Sawltakte 26

1 Agrippa in Paul tung ah, nangma thu son tu in hun kong pia hi, ci hi. Tua zawkciang in Paul in a khut phal in, ama thu hibang in son in zo hi:

And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying:

2 Kumpipa Agrippa awng, tu ni in Judah mite i hong mawsiatna hi thu te taw kisai in na mai ah keima vateak in hong zo tu ka hi man in, keima le keima hampha ka kisa hi:

In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me:

3 A tuan in nangma sia Judah mite ngeina te le thudokna theampo ah a telbel na hihi, ci ka he hi: tua ahikom thinsautak in nong ngaisak tu kong thum hi.

The more so, because you are expert in all questions to do with the Jews and their ways: so I make my request to you to give me a hearing to the end.

4 Ka nolai pan kipan in ka nuntak zia sia, a masabel ka omna Jerusalem a om ka mipui Judah mite theampo in hong he hi;

All the Jews have knowledge of my way of life from my early years, as it was from the start among my nation, and at Jerusalem;

5 Amate in keima thu tettipang nuam uh hile, ka biakna uh i ngeina a khobel, Pharisee khat in ka nungta hi, ci sia a kipat pan ma in hong heak sa uh a hihi.

And they are able to say, if they would give witness, that I was living as a Pharisee, in that division of our religion which is most regular in the keeping of the law.

6 Tu in Pathian in ka pu le pa te kung ah a vawt kamciam i lametna hu in thukhenna thuak in ka ding hi:

And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers;

7 Tua hong thengpheang tu kamciam sung ah lametna nei in ka mipui sawm le ni te in sun le zan tawlnga ngawl in, Pathian na ka seam uh hi. Tua lametna hang in, kumpi Agrippa awng, Judah mite in keima hong mawsak uh hih.

For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king!

8 Pathian in mithi te thosak kik tu hi, ci sia banghangin uptak ngawl thu in ngaisun nu ziam?

Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?

9 Nazareth khua mi Jesus min langpan in na tampi vawt tu kilawm hi, ci in keima tatak in zong ngaisun takpi ngei khi hi.

For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

10 Tasia sia keima in zong Jerusalem ah ka vawt ngei hi: thiampi lian te kung pan in sep thei na thu ka nga a, mithiangtho te thongsung ah ka khum hi; taciang amate thalup a thuak ciang zong, lungkimpui khi hi.

And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.

11 Synagogue sung ah zong tu le tu in ka vawtsia a, amate zawthawk vawt in Pathian min ka sonsiasak hi; taciang amate tung ah ka thin-uk mama hu in, ngamdang khuapi ciangdong zong amate ka vawtsia ngei hi.

And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.

12 Tabang in thiampi lian te kung pan thuneina le thupiakna taw Damascus ka pai ciang in,

Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,

13 Kumpipa awng, sun laitak in, lampi ah van pan in ni sang a tangzaw khuavak ka mu hi, tasia in keima le ka lawm te kimkot ah hong tang hi.

In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me.

14 Taciang ka vekpi in lei ah ka puk siat uh a, Hebrew kam taw, Saul, Saul, banghang in hong vawtsia ni ziam? nangma atu in a zum khat sui le te hasak mama hi, ci aw khat in hong paupui ka za hi.

And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.

15 Taciang keima in, akua ni ziam, Topa? ka ci hi. Taciang in, Keima sia na vawtsiat Jesus ka hihi.

And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking.

16 Ahihang tho in a, nangma peang tung ah ding in: banghangziam cile hi ngealna atu in na kung ah kong kilaak zo hi, na musa hi thu te le kong lak laitu thu te atu in naseam tu le tetti tu in kong vawt tu hi;

But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;

17 Nangma sia Judah mite le Gentile mite kung pan in kong suatak tu hi,

And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

18 Amate i mit honsak tu ahizong, taciang khuamial pan in khuavak ah le Satan vangletna pan in Pathian kung ah a heakkiksak tu, tabang in mawmaisak na nga tu le keima sung ah upna tungtawn in a ki thiangthosak sa te sung ah ngamhlua tu in, amate tung ah tu in kong sawl hi, hong ci hi.

To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.

19 Tua ahikom, maw kumpipa Agrippa awng, van pan in hongpai mang ka mu na thu ka nial bua hi.

So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven;

20 Amasabel in Damascus, taciang Jerusalem, taciang Judah ngamsung theampo le Gentile te kung ah amate mawna ki sikkik a, Pathian kung ah a heakkik thei natu le ki sikkik nataw a kiphu nasep te a sep natu in thu ka hil hi.

But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.

21 Hi thu te atu in Judah mite biakinn sung ah hong man uh a, hong that nuam uh hi.

For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.

22 Pathian kung pan hu na ka nga hu in, tuni dong tatsat ngawl in a lian a no te tung ah a kibang in tetti ka pang a, kamsang te le Moses in hong theng tu hi, ci a sonsa thu te simngawl a dang bangma ka son bua hi:

And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about;

23 Tua Christ sia thuak tu a, ama sia mithi te sung pan in a masabel thokik tu hi, taciang Judah mite le Gentile mite kung ah khuavak thu tangsak tu hi, ci hi.

That the Christ would go through pain, and being the first to come back from the dead, would give light to the people and to the Gentiles.

24 Taciang Paul in ama atu a son zawkciang in, Festus in aw ngingtak taw, Paul awng, na thin-am hi; hilna tamlei in hong amsak hi, ci hi.

And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.

25 Ahihang Paul in, ka thin-am ngawl hi, a phabel Festus awng: ahihang thuman le ciimkam te pau khi hi.

Then Paul said, I am not off my head, most noble Festus, but my words are true and wise.

26 Banghangziam cile kumpipa in hi thu te he hi, a mai ah suaktatak in ka son hi: hi thu te theampo sia a kung pan in phualseal khat zong om ngawl hi; banghangziam cile hi thu sia a kingsong mun ah a kivawt hi ngawl hi, ci sia keima in ka tel thiang hi.

For the king has knowledge of these things, to whom I am talking freely; being certain that all this is common knowledge to him; for it has not been done in secret.

27 Kumpipa Agrippa awng, kamsang te na um ziam? Na um hi, ci ka he hi, ci hi.

King Agrippa, have you faith in the prophets? I am certain that you have.

28 Tasia ciang Agrippa in Paul kung ah, Christian suak tu in hong kaizawn zo dektak ni hi, ci hi.

And Agrippa said to Paul, A little more and you will be making me a Christian.

29 Taciang Paul in, nangma bek hi ngawl in, tu ni thusonna a za note theampo, dektak cibek hi ngawl in, thongtak thu simngawl keima bang tatak na hi thiangtho tu uh Pathian tung ah ka thungetna a hihi, ci hi.

And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains.

30 Paul in thu a son zawkciang in, kumpipa, ngam uk Bernice te a topui te taw ding uh a:

And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up;

31 Amate mundang ah a pai uh ciang in, hisia pa in thi na tak le thongtak khop natu bangma vawt ngawl hi, ci amate sung ah son tek uh hi.

And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.

32 Tua zawkciang in Agrippa in Festus kung ah, hisia pa in Caesar kung ah thusungkik tu ngen hibale, suataksak tu hi napi, ci hi.

And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been made free, if he had not put his cause before Caesar.