Deeds (Act) of Apostles 26:15-32

¹⁵And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom thou pursuest, (or I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest).

¹⁶But rise up, and stand on thy feet. For why to this thing I appeared to thee, that I ordain thee minister and witness of those things that thou hast seen, and of those things in which I shall show to thee or and of those things in which I shall appear to thee. (But rise up, and stand on thy feet. Because I have appeared to thee for this reason, so that I can ordain thee to be my servant and witness of those things that thou hast seen, and of those things which I shall yet show to thee or in which I shall yet appear to thee.)

¹⁷And I shall deliver thee from (the) peoples and folks, to which now I send thee, (And I shall rescue thee from the peoples and nations, to whom I now send thee,)

¹⁸to open the eyes of them, that they be converted or turned from darkness to light, and from (the) power of Satan to God, that they take remission of sins, and (their) part among (the) saints, by faith that is in me. (to open their eyes, so that they be turned from the darkness to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they receive forgive-ness for their sins, and their place among God’s people, by their faith that is in me.)

¹⁹Wherefore, sir king Agrippa or thou king Agrippa, I was not unbelieveful to the heavenly vision; (And so, O King Agrippa, I did not disobey the heavenly vision;)

²⁰but I told or I showed to them, that be at Damascus first, and at Jerusalem, and by all the country of Judea, and to (the) heathen men, that they should do penance, and be converted to God, and do worthy works of penance. (but I told first to those who be at Damascus, and then to those at Jerusalem, and then to those throughout all the country of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, and be converted to God, and do worthy works of repentance.)

²¹For this cause, (the) Jews took (hold of) me, when I was in the temple, to slay me or and would slay me. (And because of this, or for this reason, the Jews took hold of me, when I was in the Temple, to kill me.)

²²But I was helped by the help of God till into this day, and stand, witnessing to less and to more (or testifying to the least and to the greatest). And I say nothing else than which things the prophets and Moses spake that shall come,

²³if Christ is to suffer, if he is the first of the again-rising of dead men or if (he is) the first of the again-rising of (the) dead, that shall show light to the people and to heathen men. (that the Messiah is to suffer, and that he is the first of the resurrection of the dead, who shall show light to the (Jewish) people and to the Gentiles.)

²⁴When he spake these things, and yielded reason, Festus said with (a) great voice, Paul, thou maddest, or Paul, thou waxest (or thou growest) mad; many letters turn thee to madness. (And when he had said these things, and made his defence, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; too much study hath driven thee mad.)

²⁵And Paul said, I mad not, thou best Festus, (or But Paul said, I am not mad, O most excellent Festus), but I speak out the words of truth and of soberness.

²⁶For also the king, to whom I speak steadfastly, knoweth of these things; for I deem, that nothing of these is hid from him (or that none of this is hidden from him); for neither in a corner was aught (or anything) of these things done.

²⁷Believest thou, king Agrippa, to prophets? I know that thou believest.

²⁸And Agrippa said to Paul, In little thing thou counselest me for to be made a christian man(?).

²⁹And Paul said, I desire with God, both in little and in great (or both for the least and the greatest), (yea), not only (for) thee, but (for) all these (people) that hear (me) today, to be made such as I am, except (for) these bonds.

³⁰And the king rose up, and the president, and Bernice, and they that sat nigh to them.

³¹And when they went away, they spake together, and said, That this man hath not done anything worthy (of) death, neither (of) bonds or (of) bonds. (And when they went away, they spoke together, and said, This man hath not done anything worthy of death, or of bondage, or imprisonment.)

³²And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might be delivered, if he had not appealed to the emperor. Forsooth Agrippa said to Festus, This man might be dismissed, if he had not appealed to Caesar.