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 have permission to speak for yourself.” So Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:

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 consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, in that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning the 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 because you are expert in all the Jewish customs and issues; therefore I beg 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.

Really, the Jews all know my way of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem,

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

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

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

And now I stand here being 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 our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. It is because of this hope that I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa.

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

Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?

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

“However, I myself thought that I had to perpetrate many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Natsorean;

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.

I actually did this in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I cast 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.

Yes, I punished them often in every synagogue, trying to force them to blaspheme; I was so excessively enraged against them that I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

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

“It was on one of those journeys, as I was going to Damascus with authority and a 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, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven brighter than the sun, blazing around me and those traveling 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.'

Well we all fell to the ground and I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language: ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting 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.

So I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And He said: ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

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;

Now get up and stand on your feet; because I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness both of the things you have seen and of the things I will reveal 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 the ethnic nations, to which I am sending 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.'

to open their eyes, so as to bring them back from darkness into light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified, by faith into me.’

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

Therefore, 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.

—first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to all the region of Judea and to the ethnic nations, I still preach: ‘repent and turn back to God, doing works worthy of repentance.’

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

That is why the Jews seized me in the temple and tried 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;

So then, having experienced the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying to both small and great, saying nothing beyond what both the prophets and Moses said would happen

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 the Messiah would suffer; that as the first to rise from the dead He would proclaim light to both ‘the people’ and the ethnic nations.”

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

Well as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice: “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”

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

So he said: “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus; rather I pronounce words of truth and reasonableness.

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 knows about these things, before whom I speak freely; for I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, since it 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?”

So Agrippa said to Paul, “You will soon persuade me to become 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.

So Paul said, “Whether sooner or later, I would to God that not only you but also all who are hearing me this day may become such as I am, except for these chains.”

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

Upon his saying this, the king stood up, along with the governor and Bernice and those sitting 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 started talking among themselves, saying, “This man is doing nothing deserving of death or chains.”

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 free, if he had not appealed to Caesar.”