Acts 26
1 Yet truly, Agrippa said to Paul, “It is permitted for you to speak for yourself.” Then Paul, extending his hand, began to offer his defense.
Agilipa den yedi Polo: Li tuo han maadi ki ga a yuli. Polo den tandi o nuu ki baa maadi ki ga o yuli ki yedi:
2 “I consider myself blessed, O king Agrippa, that I am to give my defense today before you, about everything of which I am accused by the Jews,
O bado Agilipa, n pali mani ke n baa fidi ki maadi a nintuali dinla ki ga n yuli, ki nan doagidi ke Jufinba n tabi nni yaala yaapo yeni naa tie moamoani.
3 especially since you know everything that pertains to the Jews, both customs and questions. Because of this, I beg you to listen to me patiently.
Kelima fini aba bani Jufinba bogida cain leni ban nia yaala yaapo. Lanwani, n mia ha han juuni ki cengi n maama.
4 And certainly, all the Jews know about my life from my youth, which had its beginning among my own people in Jerusalem.
Jufinba kuli bani n yema n den tie maama hali n biwaama yogunu leni hali mi cilima n maadogu nni, leni Jelusalema nni.
5 They knew me well from the beginning, (if they would be willing to offer testimony) for I lived according to the most determined sect of our religion: as a Pharisee.
Bi bani nni hali ke li waagi, ki bani ke n tie Falisieni, yaa cagili n ñii ti jaanma po, leni tidanbogida po ki cie. Bi yaa bua bi baa fidi ki tieni seedi lipo
6 And now, it is in the hope of the Promise which was made by God to our fathers that I stand subject to judgment.
Moala n se ne u bujiakaanu kani kelima n sugini ke U Tienu baa kuani wan den niani ti yaajanba ya ñoanianu.
7 It is the Promise that our twelve tribes, worshiping night and day, hope to see. About this hope, O king, I am accused by the Jews.
Ti buolu yaaba, bani i piiga n buoliedi yeni, yaaba n tuuni U Tienu po u yensiinu leni ku ñiagu kuli, n moko sugini laa ñoanianu kuama. O bado, li tie kelima laa suginma po yo ke Jufinba tabi nni.
8 Why should it be judged so unbelievable with you all that God might raise the dead?
Yinba, be n teni ke yi nua ke li kan tuo U Tienu n fiini bi tinkpiba?
9 And certainly, I myself formerly considered that I ought to act in many ways which are contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
Moamoani mini nba den tama ke li pundi min tieni min fidi yaala kuli ki yie Nasaleti yua Jesu yeli po.
10 This is also how I acted at Jerusalem. And so, I enclosed many holy persons in prison, having received authority from the leaders of the priests. And when they were to be killed, I brought the sentence.
N den tieni yeni Jelusalema, ki baa bi kopadicianba kani li bali ki kuani bi nigagidihanba a kadidiena nni. Ban den jia leni ba, n den taa leni yaaba n den sua ke li pundi ba kpa ba.
11 And in every synagogue, frequently while punishing them, I compelled them to blaspheme. And being all the more maddened against them, I persecuted them, even to foreign cities.
N go den caa li balimaama bangima diena nni ki wangi ba fala, ki tiendi ba u paalu ban sugi U Tienu. N pabienkandikaali den teni ke n caa baa i dolami nni ki fagidi ba.
12 Thereafter, as I was going to Damascus, with authority and permission from the high priest,
Li tie lani yaa po ke n den baa bi kopadicianba yudanba kani li bali leni u sanu ki fii ki caa Damasa ki baan tieni yeni lanpo mo.
13 at midday, O king, I and those who were also with me, saw along the way a light from heaven shining around me with a splendor greater than that of the sun.
O bado, u yensiinu ke n ye u sanu nni n den laa ya yenma n ñuliti ki cie ki yenga yenma, ke mi ñani tanpoli po ki yendi ki lindi nni, mini leni n yegininlieba.
14 And when we had all fallen down to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew language: ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goad.’
Tikuli den baa tiipo. N den gbadi ke u nialu maadi leni nni Ebilu maama nni ki yedi: Solo, Solo, be yaa po yo ke a faligidi nni? Li baa pa apo han yiadi u danbu ki pua li bonmuukaala.
15 Then I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
N den yedi o: A tie hme? O Diedo den yedi nni: N tie Jesu, han faligidi yua.
16 But rise up and stand on your feet. For I appeared to you for this reason: so that I may establish you as a minister and a witness concerning the things that you have seen, and concerning the things that I will show to you:
Fii ki hma ki sedi. N doagidi a po n yuli kelima n gandi a han yaa tie n naacemo leni n seedo, ki yaa wangi bi niba han laa yaala na leni min go baa waani a yaala.
17 rescuing you from the people and the nations to which I am now sending you,
N baa ga ha Jufinba leni yaaba n kaa tie Jufinba kuli nuu nni min baa soani a yaaba ya kani.
18 in order to open their eyes, so that they may be converted from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive the remission of sins and a place among the saints, through the faith that is in me.’
N soani a bikani ke han hubidi bi nuni, ki ñani ba li biigili nni ban kua mi yenma nni, ki ñani ba Sutaani paalu nni ban cua U Tienu kani. Lani ban baa bi tuonbiadi sugili, ki baa U Tienu n gagidi ki hanbi yaaba kelima li dandanli po ya siiga.
19 From then on, O king Agrippa, I was not unbelieving to the heavenly vision.
Lanwani o bado Agilipa, den yie ke n kan tuo ki tieni min den laa tanpoli bonlekaala yaala yeni n puogi nni yaala. n
20 But I preached, first to those who are at Damascus and at Jerusalem, and then to the entire region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, so that they would repent and convert to God, doing the works that are worthy of repentance.
den kpa wangi Damasa yaaba, ki yuandi ki wangi Jelusalema yaaba, leni Jude ya diema nni yaaba kuli. N go den wangi bi nilanba moko, ke ban lebidi bi yama ki hoadi U Tienu, ki yaa tuuni yaa tuona n doagidi ke bi lebidi.
21 It was for this reason that the Jews, having apprehended me when I was in the temple, attempted to kill me.
Li tie lani yaa po ke Jufinba den cuo nni U Tienu diegu nni ki moandi ki baa kpa nni.
22 But having been aided by the help of God, even to this day, I stand witnessing to the small and the great, saying nothing beyond what the Prophets and Moses have said would be in the future:
Ama kelima U Tienu todima po n ye hali dinla ki tiendi seedi taliginba leni bi paatieba kuli po. Min yedi yaala taa yenma leni bi sawalipuaba leni Musa kuli n den pua sawali ke yaala n baa tieni yeni po, mii pugini lipo liba.
23 that the Christ would suffer, and that he would be the first from the resurrection of the dead, and that he would bring light to the people and to the nations.”
Lani n tie ke U Tienu n Gandi yua baa la fala tiladi, ki tua U Tienu n kpa fiini yua bi tinkpiba siiga. O baa yaa wangi Jufinba leni bi nilanba kuli mi yenma maama.
24 While he was speaking these things and presenting his defense, Festus said with a loud voice: “Paul, you are insane! Too much studying has turned you to insanity.”
Polo n den maadi yeni ki baa ga o yuli, Fesitusa den kpaani ki yedi: Polo, a gaadi, a cogiciamu teni ke a gaadi.
25 And Paul said: “I am not insane, most excellent Festus, but rather I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.
Polo den goa ki yedi o: Ti yudaano Fesitusa, mii gaadi ka. Min maadi yaama tie moamoani ki go tie yandanmaama.
26 For the king knows about these things. To him also, I am speaking with constancy. For I think that none of these things are unknown to him. And neither were these things done in a corner.
O bado Agilipa ma bani laa bonla maama fuuli. Lani n teni ke n maadi o kani leni li papaali, kelima n bani ke laa maama siiga baa mayenma ki boani o, kelima laa den tieni wuoli nni.
27 Do you believe the Prophets, O king Agrippa? I know that you believe.”
Fini o bado Agilipa, naani a dugi bi sawalipuaba maama po bi? N bani ke a dugi mipo.
28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “To some extent, you persuade me to become a Christian.”
Agilipa den goa ki yedi Polo: Li sieni waamu han teni min tua Kilisiti yua.
29 And Paul said, “I hope to God that, both to a small extent and to a great extent, not only you, but also all those who hear me this day will become just as I also am, except for these chains.”
Polo den goa ki yedi o: Li yaa tie moala, bi li yaa baa waagi, min miadi U Tienu yaala tie ke lan da tua fini bebe ka, ama yinba yaaba n ye ne ki gba n maama kuli, n tua nani min tie maama ki yaa tie n kado bebe ne yaaka.
30 And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them.
O bado leni gufeneeli leni Belenisa leni yaaba n den taani ki ka leni ba kuli den fii.
31 And when they had withdrawn, they were speaking among themselves, saying, “This man has done nothing worthy of death, nor of imprisonment.”
Ban den ña, bi den maadi leni biyaba ki tua: O naa joa naa tieni yaala n pundi ban kpa o, baa ban kuani o li kadidieli nni moko.
32 Then Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released, if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
O bado Agilipa den yedi Feasitusa: O joa na ya den soagini o buudi Sesa po, a bi baa fidi ki faabi o.
