使徒の働き 22
1 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。
Brethren, and Fathers, hear now my apology to you,
2 人々彼がヘブレオ語にて語るを聞きて一層沈黙せり。
---(and when they heard that he spake to them in the Hebrew dialect, they the more readily kept silence, and he said, )
3 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。
---I am indeed a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but educated in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, accurately instructed in the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as ye all are this day.
4 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、
And I persecuted those of this persuasion even unto death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
5 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、
As the high priest is my witness, and all the elders: from whom I received letters to our brethren, and went to Damascus to bring those also, that were there, bound to Jerusalem, to be punished.
6 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。
And it came to pass that as I was on my journey and drew nigh to Damascus, about mid-day, on a sudden a great light from heaven shone round about me:
7 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、
and I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
8 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。
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And He said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
9 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。
And they that were with me saw the light indeed, and were affrighted; but they did not hear the voice of Him that spake to me.
10 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。
And I said, Lord, what shall I do? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go on to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee concerning all things which are appointed for thee to do.
11 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。
And as I could not see by reason of the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those that were with me, I came to Damascus.
12 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、
And one Ananias, a devout observer of the law, who had a good character from all the Jews that dwelt there,
13 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。
came to me, and stood by me, and said, Brother Saul, look up: and I immediately looked up upon him.
14 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。
And he said, The God of our Fathers hath before appointed thee to know his will, and to see the just One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
15 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。
For thou shalt be his witness unto all men, of what thou hast seen and heard.
16 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。
And now why shouldst thou delay? Arise and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.
17 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、
And when I was returned to Jerusalem, and was praying in the temple, I was in a trance.
18 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。
And I saw Him saying unto me, Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
19 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、
And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and scourged in the synagogues them that believed on Thee.
20 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、
And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also stood by and consented to his death, and kept the clothes of them that slew him.
21 主我に曰ひけるは、往け、汝を遠く異邦人に遣はすべし、と。
But he said unto me, Go away; for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.---
22 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、
And they heard him to this word, and then they exalted their voice, saying, Away with such a fellow from the earth; for it is not fit that he should live.
23 叫びつつ衣服を脱棄て、且空中に塵を投飛しければ、
And as they were bawling out, and throwing off their clothes, and casting up dust into the air,
24 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。
the tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle, and ordered him to be put to the question by scourging; that he might know for what reason they so cried out against him.
25 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。
And as they were binding him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, uncondemned?
26 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、
And the centurion hearing this, went and told the tribune, saying, Consider what thou art about to do; for this man is a Roman.
27 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、
Then the tribune came and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes.
28 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。
And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born.
29 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。
Immediately therefore those who were going to put him to the question quitted him: and the tribune also was afraid, when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
30 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。
And on the morrow, desiring to know for certain what he was accused of by the Jews, he loosed him from his bonds, and ordered the chief priests and all their council to attend; and he brought down Paul, and set him before them:
