Acts 23
1 And Paul behelde earnestly the Councill, and sayde, Men and brethren, I haue in all good conscience serued God vntill this day.
E, pondo Paulo os olhos no conselho, disse: Varões irmãos, até ao dia de hoje tenho andado diante de Deus com toda a boa consciencia.
2 Then the hie Priest Ananias commanded them that stood by, to smite him on the mouth.
Porém o summo sacerdote, Ananias, mandou então aos que estavam junto d'elle que o ferissem na bocca.
3 Then sayd Paul to him, God will smite thee, thou whited wall: for thou sittest to iudge me according to the Lawe, and transgressing the Lawe, commaundest thou me to be smitten?
Então Paulo lhe disse: Deus te ferirá, parede branqueada: tu estás aqui assentado para julgar-me conforme a lei, e contra a lei me mandas ferir?
4 And they that stood by, sayd, Reuilest thou Gods hie Priest?
E os que ali estavam disseram: Injurias o summo sacerdote de Deus?
5 Then sayd Paul, I knewe not, brethren, that he was the hie Priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speake euill of the ruler of thy people.
E Paulo disse: Não sabia, irmãos, que era o summo sacerdote; porque está escripto: Não dirás mal do principe do teu povo
6 But when Paul perceiued that the one part were of the Sadduces, and the other of the Pharises, hee cried in the Council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharise, the sonne of a Pharise: I am accused of the hope and resurrection of the dead.
E Paulo, sabendo que uma parte era de sadduceos e outra de phariseos, clamou no conselho: Varões irmãos, eu sou phariseo, filho de phariseo, no tocante á esperança e resurreição dos mortos sou julgado.
7 And when hee had saide this, there was a dissension betweene the Pharises and the Sadduces, so that the multitude was deuided.
E, havendo dito isto, houve dissensão entre os phariseos e sadduceos; e a multidão se dividiu.
8 For the Sadduces say that there is no resurrection, neither Angel, nor spirit: but the Pharises confesse both.
Porque os sadduceos dizem que não ha resurreição, nem anjo, nem espirito; mas os phariseos confessam ambas as coisas.
9 Then there was a great crye: and the Scribes of the Pharises part rose vp, and stroue, saying, Wee finde none euill in this man: but if a spirit or an Angel hath spoken to him, let vs not fight against God.
E originou-se um grande clamor; e, levantando-se os escribas da parte dos phariseos, contendiam, dizendo: Nenhum mal achamos n'este homem, e, se algum espirito ou anjo lhe fallou, não resistamos a Deus.
10 And when there was a great dissension, the chiefe captaine, fearing lest Paul should haue bene pulled in pieces of them, commanded the souldiers to go downe, and take him from among them, and to bring him into the castel.
E, havendo grande dissensão, o tribuno, temendo que Paulo fosse despedaçado por elles, mandou descer a soldadesca, e arrebatal-o do meio d'elles, e leval-o para a fortaleza.
11 Nowe the night folowing, the Lord stoode by him, and saide, Be of good courage, Paul: for as thou hast testified of mee in Hierusalem, so must thou beare witnesse also at Rome.
E na noite seguinte, apresentando-se-lhe o Senhor, disse: Paulo, tem animo: porque, como de mim testificaste em Jerusalem, assim te importa testificar tambem em Roma.
12 And when the day was come, certaine of the Iewes made an assemblie, and bounde themselues with a curse, saying, that they woulde neither eate nor drinke, till they had killed Paul.
E, vindo o dia, alguns dos judeos fizeram uma conspiração, e se conjuraram, dizendo que não comeriam nem beberiam, emquanto não matassem a Paulo.
13 And they were more then fourtie, which had made this conspiracie.
E eram mais de quarenta os que fizeram esta conjuração.
14 And they came to the chiefe Priestes and Elders, and said, We haue bound our selues with a solemne curse, that wee will eate nothing, vntill we haue slaine Paul.
Os quaes foram aos principaes dos sacerdotes e aos anciãos, e disseram: Conjurámo-nos, sob pena de maldição, que nada provaremos, até que matemos a Paulo.
15 Nowe therefore, ye and the Council signifie to the chiefe captaine, that hee bring him foorth vnto you to morow: as though you would know some thing more perfectly of him, and we, or euer he come neere, will be readie to kill him.
Agora, pois, vós, com o conselho, fazei saber ao tribuno que vol-o traga ámanhã, como que querendo saber mais alguma coisa de seus negocios, e, antes que chegue, estaremos promptos para o matar.
16 But when Pauls sisters sonne heard of their laying awaite, he went, and entred into the castel, and tolde Paul.
E o filho da irmã de Paulo, ouvindo estas ciladas, foi, e entrou na fortaleza, e o annunciou a Paulo.
17 And Paul called one of the Centurions vnto him, and said, Take this yong man hence vnto the chiefe captaine: for he hath a certaine thing to shewe him.
E Paulo, chamando a si um dos centuriões, disse: Leva este mancebo ao tribuno, porque tem alguma coisa que lhe communicar.
18 So hee tooke him, and brought him to the chiefe captaine, and saide, Paul the prisoner called mee vnto him, and prayed mee to bring this yong man vnto thee, which hath some thing to say vnto thee.
Tomando-o elle, pois, o levou ao tribuno, e disse: O preso Paulo, chamando-me a si, me rogou que te trouxesse este mancebo, que tem alguma coisa que dizer-te.
19 Then the chiefe captaine tooke him by the hande, and went apart with him alone, and asked him, What hast thou to shewe me?
E o tribuno, tomando-o pela mão, e pondo-se á parte perguntou-lhe em particular: Que tens que me denunciar?
20 And he saide, The Iewes haue conspired to desire thee, that thou wouldest bring foorth Paul to morow into the Council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly:
E disse elle: Os judeos se concertaram rogar-te que ámanhã leves Paulo ao conselho, como que tendo a inquirir d'elle mais alguma coisa ao certo:
21 But let them not perswade thee: for there lie in waite for him of them, more then fourtie men, which haue bound themselues with a curse, that they will neither eate nor drinke, till they haue killed him: and nowe are they readie, and waite for thy promise.
Porém tu não os creias; porque mais de quarenta homens d'entre elles lhe andam armando ciladas: os quaes se obrigaram, sob pena de maldição, a não comerem nem beberem, até que o tenham morto: e já estão apercebidos, esperando a tua promessa.
22 The chiefe captaine then let the yong man depart, after hee had charged him to vtter it to no man, that he had shewed him these things.
Então o tribuno despediu o mancebo, mandando-lhe que a ninguem dissesse que lhe havia manifestado aquillo.
23 And he called vnto him two certaine Centurions, saying, Make readie two hundred souldiers, that they may go to Cæsarea, and horsemen three score and ten, and two hundred with dartes, at the thirde houre of the night.
E, chamando a si dois centuriões, lhes disse: Apromptae para as tres horas da noite duzentos soldados, e setenta de cavallo, e duzentos archeiros para irem até Cesarea;
24 And let them make readie an horse, that Paul being set on, may be brought safe vnto Felix the Gouernour.
E apparelhae cavalgaduras, para que, pondo n'ellas a Paulo, o levem a salvo ao presidente Felix.
25 And he wrote an epistle in this maner:
Escreveu uma carta, que continha isto:
26 Claudius Lysias vnto the most noble Gouernour Felix sendeth greeting.
Claudio Lysias, a Felix, potentissimo presidente, saude.
27 As this man was taken of the Iewes, and shoulde haue bene killed of them, I came vpon them with the garison, and rescued him, perceiuing that he was a Romane.
Esse homem foi preso pelos judeos; e, estando já a ponto de ser morto por elles, sobrevim eu com a soldadesca, e lh'o tomei, informado de que era romano.
28 And when I would haue knowen the cause, wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their Council.
E, querendo saber a causa por que o accusavam, o levei ao seu conselho.
29 There I perceiued that hee was accused of questions of their Lawe, but had no crime worthy of death, or of bondes.
E achei que o accusavam de algumas questões da sua lei: mas que nenhum crime havia n'elle digno de morte ou de prisão.
30 And when it was shewed me, how that the Iewes layd waite for the man, I sent him straightway to thee, and commanded his accusers to speake before thee the thinges that they had against him. Farewell.
E, sendo-me notificado que os judeos haviam de armar ciladas a esse homem, logo t'o enviei, mandando tambem aos accusadores que perante ti digam o que tiverem contra elle. Passa bem.
31 Then the souldiers as it was commanded them, tooke Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
Tomando pois os soldados a Paulo, como lhe fôra mandado, o trouxeram de noite a Antipatris.
32 And the next day, they left the horsemen to goe with him, and returned vnto the Castel.
E no dia seguinte, deixando aos de cavallo irem com elle, tornaram á fortaleza.
33 Now when they came to Cæsarea, they deliuered the epistle to the Gouernour, and presented Paul also vnto him.
Os quaes, logo que chegaram a Cesarea, e entregaram a carta ao presidente, lhe apresentaram Paulo.
34 So when the Gouernour had read it, hee asked of what prouince he was: and when he vnderstoode that he was of Cilicia,
E o presidente, lida a carta, perguntou de que provincia era; e, entendendo que da Cilicia,
35 I will heare thee, said he, when thine accusers also are come, and commanded him to bee kept in Herods iudgement hall.
Ouvir-te-hei, disse, quando tambem aqui vierem os teus accusadores. E mandou que o guardassem no pretorio de Herodes.
