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.

25 En omtrent middernag het Paulus en Silas gebid en lofliedere tot eer van God gesing; en die gevangenes het na hulle geluister.

26 En skielik kom daar 'n groot aardbewing, sodat die fondamente van die gevangenis geskud het. En onmiddellik het al die deure oopgegaan en die boeie van almal het losgeraak.

27 En die tronkbewaarder het wakker geword; en toe hy sien dat die deure van die gevangenis oop was, het hy 'n swaard getrek en wou homself om die lewe bring, in die mening dat die gevangenes ontvlug het.

28 Maar Paulus het met 'n groot stem geroep en gesê: Moenie jouself kwaad aandoen nie, want ons is almal hier.

29 En toe hy lig gevra het, spring hy na binne en val bewende voor Paulus en Silas neer.

30 En hy het hulle na buite gebring en gesê: Menere, wat moet ek doen om gered te word?

31 Toe sê hulle: Glo in die Here Jesus Christus en jy sal gered word, jy en jou huisgesin.

32 En hulle het aan hom die woord van die Here verkondig en aan almal wat in sy huis was.

33 En in dieselfde uur van die nag het hy hulle geneem en hulle wonde gewas, en hy is onmiddellik gedoop, hy en al sy mense.

34 Toe bring hy hulle in sy huis en sit hulle 'n maaltyd voor; en hy het hom verheug met sy hele huisgesin dat hy tot geloof in God gekom het.