Dela apostolska 22
1 Ljudi, braæo i ocevi! èujte sad moj odgovor k vama.
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense [which I make] now to you.
2 A kad èuše da im Jevrejskijem jezikom progovori, još veæa tišina posta. I reèe:
(And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept the more silence: and he saith, )
3 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.
I am verily a man [who am] a Jew, born in Tarsus, [a city] in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, [and] taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, being zealous towards God, as ye all are this day.
4 Ja ovaj put gonih do same smrti, vežuæi i predajuæi u tamnicu i ljude i žene,
And I persecuted this way even to death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
5 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.
As also the high priest doth bear me testimony, and all the estate of the elders; from whom also I received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them who were there bound to Jerusalem, to be punished.
6 A kad iðah i približih se k Damasku, dogodi mi se oko podne da me ujedanput obasja velika svjetlost s neba.
And it came to pass, that as I was passing on my journey, and had come nigh to Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light around me.
7 I padoh na zemlju, i èuh glas, koji mi govori: Savle! Savle! zašto me goniš?
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
8 A ja odgovorih: ko si ti, Gospode? A on mi reèe: ja sam Isus Nazareæanin, kojega ti goniš.
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
9 A koji bijahu sa mnom vidješe svjetlost i uplašiše se; ali ne èuše glasa koji mi govoraše.
And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spoke to me.
10 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.
And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go into Damascus, and there it shall be told thee concerning all things which are appointed for thee to do.
11 I kad obnevidjeh od silne svjetlosti one, voðahu me za ruku oni koji bijahu sa mnom, i doðoh u Damask.
And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.
12 A neki Ananija èovjek pobožan po zakonu, posvjedoèen od sviju Jevreja koji žive u Damasku,
And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews who dwelt [there],
13 Došavši k meni stade i reèe mi: Savle brate! progledaj. I ja u taj èas pogledah na nj.
Came to me, and stood, and said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
14 A on mi reèe: Bog otaca našijeh izabra te da poznaš volju njegovu, i da vidiš pravednika, i da èuješ glas iz usta njegovijeh:
And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldst know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldst hear the voice of his mouth.
15 Da mu budeš svjedok pred svijem ljudima za ovo što si vidio i èuo.
For thou shalt be his witness to all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
16 I sad šta oklijevaš? Ustani i krsti se, i operi se od grijeha svojijeh, prizvavši ime Gospoda Isusa.
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
17 A dogodi se, kad se vratih u Jerusalim i moljah se u crkvi Bogu, da postadoh izvan sebe,
And it came to pass, that when I had come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
18 I vidjeh ga gdje mi govori: pohiti te iziði iz Jerusalima, jer neæe primiti svjedoèanstva tvojega za mene.
And saw him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
19 I ja rekoh: Gospode! sami znadu da sam ja metao u tamnice i bio po zbornicama one koji te vjeruju.
And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned, and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
20 I kad se proljevaše krv Stefana svjedoka tvojega, i ja stajah i pristajah na smrt njegovu, i èuvah haljine onijeh koji ga ubijahu.
And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
21 I reèe mi: idi; jer æu ja daleko da te pošljem u neznabošce.
And he said to me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence to the Gentiles.
22 A oni ga slušahu do ove rijeèi, pa podigoše glas svoj govoreæi: uzmi sa zemlje takovoga; jer ne treba da živi.
And they gave him audience to this word, and [then] lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a [man] from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
23 A kad oni vikahu i zbacivahu haljine i bacahu prah u nebo,
And as they cried out, and cast off [their] clothes, and threw dust into the air,
24 Zapovjedi vojvoda da ga odvedu u oko, i reèe da ga bojem ispitaju da dozna za kakvu krivicu tako vikahu na nj.
The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know for what cause they cried so against him.
25 I kad ga pritegoše uzicama, reèe Pavle kapetanu, koji stajaše ondje: zar vi možete biti èovjeka Rimljanina, i još bez suda?
And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
26 A kad èu kapetan, pristupi k vojvodi, i kaza govoreæi: gledaj šta æeš èiniti; jer je ovaj èovjek Rimljanin.
When the centurion heard [that], he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest; for this man is a Roman.
27 A vojvoda pristupivši reèe mu: kaži mi jesi li ti Rimljanin? A on reèe: da.
Then the chief captain came, and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yes.
28 A vojvoda odgovori: ja sam za veliku cijenu ime ovoga graðanstva dobio. A Pavle reèe: a ja sam se i rodio s njime.
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum I obtained this freedom. And Paul said, But I was [free] born.
29 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.
Then forthwith they departed from him who were about to examine him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
30 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.
On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty why he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him from [his] bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
