Actuum Apostolorum 26

1 Agrippa vero ad Paulum ait: Permittitur tibi loqui pro temetipso. Tunc Paulus extenta manu coepit rationem reddere.

And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul, having stretched forth his hand, made a defense.

2 De omnibus, quibus accusor a Iudaeis, rex Agrippa, aestimo me beatum apud te, cum sim defensurus me hodie,

Concerning all things of which I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself blessed, being about to make my defense before thee today.

3 maxime te sciente omnia, et quae apud Iudaeos sunt consuetudines, et quaestiones: propter quod obsecro patienter me audias.

Especially thee, being an expert of all things regarding Jews, both habits and issues. Therefore I beg thee to hear me patiently.

4 Et quidem vitam meam a iuventute, quae ab initio fuit in gente mea in Ierosolymis, noverunt omnes Iudaei:

Indeed therefore, my manner of life from youth, having developed from the beginning among my nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know,

5 praescientes me ab initio (si velint testimonium perhibere) quoniam secundum certissimam sectam nostrae religionis vixi Pharisaeus.

having known me previously from the beginning, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

6 Et nunc in spe, quae ad patres nostros repromissionis facta est a Deo, sto iudicio subiectus:

And now for the hope of the promise made by God to the fathers, I stand being judged,

7 in quam duodecim tribus nostrae nocte ac die deservientes, sperant devenire. De qua spe accusor a Iudaeis, rex.

to which our twelve tribes, serving in earnestness night and day, hope to attain, about which hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews!

8 Quid incredibile iudicatur apud vos, si Deus mortuos suscitat?

Why is it judged incredible with you, if God raises the dead?

9 Et ego quidem existimaveram, me adversus nomen Iesu Nazareni debere multa contraria agere.

Indeed therefore I thought it necessary for myself to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene,

10 quod et feci Ierosolymis, et multos sanctorum ego in carceribus inclusi, a principibus sacerdotum potestate accepta: et cum occiderentur, detuli sententiam.

which also I did at Jerusalem. And I locked up many of the sanctified in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests. And when they were killed, I gave a vote against them.

11 Et per omnes synagogas frequenter puniens eos, compellebam blasphemare: et amplius insaniens in eos, persequebar usque in exteras civitates.

And punishing them often at all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And being extraordinarily furious toward them, I persecuted them even as far as to outside cities.

12 In quibus dum irem Damascum cum potestate, et permissu principum sacerdotum,

And during which, while going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

13 die media in via, vidi, rex, de caelo supra splendorem solis circumfulsisse me lumen, et eos, qui mecum simul erant.

at midday, O king, I saw on the road a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, which shone around me and those who went with me.

14 Omnesque nos cum decidissemus in terram, audivi vocem loquentem mihi Hebraica lingua: Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris? durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.

And when we all fell to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do thou persecute me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.

15 Ego autem dixi: Quis es Domine? Dominus autem dixit: Ego sum Iesus, quem tu persequeris.

And I said, Who are thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecute.

16 Sed exurge, et sta super pedes tuos: ad hoc enim apparui tibi, ut constituam te ministrum, et testem eorum, quae vidisti, et eorum, quibus apparebo tibi,

But arise, and stand upon thy feet, for I appeared to thee for this, to appoint thee an assistant and a witness both of things that thou saw, and of the things that I will make visible to thee,

17 eripiens te de populis, et gentibus, in quas nunc ego mitto te,

delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send thee,

18 aperire oculos eorum, ut convertantur a tenebris ad lucem, et de potestate satanae ad Deum, ut accipiant remissionem peccatorum, et sortem inter sanctos per fidem, quae est in me.

to open their eyes to turn about from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, for them to receive remission of sins and a lot among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.

19 Unde rex Agrippa, non fui incredulus caelesti visioni:

Whereupon, King Agrippa, I did not become disobedient to the heavenly vision,

20 sed his, qui sunt Damasci primum, et Ierosolymis, et in omnem regionem Iudaeae, et Gentibus annunciabam, ut poenitentiam agerent, et converterentur ad Deum, digna poenitentiae opera facientes.

but declaring first to those at Damascus and then at Jerusalem, and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, to repent and return to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

21 Hac ex causa me Iudaei, cum essem in templo, comprehensum tentabant interficere.

Because of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, tried to grasp and kill me.

22 Auxilio autem adiutus Dei usque in hodiernum diem sto, testificans minori, atque maiori, nihil extra dicens quam ea, quae Prophetae locuti sunt futura esse, et Moyses,

Having therefore experienced the help from God, I stand to this day solemnly declaring both to small and great, saying nothing apart from what both the prophets and Moses said was going to happen,

23 si passibilis Christus, si primus ex resurrectione mortuorum, lumen annunciaturus est populo, et Gentibus.

that the suffering Christ, since first from a resurrection of the dead, is going to proclaim light to our people and to the nations.

24 Haec loquente eo, et rationem reddente, Festus magna voce dixit: Insanis Paule: multae te litterae ad insaniam convertunt.

And while he made a defense by these things, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, thou are mad. Much scholarship is driving thee into madness.

25 Et Paulus: Non insanio (inquit) optime Feste, sed veritatis, et sobrietatis verba loquor.

But Paul says, I am not mad, eminent Festus, but I speak forth sayings of truth and soberness.

26 Scit enim de his rex, ad quem et constanter loquor: latere enim eum nihil horum arbitror. Neque enim in angulo quidquam horum gestum est.

For the king knows about these things, before whom I also speak boldly. For I am convinced not any of these things, nothing, to be hidden from him. For this was not done in a corner.

27 Credis rex Agrippa prophetis? Scio quia credis.

King Agrippa, do thou believe the prophets? I know that thou believe.

28 Agrippa autem ad Paulum: In modico suades me Christianum fieri.

And Agrippa said to Paul, By a little thou persuade me to become a Christian.

29 Et Paulus: Opto apud Deum, et in modico, et in magno, non tantum te, sed etiam omnes, qui audiunt, hodie fieri tales, qualis et ego sum, exceptis vinculis his.

And Paul said, I ever pray to God, both by little and by much, not only thee, but also all who hear me this day, to become such kind as I also am, apart from these bonds.

30 Et exurrexit rex, et praeses, et Bernice, et qui assidebant eis.

And when he spoke these things, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.

31 Et cum secessissent, loquebantur ad invicem, dicentes: Quia nihil morte, aut vinculis dignum quid fecit homo iste.

And having withdrawn, they spoke to each other, saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

32 Agrippa autem Festo dixit: Dimitti poterat homo hic, si non appellasset Caesarem.

And Agrippa said to Festus, This man could have been released, if he had not appealed Caesar.