¹Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day.”

¹Da så Paulus fast på Rådet og sagde: "I Mænd, Brødre! jeg har med al god Samvittighed vandret for Gud indtil denne Dag."

²The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

²Men Ypperstepræsten Ananias befalede dem, som stode hos ham, at slå ham på Munden.

³Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?”

³Da sagde Paulus til ham: "Gud skal slå dig, du kalkede Væg! Og du sidder for at dømme mig efter Loven, og tvært imod Loven befaler du, at jeg skal slås."

⁴Those who stood by said, “Do you malign God’s high priest?”

⁴Men de, som stode hos, sagde: "Udskælder du Guds Ypperstepræst?"

⁵Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’” Exodus 22:28

⁵Og Paulus sagde: "Brødre! jeg vidste ikke, at han er Ypperstepræst; thi der er skrevet: En Fyrste i dit Folk må du ikke tale ondt imod."

⁶But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”

⁶Men da Paulus vidste, at den ene Del bestod af Saddukæere, men den anden af Farisæere, råbte han i Rådet: "I Mænd, Brødre! jeg er en Farisæer, Søn af Farisæere, for Håb og for dødes Opstandelse er det, jeg dømmes."

⁷When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

⁷Men da han udtalte dette, opkom der Splid imellem Farisæerne og Saddukæerne, og Mængden blev uenig.

⁸For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.

⁸Thi Saddukæerne sige, at der ingen Opstandelse er, ej heller nogen Engel eller Ånd; men Farisæerne hævde begge Dele.

⁹A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!”

⁹Men der opstod en stærk Råben; og nogle af de skriftkloge af Farisæernes Parti stode op, strede heftigt og sagde: "Vi finde intet ondt hos dette Menneske; men hvad om en Ånd eller en Engel har talt til ham!"

¹⁰When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

¹⁰Men da der blev stærk Splid frygtede Krigsøversten, at Paulus skulde blive sønderslidt af dem, og befalede Krigsfolket at gå ned og rive ham ud fra dem og føre ham ind i Borgen.

¹¹The following night, the Lord stood by him, and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”

¹¹Men Natten derefter stod Herren for ham og sagde: "Vær frimodig, thi ligesom du har vidnet om mig i Jerusalem, således skal du også vidne i Rom."

¹²When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

¹²Men da det var blevet Dag, sloge Jøderne sig sammen og forpligtede sig under Forbandelser til hverken at spise eller drikke, førend de havde slået Paulus ihjel.

¹³There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy.

¹³Og de, som havde indgået denne Sammensværgelse, vare flere end fyrretyve i Tal.

¹⁴They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

¹⁴Disse gik da til Ypperstepræsterne og de Ældste og sagde: "Vi have under Forbandelser forpligtet os til ikke at smage noget, førend vi have slået Paulus ihjel.

¹⁵Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

¹⁵Så giver nu I tillige med Rådet Krigsøversten Meddelelse, for at han må føre ham ned til eder, som om I ville undersøge hans Sag nøjere; men vi ere rede til at slå ham ihjel, førend han kommer derhen."

¹⁶But Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Paul.

¹⁶Men Paulus's Søstersøn, som havde hørt om dette Anslag, kom og gik ind i Borgen og fortalte Paulus det.

¹⁷Paul summoned one of the centurions, and said, “Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him.”

¹⁷Men Paulus kaldte en af Høvedsmændene til sig og sagde: "Før denne unge Mand hen til Krigsøversten; thi han har noget at melde ham."

¹⁸So he took him, and brought him to the commanding officer, and said, “Paul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you, who has something to tell you.”

¹⁸Da tog han ham og førte ham til Krigsøversten og siger: "Den fangne Paulus kaldte mig og bad mig føre denne unge Mand til dig, da han har noget at tale med dig om."

¹⁹The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”

¹⁹Men Krigsøversten tog ham ved Hånden, gik hen til en Side og spurgte: "Hvad er det, som du har at melde mig?"

²⁰He said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him.

²⁰Men han sagde: "Jøderne have aftalt at bede dig om at lade Paulus føre ned for Rådet i Morgen under Foregivende af at ville have nøjere Underretning om ham.

²¹Therefore don’t yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you.”

²¹Lad du dig nu ikke overtale af dem; thi mere end fyrretyve Mænd af dem lure på ham, og de have under Forbandelser forpligtet sig til hverken at spise eller at drikke, førend de have slået ham ihjel; og nu ere de rede og vente på dit Tilsagn."

²²So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.”

²²Da lod Krigsøversten det unge Menneske fare og bød ham: "Du skal ingen sige, at du har givet mig dette til Kende."

²³He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night about 9:00 PM .”

²³Og han kaldte et Par af Høvedsmændene til sig og sagde: "Gører to Hundrede Stridsmænd rede til at drage til Kæsarea og halvfjerdsindstyve Ryttere og to Hundrede Spydkastere fra den tredje Time i Nat; "

²⁴He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.

²⁴og at de skulde bringe Lastdyr for at kunne lade Paulus ride og føre ham sikkert til Landshøvdingen Feliks.

²⁵He wrote a letter like this:

²⁵Og han skrev et Brev af følgende Indhold:

²⁶“Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.

²⁶"Klaudius Lysias hilser den mægtigste Landshøvding Feliks.

²⁷“This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

²⁷Denne Mand havde Jøderne grebet og vilde have slået ham ihjel; men jeg kom til med Krigsfolket og udfriede ham, da jeg erfarede, at han var en Romer.

²⁸Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council.

²⁸Og da jeg vilde vide Årsagen, hvorfor de anklagede ham, førte jeg ham ned for deres Råd

²⁹I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.

²⁹og fandt ham anklaget i Anledning af nogle Stridsspørgsmål i deres Lov, men uden nogen Beskyldning, som fortjente Død eller Fængsel.

³⁰When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell.”

³⁰Men da jeg har fået Underretning om, at der skulde være et hemmeligt Anslag af Jøderne imod Manden, har jeg straks sendt ham til dig efter også at have befalet Anklagerne at fremføre for dig, hvad de have imod ham."

³¹So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

³¹Da toge Stridsmændene Paulus, som det var dem befalet, og førte ham om Natten til Antipatris.

³²But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks.

³²Men næste Dag lode de Rytterne drage videre med ham og vendte selv tilbage til Borgen.

³³When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

³³Da hine nu kom til Kæsarea og havde overgivet Landshøvdingen Brevet, fremstillede de også Paulus for ham.

³⁴When the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. When he understood that he was from Cilicia, he said,

³⁴Men da han havde læst Brevet og spurgt, fra hvilken Provins han var, og havde erfaret, at han var fra Kilikien, sagde han:

³⁵“I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive.” He commanded that he be kept in Herod’s palace.

³⁵"Jeg vil forhøre dig, når også dine Anklagere komme til Stede." Og han bød, at han skulde holdes bevogtet i Herodes's Borg.