Act 26:1Agrippa vērō ad Paulum ait: Permittitur tibi loquī prō tēmetipsō.And Agrippa said to Paul: "You are permitted to speak for yourself." Act 26:1Tunc Paulus extentā manū coepit ratiōnem reddere: Dē omnibus quibus accūsor ā Jūdaeīs, rēx Agrippa, aestimō mē beātum apud tē cum sim dēfēnsūrus mē hodiē, maximē tē sciente omnia, et quae apud Jūdaeōs sunt cōnsuētūdinēs et quaestiōnēs: propter quod obsecrō patienter mē audiās.Then Paul, his hand stretched out, began to give his account: "About all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I count myself fortunate, since I am about to defend myself today before you, especially as you know all things, both the customs and the questions which are among the Jews: for which reason I beseech you to hear me patiently. Act 26:4Et quidem vītam meam ā juventūte, quae ab initiō fuit in gente meā in Jerosolymīs, nōvērunt omnēs Jūdaeī: praescientēs mē ab initiō (sī velint testimōnium perhibēre) quoniam secundum certissimam sectam nostrae religiōnis vīxī pharisaeus.And indeed my life from youth, which from the beginning was spent among my nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know: knowing me from the beginning (if they are willing to bear witness) that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Act 26:6Et nunc, in spē quae ad patrēs nostrōs reprōmissiōnis facta est ā Deō, stō jūdiciō subjectus: in quam duodecim tribūs nostrae nocte ac diē dēservientēs, spērant dēvenīre.And now, for the hope of the promise which was made by God to our fathers, I stand subject to judgement: to which our twelve tribes, serving night and day, hope to come. Act 26:7Dē quā spē accūsor ā Jūdaeīs, rēx.About this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king. Act 26:8Quid incrēdibile jūdicātur apud vōs, sī Deus mortuōs suscitat?Why is it judged incredible among you, if God raises the dead? Act 26:9Et ego quidem exīstimāveram mē adversus nōmen Jēsū Nazarēnī dēbēre multa contrāria agere, quod et fēcī Jerosolymīs, et multōs sānctōrum ego in carceribus inclūsī, ā prīncipibus sacerdōtum potestāte acceptā: et cum occīderentur, dētulī sententiam.And I indeed had thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene, which I also did at Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prisons, authority having been received from the chiefs of the priests: and when they were being killed, I cast my vote.
Act 26:11Et per omnēs synagōgās frequenter pūniēns eōs, compellēbam blasphēmāre: et amplius īnsāniēns in eōs, persequēbar ūsque in exterās cīvitātēs.And throughout all the synagogues, often punishing them, I was compelling them to blaspheme: and raging still more against them, I was persecuting them even to foreign cities. Act 26:12In quibus dum īrem Damascum cum potestāte et permissū prīncipum sacerdōtum, diē mediā in viā vīdī, rēx, dē caelō suprā splendōrem sōlis circumfulsisse mē lūmen, et eōs quī mēcum simul erant.In which, while I was going to Damascus with authority and permission from the chiefs of the priests, at midday on the road I saw, O king, a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining around me, and those who were together with me. Act 26:14Omnēsque nōs cum dēcidissēmus in terram, audīvī vōcem loquentem mihi hebraicā linguā: Saule, Saule, quid mē persequeris?And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue: 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? Act 26:14Dūrum est tibi contrā stimulum calcitrāre.It is hard for you to kick against the goad.' Act 26:15Ego autem dīxī: Quis es, domine?And I said: 'Who are you, lord?' Act 26:15Dominus autem dīxit: Ego sum Jēsūs, quem tū persequeris.And the Lord said: 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
Act 26:16Sed exsurge, et stā super pedēs tuōs: ad hoc enim appāruī tibi, ut cōnstituam tē ministrum, et testem eōrum quae vīdistī, et eōrum quibus appārēbō tibi, ēripiēns tē dē populō et gentibus, in quās nunc ego mittō tē, aperīre oculōs eōrum, ut convertantur ā tenebrīs ad lūcem, et dē potestāte Satanae ad Deum, ut accipiant remissiōnem peccātōrum, et sortem inter sānctōs, per fidem quae est in mē.But rise up, and stand upon your feet: for to this end I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister, and a witness of the things which you have seen, and of those in which I will appear to you, rescuing you from the people and the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins, and a lot among the saints, through the faith which is in me.' Act 26:19Unde, rēx Agrippa, nōn fuī incrēdulus caelestī vīsiōnī: sed hīs quī sunt Damascī prīmum, et Jerosolymīs, et in omnem regiōnem Jūdaeae, et gentibus, annūntiābam, ut poenitentiam agerent, et converterentur ad Deum, digna poenitentiae opera facientēs.Wherefore, King Agrippa, I was not unbelieving to the heavenly vision: but to those who are at Damascus first, and at Jerusalem, and into all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, I was announcing that they should repent, and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
Act 26:21Hāc ex causā mē Jūdaeī, cum essem in templō, comprehēnsum tentābant interficere.For this cause the Jews, when I was in the temple, having seized me, were trying to kill me. Act 26:22Auxiliō autem adjūtus Deī ūsque in hodiernum diem, stō, testificāns minōrī atque mājōrī, nihil extrā dīcēns quam ea quae prophētae locūtī sunt futūra esse, et Mōysēs, sī passibilis Chrīstus, sī prīmus ex resurrēctiōne mortuōrum, lūmen annūntiātūrus est populō et gentibus.But helped by the aid of God until this present day, I stand, testifying to small and great, saying nothing beyond the things which the prophets said were going to be, and Moses: whether the Christ was to suffer, whether, first from the resurrection of the dead, he was to announce light to the people and to the Gentiles." Act 26:24Haec loquente eō, et ratiōnem reddente, Fēstus magnā vōce dīxit: Īnsānīs, Paule: multae tē litterae ad īnsāniam convertunt.As he was saying these things, and giving his account, Festus said with a great voice: "You are mad, Paul: much learning is turning you to madness." Act 26:25Et Paulus: Nōn īnsāniō, inquit, optime Fēste, sed vēritātis et sōbrietātis verba loquor.And Paul: "I am not mad," he said, "most excellent Festus, but I speak words of truth and soberness.
Act 26:26Scit enim dē hīs rēx, ad quem et cōnstanter loquor: latēre enim eum nihil hōrum arbitror.For the king knows about these things, to whom I also speak boldly: for I believe that none of these things is hidden from him. Act 26:26Neque enim in angulō quidquam hōrum gestum est.For not one of these things was done in a corner. Act 26:27Crēdis, rēx Agrippa, prophētīs?Do you believe, King Agrippa, the prophets? Act 26:27Sciō quia crēdis.I know that you believe." Act 26:28Agrippa autem ad Paulum: In modicō suādēs mē chrīstiānum fierī.And Agrippa to Paul: "In a little you are persuading me to become a Christian." Act 26:29Et Paulus: Optō apud Deum, et in modicō et in magnō, nōn tantum tē, sed etiam omnēs quī audiunt hodiē fierī tālēs, quālis et ego sum, exceptīs vinculīs hīs.And Paul: "I pray before God, both in little and in great, that not only you, but also all who hear me today should become such as I too am, except for these bonds." Act 26:30Et exsurrēxit rēx, et praeses, et Bernīcē, et quī assidēbant eīs.And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them.
Act 26:31Et cum sēcessissent, loquēbantur ad invicem, dīcentēs: Quia nihil morte aut vinculīs dignum quid fēcit homō iste.And when they had withdrawn, they were speaking to one another, saying: "This man has done nothing worthy of death or of bonds." Act 26:32Agrippa autem Fēstō dīxit: Dīmittī poterat homō hic, sī nōn appellāsset Caesarem.And Agrippa said to Festus: "This man could have been released, if he had not appealed to Caesar."