Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
Ary hoy Agripa tamin’ i Paoly: Mahazo mandahatra ny teninao ianao. Ary Paoly naninjitra ny tànany ka nandaha-teny hanala tsiny ny tenany nanao hoe:
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,
Ny amin’ ny zavatra rehetra iampangan’ ny Jiosy ahy, ry Agripa mpanjaka, dia ataoko fa sambatra aho, satria mahazo mandaha-teny hanala tsiny ny tenako eto anatrehanao anio,
3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
indrindra fa efa fantatrao tsara ny fanao sy ny ady hevitra rehetra amin’ ny Jiosy; koa trarantitra ianao, mba mahareta hihaino ahy.
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;
Fantatry ny Jiosy rehetra ny fitondran-tenako hatry ny fony aho mbola kely teo amin’ ny fireneko tany Jerosalema hatramin’ ny voalohany;
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.
eny, fantany hatramin’ ny voalohany aho (raha mety milaza izy), fa efa Fariseo aho araka ny antoko, fatra-pitana indrindra ny lalàna amin’ ny fivavahantsika.
6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Ary ankehitriny ny fanantenana ny teny fikasana izay nataon’ Andriamanitra tamin’ ny razantsika no itsanganako hotsaraina eto,
7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
dia ilay fanantenana andrasan’ ny firenentsika roa ambin’ ny folo, izay mazoto manao fanompoam-pivavahana ho an’ Andriamanitra andro aman’ alina. Izany fanantenana izany no iampangan’ ny Jiosy ahy, ry mpanjaka ô.
8 Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
Nahoana no ataonareo ho zavatra tsy azo inoana, raha Andriamanitra manangana ny maty?
9 “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Ary izaho efa nihevitra tao am-poko tokoa fa tsy mety raha tsy manao zavatra maro hanohitra ny anaran’ i Jesosy avy any Nazareta,
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.
sady nataoko tany Jerosalema izany, ka maro ny olona masìna no nohidiako tao an-tranomaizina, rehefa nahazo fahefana tamin’ ny lohan’ ny mpisorona aho; ary raha hovonoina ireny, dia mba nandatsa-bato nanaiky izany koa aho.
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.
Ary nampijaly azy matetika teo amin’ ny synagoga rehetra aho ka nanery azy hiteny ratsy; ary satria very saina tamin’ ny fahatezerako taminy aho, dia nanenjika azy hatramin’ ny tanàna any ivelany koa aza.
12 “Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
Ary tamin’ izany, raha nankany Damaskosy aho, nitondra fahefana sy teny izay efa azoko tamin’ ny lohan’ ny mpisorona,
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.
koa nony ilay nitatao-vovonana iny ny andro, ry mpanjaka ô, dia hitako teny an-dalana fa, indro, nisy mazava avy tany an-danitra nanelatrelatra manodidina ahy mbamin’ izay niaraka tamiko mihoatra noho ny famirapiratry ny masoandro.
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.’
Ary rehefa lavo tamin’ ny tany izahay rehetra, dia nandre feo nilaza tamiko aho nanao tamin’ ny teny Hebreo hoe: Saoly Saoly, nahoana ianao no manenjika Ahy? Zavatra sarotra aminao ny hanipaka ny fanindronana.
15 “I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
Dia hoy izaho: Iza moa Hianao, Tompoko? Ary hoy ny Tompo: Izaho no Jesosy Izay enjehinao.
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;
Fa mitsangàna, ka mijoroa amin’ ny tongotrao; fa izao no nisehoako taminao, dia ny hanendry anao ho mpanompo sy ho vavolombelona ny amin’ izay efa nahitanao Ahy sy izay hisehoako aminao,
17 delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
hamonjy anao amin’ ny olona Isiraely sy ny jentilisa, izay anirahako anao,
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.’
hampahiratra ny masony hialany amin’ ny maizina ho amin’ ny mazava, ary amin’ ny fahefan’ i Satana ho amin’ Andriamanitra, mba hahazoany famelan-keloka sy lova eo amin’ izay nohamasinina noho ny finoana Ahy.
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
Ary amin’ izany, ry Agripa mpanjaka ô, dia tsy nandà ny fahitana avy tany an-danitra aho;
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.
fa nambarako voalohany tamin’ izay tany Damaskosy sy Jerosalema sy tany amin’ ny tany Jodia rehetra ary tany amin’ ny Jentilisa, mba hibebaka sy hiverina amin’ Andriamanitra izy ka hanao asa miendrika ny fibebahana.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Ary izany no nisamboran’ ny Jiosy ahy teo an-kianjan’ ny tempoly sy nitadiavany hahafaty ahy.
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,
Ary noho ny fitahian’ Andriamanitra ahy dia mbola maharitra mandraka androany aho ka manambara na amin’ ny kely na amin’ ny lehibe, ary tsy milaza na inona na inona afa-tsy izay nolazain’ ny mpaminany sy Mosesy fa ho avy,
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.”
fa Kristy tsy maintsy mijaly ary ho voalohany hitsangana amin’ ny maty ka hitory fahazavana amin’ ny olona Isiraely sy amin’ ny jentilisa.
24 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
Ary raha nandahatra izany izy, dia hoy Festosy tamin’ ny feo mahery: Ry Paoly ô, very saina ianao; ny fianarana be loatra no efa nahavery saina anao.
25 But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
Fa hoy Paoly: Tsy very saina aho, ry Festosy tsara indrindra, fa mandahatra tenin’ ny fahamarinana sy ny fahononana.
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.
Fa fantatry ny mpanjaka izany zavatra izany, ka dia miteny amin’ ny fahasahiana eto anatrehany aho; fa mino aho fa tsy miafina aminy izany zavatra izany, satria tsy natao tao amin’ ny takona izany.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
Ry Agripa mpanjaka ô, mino ny mpaminany va ianao? Fantatro fa mino ianao.
28 Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
Fa hoy Agripa tamin’ i Paoly: Hay! ataonao fa mora toy izany no hampanekenao ahy ho Kristiana.
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.”
Ary hoy Paoly: Mangataka amin’ Andriamanitra aho, fa na amin’ ny mora, na amin’ ny sarotra, tsy ianao ihany, fa izay rehetra mandre ahy anio, dia hitovy amiko, afa-tsy amin’ ireto gadra ireto ihany.
30 The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
Ary nitsangana ny mpanjaka sy ny governora ary Berenika mbamin’ izay niara-nipetraka teo aminy;
31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
ary rehefa niala teo izy, dia niresaka hoe: Tsy manao izay tokony hahafaty na hamatorana azy tsy akory izany lehilahy izany.
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Ary hoy Agripa tamin’ i Festosy: Azo nalefa ihany io lehilahy io, saingy efa nifidy ny handahatra any anatrehan’ i Kaisara izy.
