25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them; 26 and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened; and every one’s bands were loosed. 27 And the jailor, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. 29 And he called for lights and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, 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, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house. 32 And they spake the word of the Lord unto him, with 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, immediately. 34 And he brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his house, having believed in God.

25 Or in su la mezzanotte, Paolo e Sila, facendo orazione, cantavono inni a Dio; e i prigioni li udivano.

26 E di subito si fece un gran tremoto, talchè i fondamenti della prigione furono scrollati; e in quello stante tutte le porte si apersero, e i legami di tutti si sciolsero.

27 E il carceriere, destatosi, e vedute le porte della prigione aperte, trasse fuori la spada, ed era per uccidersi, pensando che i prigioni se ne fosser fuggiti.

28 Ma Paolo gridò ad alta voce, dicendo: Non farti male alcuno; perciocchè noi siam tutti qui.

29 Ed egli, chiesto un lume, saltò dentro; e tutto tremante, si gettò a’ piedi di Paolo e di Sila.

30 E menatili fuori, disse: Signori, che mi conviene egli fare per esser salvato?

31 Ed essi dissero: Credi nel Signor Gesù Cristo, e sarai salvato tu, e la casa tua.

32 Ed essi annunziarono la parola del Signore a lui, ed a tutti coloro ch’erano in casa sua.

33 Ed egli, presili in quell’istessa ora della notte, lavò loro le piaghe. Poi in quell’istante fu battezzato egli, e tutti i suoi.

34 Poi, menatili in casa sua, mise loro la tavola; e giubilava d’avere, con tutta la sua casa, creduto a Dio