Actuum Apostolorum 9
1 Saulus autem adhuc spirans minarum, et caedis in discipulos Domini, accessit ad principem Sacerdotum,
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest
2 et petiit ab eo epistolas in Damascum ad synagogas: ut si quos invenisset huius viae viros, ac mulieres, vinctos perduceret in Ierusalem.
and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
3 Et cum iter faceret, contigit ut appropinquaret Damasco: et subito circumfulsit eum lux de caelo.
As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
4 Et cadens in terram audivit vocem dicentem sibi: Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris?
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
5 Qui dixit: Quis es Domine? Et ille: Ego sum Iesus, quem tu persequeris. durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.
“Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.
6 Et tremens, ac stupens dixit: Domine, quid me vis facere? Et Dominus ad eum: Surge, et ingredere civitatem, et ibi dicetur tibi quid te oporteat facere.
“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
7 Viri autem illi, qui comitabantur cum eo, stabant stupefacti, audientes quidem vocem, neminem autem videntes.
The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.
8 Surrexit autem Saulus de terra, apertisque oculis nihil videbat. Ad manus autem illum trahentes, introduxerunt Damascum.
Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.
9 Et erat ibi tribus diebus non videns, et non manducavit, neque bibit.
For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.
10 Erat autem quidam discipulus Damasci, nomine Ananias: et dixit ad illum in visu Dominus: Anania. At ille ait: Ecce ego, Domine.
In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.
11 Et Dominus ad eum: Surge, et vade in vicum, qui vocatur rectus: et quaere in domo Iudae Saulum nomine Tarsensem: ecce enim orat.
“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
12 (Et vidit virum Ananiam nomine, introeuntem, et imponentem sibi manus ut visum recipiat.)
In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”
13 Respondit autem Ananias: Domine, audivi a multis de viro hoc, quanta mala fecerit sanctis tuis in Ierusalem:
But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
14 et hic habet potestatem a principibus sacerdotum alligandi omnes, qui invocant nomen tuum.
And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”
15 Dixit autem ad eum Dominus: Vade, quoniam vas electionis est mihi iste, ut portet nomen meum coram gentibus, et regibus, et filiis Israel.
“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
16 Ego enim ostendam illi quanta oporteat eum pro nomine meo pati.
I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
17 Et abiit Ananias, et introivit in domum: et imponens ei manus, dixit: Saule frater, Dominus misit me Iesus, qui apparuit tibi in via, qua veniebas ut videas, et implearis Spiritu sancto.
So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
18 Et confestim ceciderunt ab oculis eius tamquam squamae, et visum recepit: et surgens baptizatus est.
At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,
19 Et cum accepisset cibum, confortatus est. Fuit autem cum discipulis, qui erant Damasci, per dies aliquot.
and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.
20 Et continuo ingressus in synagogas praedicabat Iesum, quoniam hic est Filius Dei.
Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”
21 Stupebant autem omnes, qui audiebant, et dicebant: Nonne hic est, qui expugnabat in Ierusalem eos, qui invocabant nomen istud: et huc ad hoc venit ut vinctos illos duceret ad principes sacerdotum?
All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
22 Saulus autem multo magis convalescebat, et confundebat Iudaeos, qui habitabant Damasci, affirmans quoniam hic est Christus.
But Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.
23 Cum autem implerentur dies multi, consilium fecerunt in unum Iudaei ut eum interficerent.
After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,
24 Notae autem factae sunt Saulo insidiae eorum. Custodiebant autem et portas die ac nocte, ut eum interficerent.
but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
25 Accipientes autem eum discipuli eius nocte, per murum dimiserunt eum, submittentes in sporta.
One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
26 Cum autem venisset in Ierusalem, tentabat se iungere discipulis, et omnes timebant eum, non credentes quod esset discipulus.
When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
27 Barnabas autem apprehensum illum duxit ad Apostolos: et narravit illis quomodo in via vidisset Dominum, et quia locutus est ei, et quomodo in Damasco fiducialiter egerit in nomine Iesu.
Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who spoke to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.
28 Et erat cum illis intrans, et exiens in Ierusalem, et fiducialiter agens in nomine Domini.
So Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
29 Loquebatur quoque Gentibus, et disputabat cum Graecis: illi autem quaerebant occidere eum.
He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.
30 Quod cum cognovissent fratres, deduxerunt eum Caesaream, et dimiserunt Tarsum.
When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
31 Ecclesia quidem per totam Iudaeam, et Galilaeam, et Samariam habebat pacem, et aedificabatur ambulans in timore Domini, et consolatione sancti Spiritus replebatur.
Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
32 Factum est autem, ut Petrus dum pertransiret universos, deveniret ad sanctos, qui habitabant Lyddae.
As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.
33 Invenit autem ibi hominem quendam, nomine Aeneam, ab annis octo iacentem in grabato, qui erat paralyticus.
There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.
34 Et ait illi Petrus: Aenea, sanet te Dominus Iesus Christus: surge, et sterne tibi. Et continuo surrexit.
“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,
35 Et viderunt eum omnes, qui habitabant Lyddae, et Saronae: qui conversi sunt ad Dominum.
and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
36 In Ioppe autem fuit quaedam discipula, nomine Tabitha, quae interpretata dicitur Dorcas. Haec erat plena operibus bonis, et eleemosynis, quas faciebat.
In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
37 Factum est autem in diebus illis, ut infirmata moreretur. Quam cum lavissent, posuerunt eam in coenaculo.
At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.
38 Cum autem prope esset Lydda ad Ioppen, discipuli audientes quia Petrus esset in ea, miserunt duos viros ad eum, rogantes: Ne pigriteris venire ad nos.
Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples heard that Peter was there and sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”
39 Exurgens autem Petrus venit cum illis. Et cum advenisset, duxerunt illum in coenaculum: et circumsteterunt illum omnes viduae flentes, et ostendentes ei tunicas, et vestes, quas faciebat illis Dorcas.
So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
40 Eiectis autem omnibus foras: Petrus ponens genua oravit: et conversus ad corpus, dixit: Tabitha, surge. At illa aperuit oculos suos: et viso Petro, resedit.
Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
41 Dans autem illi manum, erexit eam. Et cum vocasset sanctos, et viduas, assignavit eam vivam.
Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.
42 Notum autem factum est per universam Ioppen: et crediderunt multi in Domino.
This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.
43 Factum est autem ut dies multos moraretur in Ioppe, apud Simonem quendam coriarium.
And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
