Apostolska dela 26
1 Potem je Agripa rekel Pavlu: »Dovoljeno ti je, da se zagovarjaš.« Nató je Pavel iztegnil svojo roko in se zagovarjal:
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You [(sg)] are permitted [now] to speak [to defend] yourself.” Paul stretched out his hand ([dramatically/to salute the king]) and began to defend himself. He said,
2 »Imam se za srečnega, kralj Agripa, ker se bom danes pred teboj zagovarjal gledé vseh stvari, katere me Judje obtožujejo,
“King Agrippa, I consider that I am fortunate that today, while you [(sg)] listen, I can defend myself from all the things about which the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] are accusing me.
3 še posebej, ker te poznam, da si poznavalec vseh običajev in vprašanj, ki so med Judi, te zaradi tega rotim, da me potrpežljivo poslušaš.
I am really fortunate, because you [(sg)] know all about the customs of us Jews and the questions that we [(exc)] argue about. So I ask you, please listen patiently to what I say.”
4 Moj življenjski slog od moje mladosti, ki je bila najprej med mojim lastnim narodom v Jeruzalemu, poznajo vsi Judje,
“Many [HYP] of my fellow Jews know about how I have conducted my life, from the time I was a child. They know how I lived in the area where I [was born] and [also later] in Jerusalem.
5 ki so me poznali od začetka, če bi [le] želeli pričevati, da sem po najstrožji ločini našega bogoslužja živel kot farizej.
They have known for many years, and they could tell you, if they wanted to, that [since I was very young] I obeyed the customs of our religion very carefully, just like the [other] Pharisees do.
6 In sedaj stojim in sem sojen zaradi upanja o od Boga dani obljubi našim očetom.
Today I am being put on trial {[they] are putting me on trial} because I am confidently expecting that God will do what he promised our [(exc)] ancestors.
7 K tej obljubi se naši dvanajsteri rodovi, ki dan in noč iskreno služijo Bogu, nadejajo, da se uresniči. Zaradi tega upanja, kralj Agripa, sem obtožen od Judov.
Our twelve tribes are [also] confidently waiting for God to do [for us what he promised], as they respectfully worship him, day and night. [Respected] king, I confidently expect [that God will do what he promised, and they also believe that! But that is the reason] that these Jewish leaders [SYN] are accusing me!
8 Zakaj bi vam bila neverjetna misel, da bi Bog obujal mrtve?
They believe that God can cause those who have died to become alive again, so (why [do any of you refuse to believe that he raised Jesus from the dead?/none of you should refuse to believe that he raised Jesus from the dead!]) [RHQ]”
9 Jaz sem sam pri sebi resnično mislil, da moram mnoge stvari narediti nasprotno imenu Jezusa Nazarečana.
“[Formerly] I, too, was sure that I should do everything that I could to oppose Jesus [MTY], the man from Nazareth [town].
10 Kar sem tudi počel v Jeruzalemu. In mnoge izmed svetih sem zapiral v ječo, ker sem prejel oblast od visokih duhovnikov. In ko so jih morili, sem dajal svoj glas zoper nje.
So that is what I did [when I lived] in Jerusalem. I put many of the believers in jail, as the chief priests there had authorized me [to do]. When [the Jewish leaders wanted] those Christians killed {someone to kill those [Christians]}, I voted [for that].
11 In pogosto sem jih v vsaki sinagogi kaznoval ter jih silil k bogokletju in zoper njih sem bil silno besen. Preganjal sem jih celó v tujih mestih.
Many times I punished the believers [whom I found] in Jewish meeting places. [By punishing them], I tried to force them to speak evil [about Jesus]. I was so angry with the followers of Jesus that I even traveled to other cities to [find them and] do things to harm them.”
12 Nakar, ko sem odšel v Damask, z oblastjo in pooblastilom od visokih duhovnikov,
“[One day], I was on my way to Damascus [city] to do that. The chief priests [in Jerusalem] had authorized and sent me [to seize the believers there].
13 sem sredi dneva, oh kralj, na poti videl svetlobo z neba, nad sijajem sonca, ki je svetilo naokoli mene in teh, ki so potovali z menoj.
[My respected] king, [while I was going] along the road, at about noon I saw a [bright] light in the sky. It was even brighter than the sun! It shone all around me, and also around the men who were traveling with me.
14 In ko smo vsi popadali na zemljo, sem zaslišal glas, ki mi je spregovoril in v hebrejskem jeziku rekel: ›Savel, Savel, zakaj me preganjaš? Zate je to težko, da se upiraš bodicam.‹
We [(exc)] all fell to the ground. Then I heard the voice of someone speaking to me in my own Hebrew language [MTY]. He said ‘Saul, Saul, (stop causing me to suffer!/why are you causing me to suffer?) [RHQ] You [(sg)] are [hurting yourself by trying to hurt me] [MET], [like an ox] kicking against [its owner’s] goad.’
15 In rekel sem: ›Kdo si ti, Gospod?‹ In rekel je: ›Jaz sem Jezus, ki ga ti preganjaš.
Then I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘I am Jesus. You [(sg)] are harming me [by harming my followers].
16 Toda vstani in stopi na svoja stopala, kajti prikazal sem se ti zaradi tega namena, da te naredim za služabnika in pričo tako o teh stvareh, ki si jih videl, kakor o teh stvareh, v katerih se ti bom prikazal,
But instead [of continuing to do that], stand up now! I have appeared to you [(sg)] to tell you that I have chosen you to serve me. You must tell people about [what I am showing you] as you are seeing me [now], and about what I [will show you when] I will [later] appear to you.
17 in te reševal pred ljudmi ter pred pogani, h katerim te sedaj pošiljam,
I will protect you [from those who will try to harm you, both] your own people and [also] those who are not Jewish. I am sending you to non-Jews
18 da odpreš njihove oči in da jih obrneš od teme k svetlobi in od Satanove oblasti k Bogu, da bi lahko prejeli odpuščanje grehov in dediščino med temi, ki so posvečeni po veri, ki je v meni.‹
to help them to realize [MTY] what is true and to stop believing what is false [MET]. I am sending you to them so that they may let God control them and not let Satan control them any more. [Then God] will forgive their sins and will accept them as his people because they believe in me.’ [That is what Jesus said to me].”
19 Nakar, oh kralj Agripa, nisem bil neposlušen nebeškemu videnju,
“So, King Agrippa, I fully obeyed [LIT] what [the Lord Jesus told me to do when he spoke to me] from heaven.
20 temveč sem se najprej pokazal tem iz Damaska in v Jeruzalemu in po vseh celotnih krajih Judeje in potem poganom, da bi se pokesali in se obrnili k Bogu in opravljali dela, primerna kesanju.
First, I preached to [the Jews] in Damascus. Then I [preached to the Jews] in Jerusalem and throughout [the rest of] Judea [province]. After that, I also preached to non-Jews. I preached that they must turn away from their sinful behavior and turn their lives over to God. I told them that they must do things that would show that they had truly stopped their sinful behavior.”
21 Zaradi teh razlogov so me v templju Judje zgrabili in me poskušali ubiti.
“It is because I [preached] this message [that some] [SYN] Jews seized me [when I was] in the Temple [courtyard and] tried to kill me.
22 Ker sem torej dobil pomoč od Boga, sem nadaljeval do današnjega dne in pričeval tako malim kakor velikim in nisem govoril nobenih drugih besed kakor te, ki so jih govorili preroki in Mojzes, da naj bi se zgodile,
However, God has been helping me [from that time, and he is still helping me] today. So I stand here and I tell [all of you people], those who are important and those who are not, [who Jesus is]. Everything that I say [about him] is what Moses and the [other] prophets wrote [about long ago, things that they said] would happen.
23 da naj bi Kristus trpel in da naj bi bil on prvi, ki bi vstal od mrtvih in bi naznanil svetlobo ljudem ter poganom.«
They wrote that [people would cause] the Messiah to suffer and die. They also wrote that he would be the first person to become alive again, to proclaim [the message that would be like] light, [that he would save] both [his own Jewish] people and non-Jewish people.”
24 In ko se je tako zagovarjal, je Fest z močnim glasom rekel: »Pavel, izgubil si pamet. Mnogo učenja te je naredilo norega.«
Before Paul could say anything [further] to defend himself, Festus shouted: “Paul, you are crazy! You have studied too much, and it has made you insane!”
25 Vendar je ta odvrnil: »Nisem zmešan, najplemenitejši Fest, temveč govorim besede resnice in treznosti.
But Paul answered, “Your Excellency, Festus, I am not raving [insanely]. On the contrary, what I am saying is true and sensible!
26 Kajti kralj, pred katerim tudi sam pogumno govorim, ve o teh stvareh, kajti prepričan sem, da nobena teh stvari pred njim ni skrita, kajti ta stvar se ni zgodila v zakotju.
King Agrippa knows the things [that I have been talking about], and I can speak confidently to him [about them]. I am sure that he knows [LIT] these things, because people everywhere [IDM] have heard [LIT] about what happened [to Jesus].”
27 Kralj Agripa, verjameš prerokom? Vem, da verjameš.«
Then Paul asked, “King Agrippa, do you believe [what] the prophets [wrote]? I know that you [(sg)] believe it.”
28 Potem je Agripa rekel Pavlu: »Skoraj me pregovoriš, da postanem kristjan.«
Then Agrippa [answered] Paul, “([I hope that you(sg)] do not think that by the few things [that you have just now said] you can persuade me to become a Christian!/You do not think, [do you], that by the few things [that you have just now said] you can persuade me to become a Christian?)” [RHQ]
29 In Pavel je rekel: »Bog daj, da ne bi bil samo ti, temveč tudi vsi, ki so me danes slišali, tako skoraj, kakor povsem tako kakor jaz, toda brez teh vezi.«
Paul replied, “Whether it takes a short time or a long time, it does not matter. I pray to God that you and also all of the others who are listening to me today will also [believe in Jesus] like I do, but I do not want you to become prisoners [MTY] [like I am].”
30 In ko je tako govoril, so vstali kralj in voditelj in Bereníka in vsi, ki so sedeli z njimi.
Then the king, the governor, Bernice, and all the others got up
31 In ko so odšli proč, so se med seboj pogovarjali, rekoč: »Ta človek ne dela nič vrednega smrti ali ujetništva.«
and left [the room. While] they were talking to one another they said to each other, “There is no reason why (the authorities/we) should execute this man, or that he should even be kept in prison [MTY].”
32 Potem je Agripa rekel Festu: »Tega človeka bi lahko izpustili na prostost, če se ne bi skliceval na cesarja.«
Agrippa said to Festus, “If this man had not asked that the Emperor judge him, he could have been released {[we(inc)] could have released him}.”
