Acts 22

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

兄弟にして父たる人々よ、我が汝等に述べんとする事由を聞け、と。

2 When the crowd heard Paul speak to them in the Hebrew language, they became quiet. He said,

人々彼がヘブレオ語にて語るを聞きて一層沈黙せり。

3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but educated in this city at the feet of Gamaliel. I was instructed according to the strict ways of the law of our fathers. I am zealous for God, just as all of you are today.

斯てパウロ言ひけるは、我はユデア人にして、シリシアのタルソに生れ、此市中に育てられ、先祖の律法の眞理に從ひてガマリエルの足下に教へられ、律法の為に奮励せしは、恰も今日汝等一同の為せる如くなりき。

4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding up and delivering them to prison both men and women,

我が男女を縛り且拘留して、死に至らしむるまで此道を迫害せしは、

5 as the high priest and all the elders can bear witness. I received letters from them for the brothers in Damascus, and went there to bring them back in bonds to Jerusalem in order for them to be punished.

司祭長及び長老會が我に就きて證明せるが如し。我又彼等より兄弟等に宛てたる書簡を受け、人々を縛りてエルザレムに牽き、刑を受けしめんとてダマスコへ往きつつありしに、

6 It happened that when I was traveling and nearing Damascus, about noon suddenly a great light from heaven began to shine around me.

ダマスコに近づかんとする途中、日中に忽ち大いなる光ありて我を圍照せり。

7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

然て地に倒れて、サウロよ、サウロよ、何故に我を迫害するぞ、と我に謂へる聲を聞き、

8 I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.'

主よ、汝は誰ぞ、と答へしに、我は汝が迫害せるナザレトのイエズスなり、と謂はれたり。

9 Those who were with me saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who spoke to me.

伴侶なる人々は光を見たれど、我に語れる者の聲をば聞分けざりき。

10 I said, 'What should I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Arise and go into Damascus; there you will be told everything that you must do.'

然て我、主よ、何を為すべきぞ、と云ひたるに主曰はく、立ちてダマスコに往け、総て汝の為に定りたる事は其處にて言はるべし、と。

11 I could not see because of that light's brightness, and being led by the hands of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

斯て我は彼光の輝の為に目見えざれば、伴侶の人に手を引かれてダマスコに至れり。

12 There I met a man named Ananias, a devout man according to the law and well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there.

然るにアナニアとて、律法を遵奉し敬虔にして、當地に住めるユデア人一般に好評ある人、

13 He came to me, stood by me, and said, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight.' In that very hour I saw him.

我許に來り側に立ちて、兄弟サウロ、見よ、と言ひしかば我即時に之を見たり。

14 Then he said, 'The God of our fathers has chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the voice coming from his own mouth.

彼又言ひけるは、我等の先祖の神は、汝をして御旨を知り、義なる者を見、其口づから聲を聞かしめん事を豫定し給へり。

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

其は汝見聞せし事に就きて、萬民に彼が證人たるべければなり。

16 Now why are you waiting? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.'

今は何をか躊躇ふぞや、立ちて洗せられよ、御名を頼みて汝の罪を滌去れ、と。

17 After I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, it happened that I was given a vision.

斯て我エルザレムに返り、神殿にて祈れる折、氣を奪はるる如くになりて、

18 I saw him say to me, 'Hurry and leave Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.'

主を見奉りしが、主我に向ひて、急げ、早くエルザレムを出でよ、其は人々我に関する汝の證明を承容れざるべければなり、と曰へり。

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

其時我、主よ、我が曾て主を信ずる人々を監獄に閉籠め、之を諸會堂にて鞭ちし事、

20 When the blood of Stephen your witness was spilled, I also was standing by and agreeing, and I was guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.'

又主の證人ステファノの血の流されし時に立會ひ、且賛成して之を殺す人々の上衣を守りたりし事は、彼等の知る所なり、と言ひたるに、

21 But he said to me, 'Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'”

主我に曰ひけるは、往け、汝を遠く異邦人に遣はすべし、と。

22 They listened to him until he said this. Then they shouted and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth, for it is not right that he should live.”

人々此言まで聴きけるが、是に至りて聲張揚げ、斯る者を地上より取除けよ、活くるに足らず、と謂ひて、

23 As they were shouting, throwing off their cloaks, and throwing dust into the air,

叫びつつ衣服を脱棄て、且空中に塵を投飛しければ、

24 the chief captain commanded Paul to be brought into the fortress. He ordered that he should be questioned with scourging, so that he himself might know why they were shouting against him like that.

千夫長命じてパウロを兵営に牽入れしめ、又人々が彼に對して斯くまでに叫ぶことの何故なるかを知らんとて、鞭たしめ拷問せしめんとせり。

25 When they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and who has not been put on trial?”

然れば人々革紐を以て縛りたるに、パウロ側に立てる百夫長に謂ひけるは、ロマ人にして而も宣告せられざる者を汝等が鞭つこと可きか、と。

26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the chief captain and told him, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”

百夫長之を聞きて千夫長に近づき、告げて、汝如何にせんとするぞ、此人はロマの公民なる者を、と云ひしかば、

27 The chief captain came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” Paul said, “Yes.”

千夫長近づきてパウロに謂ひけるは、我に告げよ、汝はロマ人なりや、と。パウロ、然り、と云ひしに、

28 The chief captain answered, “It was only with a large amount of money that I acquired citizenship.” But Paul said, “I was born a Roman citizen.”

千夫長、我は大金を以て此公民権を得たり、と答へしかばパウロ、我は尚生れながらにして然り、と云へり。

29 Then the men who were going to question him left him immediately. The chief captain also was afraid, when he learned that Paul was a Roman citizen, because he had tied him up.

是に於て拷問せんとせし人々忽ち立去り、千夫長も亦、其ロマ公民たる事を知りて後は、之を縛りたるが為に懼れたり。

30 On the next day, the chief captain wanted to know the truth about the Jews' accusations against Paul. So he untied his bonds and ordered the chief priests and all the council to meet. Then he brought Paul down and placed him in their midst.

第六項 パウロ衆議所に出頭しカイザリアへ護送せらる 翌日パウロがユデア人に訴へらるる所以を尚詳しく知らんとて、千夫長は其縲絏を釈き、命じて司祭等と全議會とを招集し、パウロを牽出して其前に立たしめたり。