Actuum Apostolorum 26
1 Agrippa vero ad Paulum ait: Permittitur tibi loqui pro temetipso. Tunc Paulus extenta manu cœpit rationem reddere.
And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul reaching forth his hand, proceeded with his defence:
2 De omnibus, quibus accusor a Iudæis, rex Agrippa, æstimo me beatum, apud te cum sim defensurus me hodie,
O king Agrippa, I consider myself happy, being about this day to make my defence before thee concerning all those things of which I am accused by the Jews:
3 maxime te sciente omnia, et quæ apud Iudæos sunt consuetudines, et quæstiones: propter quod obsecro patienter me audias.
especially as thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions among the Jews: therefore I pray you to hear me patiently.
4 Et quidem vitam meam a iuventute, quæ ab initio fuit in gente mea in Ierosolymis, noverunt omnes Iudæi:
Moreover indeed all the Jews know my life from my youth; being from the beginning in my nation and in Jerusalem,
5 præscientes me ab initio (si velint testimonium perhibere) quoniam secundum certissimam sectam nostræ religionis vixi Pharisæus.
knowing me originally, if they may be willing to testify, that according to the most rigid sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6 Et nunc in spe, quæ ad patres nostros repromissionis facta est a Deo, sto iudicio subiectus:
And now for the hope of the promise which is from God to our fathers, I stand being judged:
7 in quam duodecim tribus nostræ nocte ac die deservientes, sperant devenire. De qua spe accusor a Iudæis, rex.
unto which our twelve tribes constantly worshiping night and day, hope to attain: concerning which hope I am accused by the Jews, O king.
8 Quid incredibile iudicatur apud vos, si Deus mortuos suscitat?
Why is it judged by you incredible, if God shall raise the dead?
9 Et ego quidem existimaveram, me adversus nomen Iesu Nazareni debere multa contraria agere.
Moreover indeed, I thought to myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene:
10 Quod et feci Ierosolymis, et multos sanctorum ego in carceribus inclusi, a principibus sacerdotum potestate accepta: et cum occiderentur, detuli sententiam.
which I did also in Jerusalem, and shut up many of the saints in prison; and having received authority from the chief priests, and they being slain, I gave my vote against them;
11 Et per omnes synagogas frequenter puniens eos, compellebam blasphemare: et amplius insaniens in eos, persequebar usque in exteras civitates.
and throughout all the synagogues, frequently punishing them, I compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceeding mad against them, I was persecuting them even also unto foreign cities.
12 In quibus dum irem Damascum cum potestate, et permissu principum sacerdotum,
Meanwhile journeying to Damascus with power and authority of the chief priests, I saw on the way, O king,
13 die media in via, vidi, rex, de cælo supra splendorem solis circumfulsisse me lumen, et eos, qui mecum simul erant.
about midday, a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me;
14 Omnesque nos cum decidissemus in terram, audivi vocem loquentem mihi Hebraica lingua: Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris? Durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.
and we all having fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against goads.
15 Ego autem dixi: Quis es Domine? Dominus autem dixit: Ego sum Iesus, quem tu persequeris.
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou art persecuting.
16 Sed exurge, et sta super pedes tuos: ad hoc enim apparui tibi, ut constituam te ministrum, et testem eorum, quæ vidisti, et eorum, quibus apparebo tibi,
But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for unto this have I appeared unto thee, to make thee a minister and a martyr both of those things which thou hast seen, and of which I will appear unto thee;
17 eripiens te de populo, et gentibus, in quas nunc ego mitto te,
delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18 aperire oculos eorum, ut convertantur a tenebris ad lucem, et de potestate Satanæ ad Deum, ut accipiant remissionem peccatorum, et sortem inter sanctos per fidem, quæ est in me.
to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
19 Unde rex Agrippa, non fui incredulus cælesti visioni:
Therefore, O king, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:
20 sed his, qui sunt Damasci primum, et Ierosolymis, et in omnem regionem Iudææ, et Gentibus annunciabam, ut pœnitentiam agerent, et converterentur ad Deum, digna pœnitentiæ opera facientes.
but first to those in Damascus, and also in Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles, I was preaching that they should repent and turn to God, doing things worthy of repentance.
21 Hac ex causa me Iudæi, cum essem in templo, comprehensum tentabant interficere.
On account of these things the Jews, taking me while in the temple, endeavored to kill me.
22 Auxilio autem adiutus Dei usque in hodiernum diem sto, testificans minori, atque maiori, nihil extra dicens quam ea, quæ Prophetæ locuti sunt futura esse, et Moyses,
Then having received help from God, I have stood unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said were about to come to pass:
23 si passibilis Christus, si primus ex resurrectione mortuorum, lumen annunciaturus est populo, et gentibus.
how that Christ must suffer, how being the first from the resurrection of the dead, he is to proclaim light both to the people, and the Gentiles.
24 Hæc loquente eo, et rationem reddente, Festus magna voce dixit: Insanis Paule: multæ te litteræ ad insaniam convertunt.
And he making his defence to these things, Festus says with a loud voice, O Paul, thou art beside thyself; many writings turned thee into insanity.
25 Et Paulus: Non insanio (inquit) optime Feste, sed veritatis, et sobrietatis verba loquor.
But Paul says, I am not a maniac, most noble Festus; but I speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
26 Scit enim de his rex, ad quem et constanter loquor: latere enim eum nihil horum arbitror. Neque enim in angulo quidquam horum gestum est.
For the king, to whom I also speak boldly, knows concerning these things: for I am persuaded that nothing of these things is hidden; for this has not been done in a corner.
27 Credis rex Agrippa prophetis? Scio quia credis.
O king Agrippa, dost thou believe the prophets? I know that thou believest them.
28 Agrippa autem ad Paulum: In modico suades me Christianum fieri.
And Agrippa said to Paul, With little persuasion thou dost persuade thyself to make me a Christian.
29 Et Paulus: Opto apud Deum, et in modico, et in magno, non tantum te, sed etiam omnes, qui audiunt, hodie fieri tales, qualis et ego sum, exceptis vinculis his.
And Paul said, I would to God, that both in little and in much, not only you, but also all of those hearing me this day, were such as I am, except these bonds.
30 Et exurrexit rex, et præses, et Bernice, et qui assidebant eis.
And the king, and the governor, and Bernice, and those sitting with them, arose up:
31 Et cum secessissent, loquebantur ad invicem, dicentes: Quia nihil morte, aut vinculis dignum quid fecit homo iste.
and having gone away, they were talking to one another, saying, that This man is doing nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
32 Agrippa autem Festo dixit: Dimitti poterat homo hic, si non appellasset Cæsarem.
But Agrippa said to Festus, This man was able to have been released, if he had not appealed to Caesar.
