¹Vtedy pozrel bystro Pavel na vysokú radu a povedal: Mužovia bratia, ja som celým svedomím dobrým obcoval pred Bohom až do tohoto dňa.

¹And Paul having earnestly beheld the sanhedrim, said, `Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have lived to God unto this day;`

²Ale najvyšší kňaz Ananiáš rozkázal tým, ktorí stali pri ňom, aby ho bili po ústach.

²and the chief priest Ananias commanded those standing by him to smite him on the mouth,

³Vtedy mu povedal Pavel: Bude teba biť Bôh, obielená steno! A ty sedíš, aby si ma súdil podľa zákona, a proti zákonu ma velíš biť?

³then Paul said unto him, `God is about to smite thee, thou whitewashed wall, and thou — thou dost sit judging me according to the law, and, violating law, dost order me to be smitten!`

⁴A tí, ktorí tam stáli, povedali: Najvyššiemu kňazovi Božiemu zlorečíš?

⁴And those who stood by said, `The chief priest of God dost thou revile?`

⁵A Pavel riekol: Nevedel som, bratia, že je najvyšší kňaz, lebo je napísané: Kniežaťu svojho ľudu nebudeš zlorečiť!

⁵and Paul said, `I did not know, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it hath been written, Of the ruler of thy people thou shalt not speak evil;`

⁶A zvediac Pavel, že jedna čiastka ich je sadúceov a druhá farizeov, kričal vo vysokej rade: Mužovia bratia! Ja som farizeus, syn farizeov. Pre nádej pre zmŕtvychvstanie mŕtvych som ja súdený!

⁶and Paul having known that the one part are Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, `Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee — son of a Pharisee — concerning hope and rising again of dead men I am judged.`

⁷A keď to povedal, povstal rozbroj medzi farizei a medzi sadúcei, a rozdvojilo sa množstvo.

⁷And he having spoken this, there came a dissension of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees, and the crowd was divided,

⁸Lebo sadúceovia hovoria, že nieto zmŕtvychvstania ani anjela ani ducha, a farizeovia vyznávajú oboje.

⁸for Sadducees, indeed, say there is no rising again, nor messenger, nor spirit, but Pharisees confess both.

⁹A povstal veliký krik, a vstali niektorí učení Písma čiastky farizeov a preli sa a vraveli: Nenachádzame ničoho zlého na tomto človekovi. A jestli s ním hovoril duch alebo anjel? Neborme sa s Bohom!

⁹And there came a great cry, and the scribes of the Pharisees` part having arisen, were striving, saying, `No evil do we find in this man; and if a spirit spake to him, or a messenger, we may not fight against God;`

¹⁰A keď povstal veliký rozbroj, a pretože sa obával tisícnik, aby neroztrhali Pavla, dal vojsku povel, aby sišlo a vytrhlo ho spomedzi nich a odviedlo do tábora.

¹⁰and a great dissension having come, the chief captain having been afraid lest Paul may be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiery, having gone down, to take him by force out of the midst of them, and to bring [him] to the castle.

¹¹A nasledujúcej noci zastal k nemu Pán a povedal: Neboj sa, Pavle, lebo jako si pevne o mne svedčil v Jeruzaleme, tak musíš svedčiť aj v Ríme.

¹¹And on the following night, the Lord having stood by him, said, `Take courage, Paul, for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so it behoveth thee also at Rome to testify.`

¹²A keď bol deň, srotili sa niektorí Židia, a zakliali sa, že vraj nebudú ani jesť ani piť, dokiaľ nezabijú Pavla.

¹²And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul;

¹³A bolo ich viac ako štyridsať, ktorí sa tak sprisahali.

¹³and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath,

¹⁴A prišli k najvyšším kňazom a starším a povedali: Veľmi sme sa zakliali, že neokúsime ničoho, dokiaľ nezabijeme Pavla.

¹⁴who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, `With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves — to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;

¹⁵Tak teraz vy dajte vedieť tisícnikovi aj s vysokou radou, aby ho zajtra doviedol dolu k vám, ako čo by ste chceli dôkladnejšie zvedieť o ňom a o jeho veci; a my, prv ako sa priblíži, hotoví sme ho zabiť.

¹⁵now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.`

¹⁶Ale keď počul o úklade syn sestry Pavlovej, prišiel a vošiel do tábora a oznámil to Pavlovi.

¹⁶And the son of Paul`s sister having heard of the lying in wait, having gone and entered into the castle, told Paul,

¹⁷A Pavel si zavolal jedného zo stotníkov a povedal: Zaveď tohoto mládenca k tisícnikovi, lebo mu má niečo oznámiť.

¹⁷and Paul having called near one of the centurions, said, `This young man lead unto the chief captain, for he hath something to tell him.`

¹⁸A tak ho pojal a zaviedol k tisícnikovi a povedal: Väzeň Pavel si ma zavolal a prosil, žeby som zaviedol tohoto mládenca k tebe, že má niečo s tebou hovoriť.

¹⁸He indeed, then, having taken him, brought him unto the chief captain, and saith, `The prisoner Paul, having called me near, asked [me] this young man to bring unto thee, having something to say to thee.`

¹⁹A tisícnik si ho pojal za ruku a odíduc s ním okreme vypytoval sa: Čo je to, čo mi máš oznámiť?

¹⁹And the chief captain having taken him by the hand, and having withdrawn by themselves, inquired, `What is that which thou hast to tell me?`

²⁰A on povedal: Židia sa sriekli, že ťa poprosia, žeby si zajtra doviedol Pavla dolu do vysokej rady, jako čo by sa chceli čosi dôkladnejšie vypytovať o ňom.

²⁰and he said — `The Jews agreed to request thee, that to-morrow to the sanhedrim thou mayest bring down Paul, as being about to enquire something more exactly concerning him;

²¹Ale ty sa im nedaj nahovoriť, lebo mu úkladia z nich viac ako štyridsiati chlapi, ktorí sa zakliali, že nebudú ani jesť ani piť, dokiaľ ho nezabijú. A teraz sú hotoví a čakajú prisľúbenie od teba.

²¹thou, therefore, mayest thou not yield to them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who did anathematize themselves — not to eat nor to drink till they kill him, and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from thee.`

²²Vtedy prepustil tisícnik mládenca a prikázal, aby nevravel nikomu, že mu to oznámil.

²²The chief captain, then, indeed, let the young man go, having charged [him] to tell no one, `that these things thou didst shew unto me;`

²³Potom si zavolal ktorýchsi dvoch zo stotníkov a povedal: Prihotovte dvesto vojakov, aby išli až do Cezáree a sedemdesiat jazdcov a dvesto kopijníkov od tretej hodiny vnoci.

²³and having called near a certain two of the centurions, he said, `Make ready soldiers two hundred, that they may go on unto Caesarea, and horsemen seventy, and spearmen two hundred, from the third hour of the night;

²⁴A rozkázal priviesť i hovädá, aby vysadili Pavla a dopravili zdravého k vladárovi Felixovi.

²⁴beasts also provide, that, having set Paul on, they may bring him safe unto Felix the governor;`

²⁵A napísal list takéhoto obsahu:

²⁵he having written a letter after this description:

²⁶Klaudius Lyziáš vzkazuje výbornému vladárovi Felixovi pozdravenie.

²⁶`Claudius Lysias, to the most noble governor Felix, hail:

²⁷Tohoto človeka boli zajali Židia a mali ho zabiť; ale som prišiel s vojskom a vytrhnul som ho z ich moci dozvediac sa, že je Riman.

²⁷This man having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them — having come with the soldiery, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman;

²⁸A chcúc dokonale zvedieť príčinu, pre ktorú na neho žalujú, zaviedol som ho dolu pred ich vysokú radu

²⁸and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,

²⁹a našiel som, že žalujú na neho o jakési otázky svojho zákona, ale že nemá nijakej žaloby proti sebe, prečo by bol hoden smrti alebo pút.

²⁹whom I found accused concerning questions of their law, and having no accusation worthy of death or bonds;

³⁰A keď mi potom bolo povedané o úklade, ktorý strojili Židia človekovi, hneď som ho poslal k tebe rozkážuc i žalobníkom, aby to, čo majú proti nemu, rozpovedali u teba. Maj sa dobre!

³⁰and a plot having been intimated to me against this man — about to be of the Jews — at once I sent unto thee, having given command also to the accusers to say the things against him before thee; be strong.`

³¹A tak vojaci, jako im bolo nariadené, pojali Pavla a odviedli cez noc do Antipatridy

³¹Then, indeed, the soldiers according to that directed them, having taken up Paul, brought him through the night to Antipatris,

³²a druhého dňa nechajúc jazdcov, aby odišli s ním, navrátili sa do tábora.

³²and on the morrow, having suffered the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the castle;

³³A keď tamtí vošli do Cezáree a odovzdali vladárovi list, postavili pred neho i Pavla.

³³those having entered into Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, did present also Paul to him.

³⁴A keď prečítal vladár písmo, opýtal sa ho, z ktorej je provincie, a keď sa dozvedel že z Cilície,

³⁴And the governor having read [it], and inquired of what province he is, and understood that [he is] from Cilicia;

³⁵povedal: Vypočujem ťa dôkladne, keď tu budú i tvoji žalobníci. A dal rozkaz, aby ho strážili v paláci Heródesovom.

³⁵`I will hear thee — said he — when thine accusers also may have come;` he also commanded him to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.