Acts 26
1 And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence:
Na ko te meatanga a Akaripa ki a Paora, E ahei ana koe kia korero i au korero. Katahi ka totoro te ringa o Paora, a ka korero ia:
2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defence before thee this day touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews:
He koanga ngakau tenei ki ahau, e Kingi Akaripa, kia korerotia e ahau ki a koe aianei nga mea katoa e whakawakia nei ahau e nga Hurai:
3 especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
He mohio rawa hoki koe ki nga ritenga katoa, ki nga tautohe hoki ano a nga Hurai: na reira kia pai koe ki te whakarongo marie ki ahau.
4 My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation, and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
Ko taku whakahaere mai o toku tamarikitanga, no te timatanga mai ra ano i roto i toku iwi, i Hiruharama hoki, e mohio ana nga Hurai katoa;
5 having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, how that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Mohio tonu ratou ki ahau o mua iho, me i pai ratou ki te whakaatu; ko taku mahi, i whai i ta te titorehanga pakeke rawa o to tatou karakia, i ta te Parihi.
6 And now I stand [here] to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;
Tenei ahau te tu nei i konei, te whakawakia nei mo te tumanako ki te mea i korerotia e te Atua i mua ki o tatou matua:
7 unto which [promise] our twelve tribes, earnestly serving [God] night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!
E tumanako nei o tatou iwi kotahi tekau ma rua kia uru ki tenei, i a ratou e mahi tonu nei ki te Atua i te ao, i te po. Ko tenei e tumanakohia atu nei e te kingi, te mea e whakawakia nei ahau e nga Hurai.
8 Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?
He aha rawa kia kore e whakaponohia e koutou, ki te mea ka whakaara ake te Atua i te hunga mate?
9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Ko ahau nei, i whakaaro ahau kia maha tonu nga mea e mahia e ahau hei pehi mo te ingoa o Ihu o Nahareta.
10 And this I also did in Jerusalem: and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my vote against them.
Ae, i meinga ano tenei e ahau ki Hiruharama: he tokomaha ano te hunga tapu i uakina e ahau ki nga whare herehere, he mea tuku mai hoki nga tikanga na nga tohunga nui ki ahau; a, i te whakamatenga i a ratou, i whakaae ahau kia peratia ratou.
11 And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.
He maha ano aku whiunga i a ratou i roto i nga whare karakia katoa, i meinga ano ratou e ahau kia kohukohu; heoi haurangi noa iho ahau ki a ratou, whaia ana e ahau, a taea noatia nga pa o tawhiti.
12 Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
Nawai a, i ahau e haere ana ki Ramahiku, me nga tikanga, me te kupu whakaae a nga tohunga nui,
13 at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me.
I te poutumarotanga, e te kingi, ka kitea e ahau i te ara he marama i te rangi e tiaho ana ki ahau, ki oku hoa haere ano, tera atu i te marama o te ra.
14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.
Heoi hinga ana matou katoa ki te whenua, ka rongo ahau i te reo e korero ana ki ahau, no nga Hiperu ano hoki te reo, e mea ana, E Haora, e Haora, he aha tau e whakatoi nei i ahau? ehara tau te whana ki nga koikoi.
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
Ano ra ko ahau, Ko wai koe, e te Ariki? Ka mea ia, Ko Ihu ahau e whakatoia nei e koe.
16 But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;
Otira whakatika, e tu ou waewae ki runga: ko te mea tenei i puta ai ahau ki a koe, kia meinga koe hei kaimahi, hei kaiwhakaatu mo nga mea i kite nei koe, mo nga mea ano e kitea ai ahau e koe.
17 delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,
Ka whakaorangia koe i te iwi, i nga Tauiwi, ka tonoa nei koe e ahau ki a ratou.
18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
Hei whakatitiro i o ratou kanohi, hei whakatahuri i a ratou i te pouri ki te marama, i te kaha o Hatana ki te Atua, kia whiwhi ai ratou ki te murunga hara, ki tetahi wahi ano i roto i te hunga ka oti te whakatapu i runga i te whakapono ki ahau.
19 Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
No reira, kihai ahau i whakatuturi, e Kingi Akaripa, ki to te rangi kitenga:
20 but declared both to them of Damascus first, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
Heoi i korero ahau ki te hunga i Ramahiku i te tuatahi, a i Hiruharama, ki te whenua katoa ano o Huria, ki nga Tauiwi hoki, kia ripeneta, kia tahuri ki te Atua, me te mahi ano i nga mahi tika o te ripeneta.
21 For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.
No reira nga Hurai i hopu ai i ahau i te temepara, i whai ai ki te whakamate i ahau.
22 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come;
Heoi ka awhinatia mai ahau e te Atua, ka tu tonu nei ahau, a mohoa noa nei, me te korero ki te iti, ki te rahi, kahore aku kupu ke ake i ta nga poropiti ratou ko Mohi i mea ai meake puta:
23 how that the Christ must suffer, [and] how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.
Ara ko te Karaiti kia mate, ko ia te matamua o te aranga o te hunga mate, mana ano e whakapuaki te marama ki te iwi, ki nga Tauiwi.
24 And as he thus made his defence, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning doth turn thee to madness.
I a ia e korero ana i enei mea, nui atu te reo o Petuha ki te karanga, E Paora, he haurangi koe; na te nui o tau korero pukapuka i haurangi ai koe.
25 But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.
Ano ra ko ia, Kahore oku haurangi, e Petuha, e te tangata pai rawa; engari he pono, he whai whakaaro, aku kupu e whakapuaki nei.
26 For the king knoweth of these things, unto whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him; for this hath not been done in a corner.
E matau ana hoki te kingi ki enei mea, i maia ai ahau ki te korero ki a ia: e mea ana hoki ahau, kahore tetahi o enei mea i ngaro i a ia; kihai hoki tenei mea i mahia i te kokonga.
27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
E whakapono ana ranei koe ki nga poropiti, e Kingi Akaripa? e mea ana ahau, tenei koe te whakapono nei.
28 And Agrippa [said] unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.
Ano ra ko Akaripa? ki a Paora, Wahi iti kua riro atu ahau ki tau, ki ta te Karaiti tikanga.
29 And Paul [said], I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.
Na ko te meatanga a Paora, Pai tonu kia inoi ahau ki te Atua kia kaua e iti, engari kia tino nui, kia kaua ano e waiho i tou kotahi, engari kia tino rite ki ahau te hunga katoa e whakarongo nei ki ahau inaianei: ko enei mekameka ia kia kore.
30 And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
Na ka whakatika te kingi, me te kawana, me Pereniki, me te hunga i noho tahi ratou:
31 and when they had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
Na, i a ratou ka wehe ke, ka korerorero ki a ratou ano, ka mea, Kahore he hanga a tenei tangata e tika ai te mate, te here ranei.
32 And Agrippa said unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
Katahi ka mea a Akaripa ki a Petuha, Ka tukua tenei tangata kia haere, me i kaua ia te karanga ki a Hiha.
