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保罗在亚基帕王面前申辩(A)

26 亚基帕对保罗说:“准你为自己申辩。”于是保罗伸手辩护说: “亚基帕王啊,犹太人控告我的事,今天我可以在你面前辩护,实在是万幸; 特别是你熟悉犹太人的一切规例和争论,所以求你耐心听我申诉: 我从幼年到现在,在本国、在耶路撒冷为人怎样,犹太人都知道。 如果他们肯作证的话,他们是早就知道,我是按着我们祖宗最严格的教派,过着法利赛人的生活。 现在我站着受审,是为了对 神向我们祖先的应许存着盼望。 我们十二支派昼夜切切地事奉 神,都是盼望这应许实现。王啊,我被犹太人控告,正是为了这个盼望。  神使死人复活,你们为甚么认为是不可信的呢? 从前,我也认为应该多方敌对拿撒勒人耶稣的名。 10 后来就在耶路撒冷这样作了。我得到了众祭司长授权,把许多圣徒关在监里,并且他们被杀的时候,我也表示同意。 11 我在各会堂里多次用刑强迫他们说亵渎的话;我非常愤恨他们,甚至追到国外的城巿去迫害他们。

12 “那时候,我得到祭司长的授权和准许,去大马士革。 13 王啊,就在中午的时候,我在路上看见一道光,比太阳更明亮,从天上四面照着我和同行的人。 14 我们都仆倒在地上,我听见有声音用希伯来话对我说:‘扫罗!扫罗!你为甚么迫害我?你要踢刺是难的。’ 15 我说:‘主啊,你是谁?’主说:‘我就是你所迫害的耶稣。 16 你起来,站着,我向你显现,是要指派你为我工作。你要为你所见过的事,和我将要向你显明的事作见证。 17 我要救你脱离这人民和外族人,差遣你到他们那里去, 18 开他们的眼睛,使他们从黑暗中归向光明,从撒但的权下归向 神,使他们的罪恶得到赦免,并且在那些因信我而成圣的人中同得基业。’

19 “亚基帕王啊,因此,我没有违背这从天上来的异象, 20 先向大马士革、耶路撒冷、犹太全地的人宣讲,后向外族人宣讲,叫他们悔改,归向 神,行事与悔改的心相称。 21 犹太人就是为了这缘故在殿里捉住我,想要杀我。 22 然而,我得到 神的帮助,直到今日还是站得稳,向尊卑老幼作见证,我所讲的都是众先知和摩西所论的将来必成的事, 23 就是基督必须受难,并且从死人中首先复活,把光明的信息传报给这人民和外族人。”

保罗说服亚基帕王

24 保罗申诉到这里,非斯都大声说:“保罗!你疯了;你的学问太大,使你疯了!” 25 保罗说:“非斯都大人,我没有疯,我说的都是真实的话,清醒的话。 26 因为王知道这些事,所以我对王坦白直说。我确信这些事没有一件能瞒得过他,因为这不是在背地里作的。 27 亚基帕王啊,你信先知吗?我知道你是信的。” 28 亚基帕对保罗说:“你想用这样短短的时间就可以说服我作基督徒吗!” 29 保罗说:“无论时间短也好,时间长也好,我向 神所求的,不单是你,而且是今天所有的听众,都能像我一样作基督徒,只是不要有这些锁炼。”

30 亚基帕王、总督和百尼基,还有在座的人都站起来, 31 退到一边,彼此谈论,说:“这个人并没有犯过甚么该死该绑的罪。” 32 亚基帕对非斯都说:“这个人若没有向凯撒上诉,早就可以释放了。”

Defensa de Pablo ante Agripa

26 Y Agripa (A) dijo a Pablo: Se te permite hablar en tu favor. Entonces Pablo, extendiendo la mano, comenzó su defensa:

Con respecto a todo aquello de que los judíos me acusan, me considero afortunado, oh rey Agripa, de poder[a] presentar hoy mi defensa delante de ti, sobre todo, porque eres experto[b] en todas las costumbres y controversias entre los judíos(B); por lo cual te ruego que me escuches con paciencia. Pues bien, todos los judíos conocen(C) mi vida[c] desde mi juventud, que desde el principio transcurrió entre los de mi pueblo[d] y en Jerusalén; puesto que ellos han sabido de mí desde hace mucho tiempo, si están dispuestos a testificar, que viví como fariseo(D), de acuerdo con la secta(E) más estricta(F) de nuestra religión. Y ahora soy sometido a juicio por la esperanza(G) de la promesa hecha por Dios a nuestros padres(H): que nuestras doce tribus(I) esperan alcanzar al servir fielmente a Dios noche y día. Y por esta esperanza(J), oh rey, soy acusado por los judíos(K). ¿Por qué se considera increíble entre vosotros que Dios resucite a los muertos(L)? Yo ciertamente había creído que debía hacer muchos males(M) en contra del nombre de Jesús de Nazaret(N). 10 Y esto es precisamente[e] lo que hice en Jerusalén; no solo encerré en cárceles a muchos de los santos(O) con la autoridad recibida de los principales sacerdotes(P), sino que también, cuando eran condenados a muerte, yo daba mi voto contra ellos(Q). 11 Y castigándolos con frecuencia en todas las sinagogas(R), procuraba obligarlos a blasfemar; y enfurecido en gran manera contra ellos(S), seguía persiguiéndolos aun hasta en las ciudades extranjeras[f](T).

Relato de la conversión de Pablo

12 (U)Ocupado en esto[g], cuando iba para Damasco con autoridad y comisión de los principales sacerdotes, 13 al mediodía, oh rey, yendo de camino, vi una luz procedente del cielo más brillante que el sol, que resplandecía en torno mío y de los que viajaban conmigo. 14 Y después de que todos caímos al suelo(V), oí una voz que me decía en el idioma hebreo[h](W): «Saulo, Saulo, ¿por qué me persigues? Dura cosa te es dar coces contra el aguijón». 15 Yo entonces dije: «¿Quién eres, Señor?». Y el Señor dijo: «Yo soy Jesús a quien tú persigues. 16 Pero levántate y ponte en pie(X); porque te he aparecido con el fin de designarte(Y) como ministro y testigo(Z), no solo de las cosas que[i] has visto, sino también de aquellas en que me apareceré a ti(AA); 17 librándote(AB) del pueblo judío y de los gentiles(AC), a los cuales yo te envío, 18 para que abras sus ojos(AD) a fin de que se vuelvan de la oscuridad a la luz(AE), y del dominio de Satanás a Dios(AF), para que reciban, por la fe en mí(AG), el perdón de pecados(AH) y herencia entre los que han sido santificados(AI)». 19 Por consiguiente, oh rey Agripa, no fui desobediente a la visión celestial, 20 sino que anunciaba, primeramente a los que estaban en Damasco(AJ) y también en Jerusalén(AK), y después por toda la región de Judea, y aun a los gentiles(AL), que debían arrepentirse(AM) y volverse a Dios, haciendo obras dignas de arrepentimiento(AN). 21 Por esta causa, algunos judíos me prendieron en el templo(AO) y trataron de matarme(AP). 22 Así que habiendo recibido ayuda de Dios, continúo hasta este día testificando(AQ) tanto a pequeños como a grandes, no declarando más que lo que los profetas y Moisés dijeron que sucedería(AR): 23 que[j] el Cristo[k] había de padecer[l](AS), y que por motivo de su resurrección de entre los muertos(AT), Él debía ser el primero en proclamar luz tanto al pueblo judío como a los gentiles(AU).

Pablo exhorta a Agripa

24 Mientras Pablo decía esto en su defensa, Festo dijo* a gran voz: ¡Pablo, estás loco! ¡Tu mucho saber[m](AV) te está haciendo perder la cabeza[n]! 25 Mas Pablo dijo*: No estoy loco, excelentísimo(AW) Festo, sino que hablo palabras de verdad y de cordura. 26 Porque el rey entiende estas cosas(AX), y también le hablo con confianza, porque estoy persuadido de que él no ignora nada de esto; pues esto no se ha hecho en secreto[o]. 27 Rey Agripa, ¿crees en los profetas? Yo sé que crees. 28 Y Agripa respondió a Pablo: En poco tiempo[p] me persuadirás[q] a que me haga cristiano(AY). 29 Y Pablo dijo: Quisiera[r] Dios que, ya fuera en poco tiempo o en mucho[s], no solo tú, sino también todos los que hoy me oyen, llegaran a ser tal como yo soy, a excepción de estas cadenas(AZ).

30 Entonces el rey, el gobernador, Berenice(BA) y los que estaban sentados con ellos se levantaron, 31 y mientras se retiraban, hablaban entre ellos, diciendo: Este hombre no ha hecho* nada que merezca muerte o prisión[t](BB). 32 Y Agripa dijo a Festo: Podría ser puesto en libertad este hombre(BC), si no hubiera apelado al César(BD).

Footnotes

  1. Hechos 26:2 Lit., de estar para
  2. Hechos 26:3 O, porque eres especialmente experto
  3. Hechos 26:4 O, mi manera de vivir
  4. Hechos 26:4 Lit., nación
  5. Hechos 26:10 Lit., también
  6. Hechos 26:11 O, circunvecinas
  7. Hechos 26:12 Lit., En las cuales cosas
  8. Hechos 26:14 I.e., arameo judaico
  9. Hechos 26:16 Algunos mss. antiguos dicen: que de mí
  10. Hechos 26:23 Lit., si
  11. Hechos 26:23 I.e., el Mesías
  12. Hechos 26:23 Lit., sería sujeto a sufrimiento
  13. Hechos 26:24 Lit., Las muchas letras
  14. Hechos 26:24 Lit., te están volviendo loco
  15. Hechos 26:26 Lit., en un rincón
  16. Hechos 26:28 O, Con un poco
  17. Hechos 26:28 O, procurarás convencerme
  18. Hechos 26:29 Lit., Oraría a
  19. Hechos 26:29 O, con poco o con mucho
  20. Hechos 26:31 Lit., cadenas

Paul's Defense before Agrippa

26 Agrippa told Paul, “You may now speak for yourself.”

Paul stretched out his hand and said:

King Agrippa, I am glad for this chance to defend myself before you today on all these charges my own people have brought against me. You know a lot about our religious customs and the beliefs that divide us. So I ask you to listen patiently to me.

4-5 (A) All the Jews have known me since I was a child. They know what kind of life I have lived in my own country and in Jerusalem. And if they were willing, they could tell you I was a Pharisee, a member of a group that is stricter than any other. Now I am on trial because I believe the promise God made to our people long ago.

Day and night our twelve tribes have earnestly served God, waiting for his promised blessings. King Agrippa, because of this hope, some of our leaders have brought charges against me. (B) Why should any of you doubt that God raises the dead to life?

(C) I once thought that I should do everything I could to oppose Jesus from Nazareth. 10 I did this first in Jerusalem, and with the authority of the chief priests I put many of God's people in jail. I even voted for them to be killed. 11 I often had them punished in our synagogues, and I tried to make them give up their faith. In fact, I was so angry with them, that I went looking for them in foreign cities.

12 King Agrippa, one day I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and permission of the chief priests. 13 About noon I saw a light brighter than the sun. It flashed from heaven on me and on everyone traveling with me. 14 We all fell to the ground. Then I heard a voice say to me in Aramaic,[a] “Saul, Saul, why are you so cruel to me? It's foolish to fight against me!”

15 “Who are you?” I asked.

Then the Lord answered, “I am Jesus! I am the one you are so cruel to. 16 Now stand up. I have appeared to you, because I have chosen you to be my servant. You are to tell others what you have learned about me and what I will show you later.”

17 The Lord also said, “I will protect you from the Jews and from the Gentiles that I am sending you to. 18 I want you to open their eyes, so they will turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God. Then their sins will be forgiven, and by faith in me they will become part of God's holy people.”

19 King Agrippa, I obeyed this vision from heaven. 20 (D) First I preached to the people in Damascus, and then I went to Jerusalem and all over Judea. Finally, I went to the Gentiles and said, “Stop sinning and turn to God! Then prove what you have done by the way you live.”

21 That is why some men grabbed me in the temple and tried to kill me. 22 But all this time God has helped me, and I have preached both to the rich and to the poor. I have told them only what the prophets and Moses said would happen. 23 (E) I told them how the Messiah would suffer and be the first to be raised from death, so he could bring light to his own people and to the Gentiles.

24 Before Paul finished defending himself, Festus shouted, “Paul, you're crazy! Too much learning has driven you out of your mind.”

25 But Paul replied, “Honorable Festus, I am not crazy. What I am saying is true, and it makes sense. 26 None of these things happened off in a corner somewhere. I am sure that King Agrippa knows what I am talking about. That's why I can speak so plainly to him.”

27 Then Paul said to Agrippa, “Do you believe what the prophets said? I know you do.”

28 Agrippa asked Paul, “In such a short time do you think you can talk me into being a Christian?”

29 Paul answered, “Whether it takes a short time or a long time, I wish you and everyone else who hears me today would become just like me! Except, of course, for these chains.”

30 Then King Agrippa, Governor Festus, Bernice, and everyone who was with them got up. 31 But before they left, they said, “This man isn't guilty of anything. He doesn't deserve to die or to be put in jail.”

32 Agrippa told Festus, “Paul could have been set free, if he had not asked to be tried by the Roman Emperor.”

Footnotes

  1. 26.14 Aramaic: Or “Hebrew.” Aramaic is a Semitic language closely related to Hebrew.

26 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.”(A)

So Paul motioned with his hand(B) and began his defense: “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you(C) today as I make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews,(D) and especially so because you are well acquainted with all the Jewish customs(E) and controversies.(F) Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently.

“The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child,(G) from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem. They have known me for a long time(H) and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the strictest sect(I) of our religion, living as a Pharisee.(J) And now it is because of my hope(K) in what God has promised our ancestors(L) that I am on trial today. This is the promise our twelve tribes(M) are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night.(N) King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that these Jews are accusing me.(O) Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?(P)

“I too was convinced(Q) that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose(R) the name of Jesus of Nazareth.(S) 10 And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people(T) in prison,(U) and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.(V) 11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished,(W) and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.

12 “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 13 About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions. 14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice(X) saying to me in Aramaic,[a](Y) ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

15 “Then I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’

‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied. 16 ‘Now get up and stand on your feet.(Z) I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.(AA) 17 I will rescue you(AB) from your own people and from the Gentiles.(AC) I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes(AD) and turn them from darkness to light,(AE) and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins(AF) and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(AG)

19 “So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient(AH) to the vision from heaven. 20 First to those in Damascus,(AI) then to those in Jerusalem(AJ) and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles,(AK) I preached that they should repent(AL) and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.(AM) 21 That is why some Jews seized me(AN) in the temple courts and tried to kill me.(AO) 22 But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen(AP) 23 that the Messiah would suffer(AQ) and, as the first to rise from the dead,(AR) would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.”(AS)

24 At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind,(AT) Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning(AU) is driving you insane.”

25 “I am not insane, most excellent(AV) Festus,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and reasonable. 26 The king is familiar with these things,(AW) and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner. 27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”

28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?”(AX)

29 Paul replied, “Short time or long—I pray to God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains.”(AY)

30 The king rose, and with him the governor and Bernice(AZ) and those sitting with them. 31 After they left the room, they began saying to one another, “This man is not doing anything that deserves death or imprisonment.”(BA)

32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free(BB) if he had not appealed to Caesar.”(BC)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 26:14 Or Hebrew