Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
Agrippa ih Pool suh liita, “An teeteewah tiit jen baat eh uh.” Pool heh lak ah janghaat ano heteewah tiit ah amah baatta:
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,
“Agrippa Luuwang! Nga teeteewah suh khangraangse liihang chiinnyah ngah an ngathong ni chap angno Jehudi loong ih mat eh deejoh halang tiit ah baat hang,
3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
Jehudi rom arang nyia rookmui jengmui ah an ih rapniine ih jat hu, erah thoidi, nga jeng ah naririh eh boichaat weeuh.
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;
“Jehudi mina loongtang ih jat eha jaaro dowa eh ngah mamah eh songtong lang. Nga roidong tang mamah eh songlang neng ih jat eha, nga hah ni mamah songtang, erah lidi Jerusalem ni mamah eh songlang.
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.
Ngah ih liihang ah langla, nga tiit ah neng ih ejen baat eh ah, neng ih jirep ah ejat, jaakhoh ni ngah Pharisi rom arang ah kap angno songtong tang.
6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Eno ngah adi chaplang abah sengte sengwah suh Rangte ih kakhamta suh laalom thoidi—
7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
seng mina asih jaatnyi ih erah chosuh laalomla, erah raangtaan ih rangwu rangphe Rangte rangsoom rumha. Luuwang, erah suh laalom thoidi ba, Jehudi loong ih mat eh joh rum halang!
8 Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
Arah di tongte sen loong ah ih tek nawa Rangte ih ngaaksaat thukta tiit hanpi ah mamah eh chaan chohan?
9 “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
“Nga teewah ih uh Najaret dowa Jisu tiit ah emah ju eh daan tang.
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.
Jerusalem ni ngah emamah eh reeraang tang. Rangte mina loong ah phaatak ni jootsak suh nyia tek haat esuh Romwah phokhoh loong jiin nawa chaan aphaan ah thaang etang; eno neng loong ah tek haat etheng ngeh ih liirum abah ngah ih uh emah ju roong jengtang.
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.
Neng phaangphak suh nyia Jisu laalom toihaat thuk suh li leh Jehudi rangsoomnok noongrep ni hedop hedop siiwi rumtang. Rangte miloong asuh rathan eh kakhadah tang mideek mikaan ni nep kaleh kasiiwi rumtang.
12 “Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
“Romwah phokhoh jiin nawa chaan aphaan ah thaang angno Damaskas ni taat katang aju erah raangtaan ih kaat dowa.
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.
Eno Luuwang, rangnithung di, seng loong ah lam ni khoom ih di, rangsa nang eju ephaak weephaak arah tuptang, rang nawa phaak ra haano nga damdi kaatte miloong ah nep eh kaangtookta.
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.’
Seng loong ah hah ni loongdatti, eno Hebru jenglam eh ngasuh liihang rah miroot japchaat tang, ‘Sool, Sool! An ih ngah tiim esuh siiwi halang? An teeteewah ih an tamkong ni buhu, maan ih heh changte wah chaanthah pitnak ah likhiik eh ah,’
15 “I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
‘Teesu an o ang weelu?’ Ngah ih emah ih cheng tang. Eno Teesu ih emah ngaakli tahang, ‘Ngah Jisu, an ih siiwi halang rah ah.
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;
An lah nah toonchap uh. Nga jeng chaatte toom ang ah ngeh ih an poon suh dong halang. Chiinnyah an ih ngah mamah eh tup halang adoleh liwang nah tiim jaat noisok ha erah tiit ah mih suh tumbaat theng.
17 delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
An mina Ijirel noksong nyia Ranglajatte lak nawa ngah ih pangha. An ih neng mik ah
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.’
singsiit uno rangnak nawa rangwu nah doksiit theng adoleh Soitaan reenawa Rangte reenah thoksiit theng, timnge liidoh neng ngasuh tuumaang jun eh neng rangdah ah saasiit suh nyia Rangte ih jeeta mina loong damdoh choh tong suh ah.’
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
“Erah raangtaan ih, Agrippa Luuwang, rang nawa tuptang motmang ah ngah ih tadaan tang.
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.
Jaakhoh thoon ah Jerusalem nyia Damaskas hah ni erah lidi Ranglajatte mina loong suh Judia hah noongrep ni Rangte tiit ah tumbaat tang, neng rangdah sekthun ano Rangte reenah thok suh ah erah damdi sekthun ih hi ngeh ih noisok suh baat rumtang.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Erah thoidi ba, rangsoomnok ni ang angdi Jehudi loong ah ih jorum hangno tek haat taatchung rum tahang.
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,
Enoothong amadi tuk ih Rangte ih chosok roh eh halang, erah raangtaan ih mihak noodek thoontang ngathong ni adi Rangte eje ngeh ih baat suh toonchap lang. Khowah nyia Moses ih mamah re theng banbaatta ngah ih uh phoosiitsiit tiit ah baat hang:
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.”
Erah langla Kristo ah chamnaang jaatjaat etheng, eno Jehudi nyia Ranglajatte loong ah ih khopiiroidong chosuh heh tek nawa phang ngaaksaat ah.”
24 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
Pool ih heteewah tiit emah taatbaat adi, Phestas ah Pool taangko sok ano erongwah ih riita, “Emok anglu hanih, Pool! Ehanmi eh nyootsoot kuh ih mokpaang lu!”
25 But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
Pool ngaak jengta, “Emok tah angkang, an ba elong! Ngah amiisak tiit ah baat hang.
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.
Agrippa Luuwang! Ngah an damdoh lacho laphaan jen roongwaan ehang, timnge liidi an ih jirep ah jat eho. Ngah ih an suh kamkam ih tuumaang hala, arah miloong ah ih tiimjih hoonha erah jat eh hu ngeh ah, timnge liidi arah tiit ah hesuk henoong ni tahoonka.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
Agrippa Luuwang, Khowah ah hanpi nih ehu? Ngah ih jat ehang an ih hanpi ehu.”
28 Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
Agrippa ih Pool suh liita, “An ih ngah amah ih Kristaan eh hoon thuk ang nih mok samthun hu?”
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.”
Pool ngaakjengta, “Dot doh angkoja oh adoleh rekam lidoh angkoja oh “Ngah ih Rangte rangsoom hang ah an luulu lah angthang eh o ih nga jeng boichaat ha erah loong ah nep nga likhiik eh hoon theng chiinnyah jaanruh ih khak halang thoidoh ah.”
30 The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
Eno Luuwang, kobono, Barnis nyia wahoh loong ah toonchapta,
31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
doksoon karum ano roongwaan karumta, “Arah mih ah phaatak nah saktheng nyia heh tekjih bah tiim uh tathet reeka.”
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Eno Agrippa ih Phestas suh liita, “Luuwanglong lasih lajota bah arah mih ah jen doksoon eh thengta.”
