Actuum Apostolorum 22
1 Viri fratres, et patres, audite quam ad vos nunc reddo rationem.
Men, brothers, and fathers, hear now my defense to you.
2 Cum audissent autem quia Hebræa lingua loqueretur ad illos, magis præstiterunt silentium.
And having heard that he called out to them in the Hebrew language, they offered more silence. And he says,
3 Et dicit: Ego sum vir Iudæus, natus in Tarso Ciliciæ, nutritus autem in ista civitate, secus pedes Gamaliel eruditus iuxta veritatem paternæ legis, æmulator legis, sicut et vos omnes estis hodie:
I am indeed a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but reared in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, reared accurately in the paternal law, being a zealot of God, as ye all are today.
4 qui hanc viam persecutus sum usque ad mortem, alligans et tradens in custodias viros ac mulieres,
And I persecuted this Way as far as death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
5 sicut princeps sacerdotum mihi testimonium reddit, et omnes maiores natu, a quibus et epistolas accipiens ad fratres Damascum pergebam, ut adducerem inde vinctos in Ierusalem ut punirentur.
As also the high priest testifies about me, and all the senior council, from whom also having received letters to the brothers in Damascus, I was going to bring bound even those who were there to Jerusalem so that they might be punished.
6 Factum est autem, eunte me, et appropinquante Damasco media die, subito de cælo circumfulsit me lux copiosa:
And there happened to me, while going and approaching Damascus about noon, suddenly to flash forth from heaven a great light around me.
7 et decidens in terram, audivi vocem dicentem mihi: Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris?
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do thou persecute me?
8 Ego autem respondi: Quis es Domine? Dixitque ad me: Ego sum Iesus Nazarenus, quem tu persequeris.
And I answered, Who are thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom thou persecute.
9 Et qui mecum erant, lumen quidem viderunt, vocem autem non audierunt eius, qui loquebatur mecum.
And those who were with me indeed saw the light and became afraid, but they heard not the voice of him who spoke to me.
10 Et dixi: Quid faciam, Domine? Dominus autem dixit ad me: Surgens vade Damascum: et ibi tibi dicetur de omnibus, quæ te oporteat facere.
And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, After rising, go into Damascus, and there it will be told thee about all things that have been assigned for thee to do.
11 Et cum non viderem præ claritate luminis illius, ad manum deductus a comitibus, veni Damascum.
And as I was not seeing from the splendor of that light, I came into Damascus, being led by hand by those who accompanied me.
12 Ananias autem quidam, vir secundum legem testimonium habens ab omnibus cohabitantibus Iudæis,
And a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report by all the Jews who dwell there,
13 veniens ad me, et astans dixit mihi: Saule frater respice. Et ego eadem hora respexi in eum.
having come near me, and having stood by, he said to me, Brother Saul, look up. And I looked up on him the same hour.
14 At ille dixit: Deus patrum nostrorum præordinavit te, ut cognosceres voluntatem eius, et videres Iustum, et audires vocem ex ore eius:
And he said, The God of our fathers appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous Man, and to hear a voice from his mouth,
15 quia eris testis illius ad omnes homines eorum, quæ vidisti, et audisti.
because thou will be a witness for him to all men of the things that thou have seen and heard.
16 Et nunc quid moraris? Exurge, et baptizare, et ablue peccata tua invocato nomine ipsius.
And now what is it going to be? Having arisen, immerse and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
17 Factum est autem revertenti mihi in Ierusalem, et oranti in templo, fieri me in stupore mentis,
And it came to pass, my having returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in the temple, for me to became in a trance.
18 et videre illum dicentem mihi: Festina, et exi velociter ex Ierusalem: quoniam non recipient testimonium tuum de me.
And I saw him saying to me, Hurry and depart in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not accept thy testimony about me.
19 Et ego dixi: Domine ipsi sciunt quia ego eram concludens in carcerem, et cædans per synagogas eos, qui credebant in te:
And I said, Lord, they know that I was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those who believe in thee.
20 et cum funderetur sanguis Stephani testis tui, ego astabam, et consentiebam, et custodiebam vestimenta interficientium illum.
And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I myself also was standing by, and approving his killing, and keeping the garments of those who killed him.
21 Et dixit ad me: Vade quoniam ego in nationes longe mittam te.
And he said to me, Depart, because I will send thee far away to Gentiles.
22 Audiebant autem eum usque ad hoc verbum, et levaverunt vocem suam dicentes: Tolle de terra huiusmodi: non enim fas est eum vivere.
And they heard him until this word. And they lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a man from the earth, for he is not fit to live.
23 Vociferantibus autem eis, et proiicientibus vestimenta sua, et pulverem iactantibus in aerem,
And of them crying out, and throwing off their garments, and casting dust into the air,
24 iussit Tribunus induci eum in castra, et flagellis cædi, et torqueri eum, ut sciret propter quam causam sic acclamarent ei.
the chief captain commanded him be brought into the fort, having said to examine him by scourging, so that he might know for what reason they shouted against him this way.
25 Et cum astrinxissent eum loris, dicit astanti sibi Centurioni Paulus: Si hominem Romanum, et indemnatum licet vobis flagellare?
And as they stretched him out with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it permitted for you to scourge a Roman man, and uncondemned?
26 Quo audito, Centurio accessit ad Tribunum, et nunciavit ei, dicens: Quid acturus es? Hic enim homo civis Romanus est.
And when the centurion heard, having come to the chief captain, he reported, saying, Look! What are thou about to do? For this man is a Roman.
27 Accedens autem Tribunus, dixit illi: Dic mihi si tu Romanus es? At ille dixit: Etiam.
And the chief captain having come, he said to him, Tell me if thou are a Roman. And he said, Yes.
28 Et respondit Tribunus: Ego multa summa civilitatem hanc consecutus sum. Et Paulus ait: Ego autem et natus sum.
And the chief captain answered, Of a great sum I obtained this citizenship. And Paul said, But then I was born so.
29 Protinus ergo discesserunt ab illo, qui eum torturi erant. Tribunus quoque timuit postquam rescivit, quia civis Romanus esset, et quia alligasset eum.
Straightaway therefore those who were about to examine him withdrew from him. And the chief captain was also afraid when he learned that he was a Roman, and because he was who bound him.
30 Postera autem die volens scire diligentius qua ex causa accusaretur a Iudæis, solvit eum, et iussit sacerdotes convenire, et omne concilium, et producens Paulum, statuit inter illos.
But on the morrow, wanting to know the certainty of why he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to come. And having brought Paul down, he set him before them.
