Katuma 26

1 Agrippa ma gun Bulus buu tize ini ce ni we me. Ba Bulus ma witino ma tubi boo tize uni ce ni meme.

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Yoʋ have permission to speak for yoʋrself.” So Paul stretched out his hand and began to make his defense:

2 In zini uruba irum in ni ce num, ugomo Agippa, in e in tize tum nan na Ayudawa ageme in malim mam.

“I consider myself fortunate that it is before yoʋ, King Agrippa, that I am about to make my defense today concerning all the things of which I am being accused by the Jews,

3 Barki urusa imum me sa u wuza anyimo Ayahudawa nan nu utanda uweme, ane ani in igizo me u kunam seke.

especially since yoʋ are acquainted with all the customs and controversies of the Jews. Therefore I beg yoʋ to listen to me patiently.

4 Kadure kani va Ayahudawa wa rusa ta hana dati ani pin num uhana Ushalima.

“All the Jews know about my manner of life from my youth up, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem.

5 Wa rusa utuba um mi unanu Farisawa mani anyimo ati gomo ti dang tiru.

They have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.

6 Ana me in the aje ashime azini u igizo um tizee, barki sa a nyara in myinca imum sa Asere ugomo ma wu ak coo aru.

And now I am standing trial because of my hope in the promise God made to our fathers,

7 Barki anime in turi tilem ukirau inti re sa wa tarsa Asere niye nan uwui, ta wuna ire ubuka imum me sa ira iruba iru. Barki ane ani Ayahudawa wuzum malim, ugomo.

a promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve him night and day. Regarding this hope, King Agrippa, I am being accused by the Jews.

8 Nyanini u ira uwee me ingi Asere ahira de be sa maa wono.

Why is it deemed unbelievable by you that God raises the dead?

9 Uganiya u inde in gun nice num indi wuzi imum gbardang ahira ani za ni Yesu unu Nazaret.

“Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

10 Ma wuzi anime Aurshalima, inkurzuzo anu aka tuma kasere anyimo udenge ukorsuzo wanu, ma wuzi anime in nikara ahira unu adngdang aka tuma uenge Asere nan aye ma sa ma huzi we me bezi nice num inda nyara ura uwenba.

And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. I locked up many of the saints in prison by the authority I received from the chief priests, and when they were being put to death, I cast my vote against them.

11 Ma wuzi we imum iburi inyizi uzatu ukadure inkunzina iruba in we, ine ini ya wu wa ziti atari tum.

I also punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. And being furiously enraged against them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.

12 Sa ma zin uni wuza anime, indusa Udimaska in nikara sa ma kem ahira unu dang.

“While engaged in such things, I was on my way to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

13 Una um uhana me in nati ana ti uwui, in iri masaa sa ma teki uwui haru nan an desa tazin nigo me.

when at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who were traveling with me.

14 Ti rizi vat uru adizi, ba in dusa in kunna ni myira ni gusam in ni lem na Ibraniyawa, shawulu, shawulu nyanini ya wuna uwuzam ani me, ya wuna ani me?

When we had all fallen down to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are yoʋ persecuting me? It is hard for yoʋ to kick against the goads.’

15 Ba in iki ingu hu aveni ugomo Asere? Ba ugomo Asere ma kabirka, imani Yesu sa gaa me.

I said, ‘Who are yoʋ, Lord?’ He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom yoʋ are persecuting.

16 Ma dusa ma gun me hira tonno in ti buna ti we me, barki ma bezi mu henu mum ahira aweme, ma zauka we a nyimo akatuma kam u buu imum me sa u rusa ani ce num nan ige sa indi buki we.

But rise and stand on yoʋr feet, for I have appeared to yoʋ for this purpose, to appoint yoʋ as a servant and witness to the things yoʋ have seen and to the things in which I will appear to yoʋ.

17 In di zi nigome nan huu barki an desa wada rusa mi ba an desa indi tumi we ahira awe.

I will rescue yoʋ from yoʋr own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending yoʋ

18 Uka poko aje ugamirka we usuro umaree uhana amasaa nan ni kara, nan ni kara ni nu uburi uhana ni kara na Asere. Barki wa kabi ukpico uma dini maweme wan unu kaba sa indi kabi we barki uhem iruba im.

to open their eyes so that they may turn away from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an allotment among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.’

19 Barki ani me, ugomo Agrippa, daki ma game imum me sa ya su ri aseser ba.

“Consequently, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

20 Andesa wa e Udimaska unu tuba, atarsi una Urishalima wan vat nipin nu Judiya wan an desa wa tawe Asere ba, ma buu we tize ta Asere inu guna wa suri amaree uhana amsaa, wa ceki uwuza imum ibur wa tarsi Asere.

but first to those in Damascus and then to those in Jerusalem, to all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles, I proclaimed that they should repent and turn to God, doing works consistent with repentance.

21 Ine ini ya wuu Ayahudawa wa mekum anyimo udengenAsere wa nyari uhuna um.

That is why the Jews seized me in the temple courts and were trying to kill me.

22 Asere a benkum u aye ukani me, in turi unu boo anu acinci wan na dandang.

But having obtained help from God, I stand to this day testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the Prophets and Moses said would take place:

23 Unu bura uru uginome madi si nirere, memani madi zi unu tuba uhira anyimo ani wono mabezi masaa ahira Ayahudawa wan na nu uzatu rusa ta Asere.

that the Christ would suffer and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

24 Bulus ma mari ubura uni ce ni meme, Festus magu inimyira aseser Bulus uzin nice ba urusa uwe me wa wuna iranzaa.

As Paul was saying these things in his own defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Yoʋ are out of yoʋr mind, Paul. Too much learning is driving yoʋ insane!”

25 Ba Bulus magun me in zini iranza ba unudang Festus sede in buu tize tikadure anyimo ni za ni desa in tarsa me.

But Paul said, “I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking words of truth and good sense.

26 Ugomo cangi ma rusa ini mum me, barki ane ani indi buu tize in ni kara sarki biyau, mi in rusa ada hunzize me imum ba, daki amu wuna ani ba vat.

For the king knows about these things, to whom I am speaking boldly. I am convinced that none of these things has escaped his notice at all, for this has not been done in a corner.

27 Wa hem unu nu kurzuzo tize, ugomo Agrippa? “In rusa wa hem”.

Do yoʋ believe the Prophets, King Agrippa? I know that yoʋ believe.”

28 Agrippa magun in Bulus” anyimo aku ganiya kucin u nyara ukurzom unu tarsa Asere.”

Agrippa said to Paul, “Do yoʋ think yoʋ can persuade me to become a Christian so quickly?”

29 Bulus magu “maringirka ani me anyimo ani za na Asere anyimo kuganiya kuci nan ujoko, da huucasba, nan an desa wa kunnam kani me, wadi cukuno kasi mi, we wada sa me nirere ba. “

Paul said, “Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that not only yoʋ but also all who are listening to me today would become as I am, except for these chains.”

30 Sa wa kunna ani me, Ugomo ma hiri ma tonno wan desa a zauka me ani pin me, nan andesa wa raa ahira me cangi.

After Paul said these things, the king stood up, along with the governor, Bernice, and those who were sitting with them.

31 Sa wa suri ani kubu me, wa gamirka acece aweme wagu”unu ugeme daki ma wuna imum me sa adi hu me ba nani atirzi me”.

After leaving the room, they began saying to one another, “This man is doing nothing that deserves death or imprisonment.”

32 Agrippa magu in Festus, “Ada ceki me unu geme ba in daki ma yeze tize me uhana uwatu kaisar ba “.

And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”