Acts 24
1 And after five days, Ananias the chief priest came down with the elders and a certain orator, Tertullus; and they informed the governor against Paul.
Amhnüp mhma käna, ktaiyü ngvai säih Anani, ngvaie avang ja seihne Tetulah ngsut lawki he naw, Pawluha mawng cun pe uka veia ami pyen law.
2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying:
Acunüng, Pawluh cun khü u lü Tetulah naw mkat law lü, “Bawi kdaw säih aw, nanga phäha dim’yenak am kami vea phäh, kami pea phäh na jah thunghlai hin nanga jah cehcawn phäh ni.
3 Since through you we enjoy great quietness, and since whatever has been undertaken for this nation has been conducted to a successful issue by your foresight at all times and in all places, we accept it, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
Angläta, a hawa pi jenak am kami veki cun nanga bänak ni.
4 But that I may not detain you longer, I beseech you to hear us, in your clemency, a few words.
Acunsepi, na kcün khawvei am la hlü veng lüpi, na mlunga a nemnak am ka pyen cun na ngaih pet vaia ning nghui na veng.
5 For we have found this man a pest and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
Hina khyang hin, Nazaret ami ti khyange üng ngvai bi lü, khawmdeka khana Judahe naküt jah suksaki kami ksingki.
6 He also attempted to profane the temple; and we took him, and wished to judge him according to our law.
Pamhnama temple pi mtüihkhehsaki; acunakyase, kami man ni.
7 But Lysias the officer came, and, with much violence, took him out of our hands,
Na thuma mäiha, a mawng mtai pet vaia kami tängki ni, acunsepi yekap ngvaisäih Lusika naw law lü, kami kut üngka asihlinga jah hut hlawk lü, amät kami mkatkie na veia law vaia ngthu a jah pet.
8 and commanded his accusers to come before you. From him you may be able yourself, by examination, to gain a knowledge of all these tilings of which we accuse him.
Namät naw hina khyang kthäh lü, kami mkatnak naküt cun na ksing khai ni” a ti.
9 And the Jews united in accusing him, saying that these things were so.
Acunüng, Judahe naw pi law u lü ahin hin kcangki ni” tia ami pyen sih.
10 Then Paul, after the governor had nodded to him to speak, answered: Knowing that you have been for many years a judge of this nation, I do the more cheerfully offer a defense for myself:
Pe uk naw Pawluh cun ngthu pyen khaia a kut säng se ta, Pawluh naw, “Nang kum khawvei hina khyangmjü lei jah mkhyah pe lü na veki tia ka ksinga phäha, aktäa jenak am kamäta ngsungkhameinak na hmaia ngthu ka pyen law khai.
11 for you can understand that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
Jerusalema Pamhnam hjawkhah khaia ka cehnak atuh mhnüp xaleinghngih va law hamki tia namät naw na ksing khai.
12 And they found me neither disputing with any one in the temple, nor exciting the multitude in the synagogue, or in the city:
Temple k'uma pi, sinakoka pi, mlüha pi, upi ka ngcuhpüi, khyang ka ksük pi am na hmu u.
13 nor are they able to prove the things of which they now accuse me.
Tukbäih pi, ami na mkatnak vai tuilam am mdan thei ve u.
14 But this I confess to you, that after the way which they call sect, so do I worship the God of my fathers; believing all things that are written in the law and in the prophets;
Acunsepi, hin hin na veia ka phyeh khai, Kami pupaea Mhnam kei naw ka hjawkhah Mawnglam cun am kcang ami ti ni. Sahmaea caupe jah Mosia thum üng ng’yuk nakütki pi ka jum hngaki.
15 having hope in God, which they themselves also admit, that I there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and of the unjust.
Ka äpnak pi veki ta Pamhnam naw khyang naküt akdaw ja akse pi thihnak üngkhyüh jah mtho law be khai ni.
16 And I do exercise myself in this, always to have a conscience void of offense toward God and man.
Acuna phäha, Pamhnam veia ja nghngicima veia pi, ka mlungmthina käh mkhyemsawh vaia ka ktha naki.
17 But, after many years, I came to bring charitable gifts to my nation, and offerings.
Acunüng, kum khawvei anghjawk käna ka khyangea ngui jah pet vai ja ngkengtainak pawh khaia ka lawki.
18 While engaged in these things, certain Jews from Asia found me fulfilling my vow of abstinence in the temple, not with a multitude, nor with tumult.
Ngcimngcaihnak pawi päng lü ahine ka jah pawh k'um üng amimi naw Templea na hmuhkie. Ka hlawnga khyange ja suksaknak pi am ve u.
19 These ought to be here before you, and bring their charge, if they have any, against me.
Acua, Asah üngka Judahe pi vekie, acune naw law u lü ka khana ami pyen vai a vea kyak üng, hin üng na hmaia ve u lü na mkat khaie sü.
20 Or let these persons here say, what offensive conduct they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrim,
Am acunüng, hina khyange naw, kawngcia hmaia ka ngdüih üng, ka katnak ami hmuh khawia kyak üng atuh pyen u se,
21 except in this one expression, which I uttered while standing among them: With respect to the resurrection I of the dead, I am judged by you this day.
Kawngcia hmaia ka pyen mata, ‘Khyangkthi tho be khai tia ka jumeia phäha na mkatei u lü tuhngawi nami hmaia ami na lawpüi ni” a ti.
22 But Felix, having a more accurate knowledge of this way, put them off, and said: When Lysias the officer comes down, I will inquire fully into your matters.
Acunüng, Felik naw, Mawnglam cun ana ksing lawa kyase, “Yekap ngvai säih Lusika a pha law üng na mawng ka ning mkhyah pet khai” a ti.
23 And he commanded the centurion to keep him under guard, and to relax the rigor of his confinement, and to forbid no one of his friends to minister or to come to him.
Pawluh cun a jah ngängsak vai ja, a püipawe naw pi law u lü ami mbeimbawk law vaia yekap ngvai am ngthu a pet.
24 And, after some days, Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess; and he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
Mhnüp khawveica anghjawk käna, Felik cun a khyu Dusilah, Judah nghnumi ngkhahpüi lü law beki naw, Pawluh ja khüsak lü, Khritaw Jesuh jumnaka ngthu cun ngaiki.
25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered: For the present withdraw; when I have a convenient season, I will call for you.
Pawluh naw, dawkyanaka ngthu, mät ja mät nängeinaka ngthu, ngthumkhyahnak ve law khaia ngthue a jah mtheh üng, Felik naw aktäa kyüh law lü, “Cit be maa, akcün a awng üng, ning khü law be kawm” a ti.
26 He hoped, at the same time, that money would have been given him by Paul, to release him. For this reason, he sent for him very frequently, and conversed with him.
Pawluh naw ngui a pet vai a ngaihk’uheia kyase, khü lü a kthäha kyaki.
27 But, after two years, Felix received Portius Festus as his successor; and Felix, wishing to confer a favor on the Jews, left Paul bound.
Acunsepi, kum nghngih päih käna, Pocih Festuh naw Felik mthawng se; acunüng, Felik naw Judahea ksunga a ngminga daw vai ngai lü Pawluh cun thawngim üng a khyum hüt.
