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

¹A Agrippa povedal Pavlovi: Dovoľuje sa ti hovoriť za seba. Vtedy vystrel Pavel ruku a bránil sa:

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,

²Za šťastného sa považujem, kráľu Agrippa, že sa mám dnes brániť pred tebou ohľadom všetkého, čo na mňa žalujú Židia,

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

³a zvlášte preto, že si ty znalcom všetkých obyčají a sporných otázok u Židov. Preto ťa prosím, žeby si ma trpezlive vypočul.

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;

⁴Teda jaký bol môj život od mladosti, od počiatku v mojom národe a v Jeruzaleme, to vedia všetci Židia,

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

⁵ktorí ma znajú od prvopočiatku, keby chceli dosvedčiť, že podľa najakurátnejšej sekty našeho náboženstva som žil ako farizeus.

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

⁶A tiež aj teraz pre nádej na zasľúbenie, ktoré dal Bôh našim otcom, stojím pred súdom,

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

⁷ku ktorému zasľúbeniu nadeje sa dojsť našich dvanásť pokolení slúžiac v napätí dňom i nocou Bohu. Pre túto nádej žalujú na mňa Židia, kráľu Agrippa.

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

⁸Čo, vy súdite, že je to neuveriteľné, ak Bôh kriesi mŕtvych?

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

⁹Nuž ja som myslel v sebe, že musím urobiť menu Ježiša Nazarejského mnoho na priekor,

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.

¹⁰čo som aj urobil v Jeruzaleme a mnoho zo svätých som ja pozatváral do žalárov dostanúc splnomocnenie od najvyšších kňazov, a keď ich zabíjali, dával som proti nim hlas

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.

¹¹a po všetkých synagógach som ich často trestal a nútil som rúhať sa a náramne zúriac proti nim prenasledoval som až i do vonkajších miest cudzích.

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

¹²V takej veci som tiež išiel aj do Damašku so splnomocenstvom a s dovolením od najvyšších kňazov.

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.

¹³A tu na poludnie, na ceste som videl, ó, kráľu, z neba nad jasnosť slnca jasnejšie svetlo, ktoré razom obkľúčilo mňa i tých, ktorí išli so mnou.

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.’

¹⁴A keď sme všetci padli na zem, počul som hlas, ktorý mi vravel hebrejským nárečím: Saule, Saule, prečo ma prenasleduješ? Tvrdo ti bude proti ostňu sa vzpečovať.

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

¹⁵A ja som povedal: Kto si, Pane? A Pán povedal: Ja som Ježiš, ktorého ty prenasleduješ.

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;

¹⁶Ale vstaň a postav sa na svoje nohy, lebo nato som sa ti ukázal, aby som si ťa zvolil za služobníka a za svedka i toho, čo si videl, i toho, pre čo sa ti ešte ukážem

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

¹⁷vytrhujúc ťa z rúk izraelského ľudu a z moci pohanov, ku ktorým ťa ja teraz posielam,

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.’

¹⁸aby si otvoril ich oči, aby sa obrátili od tmy k svetlu a od moci satana k Bohu, aby dostali odpustenie hriechov a podiel medzi posvätenými vierou, vierou vo mňa.

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

¹⁹A preto, kráľu Agrippa, nebol som neposlušný nebeskému videniu;

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.

²⁰ale tým v Damašku najprv i Jeruzalemu jako aj celej zemi Judskej i pohanom som zvestoval, aby činili pokánie a obrátili sa k Bohu a činili skutky, hodné pokánia.

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

²¹Preto ma Židia sobrali v chráme a pokúšali sa o to, aby ma zabili.

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,

²²Ale dostanúc pomoc od Boha stojím až do dnešného dňa a svedčím i malému i veľkému nehovoriac ničoho iného, iba to, čo vraveli proroci, že sa bude diať, i Mojžiš,

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.”

²³totiž že či je to možné, aby Kristus mohol trpieť a či prvý zo zmŕtvychvstania mŕtvych bude zvestovať izraelskému ľudu i pohanom svetlo.

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

²⁴A keď sa týmto bránil, povedal Festus velikým hlasom: Blázniš, Pavle. Tá tvoja veľká učenosť ťa ženie do bláznovstva.

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

²⁵Ale Pavel povedal: Nebláznim, výborný Feste, ale hovorím slová pravdy a zdravého rozumu.

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.

²⁶Lebo veď kráľ vie o týchto veciach, ktorému i smelo hovorím, lebo som presvedčený, že nieto ničoho z toho, o čom by nevedel, lebo veď sa to nepodialo voľakde v kúte.

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

²⁷Či veríš, kráľu Agrippa, prorokom? Viem, že veríš.

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

²⁸A Agrippa povedal Pavlovi: Bez mála by si ma nahovoril stať sa kresťanom.

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.”

²⁹Ale Pavel riekol: Žiadal by som si od Boha, i bez mála i bez mnoha, aby si sa nie len ty, ale aby sa i všetci, ktorí ma dnes čujú stali takými, jako so i ja, krome týchto pút.

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

³⁰A keď to povedal, povstal kráľ i vladár i Bernika aj tí, ktorí sedeli s nimi,

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

³¹a keď sa vzdialili, hovorili medzi sebou a vraveli: Tento človek nerobí ničoho, čo by bolo hodno smrti alebo pút.

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

³²A Agrippa povedal Festovi: Tento človek mohol byť prepustený, keby sa nebol odvolal na cisára.