Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
Agrippa sì wí fún Paulu pé, “A fún ọ láààyè láti sọ tí ẹnu rẹ.” Nígbà náà ní Paulu ná ọwọ́, ó sì sọ ti ẹnu rẹ pé,
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,
“Agrippa ọba, inú èmi tìkára mi dùn nítorí tí èmi yóò wí ti ẹnu mi lónìí níwájú rẹ, ní ti gbogbo ẹ̀sùn tí àwọn Júù fi kan mi,
3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
pàápàá bí ìwọ tí mọ gbogbo àṣà àti ọ̀ràn tí ń bẹ́ láàrín àwọn Júù dájúdájú. Nítorí náà, èmi bẹ̀ ọ́ kí ìwọ fi sùúrù tẹ́tí gbọ́ tèmi.
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;
“Àwọn Júù mọ irú ìgbé ayé tí mo ń gbé láti ìgbà èwe mi, láti ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ ayé mi ní orílẹ̀-èdè mi àti ní Jerusalẹmu.
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.
Nítorí wọ́n mọ̀ mi láti ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀, bí wọ́n bá fẹ́ jẹ́rìí sí i, wí pé, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀yà ìsìn wa tí ó lè jùlọ, Farisi ni èmi.
6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Nísinsin yìí nítorí ìrètí ìlérí tí Ọlọ́run tí ṣe fún àwọn baba wa ni mo ṣe dúró níhìn-ín fún ìdájọ́.
7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
Ìlérí èyí tí àwọn ẹ̀yà wa méjèèjìlá tí ń fi ìtara sin Ọlọ́run lọ́sàn án àti lóru tí wọ́n ń retí àti rí i gbà. Ọba Agrippa, nítorí ìrètí yìí ni àwọn Júù ṣe ń fi mi sùn.
8 Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
Èéṣe tí ẹ̀yin fi rò o sí ohun tí a kò lè gbàgbọ́ bí Ọlọ́run bá jí òkú dìde?
9 “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
“Èmi tilẹ̀ rò nínú ará mi nítòótọ́ pé, ó yẹ ki èmi ṣe ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ohun lòdì sí orúkọ Jesu tí Nasareti.
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.
Èyí ni mo sì ṣe ni Jerusalẹmu. Pẹ̀lú àṣẹ tí mo tí gba lọ́dọ̀ àwọn olórí àlùfáà, mo sọ àwọn púpọ̀ nínú àwọn ènìyàn mímọ́ sí inú túbú, nígbà tí wọ́n sí ń pa wọ́n, mo ní ohùn sí i.
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.
Nígbà púpọ̀ ni mo ń fi ìyà jẹ wọ́n láti inú Sinagọgu dé inú Sinagọgu, mo ń fi tipá mú wọn láti sọ ọ̀rọ̀-òdì. Mo sọ̀rọ̀ lòdì sí wọn gidigidi, kódà mo wá wọn lọ sí ìlú àjèjì láti ṣe inúnibíni sí wọn.
12 “Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
“Nínú irú ìrìnàjò yìí ní mo ń bá lọ sí Damasku pẹ̀lú ọlá àti àṣẹ ikọ̀ láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn olórí àlùfáà.
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.
Ni ọ̀sán gangan, ìwọ ọba Agrippa, bí mo ti wà ní ojú ọ̀nà, mo rí ìmọ́lẹ̀ kan láti ọ̀run wá, tí ó mọ́lẹ̀ ju oòrùn lọ, ó mọ́lẹ̀ yí mi ká, àti àwọn tí ń bá mi lọ sì àjò.
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.’
Gbogbo wa sì ṣubú lulẹ̀, mo gbọ́ ohùn tí ń fọ sì mi ni èdè Heberu pé, ‘Saulu, Saulu! Èéṣe tí ìwọ fi ń ṣe inúnibíni sí mi? Ohun ìrora ní fún ọ láti tàpá sí ẹ̀gún!’
15 “I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
“Èmi sì wí pé, ‘Ìwọ ta ni, Olúwa?’ “Olúwa sì wí pé, ‘Èmi ni Jesu tí ìwọ ń ṣe inúnibíni sí.
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;
Ṣùgbọ́n dìde, kí o sí fi ẹsẹ̀ rẹ tẹlẹ̀: nítorí èyí ni mo ṣe farahàn ọ́ láti yàn ọ́ ní ìránṣẹ́ àti ẹlẹ́rìí, fún ohun wọ̀nyí tí ìwọ tí rí nípa mi, àti àwọn ohun tí èmi yóò fi ara hàn fún ọ.
17 delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
Èmi yóò gbà ọ lọ́wọ́ àwọn ènìyàn rẹ àti lọ́wọ́ àwọn aláìgbàgbọ́. Èmi rán ọ sí wọn nísinsin yìí
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.’
láti là wọ́n lójú, kí wọn lè yípadà kúrò nínú òkùnkùn sí ìmọ́lẹ̀, àti kúrò lọ́wọ́ agbára Satani sí Ọlọ́run, kí wọn lè gba ìdáríjì ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, àti ogún pẹ̀lú àwọn tí a sọ di mímọ́ nípa ìgbàgbọ́ nínú mi.’
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
“Nítorí náà, Agrippa ọba, èmi kò ṣe àìgbọ́ràn sì ìran ọ̀run náà.
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.
Ṣùgbọ́n mo kọ́kọ́ sọ fún àwọn tí ó wà ní Damasku, àti ní Jerusalẹmu, àti já gbogbo ilẹ̀ Judea, àti fún àwọn kèfèrí, kí wọn ronúpìwàdà, kí wọ́n sì yípadà sí Ọlọ́run, kí wọn máa ṣe iṣẹ́ tí ó yẹ sì ìrònúpìwàdà.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Nítorí nǹkan wọ̀nyí ni àwọn Júù ṣe gbá mi mú nínú tẹmpili, tí wọ́n sì ń fẹ́ pa mí.
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,
Ṣùgbọ́n bí mo sì tí ri ìrànlọ́wọ́ gbà láti ọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run, mo dúró títí ó fi di òní, mo ń jẹ́rìí fún èwe àti àgbà, èmi kò sọ ohun mìíràn bí kò ṣe ohun tí àwọn wòlíì àti Mose tí wí pé, yóò ṣẹ.
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.”
Pé, Kristi yóò jìyà, àti pé òun ni yóò jẹ́ ẹni àkọ́kọ́ láti jíǹde kúrò nínú òkú, òun ni yóò sí kéde ìmọ́lẹ̀ fún àwọn ènìyàn àti fún àwọn aláìgbàgbọ́.”
24 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
Bí ó sì ti ń sọ tẹnu rẹ̀, Festu wí ní ohùn rara pé, “Paulu! Orí rẹ dàrú; ẹ̀kọ́ àkọ́jù rẹ ti dà ọ́ ní orí rú!”
25 But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
Paulu dalóhùn wí pé, “Orí mi kò dàrú, Festu ọlọ́lá jùlọ; ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀rọ̀ òtítọ́ àti ọ̀rọ̀ òye ni èmi ń sọ jáde.
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.
Nítorí ọba mọ̀ gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí, níwájú ẹni tí èmi ń sọ̀rọ̀ ni àìbẹ̀rù: nítorí mo gbàgbọ́ pé ọ̀kan nínú nǹkan wọ̀nyí kò pamọ́ fún un, nítorí tí a kò ṣe nǹkan yìí ní ìkọ̀kọ̀.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
Agrippa ọba, ìwọ gba àwọn wòlíì gbọ́ bí? Èmi mọ̀ pé ìwọ gbàgbọ́.”
28 Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
Agrippa sì wí fún Paulu pé, “Ǹjẹ́ ìwọ lérò pé ìwọ le fi àkókò díẹ̀ yìí sọ mí di Kristiani?”
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.”
Paulu sì dáhùn wí pé, “Ní àkókò kúkúrú tàbí gígùn, mo gbàdúrà sí Ọlọ́run pé kí ó má ṣe ìwọ nìkan, ṣùgbọ́n kí gbogbo àwọn tí ó gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ mi lónìí pẹ̀lú lè di irú ènìyàn tí èmi jẹ́ láìsí ẹ̀wọ̀n wọ̀nyí.”
30 The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
Nígbà tí ó sì sọ nǹkan wọ̀nyí tan, ọba dìde, àti baálẹ̀, àti Bernike, àti àwọn tí o bá wọn jókòó,
31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
Nígbà tí wọn wọ ìyẹ̀wù lọ, wọn bá ara wọn jíròrò, wọ́n sọ pé, “Ọkùnrin yìí kò ṣe nǹkan kan tí ó yẹ sí ikú tàbí sì ẹ̀wọ̀n.”
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Agrippa sì wí fún Festu pé, “A bà dá ọkùnrin yìí sílẹ̀ bí ó bá ṣe pe kò ì tí ì fi ọ̀ràn rẹ̀ lọ Kesari.”
