Act 9:1Saulus autem adhūc spīrāns minārum et caedis in discipulōs Dominī, accessit ad prīncipem sacerdōtum, et petiit ab eō epistolās in Damascum ad synagōgās: ut sī quōs invēnisset hujus viae virōs ac mulierēs, vinctōs perdūceret in Jerūsalem.But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, approached the chief of the priests, and asked from him letters to Damascus to the synagogues: so that if he found any men and women of this way, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Act 9:3Et cum iter faceret, contigit ut appropinquāret Damascō: et subitō circumfulsit eum lūx dē caelō.And as he was making the journey, it happened that he was drawing near to Damascus: and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him. Act 9:4Et cadēns in terram audīvit vōcem dīcentem sibi: Saule, Saule, quid mē persequeris?And falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him: "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" Act 9:5Quī dīxit: Quis es, domine?And he said: "Who are you, lord?" Act 9:5Et ille: Ego sum Jēsūs, quem tū persequeris: dūrum est tibi contrā stimulum calcitrāre.And he: "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting: it is hard for you to kick against the goad."
Act 9:6Et tremēns ac stupēns dīxit: Domine, quid mē vīs facere?And trembling and stunned he said: "Lord, what do you want me to do?" Act 9:7Et Dominus ad eum: Surge, et ingredere cīvitātem, et ibi dīcētur tibi quid tē oporteat facere.And the Lord to him: "Rise, and go into the city, and there you will be told what you must do." Act 9:7Virī autem illī quī comitābantur cum eō, stābant stupefactī, audientēs quidem vōcem, nēminem autem videntēs.But those men who were travelling with him were standing dumbfounded, hearing indeed the voice, but seeing no one. Act 9:8Surrēxit autem Saulus dē terrā, apertīsque oculīs nihil vidēbat.And Saul rose from the ground, and with his eyes opened he was seeing nothing. Act 9:8Ad manūs autem illum trahentēs, intrōdūxērunt Damascum.But dragging him by the hands, they led him into Damascus. Act 9:9Et erat ibi tribus diēbus nōn vidēns, et nōn mandūcāvit, neque bibit.And he was there for three days not seeing, and he did not eat, nor drink. Act 9:10Erat autem quīdam discipulus Damascī, nōmine Ananias: et dīxit ad illum in vīsū Dominus: Anania.Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, by name Ananias: and the Lord said to him in a vision: "Ananias."
Act 9:10At ille ait: Ecce ego, Domine.And he said: "Here I am, Lord." Act 9:11Et Dominus ad eum: Surge, et vāde in vīcum quī vocātur Rēctus: et quaere in domō Jūdae Saulum nōmine Tarsēnsem: ecce enim ōrat.And the Lord to him: "Rise, and go into the street which is called Straight: and seek in the house of Judas one called Saul, of Tarsus: for look, he is praying." Act 9:12(Et vīdit virum Ananiam nōmine, introëuntem, et impōnentem sibi manūs ut vīsum recipiat.) Respondit autem Ananias: Domine, audīvī ā multīs dē virō hōc, quanta mala fēcerit sānctīs tuīs in Jerūsalem: et hic habet potestātem ā prīncipibus sacerdōtum alligandī omnēs quī invocant nōmen tuum.(And he saw a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and laying hands on him so that he might receive his sight.) But Ananias answered: "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he has done to your saints in Jerusalem: and here he has authority from the chiefs of the priests to bind all who call upon your name." Act 9:15Dīxit autem ad eum Dominus: Vāde, quoniam vās ēlēctiōnis est mihi iste, ut portet nōmen meum cōram gentibus, et rēgibus, et fīliīs Isrāël.But the Lord said to him: "Go, since this man is a vessel of choice for me, to carry my name before the nations, and kings, and the sons of Israel.
Act 9:16Ego enim ostendam illī quanta oporteat eum prō nōmine meō patī.For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name." Act 9:17Et abiit Ananias, et introīvit in domum: et impōnēns eī manūs, dīxit: Saule frāter, Dominus mīsit mē Jēsūs, quī appāruit tibi in viā quā veniēbās, ut videās, et impleāris Spīritū Sānctō.And Ananias went away, and went into the house: and laying hands on him, he said: "Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, so that you may see, and be filled with the Holy Spirit." Act 9:18Et cōnfestim cecidērunt ab oculīs ejus tamquam squāmae, et vīsum recēpit: et surgēns baptizātus est.And at once there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he received his sight: and rising he was baptized. Act 9:19Et cum accēpisset cibum, cōnfortātus est.And when he had taken food, he was strengthened. Act 9:19Fuit autem cum discipulīs quī erant Damascī per diēs aliquot.And he was with the disciples who were at Damascus for some days. Act 9:20Et continuō in synagōgīs praedicābat Jēsum, quoniam hic est Fīlius Deī.And straightaway in the synagogues he was preaching Jesus, that he is the Son of God.
Act 9:21Stupēbant autem omnēs quī audiēbant, et dīcēbant: Nōnne hic est quī expugnābat in Jerūsalem eōs quī invocābant nōmen istud: et hūc ad hoc vēnit, ut vinctōs illōs dūceret ad prīncipēs sacerdōtum?And all who heard were stunned, and were saying: "Is not this the one who was attacking in Jerusalem those who were calling upon this name: and has come here for this, to lead them bound to the chiefs of the priests?" Act 9:22Saulus autem multō magis convalēscēbat, et cōnfundēbat Jūdaeōs quī habitābant Damascī, affirmāns quoniam hic est Chrīstus.But Saul was growing much more strong, and was confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus, affirming that this is the Christ. Act 9:23Cum autem implērentur diēs multī, cōnsilium fēcērunt in ūnum Jūdaeī ut eum interficerent.And when many days were being completed, the Jews made a plan together to kill him. Act 9:24Notae autem factae sunt Saulō īnsidiae eōrum.But their plot was made known to Saul. Act 9:24Custōdiēbant autem et portās diē ac nocte, ut eum interficerent.And they were watching the gates too by day and night, so as to kill him. Act 9:25Accipientēs autem eum discipulī nocte, per mūrum dīmīsērunt eum, submittentēs in sportā.But the disciples, taking him by night, let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
Act 9:26Cum autem vēnisset in Jerūsalem, tentābat sē jungere discipulīs, et omnēs timēbant eum, nōn crēdentēs quod esset discipulus.And when he had come to Jerusalem, he was trying to join himself to the disciples, and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple. Act 9:27Barnabas autem apprehēnsum illum dūxit ad Apostolōs: et narrāvit illīs quōmodo in viā vīdisset Dominum, et quia locūtus est eī, et quōmodo in Damascō fīdūciāliter ēgerit in nōmine Jēsū.But Barnabas, taking hold of him, led him to the Apostles: and he related to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had acted boldly in the name of Jesus. Act 9:28Et erat cum illīs intrāns et exiēns in Jerūsalem, et fīdūciāliter agēns in nōmine Dominī.And he was with them, going in and going out in Jerusalem, and acting boldly in the name of the Lord. Act 9:29Loquēbātur quoque gentibus, et disputābat cum Graecīs: illī autem quaerēbant occīdere eum.He was speaking also to the gentiles, and disputing with the Greeks: but they were seeking to kill him.
Act 9:30Quod cum cognōvissent frātrēs, dēdūxērunt eum Caesarēam, et dīmīsērunt Tarsum.And when the brothers had learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him off to Tarsus. Act 9:31Ecclēsia quidem per tōtam Jūdaeam, et Galilaeam, et Samariam habēbat pācem, et aedificābātur ambulāns in timōre Dominī, et cōnsōlātiōne Sānctī Spīritūs replēbātur.The church indeed through all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and was being built up, walking in the fear of the Lord, and was being filled with the consolation of the Holy Spirit. Act 9:32Factum est autem, ut Petrus dum pertrānsīret ūniversōs, dēvenīret ad sānctōs quī habitābant Lyddae.And it came about that Peter, while he was passing through all parts, came down to the saints who lived at Lydda. Act 9:33Invēnit autem ibi hominem quemdam, nōmine Aenēam, ab annīs octō jacentem in grabātō, quī erat paralyticus.And he found there a certain man, by name Aeneas, lying on a pallet for eight years, who was paralysed. Act 9:34Et ait illī Petrus: Aenēa, sānat tē Dominus Jēsūs Chrīstus: surge, et sterne tibi.And Peter said to him: "Aeneas, the Lord Jesus Christ heals you: rise, and spread your bed for yourself."
Act 9:34Et continuō surrēxit.And straightaway he rose. Act 9:35Et vīdērunt eum omnēs quī habitābant Lyddae et Sarōnae: quī conversī sunt ad Dominum.And all who lived at Lydda and Sharon saw him: and they were converted to the Lord. Act 9:36In Joppē autem fuit quaedam discipula, nōmine Tabitha, quae interpretāta dīcitur Dorcas.Now in Joppa there was a certain woman disciple, by name Tabitha, which translated is called Dorcas. Act 9:36Haec erat plēna operibus bonīs et eleēmosynīs quās faciēbat.She was full of good works and of the alms which she was doing. Act 9:37Factum est autem in diēbus illīs ut īnfirmāta morerētur.And it came about in those days that, having fallen sick, she died. Act 9:37Quam cum lāvissent, posuērunt eam in coenāculō.And when they had washed her, they placed her in an upper room. Act 9:38Cum autem prope esset Lydda ad Joppēn, discipulī, audientēs quia Petrus esset in eā, mīsērunt duōs virōs ad eum, rogantēs: Nē pigritēris venīre ad nōs.And since Lydda was near to Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was in it, sent two men to him, asking: "Do not be slow to come to us." Act 9:39Exsurgēns autem Petrus, vēnit cum illīs.And Peter, rising up, came with them.
Act 9:39Et cum advēnisset, dūxērunt illum in coenāculum: et circumstetērunt illum omnēs viduae flentēs, et ostendentēs eī tunicās et vestēs quās faciēbat illīs Dorcas.And when he had arrived, they led him into the upper room: and all the widows stood around him weeping, and showing him the tunics and garments which Dorcas used to make for them. Act 9:40Ējectīs autem omnibus forās, Petrus pōnēns genua ōrāvit: et conversus ad corpus, dīxit: Tabitha, surge.And all having been put outside, Peter, placing his knees on the ground, prayed: and turning to the body, he said: "Tabitha, rise." Act 9:40At illa aperuit oculōs suōs: et vīsō Petrō, resēdit.And she opened her eyes: and Peter having been seen, she sat up. Act 9:41Dāns autem illī manum, ērēxit eam.And giving her his hand, he raised her up. Act 9:41Et cum vocāsset sānctōs et viduās, assignāvit eam vīvam.And when he had called the saints and the widows, he presented her alive. Act 9:42Notum autem factum est per ūniversam Joppēn: et crēdidērunt multī in Dominō.And it was made known through all Joppa: and many believed in the Lord. Act 9:43Factum est autem ut diēs multōs morārētur in Joppē, apud Simōnem quemdam coriārium.And it came about that he stayed many days in Joppa, at the house of a certain Simon, a tanner.