⁷ I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

⁹ Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"

²³ But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

⁴⁵ "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'

⁹ Therefore I will yet contend with you, says Yahweh, and with your children's children will I contend.

⁵ thus says Yahweh, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

²² Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.

²³ You have not brought me of your sheep for burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.

²⁴ You have bought me no sweet cane with money, neither have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened me with your sins, you have wearied me with your iniquities.

²⁵ I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.

²⁶ Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set you forth [your cause], that you may be justified.

¹⁰ Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel said, Speak; for your servant hears.

⁴ When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses! Moses!" He said, "Here I am."

¹¹ The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

¹ It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

⁸ He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai."

¹³ although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.