¹Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

¹Agripa pa reče Pavlu: Dopušča se ti, da sam zase govoriš. Tedaj Pavel iztegne roko in se zagovarja:

²I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:

²Srečnega se štejem, kralj Agripa, da se smem danes pred teboj zagovarjati za vse, česar me Judje dolže,

³Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

³zlasti ker vem, da poznaš vse šega in prepire pri Judih: zato te prosim, da bi me potrpežljivo poslušal.

⁴My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

⁴Kar se torej tiče življenja mojega od mladosti, kakšno je bilo od začetka med narodom mojim in v Jeruzalemu, vedo vsi Judje,

⁵Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

⁵ker me poznajo od začetka, če hočejo pričati, da sem živel po najostrejši ločini bogoslužja našega kot farizej.

⁶And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God, unto our fathers:

⁶In sedaj stojim pred sodbo zavoljo upanja v obljubo, ki jo je Bog dal očetom našim,

⁷Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

⁷ki jo dvanajsteri rodovi naši upajo doseči, stanovitno služeč Bogu noč in dan. Zavoljo tega upanja sem, o kralj, tožen od Judov.

⁸Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

⁸Zakaj se vam zdi neverjetno, da Bog mrtve obuja?

⁹I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

⁹Tudi jaz sem sicer menil, da moram zoper ime Jezusa Nazarečana storiti veliko nasprotnega.

¹⁰Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

¹⁰To sem tudi storil v Jeruzalemu; in veliko svetih sem zaprl v ječe, ko sem bil prejel pooblastilo za to od višjih duhovnikov, in ko so jih morili, sem dajal svoj glas zoper nje.

¹¹And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

¹¹In po vseh shodnicah sem jih pogostoma mučil in silil preklinjati Jezusa; in neizmerno sem divjal zoper nje in jih preganjal celo v inostranskih mestih.

¹²Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

¹²In ko sem zategadelj šel v Damask z oblastjo in dovoljenjem od višjih duhovnikov,

¹³At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

¹³opoldne na potu sem videl, o kralj, z neba luč, svetlejšo od sončne svetlobe, ki je obsijala mene in tiste, ki so šli z menoj.

¹⁴And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

¹⁴In ko smo vsi popadali na zemljo, sem slišal glas, da mi pravi v hebrejskem jeziku: Savel, Savel, kaj me preganjaš? Težko ti je proti ostnu brcati.

¹⁵And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

¹⁵Jaz sem pa rekel: Kdo si, Gospod? Gospod pa veli: Jaz sem Jezus, ki ga ti preganjaš.

¹⁶But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

¹⁶Ali vstani in stopi na noge. Zato namreč sem se ti prikazal, da te postavim za služabnika in pričo tega, kar si videl, in tega, v čemer se ti bom pokazoval,

¹⁷Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

¹⁷ko te bom reševal od ljudstva judovskega in poganov, med katere te sedaj pošiljam,

¹⁸To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

¹⁸da jim odpreš oči, da se izpreobrnejo od teme k luči in od oblasti satanove k Bogu: da prejmo odpuščenje grehov in delež med posvečenimi po veri, ki je v mene.

¹⁹Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

¹⁹Zato, kralj Agripa, nisem bil nepokoren nebeški prikazni,

²⁰But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

²⁰ampak oznanjeval sem najprej tem, ki so bili v Damasku, potem v Jeruzalemu in po vsej deželi Judejski in tudi poganom, naj se izpokore in izpreobrnejo k Bogu, opravljajoč dela, vredna izpokorjenja.

²¹For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

²¹Zato so me Judje v templju zgrabili in poskusili svojeročno umoriti.

²²Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

²²Ali dobivši pomoč, ki je od Boga, stojim do današnjega dne in pričujem malim in velikim, ne govoreč ničesar drugega, nego kar so govorili proroki in Mojzes, da se bo zgodilo,

²³That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

²³namreč, da mora Kristus trpeti in kot prvi iz vstajenja mrtvih luč oznanjevati temu narodu in poganom.

²⁴And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

²⁴Ko se pa tako zagovarja, reče Fest z močnim glasom: Meša se ti, Pavel! Velika učenost tvoja ti jemlje um.

²⁵But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

²⁵Pavel pa reče: Ne meša se mi, vrli Fest, temuč besede resnice in razumnosti govorim.

²⁶For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.

²⁶Saj ve za to stvar kralj, h kateremu tudi prostosrčno govorim; prepričan sem namreč, da mu ni nič tega neznanega, kajti to se ni godilo v zakotju.

²⁷King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

²⁷Veruješ, kralj Agripa, prorokom? Vem, da veruješ.

²⁸Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

²⁸Agripa pa reče Pavlu: Malo, pa me boš pregovoril, da postanem kristjan.

²⁹And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

²⁹Pavel pa reče: Želel bi od Boga, bodisi za malo ali za veliko, da ne bi samo ti, ampak tudi vsi, ki me danes poslušajo, bili taki, kakršen sem tudi jaz, izimši te spone.

³⁰And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:

³⁰In vstanejo kralj in namestnik in Bernika in kateri so ž njim sedeli,

³¹And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

³¹ter odidejo na stran in se razgovarjajo in pravijo: Ta človek ne dela nič smrti ali spon vrednega.Agripa pa reče Festu: Lahko bi se bil izpustil ta človek, da se ni sklical na cesarja.

³²Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

³²Agripa pa reče Festu: Lahko bi se bil izpustil ta človek, da se ni sklical na cesarja.