Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
Mme Ageripa a raya Paulo a re, “Tswelela o re bolelele polelo ya gago.” Jalo Paulo a otlolola letsogo a ikarabela a re:
2 “I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you today concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,
“Ke sego, Kgosi Ageripa, fa ke na le tshwanelo ya go ikarabela fa pele ga gago gompieno,
3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
gonne ke itse fa o le moitseanape wa melao ya Sejuta le ngwao. Mme ke a go kopa gore o ntheetse ka bopelotelele!
4 “Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;
“Fela jaaka Bajuta ba itse sentle, ke rutilwe thata ka Sejuta go tswa bonyaneng jwa me kwa Tareso, mme morago ka rutwa kwa Jerusalema, mme ka tshela fela jalo.
5 having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Mme fa ba rata ba ka dumalana le nna, ba itse gore ke ne ke le mofarasai yo o tlhokomelang melao fa go tla mo kobamelong ya melao ya Sejuta le dingwao.
6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Mme lebaka le ba ntshetseng morago go ntshekisa ke ka ntlha ya selo sengwe, ke ka ntlha ya gore ke solofetse tiragalo ya tsholofetso ya Modimo e e neng ya solofediwa borraa-ronamogologolwane.
7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
Merafe e e lesome le bobedi ya Iseraele e leka bosigo le motshegare go goroga kwa tsholofelong e ke nang nayo! Le fa go ntse jalo Kgosi, mo go nna ba re ke molato!
8 Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
A mme go molato go dumela mo tsogong ya baswi.
9 “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
“A go utlwala go sa dumelesege mo go wena gore Modimo o ka tsosa batho mo losong gore ke tshwanetse go dira ditiro tse di boitshegang mo balateding ba ga Jesu wa Nasaretha.
10 I also did this in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
Ke ne ka tsenya baitshepi ba le bantsi mo kgolegelong kwa Jerusalema, jaaka go ne go laotswe ke baperesiti ba bagolo; mme erile ba atlholelwa leso ka dumelana nabo.
11 Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
Ke ne ke tlhokofatsa Bakeresete gongwe le gongwe go leka gore ba hutse Keresete. Ke ne ke le bogale thata mo go bone mo ke neng ka bogisa le ba metse e e kgakala mo mafatsheng a sele.
12 “Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
“Ke ne ke le mo loetong lo lo ntseng jalo ke ya Damaseko, ke tshotse ditaelo tse di neng di tswa kwa baperesiting ba bagolo,
13 at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.
fa ka letsatsi lengwe ka e ne e le motshegare wa sethoboloko, nna le bapati ba me ra phatshimelwa ke lesedi le le neng le phatsima go gaisa letsatsi.
14 When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
Re ne ra wela fa fatshe rotlhe, mme ka utlwa lentswe le bua le nna ka Sehebera le re, ‘Saulo, Saulo, o mpogisetsang? O ikutlwisa botlhoko fela!’
15 “I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
“Ka botsa ka re, ‘O mang Morena?’ Mme a fetola a re, ‘Ke Jesu, yo o mmogisang.
16 But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will reveal to you;
Jaanong ema ka dinao! Gonne ke bonetse mo go wena go go dira modiredi le mosupi wa me. O tshwanetse go bolelela lefatshe ka tiragalo e, le kaga tse dingwe tse ke tlaa di go supegetsang.
17 delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
Mme ke tlaa go sireletsa mo go bagaeno le mo go Badichaba. Ee, ke tlaa go romela kwa go Badichaba,
18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
go bula matlho a bone mo go tse e leng tsa boammaaruri gore ba tle ba ikwatlhaye ba nne mo leseding la Modimo go na le gore ba tshele mo lefifing la ga Satane, gore ba tle ba bone boitshwarelo jwa dibe tsa bone le go ja boswa jwa Modimo mmogo le batho botlhe gongwe le gongwe ba dibe tsa bone di tlhatswitsweng, ba ba beetsweng kwa thoko ka ntlha ya go dumela mo go nna.’
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
“Mme jalo, Kgosi Ageripa, ga ke a ka ka tlhoka go reetsa ponatshegelo eo e e tswang kwa legodimong!
20 but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
Ke ne ka rerela pele ba ba kwa Damaseko, le Jerusalema le mo tikologong yotlhe ya Judea, le mo go Badichaba gore botlhe ba tshwanetse go tlogela dibe tsa bone mme ba sokologela kwa Modimong, mme ba supe tshokologo ya bone ka go dira ditiro tse di siameng.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Bajuta ba ne ba ntshwara mo Tempeleng ka ntlha ya go rera jaana, mme ba leka go mpolaya,
22 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
mme Modimo o ne wa ntshireletsa gore ke be ke sa ntse ke tshela gompieno gore ke bolelele mongwe le mongwe dilo tse, bagolo le bannye. Ga ke rute sepe fa e se se baporofiti le Moshe ba se buileng,
23 how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”
gore Mesia o tlaa boga, mme a nne wa ntlha go tsoga mo baswing, go tlisa lesedi mo Bajuteng le mo go Badichaba.”
24 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
Mme ka tshoganetso Feseto a goa a re, “Paulo oa tsenwa, Go rutega thata ga gago go a go tsentsha!”
25 But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
Mme Paulo a fetola a re, “Ga ke tsenwe, Motlotlegi Feseto. Ke bua mafoko a boammaaruri jo bo itekanetseng.
26 For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.
Mme Kgosi Ageripa o itse kaga dilo tse. Ke bua ke gololesegile gonne ke itse sentle gore ditiragalo tse di tlwaelesegile mo go ene, gonne ga di a direlwa mo sephiring!
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
Kgosi Ageripa, a o dumela baporofiti? Mme ke a itse gore o a dumela.”
28 Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
Mme Ageripa a mo tsena ganong a re, “A o batla go ntira Mokeresete mo lobakeng lo lokhutshwane lo?”
29 Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me today, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.”
Mme Paulo a fetola a re, “Mo Modimong le fa mafoko a me a le bokoa kgotsa a nonofile, wena le botlhe ba ba leng fano mo bathong ba ba tsileng go reetsa ba, lo ka nna jaaka nna, ke sa reye lo golegilwe ka dikeetane tse.”
30 The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
Mme Kgosi le molaodi, le Berenise le ba bangwe botlhe ba ema ba tsamaya.
31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
Mme erile ba ntse ba buisanya kgang e, ba dumalana jaana ba re, “Monna yo ga a dira sepe se se tshwanetseng loso kgotsa go tsenngwa mo kgolegelong.”
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Mme Ageripa a raya Feseto a re, “Fa a ka bo a sa dira boikuelo kwa go Kaisara, o ka bo a gololwa.”
