Apostolska dela 22

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

“Men, brothers and fathers, listen to my defense before you now.”

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

When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet, and he said:

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 Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, just as you all are today.

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

I persecuted this Way to the 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 and all the council of elders can bear me witness. I even obtained letters from them to the brothers in Damascus, to bring those also who were there bound to Jerusalem to 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.

Now it happened, as I was going and approaching Damascus, about noon, suddenly a strong light from heaven shone around me.

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

I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

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

So I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Natsorean, whom you are persecuting.’

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.

Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they did not understand the voice of the One speaking 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.‹

So I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told about all that has been appointed to you 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 since I could not see, because of the brightness of that light, I entered Damascus being led by the hand of those who were with me.

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

Then a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

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

came to me, and standing by me said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very moment I looked up at him.

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.

Then he said: ‘The God of our fathers has chosen you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear words from His mouth.

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

For you shall be a witness for Him to all men of the things that you have seen and heard.

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

And now, why hesitate? Get up, be baptized and wash away your sins, invoking 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;

“Now it happened, when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I came to be 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 saw Him saying to me, ‘Hurry up and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive your testimony concerning me.’

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

So I said: ‘Lord, they know that I used to imprison and beat those believing into you, from one synagogue to another;

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 your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing there and agreeing to his murder, even guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’

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

And He said to me, ‘Get going, because I will send you far away to the 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.«

Well they kept listening to him until this statement, and then they raised their voice and shouted, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for it isn't fitting for him to live!”

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

As they were shouting, tearing off clothes and throwing 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 commander ordered him to be taken into the barracks, directing that he be interrogated with lashes, in order to learn for what crime they kept shouting against him like that.

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?«

But as they stretched him out with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?”

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

Well when the centurion heard that, he went and reported to the commander saying, “Consider what you are about to do, because this man is a Roman!”

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

So the commander went and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” So 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.«

The commander replied, “I acquired this citizenship at considerable cost.” And Paul said, “But I was so born.”

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.

So those who were about to interrogate him withdrew immediately; and even the commander was apprehensive when he realized that he had put chains on a Roman.

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 the next day, desiring to know for certain why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds and ordered the chief priests and all their council to come, and brought Paul down and set him before them.