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:

Mme Ageripa a raya Paulo a re, “Tswelela o re bolelele polelo ya gago.” Jalo Paulo a otlolola letsogo a ikarabela a re:

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:

“Ke sego, Kgosi Ageripa, fa ke na le tshwanelo ya go ikarabela fa pele ga gago gompieno,

3 especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

gonne ke itse fa o le moitseanape wa melao ya Sejuta le ngwao. Mme ke a go kopa gore o ntheetse ka bopelotelele!

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;

“Fela jaaka Bajuta ba itse sentle, ke rutilwe thata ka Sejuta go tswa bonyaneng jwa me kwa Tareso, mme morago ka rutwa kwa Jerusalema, mme ka tshela fela jalo.

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.

Mme fa ba rata ba ka dumalana le nna, ba itse gore ke ne ke le mofarasai yo o tlhokomelang melao fa go tla mo kobamelong ya melao ya Sejuta le dingwao.

6 And now I stand [here] to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;

Mme lebaka le ba ntshetseng morago go ntshekisa ke ka ntlha ya selo sengwe, ke ka ntlha ya gore ke solofetse tiragalo ya tsholofetso ya Modimo e e neng ya solofediwa borraa-ronamogologolwane.

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!

Merafe e e lesome le bobedi ya Iseraele e leka bosigo le motshegare go goroga kwa tsholofelong e ke nang nayo! Le fa go ntse jalo Kgosi, mo go nna ba re ke molato!

8 Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?

A mme go molato go dumela mo tsogong ya baswi.

9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

“A go utlwala go sa dumelesege mo go wena gore Modimo o ka tsosa batho mo losong gore ke tshwanetse go dira ditiro tse di boitshegang mo balateding ba ga Jesu wa Nasaretha.

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.

Ke ne ka tsenya baitshepi ba le bantsi mo kgolegelong kwa Jerusalema, jaaka go ne go laotswe ke baperesiti ba bagolo; mme erile ba atlholelwa leso ka dumelana nabo.

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.

Ke ne ke tlhokofatsa Bakeresete gongwe le gongwe go leka gore ba hutse Keresete. Ke ne ke le bogale thata mo go bone mo ke neng ka bogisa le ba metse e e kgakala mo mafatsheng a sele.

12 Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

“Ke ne ke le mo loetong lo lo ntseng jalo ke ya Damaseko, ke tshotse ditaelo tse di neng di tswa kwa baperesiting ba bagolo,

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.

fa ka letsatsi lengwe ka e ne e le motshegare wa sethoboloko, nna le bapati ba me ra phatshimelwa ke lesedi le le neng le phatsima go gaisa letsatsi.

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.

Re ne ra wela fa fatshe rotlhe, mme ka utlwa lentswe le bua le nna ka Sehebera le re, ‘Saulo, Saulo, o mpogisetsang? O ikutlwisa botlhoko fela!’

15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

“Ka botsa ka re, ‘O mang Morena?’ Mme a fetola a re, ‘Ke Jesu, yo o mmogisang.

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;

Jaanong ema ka dinao! Gonne ke bonetse mo go wena go go dira modiredi le mosupi wa me. O tshwanetse go bolelela lefatshe ka tiragalo e, le kaga tse dingwe tse ke tlaa di go supegetsang.

17 delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,

Mme ke tlaa go sireletsa mo go bagaeno le mo go Badichaba. Ee, ke tlaa go romela kwa go Badichaba,

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.

go bula matlho a bone mo go tse e leng tsa boammaaruri gore ba tle ba ikwatlhaye ba nne mo leseding la Modimo go na le gore ba tshele mo lefifing la ga Satane, gore ba tle ba bone boitshwarelo jwa dibe tsa bone le go ja boswa jwa Modimo mmogo le batho botlhe gongwe le gongwe ba dibe tsa bone di tlhatswitsweng, ba ba beetsweng kwa thoko ka ntlha ya go dumela mo go nna.’

19 Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

“Mme jalo, Kgosi Ageripa, ga ke a ka ka tlhoka go reetsa ponatshegelo eo e e tswang kwa legodimong!

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.

Ke ne ka rerela pele ba ba kwa Damaseko, le Jerusalema le mo tikologong yotlhe ya Judea, le mo go Badichaba gore botlhe ba tshwanetse go tlogela dibe tsa bone mme ba sokologela kwa Modimong, mme ba supe tshokologo ya bone ka go dira ditiro tse di siameng.

21 For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.

Bajuta ba ne ba ntshwara mo Tempeleng ka ntlha ya go rera jaana, mme ba leka go mpolaya,

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;

mme Modimo o ne wa ntshireletsa gore ke be ke sa ntse ke tshela gompieno gore ke bolelele mongwe le mongwe dilo tse, bagolo le bannye. Ga ke rute sepe fa e se se baporofiti le Moshe ba se buileng,

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.

gore Mesia o tlaa boga, mme a nne wa ntlha go tsoga mo baswing, go tlisa lesedi mo Bajuteng le mo go Badichaba.”

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.

Mme ka tshoganetso Feseto a goa a re, “Paulo oa tsenwa, Go rutega thata ga gago go a go tsentsha!”

25 But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.

Mme Paulo a fetola a re, “Ga ke tsenwe, Motlotlegi Feseto. Ke bua mafoko a boammaaruri jo bo itekanetseng.

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.

Mme Kgosi Ageripa o itse kaga dilo tse. Ke bua ke gololesegile gonne ke itse sentle gore ditiragalo tse di tlwaelesegile mo go ene, gonne ga di a direlwa mo sephiring!

27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

Kgosi Ageripa, a o dumela baporofiti? Mme ke a itse gore o a dumela.”

28 And Agrippa [said] unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.

Mme Ageripa a mo tsena ganong a re, “A o batla go ntira Mokeresete mo lobakeng lo lokhutshwane lo?”

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.

Mme Paulo a fetola a re, “Mo Modimong le fa mafoko a me a le bokoa kgotsa a nonofile, wena le botlhe ba ba leng fano mo bathong ba ba tsileng go reetsa ba, lo ka nna jaaka nna, ke sa reye lo golegilwe ka dikeetane tse.”

30 And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:

Mme Kgosi le molaodi, le Berenise le ba bangwe botlhe ba ema ba tsamaya.

31 and when they had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

Mme erile ba ntse ba buisanya kgang e, ba dumalana jaana ba re, “Monna yo ga a dira sepe se se tshwanetseng loso kgotsa go tsenngwa mo kgolegelong.”

32 And Agrippa said unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

Mme Ageripa a raya Feseto a re, “Fa a ka bo a sa dira boikuelo kwa go Kaisara, o ka bo a gololwa.”