Caeltueih 22
1 “Ka hlang rhoek, manuca rhoek neh a pa rhoek, tahae ah nangmih taengkah ka olthungnah he hnatun uh lah,” a ti nah.
“Men, brothers and fathers, listen to my defense before you now.”
2 Hebrew ol la amih a voek te a yaak uh vaengah kammueh la taoe om uh.
When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet, and he said:
3 Te vaengah, “Kai he Judah hlang ni. Kilikia Tarsus ah ka thaang tih hekah kho ah n'cun. Gamaliel kho kung ah a pacut rhoek kah olkhueng a khuicaeng te ka cang. Tihnin ah boeih na om uh vanbangla Pathen ham khaw aka hmae la ka om.
“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, just as you all are today.
4 Tekah a longpuei kongah ni kai loh dueknah neh hlang ka hnaemtaek. Huta tongpa khaw thongim khuila ka uup tih ka hlak.
I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,
5 Khosoihham neh kangham boeih long pataeng kai taengah pai uh. Amih kah capat khaw ka doe tih Damasku kah manuca taengla ka cet. Tekah aka om rhoek te khaw pin tih Jerusalem la thak phoeiah tholhphu paek ham ka cai.
as also the high priest and all the council of elders can bear me witness. I even obtained letters from them to the brothers in Damascus, to bring those also who were there bound to Jerusalem to be punished.
6 Ka cet tih Damasku pha tom kah khothun tluk ah vaan lamkah vangnah loh ka kaepvai ah phaeng a tue tih buengrhuet ha thoeng.
Now it happened, as I was going and approaching Damascus, about noon, suddenly a strong light from heaven shone around me.
7 Te vaengah diklai la ka bung hatah ol pakhat ka yaak tih kai te, 'Saul, Saul, balae tih kai nan hnaemtaek?' a ti.
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
8 Te vaengah kai loh, 'Nang unim Boeipa?' ka ti nah. Te daengah kai taengah, 'Kai tah nang loh na hnaemtaek Nazareth Jesuh ni,’ a ti.
So I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Natsorean, whom you are persecuting.’
9 Te vaengah kai taengkah aka om rhoek loh vangnah te a hmuh uh dae kai taengah a thui ol te ya uh pawh.
Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they did not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
10 Te dongah, “Balae ka saii eh Boeipa, “ka ti nah hatah, Boeipa loh kai taengah, “Thoo lamtah Damasku la cet laeh. Na saii ham koi a hmoel boeih te nang taengah pahoi a thui bitni,” a ti.
So I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told about all that has been appointed to you to do.’
11 Tedae te thangpomnah kah vangnah lamloh kho ka hmuh voel pawt tih kai aka puei rhoek loh m'mawt daengah Damasku te ka pha.
And since I could not see, because of the brightness of that light, I entered Damascus being led by the hand of those who were with me.
12 Te vaengah olkhueng bangla aka cuep hlang pakhat, Judah tolvael boeih loh a oep Ananias ana om.
Then a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,
13 Ka taengla halo vaengah ka taengah pai tih, ‘Ka manuca Saul, kho hmu laeh,’ n'ti nah. Amah te tue vaengah anih taengla ka oeloe.
came to me, and standing by me said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very moment I looked up at him.
14 Te phoeiah, “A kongaih ming sak ham neh a dueng la hmuh sak ham, a ka lamkah a ol te yaak sak ham a pa rhoek kah Pathen loh nang n'coelh coeng.
Then he said: ‘The God of our fathers has chosen you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear words from His mouth.
15 Te dongah na hmuh tih na yaak te hlang boeih taengah Boeipa kah laipai la na om ni.
For you shall be a witness for Him to all men of the things that you have seen and heard.
16 Tahae ah balae na cai thil. Thoo lamtah nuem uh laeh, amah ming te phoei lamtah na tholh te sil laeh,” a ti.
And now, why hesitate? Get up, be baptized and wash away your sins, invoking the name of the Lord.’
17 Tedae Jerusalem la ka bal tih bawkim ah ka thangthui ham ka om vaengah mueimang la ha thoeng.
“Now it happened, when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I came to be in a trance
18 Te vaengah amah te ka hmuh tih kai taengah, “Jerusalem lamloh thamaa la nong ham mah rhingda laeh. Ka olphong kawng dongah nang n'doe uh hae mahpawh,” a ti.
and saw Him saying to me, ‘Hurry up and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive your testimony concerning me.’
19 Kai khaw, “Boeipa, nang aka tangnah rhoek te tunim tom ah aka tam tih aka khoh la ka om te amamih loh m'hmat uh coeng.
So I said: ‘Lord, they know that I used to imprison and beat those believing into you, from one synagogue to another;
20 Na laipai Stephen kah thii a bo vaengah khaw kamah ka om van dongah ka pai tih ka parhoih van. Te vaengah anih aka ngawn rhoek kah himbai te ka khoem pah, “ka ti nah.
and when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing there and agreeing to his murder, even guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’
21 Te vaengah kai taengah, 'Cet laeh, nang te kamah loh namtom rhoek taengah khohla la kan tueih ni, ' a ti,” a ti nah.
And He said to me, ‘Get going, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
22 Tekah olka hil pataeng a yaak uh dae a ol a huel uh tih, “Hebang he diklai lamloh khoe laeh. A hing khaw a koih moenih,” a ti uh.
Well they kept listening to him until this statement, and then they raised their voice and shouted, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for it isn't fitting for him to live!”
23 Te phoeiah amih te a pang uh doela a himbai a pit uh tih yilh dongah laipi a haeh uh.
As they were shouting, tearing off clothes and throwing dust into the air,
24 Te vaengah Paul te rhalkap im khuila khuen ham rhalboeipa loh ol a paek. Balae a paelnaehnah tih anih a o uh te khaw ming ham Paul te nganboh neh loepdak saeh,” a ti nah.
the commander ordered him to be taken into the barracks, directing that he be interrogated with lashes, in order to learn for what crime they kept shouting against him like that.
25 Tedae anih te rhuihet neh a yueng thil hatah rhalboei aka pai te Paul loh, “Roman hlang he longli-lungla maila tam ham atah nangmih ham thuem a? a ti nah.
But as they stretched him out with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?”
26 A yaak vaengah rhalboeipa te rhalboei loh a paan tih a puen pah. Te vaengah, “Roman hlang la a om dongah metlamlae saii ham na cai,” a ti nah.
Well when the centurion heard that, he went and reported to the commander saying, “Consider what you are about to do, because this man is a Roman!”
27 Te daengah Paul te rhalboeipa loh ham paan tih, “Nang he Roman tang a? Kai taengah thui lah,” a ti nah. Te dongah Paul loh, “Ue,” a ti nah.
So the commander went and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” So he said, “Yes.”
28 Te vaengah rhalboeipa loh, “Kai tah a cului muep daengah ni khokung khomah te khaw ka kaelh pueng he,” a ti nah. Te phoeiah Paul loh, “Kai ngawn tah he kah aka om,” a ti nah.
The commander replied, “I acquired this citizenship at considerable cost.” And Paul said, “But I was so born.”
29 Te dongah anih loepdak ham aka om rhoek loh a taeng lamkah vawl khoe uh. Te phoeiah pin la aka om Paul te Roman hlang ni tila a ming dongah rhalboeipa long khaw a rhih sut.
So those who were about to interrogate him withdrew immediately; and even the commander was apprehensive when he realized that he had put chains on a Roman.
30 Tedae a vuen ah Judah rhoek loh ba a paelnaeh khaw a thuem la ming ham a ngaih dongah Paul te a hlah tih, khosoihham rhoek neh khoboei boeih tingtun ham ol a paek. Te phoeiah Paul te a khuen tih amih hmaiah a pai sak.
But the next day, desiring to know for certain why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds and ordered the chief priests and all their council to come, and brought Paul down and set him before them.
