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:
Anala, u Agripa akam'bula u Paulo, 'Ghuta kukutanga, pe u Paulo akagholosia uluvoko lwa mwene akitanga ndiki.
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:
“Nikuvona nili nuluvelo, Untua Agripa, kuuti kuvomba u n'kole pavulongolo palyuve umusyughu amasitaka ghoni agha va Yahudi.
3 especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
Lino, ulwakuva uve ulin'kagusi ghwa lwigho isa va Yahudi na maswali. Pe nisuma umulikisiaghe mulugudo.
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;
Kyang'haani, ava Yahudi vooni vakagwile pene nilyale nikukala kuvujelela vwango mukisina kyango kula ku 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.
Vang'awile kuhuma kuvwasio luvanoghile kuuti vitike kuuti nikikale ghwene Mfarisayo, ikipugha kiino kilinuvwimo vunyangufu mu lukano lwitu.
6 And now I stand [here] to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;
Lino nimile apa nihighua ulwakuva une nilola ulufingo luno u Nguluve alyavombile nava Nhaata viitu.
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!
Ulu lwe lufingo luno amakabila ghitu ifijigho fivili vihuvila kukwupila ndavule vikun'suma u Nguluve ni ngufu pakilo na pamwisi. Vwa vwimila uvwa luhuvilo ulu, untua u Agripa, kuuti ava Yahudi vikunisitaki.
8 Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?
Nakiki ghwe ghwoni mulyumue isagha kuuti kidegho kuuti u Nguluve isyusia avafue?
9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Un'siki ghumo nikasaghile june kuuti ngele nivombile amasio minga vwimila vwa litavua lya Yesu ghwa 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.
Nika ghavombile agha mu Yerusalemu; nikavakungile ava vitiki vinga mu ndinde, kange nilyale nu mutavulilua kuhuma mu vavaha nava tekesi kuvomba anala; unsiki ghuno vaka m'budagha, nilyatovile ikura kuvene.
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.
Nakalingi nikavatovile munyumba ija kufunyila jooni kange nikaghelile kuvomba navangitikaghe u lwitiko luvanave. Nilyale ni ng'alasi kyongo kuvana nikavadaghile kange mulikaja ilya kuvuhesia.
12 Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
Unsiki ghuno nilyale nivomba agha, nikalutile ku Dameski, nilyale ni ndaghilo kange nu vatavulilua kuhuma kuvatekesi ava vaha;
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.
unsiki ghuno nikale musila pa mwisi, Untua, nilyalwaghile ulumuli kuhuma kukyanya luno lukale lumulika kukila ilijuva lukamulike kusyuta une na vaanhu vano vakale vighenda palikimo nune.
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.
Usue tweni ye twingile paasi, nikapulike ilisio lijova nune liiti mu njovele ija Kiebrania: 'Sauli, Sauli! nakiki ghuku nesa? Kitalamu kulyuve kutova iteke amam'fua.
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
Pe nikati, 'Uve veve veni, Mutwa?' U Mutwa akamula, 'Une nene Yesu juno ghukunipumusia.
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;
Lino ghwime kumaghulu ghako, ulwakuva nu luhuvilo ulu une nihufisie kulyuve, nukusalwile kuuti uve m'bomba mbombo kange uve mwolesi ghwa masio agha ghukagula vwimila une lino na masio ghano nikukusona ye ghakilile agha;
17 delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,
Nikum'poka kuhuma kuvaanhu kange vaanhu ava panji kuno nikukwomola,
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.
kudindula amaso gha vanave napikuvahumia mu ng'iisi kuluta kuvuvalafu nakuluta kungufu isa setano vasyetukile u Nguluve; neke vupile kuhuma kwa Nguluve ululaghilo ulwa vahosi nu vuhasi vuno nivapelile vala vano nivabaghwile nu lwitiko luno lilikulyune.
19 Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
Pa uluo, Untua u Agripa, nanikanoghile ku galuka inyifunyo isa ku kyanya,
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.
looli, kuvala vano vano vali mu Dameski pavwasio, kange ku Yerusalemu na ku iisi jooni ija ku Yudea, kange na vaanhu ava kufisina ifinge, nikadalikile kuuti valete na kukunsyetukila u Nguluve, vavombe imbombo sino sinoghile ululato.
21 For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.
Ulwakuva uluii ava Yahudi vakanin'kolile mu nyumba im'baha inyimike ija ku funyila, pe vakaghela kukum'buda.
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;
U Nguluve akanangile kufika lino, pe nikwima na kuvolelela avaanhu va vulevule na kuvala avavaha, vwimila vwa sila sino avaviili nu Musa valyajovile kuuti silihula na sikunua;
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.
Kuuti u Kilisite lasima apumuke kange iiva ghwa kwasia kusyuka kuhuma kuvafue na kupulisia ulumuli ku vayahudi na vaanhu ava panji.
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.
U Paulo ye amalile pikutanga, u Festo akajova ku lisio ilivaha, 'Paulo, uve uli nyalukwale! amasomo ghako ghakubikile uve nyalukwale.
25 But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.
Looli u Paulo akaati, une naninyalukwale, mwoghopua Festo; looli kulukangasio nijova amasio agha kya ng'haani ghooni.
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.
Ulwakuva untua ikagula vwimila vwa masio agha; pa oluo, nijova nu vwavuke vwa mwene, ulwakuva niili nuvwa kyang'haani kuuti nakwelile lyoni lino lifisime kwa mwene; ulwakuva iili nalivombilue palubale.
27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
Vuuli, ghukwitika avaviili, u Ntua u Agripa? nikagula kuuti ghukwitika.'
28 And Agrippa [said] unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.
U Agripa akam'bula u Paulo, 'Kunsiki undebe unoghile kukunivula une kange kukumbika nive Mwitiki?
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.
U Paulo akaati, “Nikunsuma u Nguluve kuuti, kunsiki n'dbe nambe n'tali, naveve juve kange vooni vano vikunipulika umusyughu, veve ndavule une, looli kange kisila manyororo agha mu ndinde
30 And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
Pe untua akima, nhu n'sikali kange nhu Bernike, na vala vano vakikalile palikimo na vene,
31 and when they had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
ye vabukile kuvukumbi, vakajovile vavuo kwa vavuo na kuuti, “Umuunhu uju nanoghile uvufue kange kupinyu,'
32 And Agrippa said unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
U Agripa akam'bula u Festo, “Umuunhu uju anoghile kuuti ave mwavuke ndavule nakekile i piru kuva Kaisari.”
