Acts 26
1 Then Agrippa said to Paul: You are permitted to speak for yourself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and answered for himself.
Agrippa ih Pool suh liita, “An teeteewah tiit jen baat eh uh.” Pool heh lak ah janghaat ano heteewah tiit ah amah baatta:
2 I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because I shall this day make my defense before you, concerning all things of which I am accused by the Jews;
“Agrippa Luuwang! Nga teeteewah suh khangraangse liihang chiinnyah ngah an ngathong ni chap angno Jehudi loong ih mat eh deejoh halang tiit ah baat hang,
3 especially, since you are acquainted with all the customs and questions that are among the Jews. For this reason, I beseech you to hear me patiently.
Jehudi rom arang nyia rookmui jengmui ah an ih rapniine ih jat hu, erah thoidi, nga jeng ah naririh eh boichaat weeuh.
4 My course of life from my youth, which, from the beginning, was among my own nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
“Jehudi mina loongtang ih jat eha jaaro dowa eh ngah mamah eh songtong lang. Nga roidong tang mamah eh songlang neng ih jat eha, nga hah ni mamah songtang, erah lidi Jerusalem ni mamah eh songlang.
5 who, knowing me from the first, could testify, if they would, that, according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.
Ngah ih liihang ah langla, nga tiit ah neng ih ejen baat eh ah, neng ih jirep ah ejat, jaakhoh ni ngah Pharisi rom arang ah kap angno songtong tang.
6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;
Eno ngah adi chaplang abah sengte sengwah suh Rangte ih kakhamta suh laalom thoidi—
7 to which promise our twelve tribes, zealously serving night and day, hope to come: on account of which hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.
seng mina asih jaatnyi ih erah chosuh laalomla, erah raangtaan ih rangwu rangphe Rangte rangsoom rumha. Luuwang, erah suh laalom thoidi ba, Jehudi loong ih mat eh joh rum halang!
8 What? Is it thought a thing incredible among you, that God raises the dead?
Arah di tongte sen loong ah ih tek nawa Rangte ih ngaaksaat thukta tiit hanpi ah mamah eh chaan chohan?
9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
“Nga teewah ih uh Najaret dowa Jisu tiit ah emah ju eh daan tang.
10 And this I did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests: and when they were put to death, I gave my vote against them.
Jerusalem ni ngah emamah eh reeraang tang. Rangte mina loong ah phaatak ni jootsak suh nyia tek haat esuh Romwah phokhoh loong jiin nawa chaan aphaan ah thaang etang; eno neng loong ah tek haat etheng ngeh ih liirum abah ngah ih uh emah ju roong jengtang.
11 And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to speak impiously; and, being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
Neng phaangphak suh nyia Jisu laalom toihaat thuk suh li leh Jehudi rangsoomnok noongrep ni hedop hedop siiwi rumtang. Rangte miloong asuh rathan eh kakhadah tang mideek mikaan ni nep kaleh kasiiwi rumtang.
12 While I was engaged in these things, and was going to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
“Romwah phokhoh jiin nawa chaan aphaan ah thaang angno Damaskas ni taat katang aju erah raangtaan ih kaat dowa.
13 at midday, while I was on the road, I saw, O King, a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and those who journeyed with me.
Eno Luuwang, rangnithung di, seng loong ah lam ni khoom ih di, rangsa nang eju ephaak weephaak arah tuptang, rang nawa phaak ra haano nga damdi kaatte miloong ah nep eh kaangtookta.
14 And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying, in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.
Seng loong ah hah ni loongdatti, eno Hebru jenglam eh ngasuh liihang rah miroot japchaat tang, ‘Sool, Sool! An ih ngah tiim esuh siiwi halang? An teeteewah ih an tamkong ni buhu, maan ih heh changte wah chaanthah pitnak ah likhiik eh ah,’
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? He replied, I am Jesus, whom you persecute.
‘Teesu an o ang weelu?’ Ngah ih emah ih cheng tang. Eno Teesu ih emah ngaakli tahang, ‘Ngah Jisu, an ih siiwi halang rah ah.
16 But arise, and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness of the things which you have seen, and of those in which I will appear to you,
An lah nah toonchap uh. Nga jeng chaatte toom ang ah ngeh ih an poon suh dong halang. Chiinnyah an ih ngah mamah eh tup halang adoleh liwang nah tiim jaat noisok ha erah tiit ah mih suh tumbaat theng.
17 delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send you,
An mina Ijirel noksong nyia Ranglajatte lak nawa ngah ih pangha. An ih neng mik ah
18 in order to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among the sanctified, by faith in me.
singsiit uno rangnak nawa rangwu nah doksiit theng adoleh Soitaan reenawa Rangte reenah thoksiit theng, timnge liidoh neng ngasuh tuumaang jun eh neng rangdah ah saasiit suh nyia Rangte ih jeeta mina loong damdoh choh tong suh ah.’
19 Wherefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;
“Erah raangtaan ih, Agrippa Luuwang, rang nawa tuptang motmang ah ngah ih tadaan tang.
20 but announced first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.
Jaakhoh thoon ah Jerusalem nyia Damaskas hah ni erah lidi Ranglajatte mina loong suh Judia hah noongrep ni Rangte tiit ah tumbaat tang, neng rangdah sekthun ano Rangte reenah thok suh ah erah damdi sekthun ih hi ngeh ih noisok suh baat rumtang.
21 For these reasons the Jews seized me in the temple, and endeavored to kill me.
Erah thoidi ba, rangsoomnok ni ang angdi Jehudi loong ah ih jorum hangno tek haat taatchung rum tahang.
22 Having, therefore, obtained help from God, I have stood till this day, testifying both to small and to great, saying nothing else than the things which the prophets and Moses did say should come to pass:
Enoothong amadi tuk ih Rangte ih chosok roh eh halang, erah raangtaan ih mihak noodek thoontang ngathong ni adi Rangte eje ngeh ih baat suh toonchap lang. Khowah nyia Moses ih mamah re theng banbaatta ngah ih uh phoosiitsiit tiit ah baat hang:
23 that Christ should suffer, and that he first, by his resurrection from the dead, should show light to the people, and to the Gentiles.
Erah langla Kristo ah chamnaang jaatjaat etheng, eno Jehudi nyia Ranglajatte loong ah ih khopiiroidong chosuh heh tek nawa phang ngaaksaat ah.”
24 And as he spoke these things in his defense, Festus said, with a loud voice; Paul, you are mad; much learning drives you to madness.
Pool ih heteewah tiit emah taatbaat adi, Phestas ah Pool taangko sok ano erongwah ih riita, “Emok anglu hanih, Pool! Ehanmi eh nyootsoot kuh ih mokpaang lu!”
25 But he replied: I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
Pool ngaak jengta, “Emok tah angkang, an ba elong! Ngah amiisak tiit ah baat hang.
26 For the king has knowledge of these things, before whom, also, I speak with boldness; for I am persuaded that none of these things have escaped his notice; for this was not done in a corner.
Agrippa Luuwang! Ngah an damdoh lacho laphaan jen roongwaan ehang, timnge liidi an ih jirep ah jat eho. Ngah ih an suh kamkam ih tuumaang hala, arah miloong ah ih tiimjih hoonha erah jat eh hu ngeh ah, timnge liidi arah tiit ah hesuk henoong ni tahoonka.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.
Agrippa Luuwang, Khowah ah hanpi nih ehu? Ngah ih jat ehang an ih hanpi ehu.”
28 Then Agrippa said to Paul: You almost persuade me to be a Christian.
Agrippa ih Pool suh liita, “An ih ngah amah ih Kristaan eh hoon thuk ang nih mok samthun hu?”
29 And Paul replied: I could pray to God, that not only you, but also all that hear me to-day, were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Pool ngaakjengta, “Dot doh angkoja oh adoleh rekam lidoh angkoja oh “Ngah ih Rangte rangsoom hang ah an luulu lah angthang eh o ih nga jeng boichaat ha erah loong ah nep nga likhiik eh hoon theng chiinnyah jaanruh ih khak halang thoidoh ah.”
30 And the king arose, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
Eno Luuwang, kobono, Barnis nyia wahoh loong ah toonchapta,
31 And when they had withdrawn, they conversed with one another, saying: This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
doksoon karum ano roongwaan karumta, “Arah mih ah phaatak nah saktheng nyia heh tekjih bah tiim uh tathet reeka.”
32 And Agrippa said to Festus: This man could have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Cæsar
Eno Agrippa ih Phestas suh liita, “Luuwanglong lasih lajota bah arah mih ah jen doksoon eh thengta.”
