Katwa Nono Katwa 26

1 Agrippa woro in Bulu ku, “Uwasa usu uliru nin litife” Bulus nakpa ucara me asu uliru nkussu litime.

Then Agrippa said to Paul: You are permitted to speak for yourself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and answered for himself.

2 “In yira liti ning unan ayi abo, ugo Agrippa, nsu uliru nighe nbunfe kimone nbelleng nimon ile ena a Yhudawa na belin liti ning;

I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because I shall this day make my defense before you, concerning all things of which I am accused by the Jews;

3 bara fe unan yiraari kitine vat ntanda na Yahudawa nin tiru mine. Ndin tiru fi nworo ulanzai nin nayi ashau.

especially, since you are acquainted with all the customs and questions that are among the Jews. For this reason, I beseech you to hear me patiently.

4 Kidegere, a Yahudawa vat yiru imusun lissosin longo na nna su a in yita kwanyana nmin nighe nin Ushalima.

My course of life from my youth, which, from the beginning, was among my own nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

5 Innung yiru ucizunighe tutung ucaun inin yinin nworu meng ku farisawari, alenge na idin kpilizu imon hem ba.

who, knowing me from the first, could testify, if they would, that, according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.

6 Nene in yissing kikane bara ndin piziru nciu nliru ulenge na kutelle wa ni acifi bite.

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;

7 Bara nanere akura nnonon Israila na su Kutelle katwa kitik nin lirin nan nya kidegen, arik ani nceo ayi ti duru kite bara ule uciu nayere a Yahudawa nvuroyi, Ugo!

to which promise our twelve tribes, zealously serving night and day, hope to come: on account of which hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.

8 Iyaghari nta idin yenju uma konu Kutelle fya anan kul?

What? Is it thought a thing incredible among you, that God raises the dead?

9 Nkon kubi asa nkpilza nsu imon gambalang gbardang kitene lissan Yesu Nnazareth.

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

10 Nna su in Urshalima; nwa yaccu anan katwa kacine kilari licin gbardang, nwa seru likara nsu nani kiti ndya na priest iwa molusu nani, asa mere yinna isu nani.

And this I did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests: and when they were put to death, I gave my vote against them.

11 Ina tizu nani ineo kang nan nya nilari nlira mine nkuru ntiza nani izoguzu Kutelle. Nwa yita nin tinana nayi nin ghinu kang ndortu nani uduzu mmin das.

And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to speak impiously; and, being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

12 Na nwa din su nani, Nwa do Udamaska nin yinnu a likara ngo na priest;

While I was engaged in these things, and was going to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

13 libowe ucin due, nin wui gberere, Ugo, in yene imon nkanan unuzu kitene Kutelle mida mala kiti bite vat umunu alenge na iwa din cin ligowe nan mi.

at midday, while I was on the road, I saw, O King, a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and those who journeyed with me.

14 na vat bite ndeo kutyen, nlanza liwui nin ti Ibrananci din liru nin mi, 'Shawulu, Shawulu, iyaghari nta udin tizui nneo? Uwa konui men nari.'

And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying, in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.

15 Ntunna nworo, fe ghari, Cikilaria? Cikilare kawa, ' men Yesu ule na udin funu ghe.

And I said, Who art thou, Lord? He replied, I am Jesus, whom you persecute.

16 Nene fita uyissin nin nabunu fe; bara ile imonere ndurso liti nighe kitife, nfere fi uso kucin a unan wazi nbell nimon ile na uyiru inin nin nen nin nimon ile na Mma dursu fi iwa dandaun;

But arise, and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness of the things which you have seen, and of those in which I will appear to you,

17 mma tucu fi na cara nanite nin na wurme alenge na mma tuu fi ucindu kitimine;

delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send you,

18 udi pun iyizi mine uti nani ikpilin isun adu nsirti mine udak nan nya nkanang, nan nya likara nshaitan udak likara Kutelle, inan se ukussu nalapi kiti Kutelle, nin gadu ulenge na ina ni ceo nani nin liti nighe nan nya yinnu sa uyenu.'

in order to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among the sanctified, by faith in me.

19 Bara nani, Ugo Agrippa, Na nna dira uyinnu nin anabci Kutelle ba;

Wherefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;

20 amma, kiti na lenge na idin Damaska tukuna, nin na nan Urshalima, nin na lenge vat na idi nmin in Yhudiya, a ining awurmi, ndi wazi i sun alapi mine ikpilin kiti Kutelle, isu imon ile na ima dak nin sunu nalapi.

but announced first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.

21 Bara ile imonere a Yahudawa na kifo nannya kilari nlira inani pizira imolui.

For these reasons the Jews seized me in the temple, and endeavored to kill me.

22 Kutelle koni na buni udak nene, in yissin nbelin nbun na talaka nin nanit adidya na umong ubeleng ugan ba se ulenge na anan liru nin nuu Kutelle nin Musa na belin uma se;

Having, therefore, obtained help from God, I have stood till this day, testifying both to small and to great, saying nothing else than the things which the prophets and Moses did say should come to pass:

23 nworu Kristi ma niu gbas, tutng ama yitu unan burnun fitu nan nya nissek anin kuru a durso nkanang kiti na Yahudawa nin na wurmi.

that Christ should suffer, and that he first, by his resurrection from the dead, should show light to the people, and to the Gentiles.

24 Na Bulus nmala ukusu litime, Fastos woro nin liwui gberere, “Bulus uta ilaza; uyiru udya fe nta fi ilaza.”

And as he spoke these things in his defense, Festus said, with a loud voice; Paul, you are mad; much learning drives you to madness.

25 Amma Bulus woro ghe, “Na ndi nin nilaza ba Fastos unit udya; amma nin nayi akone ndin su liru kidegen nin toltenu liti.

But he replied: I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

26 Bara Ugo yiru ubelleng nilenge imone, bara nani, ndi woas nsu nin ghe, bara meng yiru na imonmong nyeshin kiti me ba, bara na ina su ilenge imone likot ba.

For the king has knowledge of these things, before whom, also, I speak with boldness; for I am persuaded that none of these things have escaped his notice; for this was not done in a corner.

27 Uyinna nin na annabawe, Ugo Agrippa? Ina yiru uyinna nin ghinu.”

King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.

28 Agrippa woro Bulus ku “nan nya kabiri bar uma kpiliu nso unan dortu Kutelle?”

Then Agrippa said to Paul: You almost persuade me to be a Christian.

29 Bulus woro, “Ndi inlira kiti kutelle, sa nin kabiri bat sa nin kubiri gbardang, na fe usanfi ba, amma umunu alenge na idin lanzui kiti mone, iso nafo mewe, amma na nin ninyang kilari licin ba.

And Paul replied: I could pray to God, that not only you, but also all that hear me to-day, were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

30 Ugowe tunna a fita ayissina, a udya mine nin Barniki wang fita umuni alenge na iwa sossin ligowe nan ghinu;

And the king arose, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.

31 na isuna kudarua, itunna nliru nin nanit mine idin su, “Na unit ulele nati nkon kulapi kongo na ku batina ukul so utecu ba.”

And when they had withdrawn, they conversed with one another, saying: This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

32 Agrippa woro Festus ku, “Iwa sunu unit ulele nda fo na afo acara kitin Kaisar ba.”

And Agrippa said to Festus: This man could have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Cæsar