Hechos 26
Crampon 1923
1Agrippa dit à Paul : " Tu as la parole pour ta défense. " Alors Paul, étendant la main, prononça sa défense :
2" Je m`estime heureux, roi Agrippa, d`avoir aujourd`hui à me défendre devant toi de toutes les accusations portées contre moi par les Juifs,
3surtout parce que tu connais les coutumes des Juifs et leurs controverses. Aussi je te prie de m`écouter avec patience.
4Ma vie donc, dès ma jeunesse, telle qu`elle s`est passée depuis le commencement à Jérusalem, au milieu de ma nation, tous les Juifs la connaissent.
5Ils savent depuis longtemps, s`ils veulent en rendre témoignage, que j`ai vécu en pharisien selon la secte la plus stricte de notre religion.
6Et maintenant je suis mis en jugement pour l`espérance en la promesse que Dieu a faite à nos pères,
7et dont nos douze tribus, en servant Dieu sans relâche nuit et jour, attendent la réalisation. C`est pour cette espérance, ô roi, que les Juifs m`accusent.
8Pourquoi juge-t-on parmi vous incroyable que Dieu ressuscite des morts?
9Pour moi donc, j`avais cru que je devais m`opposer grandement au nom de Jésus de Nazareth.
10C`est ce que j`ai fait à Jérusalem; et j`ai fait enfermer dans des prisons un grand nombre de saints, en ayant reçu le pouvoir des grands prêtres; et quand on les mettait à mort, j`apportais mon suffrage;
11et par toutes les synagogues, sévissant souvent contre eux, je les forçais à blasphémer; et dans l`excès de ma rage contre eux, je (les) poursuivais jusque dans les villes du dehors.
12C`est ainsi qu`allant à Damas, avec pouvoir et mandat des grands prêtres, vers le milieu du jour,
13je vis sur le chemin, ô roi, une lumière venant du ciel, plus éclatante que celle du soleil, resplendir autour de moi et de ceux qui voyageaient avec moi.
14Comme nous étions tous tombés par terre, j`entendis une voix qui me disait en langue hébraïque : " Saul, Saul, pourquoi me persécutes-tu? Il t`est dur de regimber contre l`aiguillon. "
15Et moi, je dis : " Qui êtes-vous, Seigneur? " Et le Seigneur dit : " Je suis Jésus, que tu persécutes.
16Mais lève-toi, et tiens-toi sur tes pieds, car je te suis apparu pour t`établir ministre et témoin des choses que tu as vues et de celles pour lesquelles je t`apparaîtrai encore,
17te tirant du milieu de ce peuple et des Gentils, vers lesquels je t`envoie,
18pour leur ouvrir les yeux, afin qu`ils passent des ténèbres à la lumière, et de la puissance de Satan à Dieu, en sorte que, par la foi en moi, ils reçoivent la rémission des péchés et l`héritage avec les sanctifiés.
19Ainsi, roi Agrippa, je n`ai pas désobéi à la vision céleste;
20mais à ceux de Damas d`abord, puis à Jérusalem, et dans tout le pays de Judée, et parmi les Gentils, j`ai prêché de se repentir et de se tourner vers Dieu en pratiquant des œuvres convenant à la repentance.
21C`est à cause de cela que les Juifs se sont saisis de moi dans le temple et ont essayé de me tuer.
22Ayant donc obtenu le secours de Dieu jusqu`à ce jour, je suis resté debout, rendant témoignage devant petit et grand, sans dire autre chose que ce que les Prophètes et Moïse ont déclaré devoir arriver :
23que le Christ devait souffrir, et que, ressuscité le premier d`entre les morts, il annoncerait la lumière au peuple (d`Israël) et aux Gentils. "
24Comme il parlait ainsi pour sa défense, Festus dit à haute voix : " Tu déraisonnes, Paul ! Ton grand savoir égare ton esprit. "
25Et Paul : " Je ne déraisonne pas, très excellent Festus, dit-il, mais je parle le langage de la vérité et du bon sens.
26Car il est instruit de ces choses, le roi à qui aussi je parle avec assurance; je ne crois pas en effet qu`il en ignore aucune, vu que cela ne s`est pas passé dans un coin.
27Crois-tu aux prophètes, roi Agrippa? Je sais que tu y crois. "
28Agrippa (dit) à Paul : " Peu s`en faut que tu ne me persuades de me faire chrétien. "
29Et Paul (reprit) : " Qu`il s`en faille de peu ou de beaucoup, plût à Dieu que non seulement toi, mais encore tous ceux qui m`écoutent en ce moment, vous deveniez tels que je suis, à l`exception de ces chaînes !
30Et le roi se leva, ainsi que le procurateur, Bérénice et ceux qui siégeaient avec eux.
31Après s`être retirés, ils se disaient les uns aux autres : " Cet homme n`a rien fait qui mérite la mort ou la prison. "
32Et Agrippa dit à Festus : " On pouvait relâcher cet homme s`il n`en avait pas appelé à César. "
Reina-Valera 1909
1ENTONCES Agripa dijo á Pablo: Se te permite hablar por ti mismo. Pablo entonces, extendiendo la mano, comenzó á responder por sí, diciendo:
2Acerca de todas las cosas de que soy acusado por los Judíos, oh rey Agripa, me tengo por dichoso de que haya hoy de defenderme delante de ti;
3Mayormente sabiendo tú todas las costumbres y cuestiones que hay entre los Judíos: por lo cual te ruego que me oigas con paciencia.
4Mi vida pues desde la mocedad, la cual desde el principio fué en mi nación, en Jerusalem, todos los Judíos la saben:
5Los cuales tienen ya conocido que yo desde el principio, si quieren testificarlo, conforme á la más rigurosa secta de nuestra religión he vivido Fariseo.
6Y ahora, por la esperanza de la promesa que hizo Dios á nuestros padres, soy llamado en juicio;
7A la cual promesa nuestras doce tribus, sirviendo constantemente de día y de noche, esperan que han de llegar. Por la cual esperanza, oh rey Agripa, soy acusado de los Judíos.
8¡Qué! ¿Júzgase cosa increíble entre vosotros que Dios resucite los muertos?
9Yo ciertamente había pensado deber hacer muchas cosas contra el nombre de Jesús de Nazaret:
10Lo cual también hice en Jerusalem, y yo encerré en cárceles á muchos de los santos, recibida potestad de los príncipes de los sacerdotes; y cuando eran matados, yo dí mi voto.
11Y muchas veces, castigándolos por todas las sinagogas, los forcé á blasfemar; y enfurecido sobremanera contra ellos, los perseguí hasta en las ciudades extrañas.
12En lo cual ocupado, yendo á Damasco con potestad y comisión de los príncipes de los sacerdotes,
13En mitad del día, oh rey, vi en el camino una luz del cielo, que sobrepujaba el resplandor del sol, la cual me rodeó y á los que iban conmigo.
14Y habiendo caído todos nosotros en tierra, oí una voz que me hablaba, y decía en lengua hebraica: Saulo, Saulo, ¿por qué me persigues? Dura cosa te es dar coces contra los aguijones.
15Yo entonces dije: ¿Quién eres, Señor? Y el Señor dijo: Yo soy Jesús, á quien tú persigues.
16Mas levántate, y ponte sobre tus pies; porque para esto te he aparecido, para ponerte por ministro y testigo de las cosas que has visto, y de aquellas en que apareceré á ti:
17Librándote del pueblo y de los Gentiles, á los cuales ahora te envío,
18Para que abras sus ojos, para que se conviertan de las tinieblas á la luz, y de la potestad de Satanás á Dios; para que reciban, por la fe que es en mí, remisión de pecados y suerte entre los santificados.
19Por lo cual, oh rey Agripa, no fuí rebelde á la visión celestial:
20Antes anuncié primeramente á los que están en Damasco, y Jerusalem, y por toda la tierra de Judea, y á los Gentiles, que se arrepintiesen y se convirtiesen á Dios, haciendo obras dignas de arrepentimiento.
21Por causa de esto los Judíos, tomándome en el templo, tentaron matarme.
22Mas ayudado del auxilio de Dios, persevero hasta el día de hoy, dando testimonio á pequeños y á grandes, no diciendo nada fuera de las cosas que los profetas y Moisés dijeron que habían de venir:
23Que Cristo había de padecer, y ser el primero de la resurrección de los muertos, para anunciar luz al pueblo y á los Gentiles.
24Y diciendo él estas cosas en su defensa, Festo á gran voz dijo: Estás loco, Pablo: las muchas letras te vuelven loco.
25Mas él dijo: No estoy loco, excelentísimo Festo, sino que hablo palabras de verdad y de templanza.
26Pues el rey sabe estas cosas, delante del cual también hablo confiadamente. Pues no pienso que ignora nada de esto; pues no ha sido esto hecho en algún rincón.
27¿Crees, rey Agripa, á los profetas? Yo sé que crees.
28Entonces Agripa dijo á Pablo: Por poco me persuades á ser Cristiano.
29Y Pablo dijo: ¡Pluguiese á Dios que por poco ó por mucho, no solamente tú, mas también todos los que hoy me oyen, fueseis hechos tales cual yo soy, excepto estas prisiones!
30Y como hubo dicho estas cosas, se levantó el rey, y el presidente, y Bernice, y los que se habían sentado con ellos;
31Y como se retiraron aparte, hablaban los unos á los otros, diciendo: Ninguna cosa digna ni de muerte, ni de prisión, hace este hombre.
32Y Agripa dijo á Festo: Podía este hombre ser suelto, si no hubiera apelado á César.
King James Version
1Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
2I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
3Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
4My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
5Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
7Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
8Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
11And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
12Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
13At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
16But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
17Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
19Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
20But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
21For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
22Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
23That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
24And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
25But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
26For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
27King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
28Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
29And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
30And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
31And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
32Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cæsar.
World English Bible
1Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
2“I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you today concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,
3especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
4“Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;
5having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
7which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
8Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
9“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10I also did this in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
11Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
12“Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
13at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.
14When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
15“I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
16But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will reveal to you;
17delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
18to 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 an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
19“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
20but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
21For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
22Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
23how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”
24As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
25But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
26For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.
27King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
28Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
29Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me today, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.”
30The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
31When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
32Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”