Actuum Apostolorum 9
1 Saulus autem adhuc spirans minarum, et caedis in discipulos Domini, accessit ad principem Sacerdotum,
And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest,
2 et petiit ab eo epistolas in Damascum ad synagogas: ut si quos invenisset huius viae viros, ac mulieres, vinctos perduceret in Ierusalem.
did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.
3 Et cum iter faceret, contigit ut appropinquaret Damasco: et subito circumfulsit eum lux de caelo.
And in the going, he came nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light from the heaven,
4 Et cadens in terram audivit vocem dicentem sibi: Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris?
and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, 'Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?'
5 Qui dixit: Quis es Domine? Et ille: Ego sum Iesus, quem tu persequeris. durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.
And he said, 'Who art thou, Lord?' and the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;'
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.
trembling also, and astonished, he said, 'Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?' and the Lord [said] unto him, 'Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.'
7 Viri autem illi, qui comitabantur cum eo, stabant stupefacti, audientes quidem vocem, neminem autem videntes.
And the men who are journeying with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice but seeing no one,
8 Surrexit autem Saulus de terra, apertisque oculis nihil videbat. Ad manus autem illum trahentes, introduxerunt Damascum.
and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus,
9 Et erat ibi tribus diebus non videns, et non manducavit, neque bibit.
and he was three days without seeing, and he did neither eat nor drink.
10 Erat autem quidam discipulus Damasci, nomine Ananias: et dixit ad illum in visu Dominus: Anania. At ille ait: Ecce ego, Domine.
And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the Lord said unto him in a vision, 'Ananias;' and he said, 'Behold me, Lord;'
11 Et Dominus ad eum: Surge, et vade in vicum, qui vocatur rectus: et quaere in domo Iudae Saulum nomine Tarsensem: ecce enim orat.
and the Lord [saith] unto him, 'Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, [one] by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray,
12 (Et vidit virum Ananiam nomine, introeuntem, et imponentem sibi manus ut visum recipiat.)
and he saw in a vision a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and putting a hand on him, that he may see again.'
13 Respondit autem Ananias: Domine, audivi a multis de viro hoc, quanta mala fecerit sanctis tuis in Ierusalem:
And Ananias answered, 'Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem,
14 et hic habet potestatem a principibus sacerdotum alligandi omnes, qui invocant nomen tuum.
and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy 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.
And the Lord said unto him, 'Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings — the sons also of Israel;
16 Ego enim ostendam illi quanta oporteat eum pro nomine meo pati.
for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'
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.
And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him [his] hands, said, 'Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me — Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming — that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'
18 Et confestim ceciderunt ab oculis eius tamquam squamae, et visum recepit: et surgens baptizatus est.
And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, he saw again also presently, and having risen, was baptized,
19 Et cum accepisset cibum, confortatus est. Fuit autem cum discipulis, qui erant Damasci, per dies aliquot.
and having received nourishment, was strengthened, and Saul was with the disciples in Damascus certain days,
20 Et continuo ingressus in synagogas praedicabat Iesum, quoniam hic est Filius Dei.
and immediately in the synagogues he was preaching the Christ, that 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?
And all those hearing were amazed, and said, 'Is not this he who laid waist in Jerusalem those calling on this name, and hither to this intent had come, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?'
22 Saulus autem multo magis convalescebat, et confundebat Iudaeos, qui habitabant Damasci, affirmans quoniam hic est Christus.
And Saul was still more strengthened, and he was confounding the Jews dwelling in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
23 Cum autem implerentur dies multi, consilium fecerunt in unum Iudaei ut eum interficerent.
And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him,
24 Notae autem factae sunt Saulo insidiae eorum. Custodiebant autem et portas die ac nocte, ut eum interficerent.
and their counsel against [him] was known to Saul; they were also watching the gates both day and night, that they may kill him,
25 Accipientes autem eum discipuli eius nocte, per murum dimiserunt eum, submittentes in sporta.
and the disciples having taken him, by night did let him down by the wall, letting down in a basket.
26 Cum autem venisset in Ierusalem, tentabat se iungere discipulis, et omnes timebant eum, non credentes quod esset discipulus.
And Saul, having come to Jerusalem, did try to join himself to the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he is 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.
and Barnabas having taken him, brought [him] unto the apostles, and did declare to them how in the way he saw the Lord, and that he spake to him, and how in Damascus he was speaking boldly in the name of Jesus.
28 Et erat cum illis intrans, et exiens in Ierusalem, et fiducialiter agens in nomine Domini.
And he was with them, coming in and going out in Jerusalem,
29 Loquebatur quoque Gentibus, et disputabat cum Graecis: illi autem quaerebant occidere eum.
and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, he was both speaking and disputing with the Hellenists, and they were taking in hand to kill him,
30 Quod cum cognovissent fratres, deduxerunt eum Caesaream, et dimiserunt Tarsum.
and the brethren having known, brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth 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, indeed, the assemblies throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, had peace, being built up, and, going on in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.
32 Factum est autem, ut Petrus dum pertransiret universos, deveniret ad sanctos, qui habitabant Lyddae.
And it came to pass that Peter passing throughout all [quarters], came down also unto the saints who were dwelling at Lydda,
33 Invenit autem ibi hominem quendam, nomine Aeneam, ab annis octo iacentem in grabato, qui erat paralyticus.
and he found there a certain man, Aeneas by name — for eight years laid upon a couch — who was paralytic,
34 Et ait illi Petrus: Aenea, sanet te Dominus Iesus Christus: surge, et sterne tibi. Et continuo surrexit.
and Peter said to him, 'Aeneas, heal thee doth Jesus the Christ; arise and spread for thyself;' and immediately he rose,
35 Et viderunt eum omnes, qui habitabant Lyddae, et Saronae: qui conversi sunt ad Dominum.
and all those dwelling at Lydda, and Saron saw him, and did turn 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.
And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, (which interpreted, is called Dorcas, ) this woman was full of good works and kind acts that she was doing;
37 Factum est autem in diebus illis, ut infirmata moreretur. Quam cum lavissent, posuerunt eam in coenaculo.
and it came to pass in those days she, having ailed, died, and having bathed her, they laid her in an upper chamber,
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.
and Lydda being nigh to Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter is in that [place], sent two men unto him, calling on him not to delay to come through unto them.
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.
And Peter having risen, went with them, whom having come, they brought into the upper chamber, and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing coats and garments, as many as Dorcas was making while she was 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.
And Peter having put them all forth without, having bowed the knees, did pray, and having turned unto the body said, 'Tabitha, arise;' and she opened her eyes, and having seen Peter, she sat up,
41 Dans autem illi manum, erexit eam. Et cum vocasset sanctos, et viduas, assignavit eam vivam.
and having given her [his] hand, he lifted her up, and having called the saints and the widows, he presented her alive,
42 Notum autem factum est per universam Ioppen: et crediderunt multi in Domino.
and it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord;
43 Factum est autem ut dies multos moraretur in Ioppe, apud Simonem quendam coriarium.
and it came to pass, that he remained many days in Joppa, with a certain one, Simon a tanner.
