Act 28:1Et cum ēvāsissēmus, tunc cognōvimus quia Melita īnsula vocābātur.And when we had escaped, then we learned that the island was called Malta. Act 28:1Barbarī vērō praestābant nōn modicam hūmānitātem nōbīs.And the barbarians showed us no small kindness. Act 28:2Accēnsā enim pyrā, reficiēbant nōs omnēs propter imbrem quī imminēbat, et frīgus.For a fire having been kindled, they were refreshing us all because of the rain which was pressing on us, and the cold. Act 28:3Cum congregāsset autem Paulus sarmentōrum aliquantam multitūdinem, et imposuisset super ignem, vīpera ā calōre cum prōcessisset, invāsit manum ejus.And when Paul had gathered a considerable quantity of sticks, and had placed them on the fire, a viper, having come out because of the heat, fastened on his hand. Act 28:4Ut vērō vīdērunt barbarī pendentem bēstiam dē manū ejus, ad invicem dīcēbant: Utique homicīda est homō hic, quī cum ēvāserit dē marī, ultiō nōn sinit eum vīvere.And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging from his hand, they were saying to one another: "Surely this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, vengeance does not allow to live."
Act 28:5Et ille quidem excutiēns bēstiam in ignem, nihil malī passus est.And he indeed, shaking off the beast into the fire, suffered no harm. Act 28:6At illī exīstimābant eum in tumōrem convertendum, et subitō cāsūrum et morī.But they were thinking that he would swell up, and suddenly fall down and die. Act 28:6Diū autem illīs exspectantibus, et videntibus nihil malī in eō fierī, convertentēs sē, dīcēbant eum esse deum.But when they had been waiting a long time, and seeing no harm happen to him, changing their minds, they were saying that he was a god. Act 28:7In locīs autem illīs erant praedia prīncipis īnsulae, nōmine Pūbliī, quī nōs suscipiēns, trīduō benignē exhibuit.Now in those places there were estates of the chief man of the island, named Publius, who, receiving us, for three days kindly gave us hospitality. Act 28:8Contigit autem patrem Pūbliī febribus et dysenteriā vexātum jacēre.And it happened that the father of Publius was lying sick, troubled with fevers and dysentery. Act 28:8Ad quem Paulus intrāvit: et cum ōrāsset, et imposuisset eī manūs, salvāvit eum.To him Paul went in: and when he had prayed, and had laid his hands on him, he healed him.
Act 28:9Quō factō, omnēs quī in īnsulā habēbant īnfirmitātēs, accēdēbant, et cūrābantur: quī etiam multīs honōribus nōs honōrāvērunt, et nāvigantibus imposuērunt quae necessāria erant.This having been done, all who had illnesses in the island were coming, and were being cured: who also honoured us with many honours, and when we were sailing put on board the things which were necessary. Act 28:11Post mēnsēs autem trēs nāvigāvimus in nāvī Alexandrīnā, quae in īnsulā hiemāverat, cui erat īnsigne Castorum.And after three months we sailed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the island, whose sign was the Castors. Act 28:12Et cum vēnissēmus Syrācūsam, mānsimus ibi trīduō.And when we had come to Syracuse, we stayed there three days. Act 28:13Inde circumlegentēs dēvēnimus Rhēgium: et post ūnum diem, flante austrō, secundā diē vēnimus Puteolōs: ubi inventīs frātribus rogātī sumus manēre apud eōs diēs septem: et sīc vēnimus Rōmam.From there, coasting round, we came to Rhegium: and after one day, the south wind blowing, on the second day we came to Puteoli: where, brothers having been found, we were asked to stay with them seven days: and so we came to Rome.
Act 28:15Et inde cum audīssent frātrēs, occurrērunt nōbīs ūsque ad Appiī forum, ac trēs Tabernās.And from there, when the brothers had heard, they came to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius, and the Three Taverns. Act 28:15Quōs cum vīdisset Paulus, grātiās agēns Deō, accēpit fīdūciam.And when Paul had seen them, giving thanks to God, he took courage. Act 28:16Cum autem vēnissēmus Rōmam, permissum est Paulō manēre sibimet cum custōdiente sē mīlite.And when we had come to Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him. Act 28:17Post tertium autem diem convocāvit prīmōs Jūdaeōrum.And after the third day he called together the first men of the Jews. Act 28:17Cumque convēnissent, dīcēbat eīs: Ego, virī frātrēs, nihil adversus plēbem faciēns, aut mōrem paternum, vinctus ab Jerosolymīs trāditus sum in manūs Rōmānōrum, quī cum interrogātiōnem dē mē habuissent, voluērunt mē dīmittere, eō quod nūlla esset causa mortis in mē.And when they had come together, he was saying to them: "I, men, brothers, though doing nothing against the people, or the ancestral custom, was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans, who, when they had held an examination about me, wished to release me, because there was no cause of death in me.
Act 28:19Contrādīcentibus autem Jūdaeīs, coāctus sum appellāre Caesarem, nōn quasi gentem meam habēns aliquid accūsāre.But when the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not as having anything of which to accuse my nation. Act 28:20Propter hanc igitur causam rogāvī vōs vidēre, et alloquī.For this cause, therefore, I asked to see you, and to speak with you. Act 28:20Propter spem enim Isrāël catēnā hāc circumdatus sum.For because of the hope of Israel I am bound round with this chain." Act 28:21At illī dīxērunt ad eum: Nōs neque litterās accēpimus dē tē ā Jūdaeā, neque adveniēns aliquis frātrum nūntiāvit, aut locūtus est quid dē tē malum.But they said to him: "We have neither received letters about you from Judea, nor has any of the brothers, arriving, reported or spoken anything evil about you. Act 28:22Rogāmus autem ā tē audīre quae sentīs: nam dē sectā hāc notum est nōbīs quia ubīque eī contrādīcitur.But we ask to hear from you what you think: for about this sect it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against." Act 28:23Cum cōnstituissent autem illī diem, vēnērunt ad eum in hospitium plūrimī, quibus expōnēbat testificāns regnum Deī, suādēnsque eīs dē Jēsū ex lēge Mōysī et prophētīs ā māne ūsque ad vesperam.And when they had appointed him a day, very many came to him at his lodging, to whom he was expounding, testifying to the kingdom of God, and persuading them about Jesus from the law of Moses and the prophets from morning until evening.
Act 28:24Et quīdam crēdēbant hīs quae dīcēbantur: quīdam vērō nōn crēdēbant.And some were believing the things which were said: but some did not believe. Act 28:25Cumque invicem nōn essent cōnsentientēs, discēdēbant, dīcente Paulō ūnum verbum: Quia bene Spīritus Sānctus locūtus est per Isaiam prophētam ad patrēs nostrōs, dīcēns: Vāde ad populum istum, et dīc ad eōs: [Aure audiētis, et nōn intelligētis, et videntēs vidēbitis, et nōn perspiciētis.And since they were not agreeing among themselves, they were departing, Paul saying one word: "Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers, saying: 'Go to this people, and say to them: [With the ear you will hear, and will not understand, and seeing you will see, and will not perceive. Act 28:27Incrassātum est enim cor populī hujus, et auribus graviter audiērunt, et oculōs suōs compressērunt: nē forte videant oculīs, et auribus audiant, et corde intelligant, et convertantur, et sānem eōs.] Notum ergō sit vōbīs, quoniam gentibus missum est hoc salūtāre Deī, et ipsī audient.For the heart of this people has been made gross, and with their ears they have heard heavily, and their eyes they have closed: lest perhaps they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.]' Let it be known, therefore, to you, that to the Gentiles this salvation of God has been sent, and they will hear."
Act 28:29Et cum haec dīxisset, exiērunt ab eō Jūdaeī, multam habentēs inter sē quaestiōnem.And when he had said these things, the Jews went out from him, having much questioning among themselves. Act 28:30Mānsit autem bienniō tōtō in suō conductō: et suscipiēbat omnēs quī ingrediēbantur ad eum, praedicāns regnum Deī, et docēns quae sunt dē Dominō Jēsū Chrīstō cum omnī fīdūciā, sine prohibitiōne.And he stayed two whole years in his own rented lodging: and he was receiving all who came in to him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things which are about the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, without hindrance.