Actuum Apostolorum 26
1 Agrippa vero ad Paulum ait permittitur tibi loqui pro temet ipso tunc Paulus extenta manu coepit rationem reddere
Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
2 de omnibus quibus accusor a Iudaeis rex Agrippa aestimo me beatum apud te cum sim defensurus me hodie
"I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,
3 maxime te sciente omnia quae apud Iudaeos sunt consuetudines et quaestiones propter quod obsecro patienter me audias
especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
4 et quidem vitam meam a iuventute quae ab initio fuit in gente mea in Hierosolymis noverunt omnes Iudaei
"Indeed, all Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;
5 praescientes me ab initio si velint testimonium perhibere quoniam secundum certissimam sectam nostrae religionis vixi Pharisaeus
having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6 et nunc in spe quae ad patres nostros repromissionis facta est a Deo sto iudicio subiectus
Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
7 in quam duodecim tribus nostrae nocte ac die deservientes sperant devenire de qua spe accusor a Iudaeis rex
which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O King.
8 quid incredibile iudicatur apud vos si Deus mortuos suscitat
Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?
9 et ego quidem existimaveram me adversus nomen Iesu Nazareni debere multa contraria agere
"In fact, I thought to myself that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus the Nazorean.
10 quod et feci Hierosolymis et multos sanctorum ego in carceribus inclusi a principibus sacerdotum potestate accepta et cum occiderentur detuli sententiam
This I also did in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
11 et per omnes synagogas frequenter puniens eos conpellebam blasphemare et amplius insaniens in eos persequebar usque in exteras civitates
Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
12 in quibus dum irem Damascum cum potestate et permissu principum sacerdotum
"Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
13 die media in via vidi rex de caelo supra splendorem solis circumfulsisse me lumen et eos qui mecum simul erant
at noon, O King, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled 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
When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
15 ego autem dixi quis es Domine Dominus autem dixit ego sum Iesus quem tu persequeris
"I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' "He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
16 sed exsurge et sta super pedes tuos ad hoc enim apparui tibi ut constituam te ministrum et testem eorum quae vidisti et eorum quibus apparebo tibi
But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen me, and of the things which I will reveal to you;
17 eripiens te de populo et gentibus in quas nunc ego mitto te
delivering you from the people, and from the non-Jewish people, to whom I send you,
18 aperire oculos eorum ut convertantur a tenebris ad lucem et de potestate Satanae ad Deum ut accipiant remissionem peccatorum et sortem inter sanctos per fidem quae est in me
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
19 unde rex Agrippa non fui incredulus caelestis visionis
"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
20 sed his qui sunt Damasci primum et Hierosolymis et in omnem regionem Iudaeae et gentibus adnuntiabam ut paenitentiam agerent et converterentur ad Deum digna paenitentiae opera facientes
but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the non-Jews, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
21 hac ex causa me Iudaei cum essem in templo conprehensum temptabant interficere
For this reason Jews seized me when I was in the temple, and tried to kill me.
22 auxilio autem adiutus Dei usque in hodiernum diem sto testificans minori atque maiori nihil extra dicens quam ea quae prophetae sunt locuti futura esse et Moses
Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said would happen,
23 si passibilis Christus si primus ex resurrectione mortuorum lumen adnuntiaturus est populo et gentibus
how the Christ would suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to non-Jewish people."
24 haec loquente eo et rationem reddente Festus magna voce dixit insanis Paule multae te litterae ad insaniam convertunt
As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are crazy. Your great learning is driving you insane."
25 at Paulus non insanio inquit optime Feste sed veritatis et sobrietatis verba eloquor
But he said, "I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
26 scit enim de his rex ad quem et constanter loquor latere enim eum nihil horum arbitror neque enim in angulo quicquam horum gestum est
For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.
27 credis rex Agrippa prophetis scio quia credis
King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe."
28 Agrippa autem ad Paulum in modico suades me Christianum fieri
Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?"
29 et Paulus opto apud Deum et in modico et in magno non tantum te sed et omnes hos qui audiunt hodie fieri tales qualis et ego sum exceptis vinculis his
Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds."
30 et exsurrexit rex et praeses et Bernice et qui adsidebant eis
The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
31 et cum secessissent loquebantur ad invicem dicentes quia nihil morte aut vinculorum dignum quid facit homo iste
When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."
32 Agrippa autem Festo dixit dimitti poterat homo hic si non appellasset Caesarem
Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."
