Acts 22

1 “Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I am about to make.”

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

2 When they heard that he was speaking to them in Hebrew, they were still more quiet; and Paul went on:

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

3 “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, but I was brought up in this city under the teaching of Gamaliel, and educated in accordance with the strict system of our ancestral Law. I was as zealous in God’s service as any of you who are here today.

»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.

4 In my persecution of this Way I did not stop even at the taking of life. I put in chains, and imprisoned, men and women alike –

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

5 And to that the high priest himself and all the council of elders can testify. For I had letters of introduction from them to our fellow Jews at Damascus, and I was on my way to that place, to bring those whom I might find there prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.

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.

6 While I was still on my way, just as I was getting close to Damascus, about midday, suddenly there flashed from the heavens a great light all around me.

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.

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 ter zaslišal glas, ki mi je rekel: ›Savel, Savel, zakaj me preganjaš?‹

8 ‘Who are you, Lord?’ I replied. Then the voice said ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth whom you are persecuting.’

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

9 The men with me saw the light, but did not hear the speaker’s voice.

In tisti, ki so bili z menoj, so zares videli svetlobo in so bili prestrašeni, toda niso slišali glasu tistega, ki mi je govoril.

10 Then I said ‘What am I to do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ The Lord said to me, ‘and there you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’

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.‹

11 In consequence of that dazzling light I could not see, but my companions held me by the hand, until I reached Damascus.

In ko zaradi slave te svetlobe nisem mogel videti, sem voden za roko teh, ki so bili z menoj, prišel v Damask.

12 There a man named Ananias, a strict observer of our Law, well spoken of by all the Jewish inhabitants, came to see me.

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

13 Standing close to me, he said ‘Saul, my brother, recover your sight.’ And then and there I recovered my sight and looked up at him.

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

14 Then he said ‘The God of our ancestors has appointed you to learn his will, and to see the righteous one, and to hear words from his lips;

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.

15 for you will be a witness for him to all the world of what you have just seen and heard.

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

16 And now why wait any longer, Be baptized at once, wash away your sins, and invoke his name.’

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

17 After my return to Jerusalem, while I was praying one day in the Temple, I fell into a trance,

In pripetilo se je, ko sem ponovno prišel v Jeruzalem, medtem ko sem molil v templju, da sem bil v zamaknjenju;

18 and saw Jesus saying to me ‘Make haste and leave Jerusalem at once, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

in videl sem njega, ki mi je rekel: ›Podvizaj se in pojdi hitro iz Jeruzalema, kajti ne bodo sprejeli tvojega pričevanja glede mene.‹

19 ‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘these people know that I used to imprison and scourge, in synagogue after synagogue, those who believed in you;

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

20 and, when the blood of your martyr, Stephen, was being shed, I was myself standing by, approving of his death, and took charge of the clothes of those who were murdering him.’

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.‹

21 But Jesus said to me ‘Go; for I will send you to the Gentiles far away’.”

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

22 Up to this point the people had been listening to Paul, but at these words they called out, “Kill him! A fellow like this ought not to have been allowed to live!”

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.«

23 As they were shouting, tearing off their clothes, and throwing dust in the air,

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

24 the commanding officer ordered Paul to be taken into the Fort, and directed that he should be examined under the lash so that he might find out the reason for their outcry against him.

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.

25 But just as they had tied him up to be scourged, Paul said to the centurion standing near, “Is it legal for you to scourge a Roman citizen, unconvicted?”

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?«

26 On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commanding officer. “Do you know what you are doing?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”

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

27 So the commanding officer went up to Paul and said, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” replied Paul.

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

28 “I had to pay a heavy price for my position as citizen,” said the officer. “I am one by birth,” rejoined Paul.

In vrhovni poveljnik je odgovoril: »Z velikim zneskom sem dosegel to svobodo.« Pavel pa je rekel: »Toda jaz sem bil rojen svoboden.«

29 The men who were to have examined Paul immediately drew back, and the officer, finding that Paul was a Roman citizen, was alarmed at having put him in chains.

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.

30 On the next day the commanding officer, wishing to find out the real reason why Paul was denounced by the Jewish leaders, had his chains taken off, and directed the chief priests and the whole of the High Council to assemble, and then took Paul down and brought him before them.

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.