Acts 28 (VUL) · Opened

1Et cum evasissemus, tunc cognovimus quia Melita insula vocabatur. Barbari vero præstabant non modicam humanitatem nobis.Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.

2Accensa enim pyra, reficiebant nos omnes propter imbrem qui imminebat, et frigus.The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.

3Cum congregasset autem Paulus sarmentorum aliquantam multitudinem, et imposuisset super ignem, vipera a calore cum processisset, invasit manum ejus.Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.

4Ut vero viderunt barbari pendentem bestiam de manu ejus, ad invicem dicebant: Utique homicida est homo hic, qui cum evaserit de mari, ultio non sinit eum vivere.When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

5Et ille quidem excutiens bestiam in ignem, nihil mali passus est.But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

6At illi existimabant eum in tumorem convertendum, et subito casurum et mori. Diu autem illis exspectantibus, et videntibus nihil mali in eo fieri, convertentes se, dicebant eum esse deum.The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

7In locis autem illis erant prædia principis insulæ, nomine Publii, qui nos suscipiens, triduo benigne exhibuit.Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

8Contigit autem patrem Publii febribus et dysenteria vexatum jacere. Ad quem Paulus intravit: et cum orasset, et imposuisset ei manus, salvavit eum.The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.

9Quo facto, omnes qui in insula habebant infirmitates, accedebant, et curabantur:After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.

10qui etiam multis honoribus nos honoraverunt, et navigantibus imposuerunt quæ necessaria erant.The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied our needs when we were ready to sail.

11Post menses autem tres navigavimus in navi Alexandrina, quæ in insula hiemaverat, cui erat insigne Castorum.After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.

12Et cum venissemus Syracusam, mansimus ibi triduo.Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.

13Inde circumlegentes devenimus Rhegium: et post unum diem, flante austro, secunda die venimus Puteolos:From there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.

14ubi inventis fratribus rogati sumus manere apud eos dies septem: et sic venimus Romam.There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.

15Et inde cum audissent fratres, occurrerunt nobis usque ad Appii forum, ac tres Tabernas. Quos cum vidisset Paulus, gratias agens Deo, accepit fiduciam.The brothers there had heard about us and traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and gave thanks to God.

16Cum autem venissemus Romam, permissum est Paulo manere sibimet cum custodiente se milite.When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

17Post tertium autem diem convocavit primos Judæorum. Cumque convenissent, dicebat eis: Ego, viri fratres, nihil adversus plebem faciens, aut morem paternum, vinctus ab Jerosolymis traditus sum in manus Romanorum,After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

18qui cum interrogationem de me habuissent, voluerunt me dimittere, eo quod nulla esset causa mortis in me.They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

19Contradicentibus autem Judæis, coactus sum appellare Cæsarem, non quasi gentem meam habens aliquid accusare.But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.

20Propter hanc igitur causam rogavi vos videre, et alloqui. Propter spem enim Israël catena hac circumdatus sum.So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

21At illi dixerunt ad eum: Nos neque litteras accepimus de te a Judæa, neque adveniens aliquis fratrum nuntiavit, aut locutus est quid de te malum.The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.

22Rogamus autem a te audire quæ sentis: nam de secta hac notum est nobis quia ubique ei contradicitur.But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”

23Cum constituissent autem illi diem, venerunt ad eum in hospitium plurimi, quibus exponebat testificans regnum Dei, suadensque eis de Jesu ex lege Moysi et prophetis a mane usque ad vesperam.So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

24Et quidam credebant his quæ dicebantur: quidam vero non credebant.Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.

25Cumque invicem non essent consentientes, discedebant, dicente Paulo unum verbum: Quia bene Spiritus Sanctus locutus est per Isaiam prophetam ad patres nostros,They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

26dicens: Vade ad populum istum, et dic ad eos: [Aure audietis, et non intelligetis, et videntes videbitis, et non perspicietis.‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”

27Incrassatum est enim cor populi hujus, et auribus graviter audierunt, et oculos suos compresserunt: ne forte videant oculis, et auribus audiant, et corde intelligant, et convertantur, et sanem eos.]For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

28Notum ergo sit vobis, quoniam gentibus missum est hoc salutare Dei, et ipsi audient.Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”

29Et cum hæc dixisset, exierunt ab eo Judæi, multam habentes inter se quæstionem.Not in the BSB

30Mansit autem biennio toto in suo conducto: et suscipiebat omnes qui ingrediebantur ad eum,Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.

31prædicans regnum Dei, et docens quæ sunt de Domino Jesu Christo cum omni fiducia, sine prohibitione.Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.

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