Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
Anala, u Agripa akam'bula u Paulo, 'Ghuta kukutanga, pe u Paulo akagholosia uluvoko lwa mwene akitanga ndiki.
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,
“Nikuvona nili nuluvelo, Untua Agripa, kuuti kuvomba u n'kole pavulongolo palyuve umusyughu amasitaka ghoni agha va Yahudi.
3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
Lino, ulwakuva uve ulin'kagusi ghwa lwigho isa va Yahudi na maswali. Pe nisuma umulikisiaghe mulugudo.
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;
Kyang'haani, ava Yahudi vooni vakagwile pene nilyale nikukala kuvujelela vwango mukisina kyango kula 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.
Vang'awile kuhuma kuvwasio luvanoghile kuuti vitike kuuti nikikale ghwene Mfarisayo, ikipugha kiino kilinuvwimo vunyangufu mu lukano lwitu.
6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Lino nimile apa nihighua ulwakuva une nilola ulufingo luno u Nguluve alyavombile nava Nhaata viitu.
7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
Ulu lwe lufingo luno amakabila ghitu ifijigho fivili vihuvila kukwupila ndavule vikun'suma u Nguluve ni ngufu pakilo na pamwisi. Vwa vwimila uvwa luhuvilo ulu, untua u Agripa, kuuti ava Yahudi vikunisitaki.
8 Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
Nakiki ghwe ghwoni mulyumue isagha kuuti kidegho kuuti u Nguluve isyusia avafue?
9 “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Un'siki ghumo nikasaghile june kuuti ngele nivombile amasio minga vwimila vwa litavua lya Yesu ghwa 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.
Nika ghavombile agha mu Yerusalemu; nikavakungile ava vitiki vinga mu ndinde, kange nilyale nu mutavulilua kuhuma mu vavaha nava tekesi kuvomba anala; unsiki ghuno vaka m'budagha, nilyatovile ikura kuvene.
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.
Nakalingi nikavatovile munyumba ija kufunyila jooni kange nikaghelile kuvomba navangitikaghe u lwitiko luvanave. Nilyale ni ng'alasi kyongo kuvana nikavadaghile kange mulikaja ilya kuvuhesia.
12 “Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
Unsiki ghuno nilyale nivomba agha, nikalutile ku Dameski, nilyale ni ndaghilo kange nu vatavulilua kuhuma kuvatekesi ava vaha;
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.
unsiki ghuno nikale musila pa mwisi, Untua, nilyalwaghile ulumuli kuhuma kukyanya luno lukale lumulika kukila ilijuva lukamulike kusyuta une na vaanhu vano vakale vighenda palikimo nune.
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.’
Usue tweni ye twingile paasi, nikapulike ilisio lijova nune liiti mu njovele ija Kiebrania: 'Sauli, Sauli! nakiki ghuku nesa? Kitalamu kulyuve kutova iteke amam'fua.
15 “I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
Pe nikati, 'Uve veve veni, Mutwa?' U Mutwa akamula, 'Une nene Yesu juno ghukunipumusia.
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;
Lino ghwime kumaghulu ghako, ulwakuva nu luhuvilo ulu une nihufisie kulyuve, nukusalwile kuuti uve m'bomba mbombo kange uve mwolesi ghwa masio agha ghukagula vwimila une lino na masio ghano nikukusona ye ghakilile agha;
17 delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
Nikum'poka kuhuma kuvaanhu kange vaanhu ava panji kuno nikukwomola,
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.’
kudindula amaso gha vanave napikuvahumia mu ng'iisi kuluta kuvuvalafu nakuluta kungufu isa setano vasyetukile u Nguluve; neke vupile kuhuma kwa Nguluve ululaghilo ulwa vahosi nu vuhasi vuno nivapelile vala vano nivabaghwile nu lwitiko luno lilikulyune.
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
Pa uluo, Untua u Agripa, nanikanoghile ku galuka inyifunyo isa ku kyanya,
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.
looli, kuvala vano vano vali mu Dameski pavwasio, kange ku Yerusalemu na ku iisi jooni ija ku Yudea, kange na vaanhu ava kufisina ifinge, nikadalikile kuuti valete na kukunsyetukila u Nguluve, vavombe imbombo sino sinoghile ululato.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Ulwakuva uluii ava Yahudi vakanin'kolile mu nyumba im'baha inyimike ija ku funyila, pe vakaghela kukum'buda.
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,
U Nguluve akanangile kufika lino, pe nikwima na kuvolelela avaanhu va vulevule na kuvala avavaha, vwimila vwa sila sino avaviili nu Musa valyajovile kuuti silihula na sikunua;
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.”
Kuuti u Kilisite lasima apumuke kange iiva ghwa kwasia kusyuka kuhuma kuvafue na kupulisia ulumuli ku vayahudi na vaanhu ava panji.
24 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
U Paulo ye amalile pikutanga, u Festo akajova ku lisio ilivaha, 'Paulo, uve uli nyalukwale! amasomo ghako ghakubikile uve nyalukwale.
25 But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
Looli u Paulo akaati, une naninyalukwale, mwoghopua Festo; looli kulukangasio nijova amasio agha kya ng'haani ghooni.
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.
Ulwakuva untua ikagula vwimila vwa masio agha; pa oluo, nijova nu vwavuke vwa mwene, ulwakuva niili nuvwa kyang'haani kuuti nakwelile lyoni lino lifisime kwa mwene; ulwakuva iili nalivombilue palubale.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
Vuuli, ghukwitika avaviili, u Ntua u Agripa? nikagula kuuti ghukwitika.'
28 Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
U Agripa akam'bula u Paulo, 'Kunsiki undebe unoghile kukunivula une kange kukumbika nive Mwitiki?
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.”
U Paulo akaati, “Nikunsuma u Nguluve kuuti, kunsiki n'dbe nambe n'tali, naveve juve kange vooni vano vikunipulika umusyughu, veve ndavule une, looli kange kisila manyororo agha mu ndinde
30 The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
Pe untua akima, nhu n'sikali kange nhu Bernike, na vala vano vakikalile palikimo na vene,
31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
ye vabukile kuvukumbi, vakajovile vavuo kwa vavuo na kuuti, “Umuunhu uju nanoghile uvufue kange kupinyu,'
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
U Agripa akam'bula u Festo, “Umuunhu uju anoghile kuuti ave mwavuke ndavule nakekile i piru kuva Kaisari.”
