Act 22:1Virī frātrēs, et patrēs, audīte quam ad vōs nunc reddō ratiōnem."Men, brothers, and fathers, hear the account which I now give to you." Act 22:2Cum audīssent autem quia hebraeā linguā loquerētur ad illōs, magis praestitērunt silentium.And when they had heard that he was speaking to them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept still more silence. Act 22:3Et dīcit: Ego sum vir Jūdaeus, nātus in Tarsō Ciliciae, nūtrītus autem in istā cīvitāte, secus pedēs Gamaliēl ērudītus jūxtā vēritātem paternae lēgis, aemulātor lēgis, sīcut et vōs omnēs estis hodiē: quī hanc viam persecūtus sum ūsque ad mortem, alligāns et trādēns in custōdiās virōs ac mulierēs, sīcut prīnceps sacerdōtum mihi testimōnium reddit, et omnēs mājōrēs nātū: ā quibus et epistolās accipiēns, ad frātrēs Damascum pergēbam, ut addūcerem inde vinctōs in Jerūsalem ut pūnīrentur.And he says: "I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel taught according to the truth of the ancestral law, zealous for the law, just as you all also are today: who persecuted this way to the death, binding and handing over into prisons men and women, as the chief of the priests bears me witness, and all the elders: from whom also receiving letters, I was proceeding to the brothers at Damascus, to bring from there those bound to Jerusalem to be punished.
Act 22:6Factum est autem, eunte mē, et appropinquante Damascō mediā diē, subitō dē caelō circumfulsit mē lūx cōpiōsa: et dēcidēns in terram, audīvī vōcem dīcentem mihi: Saule, Saule, quid mē persequeris?And it happened, as I was going, and drawing near to Damascus at midday, suddenly from heaven a copious light shone around me: and falling to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me: 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?' Act 22:8Ego autem respondī: Quis es, domine?And I answered: 'Who are you, lord?' Act 22:8Dīxitque ad mē: Ego sum Jēsūs Nazarēnus, quem tū persequeris.And he said to me: 'I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.' Act 22:9Et quī mēcum erant, lūmen quidem vīdērunt, vōcem autem nōn audiērunt ejus quī loquēbātur mēcum.And those who were with me saw the light indeed, but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking with me. Act 22:10Et dīxī: Quid faciam, domine?And I said: 'What shall I do, lord?' Act 22:10Dominus autem dīxit ad mē: Surgēns vāde Damascum: et ibi tibi dīcētur dē omnibus quae tē oporteat facere.And the Lord said to me: 'Rising, go to Damascus: and there you will be told about all things which you must do.' Act 22:11Et cum nōn vidērem prae clāritāte lūminis illīus, ad manum dēductus ā comitibus, vēnī Damascum.And since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, led by the hand by my companions, I came to Damascus.
Act 22:12Ananias autem quīdam vir secundum lēgem, testimōnium habēns ab omnibus cohabitantibus Jūdaeīs, veniēns ad mē et astāns, dīxit mihi: Saule frāter, respice.And a certain Ananias, a man according to the law, having testimony from all the Jews living there, coming to me and standing by, said to me: 'Brother Saul, look up.' Act 22:13Et ego eādem hōrā respexī in eum.And in that same hour I looked up at him. Act 22:14At ille dīxit: Deus patrum nostrōrum praeordināvit tē, ut cognōscerēs voluntātem ejus, et vidērēs jūstum, et audīrēs vōcem ex ōre ejus: quia eris testis illīus ad omnēs hominēs eōrum quae vīdistī et audīstī.But he said: 'The God of our fathers has ordained you beforehand, to know his will, and to see the Just One, and to hear a voice from his mouth: for you will be his witness to all men of the things which you have seen and heard. Act 22:16Et nunc quid morāris?And now why do you delay? Act 22:16Exsurge, et baptizāre, et ablue peccāta tua, invocātō nōmine ipsīus.Rise up, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, having called upon his name.' Act 22:17Factum est autem revertentī mihi in Jerūsalem, et ōrantī in templō, fierī mē in stupōre mentis, et vidēre illum dīcentem mihi: Festīnā, et exī vēlōciter ex Jerūsalem: quoniam nōn recipient testimōnium tuum dē mē.And it happened, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and was praying in the temple, that I was in a stupor of mind, and saw him saying to me: 'Hurry, and go out quickly from Jerusalem: for they will not receive your testimony about me.' Act 22:19Et ego dīxī: Domine, ipsī sciunt quia ego eram conclūdēns in carcerem, et caedēns per synagōgās eōs quī crēdēbant in tē: et cum funderētur sanguis Stephanī testis tuī, ego astābam, et cōnsentiēbam, et custōdiēbam vestīmenta interficientium illum.And I said: 'Lord, they themselves know that I was shutting up in prison, and beating throughout the synagogues those who believed in you: and when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed, I was standing by, and consenting, and guarding the garments of those who killed him.' Act 22:21Et dīxit ad mē: Vāde, quoniam ego in nātiōnēs longē mittam tē.And he said to me: 'Go, for I will send you far away to the nations.'"
Act 22:22Audiēbant autem eum ūsque ad hoc verbum, et levāvērunt vōcem suam, dīcentēs: Tolle dē terrā hujusmodī: nōn enim fās est eum vīvere.And they were listening to him up to this word, and they lifted up their voice, saying: "Take such a one from the earth: for it is not right for him to live." Act 22:23Vōciferantibus autem eīs, et prōjicientibus vestīmenta sua, et pulverem jactantibus in āërem, jussit tribūnus indūcī eum in castra, et flagellīs caedī, et torquērī eum, ut scīret propter quam causam sīc acclāmārent eī.And as they were shouting, and throwing off their garments, and casting dust into the air, the tribune ordered him to be led into the camp, and to be beaten with whips, and to be tortured, so that he might know for what cause they were shouting so against him. Act 22:25Et cum astrīnxissent eum lōrīs, dīcit astantī sibi centuriōnī Paulus: Sī hominem Rōmānum et indemnātum licet vōbīs flagellāre?And when they had bound him with thongs, Paul says to the centurion standing by him: "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?"
Act 22:26Quō audītō, centuriō accessit ad tribūnum, et nūntiāvit eī, dīcēns: Quid āctūrus es?This having been heard, the centurion went to the tribune, and reported to him, saying: "What are you about to do? Act 22:26Hic enim homō cīvis Rōmānus est.For this man is a Roman citizen." Act 22:27Accēdēns autem tribūnus, dīxit illī: Dīc mihi sī tū Rōmānus es?And the tribune, coming up, said to him: "Tell me, are you a Roman?" Act 22:27At ille dīxit: Etiam.And he said: "Yes." Act 22:28Et respondit tribūnus: Ego multā summā cīvīlitātem hanc cōnsecūtus sum.And the tribune answered: "I obtained this citizenship for a great sum." Act 22:28Et Paulus ait: Ego autem et nātus sum.And Paul said: "But I was even born so." Act 22:29Prōtinus ergō discessērunt ab illō quī eum tortūrī erant.At once, therefore, those who were about to torture him withdrew from him. Act 22:29Tribūnus quoque timuit postquam rescīvit, quia cīvis Rōmānus esset, et quia alligāsset eum.The tribune too was afraid after he learned that he was a Roman citizen, and that he had bound him. Act 22:30Postera autem diē volēns scīre dīligentius quā ex causā accūsārētur ā Jūdaeīs, solvit eum, et jussit sacerdōtēs convenīre, et omne concilium: et prōdūcēns Paulum, statuit inter illōs.And on the next day, wishing to know more carefully for what cause he was being accused by the Jews, he released him, and ordered the priests to come together, and the whole council: and bringing Paul down, he set him among them.