Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
Agriphphi Phawuloosakko, “Neeni nebaa odanaw dandda7aasa” yaagis. He wode Phawuloosi ba kushiya denthidi hayssada yaagis:
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,
“Kawaw, Agriphpha, Ayhudeti tana mootidabaas zaaro immanaw hachchi ne sinthan eqqashe ta qaaday lo77o gada qoppays.
3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
Neeni Ayhude woganne palamaa loythada eriya gisho tana salettonna si7ana mela nena woossays.
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;
“Taani na7atethafe doomada ta asaa giddoninne Yerusalaamen de7ida ta de7uwa Ayhude ubbay eroosona.
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.
Taani koyroppe doomada, nu ammano higgiya minthidi naagiya Farisaaweta yaraappe gideyssa entti markkattanaw koykko eroosona.
6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Ha77ika taani Xoossay nu aawatas immana gida ufayssaa naagiya gisho mootettada hayssan eqqas.
7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
Qassi tammanne nam77u nu aawata sheeshay Xoossaa qammanne gallas minthidi goynnishe Xoossay immana gidayssa ekkanaw ufayssan naagoosona. Kawaw Agriphpha, Ayhudeti tana mootey taani ufayssan hessa naagiya gishossa.
8 Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
Ayhudetoo, Xoossay hayqqidayssata dentheyssa ays ammanekketii?
9 “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
“Kase taani ta huu7enkka Naazirete Yesuusa sunthaa teqqanaw dandda7ettidaba ubbaa oothanaw bessees gada qoppas.
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.
Taani Yerusalaamen oothiday hayssa. Kahine halaqatappe maata ekkada Xoossaa asatappe darota qashisas. Entta wodhiya wodekka entta hayquwa dosas.
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.
Daro wode Ayhude Woosa Keethaa ubban entti seerettana melanne Yesuusa cayidi kaddana mela un77ethas. Taani wogi baynna entta hanqettada hari attoshin, hara biitta katamata gakkanaw entta goodas.
12 “Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
“Taani ha odas kahine halaqatappe maatanne kiitaa ekkada Damasqqo bays.
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.
Kawaw, taani seeta gallas ogiyan de7ishin awa poo7oppe daro aadhdhiya poo7oy ta yuushuwaninne taara beyssata yuushuwan saloppe poo7is.
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.’
Nuuni ubbayka sa7an kunddida wode Ibraysxe doonan, ‘Saa7ola, Saa7ola, tana ays goodday? Neeni nena caddiya xam77a qakkiko nena qohasa’ yaagidi taw odishin si7as.
15 “I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
“Taani, ‘Godaw, neeni oonee?’ yaagas. “Goday, ‘Taani, neeni gooddiya Yesuusa;
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;
shin dendda eqqa. Hachchi neeni tana be7idayssaninne sinthafe ta new bessanyssa haratas markkattana mela ta oosanchcho oothada nena shuumanaw new benttas.
17 delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
Isra7eele asatappenne taani nena enttako kiittiya Ayhude gidonnayssatappe nena ashshana.
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.’
Neeni entta ayfiyaa dooyana, dhumappe poo7okko, Xalahe kusheppe Xoossako entta zaarana. Entti tanan ammanidi nagara atotethaa ekkana. Xoossay doorida asaa giddon bantta laata demmana’ yaagis.
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
“Kawaw Agriphpha, hessa gisho, taw saloppe benttida qonccethas kiitettanayssa ixxabiikke.
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.
Shin taani koyrottada Damasqqon hessafe guye Yerusalaameninne Yihuda biitta ubban de7eyssatinne Ayhude gidonnayssati bantta nagaraappe Xoossaakko simmana melanne nagaraappe simuwa bessiya ooso oothana mela qaala odas.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Hessa gisho, Ayhudeti tana Xoossa Keethan oykkidi wodhanaw koyidosona.
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,
Hachchi gakkanaw Xoossaa maadey taappe shaakettibeenna; yaaniya gisho, guuthaasinne gitaas markkattashe hayssan eqqas. Nabetinne Musey hanana gidi odidayssafe haraa issibaakka taani odidabay baawa.
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.”
Hessika, ‘Kiristtoosi waaye ekkanaw bessees; qassi hayqoppe koyro denddidi Ayhudetasinne Ayhude gidonnayssatas atotetha poo7o odanaw bessees’ gidayssa” yaagis.
24 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
Phawuloosi hessa yaagidi zaarishin, Fisxoosi ba qaala dhoqqu oothidi, “Phawloosaa, ne gooyadasa; ne daro timirttey nena gooshshas gathis” yaagis.
25 But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
Shin Phawuloosi, “Bonchcho Fisxoosaa, taani tumaabanne bessiyabaa odaysippe attin gooyabiikke.
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.
Taani qonccen odiya odaa Kawoy erees. Ha oday geeman oosettiboonna gisho issoykka iyappe geemmonayssa taani geeshshada erays.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
“Kawaw Agriphpha, neeni nabeta ammanaasa gidikkii? Neeni ammaneyssa taani erays” yaagis.
28 Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
Kawoy Agriphphi, Phawuloosakko, “Ha guutha saaten tana ammanthanaw koyay?” yaagis.
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.”
Phawuloosi, “Daro wode gidin guutha wode ne xalaala gidonnashin hachchi taana si7iya ubbay ha qashuwappe attin ta mela gidana mela Xoossaa woossays” yaagis.
30 The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
Hessafe guye, Kawoy Fisxoosi, Barnniiqeynne enttara uttida ubbayka denddidosona.
31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
Yaappe keyidi bishe issoy issuwara, “Ha uray hayqos woykko qashos gathiyabaa aykkoka oothibeenna” yaagidi odettidosona.
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Agriphphi Fisxoosakko, “Ha uray ‘Qeesarey tabaa pirddo’ goonnaako bilettanaw dandda7ees shin” yaagis.
