Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
Le hoe t’i Agripa amy Paoly: Mahazo miveroke rehe. Natondro’ i Paoly ty fità’e vaho naniom-batañe ami’ty 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,
Ry Agripa mpanjaka, ataoko te nisohen-draho t’ie añatrefa’o ethane henaneo, hitaroñe ze fonga sisý nanoe’ o Tehodao amako,
3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
mentsake te fohi’o soa ze hene lilitse naho fifandiera’ o nte-Iehodao. Aa le mihalaly ama’o ty hijanjiñe ahy am-pahaliñisañe.
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;
Ie amy zao, fohi’ o Jiosy iabio ty satam-piaiñako boak’ ami’ty naha-ajaja ahy, ndra an-taneko añe, ndra e Ierosaleme ao.
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.
Aa kanao nahafohiñe ahy haehae iereo, naho nisatrie’ iereo ty hitaroñe, le i firimboñam-pitalahoañe fatra-pirekets’ ami’ty hatòy, o Fariseoo, ty ni-satan-kaveloko.
6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Ie henaneo, ty fitamàko i tsinaran’ Añahare aman-droaentikañey ro ijohañako an-jaka etoañe.
7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
Zay ty itoloña’ i fifokoañe folo-ro’ ambin-tika rey handro an-kaleñe an-kahimbañañe aman’ Añahare. I fitamañe zay, ry Mpanjaka, ty anoa’ o Tehodao kitombok’ ahiko.
8 Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
Akore ty atao’ areo te tsy mete iantofañe ty fampitroaran’ Añahare o havilasio?
9 “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Toe nitsakoreako ka te tsi-mahay tsy hanoeko ze handierako amy tahina’ Iesoà nte 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.
Le zay ty nanoeko e Ierosaleme ao, ie nandrambe lily amo mpisorom-beio, le najoko am-porozò ao ty maro amo noro’eo, vaho ie nañohofan-doza, zaho ty ninday talin-tsara hanesehañe iareo.
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.
Beteke nililoveko amo fitontona’ iareo iabio naho nilozoheko ty hampiteratera iareo; vaho an-kabosehañe mandoviake ty nañoridañako mb’an-drova ambahiny añe.
12 “Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
Ie amy zao, nimb’e Damaskose mb’eo raho ami’ty lily naho haozara’ o mpisorom-beio.
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.
Ie nitsipinde-mena amy liay, ry Mpanjaka, le nitreako ty hazavàñe boak’ andindìñe ey ambone’ ty fireandrea’ i àndroy nipisañe añarisehoañe ahy naho amo mpindre lia amakoo.
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.’
Nideboñe an-tane iaby zahay le tsinanoko ty fiarañanañañe nitsara amako an-tsaontsy Hebreo, ty hoe: Saole, Saole, akore ty añinjaha’o ahy? Sarotse ama’o ty mikambia i tsatokey.
15 “I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
Le hoe raho: Ia v’iheo Talè? Zaho Iesoà ampisoañe’oy, hoe t’i Talè.
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;
Mitroara arè, miongaha am-pandia. Inao ty talim-piboahako ama’o, ty hanendreako azo ho mpitoroñe naho valolombeloñe amo nahaoniña’o ahio vaho amo mbe haboako ama’oo,
17 delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
le ho rombaheko am’ondatio naho amo kilakila ondaty añirahako azoo,
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.’
hanokafañe ty fihaino’ iareo, hitolike amy ieñey mb’an-kazavàñe, naho amy fifehea’ i mpañìnjeiy mb’ aman’ Añahare, hahazoa’ iareo fañahan-kakeo vaho lova amo nampiavaheñe ami’ty fatokisañe ahio.
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
Ie amy zao, ry Agripa mpanjaka, tsy nizehareko i fañentoan-dindìñey,
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 nitaroñeko hey o e Damaskoseo le e Ierosaleme añe naho nanitsik’ an-tane Iehodà, vaho nimb’ amo kilakila ondatio, soa t’ie hibaboke naho hitolik’ aman’ Añahare vaho hitoloñe mañeva soloho.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Ie ty talim-pitsepaha’ o Tehodao ahy tañ’ anjomban’ Añahare ao naho ty fimanea’ iareo hañè-doza amako.
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,
Ie amy zao, amy fañoloran’ Añahare ahy le mitoloñe pake henane, mitalily ami’ty kede naho ty bey, tsy mitaroñe inoñ’ inoñe naho tsy o nisaontsie’ o Mpitokio naho i Mosè te ho tondrokeo;
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.”
te tsi-mahay tsy nijale i Norizañey, naho amy t’ie ty nivaloha’e nivañon-ko veloñe ro hitaroñe hazavañe am’ ondatio vaho amo kilakila ondatio.
24 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
Ie mbe niveroke, le hoe ty nipoñafa’ i Festosy, O Paoly, gege rehe; mampikitek’ azo ty habein-kilala’o.
25 But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
Aa hoe t’i Paoly: Tsy tondren-draho ry Festosy aman-kasy, fa tsara to naho hendre o fitaroñakoo.
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.
Toe fohi’ i mpanjakay i tsaraeñey, le itaroñako am-pidadàñe, naho iantofako te leo raik’ amo raha zao tsy mietak’ ama’e amy t’ie tsy nanoeñ’ an-kotsok’ ao.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
Ry Agripa Mpanjaka, tsy iantofa’o hao o mpitokio? Apotako t’ie miantoke.
28 Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
Aa hoe t’i Agripa amy Paoly, Hete, didý tsy nandrisik’ ahy rehe ho mpiamy Norizañey!
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.”
Hoe t’i Paoly: He te aniany ke te ela, lonik’ aman’ Añahare abey te tsy ihe avao, fa ze hene mijanjiñe ahy henaneo ty hanahak’ ahy naho tsy o silisily retoañ’ avao.
30 The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
Le niongake i mpanjakay naho i Ragovay naho i Berenikae vaho o nindre niambesatse am’iereoo
31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
le nitolake naho nifamesoveso ty hoe: Tsy nanao inoñ’ inoñe indatiy t’ie hañeva havetrake ndra harohy.
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Le hoe t’i Agripa amy Festosy: Mete ho hinaha indatiy naho tsy nikaike amy Kaisara.
