Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
A Agripa reèe Pavlu: dopušta ti se da govoriš sam za se. Onda Pavle pruživši ruku odgovaraše:
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,
Za sreæu svoju držim, care Agripa! što se danas pred tobom odgovaram za sve što me potvoraju Jevreji,
3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
A najviše što znam da ti poznaješ sve Jevrejske obièaje i prepiranja. Zato te molim da me poslušaš milostivo.
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;
Moje dakle življenje od mladosti, koje je isprva bilo meðu narodom mojijem u Jerusalimu, znadu svi Jevreji.
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.
Kako me znadu isprva, ako hoæe posvjedoèiti, da po poznatoj jeresi naše vjere življeh farisejski.
6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
I sad stojim pred sudom za nadanje obeæanja koje Bog obreèe ocevima našijem,
7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
Kome se svi dvanaest koljena našijeh jednako dan i noæ služeæi nadaju da æe doæi. Za ovo nadanje optužen sam, care Agripa, od Jevreja.
8 Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
Šta? zar vi mislite da se ne može vjerovati da Bog mrtve podiže?
9 “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Tako i ja mišljah da mi valja mnoga zla èiniti protiv imena Isusa Nazareæanina,
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.
Kao što i uèinih u Jerusalimu; i mnoge od svetijeh ja zatvorah u tamnice, primivši vlast od glavara sveštenièkijeh; i kad ih ubijahu, pristajah na sud.
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.
I po svijem zbornicama muèeæi ih èesto, nagonjah da hule na Isusa; i odviše mrzeæi na njih gonjah ih tja i do tuðijeh gradova.
12 “Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
Za koje iduæi u Damask s vlašæu i zapoviješæu od glavara sveštenièkijeh,
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.
U podne, care, vidjeh na putu s neba svjetlost veæu od sijanja sunèanoga, koja obasja mene i one što iðahu sa mnom.
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.’
A kad mi svi padosmo na zemlju, èuh glas gdje govori meni i kazuje Jevrejskijem jezikom: Savle! Savle! zašto me goniš? Teško ti je protivu bodila praæati se.
15 “I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
A ja rekoh: ko si ti, Gospode? A on reèe: ja sam Isus, kojega ti goniš;
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;
Nego ustani i stani na noge svoje; jer ti se za to javih da te uèinim slugom i svjedokom ovome što si vidio i što æu ti pokazati,
17 delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
Izbavljajuæi te od naroda Jevrejskoga i od neznabožaca, kojima æu te poslati,
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 im otvoriš oèi da se obrate od tame k vidjelu i od oblasti sotonine k Bogu, da prime oproštenje grijeha i dostojanje meðu osveæenima vjerom mojom.
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
Zato, care Agripa! ne bih nepokoran nebeskoj utvari;
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.
Nego najprije onima koji su u Damasku i u Jerusalimu, potom i po svoj zemlji Jevrejskoj, i neznabošcima propovijedah da se pokaju, i da se obrate k Bogu èineæi djela dostojna pokajanja.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Zato me Jevreji uhvatiše u crkvi i šæahu da me raskinu.
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,
Ali dobivši pomoæ Božiju stojim do samoga ovog dana, i svjedoèim i malom i velikom, ne kazujuæi ništa osim što proroci kazaše da æe biti, i Mojsije:
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 æe Hristos postradati, i da æe biti prvi iz vaskrsenija mrtvijeh i propovijedati vidjelo narodu Jevrejskome i neznabošcima.
24 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
A kad on ovo odgovaraše, reèe Fist velikijem glasom: zar luduješ, Pavle? Mnoge te knjige izvode iz pameti.
25 But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
A on reèe: ne ludujem, èestiti Fiste, nego rijeèi istine i razuma kazujem.
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.
Jer za ovo zna car, kojemu i govorim slobodno; jer ne vjerujem da mu je što od ovoga nepoznato; jer ovo nije bilo u uglu.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
Vjeruješ li, care Agripa, prorocima? Znam da vjeruješ.
28 Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
A Agripa reèe Pavlu: još malo pa æeš me nagovoriti da budem hrišæanin.
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.”
A Pavle reèe: molio bih Boga i za malo i za mnogo da bi ne samo ti nego i svi koji me slušaju danas bili takovi kao i ja što sam, osim okova ovijeh.
30 The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
I kad on ovo reèe, usta car i sudija i Vernikija, i koji sjeðahu s njima,
31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
I otišavši razgovarahu se meðu sobom govoreæi: ovaj èovjek nije uèinio ništa što zaslužuje smrt ili okove.
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
A Agripa reèe Fistu: ovaj èovjek mogaše biti pušten da ne reèe da hoæe k æesaru. I tako sudija namisli da ga pošlje k æesaru.
