Hechos de los Apóstoles 23

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1 Pablo miró fijamente al Sanedrín y dijo: «Hermanos, yo me he portado con entera buena conciencia ante Dios, hasta este día».	1 Then Paul, gazing intently at the council, said, “Noble brothers, I have spoken with all good conscience before God, even to this present day.”
2 Pero el Sumo Sacerdote Ananías mandó a los que le asistían que le golpeasen en la boca.	2 And the high priest, Ananias, instructed those who were standing nearby to strike him on the mouth.
3 Entonces Pablo le dijo: «¡Dios te golpeará a ti, pared blanqueada! ¿Tú te sientas para juzgarme conforme la Ley y mandas, violando la Ley, que me golpeen?»	3 Then Paul said to him: “God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! For would you sit and judge me according to the law, when, contrary to the law, you order me to be struck?”
4 Pero los que estaban a su lado le dijeron: «¿Insultas al Sumo Sacerdote de Dios?»	4 And those who were standing nearby said, “Are you speaking evil about the high priest of God?”
5 Pablo contestó: «No sabía, hermanos, que fuera el Sumo Sacerdote; pues está escrito: No injuriarás al jefe de tu pueblo».	5 And Paul said: “I did not know, brothers, that he is the high priest. For it is written: ‘You shall not speak evil of the leader of your people.’ ”
6 Pablo, dándose cuenta de que una parte eran saduceos y la otra fariseos, gritó en medio del Sanedrín: «Hermanos, yo soy fariseo, hijo de fariseos; por esperar la resurrección de los muertos se me juzga».	6 Now Paul, knowing that one group were Sadducees and the other were Pharisees, exclaimed in the council: “Noble brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees! It is over the hope and resurrection of the dead that I am being judged.”
7 Al decir él esto, se produjo un altercado entre fariseos y saduceos y la asamblea se dividió.	7 And when he had said this, a dissension occurred between the Pharisees and the Sadducees. And the multitude was divided.
8 Porque los saduceos dicen que no hay resurrección, ni ángel, ni espíritu; mientras que los fariseos profesan todo eso.	8 For the Sadducees claim that there is no resurrection, and neither angels, nor spirits. But the Pharisees confess both of these.
9 Se levantó, pues, un gran griterío. Se pusieron en pie algunos escribas del partido de los fariseos y se oponían diciendo: «Nosotros no hallamos nada malo en este hombre. ¿Y si acaso le habló algún espíritu o un ángel?»	9 Then there occurred a great clamor. And some of the Pharisees, rising up, were fighting, saying: “We find nothing evil in this man. What if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel?”
10 Como el altercado iba creciendo, temió el tribuno que Pablo fuese despedazado por ellos y mandó a la tropa que bajase, que le arrancase de entre ellos y le llevase al cuartel.	10 And since a great dissension had been made, the tribune, fearing that Paul might be torn apart by them, ordered the soldiers to descend and to seize him from their midst, and to bring him into the fortress.
11 A la noche siguiente se le apareció el Señor y le dijo: «¡Animo!, pues como has dado testimonio de mí en Jerusalén, así debes darlo también en Roma».	11 Then, on the following night, the Lord stood near him and said: “Be constant. For just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so also it is necessary for you to testify at Rome.”
12 Al amanecer, los judíos se confabularon y se comprometieron bajo anatema a no comer ni beber hasta que hubieran matado a Pablo.	12 And when daylight arrived, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves with an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
13 Eran más de cuarenta los comprometidos en esta conjuración.	13 Now there were more than forty men who had taken this oath together.
14 Estos, pues, se presentaron a los sumos sacerdotes y a los ancianos y le dijeron: «Bajo anatema nos hemos comprometido a no probar cosa alguna hasta que no hayamos dado muerte a Pablo.	14 And they approached the leaders of the priests, and the elders, and they said: “We have sworn ourselves by an oath, so that we will taste nothing, until we have killed Paul.
15 Vosotros por vuestra parte, de acuerdo con el Sanedrín, indicad al tribuno que os lo baje donde vosotros, como si quisierais examinar más a fondo su caso; nosotros estamos dispuestos a matarle antes de que llegue».	15 Therefore, with the council, you should now give notice to the tribune, so that he may bring him to you, as if you intended to determine something else about him. But before he approaches, we have made preparations to put him to death.”
16 El hijo de la hermana de Pablo se enteró de la celada. Se presentó en el cuartel, entró y se lo contó a Pablo.	16 But when Paul’s sister’s son had heard of this, about their treachery, he went and entered into the fortress, and he reported it to Paul.
17 Pablo llamó a uno de los centuriones y le dijo: «Lleva a este joven donde el tribuno, pues tiene algo que contarle».	17 And Paul, calling to him one of the centurions, said: “Lead this young man to the tribune. For he has something to tell him.”
18 El tomó y le presentó al tribuno diciéndole: «Pablo, el preso, me llamó y me rogó que te trajese este joven que tiene algo que decirte».	18 And indeed, he took him and led him to the tribune, and he said, “Paul, the prisoner, asked me to lead this young man to you, since he has something to say to you.”
19 El tribuno le tomó de la mano, le llevó aparte y le preguntó: «¿Qué es lo que tienes que contarme?»	19 Then the tribune, taking him by the hand, withdrew with him by themselves, and he asked him: “What is it that you have to tell me?”
20 - «Los judíos, contestó, se han concertado para pedirte que mañana bajes a Pablo al Sanedrín con el pretexto de hacer una indagación más a fondo sobre él.	20 Then he said: “The Jews have met to ask you to bring Paul tomorrow to the council, as if they intended to question him about something else.
21 Pero tú no les hagas caso, pues le preparan una celada más de cuarenta hombres de entre ellos, que se han comprometido bajo anatema a no comer ni beber hasta haberle dado muerte; y ahora están preparados, esperando tu asentimiento».	21 But truly, you should not believe them, for they would ambush him with more than forty men from among them, who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat, nor to drink, until they have put him to death. And they are now prepared, hoping for an affirmation from you.”
22 El tribuno despidió al muchacho dándole esta recomendación: «No digas a nadie que me has denunciado estas cosas».	22 And then the tribune dismissed the young man, instructing him not to tell anyone that he had made known these things to him.
23 Después llamó a dos centuriones y les dijo: «Tened preparados para la tercera hora de la noche doscientos soldados, para ir a Cesarea, setenta de caballería y doscientos lanceros.	23 Then, having called two centurions, he said to them: “Prepare two hundred soldiers, so that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, for the third hour of the night.
24 Preparad también cabalgaduras para que monte Pablo; y llevadlo a salvo al procurador Félix».	24 And prepare beasts of burden to carry Paul, so that they may lead him safely to Felix, the governor.”
25 Y escribió una carta en estos términos:	25 For he was afraid, lest perhaps the Jews might seize him and kill him, and that afterwards he would be falsely accused, as if he had accepted a bribe. And so he wrote a letter containing the following:
26 «Claudio Lisias saluda al excelentísimo procurador Félix».	26 “Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor, Felix: greetings.
27 Este hombre había sido apresado por los judíos y estaban a punto de matarlo cuando, al saber que era romano, acudí yo con la tropa y le libré de sus manos.	27 This man, having been apprehended by the Jews and being about to be put to death by them, I rescued, overwhelming them with soldiers, since I realized that he is a Roman.
28 Queriendo averiguar el crimen de que le acusaban, le bajé a su Sanedrín.	28 And wanting to know the reason that they objected to him, I brought him into their council.
29 Y hallé que le acusaban sobre cuestiones de su Ley, pero que no tenía ningún cargo digno de muerte o de prisión.	29 And I discovered him to be accused about questions of their law. Yet truly, nothing deserving of death or imprisonment was within the accusation.
30 Pero habiéndome llegado el aviso de que se preparaba una celada contra este hombre, al punto te lo he mandado y he informado además a sus acusadores que formulen sus quejas contra él ante ti».	30 And when I had been given news of ambushes, which they had prepared against him, I sent him to you, notifying his accusers also, so that they may plead their accusations before you. Farewell.”
31 Los soldados, conforme a lo que se les había ordenado, tomaron a Pablo y lo condujeron de noche a Antipátrida;	31 Therefore the soldiers, taking Paul according to their orders, brought him by night to Antipatris.
32 a la mañana siguiente dejaron que los de caballería se fueran con él y ellos se volvieron al cuartel.	32 And the next day, sending the horsemen to go with him, they returned to the fortress.
33 Al llegar aquéllos a Cesarea, entregaron la carta al procurador y le presentaron también a Pablo.	33 And when they had arrived at Caesarea and had delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul before him.
34 Habiéndola leído, preguntó de qué provincia era y, al saber que era de Cilicia, le dijo:	34 And when he had read it and had asked which province he was from, realizing that he was from Cilicia, he said:
35 «Te oiré cuando estén también presentes tus acusadores». Y mandó custodiarle en el pretorio de Herodes.	35 “I will hear you, when your accusers have arrived.” And he ordered him to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.