος λαλῶ· λανθάνειν γὰρ αὐτὸν τι τούτων οὐ πείθομαι οὐθέν, οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἐν γωνίᾳ πεπραγμένον τοῦτο.
27 Believest thou, king Agripos, the prophets? I know that thou believest.
Πιστεύεις, Βασιλεῦ Ἀγρίππα, τοῖς προφήταις; Οἶδα ὅτι πιστεύεις.”
28 King Agripos said to him, (Within) a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.
Ὁ δὲ Ἀγρίππας πρὸς τὸν Παῦλον, “Ἐν ὀλίγῳ με πείθεις Χριστιανὸν ποιῆσαι;”
29 And Paulos said, I would from Aloha that in little and in much, not only thou, but also all who hear me to-day, were as I am, except these bonds.
Ὁ δὲ Παῦλος, “Εὐξαίμην ἂν τῷ ˚Θεῷ, καὶ ἐν ὀλίγῳ καὶ ἐν μεγάλῳ, οὐ μόνον σὲ, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀκούοντάς μου σήμερον, γενέσθαι τοιούτους ὁποῖος κἀγώ εἰμι, παρεκτὸς τῶν δεσμῶν τούτων.”
30 And the king arose, and the governor, and Bernike, and those who sat with them:
Ἀνέστη τε ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ὁ ἡγεμὼν, ἥ τε Βερνίκη καὶ οἱ συγκαθήμενοι αὐτοῖς,
31 and when they were removed thence they spake one with another, and said, Nothing that is worthy of death or of bonds hath this man done.
καὶ ἀναχωρήσαντες ἐλάλουν πρὸς ἀλλήλους λέγοντες, ὅτι “Οὐδὲν θανάτου ἢ δεσμῶν ἄξιον τι πράσσει ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος.”
32 And Agripos said to Festos, This man could have been dismissed, if he had not called the appeal of Caesar.
Ἀγρίππας δὲ τῷ Φήστῳ ἔφη, “Ἀπολελύσθαι ἐδύνατο ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος, εἰ μὴ ἐπεκέκλητο Καίσαρα.”
