¹"Braćo i oci, poslušajte što ću vam sad u svoju obranu reći."

¹Brethren and fathers, hear my defence which I now make to you.

²Kad čuše da im govori hebrejskim jezikom, još većma utihnuše. On nastavi:

²And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,

³"Ja sam Židov, rođen u Tarzu cilicijskom, ali odrastao u ovom gradu, do nogu Gamalielovih odgojen točno po otačkom Zakonu; bijah revnitelj Božji kao što ste svi vi još danas.

³*I* am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to [the] exactness of the law of [our] fathers, being zealous for God, as *ye* are all this day;

⁴Ovaj sam Put na smrt progonio, u okove bacao i predavao u tamnice muževe i žene,

⁴who have persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women;

⁵kako mi to može posvjedočiti i veliki svećenik i sve starješinstvo. Od njih sam i pisma dobio za braću u Damasku pa se zaputio da i one ondje okovane dovedem u Jeruzalem da se kazne."

⁵as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the elderhood: from whom also, having received letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus to bring those also who were there, bound, to Jerusalem, to be punished.

⁶"Dok sam tako putovao i približavao se Damasku, s neba me oko podneva iznenada obasja svjetlost velika.

⁶And it came to pass, as I was journeying and drawing near to Damascus, that, about mid-day, there suddenly shone out of heaven a great light round about me.

⁷Sruših se na tlo i začuh glas što mi govoraše: 'Savle, Savle, zašto me progoniš?'

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

⁸Ja odgovorih: 'Tko si, Gospodine?' Reče mi: 'Ja sam Isus Nazarećanin koga ti progoniš.'

⁸And *I* answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, *I* am Jesus the Nazaraean, whom *thou* persecutest.

⁹Oni koji bijahu sa mnom svjetlost doduše primijetiše, ali ne čuše glasa Onoga koji mi govoraše.

⁹But they that were with me beheld the light, [and were filled with fear], but heard not the voice of him that was speaking to me.

¹⁰Rekoh nato: 'Što mi je činiti, Gospodine?' Gospodin će mi: 'Ustani, pođi u Damask i ondje će ti se reći što ti je određeno učiniti.'

¹⁰And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Rise up, and go to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee of all things which it is appointed thee to do.

¹¹Kako od sjaja one svjetlosti obnevidjeh, pratioci me povedoše za ruku te stigoh u Damask."

¹¹And as I could not see, through the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came to Damascus.

¹²"Neki Ananija, čovjek po Zakonu pobožan i na dobru glasu u Židova ondje nastanjenih -

¹²And a certain Ananias, a pious man according to the law, borne witness to by all the Jews who dwelt [there],

¹³dođe k meni, pristupi mi i reče: 'Savle, brate, progledaj!' I ja se u taj čas zagledah u nj.

¹³coming to me and standing by me, said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And *I*, in the same hour, received my sight and saw him.

¹⁴A on će: 'Bog otaca naših predodredi te da upoznaš volju njegovu, da vidiš Pravednika i čuješ glas iz usta njegovih

¹⁴And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen thee beforehand to know his will, and to see the just one, and to hear a voice out of his mouth;

¹⁵jer bit ćeš mu pred svim ljudima svjedokom onoga što si vidio i čuo.

¹⁵for thou shalt be a witness for him to all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

¹⁶I što sad oklijevaš? Ustani, krsti se i operi grijehe svoje, prizivljući Ime njegovo!'"

¹⁶And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name.

¹⁷"Pošto se vratih u Jeruzalem, dok sam se jednom molio u Hramu, padoh u zanos

¹⁷And it came to pass when I had returned to Jerusalem, and as I was praying in the temple, that I became in ecstasy,

¹⁸i vidjeh Gospodina gdje mi govori: 'Pohiti, žurno izađi iz Jeruzalema jer neće primiti tvoga svjedočanstva o meni.'

¹⁸and saw him saying to me, Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

¹⁹Ja rekoh: 'Gospodine, oni znaju da sam ja u tamnice bacao i bičevao po sinagogama one koji vjeruju u te.

¹⁹And *I* said, Lord, they themselves know that *I* was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those that believe on thee;

²⁰I dok se prolijevala krv Stjepana, svjedoka tvoga, i ja sam ondje stajao i odobravao te čuvao haljine onih koji ga ubijahu.'

²⁰and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was shed, I also myself was standing by and consenting, and kept the clothes of them who killed him.

²¹Nato mi reče: 'Pođi jer ću te poslati daleko k poganima!'

²¹And he said to me, Go, for *I* will send thee to the nations afar off.

²²Slušali su ga sve do te riječi, a tada podigoše glas: "Ukloni takva sa zemlje! Nije pravo da živi!"

²²And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live.

²³Kako oni stadoše bučiti, odbacivati haljine i vitlati prašinu u zrak,

²³And as they were crying, and throwing away their clothes, and casting dust into the air,

²⁴zapovjedi tisućnik da Pavla uvedu u vojarnu pa odredi da ga bičevima ispitaju kako bi doznao zašto tako viču protiv njega.

²⁴the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying that he should be examined by scourging, that he might ascertain for what cause they cried thus against him.

²⁵Kad ga remenjem rastegoše, reče on nazočnom satniku: "Rimskoga građanina, i još neosuđena, smijete bičevati?"

²⁵But as they stretched him forward with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood [by], Is it lawful for you to scourge a man [who is] a Roman and uncondemned?

²⁶Kad je to čuo satnik, priđe tisućniku i dojavi mu: "Što si to nakanio? Ovaj je čovjek Rimljanin!"

²⁶And the centurion, having heard it, went and reported it to the chiliarch, saying, What art thou going to do? for this man is a Roman.

²⁷Tisućnik tada priđe Pavlu pa mu reče: "Reci mi, jesi li Rimljanin!" On odvrati: "Da."

²⁷And the chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art *thou* a Roman? And he said, Yes.

²⁸Tisućnik dometnu: "Ja stekoh to građanstvo za skupe novce." Pavao nato reče: "Ja sam se pak s njim i rodio."

²⁸And the chiliarch answered, *I*, for a great sum, bought this citizenship. And Paul said, But *I* was also [free] born.

²⁹Brže stoga odstupe od njega oni koji su ga imali ispitivati. I tisućnik se preplaši kad sazna da je Pavao Rimljanin, a on ga bijaše okovao.

²⁹Immediately therefore those who were going to examine him left him, and the chiliarch also was afraid when he ascertained that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

³⁰Sutradan pak kad je htio točno saznati za što ga Židovi optužuju, odriješi ga pa zapovjedi da se sastanu veliki svećenici i sve Vijeće te privede Pavla i postavi ga pred njih.

³⁰And on the morrow, desirous to know the certainty [of the matter] why he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and having brought Paul down set him before them.