Apostolska dela 22

1 »Možje, bratje in očetje, poslušajte moj zagovor, ki vam ga sedaj delam.«

Men, brothers, and fathers, hear now my defense to you.

2 (In ko so slišali, da jim je spregovoril v hebrejskem jeziku, so ohranili še večjo tišino, in on reče):

And having heard that he called out to them in the Hebrew language, they offered more silence. And he says,

3 »Jaz sem resnično človek, ki sem Jud, rojen v Tarzu, mestu v Kilikiji, vendar vzgojen v tem mestu pri Gamálielovih stopalih in poučevan glede na popolne običaje postave očetov in bil sem goreč za Boga, kakor ste danes vi vsi.

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 In to pot sem preganjal do smrti ter zvezoval in izročal v ječe tako moške kakor ženske.

And I persecuted this Way as far as death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

5 Kakor tudi véliki duhovnik pričuje o meni in vse visoke starešine, od katerih sem prav tako prejel pisma za brate in odšel v Damask, da privedem te, ki so bili tam, zvezane v Jeruzalem, da bi bili kaznovani.

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 In pripetilo se je, da ko sem bil na potovanju in sem okoli poldneva prišel blizu Damaska, je nenadoma okoli mene z neba zasijala močna svetloba.

And there happened to me, while going and approaching Damascus about noon, suddenly to flash forth from heaven a great light around me.

7 In padel sem na tla ter zaslišal glas, ki mi je rekel: ›Savel, Savel, zakaj me preganjaš?‹

And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do thou persecute me?

8 In odgovoril sem: ›Kdo si ti, Gospod?‹ On pa mi je rekel: ›Jaz sem Jezus Nazarečan, ki ga ti preganjaš.‹

And I answered, Who are thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom thou persecute.

9 In tisti, ki so bili z menoj, so zares videli svetlobo in so bili prestrašeni, toda niso slišali glasu tistega, ki mi je govoril.

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 In rekel sem: ›Kaj naj storim, Gospod.‹ In Gospod mi je rekel: ›Vstani in pojdi v Damask in tam ti bo povedano o vseh stvareh, ki so ti določene, da jih storiš.‹

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 In ko zaradi slave te svetlobe nisem mogel videti, sem voden za roko teh, ki so bili z menoj, prišel v Damask.

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 In nek Hananija, glede na postavo predan mož, na dobrem glasu od vseh Judov, ki so prebivali tam,

And a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report by all the Jews who dwell there,

13 je prišel k meni in se ustavil ter mi rekel: ›Brat Savel, prejmi svoj vid.‹ In isto uro sem pogledal nanj.

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 In rekel je: ›Bog naših očetov te je izbral, da bi spoznal njegovo voljo in vidiš tega Pravičnega in da bi slišal glas iz njegovih ust.

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 Kajti ti boš njegova priča vsem ljudem o tem, kar si videl in slišal.

because thou will be a witness for him to all men of the things that thou have seen and heard.

16 In sedaj, zakaj se mudiš? Vstani in bodi krščen in izperi svoje grehe ter kliči Gospodovo ime.‹

And now what is it going to be? Having arisen, immerse and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

17 In pripetilo se je, ko sem ponovno prišel v Jeruzalem, medtem ko sem molil v templju, da sem bil v zamaknjenju;

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 in videl sem njega, ki mi je rekel: ›Podvizaj se in pojdi hitro iz Jeruzalema, kajti ne bodo sprejeli tvojega pričevanja glede mene.‹

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 In rekel sem: ›Gospod, oni vedo, da sem v vsaki sinagogi zapiral in pretepal te, ki so verovali vate,

And I said, Lord, they know that I was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those who believe in thee.

20 in ko je bila prelita kri tvojega mučenca Štefana, sem tudi sam stal poleg in soglašal k njegovi smrti in varoval obleko teh, ki so ga usmrtili.‹

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 In rekel mi je: ›Pojdi, kajti od tod te bom poslal daleč k poganom.‹ «

And he said to me, Depart, because I will send thee far away to Gentiles.

22 In poslušali so ga do te besede in nato so povzdignili svoje glasove ter rekli: »Proč z zemlje z njim, kajti ne spodobi se, da bi živel.«

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 In ko so zakričali in odvrgli svoja oblačila ter v zrak metali prah,

And of them crying out, and throwing off their garments, and casting dust into the air,

24 mu je vrhovni poveljnik velel, naj bo priveden v grad in zaukazal, da naj bi bil zaslišan z bičanjem, da bi lahko izvedel, zakaj so tako vpili zoper njega.

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 In ko so ga zvezali z jermeni, je Pavel rekel stotniku, ki je stal poleg: »Ali je za vas zakonito, da bičate človeka, ki je Rimljan in neobsojen?«

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 Ko je stotnik to slišal, je odšel in povedal vrhovnemu poveljniku, rekoč: »Pazi, kaj delaš, kajti ta človek je Rimljan.«

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 Potem je prišel vrhovni poveljnik in mu rekel: »Povej mi, ali si Rimljan?« Rekel je: »Da.«

And the chief captain having come, he said to him, Tell me if thou are a Roman. And he said, Yes.

28 In vrhovni poveljnik je odgovoril: »Z velikim zneskom sem dosegel to svobodo.« Pavel pa je rekel: »Toda jaz sem bil rojen svoboden.«

And the chief captain answered, Of a great sum I obtained this citizenship. And Paul said, But then I was born so.

29 Potem so nemudoma odstopili od njega ti, ki naj bi ga zaslišali. In tudi vrhovni poveljnik je bil prestrašen, potem ko je izvedel, da je bil Rimljan in ker ga je zvezal.

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 Naslednji dan, ker je hotel zagotovo izvedeti, zakaj je bil obtožen od Judov, ga je odvezal od njegovih jermenov ter visokim duhovnikom in vsemu njihovemu vélikemu zboru ukazal, da se prikažejo in Pavla privedel dol ter ga postavil prednje.

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.