사도행전 22

1부형들아 내가 지금 너희 앞에서 변명하는 말을 들으라 하더라 2저희가 그 히브리 방언으로 말함을 듣고 더욱 종용한지라 이어 가로되 3나는 유대인으로 길리기아 다소에서 났고 이 성에서 자라 가말리엘의 문하에서 우리 조상들의 율법의 엄한 교훈을 받았고 오늘 너희 모든 사람처럼 하나님께 대하여 열심하는 자라 4내가 이 도를 핍박하여 사람을 죽이기까지 하고 남녀를 결박하여 옥에 넘겼노니 5이에 대제사장과 모든 장로들이 내 증인이라 또 내가 저희에게서 다메섹 형제들에게 가는 공문을 받아 가지고 거기 있는 자들도 결박하여 예루살렘으로 끌어다가 형벌 받게 하려고 가더니 6가는데 다메섹에 가까웠을 때에 오정쯤 되어 홀연히 하늘로서 큰 빛이 나를 둘러 비취매 7내가 땅에 엎드러져 들으니 소리 있어 가로되 사울아 사울아 네가 왜 나를 핍박하느냐 하시거늘 8내가 대답하되 주여 뉘시니이까 하니 가라사대 나는 네가 핍박하는 나사렛 예수라 하시더라 9나와 함께 있는 사람들이 빛은 보면서도 나더러 말하시는 이의 소리는 듣지 못하더라 10내가 가로되 주여 무엇을 하리이까 주께서 가라사대 일어나 다메섹으로 들어가라 정한 바 너희 모든 행할 것을 거기서 누가 이르리라 하시거늘 11나는 그 빛의 광채를 인하여 볼 수 없게 되었으므로 나와 함께 있는 사람들의 손에 끌려 다메섹에 들어갔노라 12율법에 의하면 경건한 사람으로 거기 사는 모든 유대인들에게 칭찬을 듣는 아나니아라 하는 이가 13내게 와 곁에 서서 말하되 형제 사울아 다시 보라 하거늘 즉시 그를 쳐다보았노라 14그가 또 가로되 우리 조상들의 하나님이 너를 택하여 너로 하여금 자기 뜻을 알게 하시며 저 의인을 보게 하시고 그 입에서 나오는 음성을 듣게 하셨으니 15네가 그를 위하여 모든 사람 앞에서 너의 보고 들은 것에 증인이 되리라 16이제는 왜 주저하느뇨 일어나 주의 이름을 불러 침례를 받고 너의 죄를 씻으라 하더라 17후에 내가 예루살렘으로 돌아와서 성전에서 기도할 때에 비몽사몽간에 18보매 주께서 내게 말씀하시되 속히 예루살렘에서 나가라 저희는 네가 내게 대하여 증거하는 말을 듣지 아니하리라 하시거늘 19내가 말하기를 주여 내가 주 믿는 사람들을 가두고 또 각 회당에서 때리고 20또 주의 증인 스데반의 피를 흘릴 적에 내가 곁에 서서 찬성하고 그 죽이는 사람들의 옷을 지킨 줄 저희도 아나이다 21나더러 또 이르시되 떠나가라 내가 너를 멀리 이방인에게로 보내리라 하셨느니라 22이 말 하는 것까지 저희가 듣다가 소리질러 가로되 이러한 놈은 세상에서 없이 하자 살려둘 자가 아니라 하여 23떠들며 옷을 벗어 던지고 티끌을 공중에 날리니 24천부장이 바울을 영문 안으로 데려가라 명하고 저희가 무슨 일로 그를 대하여 떠드나 알고자 하여 채찍질하며 신문하라 한대 25가죽줄로 바울을 매니 바울이 곁에 섰는 백부장더러 이르되 너희가 로마 사람 된 자를 죄도 정치 아니하고 채찍질할 수 있느냐 하니 26백부장이 듣고 가서 천부장에게 전하여 가로되 어찌하려 하느뇨 이는 로마 사람이라 하니 27천부장이 와서 바울에게 말하되 네가 로마 사람이냐 내게 말하라 가로되 그러하다 28천부장이 대답하되 나는 돈을 많이 들여 이 시민권을 얻었노라 바울이 가로되 나는 나면서부터로라 하니 29신문하려던 사람들이 곧 그에게서 물러가고 천부장도 그가 로마 사람인 줄 알고 또는 그 결박한 것을 인하여 두려워하니라 30이튿날 천부장이 무슨 일로 유대인들이 그를 송사하는지 실상을 알고자 하여 그 결박을 풀고 명하여 제사장들과 온 공회를 모으고 바울을 데리고 내려가서 저희 앞에 세우니라

1“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.” 2When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said, 3“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day. 4I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished. 6As I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky. 7I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ 8I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’ 9“Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me. 10I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.’ 11When I couldn’t see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus. 12One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus, 13came to me, and standing by me said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ In that very hour I looked up at him. 14He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth. 15For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard. 16Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’ 17“When I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance, 18and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’ 19I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you. 20When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’ 21“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’” 22They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!” 23As they cried out, and threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air, 24the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that. 25When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?” 26When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!” 27The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.” 28The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.” 29Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him. 30But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

1Mannen broeders en vaders, hoort mijn verantwoording, die ik tegenwoordig tot u doen zal. 2(Als zij nu hoorden, dat hij in de Hebreeuwse taal hen aansprak, hielden zij zich te meer stil. En hij zeide:) 3Ik ben een Joods man, en te Tarsen in Cilicie geboren, opgevoed in deze stad, aan de voeten van Gamaliel onderwezen naar de bescheidenste wijze der vaderlijke wet, zijnde een ijveraar Gods, gelijkerwijs gij allen heden zijt; 4Die dezen weg vervolgd heb tot den dood, bindende en in de gevangenissen overleverende beiden mannen en vrouwen. 5Gelijk mij ook de hogepriester getuige is, en de gehele raad der ouderlingen; van dewelke ik ook brieven genomen hebbende tot de broeders, ben naar Damaskus gereisd, om ook degenen, die daar waren, gebonden te brengen naar Jeruzalem, opdat zij gestraft zouden worden. 6Maar het geschiedde mij, als ik reisde, en Damaskus genaakte, omtrent den middag, dat snellijk uit den hemel een groot licht mij rondom omscheen. 7En ik viel ter aarde, en ik hoorde een stem, tot mij zeggende: Saul, Saul, wat vervolgt gij Mij? 8En ik antwoordde: Wie zijt Gij, Heere? En Hij zeide tot mij: Ik ben Jezus, de Nazarener, Welken gij vervolgt. 9En die met mij waren, zagen wel het licht, en werden zeer bevreesd; maar de stem Desgenen, Die tot mij sprak, hoorden zij niet. 10En ik zeide: Heere! wat zal ik doen? En de Heere zeide tot mij: Sta op, en ga heen naar Damaskus; en aldaar zal met u gesproken worden, van al hetgeen u geordineerd is te doen. 11En als ik vanwege de heerlijkheid deszelven lichts niet zag, zo werd ik bij de hand geleid van degenen, die met mij waren, en kwam te Damaskus. 12En een zekere Ananias, een godvruchtig man naar de wet, goede getuigenis hebbende van al de Joden, die daar woonden, 13Kwam tot mij, en bij mij staande, zeide tot mij: Saul, broeder, word weder ziende! En ter zelfder ure werd ik ziende op hem. 14En hij zeide: De God onzer vaderen heeft u te voren verordineerd, om Zijn wil te kennen, en den Rechtvaardige te zien, en de stem uit Zijn mond te horen. 15Want gij zult Hem getuige zijn bij alle mensen, van hetgeen gij gezien en gehoord hebt. 16En nu, wat vertoeft gij? Sta op, en laat u dopen, en uw zonden afwassen, aanroepende den Naam des Heeren. 17En het gebeurde mij, als ik te Jeruzalem wedergekeerd was, en in den tempel bad, dat ik in een vertrekking van zinnen was; 18En dat ik Hem zag, en Hij tot mij zeide: Spoed u, en ga in der haast uit Jeruzalem; want zij zullen uw getuigenis van Mij niet aannemen. 19En ik zeide: Heere, zij weten, dat ik in de gevangenis wierp, en in de synagogen geselde, die in U geloofden; 20En toen het bloed van Stefanus, Uw getuige, vergoten werd, dat ik daar ook bij stond, en mede een welbehagen had in zijn dood, en de klederen bewaarde dergenen, die hem doodden. 21En Hij zeide tot mij: Ga heen; want Ik zal u ver tot de heidenen afzenden. 22Zij hoorden hem nu tot dit woord toe; en zij verhieven hun stem, zeggende: Weg van de aarde met zulk een, want het is niet behoorlijk, dat hij leve. 23En als zij riepen, en de klederen van zich smeten, en stof in de lucht wierpen, 24Zo beval de overste, dat men hem in de legerplaats zou brengen, en zeide, dat men hem met geselen onderzoeken zou, opdat hij verstaan mocht, om wat oorzaak zij alzo over hem riepen. 25En alzo zij hem met de riemen uitrekten, zeide Paulus tot den hoofdman over honderd, die daar stond: Is het ulieden geoorloofd een Romeinsen mens, en dien onveroordeeld, te geselen? 26Als nu de hoofdman over honderd dat hoorde, ging hij toe, en boodschapte het den overste, zeggende: Zie, wat gij te doen hebt; want deze mens is een Romein. 27En de overste kwam toe, en zeide tot hem: Zeg mij, zijt gij een Romein? En hij zeide: Ja. 28En de overste antwoordde: Ik heb dit burgerrecht voor een grote som gelds verkregen. En Paulus zeide: Maar ik ben ook een burger geboren. 29Terstond dan lieten zij van hem af, die hem zouden onderzocht hebben. En de overste werd ook bevreesd, toen hij verstond, dat hij een Romein was, en dat hij hem had gebonden. 30En des anderen daags, willende de zekerheid weten, waarom hij van de Joden beschuldigd werd, maakte hij hem los van de banden, en beval, dat de overpriesters en hun gehele raad zouden komen; en Paulus afgebracht hebbende, stelde hij hem voor hen.