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:
Nga nyo, Agripa kammakiya Paulo,'Unaruhusiwa kujitetea.'Nga nyo Paulo kanyosha luboko lwake akajitetea nyoo.
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:
“Najibonekeya mwenye furaha, Mpwalume Agripa, ili kupanga kesi yango nnongi yako leno dhidi ya mashitaka yoti ya Ayahudi.
3 especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee 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 then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation, and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
Kweli, Ayahudi bote batangite namna natama tangu uinja wango katika litaifa lyango kolyo Yerusalemu.
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.
Banitangite tangu mwanzo na bapalikwa kuyeketya panga natama kati Mfarisayo, dhehebu lyalibile msimamo mkale katika dini yetu.
6 And now I stand [here] to be 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, earnestly serving [God] night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!
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 is it judged incredible with you, if God doth 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 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.
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 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.
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 journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of 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 on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that 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 saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.
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 art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
Nga nikabaya,'Wenga wa nyai, Ngwana?' Ngwana kayangwa,'Nenga na Yesu ambaye wanitesa.
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;
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 thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,
na Nalowa kukulopwa boka kwa bandu ba bandu ba mataifa ambapo nakutuma,
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.
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 Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
Nga nyo mpwalume Agripa, naweza kwaa kuasi maono ga kumaunde,
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.
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 this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.
Kwa mana eyo Ayahudi bakamwile mulihekalu, bakajaribu kunibulaga.
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;
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 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.
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 made his defence, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning doth turn thee to madness.
Paulo paayomwile kujitetea, Festo abaya kwa lilobe likolo,'Paulo wenga wa mwenda wazimu! masomo gako gakupangite uwe mwendawazimu.
25 But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words 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 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.
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, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
Je, ubaaminiya manabii, mpwalume Agripa? Nitangite panga uaminiya.'
28 And Agrippa [said] unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.
Agripa kammakiya Paulo,'kwa muda mwipi waweza kunishawishi nenga na kunipanga Mkristo?
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.
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 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 had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
Batiboka ukumbini, walilongela bembe kwa bembe no baya,'Mundu yolo astahili kwaa kiwo wala kifungo'.
32 And Agrippa said 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.”
