Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
Agripa gwara Pọl, “Ị nwere ike i kwuru ọnụ gị.” Mgbe ahụ, Pọl gbasara aka ya abụọ bido ikwu okwu ịgọrọ onwe ya,
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,
“Ana m agụ onwe m dịka onye nwere ihuọma, eze Agripa, inwe ohere ọma dị otu a, ịzara ọnụ m nʼihu gị nʼihe niile metụtara ebubo ndị Juu na-ebo m.
3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
Nke ka nke, amatara m na omenaala ndị Juu na ịrụ ụka metụtara iwu ha doro gị anya. Biko ana m arịọ gị ka i jiri ndidi gee m ntị.
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;
“Ndị Juu niile maara ibi ndụ m site na nwata m. Ha makwa site na mbụ, otu m si bie ndụ m niile nʼobodo nke m, nakwa nʼime Jerusalem.
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.
Ha matara kemgbe ogologo oge, ha ga-agbakwa ama, ma ọ bụrụ na ha chọrọ ikwu eziokwu, na site na mbụ e biri m ndụ dịka otu onye so nʼime otu ahụ nke iwu ya dị ike karịchasịa nʼime okpukpe ndị Juu, nke bụ otu ndị Farisii.
6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Ma ugbu a, a na-ekpe m ikpe nʼihi na enwere m olileanya na nkwa ahụ Chineke kwere nna nna anyị ochie ha.
7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
Nkwa nke ebo iri na abụọ niile na-ele anya ịnata mgbe ha na-efe ofufe ehihie na abalị. Eze Agripa, ọ bụ nʼihi olileanya a, gị onye a na-asọpụrụ, ka ndị Juu ji na-ebo m ebubo.
8 Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
Gịnị mere unu jiri na-eche na ọ rara Chineke ahụ ime ka ndị nwụrụ anwụ site nʼọnwụ bilie?
9 “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
“Na mbụ, anara m eche na apụrụ m imeso aha Jisọs onye Nazaret mmeso ọjọọ niile.
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.
Otu a ka m mere na Jerusalem. Ọ bụghị naanị na m natara ikike nʼaka ndịisi nchụaja jiri ya kpọchie ọtụtụ ndị nsọ nʼụlọ mkpọrọ, ewelikwara m aka elu nʼoge a na-ama ha ikpe ọnwụ.
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.
Ọtụtụ mgbe ka m hụrụ na a tara ha ahụhụ nʼụlọ nzukọ niile. Agbalịrị m ịkwagide ha ka ha kwuo arụ ma kwutọkwa okwukwe ha. Nʼihi na iwe m dị ọkụ megide ha, esogburu m ha nʼobodo dị iche iche nke na-abụghị obodo ndị Juu.
12 “Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
“Nʼihi nke a, a gara m Damaskọs site nʼikike na nkwenye nke ndịisi nchụaja. Anatakwara m ike nʼaka ndịisi nchụaja.
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.
Nʼoge ehihie, eze Agripa, mgbe mụ na ndị otu m na-aga nʼụzọ, gị onye a na-asọpụrụ, ka m hụrụ ìhè nke na-acha karịa anyanwụ ka o si nʼeluigwe chaa m na ndị mụ na ha so gburugburu.
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.’
Anyị niile dara nʼala. Ma anụrụ m olu gwara m okwu nʼasụsụ Hibru, ‘Sọl! Sọl! Gịnị mere i ji na-akpagbu m? Ị na-emerụ onwe gị ahụ site nʼịkpọ ụkwụ na ndụdụ e ji achị ehi.’
15 “I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
“Asịrị m, ‘Ị bụ onye, Onyenwe anyị?’ “Onyenwe anyị kwuru, ‘Abụ m Jisọs onye ị na-akpagbu.
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;
Ugbu a, bilie, kwụrụ ọtọ! Nʼihi na-emere m ka ị hụ m anya, ka m họpụta gị ka ị bụrụ onyeozi m na onye akaebe m. Ị ga-emekwa ka ụwa niile mara ihe banyere nzute a i zutere m taa, na ọtụtụ mgbe ọzọ m ga-ezute gị.
17 delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
Aga m azọpụta gị site nʼaka ndị nke gị na sitekwa nʼaka ndị mba ọzọ, ndị m na-eziga gị ka i jekwuru.
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.’
Imeghe anya ha mee ka ha si nʼọchịchịrị lọghachi banye nʼìhè, sikwa nʼike nke ekwensu lọghachikwute Chineke. Ka ha site nʼokwukwe ha nwere nʼebe m nọ nata mgbaghara mmehie ha, ketakwa oke ahụ dị ngọzị nʼetiti ndị e doro nsọ.’
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
“Ya mere, eze Agripa, enupughị m isi nʼọhụ nke eluigwe ahụ.
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.
Ebidoro m izisa oziọma a na Damaskọs. Emekwara m otu a na Jerusalem na nʼime Judịa niile na nʼetiti ndị mba ọzọ. Ana m ekwusa mkpa ọ dị ka mmadụ niile nwee nchegharị lọghachikwute Chineke. Ka ha gosikwa nchegharị ha site nʼezi ọrụ nke ha na-arụ.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Ọ bụ nʼihi nke a ka ndị Juu jiri nwụchie m nʼụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ ma chọsiekwa ụzọ ike ịnapụ m ndụ m.
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,
Ma Chineke chebere m mee ka m bụrụ onye dị ndụ taa, ịkọrọ mmadụ niile akụkọ a, ndị ukwu na ndị nta. Ihe m na-ekwu bụkwa ihe ndị amụma na Mosis kwuru na ọ ga-emezu,
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.”
na Kraịst ahụ ga-ahụ ahụhụ, bụrụkwa onye mbụ ga-esi nʼọnwụ bilie, iwetara ndị Juu na ndị mba ọzọ ìhè.”
24 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
Mgbe ọ na-agọpụ onwe ya, Festọs tiri mkpu, “Pọl, ị bụ onye isi mebiri! Oke mmụta gị emebiela gị isi.”
25 But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
Ma Pọl sịrị, “Isi emebighị m, ezigbo nna anyị Festọs. Ihe m na-ekwu nʼanya udo bụ naanị eziokwu.
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.
Eze nʼonwe ya makwaara ihe ndị a niile, nʼihi ya ejighị m egwu ọbụla agwa ya okwu a. Ekwenyere m na ọ dịghị ihe ọbụla nʼime ihe ndị a merenụ nke ezonarịrị ya, nʼihi na o nweghị nke mere na nzuzo.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
Gị eze Agripa, i kwenyeghị na ndị amụma? Amaara m na i kweere.”
28 Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
Mgbe ahụ Agripa sịrị, “Pọl, ị na-achọ nʼime ntakịrị oge a ịkwagide m ka m bụrụ onye kwere na Kraịst?”
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.”
Ma Pọl sịrị, “Ọ gaara atọ m ụtọ ma ọ bụrụ na Chineke ga-ekwe, mee ka gị na ndị niile nọ nʼebe a bụrụ ihe mụ onwe m bụ nʼime Kraịst ma ewezuga agbụ ndị a.”
30 The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
Mgbe ahụ eze biliri ọtọ, ya na Festọs na Benaisi nwunye ya na ndị ọzọ niile ya na ha nọ nʼoche.
31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
Mgbe ha na-apụ, ha kwurịtara nʼonwe ha, “Nwoke a emeghị ihe ọbụla kwesiri ọnwụ maọbụ ịga mkpọrọ.”
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Agripa gwara Festọs, “A gaara a hapụ nwoke a ma ọ bụrụ na o nyefeghị Siza ikpe ya.”
