Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
Potem je Agripa rekel Pavlu: »Dovoljeno ti je, da se zagovarjaš.« Nató je Pavel iztegnil svojo roko in se zagovarjal:
2 “I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you today concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,
»Imam se za srečnega, kralj Agripa, ker se bom danes pred teboj zagovarjal gledé vseh stvari, katere me Judje obtožujejo,
3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
še posebej, ker te poznam, da si poznavalec vseh običajev in vprašanj, ki so med Judi, te zaradi tega rotim, da me potrpežljivo poslušaš.
4 “Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;
Moj življenjski slog od moje mladosti, ki je bila najprej med mojim lastnim narodom v Jeruzalemu, poznajo vsi Judje,
5 having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
ki so me poznali od začetka, če bi [le] želeli pričevati, da sem po najstrožji ločini našega bogoslužja živel kot farizej.
6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
In sedaj stojim in sem sojen zaradi upanja o od Boga dani obljubi našim očetom.
7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
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.
8 Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
Zakaj bi vam bila neverjetna misel, da bi Bog obujal mrtve?
9 “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Jaz sem sam pri sebi resnično mislil, da moram mnoge stvari narediti nasprotno imenu Jezusa Nazarečana.
10 I also did this in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
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.
11 Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
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.
12 “Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
Nakar, ko sem odšel v Damask, z oblastjo in pooblastilom od visokih duhovnikov,
13 at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.
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.
14 When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
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.‹
15 “I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
In rekel sem: ›Kdo si ti, Gospod?‹ In rekel je: ›Jaz sem Jezus, ki ga ti preganjaš.
16 But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will reveal to you;
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,
17 delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
in te reševal pred ljudmi ter pred pogani, h katerim te sedaj pošiljam,
18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
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.‹
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
Nakar, oh kralj Agripa, nisem bil neposlušen nebeškemu videnju,
20 but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
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.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Zaradi teh razlogov so me v templju Judje zgrabili in me poskušali ubiti.
22 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
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,
23 how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”
da naj bi Kristus trpel in da naj bi bil on prvi, ki bi vstal od mrtvih in bi naznanil svetlobo ljudem ter poganom.«
24 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
In ko se je tako zagovarjal, je Fest z močnim glasom rekel: »Pavel, izgubil si pamet. Mnogo učenja te je naredilo norega.«
25 But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
Vendar je ta odvrnil: »Nisem zmešan, najplemenitejši Fest, temveč govorim besede resnice in treznosti.
26 For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.
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.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
Kralj Agripa, verjameš prerokom? Vem, da verjameš.«
28 Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
Potem je Agripa rekel Pavlu: »Skoraj me pregovoriš, da postanem kristjan.«
29 Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me today, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.”
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.«
30 The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
In ko je tako govoril, so vstali kralj in voditelj in Bereníka in vsi, ki so sedeli z njimi.
31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
In ko so odšli proč, so se med seboj pogovarjali, rekoč: »Ta človek ne dela nič vrednega smrti ali ujetništva.«
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Potem je Agripa rekel Festu: »Tega človeka bi lahko izpustili na prostost, če se ne bi skliceval na cesarja.«
