Nchito 26
1 Lino Agilipa wakambila Pawulu wati, “Ulakonzya kulyambwida lwako” Mpawo Pawulu wakanyampuka kuboko kwakwe walyambila.
Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
2 Ndabotelwa lwangu, Mwami Agilipa kwamba kumakani ngibandibejelezya oonse baJuda;
“I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you today concerning all the things that I am accused by the Judeans,
3 kapati nkambo we ulimusongo kuziyanza zyabaJuda akumibuzyo. Aboobo ndakumbila kuti indiswilizye mebo chamoyo mulamfu.
especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
4 Kasimpe, bonse baJuda balikuzi kupona kwangu kuzwa kubwanikenike munyika yangu muJelusalema.
“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 Balizi atala andime kuzwa kumatalikil, kuti kabayanda kuzizumina, obo kuti ndakalikupona mbuli muFalisi, wamunkamu njumu loko yabukombi bwesu.
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 ndayimikizigwa ano kuti ndibetekwe nkambo kabulangizi mbwakasyomezya Leza lwindila kulibamatata.
Now I stand here to be 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.
which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Judeans, King Agrippa!
8 Nkambonzi mukuyeya kwanu, nimutazumini kuti Leza ulabusya bafu?
Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
9 Lino nchobeni, lwangu ndakali kuyeya kuchita zintu zizkazania azina lyJesu wakuNazaleta.
“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Yeshua of Nazareth.
10 Ndakachita ezi muJelusalema bantu basalali bingi baLeza ndakabanjizya muntolongo mbundapegwa bwendelezi abapayizi bapati, anibakalikujegwa, ndakazumina kuti bajayigwe.
I also did this in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the holy ones in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
11 Ndakabapenzya kwachindi chilamfu muzikombelo zyoonse alimwi ndakezya kubajata changuzu kuti basampawulwe. Ndakanyema akubakalalila akubapenzya nikuba kuchisi chabwenzu.
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 Nindakachili kuchita ezi ndakinka kuDamasikka munguzu amumalayilile a bapayizi bapati;
“Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and 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 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 Lino nitwakawida ansi, ndakamvwa ijwi kalyambula kulindime lyakuti mumulaka waHebbelu, 'Sawulo, Sawulo, undipenzezyanzi? Chiyumu kulindime kubbompa kasamu kalamfu kakubizya banyama.'
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 Mpawo ndakamba kuti, 'Nduweni, Mwami?' Mwami wakasandula kuti, 'Ndime Jesu ngulokpenzya.
“I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Yeshua, 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;
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 and of the things which I will reveal to you;
17 Ndiyokuvuna kubantu akuli bamasi oko nkundiyokutuma,
delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
18 Kuti ukabbanune meso akulekelelwa zibi akuti bakakone ezyo nzipa kuli babo basalazigwa alusyomo kwindila mulindime.'
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in 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.
but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
21 Azezi baJuda bandanga mun'anda yaLeza kwezya kuyanda kundijeya me.
For this reason 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;
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 Kuti Kilisito ulelede kupenzegwa, akuba mutanzi kubuka kubafu akupandulwida mumuni kubantu bakulindiswe akuli bamasi.”
how the Messiah must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”
24 Nkamaninsya kulyambila Pawulo, Fesitasi wakompolola ajwi pati wati, “Pawulo wasondoka; kwiiya kwako kupati kwasondosya.
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.
But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare 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 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 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?”
Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Messianic?”
29 Pawulo wakati, “Ndakomba kuli Leza, kuti nikuba kuchindi chilamfu, kutali ndiwe awulikke, aboobo bandimvwa sunu, bazoba mbuli ndime, kakutakwe nketani zyamuntolongo”.
Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me today, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.”
30 Mpawo mwami wakanyampuka, amwendelezi a Benikke alakwe, aboonse mbibakakkede aboo;
The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
31 Nibakazwa mun'anda, bakambula kuli umwi awumwi bati, “Oyu mwalumi tachitide chintu chelede lufu nikuba kwaangwa.”
When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
32 Agilipa wati kuli Fesitasi, “Oyu mwalumi walede wangununwa anoli talina kumbila kuti atatongelwe a Kkayesa.”
Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
