Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
Hechos de los Apóstoles 22
1“Hermanos y padres, escuchad la defensa que ahora hago delante de vosotros”. “Noble brothers and fathers, listen to the explanation that I now give to you.”2Oyendo que les hablaba en idioma hebreo, guardaron mayor silencio; y él prosiguió: And when they heard him speaking to them in the Hebrew language, they offered a greater silence.3“Yo soy judío, nacido en Tarso de Cilicia, pero educado en esta ciudad, a los pies de Gamaliel, instruido conforme al rigor de la Ley de nuestros padres, celoso de Dios como vosotros todos lo sois el día de hoy. And he said: “I am a Jewish man, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but raised in this city beside the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers, zealous for the law, just as all of you also are to this day.4Perseguía yo de muerte esta doctrina, encadenando y metiendo en las cárceles lo mismo hombres que mujeres, I persecuted this Way, even unto death, binding and delivering into custody both men and women,5como también el Sumo Sacerdote me da testimonio y todos los ancianos; de los cuales asimismo recibí cartas para los hermanos, y me encaminé a Damasco a fin de traer presos a Jerusalén a los que allí hubiese, para castigarlos. just as the high priest and all those greater by birth bear witness to me. Having received letters from them to the brothers, I journeyed to Damascus, so that I might lead them bound from there to Jerusalem, so that they might be punished.6Y sucedió que yendo yo de camino y acercándome a Damasco hacia el mediodía, de repente una gran luz del cielo me envolvió. But it happened that, as I was traveling and was approaching Damascus at midday, suddenly from heaven a great light shone around me.7Caí en tierra, y oí una voz que me decía: “Saulo, Saulo, ¿por qué me persigues?” And falling to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’8Yo respondí: “¿Quién eres, Señor?” Y me dijo: “Yo soy Jesús el Nazareno a quien tú persigues”. And I responded, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And he said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’9Los que me acompañaban vieron, sí, la luz, mas no oyeron la voz del que hablaba conmigo. And those who were with me, indeed, saw the light, but they did not hear the voice of him who was speaking with me.10Yo dije: “¿Qué haré, Señor?” Y el Señor me respondió; “Levántate y ve a Damasco; allí se te dirá todo lo que te está ordenado hacer”, And I said, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ Then the Lord said to me: ‘Rise up, and go to Damascus. And there, you shall be told all that you must do.’11Mas como yo no podía ver, a causa del esplendor de aquella luz, me condujeron de la mano los que estaban conmigo, y así vine a Damasco. And since I could not see, because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by my companions, and I went to Damascus.12Y un cierto Ananías, varón piadoso según la Ley, de quien daban testimonio todos los judíos que allí habitaban, Then a certain Ananias, a man in accord with the law, having the testimony of all the Jews who were living there,13me visitó, y poniéndose delante de mí me dijo: “Hermano Saulo, mira”; y yo en aquel mismo momento, le miré. drawing near to me and standing close by, said to me, ‘Brother Saul, see!’ And in that same hour, I looked upon him.14Dijo entonces: “El Dios de nuestros padres te ha predestinado para que conozcas su voluntad y veas al Justo, y oigas la voz de su boca. But he said: ‘The God of our fathers has preordained you, so that you would come to know his will and would see the Just One, and would hear the voice from his mouth.15Porque le serás testigo ante todos los hombres, de lo que has visto y oído. For you shall be his witness to all men about those things which you have seen and heard.16Ahora pues, ¿por qué te detienes? Levántate, bautízate y lava tus pecados, invocando su nombre”. And now, why do you delay? Rise up, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, by invoking his name.’17Y acaeció que yo, hallándome de vuelta en Jerusalén y orando en el Templo tuve un éxtasis; Then it happened that, when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, a mental stupor came over me,18y le vi a Él que me decía: “Date prisa y sal pronto de Jerusalén, porque no recibirán tu testimonio acerca de Mí”. and I saw him saying to me: ‘Hurry! Depart quickly from Jerusalem! For they will not accept your testimony about me.’19Yo contesté: “Señor, ellos mismos saben que yo era quien encarcelaba y azotaba de sinagoga en sinagoga a los que creían en Ti; And I said: ‘Lord, they know that I am beating and enclosing in prison, throughout every synagogue, those who have believed in you.20y cuando fue derramada la sangre de tu testigo Esteban, también yo estaba presente, consintiendo y guardando los vestidos de los que le dieron muerte”. And when the blood of your witness Stephen was poured out, I stood nearby and was consenting, and I watched over the garments of those who put him to death.’21Pero Él me dijo: “Anda, que Yo te enviaré a naciones lejanas”. And he said to me, ‘Go forth. For I am sending you to far away nations.’ ”22Hasta esta palabra le escucharon, pero luego levantaron la voz y gritaban: “Quita de la tierra a semejante hombre; no debe vivir”. Now they were listening to him, until this word, and then they lifted up their voice, saying: “Take this kind away from the earth! For it is not fitting for him to live!”23Y como ellos gritasen y arrojasen sus mantos y lanzasen polvo al aire, And while they were shouting, and tossing aside their garments, and casting dust into the air,24mandó el tribuno introducirlo en la fortaleza, diciendo que le atormentasen con azotes, para averiguar por qué causa gritaban así contra él. the tribune ordered him to be brought into the fortress, and to be scourged and tortured, in order to discover the reason that they were crying out in this way against him.25Mas cuando ya le tuvieron estirado con las correas, dijo Pablo al centurión que estaba presente: “¿Os es lícito azotar a un ciudadano romano sin haberle juzgado?” And when they had tied him with straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing near him, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and has not been condemned?”26Al oír esto el centurión fue al tribuno y se lo comunicó, diciendo: “¿Qué vas a hacer? Porque este hombre es romano”. Upon hearing this, the centurion went to the tribune and reported it to him, saying: “What do you intend to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”27Llegó entonces el tribuno y le preguntó: “Dime, ¿eres tú romano?” Y él contesto: “Sí”. And the tribune, approaching, said to him: “Tell me. Are you a Roman?” So he said, “Yes.”28Replicó el tribuno: “Yo por gran suma adquirí esta ciudadanía”. “Y yo, dijo Pablo, la tengo de nacimiento”. And the tribune responded, “I obtained this citizenship at great cost.” And Paul said, “But I was born to it.”29Con esto inmediatamente se apartaron de él los que le iban a dar tormento; y el mismo tribuno tuvo temor cuando supo que era romano y que él lo había encadenado. Therefore, those who were going to torture him, immediately withdrew from him. The tribune was similarly afraid, after he realized that he was a Roman citizen, for he had bound him.30Al día siguiente, deseando saber con seguridad de qué causa era acusado por los judíos, le soltó e hizo reunir a los sumos sacerdotes y todo el sinedrio; y trayendo a Pablo lo puso delante de ellos. But on the next day, wanting to discover more diligently what the reason was that he was accused by the Jews, he released him, and he ordered the priests to convene, with the entire council. And, producing Paul, he stationed him among them.