Actus Apostolorum 28

VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Et cum evasissemus, tunc cognovimus quia Melita insula vocabatur. Barbari vero præstabant non modicam humanitatem nobis.	1 Once we had come safely through, we discovered that the island was cal ed Malta.
2 Accensa enim pyra, reficiebant nos omnes propter imbrem qui imminebat, et frigus.	2 The inhabitants treated us with unusual kindness. They made us all welcome by lighting a huge firebecause it had started to rain and the weather was cold.
3 Cum congregasset autem Paulus sarmentorum aliquantam multitudinem, et imposuisset super ignem, vipera a calore cum processisset, invasit manum ejus.	3 Paul had collected a bundle of sticks and was putting them on the fire when a viper brought out by theheat attached itself to his hand.
4 Ut vero viderunt barbari pendentem bestiam de manu ejus, ad invicem dicebant : Utique homicida est homo hic, qui cum evaserit de mari, ultio non sinit eum vivere.	4 When the inhabitants saw the creature hanging from his hand they said to one another, 'That manmust be a murderer; he may have escaped the sea, but divine justice would not let him live.'
5 Et ille quidem excutiens bestiam in ignem, nihil mali passus est.	5 However, he shook the creature off into the fire and came to no harm,
6 At illi existimabant eum in tumorem convertendum, et subito casurum et mori. Diu autem illis exspectantibus, et videntibus nihil mali in eo fieri, convertentes se, dicebant eum esse deum.	6 although they were expecting him at any moment to swell up or drop dead on the spot. After they hadwaited a long time without seeing anything out of the ordinary happen to him, they changed their minds andbegan to say he was a god.
7 In locis autem illis erant prædia principis insulæ, nomine Publii, qui nos suscipiens, triduo benigne exhibuit.	7 In that neighbourhood there were estates belonging to the chief man of the island, whose name wasPublius. He received us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
8 Contigit autem patrem Publii febribus et dysenteria vexatum jacere. Ad quem Paulus intravit : et cum orasset, et imposuisset ei manus, salvavit eum.	8 It happened that Publius' father was in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to seehim, and after a prayer he laid his hands on the man and healed him.
9 Quo facto, omnes qui in insula habebant infirmitates, accedebant, et curabantur :	9 When this happened, the other sick people on the island also came and were cured;
10 qui etiam multis honoribus nos honoraverunt, et navigantibus imposuerunt quæ necessaria erant.	10 they honoured us with many marks of respect, and when we sailed they put on board the provisionswe needed.
11 Post menses autem tres navigavimus in navi Alexandrina, quæ in insula hiemaverat, cui erat insigne Castorum.	11 At the end of three months we set sail in a ship that had wintered in the island; she came fromAlexandria and her figurehead was the Twins.
12 Et cum venissemus Syracusam, mansimus ibi triduo.	12 We put in at Syracuse and spent three days there;
13 Inde circumlegentes devenimus Rhegium : et post unum diem, flante austro, secunda die venimus Puteolos :	13 from there we followed the coast up to Rhegium. After one day there a south wind sprang up and onthe second day we made Puteoli,
14 ubi inventis fratribus rogati sumus manere apud eos dies septem : et sic venimus Romam.	14 where we found some brothers and had the great encouragement of staying a week with them. Andso we came to Rome.
15 Et inde cum audissent fratres, occurrerunt nobis usque ad Appii forum, ac tres Tabernas. Quos cum vidisset Paulus, gratias agens Deo, accepit fiduciam.	15 When the brothers there heard about us they came to meet us, as far as the Forum of Appius and theThree Taverns. When Paul saw them he thanked God and took courage.
16 Cum autem venissemus Romam, permissum est Paulo manere sibimet cum custodiente se milite.	16 On our arrival in Rome Paul was al owed to stay in lodgings of his own with the soldier who guardedhim.
17 Post tertium autem diem convocavit primos Judæorum. Cumque convenissent, dicebat eis : Ego, viri fratres, nihil adversus plebem faciens, aut morem paternum, vinctus ab Jerosolymis traditus sum in manus Romanorum,	17 After three days he cal ed together the leading Jews. When they had assembled, he said to them,'Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested inJerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
18 qui cum interrogationem de me habuissent, voluerunt me dimittere, eo quod nulla esset causa mortis in me.	18 They examined me and would have set me free, since they found me guilty of nothing involving thedeath penalty;
19 Contradicentibus autem Judæis, coactus sum appellare Cæsarem, non quasi gentem meam habens aliquid accusare.	19 but the Jews lodged an objection, and I was forced to appeal to Caesar, though not because I hadany accusation to make against my own nation.
20 Propter hanc igitur causam rogavi vos videre, et alloqui. Propter spem enim Israël catena hac circumdatus sum.	20 That is why I have urged you to see me and have a discussion with me, for it is on account of thehope of Israel that I wear this chain.'
21 At illi dixerunt ad eum : Nos neque litteras accepimus de te a Judæa, neque adveniens aliquis fratrum nuntiavit, aut locutus est quid de te malum.	21 They answered, 'We have received no letters from Judaea about you, nor has any of the brothersarrived here with any report or story of anything to your discredit.
22 Rogamus autem a te audire quæ sentis : nam de secta hac notum est nobis quia ubique ei contradicitur.	22 We think it would be as wel to hear your own account of your position; al we know about this sect isthat it encounters opposition everywhere.'
23 Cum constituissent autem illi diem, venerunt ad eum in hospitium plurimi, quibus exponebat testificans regnum Dei, suadensque eis de Jesu ex lege Moysi et prophetis a mane usque ad vesperam.	23 So they arranged a day with him and a large number of them visited him at his lodgings. He put hiscase to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them about Jesus, arguing from the Law ofMoses and the prophets from early morning until evening;
24 Et quidam credebant his quæ dicebantur : quidam vero non credebant.	24 and some were convinced by what he said, while the rest were sceptical.
25 Cumque invicem non essent consentientes, discedebant, dicente Paulo unum verbum : Quia bene Spiritus Sanctus locutus est per Isaiam prophetam ad patres nostros,	25 So they disagreed among themselves and, as they went away, Paul had one last thing to say to them,'How aptly the Holy Spirit spoke when he told your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah:
26 dicens : Vade ad populum istum, et dic ad eos : Aure audietis, et non intelligetis, et videntes videbitis, et non perspicietis.	26 Go and say to this people: Listen and listen but never understand! Look and look but never perceive!
27 Incrassatum est enim cor populi hujus, et auribus graviter audierunt, et oculos suos compresserunt : ne forte videant oculis, et auribus audiant, et corde intelligant, et convertantur, et sanem eos.	27 This people's heart is torpid, their ears dul ed, they have shut their eyes tight, to avoid using their eyesto see, their ears to hear, using their heart to understand, changing their ways and being healed by me.
28 Notum ergo sit vobis, quoniam gentibus missum est hoc salutare Dei, et ipsi audient.	28 'You must realise, then, that this salvation of God has been sent to the gentiles;they wil listen to it.'
29 Et cum hæc dixisset, exierunt ab eo Judæi, multam habentes inter se quæstionem.	29
30 Mansit autem biennio toto in suo conducto : et suscipiebat omnes qui ingrediebantur ad eum,	30 He spent the whole of the two years in his own rented lodging. He welcomed all who came to visithim,
31 prædicans regnum Dei, et docens quæ sunt de Domino Jesu Christo cum omni fiducia, sine prohibitione.	31 proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching the truth about the Lord Jesus Christ with completefearlessness and without any hindrance from anyone.