Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
Akipah naw Pawluh üng, “Na mäta phäh ngthu pyen lawa” a ti. Pawluh naw, a kut säng lü, a ngsungkhameinak pyen lawki;
2 “I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you today concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,
“Sangpuxang Akipah aw, Judahe naw ami na khyaknak naküt üng, ka ngsungeinak ngthu tuhngawi na hmaia ka pyen khaia akyaka phäha, dawki ngai veng;
3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
Judahea thum ja ngcuhnak naküt aktäa ksingki. Na mlung msaü lü na na ngaih vaia ni nghui na veng.
4 “Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;
“Ka dik ham üng ihawkba ka ve khawiki ti cun Judah khyange avan naw na ksingkie. Akcüka kamäta pe ja Jerusalema ihawkba ka kcün ka sumei pi ksingkie.
5 having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Judah jumnak thum üng aktäa ling lü, Pharisea ka kya khawi cän ajana na ksingkie, ami pyen vai ta saksi na u se.
6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Kami pupaea vei Pamhnam naw a jah peta khyütam äpeinaka phäha kei hia ka ngdüi law khaia na pawh ve u,
7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
amhnüp amthan Pamhnam hjawkhah u lü kami khyange pasang xaleihngihe naw ami yahei vaia äpeikie. Ahina äpeinaka phäh Judahe naw na mkatei ve u ahlüng säih sangpuxang aw.
8 Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
Hin üng veki khyange naw ise Pamhnam naw khyangkthi mtho beki ti hin, am a nami jum thei ni?
9 “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
“Kei naw pi Nazaret Jesuha ngming cawkei lü, ka pawh khawh naküt cun ka bikia ka na ngai law khawiki.
10 I also did this in Jerusalem. 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.
Ahin hin Jerusalema ka bilo khawiki. Ktaiyü ngvaiea veia bilawnak thei ana yah lü, Mhnama khyang khawhae thawngim üng ka ja khyum khawiki; ami jah hnim vai üng kei naw pi ami thih vaia ka täng khawiki.
11 Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
Sinakok k'uma jah mkhuimkha lü, ami jumeinak ami cehtak vai khawvei ka pawh khawiki. Aktäa ka mlung na uiawng se, pe kcea ka mlüha vekie pi ka jah mkhuimkha khaia ka cit hü khawiki.
12 “Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
“Ahina phäh vaia Ktaiyü ngvaiea vei ana yah lü Damatet mlüha ka citki.
13 at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.
Sangpuxang aw, ka ceh mhnüp nglunga kyaki, ka jah cehpüia khyange ja kei pei cu nghngi kthaka vaiki akvai cun khan üngkhyüh vai lawki ka hmuh.
14 When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
Kami van mdek üng kyu u ngüse, Hebru am, ‘Sawluh, Sawluh, i vai na na mkhuimkhaki ni? Se naw a mahpaa kcung a leha mäiha i vai namät naw namät na pawhki ni?’ tia, kthai ka ngjak.
15 “I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
‘Bawipa aw, nang u ni?’ ka ti. Acunüng, Bawipa naw, ‘Kei Jesuh, na mkhuimkhaa ka kyaki.
16 But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will reveal to you;
Acunsepi, tho law lü; na khaw am ngdüi lawa. Ka ning mpya vaia na veia tuhngawi ka ngdang lawki. Nang naw tungawi na hmu cun jah mtheh lü malama i ka ning mhnuh khai ti cun ka pyen khai.
17 delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
Isarel khyange naküt ja Khyangmjükceea kut üngka naw ka ning yung khai; ami mik na ja mdeisak khaia, ami veia ning tüih veng.
18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
Ami mik jah mdeisak lü, nghmüp üngka naw akvaia na jah nghlatsak khaia khawyama johit üngka naw Mhnama veia ja nghlatsak lü, kei ami na jumeinak am ami mkhyekatnake jah mhläta lü Pamhnama xüe khyange am atänga hnün ami yah vaia ni’ a ti.
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
“Acunakyase, sangpuxang Akipah aw, khankhawa ka, ngdannak cun am kcanga veng.
20 but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
Akcüka Damatet ja Jerusalema kaea veia, Judah pe naküta kaea veia, khyangmjükcee veia pi, ngjutnaka nglawia bi bi u lü, ngjut u lü Pamhnama veia ami nghlat lawnak vaia, ka jah mthehki ni.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Ahina phäha ni, Judahe naw temple k'uma na man u lü, ami na hnim hlü.
22 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
Acunsepi, Pamhnama na yungnaka phäha tuhngawi cäpa, hin üng adik ja akdämea veia ka saksi pyen veng. I pyen akcea am kya sahmae ja Mosi naw ami na pyen cun küm law khai ti cun ni ka jah ksinghüsak,
23 how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”
Mesijah cun mkhuimkhanak khamei lü, thihnak üngka naw akcüka tho beki tia küikyannaka mawng cun khyangmjükcee jah Judahe veia ka sangki,” a ti.
24 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
Acukba Pawluh naw a ngsungkhameinak pyen lü, Festuh angsanga ngpyang lü, “Pawluh aw, ang veki; na ngtheingkhawng khawha naw ning yusak ve” a ti.
25 But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
Acunsepi, Pawluh naw, “Akhlüngtai, Festuh aw, am ang veng; ngthu kcang ka pyenki ni.
26 For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.
Sangpuxang Akipah aw! Hina ngthu avan na ksingkia kyase na veia ling lü ka pyen theiki. Hina mawng avan na süm khaia ka ngaiki. I pi thup vai am ve ti cun pi na ksingki.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
Sangpuxang Akipah aw, sahmaea na jah jumki aw? Na jumkia ka ksingki” a ti.
28 Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
Akipah naw Pawluh üng, “Asängca üng Khritjana ka thawn khaia na ngaiki aw?” a ti.
29 Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me today, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.”
Pawluh naw, “Asänga pi kyase, khawveia pi kyase, nang däka am kyakia, tuhngawi ka pyen ngjaki naküt pi, keia kba ami ve law hnga vaia, mthiyüi am khun käh nikia, Pamhnama veia ka ktaiyüki ni” a ti.
30 The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
Sangpuxang, pe uki, Berani ja ami peia ngawhkie ngdüi law u lü;
31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
a jah cehtak käna, “Hina khyang hin hnim vai ja thawngim üng kyum vaia i pi am pawh” tia ngthähki he.
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Acunüng, Akipah naw Festuh üng, “Hina khyang naw Romah Emperoa veia a pha vaia am a ngtänga ta hlät vai sü” a ti.
