“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are today.
22:4
ወሰደድክዎሙወቀተልክዎሙእንዘእሞቅሖሙለዕደዊሆሙወለአንስቲያሆሙ።
我也曾逼迫奉這道的人,直到死地,無論男女都鎖拿下監。
I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,
as also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.
I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.’
the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.
When they had tied him up with straps, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”
22:26
ወሰሚዖሐቢሖረኀበመልአክወነገሮወይቤሎአእምርዘትገብርዝኩብእሲሰብአሮሜውእቱ።
百夫長聽見這話,就去見千夫長,告訴他說:「你要做甚麼?這人是羅馬人。」
When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!”
22:27
ወቀርበኀቤሁመልአክወይቤሎንግረኒእስኩሰብአሮሜኑአንተወይቤእወ።
千夫長就來問保羅說:「你告訴我,你是羅馬人嗎?」保羅說:「是。」
The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.”
The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.”
22:29
ወእምዝኀደግዎእለይፈቅዱይቅሥፍዎወመልአክኒፈርሀአእሚሮከመሰብአሮሜውእቱ።
於是那些要拷問保羅的人就離開他去了。千夫長既知道他是羅馬人,又因為捆綁了他,也害怕了。
Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him.
But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.