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22 “Mga kaigsoonan ug mga ginikanan, paminawa una ninyo ang akong mga katarungan sa pagpanalipod sa akong kaugalingon!” Pagkadungog sa mga tawo nga nagasulti siya sa pinulongang Hebreo, misamot ang ilang kahilom. Ug nagpadayon sa pagsulti si Pablo. “Ako usa ka Judio nga natawo sa Tarso nga sakop sa probinsya sa Cilicia, apan dinhi ako nagdako sa Jerusalem. Nagtuon ako dinhi ug maestro ko si Gamaliel. Natudloan ako sa higpit sa pagsunod sa Kasugoan nga gisunod sa atong mga katigulangan. Ug sama kaninyo karon, mainiton usab ako nga nagaalagad sa Dios. Gilutos ko hangtod sa ilang kamatayon ang mga nagasunod sa pamaagi ni Jesus. Dili lamang ang mga lalaki kondili bisan usab ang mga babaye akong gipadakop ug gipapriso. Ang pangulong pari ug ang tanan nga miyembro sa Korte sa mga Judio makapamatuod niining akong gisulti. Sila mismo ang naghatag kanako ug mga sulat nga alang sa atong isigka-Judio didto sa Damascus. Ug tungod sa gahom nga gihatag kanako niadtong mga sulata, miadto ako sa Damascus aron pangdakpon ang mga tawo nga nagatuo kang Jesus ug dad-on pagbalik dinhi sa Jerusalem aron sila silotan.

Gisaysay ni Pablo kon sa Unsang Paagi Nahimo Siyang Sumusunod ni Jesus

(Bin. 9:1-19; 26:12-18)

“Udtong tutok kadto samtang nagkaduol na kami sa Damascus. Kalit lang nga may masulaw nga kahayag gikan sa langit nga midan-ag sa akong palibot. Natumba ako sa yuta ug may nadungog ako nga tingog nga nagaingon kanako, ‘Saulo, Saulo! Nganong ginalutos mo ako?’ Nangutana ako, ‘Sir, kinsa ka?’ Miingon ang tingog, ‘Ako si Jesus nga taga-Nazaret nga imong ginalutos.’ Nakita sa akong mga kauban kadtong kahayag, apan wala sila makadungog[a] sa tingog nga nakigsulti kanako. 10 Ug nangutana ako pag-usab, ‘Ginoo, unsa may akong himuon?’ Miingon siya, ‘Tindog ug adto sa Damascus. Didto may mosulti kanimo kon unsa ang ipahimo sa Dios kanimo.’ 11 Nabuta ako tungod sa kasulaw niadtong kahayag. Busa giagak na lang ako sa akong mga kauban padulong sa Damascus.

12 “Didto sa Damascus may usa ka tawo nga ginganlag Ananias. Kini siya matinumanon gayod sa atong Kasugoan ug tinahod sa tanang mga Judio nga nagpuyo didto. 13 Miadto siya kanako ug miingon, ‘Igsoon, makakita ka na.’ Ug diha-diha mibalik ang akong panan-aw ug nakita ko si Ananias. 14 Miingon siya kanako, ‘Gipili ka sa Dios sa atong mga katigulangan aron mahibaloan mo ang iyang kabubut-on, ug aron makita mo ang Matarong nga Sulugoon[b] ug madunggan mo ang iyang tingog. 15 Kay isulti mo sa tanan ang imong nakita ug nadungog. 16 Busa ayaw na pagdugay. Tindog! Pagpabautismo ug tawag kaniya aron pasayloon ang imong mga sala.’

Gisugo si Pablo nga Mowali sa mga Dili Judio

17 “Pagkahuman niadto mibalik ako sa Jerusalem, ug samtang nagaampo ako didto sa templo may nakita akong panan-awon. 18 Nakita ko si Ginoong Jesus ug miingon siya kanako, ‘Pagdali! Biya dayon dinhi sa Jerusalem, kay ang mga tawo dinhi dili modawat sa imong isugilon mahitungod kanako.’ 19 Miingon ako kaniya, ‘Ginoo, nganong dili man sila motuo? Sila mismo nasayod nga kaniadto gilibot ko ang mga kasimbahanan sa mga Judio aron dakpon ug kastigohon ang mga tawo nga nagtuo kanimo. 20 Ug sa pagpatay kang Esteban nga nagsangyaw mahitungod kanimo, usa ako didto nga miuyon nga patyon siya, ug ako pa gani ang nagbantay sa mga bisti sa mga nagpatay kaniya.’ 21 Apan mitubag ang Ginoo kanako, ‘Lakaw na, tungod kay ipadala ko ikaw sa layong lugar aron iwali mo ang akong mga pulong sa mga dili Judio.’ ”

22 Pagkasulti niini ni Pablo, wala na maminaw ang mga tawo. Misinggit sila, “Patya ninyo siya! Dili angayng mabuhi niining kalibotana ang tawo nga sama kaniya!” 23 Nagpadayon sila sa pagsinggit, ug gilabay nila ang ilang mga bisti ug nagaitsag abog. 24 Unya gimandoan sa komander nga Romanhon ang iyang mga sundalo nga pasudlon na si Pablo sa kampo ug latoson aron mosulti siya kon unsa ang sala nga iyang nabuhat nga nahimong hinungdan kon nganong ang mga Judio naninggit batok kaniya. 25 Apan samtang gigapos nila si Pablo aron latoson, giingnan ni Pablo ang kapitan nga nagatindog didto tapad kaniya, “Gitugot ba sa kasugoan nga latoson ninyo ang tawo nga Romanhon bisan wala pa mahukmi nga sad-an?” 26 Pagkadungog niadto sa kapitan, giadtoan niya ang komander ug giingnan, “Unsa man kining imong gipabuhat? Kining tawhana Romanhon man diay!” 27 Busa, miadto ang komander kang Pablo ug nangutana, “Tug-ani ako, Romanhon ka ba?” Mitubag si Pablo, “Oo.” 28 Misulti dayon ang komander, “Ako nahimong Romanhon pinaagi sa pagbayad ug dakong kantidad.” Mitubag si Pablo, “Apan ako Romanhon sukad pa sa akong pagkatawo.” 29 Misibog dayon ang mga sundalo nga molatos unta kang Pablo. Nahadlok usab ang komander tungod kay gipakadenahan niya si Pablo nga Romanhon diay.

Gidala si Pablo sa Korte sa mga Judio

30 Gusto pa gayong masuta sa komander kon nganong gisumbong sa mga Judio si Pablo. Busa sa pagkasunod nga adlaw gipatangtangan niya si Pablo ug mga kadena ug nagpatawag siya ug tigom sa kadagkoan sa mga pari ug sa tibuok Korte sa mga Judio. Unya gidala niya si Pablo ngadto kanila.

Footnotes

  1. 22:9 wala sila makadungog: posible nga ang buot ipasabot, wala sila makasabot.
  2. 22:14 Tan-awa ang 7:52.

22 “Brothers and fathers,(A) listen now to my defense.”

When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic,(B) they became very quiet.

Then Paul said: “I am a Jew,(C) born in Tarsus(D) of Cilicia,(E) but brought up in this city. I studied under(F) Gamaliel(G) and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors.(H) I was just as zealous(I) for God as any of you are today. I persecuted(J) the followers of this Way(K) to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,(L) as the high priest and all the Council(M) can themselves testify. I even obtained letters from them to their associates(N) in Damascus,(O) and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

“About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.(P) I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’

“‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked.

‘I am Jesus of Nazareth,(Q) whom you are persecuting,’ he replied. My companions saw the light,(R) but they did not understand the voice(S) of him who was speaking to me.

10 “‘What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked.

‘Get up,’ the Lord said, ‘and go into Damascus. There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.’(T) 11 My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me.(U)

12 “A man named Ananias came to see me.(V) He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there.(W) 13 He stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very moment I was able to see him.

14 “Then he said: ‘The God of our ancestors(X) has chosen you to know his will and to see(Y) the Righteous One(Z) and to hear words from his mouth. 15 You will be his witness(AA) to all people of what you have seen(AB) and heard. 16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized(AC) and wash your sins away,(AD) calling on his name.’(AE)

17 “When I returned to Jerusalem(AF) and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance(AG) 18 and saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me.’

19 “‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison(AH) and beat(AI) those who believe in you. 20 And when the blood of your martyr[a] Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’(AJ)

21 “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ (AK)

Paul the Roman Citizen

22 The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him!(AL) He’s not fit to live!”(AM)

23 As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks(AN) and flinging dust into the air,(AO) 24 the commander ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.(AP) He directed(AQ) that he be flogged and interrogated in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this. 25 As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?”(AR)

26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it. “What are you going to do?” he asked. “This man is a Roman citizen.”

27 The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?”

“Yes, I am,” he answered.

28 Then the commander said, “I had to pay a lot of money for my citizenship.”

“But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.

29 Those who were about to interrogate him(AS) withdrew immediately. The commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put Paul, a Roman citizen,(AT) in chains.(AU)

Paul Before the Sanhedrin

30 The commander wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews.(AV) So the next day he released him(AW) and ordered the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrin(AX) to assemble. Then he brought Paul and had him stand before them.

Footnotes

  1. Acts 22:20 Or witness

22 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.

(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.

And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.

And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.

10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.

11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.

14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.

15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.

21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,

24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.

25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.

27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.

29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.