Actus Apostolorum 9

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Saulus autem adhuc spirans minarum et cædis in discipulos Domini, accessit ad principem sacerdotum,	1 Now Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
2 et petiit ab eo epistolas in Damascum ad synagogas : ut si quos invenisset hujus viæ viros ac mulieres, vinctos perduceret in Jerusalem.	2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that, if he should find any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them back to Jerusalem in chains.
3 Et cum iter faceret, contigit ut appropinquaret Damasco : et subito circumfulsit eum lux de cælo.	3 On his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, a light from the sky suddenly flashed around him.
4 Et cadens in terram audivit vocem dicentem sibi : Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris ?	4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
5 Qui dixit : Quis es, domine ? Et ille : Ego sum Jesus, quem tu persequeris : durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.	5 He said, "Who are you, sir?" The reply came, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
6 Et tremens ac stupens dixit : Domine, quid me vis facere ?	6 Now get up and go into the city and you will be told what you must do."
7 Et Dominus ad eum : Surge, et ingredere civitatem, et ibi dicetur tibi quid te oporteat facere. Viri autem illi qui comitabantur cum eo, stabant stupefacti, audientes quidem vocem, neminem autem videntes.	7 The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, for they heard the voice but could see no one.
8 Surrexit autem Saulus de terra, apertisque oculis nihil videbat. Ad manus autem illum trahentes, introduxerunt Damascum.	8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him to Damascus.
9 Et erat ibi tribus diebus non videns, et non manducavit, neque bibit.	9 For three days he was unable to see, and he neither ate nor drank.
10 Erat autem quidam discipulus Damasci, nomine Ananias : et dixit ad illum in visu Dominus : Anania. At ille ait : Ecce ego, Domine.	10 There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." He answered, "Here I am, Lord."
11 Et Dominus ad eum : Surge, et vade in vicum qui vocatur Rectus : et quære in domo Judæ Saulum nomine Tarsensem : ecce enim orat.	11 The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight and ask at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is there praying,
12 (Et vidit virum Ananiam nomine, introëuntem, et imponentem sibi manus ut visum recipiat.)	12 and (in a vision) he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay (his) hands on him, that he may regain his sight."
13 Respondit autem Ananias : Domine, audivi a multis de viro hoc, quanta mala fecerit sanctis tuis in Jerusalem :	13 But Ananias replied, "Lord, I have heard from many sources about this man, what evil things he has done to your holy ones in Jerusalem.
14 et hic habet potestatem a principibus sacerdotum alligandi omnes qui invocant nomen tuum.	14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call upon your name."
15 Dixit autem ad eum Dominus : Vade, quoniam vas electionis est mihi iste, ut portet nomen meum coram gentibus, et regibus, et filiis Israël.	15 But the Lord said to him, "Go, for this man is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before Gentiles, kings, and Israelites,
16 Ego enim ostendam illi quanta oporteat eum pro nomine meo pati.	16 and I will show him what he will have to suffer for my name."
17 Et abiit Ananias, et introivit in domum : et imponens ei manus, dixit : Saule frater, Dominus misit me Jesus, qui apparuit tibi in via qua veniebas, ut videas, et implearis Spiritu Sancto.	17 So Ananias went and entered the house; laying his hands on him, he said, "Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way by which you came, that you may regain your sight and be filled with the holy Spirit."
18 Et confestim ceciderunt ab oculis ejus tamquam squamæ, et visum recepit : et surgens baptizatus est.	18 Immediately things like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. He got up and was baptized,
19 Et cum accepisset cibum, confortatus est. Fuit autem cum discipulis qui erant Damasci per dies aliquot.	19 and when he had eaten, he recovered his strength. He stayed some days with the disciples in Damascus,
20 Et continuo in synagogis prædicabat Jesum, quoniam hic est Filius Dei.	20 and he began at once to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
21 Stupebant autem omnes qui audiebant, et dicebant : Nonne hic est qui expugnabat in Jerusalem eos qui invocabant nomen istud : et huc ad hoc venit, ut vinctos illos duceret ad principes sacerdotum ?	21 All who heard him were astounded and said, "Is not this the man who in Jerusalem ravaged those who call upon this name, and came here expressly to take them back in chains to the chief priests?"
22 Saulus autem multo magis convalescebat, et confundebat Judæos qui habitabant Damasci, affirmans quoniam hic est Christus.	22 But Saul grew all the stronger and confounded (the) Jews who lived in Damascus, proving that this is the Messiah.
23 Cum autem implerentur dies multi, consilium fecerunt in unum Judæi ut eum interficerent.	23 After a long time had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,
24 Notæ autem factæ sunt Saulo insidiæ eorum. Custodiebant autem et portas die ac nocte, ut eum interficerent.	24 but their plot became known to Saul. Now they were keeping watch on the gates day and night so as to kill him,
25 Accipientes autem eum discipuli nocte, per murum dimiserunt eum, submittentes in sporta.	25 but his disciples took him one night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.
26 Cum autem venisset in Jerusalem, tentabat se jungere discipulis, et omnes timebant eum, non credentes quod esset discipulus.	26 When he arrived in Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
27 Barnabas autem apprehensum illum duxit ad Apostolos : et narravit illis quomodo in via vidisset Dominum, et quia locutus est ei, et quomodo in Damasco fiducialiter egerit in nomine Jesu.	27 Then Barnabas took charge of him and brought him to the apostles, and he reported to them how on the way he had seen the Lord and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.
28 Et erat cum illis intrans et exiens in Jerusalem, et fiducialiter agens in nomine Domini.	28 He moved about freely with them in Jerusalem, and spoke out boldly in the name of the Lord.
29 Loquebatur quoque gentibus, et disputabat cum Græcis : illi autem quærebant occidere eum.	29 He also spoke and debated with the Hellenists, but they tried to kill him.
30 Quod cum cognovissent fratres, deduxerunt eum Cæsaream, et dimiserunt Tarsum.	30 And when the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him on his way to Tarsus.
31 Ecclesia quidem per totam Judæam, et Galilæam, et Samariam habebat pacem, et ædificabatur ambulans in timore Domini, et consolatione Sancti Spiritus replebatur.	31 The church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace. It was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord, and with the consolation of the holy Spirit it grew in numbers.
32 Factum est autem, ut Petrus dum pertransiret universos, deveniret ad sanctos qui habitabant Lyddæ.	32 As Peter was passing through every region, he went down to the holy ones living in Lydda.
33 Invenit autem ibi hominem quemdam, nomine Æneam, ab annis octo jacentem in grabato, qui erat paralyticus.	33 There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been confined to bed for eight years, for he was paralyzed.
34 Et ait illi Petrus : Ænea, sanat te Dominus Jesus Christus : surge, et sterne tibi. Et continuo surrexit.	34 Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed." He got up at once.
35 Et viderunt eum omnes qui habitabant Lyddæ et Saronæ : qui conversi sunt ad Dominum.	35 And all the inhabitants of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
36 In Joppe autem fuit quædam discipula, nomine Tabitha, quæ interpretata dicitur Dorcas. Hæc erat plena operibus bonis et eleemosynis quas faciebat.	36 Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated means Dorcas). She was completely occupied with good deeds and almsgiving.
37 Factum est autem in diebus illis ut infirmata moreretur. Quam cum lavissent, posuerunt eam in cœnaculo.	37 Now during those days she fell sick and died, so after washing her, they laid (her) out in a room upstairs.
38 Cum autem prope esset Lydda ad Joppen, discipuli, audientes quia Petrus esset in ea, miserunt duos viros ad eum, rogantes : Ne pigriteris venire ad nos.	38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him with the request, "Please come to us without delay."
39 Exsurgens autem Petrus, venit cum illis. Et cum advenisset, duxerunt illum in cœnaculum : et circumsteterunt illum omnes viduæ flentes, et ostendentes ei tunicas et vestes quas faciebat illis Dorcas.	39 So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs where all the widows came to him weeping and showing him the tunics and cloaks that Dorcas had made while she was with them.
40 Ejectis autem omnibus foras, Petrus ponens genua oravit : et conversus ad corpus, dixit : Tabitha, surge. At illa aperuit oculos suos : et viso Petro, resedit.	40 Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed. Then he turned to her body and said, "Tabitha, rise up." She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up.
41 Dans autem illi manum, erexit eam. Et cum vocasset sanctos et viduas, assignavit eam vivam.	41 He gave her his hand and raised her up, and when he had called the holy ones and the widows, he presented her alive.
42 Notum autem factum est per universam Joppen : et crediderunt multi in Domino.	42 This became known all over Joppa, and many came to believe in the Lord.
43 Factum est autem ut dies multos moraretur in Joppe, apud Simonem quemdam coriarium.	43 And he stayed a long time in Joppa with Simon, a tanner.