Nchito 26
1 Lino Agilipa wakambila Pawulu wati, “Ulakonzya kulyambwida lwako” Mpawo Pawulu wakanyampuka kuboko kwakwe walyambila.
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” So Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
2 Ndabotelwa lwangu, Mwami Agilipa kwamba kumakani ngibandibejelezya oonse baJuda;
“I consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, in that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning the things of which I am accused by the Jews,
3 kapati nkambo we ulimusongo kuziyanza zyabaJuda akumibuzyo. Aboobo ndakumbila kuti indiswilizye mebo chamoyo mulamfu.
especially because you are expert in all the Jewish customs and issues; therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
4 Kasimpe, bonse baJuda balikuzi kupona kwangu kuzwa kubwanikenike munyika yangu muJelusalema.
Really, the Jews all know my way of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem,
5 Balizi atala andime kuzwa kumatalikil, kuti kabayanda kuzizumina, obo kuti ndakalikupona mbuli muFalisi, wamunkamu njumu loko yabukombi bwesu.
since they have known me for a long time, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.
6 ndayimikizigwa ano kuti ndibetekwe nkambo kabulangizi mbwakasyomezya Leza lwindila kulibamatata.
And now I stand here being judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
7 Chisyomezyo chamikowa yesu ili kkumi ayibili nchituli abulangizi akutambula kuti twakomba Leza mansiku asikati, nkambo kabulangizi obo chembikilwa kaambo kubaJuda.
to which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. It is because of this hope that I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa.
8 Nkambonzi mukuyeya kwanu, nimutazumini kuti Leza ulabusya bafu?
Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
9 Lino nchobeni, lwangu ndakali kuyeya kuchita zintu zizkazania azina lyJesu wakuNazaleta.
“However, I myself thought that I had to perpetrate many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Natsorean;
10 Ndakachita ezi muJelusalema bantu basalali bingi baLeza ndakabanjizya muntolongo mbundapegwa bwendelezi abapayizi bapati, anibakalikujegwa, ndakazumina kuti bajayigwe.
I actually did this in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.
11 Ndakabapenzya kwachindi chilamfu muzikombelo zyoonse alimwi ndakezya kubajata changuzu kuti basampawulwe. Ndakanyema akubakalalila akubapenzya nikuba kuchisi chabwenzu.
Yes, I punished them often in every synagogue, trying to force them to blaspheme; I was so excessively enraged against them that I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
12 Nindakachili kuchita ezi ndakinka kuDamasikka munguzu amumalayilile a bapayizi bapati;
“It was on one of those journeys, as I was going to Damascus with authority and a commission from the chief priests,
13 Nkiya buya oko, nilyakaba akalanga bweseme, mwami, ndakabona mumuni kuza kujulu wakali kubalama kwinda zuba wakatumwinikila watuzyunguluka ime abalumi mbindakali abo.
at midday, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven brighter than the sun, blazing around me and those traveling with me.
14 Lino nitwakawida ansi, ndakamvwa ijwi kalyambula kulindime lyakuti mumulaka waHebbelu, 'Sawulo, Sawulo, undipenzezyanzi? Chiyumu kulindime kubbompa kasamu kalamfu kakubizya banyama.'
Well we all fell to the ground and I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language: ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
15 Mpawo ndakamba kuti, 'Nduweni, Mwami?' Mwami wakasandula kuti, 'Ndime Jesu ngulokpenzya.
So I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And He said: ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
16 Lino nyampuka uyimikile amawulu ako; Nkambo kamakanze nchindalibonia kulinduwe, ndikubikke kuti ube simulimu wangu asikulungununa wazezi zintu nzuzi atala andime azintu nzindakutondezya kunembo;
Now get up and stand on your feet; because I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness both of the things you have seen and of the things I will reveal to you,
17 Ndiyokuvuna kubantu akuli bamasi oko nkundiyokutuma,
delivering you from ‘the people’ and the ethnic nations, to which I am sending you:
18 Kuti ukabbanune meso akulekelelwa zibi akuti bakakone ezyo nzipa kuli babo basalazigwa alusyomo kwindila mulindime.'
to open their eyes, so as to bring them back from darkness into light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified, by faith into me.’
19 Aboobo, Mwami Agilipa, tendakaka kulemeka chilengano chakujulu;
Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision
20 Pele kusanguna abaliku Damasikka mpawo amuJelusalema akwiinda muchisi chaJudiya, akuli bamaasi, ndakapa ijwi lyakuti bakonzye kusanduka akubola kuliLeza, bachite milimu iyelede kusanduka.
—first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to all the region of Judea and to the ethnic nations, I still preach: ‘repent and turn back to God, doing works worthy of repentance.’
21 Azezi baJuda bandanga mun'anda yaLeza kwezya kuyanda kundijeya me.
That is why the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
22 Aboobo ndakatambula kuvunwa kuzwa kuliLeza kusikila sunu, ndimvwi akulungununa akati kabanini abapati katakwe chakuyungizya kunze kwazezi zyakaambwa abasinsimi aMozesi kuti zizochitika;
So then, having experienced the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying to both small and great, saying nothing beyond what both the prophets and Moses said would happen
23 Kuti Kilisito ulelede kupenzegwa, akuba mutanzi kubuka kubafu akupandulwida mumuni kubantu bakulindiswe akuli bamasi.”
—that the Messiah would suffer; that as the first to rise from the dead He would proclaim light to both ‘the people’ and the ethnic nations.”
24 Nkamaninsya kulyambila Pawulo, Fesitasi wakompolola ajwi pati wati, “Pawulo wasondoka; kwiiya kwako kupati kwasondosya.
Well as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice: “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
25 Pele Pawulo wakati, “Nsisondokede pe, Fesitasi; simunantya makani uyindilide, ndikwamba biyo majwi akasimpe amvwika kunembo lyalubeta.
So he said: “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus; rather I pronounce words of truth and reasonableness.
26 Nkambo mwami ulaza makani aya; lino ndambula achamba anguwe, ndakombelezya kuti kumakani aya oonse taakwe ngatabwene, nkambo echi techakachitwa kumbali pe.
For the king knows about these things, before whom I speak freely; for I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, since it was not done in a corner.
27 Ulasyoma na basinsimi, mwami Agilipa? Ndilizi kuti ulasyoma”.
King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
28 Agilipa wakamba kuti kuli Pawulo, “Kuchindi nchicho echo uyanda kundisandula na kuti mbemukilisitu na?”
So Agrippa said to Paul, “You will soon persuade me to become a Christian!”
29 Pawulo wakati, “Ndakomba kuli Leza, kuti nikuba kuchindi chilamfu, kutali ndiwe awulikke, aboobo bandimvwa sunu, bazoba mbuli ndime, kakutakwe nketani zyamuntolongo”.
So Paul said, “Whether sooner or later, I would to God that not only you but also all who are hearing me this day may become such as I am, except for these chains.”
30 Mpawo mwami wakanyampuka, amwendelezi a Benikke alakwe, aboonse mbibakakkede aboo;
Upon his saying this, the king stood up, along with the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them;
31 Nibakazwa mun'anda, bakambula kuli umwi awumwi bati, “Oyu mwalumi tachitide chintu chelede lufu nikuba kwaangwa.”
and when they had withdrawn they started talking among themselves, saying, “This man is doing nothing deserving of death or chains.”
32 Agilipa wati kuli Fesitasi, “Oyu mwalumi walede wangununwa anoli talina kumbila kuti atatongelwe a Kkayesa.”
And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free, if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
