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:
Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
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:
"I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,
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.
especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
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;
"Indeed, all Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own 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.
having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
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:
Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God 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.
which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused 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 is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?
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.
"In fact, I thought to myself that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus the Nazorean.
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.
This I also did 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.
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.
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.
12 Tabang in thiampi lian te kung pan thuneina le thupiakna taw Damascus ka pai ciang in,
"Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from 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.
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.
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.
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.'
15 Taciang keima in, akua ni ziam, Topa? ka ci hi. Taciang in, Keima sia na vawtsiat Jesus ka hihi.
"I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' "He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
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 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 me, and of the things which I will reveal to you;
17 Nangma sia Judah mite le Gentile mite kung pan in kong suatak tu hi,
delivering you from the people, and from the non-Jewish people, 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 open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
19 Tua ahikom, maw kumpipa Agrippa awng, van pan in hongpai mang ka mu na thu ka nial bua hi.
"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
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 declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the non-Jews, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
21 Hi thu te atu in Judah mite biakinn sung ah hong man uh a, hong that nuam uh hi.
For this reason Jews seized me when I was in the temple, and tried to kill me.
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:
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,
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.
how the Christ would suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to non-Jewish people."
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.
As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are crazy. Your great learning is driving you insane."
25 Ahihang Paul in, ka thin-am ngawl hi, a phabel Festus awng: ahihang thuman le ciimkam te pau khi hi.
But he said, "I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
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 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.
27 Kumpipa Agrippa awng, kamsang te na um ziam? Na um hi, ci ka he hi, ci hi.
King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe."
28 Tasia ciang Agrippa in Paul kung ah, Christian suak tu in hong kaizawn zo dektak ni hi, ci hi.
Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little persuasion are you trying to make 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.
Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds."
30 Paul in thu a son zawkciang in, kumpipa, ngam uk Bernice te a topui te taw ding uh a:
The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
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.
When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."
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.
Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."
