¹Људи, браћо и очеви! Чујте сад мој одговор к вама.

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

²А кад чуше да им јеврејским језиком проговори, још већа тишина поста. И рече:

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

³Ја сам човек Јеврејин, који сам рођен у Тарсу киликијском, и одгајен у овом граду код ногу Гамалиилових, научен управо отачком закону, и бејах ревнитељ Божји као што сте ви сви данас.

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.

⁴Ја овај пут гоних до саме смрти, везујући и предајући у тамницу и људе и жене,

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

⁵Као што ми сведочи и поглавар свештенички и све старешине; од којих и посланице примих на браћу која живе у Дамаску; и иђах да доведем оне што беху онамо свезане у Јерусалим да се муче.

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.

⁶А кад иђах и приближих се к Дамаску, догоди ми се око подне да ме уједанпут обасја велика светлост с неба.

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.

⁷И падох на земљу, и чух глас, који ми говори: Савле! Савле! Зашто ме гониш?

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

⁸А ја одговорих: Ко си Ти, Господе? А Он ми рече: Ја сам Исус Назарећанин, ког ти гониш.

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

⁹А који беху са мном видеше светлост и уплашише се; али не чуше глас који ми говораше.

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.

¹⁰А ја рекох: Шта ћу чинити, Господе? А Господ ми рече: Устани и иди у Дамаск, и тамо ће ти се казати за све шта ти је одређено да чиниш.

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.

¹¹И кад обневидех од силне светлости оне, вођаху ме за руку они који беху са мном, и дођох у Дамаск.

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.

¹²А неки Ананија, човек побожан по закону, посведочен од свију Јевреја који живе у Дамаску,

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

¹³Дошавши к мени стаде и рече ми: Савле брате! Прогледај. И ја у тај час погледах на њ.

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

¹⁴А он ми рече: Бог отаца наших изабра те да познаш вољу Његову, и да видиш праведника, и да чујеш глас из уста Његових:

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.

¹⁵Да Му будеш сведок пред свим људима за ово што си видео и чуо.

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

¹⁶И сад шта оклеваш? Устани и крсти се, и опери се од греха својих, призвавши име Господа Исуса.

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

¹⁷А догоди се, кад се вратих у Јерусалим и мољах се у цркви Богу, да постадох изван себе,

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;

¹⁸И видех Га где ми говори: Похитај те изађи из Јерусалима, јер неће примити сведочанство твоје за мене.

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

¹⁹И ја рекох: Господе! Сами знаду да сам ја метао у тамнице и био по зборницама оне који Те верују.

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

²⁰И кад се проливаше крв Стефана сведока Твог, и ја стајах и пристајах на смрт његову, и чувах хаљине оних који га убијају.

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.

²¹И рече ми: Иди, јер ћу ја далеко да те пошаљем у незнабошце.

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

²²А они га слушаху до ове речи, па подигоше глас свој говорећи: Узми са земље таквог; јер не треба да живи.

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.

²³А кад они викаху и збациваху хаљине и бацаху прах у небо,

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

²⁴Заповеди војвода да га одведу у логор, и рече да га бојем испитају да дозна за какву кривицу тако викаху на њ.

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.

²⁵И кад га притегоше узицама, рече Павле капетану, који стајаше онде: Зар ви можете бити човека Римљанина, и још без суда?

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?

²⁶А кад чу капетан, приступи к војводи и каза говорећи: Гледај шта ћеш чинити; јер је овај човек Римљанин.

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

²⁷А војвода приступивши рече му: Кажи ми јеси ли ти Римљанин? А он рече: Да.

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

²⁸А војвода одговори: Ја сам за велику цену име овог грађанства добио. А Павле рече: А ја сам се и родио с њиме.

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

²⁹Онда одступише одмах од њега они што хтеше да га испитују; а војвода се уплаши кад разуме да је Римљанин и што га беше свезао.

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.

³⁰А сутрадан, желећи дознати истину зашто га туже Јевреји, пусти га из окова, и заповеди да дођу главари свештенички и сав сабор њихов; и сведавши Павла постави га пред њима.

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.