¹Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.

¹Nato Agripa reče Pavlu: "Dopušta ti se o sebi govoriti." Pavao ispruži ruku i stade se braniti:

²“I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,

²"Smatram se sretnim što se u svemu za što me Židovi optužuju mogu, evo, danas braniti pred tobom, kralju Agripa,

³especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.

³jer ti najbolje poznaješ židovske običaje i zadjevice. Zato me, molim, velikodušno poslušaj."

⁴“Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;

⁴"Dakle, život moj od najranije mladosti proveden u narodu mojem, u Jeruzalemu, znaju svi Židovi.

⁵having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

⁵Poznaju me odavna te mogu, ako samo hoće, svjedočiti da sam po najstrožoj sljedbi naše vjere živio kao farizej.

⁶Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

⁶I sada stojim pred sudom zbog nade u obećanje koje Bog dade ocima našim

⁷which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!

⁷i kojemu se dovinuti nada dvanaest plemena naših, svesrdno noću i danju služeći Bogu. Za tu me nadu, kralju, tuže Židovi.

⁸Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?

⁸Zašto nevjerojatnim smatrate da Bog mrtve uskrisuje?"

⁹“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

⁹"Pa i ja sam nekoć smatrao da mi se svim silama boriti protiv imena Isusa Nazarećanina.

¹⁰This I also did in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.

¹⁰To sam i činio u Jeruzalemu: mnoge sam svete, pošto od velikih svećenika dobih punomoć, u tamnice zatvorio, dao svoj glas kad su ih ubijali

¹¹Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

¹¹i po svim ih sinagogama često mučenjem prisiljavao psovati i, prekomjerno bijesan na njih, progonio sam ih čak i u tuđim gradovima."

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

¹²"Radi toga pođoh u Damask s punomoći i ovlaštenjem velikih svećenika

¹³at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.

¹³kadli u pol bijela dana na putu vidjeh, kralju, kako s neba svjetlost od sunca sjajnija obasja mene i moje suputnike.

¹⁴When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

¹⁴Pošto popadasmo na zemlju, začuh glas što mi govoraše hebrejskim jezikom: 'Savle, Savle, zašto me progoniš? Teško ti se protiv ostana praćakati.'

¹⁵“I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

¹⁵Ja odvratih: 'Tko si, Gospodine?' Gospodin će mi: 'Ja sam Isus koga ti progoniš!

¹⁶ But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;

¹⁶Nego ustani, na noge se jer zato ti se ukazah da te postavim za poslužitelja i svjedoka onoga što si vidio i što ću ti pokazati.

¹⁷ delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

¹⁷Izbavit ću te od naroda i od pogana kojima te šaljem

¹⁸ to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

¹⁸da im otvoriš oči pa se obrate od tame k svjetlosti, od vlasti Sotonine k Bogu te po vjeri u mene prime oproštenje grijeha i baštinu među posvećenima.'"

¹⁹“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

¹⁹"Otada, kralju Agripa, ne bijah neposlušan nebeskom viđenju.

²⁰but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

²⁰Nego najprije onima u Damasku pa onda i u Jeruzalemu, svoj zemlji židovskoj i poganima navješćivah da se pokaju i obrate k Bogu i čine djela dostojna obraćenja.

²¹For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me.

²¹Zbog toga me Židovi uhvatiše u Hramu i pokušaše ubiti.

²²Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,

²²Ali s pomoću Božjom sve do dana današnjega svjedočim, evo, malu i veliku, ne govoreći ništa osim onoga što Proroci govorahu i Mojsije da se ima zbiti:

²³how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”

²³da će Krist trpjeti i da će on, prvouskrsli od mrtvih, svjetlost navješćivati narodu i poganima."

²⁴As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”

²⁴Dok se on tako branio, Fest će mu u sav glas: "Mahnitaš, Pavle! Veliko ti znanje mozgom zavrnulo."

²⁵But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.

²⁵"Ne mahnitam, vrli Feste, odvrati Pavao, nego riječi istine i razbora kazujem.

²⁶For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.

²⁶Ta znade za to kralj komu s pouzdanjem govorim. Ništa mu od toga, uvjeren sam, nije nepoznato; jer nije se to dogodilo u kakvu zakutku.

²⁷King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”

²⁷Vjeruješ li, kralju Agripa, Prorocima? Znam da vjeruješ!"

²⁸Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”

²⁸Agripa će Pavlu: "Zamalo pa me uvjeri te kršćaninom postah!"

²⁹Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.”

²⁹Pavao pak: "Dao Bog te i za malo i za mnogo, ne samo ti nego i svi koji me danas slušaju postali ovakvima kakav sam ja, osim ovih okova!"

³⁰The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.

³⁰Nato usta kralj, upravitelj, Berenika i oni koji su s njima zasjedali.

³¹When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”

³¹Udaljujući se govorili su među sobom: "Ovaj čovjek ne čini ništa čime bi zaslužio smrt ili okove."

³²Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

³²Agripa pak reče Festu: "Ovaj bi čovjek mogao biti pušten da se nije prizvao na cara."