Acts 22
1 "Brethren and fathers," he said, "listen to my defence which I now make before you."
Ljudi, braæo i ocevi! èujte sad moj odgovor k vama.
2 And on hearing him address them in Hebrew, they kept all the more quiet; and he said,
A kad èuše da im Jevrejskijem jezikom progovori, još veæa tišina posta. I reèe:
3 "I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I was carefully trained at the feet of Gamaliel in the Law of our forefathers, and, like all of you to-day, was zealous for God.
Ja sam èovjek Jevrejin, koji sam roðen u Tarsu Kilikijskome, i odgajen u ovome gradu kod nogu Gamaliilovijeh, nauèen upravo otaèkom zakonu, i bijah revnitelj Božij kao što ste vi svi danas.
4 I persecuted to death this new faith, continually binding both men and women and throwing them into prison;
Ja ovaj put gonih do same smrti, vežuæi i predajuæi u tamnicu i ljude i žene,
5 as the High Priest also and all the Elders can bear me witness. It was, too, from them that I received letters to the brethren in Damascus, and I was already on my way to Damascus, intending to bring those also who had fled there, in chains to Jerusalem, to be punished.
Kao što mi svjedoèi i poglavar sveštenièki i sve starješine; od kojijeh i poslanice primih na braæu koja žive u Damasku; i iðah da dovedem one što bijahu onamo svezane u Jerusalim da se muèe.
6 "But on my way, when I was now not far from Damascus, about noon a sudden blaze of light from Heaven shone round me.
A kad iðah i približih se k Damasku, dogodi mi se oko podne da me ujedanput obasja velika svjetlost s neba.
7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, "'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'
I padoh na zemlju, i èuh glas, koji mi govori: Savle! Savle! zašto me goniš?
8 "'Who art thou, Lord?' I asked. "'I am Jesus, the Nazarene,' He replied, 'whom you are persecuting.'
A ja odgovorih: ko si ti, Gospode? A on mi reèe: ja sam Isus Nazareæanin, kojega ti goniš.
9 "Now the men who were with me, though they saw the light, did not hear the words of Him who spoke to me.
A koji bijahu sa mnom vidješe svjetlost i uplašiše se; ali ne èuše glasa koji mi govoraše.
10 And I asked, "'What am I to do, Lord?' "And the Lord said to me, "'Rise, and go into Damascus. There you shall be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.'
A ja rekoh: šta æu èiniti, Gospode? A Gospod mi reèe: ustani i idi u Damask, i tamo æe ti se kazati za sve šta ti je odreðeno da èiniš.
11 "And as I could not see because the light had been so dazzling, those who were with me had to lead me by the arm, and so I came to Damascus.
I kad obnevidjeh od silne svjetlosti one, voðahu me za ruku oni koji bijahu sa mnom, i doðoh u Damask.
12 "And a certain Ananias, a pious man who obeyed the Law and bore a good character with all the Jews of the city,
A neki Ananija èovjek pobožan po zakonu, posvjedoèen od sviju Jevreja koji žive u Damasku,
13 came to me and standing at my side said, "'Brother Saul, recover your sight.' "I instantly regained my sight and looked up at him.
Došavši k meni stade i reèe mi: Savle brate! progledaj. I ja u taj èas pogledah na nj.
14 Then he said, 'The God of our forefathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the righteous One and hear Him speak.
A on mi reèe: Bog otaca našijeh izabra te da poznaš volju njegovu, i da vidiš pravednika, i da èuješ glas iz usta njegovijeh:
15 For you shall be a witness for Him, to all men, of what you have seen and heard.
Da mu budeš svjedok pred svijem ljudima za ovo što si vidio i èuo.
16 And now why delay? Rise, get yourself baptized, and wash off your sins, calling upon His name.'
I sad šta oklijevaš? Ustani i krsti se, i operi se od grijeha svojijeh, prizvavši ime Gospoda Isusa.
17 "After my return to Jerusalem, and while praying in the Temple, I fell into a trance.
A dogodi se, kad se vratih u Jerusalim i moljah se u crkvi Bogu, da postadoh izvan sebe,
18 I saw Jesus, and He said to me, "'Make haste and leave Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.'
I vidjeh ga gdje mi govori: pohiti te iziði iz Jerusalima, jer neæe primiti svjedoèanstva tvojega za mene.
19 "'Lord,' I replied, 'they themselves well know how active I was in imprisoning, and in flogging in synagogue after synagogue those who believe in Thee;
I ja rekoh: Gospode! sami znadu da sam ja metao u tamnice i bio po zbornicama one koji te vjeruju.
20 and when they were shedding the blood of Stephen, Thy witness, I was standing by, fully approving of it, and I held the clothes of those who were killing him.'
I kad se proljevaše krv Stefana svjedoka tvojega, i ja stajah i pristajah na smrt njegovu, i èuvah haljine onijeh koji ga ubijahu.
21 "'Go,' He replied; 'I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'"
I reèe mi: idi; jer æu ja daleko da te pošljem u neznabošce.
22 Until they heard this last statement the people listened to Paul, but now with a roar of disapproval they cried out, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He ought not to be allowed to live."
A oni ga slušahu do ove rijeèi, pa podigoše glas svoj govoreæi: uzmi sa zemlje takovoga; jer ne treba da živi.
23 And when they continued their furious shouts, throwing their clothes into the air and flinging dust about,
A kad oni vikahu i zbacivahu haljine i bacahu prah u nebo,
24 the Tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and be examined by flogging, in order to ascertain the reason why they thus cried out against him.
Zapovjedi vojvoda da ga odvedu u oko, i reèe da ga bojem ispitaju da dozna za kakvu krivicu tako vikahu na nj.
25 But, when they had tied him up with the straps, Paul said to the Captain who stood by, "Does the Law permit you to flog a Roman citizen--and one too who is uncondemned?"
I kad ga pritegoše uzicama, reèe Pavle kapetanu, koji stajaše ondje: zar vi možete biti èovjeka Rimljanina, i još bez suda?
26 On hearing this question, the Captain went to report the matter to the Tribune. "What are you intending to do?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen."
A kad èu kapetan, pristupi k vojvodi, i kaza govoreæi: gledaj šta æeš èiniti; jer je ovaj èovjek Rimljanin.
27 So the Tribune came to Paul and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said.
A vojvoda pristupivši reèe mu: kaži mi jesi li ti Rimljanin? A on reèe: da.
28 "I paid a large sum for my citizenship," said the Tribune. "But I was born free," said Paul.
A vojvoda odgovori: ja sam za veliku cijenu ime ovoga graðanstva dobio. A Pavle reèe: a ja sam se i rodio s njime.
29 So the men who had been on the point of putting him under torture immediately left him. And the Tribune, too, was frightened when he learnt that Paul was a Roman citizen, for he had had him bound.
Onda otstupiše odmah od njega oni što šæadijahu da ga ispituju; a vojvoda se uplaši kad razumje da je Rimljanin i što ga bješe svezao.
30 The next day, wishing to know exactly what charge was being brought against him by the Jews, the Tribune ordered his chains to be removed; and, having sent word to the High Priests and all the Sanhedrin to assemble, he brought Paul down and made him stand before them.
A sjutradan, želeæi doznati istinu zašto ga tuže Jevreji, pusti ga iz okova, i zapovjedi da doðu glavari sveštenièki i sav sabor njihov; i svedavši Pavla postavi ga pred njima.
