Acts 9 (VUL) · Opened

1Saulus autem adhuc spirans minarum et cædis in discipulos Domini, accessit ad principem sacerdotum,Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest

2et petiit ab eo epistolas in Damascum ad synagogas: ut si quos invenisset hujus viæ viros ac mulieres, vinctos perduceret in Jerusalem.and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

3Et cum iter faceret, contigit ut appropinquaret Damasco: et subito circumfulsit eum lux de cælo.As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

4Et cadens in terram audivit vocem dicentem sibi: Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris?He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

5Qui dixit: Quis es, domine? Et ille: Ego sum Jesus, quem tu persequeris: durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.“Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.

6Et tremens ac stupens dixit: Domine, quid me vis facere?“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

7Et Dominus ad eum: Surge, et ingredere civitatem, et ibi dicetur tibi quid te oporteat facere. Viri autem illi qui comitabantur cum eo, stabant stupefacti, audientes quidem vocem, neminem autem videntes.The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.

8Surrexit autem Saulus de terra, apertisque oculis nihil videbat. Ad manus autem illum trahentes, introduxerunt Damascum.Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.

9Et erat ibi tribus diebus non videns, et non manducavit, neque bibit.For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.

10Erat autem quidam discipulus Damasci, nomine Ananias: et dixit ad illum in visu Dominus: Anania. At ille ait: Ecce ego, Domine.In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.

11Et Dominus ad eum: Surge, et vade in vicum qui vocatur Rectus: et quære in domo Judæ Saulum nomine Tarsensem: ecce enim orat.“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

12(Et vidit virum Ananiam nomine, introëuntem, et imponentem sibi manus ut visum recipiat.)In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”

13Respondit autem Ananias: Domine, audivi a multis de viro hoc, quanta mala fecerit sanctis tuis in Jerusalem:But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

14et hic habet potestatem a principibus sacerdotum alligandi omnes qui invocant nomen tuum.And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”

15Dixit autem ad eum Dominus: Vade, quoniam vas electionis est mihi iste, ut portet nomen meum coram gentibus, et regibus, et filiis Israël.“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

16Ego enim ostendam illi quanta oporteat eum pro nomine meo pati.I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”

17Et abiit Ananias, et introivit in domum: et imponens ei manus, dixit: Saule frater, Dominus misit me Jesus, qui apparuit tibi in via qua veniebas, ut videas, et implearis Spiritu Sancto.So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

18Et confestim ceciderunt ab oculis ejus tamquam squamæ, et visum recepit: et surgens baptizatus est.At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,

19Et cum accepisset cibum, confortatus est. Fuit autem cum discipulis qui erant Damasci per dies aliquot.and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.

20Et continuo in synagogis prædicabat Jesum, quoniam hic est Filius Dei.Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”

21Stupebant autem omnes qui audiebant, et dicebant: Nonne hic est qui expugnabat in Jerusalem eos qui invocabant nomen istud: et huc ad hoc venit, ut vinctos illos duceret ad principes sacerdotum?All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

22Saulus autem multo magis convalescebat, et confundebat Judæos qui habitabant Damasci, affirmans quoniam hic est Christus.But Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.

23Cum autem implerentur dies multi, consilium fecerunt in unum Judæi ut eum interficerent.After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,

24Notæ autem factæ sunt Saulo insidiæ eorum. Custodiebant autem et portas die ac nocte, ut eum interficerent.but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.

25Accipientes autem eum discipuli nocte, per murum dimiserunt eum, submittentes in sporta.One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.

26Cum autem venisset in Jerusalem, tentabat se jungere discipulis, et omnes timebant eum, non credentes quod esset discipulus.When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

27Barnabas autem apprehensum illum duxit ad Apostolos: et narravit illis quomodo in via vidisset Dominum, et quia locutus est ei, et quomodo in Damasco fiducialiter egerit in nomine Jesu.Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.

28Et erat cum illis intrans et exiens in Jerusalem, et fiducialiter agens in nomine Domini.So Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.

29Loquebatur quoque gentibus, et disputabat cum Græcis: illi autem quærebant occidere eum.He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.

30Quod cum cognovissent fratres, deduxerunt eum Cæsaream, et dimiserunt Tarsum.When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

31Ecclesia quidem per totam Judæam, et Galilæam, et Samariam habebat pacem, et ædificabatur ambulans in timore Domini, et consolatione Sancti Spiritus replebatur.Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.

32Factum est autem, ut Petrus dum pertransiret universos, deveniret ad sanctos qui habitabant Lyddæ.As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.

33Invenit autem ibi hominem quemdam, nomine Æneam, ab annis octo jacentem in grabato, qui erat paralyticus.There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.

34Et ait illi Petrus: Ænea, sanat te Dominus Jesus Christus: surge, et sterne tibi. Et continuo surrexit.“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,

35Et viderunt eum omnes qui habitabant Lyddæ et Saronæ: qui conversi sunt ad Dominum.and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.

36In Joppe autem fuit quædam discipula, nomine Tabitha, quæ interpretata dicitur Dorcas. Hæc erat plena operibus bonis et eleemosynis quas faciebat.In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.

37Factum est autem in diebus illis ut infirmata moreretur. Quam cum lavissent, posuerunt eam in cœnaculo.At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.

38Cum autem prope esset Lydda ad Joppen, discipuli, audientes quia Petrus esset in ea, miserunt duos viros ad eum, rogantes: Ne pigriteris venire ad nos.Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”

39Exsurgens autem Petrus, venit cum illis. Et cum advenisset, duxerunt illum in cœnaculum: et circumsteterunt illum omnes viduæ flentes, et ostendentes ei tunicas et vestes quas faciebat illis Dorcas.So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

40Ejectis autem omnibus foras, Petrus ponens genua oravit: et conversus ad corpus, dixit: Tabitha, surge. At illa aperuit oculos suos: et viso Petro, resedit.Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.

41Dans autem illi manum, erexit eam. Et cum vocasset sanctos et viduas, assignavit eam vivam.Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.

42Notum autem factum est per universam Joppen: et crediderunt multi in Domino.This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.

43Factum est autem ut dies multos moraretur in Joppe, apud Simonem quemdam coriarium.And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.

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