1 STF A Agripa reиe Pavlu: Dopuљta ti se da govoriљ za sebe. Onda Pavle pruћi ru ku i poиe se braniti: BSB BSB: Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
2 STF Za sreжu svoju drћim, care Agripa, љto se danas pred tobom branim od svega za љto me krive Judeji, BSB BSB: “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
3 STF a naroиito zato љto ti znaљ sve judejske zakone i prepiranja. Zato te molim da me strpljivo sasluљaљ. BSB BSB: especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
4 STF Kako sam ja od mladosti, od poиetka, ћiveo u svome narodu i u Jerusalimu, to znaju svi Judeji, BSB BSB: Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.
5 STF koji me znaju otpre, ako samo hoжe da posvedoиe da sam kao farisej ћiveo po najstroћijoj sekti naљe vere. BSB BSB: They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
6 STF I sad stojim pred sudom za nadu na obeжanje љto ga Bog obreиe ocevima naљim, BSB BSB: And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
7 STF do kojega naљih dvanaest plemena misle doжi sluћeжi Bogu neprestano noж i dan. Za ovu nadu optuћen sam, care, od Judeja! BSB BSB: the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.
8 STF Zaљto vi mislite da se ne moћe verovati da Bog podiћe mrtve? BSB BSB: Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
9 STF Ja sam nekad zaista mislio da mi valja mnoga zla иiniti protiv imena Isusa Nazareжanina. BSB BSB: So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10 STF To sam u Jerusalimu i uиinio. Dobivљi vlast od prvosveљtenika, ja sam mnoge od svetih zatvorio u tamnicu, i odobravao sam kad su ih ubijali. BSB BSB: And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
11 STF Иesto sam ih po svima sinagogama kaћnjavao i terao da hule, mrzio sam na njih odviљe i gonio sam ih иak do tuрih gradova. BSB BSB: I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
12 STF Kad sam za to, s vlaљжu i zapoveљжu od prvosveљtenika, iљao u Damask, BSB BSB: In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
13 STF u podne, care, videh na putu s neba svetlost veжu od sijanja sunиanoga, koja obasja mene i moje pratioce. BSB BSB: About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.
14 STF I kad mi svi padosmo na zemlju, иuh glas gde mi govori jevrejskim jezikom: "Savle, Savle, zaљto me goniљ? Teљko ti je protivu bodila ritati se!" BSB BSB: We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
15 STF A ja rekoh: "Ko si, Gospode?" A Gospod reиe: "Ja sam Isus koga ti goniљ. BSB BSB: ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
16 STF Nego ustani i stani na noge svoje! Jer ti se za to javih, da te uиinim slugom i svedokom za to kako si me video i kako жu ti se (joљ) pokazati. BSB BSB: ‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.
17 STF Izbaviжu te od naroda (tvoga) i od neznaboћaca, kojima te љaljem, BSB BSB: I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
18 STF da im otvoriљ oиi, da se obrate od tame k svetlosti i od vlasti sotone k Bogu, da prime oproљtenje greha i deo meрu onima koji su osveжeni verom u mene". BSB BSB: to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
19 STF Zato, care Agripa, ne bih nepokoran nebeskoj utvari, BSB BSB: So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
20 STF nego prvo onima u Damasku, pa u Jerusalimu, po svoj Judeji i neznaboљcima propovedah da se pokaju, da se obrate k Bogu i da иine dela dostojna pokajanja. BSB BSB: First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
21 STF Za to su me Judeji uhvatili u hramu i hteli da me ubiju. BSB BSB: For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
22 STF Ali Boћjom pomoжu stojim do ovoga dana i svedoиim malom i velikom, ne kazujuжi niљta drugo osim љto su proroci i Mojsije kazali da жe biti: BSB BSB: But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
23 STF da жe Mesija postradati, da жe prvi ustati iz mrtvih i propovedati svetlost (naљem) narodu i neznaboљcima. BSB BSB: that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
26 STF Zna za ovo (i) car, kome slobodno govorim. Jer ne verujem da mu je љto od ovoga nepoznato, jer se ovo nije dogodilo u uglu. BSB BSB: For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.
27 STF Verujeљ li, care Agripa, prorocima? Znam da verujeљ. BSB BSB: King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
28 STF A Agripa reиe Pavlu: Joљ malo pa жeљ me nagovoriti da budem hriљжanin. BSB BSB: Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”
29 STF A Pavle reиe: Molio bih Boga da bi, pre ili posle, ne samo ti nego i svi koji me sluљaju danas, bili takovi kao љto sam ja, osim ovih okova. BSB BSB: “Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”
30 STF Tada usta car, prokurator, Verinikija i koji su sedeli s njima, BSB BSB: Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.
31 STF otidoљe i razgovarahu se meрu sobom govoreжi: Ovaj иovek nije uиinio niљta љto zasluћuje smrt ili okove. BSB BSB: On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
32 STF A Agripa reиe Festu: Ovaj je иovek mogao biti puљten da nije rekao da hoжe k caru. BSB BSB: And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
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