Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
Iti gwa, uAgripa akamutambuila uPaulo, 'Ugombigwe kitambuilya.' Uugwa uPaulo akagoola u mukono nuakwe akitambuilya iti.
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,
“Kiona ni munya ulowa, Mutemi Agripa, iti kituma u usemelwa nuane ntongeela ako lelo ku usemelwa wihi nua Ayahudi.
3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
Lukulu, ku nsoko u ewe ingi wi mulingi nua ntendo nia Ayahudi ni makolyo. Iti gwa kulompa untegeelye ku ugimya.
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;
Tai, i Ayahudi ihi alingile iti nai nikie puma u ugalimanga nuane mu ingu nuane uko ku Yerusalemu.
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.
Aningile puma u ng'wandyo hangi atakiwe kugomba kina ai nikiie anga Mufarisayo, ikumbiko ni likete u uambiila tai utaki mu kizindaalo ni kitu.
6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Itungili nimikile apa namulwe ku nsoko unene naligozee ilago naiza Itunda ai ulitumile ni atata itu.
7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
Ili ingi ilago naiza i ndugu yitu ikumi na ibiili ai isumbiiye kusingiilya anga amipoelye Itunda ku ngulu utiku nu mung'wi. hangi kunsoko a uhuiili uwu, mutemi Agripa, kina i Ayahudi akunsemela.
8 Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
Ku niki wihi kati anyu usigile ingi ikuilwa kina Itunda wi iusha i ashi?
9 “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Itungo ling'wi ai nsigile mukola kina ai nziituma makani idu ku lina nilang'wa Yesu nua ku Nazareti.
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.
Ai nitumile aya mu Yerusalemu; Ai niatungile i ahuiili idu mu kadulumu, hangi ai natulaa nu uhumi kupuma ku akulu nia akuhani kituma iti; ni matungo niakubulagwa, ai nikua kula kitalao.
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.
Nkua idu ai niapisiilya mu matekeelo ihi hangi ai ngemile kuazipya auhite u uhuiili nuao. Ai nkete ikuo nangaluu migulya ao hangi ai niazunsilye ga nu mu isali nia uziila
12 “Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
Matungo nai natulaa kituma aya, ainongoe ku Dameski, nize nkete u uhumi nu ulagiiligwa kupuma ku akuhani ni akulu,
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.
nai nikatula munzila matungo a mung'wi, Mutemi, nikihenga welu kupuma kilunde nai watula utaki kukila i mpasu hangi ukelya ku upilimikiilya unene ni antu nai atula atungile u muhinzo palung'wi nu nene.
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.’
Usese kihi nai kikagwa pihi, ai nigulye luli lukitambulya nu nene luzeligitya mu ntambu a Kiebrania; 'Sauli, Sauli ku niki ukunaja? Ingi ikaku kitalako ku ukua ilambi u mushokoo.
15 “I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
Papo nikaligitya, 'U ewe ingi nyenyu, Mukulu? uMukulu akasukiilya, ' Unene ingiYesu naiza ukunaja.
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;
Itungili humbuka wimike ku migulu ako; nsoko ku isigo ili unene nigeeleka kitalako, nukuhoie kutula wi munya mulimo hangi mu kuiili migulya a makani naiza ulingile kutula unene itungili ni makani ni nikakulagiila panyambele;
17 delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
hangi Nikakuguna kupuma ku antu ni anyaingu niize ku ulagiilya,
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.’
kupitya i miho ao nu kuaheja mu kiti kulongola mu welu nu kupuma mu ngulu nia mulugu amupilukile Itunda; iti alije kusingiilya kupuma kung'wa Itunda ulekelwa nua milandu nu usali naza nia inkiiye awo nai niabague ku uhuiili nu ukoli kitalane.
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
Iti gwa, mutemi Agripa, shanga ai nihumile kupiluka u muloto nua kilunde,
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.
kuiti, ku awo niakoli mu Dameski hanza, ni uugwa ku Yerusalemu ni ihi ihi nuku Yudea, hangi ga ku antu ni a mahi mangiiza, ai ntanantilye kina ile itunu nu kumupilukila Itunda, itume i ntendo ni itakiwe kila itunu.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Ku nsoko iyo i Ayahudi ai amambile mi itekeelo, akagema kumbulaga.
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,
Itunda unzaiiye kupikiila itungili, iti gwa nimikaa nu ku kuiila ku antu nia nakanda nu ku awo niakulu migulya a ayo naiza anyakidagu nu Musa ai aligitilye akupumila ni shanga ingiiza;
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.”
kina uKristo kusinja ukagigwa hangi ukutula wang'wandyo kiuka kupuma mu ashi nu kutanantya u welu ku Ayahudi nu ku anyaingu.
24 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
uPaulo nai wakamala kitambuilya, uFesto ai uligitilye ku luli lukulu, 'Paulo, u ewe wi muhali! kilingi kako kakutendilee utule wimuhali.
25 But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
Kuiti uPaulo akaligitya, Unene shanga ni muhali, mukulu Festo; kuiti ku ugimya kuligitya i makani nai a tai ntili.
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.
Ku nsoko mutemi ulingile kutula i makani aya; ni iti, kuligitya ku ulyuuku kitalakwe; ku nsoko ili shanga ai litumilwe anga ku mpelo.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
Itii, uhuiie i anyakidagu, Mutemi Agripa? Ningile kina uhuiie.
28 Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
uAgripa akamuila uPaulo, 'Ku itungo ikupi uhumile kumpema unene nu kuntenda ni Mukristo?
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.”
uPaulo akaligitya, “Kumulompa Itunda kina, ku itungo ikupi ang'wi ilipu, shanga u ewe du, ila ihi ga niantegeeye i lelo, atule anga unene, kuiti bila minyororo iyi na kadulumu.”
30 The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
Uugwa u mutemi ai wimikile, nu liwali, nu Bernike ga, ni awo nai akoli ikie palung'wi ni enso,
31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
nai ahegile mu ugalagalo, ai itambuie enso ku enso nu kuligitya, 'Muntu uyu shanga utakiwe insha ang'wi kitungo.
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
uAgripa akamuila uFesto, “Muntu uyu aza uhumile kuikwa ilyuuku anga aza wahite kutema u rufaa kung'wa Kaisari.”
