Acts 22
1 “Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”
Ljudi, braæo i ocevi! èujte sad moj odgovor k vama.
2 When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,
A kad èuše da im Jevrejskijem jezikom progovori, još veæa tišina posta. I reèe:
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.
Ja sam èovjek Jevrejin, koji sam roðen u Tarsu Kilikijskome, i odgajen u ovome gradu kod nogu Gamaliilovijeh, nauèen upravo otaèkom zakonu, i bijah revnitelj Božij kao što ste vi svi danas.
4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,
Ja ovaj put gonih do same smrti, vežuæi i predajuæi u tamnicu i ljude i 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.
Kao što mi svjedoèi i poglavar sveštenièki i sve starješine; od kojijeh i poslanice primih na braæu koja žive u Damasku; i iðah da dovedem one što bijahu onamo svezane u Jerusalim da se muèe.
6 “As I made my journey and came close to Damascus, about noon suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky.
A kad iðah i približih se k Damasku, dogodi mi se oko podne da me ujedanput obasja velika svjetlost s neba.
7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
I padoh na zemlju, i èuh glas, koji mi govori: Savle! Savle! zašto me goniš?
8 I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’
A ja odgovorih: ko si ti, Gospode? A on mi reèe: ja sam Isus Nazareæanin, kojega ti goniš.
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.
A koji bijahu sa mnom vidješe svjetlost i uplašiše se; ali ne èuše glasa koji mi govoraše.
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.’
A ja rekoh: šta æu èiniti, Gospode? A Gospod mi reèe: ustani i idi u Damask, i tamo æe ti se kazati za sve šta ti je odreðeno da èiniš.
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.
I kad obnevidjeh od silne svjetlosti one, voðahu me za ruku oni koji bijahu sa mnom, i doðoh u Damask.
12 “One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,
A neki Ananija èovjek pobožan po zakonu, posvjedoèen od sviju Jevreja koji žive u Damasku,
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.
Došavši k meni stade i reèe mi: Savle brate! progledaj. I ja u taj èas pogledah 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.
A on mi reèe: Bog otaca našijeh izabra te da poznaš volju njegovu, i da vidiš pravednika, i da èuješ glas iz usta njegovijeh:
15 For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.
Da mu budeš svjedok pred svijem ljudima za ovo što si vidio i èuo.
16 Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’
I sad šta oklijevaš? Ustani i krsti se, i operi se od grijeha svojijeh, prizvavši ime Gospoda Isusa.
17 “When I had returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance
A dogodi se, kad se vratih u Jerusalim i moljah se u crkvi Bogu, da postadoh izvan sebe,
18 and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’
I vidjeh ga gdje mi govori: pohiti te iziði iz Jerusalima, jer neæe primiti svjedoèanstva tvojega za mene.
19 I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
I ja rekoh: Gospode! sami znadu da sam ja metao u tamnice i bio po zbornicama one koji te vjeruju.
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.’
I kad se proljevaše krv Stefana svjedoka tvojega, i ja stajah i pristajah na smrt njegovu, i èuvah haljine onijeh koji ga ubijahu.
21 “He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”
I reèe mi: idi; jer æu ja daleko da te pošljem u neznabošce.
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!”
A oni ga slušahu do ove rijeèi, pa podigoše glas svoj govoreæi: uzmi sa zemlje takovoga; jer ne treba da živi.
23 As they cried out, threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,
A kad oni vikahu i zbacivahu haljine i bacahu prah u nebo,
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.
Zapovjedi vojvoda da ga odvedu u oko, i reèe da ga bojem ispitaju da dozna za kakvu krivicu tako vikahu na nj.
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?”
I kad ga pritegoše uzicama, reèe Pavle kapetanu, koji stajaše ondje: zar vi možete biti èovjeka Rimljanina, i još bez suda?
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!”
A kad èu kapetan, pristupi k vojvodi, i kaza govoreæi: gledaj šta æeš èiniti; jer je ovaj èovjek Rimljanin.
27 The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.”
A vojvoda pristupivši reèe mu: kaži mi jesi li ti Rimljanin? A on reèe: da.
28 The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.”
A vojvoda odgovori: ja sam za veliku cijenu ime ovoga graðanstva dobio. A Pavle reèe: a ja sam se i rodio s njime.
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.
Onda otstupiše odmah od njega oni što šæadijahu da ga ispituju; a vojvoda se uplaši kad razumje da je Rimljanin i što ga bješe svezao.
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.
A sjutradan, želeæi doznati istinu zašto ga tuže Jevreji, pusti ga iz okova, i zapovjedi da doðu glavari sveštenièki i sav sabor njihov; i svedavši Pavla postavi ga pred njima.
