Acts 26
1 And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence:
Lanwani ii, Agripa den yedi Pɔli, “Maadi ki fie a yuli.” Ke Pɔli duoni o nuu, ki saa i mɔni ki yedi.
2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defence before thee this day touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews:
O badciamo Agripa, n ye li pamanli nni yeni min ga mi maama a nintuali ki ba maadi ki fie n yuli juufinba yaaba n jalgi nni nuui nni;
3 especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
Kelima a tie bancianma daano yaali n nua juufinba yema yeni bi bogda po. Lanyapo i ke n mia ŋa ke ŋan pa juunli ki cengi nni.
4 My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
Ti ya ba maadi i mɔni, juufinba kuli bani min ye maama hali n jawaama nni n dogu nni yeni Jerusalema po.
5 having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Bi bani nni hali mi cilma, ki ba tuo ki saa i mɔni ke n den cɔlni farisienba yema, ya jaanbuolu n cɔlni mi teginma sanu.
6 And now I stand [here] to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;
Mɔlane n ji se ne ke bi jiagi nni ti buudi kelima n lingi ya ñɔnianu ke U Tienu den niani ti yaajanba
7 unto which [promise] our twelve tribes, earnestly serving [God] night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!
Kelima li tie ya ñɔnianu ke ti piiga n cuglieda den pugi U Tienu yeni ti cɔlindi yienu yeni ñiagu ki daani ke ban baa i. O badciamo Agripa, li dandanli po i, ke juufinba jalgi nni.
8 Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?
Beyapo i ke i siiga nni bá niyendo ki maali ke U Tienu ba fidi ki faadi bi tinkpiba.
9 I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Yoguba, n den maali ke mi tieni bona boncianli ki kɔni yeni yaaba n taagi Nasareti Jesu yeli.
10 And this I also did in Jerusalem: and 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.
N tieni li bona Jerusalema dogu nni. Salga yidkaaba ciamo ń den puni nni ya yiko po cedi ke n luoni bi dugikaaba boncianli a kpaadidiena nni, n den solgi ban den kpa yaaba.
11 And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.
N den ŋmalgi bi tuba yognu kuli ti yikodi codiena nni ki niidi ba ke bi sugdi U Tienu. N den fiindi n pabienli bi po, ki wangi ba falaciamo bá i doglami nni mɔno.
12 Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
Min den tuuni lanya tuona, n den caa Damasi ke li tie salga yidkaaba ciamo yikodi sanu nni;
13 at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me.
O badciamo, li sanu po, u yensiinu, n den ya yenma n ñilgi ki tuudi ki cie u yienu, ke mi ñani ŋaljanli nni ki yendi ki lindi mini yeni n yegni.
14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.
Ti kuli ń lagdi ki baá, n den gbadi ke u nialu maadi yeni nni ebrewu maama nni, “Soli, Soli, be n cedi ki a wangi nni ya falaciamo ne? li paa a po yeni ŋan taa a taali ki pua li bonmuukaali.”
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
Ke n buali “A tie ŋma i, O Diedo? Ke o diedo jiini N tie Jesu, ŋan falgi yua i.
16 But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;
Mɔla, fii ki sedi a taana po; lanyapo i ke n dɔgdi a po, ki lugdi a ke ŋan tua n tuonsɔnlo yeni n kasiedi yaali nua ŋan bani nni mɔlane yaali ya po yeni min ba yuandi ki waani a ya bona;
17 delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,
N go ba faabi a min suani a ya dogtieba yeni ya nilanba siiga nui nni.
18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
Ke ŋan luodi bi nuni, ki ñani ba li biigli yeni Setaani paaciamu nui nni, ki ŋmagdi ba mi yenma yeni U Tienu po, ke ban fidi ki baa U Tienu sugli bi tuonbiadi po, ki di min gagdi ki ŋanbi yaaba faali kelima ban pia ya dudugdi n po.
19 Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
O badciamo Agripa, lanwani ii, n ki fali ŋaljanli nni bonlakaali;
20 but declared both to them of Damascus first, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judæa, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
Ama, cincinli, Damasa yaaba po, ki tuani Jerusalema po, yeni Jude dogu nni yaaba kuli yeni bi bi nilanba po, n teni ba u tondu ke ban biidi bi pala bi tuonbiadi po, ki lebdi bi tɔgu, ki guani U Tienu kani ki ya tuuni ya tuonŋana n dagdi yeni ti tuonbiadi sugli.
21 For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.
Lanyapo i ke jufinba cuo nni ku jaandiegu nni ki bigni ke ban kpa nni.
22 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come;
Hali yeni mɔla kuli, U Tienu todi nni, kelima n se ki saagi i mɔni bi niba kuli yeni a nigbenga siiga ke yii nua bontɔli kase bi sawalpuaba yeni Moyiisi ń waani ke yaali n ba tieni ke laa pia tama;
23 how that the Christ must suffer, [and] how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.
Ke li buali ke Kirito ń la fala, ki tua yua n ba kpia ki faadi bi tinkpiba siiga, ki fii ki kpaandi ki waani jufinba buolu yeni bi nilanba mi yenma.”
24 And as he thus made his defence, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad.
Pɔli ń maadi o mɔmɔnsaali ki dudi, ke Festusi tandi ki yedi, “Pɔli a tie gaado i, a bancianma n cedi ke a gaadi.”
25 But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.
Ama ke pɔli maadi, “O nicɔlinka Festusi, mii tie gaado ka, ama n paani n pali i, ki ñani i mɔmɔni lanbona ki maadi yeni li yumiinli
26 For the king knoweth of these things, unto whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him; for this hath not been done in a corner.
Kelima o badciamo bani lanya bona kuli po, lani n cedi ke n fuoni n yama ki maadi o, kelima n bani ke bonli ki ye li maama po ki duagi o; kelima libakuli ki tieeni wuoli nni.
27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
O badciamo Agripa, a dugi bi sawalpuaba po oo? N bani ke a dugi bi po”
28 And Agrippa [said] unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.
Agripa ń maadi pɔli, “A bua li y pugni waamu ŋan maadi kuani n yama min tuo ki tua Kirito ŋɔdka yo oo?
29 And Paul [said], I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.
Pɔli ń yedi, “N jaandi ki miadi U Tienu ke lan tie mɔla ne yo oo, lan ba waagi yo oo, lan da tie fini baba ka ama yaaba cengi n maama dinne ne ń tua nani mini yeni, ama lan da tie li kpadidieli kudseseli ya po ka.”
30 And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
Ke o badciamo fii, ke gobna yeni Bernisi yeni yaaba n bo taani ki kaa yeni ba kuli fii;
31 and when they had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
ban ñani ku dieciangu nni ke bi maadi yeni bi lieba ki tua, “Ya nilo ne ki tieni ya bonli n pundi kuuma bii cuoma.”
32 And Agrippa said unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cæsar.
Agripa ń yedi Festusi, “Bi bi ba fidi ki luodi o nilo ne ki ŋa o li ya bi ki tie ke o pendi yeni mi maama Sesaari kani.”
