1 STF Braжo i oci, иujte sad moj odgovor vama! BSB BSB: “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
2 STF A kad иuљe da im jevrejskim jezikom progovori, joљ se veжma umiriљe. I reиe: BSB BSB: When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet. Then Paul declared,
3 STF Ja sam Judejin. Rodio sam se u Tarsu kilikijskom, a odgajen sam u ovome gradu. Kod nogu Gamalilovih vaspitan sam taиno po otaиkom zakonu, bio sam revnitelj Boћji, kao љto ste svi vi i danas. BSB BSB: “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.
4 STF Ovu nauku gonio sam do same smrti: okivao sam i bacao u tamnicu i ljude i ћene, BSB BSB: I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
5 STF kao љto mi moћe posvedoиiti i prvosveљtenik i sve stareљine. Od njih sam i dobio poslanice na braжu u Damasku i iљao sam (onamo), da i one koji su onde bili, svezane dovedem u Jerusalim, da se kazne. BSB BSB: as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
6 STF A kad iрah i pribliћih se Damasku, oko podne me ujedanput obasja velika svetlost s neba. BSB BSB: About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
7 STF Padoh na zemlju i иuh glas gde mi govori: "Savle, Savle, zaљto me goniљ?" BSB BSB: I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
8 STF A ja odgovorih: "Ko si, Gospode?" A on mi reиe: "Ja sam Isus Nazareжanin, koga ti goniљ". BSB BSB: ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
9 STF Moji pratioci videli su svetlost, ali glasa koji mi je govorio, nisu иuli. BSB BSB: My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
10 STF I rekoh: "Љta da иinim, Gospode?" A Gospod mi reиe: "Ustani, idi u Damask, i tamo жe ti se kazati za sve љto ti je nareрeno da иiniљ". BSB BSB: Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
11 STF A kako sam od one silne svetlosti obnevideo, voрahu me moji pratioci za ruku i (tako) doрoh u Damask. BSB BSB: Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand into Damascus.
12 STF A neki Ananija, иovek poboћan po zakonu, na dobru, glasu kod svih tamoљnjih Judeja, BSB BSB: There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,
13 STF doрe k meni, pristupi mi i reиe. "Savle brate, pogledaj!" I ja u taj иas pogledah na njega. BSB BSB: came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.
14 STF A on reиe: "Bog otaca naљih izabra te da poznaљ volju njegovu, da vidiљ pravednika i da иujeљ glas iz usta njegovih, BSB BSB: Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.
15 STF jer жeљ mu biti svedok pred svima ljudima za to љto si video i иuo. BSB BSB: You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
16 STF I sad, љto oklevaљ? Ustani, krsti se, prizovi ime njegovo i operi se od greha svojih!" BSB BSB: And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
17 STF A kad se vratih u Jerusalim i moljah se Bogu u hramu, doрoh izvali sebe BSB BSB: Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
18 STF i videh ga gde mi govori: "Poћuri i idi brzo iz Jerusalima, jer neжe primiti svedoиanstva tvoga za mene". BSB BSB: and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’
19 STF A ja rekoh: "Ali, Gospode, oni znaju da sam ja bacao u tamnice i bio po sinagogama ove koji veruju u tebe. BSB BSB: ‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
20 STF A kad se prolevala krv Stefana, svedoka tvoga, i ja stajah onde, odobravah i иuvah haljine onih koji ga ubijahu". BSB BSB: And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’
21 STF I reиe mi: "Idi, jer жu te ja poslati daleko meрu neznaboљce". BSB BSB: Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
22 STF A oni ga do ove reиi sluљahu, pa onda podigoљe glas svoj i vikahu: Uzmi sa zemlje ovoga! Jer ne treba da ћivi. BSB BSB: The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
23 STF A kad oni vikahu, zbacivahu haljine svoje i bacahu prah u vazduh, BSB BSB: As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,
24 STF naredi zapovednik da ga odvedu u oko i reиe da ga bojem ispitaju, da bi doznao zaљto su tako vikali na njega. BSB BSB: the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.
25 STF A kad ga optuћiљe da ga љibaju, reиe Pavle kapetanu koji je stajao onde: Zar vi smete љibati Rimljanina, i joљ bez suda? BSB BSB: But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”
26 STF A kad kapetan иu ovo, pristupi zapovedniku i kaza mu: Љta hoжeљ da иiniљ? Ovaj иovek je Rimljanin! BSB BSB: On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”
27 STF Tada zapovednik pristupi i reиe mu: Kaћi mi, jesi li ti Rimljanin? A on reиe: Da. BSB BSB: The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.
28 STF A zapovednik odgovori: Ja sam ovo graрanstvo za mnogo novaca kupio. A Pavle reиe: A ja sam se i rodio s njime. BSB BSB: “I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
29 STF I odmah odstupiљe od njega oni koji su hteli da ga ispitaju. A i zapovednik se uplaљio kad je иuo da je Rimljanin, a beљe ga svezao. BSB BSB: At once those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.
30 STF Sutradan htede doznati istinu, zaљto ga tuћe Judeji, pa ga pusti iz okova, i zapovedi da doрu prvosveљtenici i sav sinedrion, svede Pavla i postavi ga pred njih. BSB BSB: The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
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