Acts 22

1 “Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”

Možjé bratje in očetje! čujte sedaj moj odgovor k vam.

2 When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,

(Ko so pa slišali, da jim v Hebrejskem jeziku govorí, bili so še bolj tiho.) In reče:

3 “I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are today.

Jaz sem mož Jud, rojen v Tarsu Cilicijskem, odgojen pa v tem mestu pri nogah Gamalijelovih, podučen na tanko v očetovskej postavi, vnet za Boga, kakor ste vsi vi danes.

4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,

Jaz sem preganjal ta pot noter do smrti, vežoč in izdajoč v ječe možé in žene,

5 as also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

Kakor mi tudi véliki duhoven priča, in vse starešinstvo; od kterih sem tudi pisem prejel do bratov in sem šel v Damask, da bi pripeljal tudi tiste, kteri so tam bili, zvezane v Jeruzalem, da bi se mučili.

6 “As I made my journey and came close to Damascus, about noon suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky.

Zgodí pa se, ko sem šel in sem se bližál Damasku, okoli poldneva, da me nagloma obsije velika svetloba z neba;

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

In padel sem na tla, in slišal sem glas, da mi pravi: Savel, Savel! kaj me preganjaš?

8 I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’

Jaz sem pa odgovoril: Kdo si, Gospod? In reče mi: Jaz sem Jezus Nazarečan, kterega ti preganjaš.

9 “Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me.

Tisti pa, kteri so bili z menoj, videli so sicer svetlobo, in uplašili so se; ali glasú niso slišali, kteri mi je govoril.

10 I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.’

In rekel sem: Kaj naj storim, Gospod? A Gospod mi reče: Vstani in pojdi v Damask; in tam ti se bo povedalo vse, kar ti je odločeno, da storiš.

11 When I couldn’t see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

Ko pa nisem videl od bliščeče te svetlobe, peljali so me za roko, kteri so bili z menoj, in prišel sem v Damask.

12 “One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

Neki Ananija pa, človek pobožen po postavi, kteri ima pričevanje od vseh Judov, kteri tam prebivajo,

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

Pride k meni, in vstopivši se, reče mi: Savel brat, spreglej! In jaz sem še tisti čas pogledal na-nj.

14 He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

On pa reče: Bog očetov naših te je izvolil, da spoznaj voljo njegovo, in vidiš pravičnega, in slišiš glas iz ust njegovih;

15 For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

Kajti boš mu priča pri vseh ljudéh tega, kar si videl in slišal.

16 Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

In sedaj, kaj se obotavljaš? Vstani, in krsti se, in operi grehe svoje, poklicavši ime Gospodovo.

17 “When I had returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance

Zgodí se pa, ko sem se bil vrnil v Jeruzalem, in sem v tempeljnu molil, da sem se zamaknil,

18 and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’

In videl sem ga, in rekel mi je: Pohiti in izidi naglo iz Jeruzalema, ker ne bodo sprejeli pričevanja tvojega za-me.

19 I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

In jaz sem rekel: Gospod! sami vedó, da sem jaz zapiral in bíl po shajališčih té, kteri so verovali v tebe;

20 When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’

In ko se je prelivala kri Štefana pričevalca tvojega, tudi jaz sem stal zraven, in privolil sem na smrt njegovo, in varoval sem oblačila tistih, kteri so ga pobijali.

21 “He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”

In reče mi: Pojdi; kajti jaz te bom daleč poslal med pogane.

22 They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!”

In poslušali so ga do te besede, ter povzdignejo glas svoj, govoreč: Vzemi z zemlje takošnega; ker ni prav, da živí.

23 As they cried out, threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,

Ko so pa kričali, in metali oblačila, in prah lučali k višku,

24 the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.

Ukaže ga jezernik v grad odpeljati, rekši, naj ga z biči iztezajo, da bi zvedel, za kakošno krivico tako vpijejo nad njim.

25 When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”

Ko so ga pa z jermeni pritegnili, reče Pavel stotniku, kteri je tam stal: Smete li človeka Rimljana, in neobsojenega bičati?

26 When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!”

Slišavši pa to stotnik, pristopi in sporočí jezerniku, govoreč: Glej, kaj boš storil; kajti ta človek je Rimljan.

27 The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.”

Pristopivši pa jezernik, reče mu: Povej mi, če si ti Rimljan? On pa reče: Dà.

28 The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.”

In jezernik odgovorí: Jaz sem za veliko denarja to državljanstvo pridobil. A Pavel reče: Jaz sem se pa tudi rodil.

29 Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him.

Tedaj so precej odstopili od njega, kteri so ga imeli tezati; pa tudi jezernik se je bal, ko je zvedel, da je Rimljan, in da ga je bil zvezal.

30 But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

Drugi dan pa, ker je hotel za gotovo zvedeti, za kaj ga Judje tožijo, razveže ga od vezî, in ukaže priti velikemu duhovnu in vsemu zboru njihovemu; in pripeljavši Pavla dol, postavi ga pred-nje.