25 Keskiyön aikaan Paavali ja Silas rukoilivat ja laulaen ylistivät Jumalaa, ja toiset vangit kuuntelivat heitä.

26 Yhtäkkiä tuli raju maanjäristys. Vankilan perustukset järkkyivät, kaikki ovet lennähtivät auki, ja kaikkien kahleet irtosivat.

27 Vartija havahtui unestaan, ja kun hän näki vankilan ovet selkoselällään, hän luuli vankien karanneen ja tempasi miekan surmatakseen itsensä.

29 Vartija pyysi valoa, ryntäsi sisään ja heittäytyi vavisten Paavalin ja Silaksen eteen.

32 He puhuivat sitten Herran sanaa hänelle ja koko talonväelle.

33 Heti paikalla, keskellä yötä, vanginvartija otti heidät hoiviinsa ja pesi ruoskaniskujen haavat, ja hänet ja hänen perhekuntansa kastettiin heti.

34 Hän vei heidät kotiinsa ja kattoi heille ruokapöydän, ja yhdessä koko talonväkensä kanssa hän riemuitsi, kun nyt uskoi Jumalaan.

25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed. 27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. 29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. 34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.