Acts 26
1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, You are permitted to speak for yourself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
Nga nyo, Agripa kammakiya Paulo,'Unaruhusiwa kujitetea.'Nga nyo Paulo kanyosha luboko lwake akajitetea nyoo.
2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before you concerning all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
“Najibonekeya mwenye furaha, Mpwalume Agripa, ili kupanga kesi yango nnongi yako leno dhidi ya mashitaka yoti ya Ayahudi.
3 Especially because I know you to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I plead to you to hear me patiently.
Hasa, kwa mana wenga ni mtaalamu wa desturi za Ayahudi na maswali. Nga nyo naloba unipekaniye kwa uvumilivu.
4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
Kweli, Ayahudi bote batangite namna natama tangu uinja wango katika litaifa lyango kolyo Yerusalemu.
5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Banitangite tangu mwanzo na bapalikwa kuyeketya panga natama kati Mfarisayo, dhehebu lyalibile msimamo mkale katika dini yetu.
6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God, unto our fathers:
Nambeambe niyemi pano nihukumiwe kwa sababu nenga natiilinga ahadi ambayo Nnongo apangite na tate bitu.
7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
Ayee nga ahadi ambayo makabila yitu komi na ibele yatumaini pokya kati bamwabudu Nnongo kwa bidii kilo na mutwekati. Ni kwa ajili ya litumaini lee, mpwalume Agripa, panga Ayahudi banishitaki.
8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
Kwa mwanja namani yeyote kati yinu anafikiri ni ajabu panga Nnongo hufufua bandu ba kiwo?
9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Muda umo niikite mwene panga nipangite makowe ganansima dhidi ya lina lya Yesu wa Nazareti.
10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
Nipangite aga katika Yerusalemu; Naatabike baamini banyansima muligereza, na nibile na mamlaka boka kwa akolo ba makuhani kupanga nyoo; na muda wa babulagwa, nipigire kura nnani yao.
11 And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
Mara yanansima natiwaadhibu katika masinagogi yote na nilijaribu kuwapanga baikane imani yao. Nibile na hasira muno nnani yao na natiabutukiya hata katika miji ya ugenini.
12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
Muda panibile napanga aga, niyenda Dameski, nibile na mamlaka na maagizo boka kwa makuhani akolo,
13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
nibile mundela muda wa mutwekati, Mpwalume, nibweni mwanga boka kumaunde ubile mkale kuliko liumu na lyating'ara kutuzunguka nenga na bandu batisafiri pamope na nenga.
14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecute you me? it is hard for you to kick against the pricks.
Twenga twabote twatitomboka pae, niyowine lilobe lyatibaya na nenga ikabaya katika lugha ya kiebrania,'Sauli, Sauli kwa mwanja namani wanitesa? Ni vigumu kwako kuukombwa teke mchokoo.
15 And I said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute.
Nga nikabaya,'Wenga wa nyai, Ngwana?' Ngwana kayangwa,'Nenga na Yesu ambaye wanitesa.
16 But rise, and stand upon your feet: for I have appeared unto you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of these things which you have seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto you;
Nambeambe inuka uyemi kwa magolo gako; sababu kwa likusudi lee nenga natibonekana kwako, natikuchawa kuwa mtumishi na shahidi nnani ya makowe ambayo utangite kuhusu nenga nambeambe na makowe nalowa kukubonekeya baadae;
17 Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send you,
na Nalowa kukulopwa boka kwa bandu ba bandu ba mataifa ambapo nakutuma,
18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Kufungua minyo yabe na kubatoa mulibendo kuyenda mu'bweya na boka mu'nguvu ya nchela nakunkerebukiya Nnongo, ili bapate pokya boka kwa Nnongo msamaha ba sambi na urithi ambao niwepeya balo banibatengile kwa imani yaibile kwango.
19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
Nga nyo mpwalume Agripa, naweza kwaa kuasi maono ga kumaunde,
20 But showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
lakini, kwa balo babile katika Dameski kwanza, na boka po Yerusalemu na nchi yote ya Yudea, na pia kwa bandu ba mataifa yenge, natihubiri panga batubu na kunkerebukia Nnongo, bapange matendo yastahiliya toba.
21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
Kwa mana eyo Ayahudi bakamwile mulihekalu, bakajaribu kunibulaga.
22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
Nnongo amenisaidia mpaka nambeambe, nga nyo nayema na kushuhudia kwa bandu ba kawaida na kwa balo akolo nnani ya yalo ambayo manabii na Musa bagabaya yalowa pangika na vingine kwaa;
23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Panga Kristo lazima alowa teseka na alowa wa kwanza kufufuka boka mu'kiwo na kutangaza bweya kwa Ayahudi na bandu bamataifa.
24 And as he thus spoke for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, you are out of your mind; much learning does make you mad.
Paulo paayomwile kujitetea, Festo abaya kwa lilobe likolo,'Paulo wenga wa mwenda wazimu! masomo gako gakupangite uwe mwendawazimu.
25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words (rhema) of truth and soberness.
Lakini Paulo kabaya, Nenga na mwendawazimu kwaa, mheshimiwa Festo; lakini kwa ujasiri nabaya maneno ga ukweli mtupu.
26 For the king knows of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
Kwa mana mpwalume atangite kuhusu makowe aga; nga nyo, nilongela kwa uhuru kwake, kwa mana nibile na uhakika panga ntopo lolote lyalifichika kwake; kwa mana lee lipangikwa kwaa pembeni.
27 King Agrippa, believe you the prophets? I know that you believe.
Je, ubaaminiya manabii, mpwalume Agripa? Nitangite panga uaminiya.'
28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost you persuade me to be a Christian.
Agripa kammakiya Paulo,'kwa muda mwipi waweza kunishawishi nenga na kunipanga Mkristo?
29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only you, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Paulo kabaya, “Nannoba Nnongo panga, kwa muda mwipi au mrefu, wenga kwaa, ila pia bote mwamuniyowine leno, mupangike kati nenga, lakini bila yelo minyororo ya muligereza.”
30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
Nga nyo mpwalume ayemi, na liwali, na Bernike kae, na balo babile batama pamope nao.
31 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
Batiboka ukumbini, walilongela bembe kwa bembe no baya,'Mundu yolo astahili kwaa kiwo wala kifungo'.
32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
Agripa kammakiya Festo, “mundu yolo aweza kubekwa huru mana aikanikiya rufani kwa Kaisari.”
