1At sinabi ni Agripa kay Pablo, Ipinahihintulot sa iyong magsaysay ka sa ganang iyo. Nang magkagayo'y iniunat ni Pablo ang kaniyang kamay, at ginawa ang kaniyang pagsasanggalang: 2Ikinaliligaya kong lubha, haring Agripa, na sa harapan mo'y gawin ko ang aking pagsasanggalang sa araw na ito tungkol sa lahat ng mga bagay na isinasakdal ng mga Judio laban sa akin. 3Lalong-lalo na sapagka't bihasa ka sa lahat ng mga kaugalian at mga suliranin na mayroon ang mga Judio: kaya nga ipinamamanhik ko sa iyo na pagdalitaan mong dinggin ako. 4Ang akin ngang pamumuhay mula sa aking pagkabata, na nang una'y inugali ko sa gitna ng aking bansa at sa Jerusalem, ay nalalaman ng lahat ng mga Judio; 5Na napagtatalastas nila mula pa nang una, kung ibig nilang magsisaksi, na alinsunod sa lalong mahigpit na sekta ng aming relihion ay nabuhay akong isang Fariseo. 6At ngayo'y nakatayo ako upang hatulan dahil sa pagasa sa pangakong ginawa ng Dios sa aming mga magulang; 7Dahil sa pangakong ito'y ang aming labingdalawang angkan ay buong pusong nagsisipaglingkod sa Dios gabi't araw, na inaasahang kakamtin. At tungkol sa pagasang ito ako'y isinasakdal ng mga Judio, Oh hari! 8Bakit inaakala ninyong ito'y hindi mapaniniwalaan, kung binubuhay ng Dios ang mga patay? 9Tunay na ako ma'y nagisip na dapat akong gumawa ng maraming mga bagay laban sa pangalan ni Jesus na taga Nazaret. 10At ginawa ko rin ito sa Jerusalem: at kinulong ko sa mga bilangguan ang marami sa mga banal, pagkatanggap ko ng kapamahalaan sa mga pangulong saserdote, at nang sila'y ipinapapatay, ay ibinibigay ko ang aking pagsangayon laban sa kanila. 11At madalas sa pagpaparusa ko sa kanila sa lahat ng mga sinagoga, ay pinipilit ko silang magsipamusong; at sa totoong pagkagalit ko sa kanila, ay sila'y pinaguusig ko hanggang sa mga bayan ng ibang lupain. 12Hinggil dito sa paglalakbay kong patungo sa Damasco na taglay ang kapamahalaan at bilin ng mga pangulong saserdote, 13Nang katanghalian, Oh hari, ay nakita ko sa daan ang isang ilaw na mula sa langit, na lalong maningning kay sa araw, at lumiwanag sa palibot ko at sa mga nagsisipaglakbay na kasama ko. 14At nang mangapasubasob sa lupa kaming lahat, ay narinig ko ang isang tinig na nagsasalita sa akin sa wikang Hebreo, Saulo, Saulo, bakit mo ako pinaguusig? mahirap sa iyo ang sumikad sa mga matulis. 15At sinabi ko, Sino ka baga, Panginoon? At sinabi ng Panginoon, Ako'y si Jesus na iyong pinaguusig. 16Datapuwa't magbangon ka, at ikaw ay tumindig sa iyong mga paa: sapagka't dahil dito'y napakita ako sa iyo, upang ihalal kitang ministro at saksi din naman ng mga bagay na nakita mo sa akin, at ng mga bagay na pagpapakitaan ko sa iyo; 17Na ililigtas kita sa bayan, at sa mga Gentil, na sa kanila'y sinusugo kita, 18Upang idilat mo ang kanilang mga mata, upang sila'y mangagbalik sa ilaw mula sa kadiliman at mula sa kapangyarihan ni Satanas hanggang sa Dios, upang sila'y magsitanggap ng kapatawaran ng mga kasalanan at ng mga mana sa kasamahan ng mga pinapaging banal sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya sa akin. 19Dahil nga dito, Oh haring Agripa, hindi ako nagsuwail sa pangitain ng kalangitan: 20Kundi nangaral akong unauna sa mga taga Damasco, at sa Jerusalem din naman, at sa buong lupain ng Judea, at gayon din sa mga Gentil, na sila'y mangagsisi at mangagbalik-loob sa Dios, na mangagsigawa ng mga gawang karapatdapat sa pagsisisi. 21Dahil dito'y hinuli ako ng mga Judio sa templo, at pinagsisikapang ako'y patayin. 22Nang aking tamuhin nga ang tulong na mula sa Dios, ay nananatili ako hanggang sa araw na ito na nagpapatotoo sa maliliit at gayon din sa malalaki, na wala akong sinasabing anoman kundi ang sinabi ng mga propeta at ni Moises na mangyayari; 23Kung paano na ang Cristo ay kailangang maghirap, at kung paano na siya muna sa pamamagitan ng pagkabuhay na maguli ng mga patay ay magtatanyag ng ilaw sa bayan, at gayon din sa mga Gentil. 24At nang magawa na niyang gayon ang kaniyang pagsasanggalang ay sinabi ni Festo ng malakas na tinig, Pablo, ikaw ay ulol; ang kalakhan ng dunong mo ay siyang sa iyo'y nagpapaulol. 25Datapuwa't sinabi ni Pablo, Hindi ako ulol, kagalanggalang na Festo; kundi nagsasalita ako ng mga salitang katotohanan at kahinahunan. 26Sapagka't nalalaman ng hari ang mga bagay na ito, na sa kaniya'y nagsasalita naman ako ng buong laya: sapagka't naniniwala ako na sa kaniya'y walang nalilingid sa mga bagay na ito; sapagka't ito'y hindi ginawa sa isang sulok. 27Haring Agripa, naniniwala ka baga sa mga propeta? Nalalaman kong naniniwala ka. 28At sinabi ni Agripa kay Pablo, Sa kakaunting paghikayat ay ibig mo akong maging Cristiano. 29At sinabi ni Pablo, Loobin nawa ng Dios, na sa kakaunti o sa marami man, ay hindi lamang ikaw, kundi pati ng lahat ng mga nagsisipakinig sa akin ngayon, ay pawang maging katulad ko naman, tangi lamang sa mga tanikalang ito. 30At nagtindig ang hari, at ang gobernador, at si Bernice, at ang mga nagsiupong kasama nila: 31At nang sila'y makahiwalay, ay nangagsalitaan sila sa isa't isa, na nagsisipagsabi, Ang taong ito ay walang anomang ginagawa na marapat sa kamatayan o sa mga tanikala. 32At sinabi ni Agripa kay Festo, mapalalaya sana ang taong ito, kung hindi naghabol kay Cesar.
1Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense. 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, 3especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently. 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; 5having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. 6Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers, 7which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa! 8Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead? 9“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 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. 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. 12“Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests, 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. 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.’ 15“I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 16But 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; 17delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you, 18to 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.’ 19“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, 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. 21For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me. 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, 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.” 24As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!” 25But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness. 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. 27King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.” 28Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?” 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.” 30The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them. 31When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.” 32Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
1En Agrippa zeide tot Paulus: Het is u geoorloofd voor uzelven te spreken. Toen strekte Paulus de hand uit, en verantwoordde zich aldus: 2Ik acht mijzelven gelukkig, o koning Agrippa, dat ik mij heden voor u zal verantwoorden van alles, waarover ik van de Joden beschuldigd word; 3Allermeest, dewijl ik weet, dat gij kennis hebt van alle gewoonten en vragen, die onder de Joden zijn. Daarom bid ik u, dat gij mij lankmoediglijk hoort. 4Mijn leven dan van der jonkheid aan, hetwelk van den beginne onder mijn volk te Jeruzalem geweest is, weten al de Joden; 5Als die van over lang mij te voren gekend hebben (indien zij het wilden getuigen), dat ik, naar de bescheidenste sekte van onzen godsdienst, als een Farizeer geleefd heb. 6En nu sta ik, en word geoordeeld over de hoop der belofte, die van God tot de vaderen geschied is; 7Tot dewelke onze twaalf geslachten, geduriglijk nacht en dag God dienende, verhopen te komen; over welke hoop ik, o koning Agrippa, van de Joden word beschuldigd. 8Wat? wordt het bij ulieden ongelofelijk geoordeeld, dat God de doden opwekt? 9Ik meende waarlijk bij mijzelven, dat ik tegen den Naam van Jezus van Nazareth vele wederpartijdige dingen moest doen. 10Hetwelk ik ook gedaan heb te Jeruzalem, en ik heb velen van de heiligen in de gevangenissen gesloten, de macht van de overpriesters ontvangen hebbende; en als zij omgebracht werden, stemde ik het toe. 11En door al de synagogen heb ik hen dikmaals gestraft, en gedwongen te lasteren; en boven mate tegen hen woedende, heb ik hen vervolgd, ook tot in de buiten landse steden. 12Waarover ook als ik naar Damaskus reisde, met macht en last, welk ik van de overpriesters had, 13Zag ik, o koning, in het midden van den dag, op den weg een licht, boven den glans der zon, van den hemel mij en degenen, die met mij reisden, omschijnende. 14En als wij allen ter aarde nedergevallen waren, hoorde ik een stem, tot mij sprekende, en zeggende in de Hebreeuwse taal: Saul, Saul, wat vervolgt gij Mij? Het is u hard, tegen de prikkels de verzenen te slaan. 15En ik zeide: Wie zijt Gij, Heere? En Hij zeide: Ik ben Jezus, Dien gij vervolgt. 16Maar richt u op, en sta op uw voeten; want hiertoe ben Ik u verschenen, om u te stellen tot een dienaar en getuige der dingen, beide die gij gezien hebt en in welke Ik u nog zal verschijnen; 17Verlossende u van dit volk, en van de heidenen, tot dewelke Ik u nu zende; 18Om hun ogen te openen, en hen te bekeren van de duisternis tot het licht, en van de macht des satans tot God; opdat zij vergeving der zonden ontvangen, en een erfdeel onder de geheiligden, door het geloof in Mij. 19Daarom, o koning Agrippa, ben ik dat Hemels gezicht niet ongehoorzaam geweest; 20Maar heb eerst dengenen, die te Damaskus waren, en te Jeruzalem, en in het gehele land van Judea, en den heidenen verkondigd, dat zij zich zouden beteren, en tot God bekeren, werken doende der bekering waardig. 21Om dezer zaken wil hebben mij de Joden in den tempel gegrepen en gepoogd om te brengen. 22Dan, hulp van God verkregen hebbende, sta ik tot op dezen dag, betuigende beiden klein en groot; niets zeggende buiten hetgeen de profeten en Mozes gesproken hebben, dat geschieden zoude: 23Namelijk dat de Christus lijden moest, en dat Hij, de Eerste uit de opstanding der doden zijnde, een licht zou verkondigen dezen volke, en den heidenen. 24En als hij deze dingen tot verantwoording sprak, zeide Festus met grote stem: Gij raast, Paulus, de grote geleerdheid brengt u tot razernij! 25Maar hij zeide: Ik raas niet, machtigste Festus, maar ik spreek woorden van waarheid en van een gezond verstand; 26Want de koning weet van deze dingen, tot welken ik ook vrijmoedigheid gebruikende spreek; want ik geloof niet, dat hem iets van deze dingen verborgen is; want dit is in geen hoek geschied. 27Gelooft gij, o koning Agrippa, de profeten? Ik weet dat gij ze gelooft. 28En Agrippa zeide tot Paulus: Gij beweegt mij bijna een Christen te worden. 29En Paulus zeide: Ik wenste wel van God, dat, en bijna en geheellijk, niet alleen gij, maar ook allen, die mij heden horen, zodanigen wierden, gelijk als ik ben, uitgenomen deze banden. 30En als hij dit gezegd had, stond de koning op, en de stadhouder, en Bernice, en die met hen gezeten waren; 31En aan een zijde gegaan zijnde, spraken zij tot elkander, zeggende: Deze mens doet niets des doods of der banden waardig. 32En Agrippa zeide tot Festus: Deze mens kon losgelaten worden, indien hij zich op den keizer niet had beroepen.
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