6. "And it happened to me while traveling and drawing near to Damascus, lav davka (approximately) noon, suddenly from Shomayim, a very bright ohr (light) shone around me;
7. "And I fell to the ground. Then I heard a bat kol saying to me, 'Sha'ul, Sha'ul, why are you bringing redifah on me?''
8. "And I answered, 'Who are you, Adoni?' And he said to me, 'I am Yehoshua of Natzeret, upon whom you are bringing redifah.'
9. "And the ones with me saw the ohr (light) but they did not have real hearing (understanding) of the voice speaking to me.
10. "And I said, 'What shall I do, Adoni?'' And HaAdon said to me, 'Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told about everything which has been appointed for you to do.''
11. "And because I had been blinded from the kavod (glory) of that ohr (light), I was led by the hand by the ones who were with me and who led me into Damascus.
12. "A certain man, Chananyah by name, an ehrliche Yid (a truly pious Jew), charedi according to the Torah and with a shem tov with all the Yehudim living in Damascus,
13. "Came to me and stood next to me, saying, 'Ach b'Moshiach Sha'ul, receive your sight.' And at that moment I looked up at him.
14. "And he said, 'Elohei Avoteinu has chosen and appointed you to have da'as of His ratzon (will) and to see the Tzaddik [Moshiach] and to hear the kol (voice) from His mouth.
15. 'For you will be an eidus (witness) to him to all anashim of what you have seen and heard.
16. 'And now what do you intend to do? Get up and receive Moshiach's tevilah of teshuva and wash away your averos (sins) by calling upon SHMO.' [VAYIKRA 8:6; TEHILLIM 51:2; YECHEZKEL 36:25; YOEL 3:5(2:32) ZECHARYAH 6:12]
17. "And it happened that after I had returned to Yerushalayim and as I was davening in the Beis Hamikdash, that I fell into a trance,
18. "And saw Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach saying to me, 'Hurry and get out quickly from Yerushalayim, because they will not receive your edut (testimony) concerning me.'