Acts 26
1 Bosi Angilipa wukamba Polo: —Beki minsua mu kukivovila. Bosi Polo wunonuna koko kuandi ayi wukivavila:
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 —A mueni ntinu Angilipa, khini ndimmona buabu bu wupheni minsua mu samba va ntualꞌaku mu mambu moso momo Bayuda bamfundidi,
“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 bila ngeyo zebi bumboti bifu biawu ayi ziphaka ziawu. Lemvuka mueni, kanga ntima mu kungua bu ndieka ntuba.
especially since yoʋ are acquainted with all the customs and controversies of the Jews. Therefore I beg yoʋ to listen to me patiently.
4 Bayuda boso bazebi buevi bubela nzingulu ama tona mu kimuana kiama ayi buevi ndizingila tona vana thonono va khatitsika tsi ama ayi ku Yelusalemi.
“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 Bawu banzebi tona thama ayi enati batidi, balenda telama kimbangi ti minu ndizingila banga Mfalisi, boso buididi dikabu dieti landakana bumboti minsiku mi kinzambi kieto.
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 Vayi buabu ndilembo sambi mu diambu di diana diama didi mu tsilayoyi Nzambi kavana bakulu beto.
And now I am standing trial because of my hope in the promise God made to our fathers,
7 Dikumi ayi makanda meto muadi meti tula diana mu mona ndungusulu yi tsila yoyi; bu beti sadila Nzambi mu kambu vongabuilu ayi muini. A ntinu, mu diambu di diana diodi Bayuda bamfundidi!
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 Vayi bila mbi lunkambu wilukila ti Nzambi wumfulukisanga batu bafua e?
Why is it deemed unbelievable by you that God raises the dead?
9 Mu diambu diama, ndiyindula mu vanga mamo mafueni mu diambu di kakidila dizina di Yesu, muisi Nazaleti.
“Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10 Buawu bobo ndivanga mu Yelusalemi. Banlongo bawombo ndikotisa mu nloko bu ndibaka lutumunu kuidi bapfumu banganga Nzambi. Bosi mu thangu baba mvondo, ndikikinina ti bafua.
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 Zikhumbu ziwombo ndiba vana thumbudulu mu zinzo zi zikhutukunumu kuba kuika bafinga Yesu. Zinganzi bu ziviokila ngolo, mu diambu diawu, ndiba yamisa nate mu mavula manzenza.
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 Bu ndiba kuenda ku Damasi mu diambu diodi mu lulendo ayi mu minsua miomi nditambula kuidi bapfumu zi zinganga Nzambi.
“While engaged in such things, I was on my way to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
13 A ntinu, mu nzila mu thangu midi, ndimona kiezila kingolo biba ku diyilu kilezama viokila kiezila ki thangu, kinzungidila minu ayi batu bobo baba yama mu nzila.
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 Beto boso tubua va tsi, ndiwa mbembo yiba kukhamba mambu mu ki Ebelewo: “A Sawuli! A Sawuli! Bila mbi wulembo ndiamisinanga e? A keti wulembo kilueki ngeyo veka bu wulembo diatilanga ba e?”
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 Buna ndinyuvula: “A Pfumu, ngeyo widi nani e?” Bosi Pfumu wutuba: “Minu Yesu diodi weti yamisanga.
I said, ‘Who are yoʋ, Lord?’ He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom yoʋ are persecuting.
16 Vayi vumbuka, ayi telama, bila ndimonikini muingi wuba kisadi kiama ayi mbangi mu diambu di mambu mama mueni ayi mu diambu di mambu momo ndiela kumonisa.
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 Minu ndiela kukula va khatitsika batu baku ayi kuidi Bapakanu; kuidi bawu ndiela kufidisa
I will rescue yoʋ from yoʋr own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending yoʋ
18 muingi wuba zibula meso mawu; babotuka mu tombi mu kuiza ku kiezila; babotuka mu mioko mi Satana mu kuiza kuidi Nzambi muingi batambula ndemvokolo mu masumu mawu ayi batambula kiuka va kimosi ayi bobo bavedusu mu minu kiawu mu minu.”
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 A ntinu Angilipa, ndisia manga ko tumukina tsongolo yoyo yiba ku Diyilu.
“Consequently, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
20 Vayi ndituama samunina theti batu bobo badi ku Damasi, ayi bobobadi ku Yelusalemi ayi mu zunga kioso ki Yuda, ayi kuidi Bapakanu muingi babalula mavanga mawu; ayi babaluka kuidi Nzambi mu vanga mavanga mammonisa ti bukiedika babaludi mavanga.
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 Mu bila kioki Bayuda balembo tombi kuphonda bu bakhanga muna Nzo Nzambi.
That is why the Jews seized me in the temple courts and were trying to kill me.
22 Vayi bu nditambula lusadusu lu Nzambi, diawu ndikidi zingila nate lumbu kiaki, mu telama kimbangi kuidi batu ba luvalu ayi batu baphamba. Ndilonga kaka mambu momo mayolukila mimbikudi ayi Moyize ti mafueti vangama.
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 Klisto kafueti mona ziphasi ayi bu kela ba mutu wutheti mu fuluka mu bafua, buna kafueti samuna kiezila kuidi Bayuda ayi kuidi Bapakanu.
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 Polo bu kaba samba, mu diambu di kukivavila; Fesitusi wutuba mu mbembo yingolo: —A Polo, lawukidi! Diela diaku diwombo diawu dilawukisidi!
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 Vayi Polo wuvutula: —A mueni Fesitusi, ndisi dilawu ko. Mambu ma ndintuba madi makiedika ayi ma mfunu
But Paul said, “I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking words of truth and good sense.
26 bila Ntinu zebi mambu beni. Ndilembo tubi mu bukhafi va ntualꞌandibila nzebi kuama ti zebi mamoso mama bila masi vangimina mu nsueki ko!
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 A Ntinu Angilipa, weta wilukila mimbikudi e? Nzebi ti weta wilukila!
Do yoʋ believe the Prophets, King Agrippa? I know that yoʋ believe.”
28 Angilipa wukamba Polo: —Mu thangu yikhufi tidi kukhitula nkua Klisto.
Agrippa said to Paul, “Do yoʋ think yoʋ can persuade me to become a Christian so quickly?”
29 Polo wumvutudila: —Buba mu thangu yikhufi voti mu thangu yimula, ndinlomba kuidi Nzambi, bika sia ti ngeyo kaka vayi baboso balembo ngui buabu, luba banga minu, botula kaka zisieni ziazi.
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 Bosi Ntinu, wutelama va kimosi ayi nyadi, Belinisi ayi batu boso bavuanda yawu.
After Paul said these things, the king stood up, along with the governor, Bernice, and those who were sitting with them.
31 Bu batotuka, batubasana bawu na bawu: —Mutu wawu kasi vanga diambu di kafueti vondolo ko voti di kafueti kangulu mu zisieni ko.
After leaving the room, they began saying to one another, “This man is doing nothing that deserves death or imprisonment.”
32 Buna Angilipa wukamba Fesitusi: —Mutu wawu fueni yekolo enati kasi lomba kuenda sambi va ntuala Sezali ko.
And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
