¹Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.

¹Mužovia bratia a otcovia, počujte teraz moju obranu pred vami.

²(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

²A keď počuli, že im hovorí hebrejským nárečím, boli ešte tichšie. A povedal:

³I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

³Ja som človek Žid, narodený v Cilíckom Tarze, ale vychovaný v tomto meste pri nohách Gamaliela, vynaučený podľa dôkladnosti otcovského zákona horliac za Boha jako aj vy všetci dnes,

⁴And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

⁴ktorý som prenasledoval túto cestu až po smrť a pútal som a dával do žalára mužov a ženy,

⁵As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.

⁵jako mi je svedkom i najvyšší kňaz i celá rada starších, od ktorých som dostal i listy na bratov a išiel som do Damašku, že dovediem i tých, ktorí budú tam, sviazaných do Jeruzalema, aby boli potrestaní.

⁶And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.

⁶A stalo sa mi, keď som išiel a blížil sa Damašku, tak okolo poludnia, že zrazu zablesklo z neba veliké svetlo vôkol mňa,

⁷And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

⁷a padol som na zem a počul som hlas, ktorý mi hovoril: Saule, Saule, prečo ma prenasleduješ?

⁸And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

⁸A ja som odpovedal: Kto si, Pane? A povedal mi: Ja som Ježiš Nazarejský, ktorého ty prenasleduješ.

⁹And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.

⁹A tí, ktorí boli so mnou, svetlo síce videli, a naľakali sa, ale hlasu toho, ktorý hovoril so mnou, nepočuli.

¹⁰And I said, What shall I do, LORD? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.

¹⁰A povedal som: Čo mám robiť, Pane? A Pán mi povedal: Vstaň a idi do Damašku, a tam sa ti povie o všetkom, čo ti je nariadené robiť.

¹¹And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

¹¹A keďže som nevidel od slávy toho svetla, pojali ma za ruku tí, ktorí boli so mnou, a tak som prišiel do Damašku.

¹²And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

¹²A nejaký Ananiáš, človek, pobožný podľa zákona, ktorému dávajú dobré svedoctvo všetci Židia, ktorí tam bývajú,

¹³Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.

¹³prišiel za mnou a zastanúc ku mne povedal mi: Bratu Saule, prezri! A ja som prezrel v tú istú hodinu a pozrel na neho.

¹⁴And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.

¹⁴A on povedal: Bôh našich otcov si ťa vopred vyvolil, aby si poznal jeho vôľu a videl toho Spravedlivého a počul hlas z jeho úst,

¹⁵For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

¹⁵lebo mu budeš svedkom všetkým ľuďom toho, čo si videl a počul.

¹⁶And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

¹⁶A teraz čo budeš? Vstaň, daj sa pokrstiť a smy svoje hriechy, vzývajúc meno Pánovo.

¹⁷And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

¹⁷A stalo sa, keď som sa navrátil do Jeruzalema a modlil som sa v chráme, že som bol vo vytržení

¹⁸And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

¹⁸a videl som ho, keď mi hovoril: Ponáhľaj sa a vyjdi rýchle z Jeruzalema, lebo neprijmú tvojho svedoctva o mne.

¹⁹And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

¹⁹A ja som povedal: Pane, oni vedia, že ja som žalároval a bil po synagógach veriacich na teba.

²⁰And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.

²⁰A vtedy, keď vylievali krv Štefana, tvojho svedka, i sám som tam stál a súhlasil som s jeho zabitím a strážil som rúcha tých, ktorí ho zabíjali.

²¹And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

²¹A na to mi povedal: Idi, lebo ja ťa vyšlem ďaleko medzi pohanov.

²²And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

²²A počúvali ho až po toto slovo a tu pozdvihli svoj hlas a vraveli: Zahlaď takého človeka so zeme! Lebo sa nepatrí, aby žil.

²³And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,

²³A keď kričali a metali rúcha a hádzali prach do povetria,

²⁴The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.

²⁴povelel tisícnik voviesť ho do tábora a kázal ho bičmi vyšetriť, aby zvedel, pre jakú príčinu tak kričali na neho.

²⁵And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

²⁵A keď ho vystreli, aby ho šľahali remeňmi, povedal Pavel tam stojacemu stotníkovi: Či smiete bičovať človeka Rimana, a to neodsúdeného?

²⁶When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.

²⁶Keď to počul stotník, pristúpil tisícnikovi a oznámil mu to a povedal: Vidz, čo urobíš! Lebo ten človek je Riman.

²⁷Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

²⁷Vtedy pristúpil tisícnik a povedal mu: Povedz mi, či si ty Riman? A on riekol: Áno.

²⁸And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.

²⁸A tisícnik odpovedal: Ja som si za veľkú sumu nadobudol toto občianstvo. A Pavel povedal: Ale ja som sa Riman i narodil.

²⁹Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

²⁹A tak hneď odstúpili od neho tí, ktorí ho mali vyšetrovať. Ale aj tisícnik sa bál dozvediac sa, že je Riman, a že ho bol dal poviazať.

³⁰On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

³⁰Potom na druhý deň chcúc zvedieť istotu, čo na neho Židia žalujú, rozviazal ho z pút a rozkázal, aby sa sišli najvyšší kňazi a celá ich vysoká rada, a dovedúc dolu Pavla postavil ho pred nich.