Nchito 22
1 Nobakwesu anomataata, amuswilile kulyambwida kwangu nkundiyanda kuchita lino kulindinywe.”
"Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make in your presence."
2 Lino makamu makamu nakamvwa Pawulu kali kwambula mumulaka wachi Hebbulu, bakawumunisya. Wakati,
When they heard him speaking in Hebrew they became the more quiet.
3 Ímebo ndili mu Juda wakazyalilwa mu Tasasi waku Silisiya pesi ndakayiiya muchisi echino kunsi amawulu a Gamaliyeli. Ndakalayililwa mbuli mubwendelezi bwamilawu miyumu yaba mataata. Ndili musungusungu kuli Leza mbuli bamwi bangu boonse sunu.
"I am a Jew," he said, "born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strict manner of the Law of our forefathers, ardent for God, even as you all are this day.
4 Ndakapenzya inzila eyi kusikila kulufu, kandisunga akutola balumi abanakazi kumajele amuntolongo,
"I persecuted to the death this way, continually binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women.
5 mbuli mupayizi mupati abazulwidi boonse blakonzya kuba bakamboni. Ndakatambula magwalo kuli mbabo, kuchitila kubakulana baku Damasiko alimwi ndakayinka kuyobaleta mubwange, kuti bakasubusigwe ku Jelusalema.
"To this the high priest and all the council of elders are witnesses. It was from them that I received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was already on my way to bring those also who were there back to Jerusalem, in bonds, for punishment.
6 Zyakachitika kandiyabwenda afwifwi a Damasiko, kuchindi chakuya kukalanga bwaseme mpawawo mumuni wakandimwekela kuzwa kujulu.
"But when, on my journey, I was nearing Damascus, about noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone round about me.
7 Ndakawida ansi mpawo ndakamvwa ijwi lyakati kuli ndime, 'Sawulu, Sawulu, nkambonzi nolikundipenzya?
"I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, "‘Saul! Saul! why are you persecuting me?’
8 Ndakasandula, 'Kuti nduweni, Mwami?' Wakati kulindime, 'Ndime Jesu waku Nazaleta, oyo ngoli mukupenzya.'
"‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. "‘I am Jesus, the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting,’ he answered me.
9 Abo bonse mbindakalaabo bakawubona mumuuni, pesi tebakali kumvwisisisya ijwi lyayooyo wakali kwambula andime.
"Now my companions, though they beheld the light, did not hear the words of Him who spoke to me.
10 Ndakaamba kuti niinzi nchindeleede kuchita Mwami?' Mwami wakati kulindime, 'Buka uyiinke mu Damasikkas. Oko uyowambilwa zyonse nziwatondekelwa kuti ukachite.
"And I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ and the Lord said to me, ‘Rise and go into Damascus, and there you will be told about all that you are destined to do.’
11 Tendakachili kubona pe nkambo kakutubisya kwamumuni ulya, kwinda mukuzulwidwa amaboko abaabo mbindakalabo, ndakanjila mu Damasikkasi.
"And as I was seeing nothing for the glory of the light, I was led by the hand of my companions, and so came into Damascus.
12 Nkukoko ndakaswanana amwalumi utegwa Ananiyasi, imwalumi wakalipedelede alubo kawuzi mulawu kajisi impuwo mbotu kuma Juda boonse bakali kukkala mumoomo.
"And a certain Ananias, a pious man according to the Law, well thought of by all the Jews who lived there,
13 Wakasika kuli ndime, wayimikila andime, alimwi wakati, “Mukwesu Sawulu, tambula kubona kwako.” Muchindi nchichecho ndakamubona.
"came to me, and standing by me, said to me, "‘Brother Saul, receive your sight’ "In that very hour I regained my sight and looked up at him.
14 Elyo wakati kuli Leza waba mataata wakutondeka kuti uzibe kuyanda kwakwe, kuti ubone ulaleme ukamvwe ijwi lizwa mumulomo wakwe.
"Then he said. "‘The God of our forefathers has appointed you to know his will; and to see the righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
15 Nkambo uyooba kamboni wakwe kubantu boonse kuli nziwabona akumvwa.
"‘For before the face of all men you will be a witness for him of what you have seen and heard.
16 Lino ulindaanzi? Buka, ubbabbatizigwe, alimwi usanziwe zibi zyako, akwiita kuzina lyakwe.'
"‘And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling upon his name.’
17 Nindakabweda ku Jelusalema amuchindi amuchindi nindakali kukomba mung'anda ya Leza, zyakandichitikila kuti ndakapegwa chilengano.
"After my return to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple,
18 Ndakamubona kati kulindime, fwambana uzwe mu Jelusalema, chakufwambana nkambo tabakwe nibayo butambula bukamboni bwako atala andime.'
"I fell into a trance and saw him saying to me, "‘Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive your testimony concerning me.’
19 Ndakati, 'Mwami, bolwabo balizi kuti ndakali kwanga akuuma abo bakali kusyoma muli nduwe muzikombelozyonse.
"‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘they themselves well know that I was beating and imprisoning in synagogue after synagogue those who believed in you,
20 Alya bulowa bwa Sitivini kamboni wako nibwakatilwa, ndakali umwi wabo wakalimvwi kazuminana anzizyo, alimwi ndakali kulinda zyakusama zyababo bakamujaya.
"‘and when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by and consenting, and holding the garments of his murders.’
21 Pesi wakati kulindime, koya nkambo ndiyokutuma kule kuli bamaasi.”
"‘Depart,’ he said to me, ‘for I will send you forth, far hence, to the Gentiles.’"
22 Bakamuswilila kusikila kujwi elyo. Mpawo bakompolola kabati nawandwe mukwesu oyo munyika nkambo tachilikabotu kuti apone.”
Until they heard this last statement, the people were listening to Paul, but now they roared out. "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He is not fit to live!"
23 Nibakali kuya bompolola, kabasowa zisamo zyabo, alimwi kaba lundumuna lusuko mujulu.
When they continued to shout, throwing their clothes into the air, and flinging dust around,
24 awo silutwe mupati waba silumamba wakalayilila kuti Pawulu bamulele mukati alubaya. Wakapa malayilile akuti abuzisigwe chakuumwa achimboko kuti welwakwe akazibe kuti nkambonzi nibalikuya bompolola nkambo kakwe.
the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and examined under the lash, to learn for what reason the people were thus crying out against him.
25 Lino nibakamwanga lutambo Pawulu wakati kuli silumamba mupati walimwanda oyo wakalimvwi kumbali, “Chili mumawulu na kuti inywe muume mwalumi achimboko kalimu Loma alimwi kata toledwe kukwezegwa?
But when they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing near, "If a man is a Roman citizen, and uncondemned, is it lawful for you to scourge him?"
26 Lino silumamba mupati walimwamda nakamvwa eezi, wakayinka kuli silutwe mupati wasilumamba wakamwambila kali kuti, “Niinzi ncholikuyanda kuchita? Nkambo oyu mwalumi oyu mu Loma mubuzyalwe bwakwe.”
When the centurion heard that, he went to the tribune and said to him. "What are you intending to do? This man is a Roman citizen."
27 Silutwe mupati wabasilumamba wakasika kuli nguwe wati, ndambile uli mu Loma na? Pawulu wakati, “Iyii.”
So the tribune came to Paul and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said.
28 Silutwe mupati wabasilumamba wakati, zyakakonzeka biyo nkambo kamali nyiingi kuti ndikonzye kujana bukkalo bwamu Loma. Pesi Pawulu wakati, mebo ndakazyalwa kandili mu Loma.
"I paid a large sum to get this citizenship," said the tribune. "But I was citizen-born," said Paul.
29 Mpawo bantu bakalelede kumubuzisisya bakamusiya mpawawo. Silutwe mupati waba silumamba wakali wayoowa, Nakayiiya kuti Pawulu wakali mu Loma, nkambo wakali wamwanga.
Then those who were about to scourge him, immediately left him. And the tribune too, was afraid, when he learned that Paul was a Roman citizen, for he had had him bound.
30 Mubuzuba butobela silutwe mupati wabasilutwe wakayanda kuziba nchoonzyo atala anchibakali kumutamikizya Pawulu muJuda. Mpawo waka mwangununa zyanzyo akulayilila Mupayizi mupati aboonse benkuta kuti baswanane. Mpawo wakamweeta Pawulu wamukkazika akati kabo.
The next day, as he wished to learn the real reason why the Jews accused Paul, he unbound him, and commanded the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and brought Paul down, and placed him before them.
