Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
Akipah naw Pawluh üng, “Na mäta phäh ngthu pyen lawa” a ti. Pawluh naw, a kut säng lü, a ngsungkhameinak pyen lawki;
2 “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
“Sangpuxang Akipah aw, Judahe naw ami na khyaknak naküt üng, ka ngsungeinak ngthu tuhngawi na hmaia ka pyen khaia akyaka phäha, dawki ngai veng;
3 especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
Judahea thum ja ngcuhnak naküt aktäa ksingki. Na mlung msaü lü na na ngaih vaia ni nghui na veng.
4 Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from the earliest days of my youth, among my own people and in Jerusalem.
“Ka dik ham üng ihawkba ka ve khawiki ti cun Judah khyange avan naw na ksingkie. Akcüka kamäta pe ja Jerusalema ihawkba ka kcün ka sumei pi ksingkie.
5 They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
Judah jumnak thum üng aktäa ling lü, Pharisea ka kya khawi cän ajana na ksingkie, ami pyen vai ta saksi na u se.
6 And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
Kami pupaea vei Pamhnam naw a jah peta khyütam äpeinaka phäha kei hia ka ngdüi law khaia na pawh ve u,
7 the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.
amhnüp amthan Pamhnam hjawkhah u lü kami khyange pasang xaleihngihe naw ami yahei vaia äpeikie. Ahina äpeinaka phäh Judahe naw na mkatei ve u ahlüng säih sangpuxang aw.
8 Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
Hin üng veki khyange naw ise Pamhnam naw khyangkthi mtho beki ti hin, am a nami jum thei ni?
9 So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
“Kei naw pi Nazaret Jesuha ngming cawkei lü, ka pawh khawh naküt cun ka bikia ka na ngai law khawiki.
10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
Ahin hin Jerusalema ka bilo khawiki. Ktaiyü ngvaiea veia bilawnak thei ana yah lü, Mhnama khyang khawhae thawngim üng ka ja khyum khawiki; ami jah hnim vai üng kei naw pi ami thih vaia ka täng khawiki.
11 I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
Sinakok k'uma jah mkhuimkha lü, ami jumeinak ami cehtak vai khawvei ka pawh khawiki. Aktäa ka mlung na uiawng se, pe kcea ka mlüha vekie pi ka jah mkhuimkha khaia ka cit hü khawiki.
12 In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
“Ahina phäh vaia Ktaiyü ngvaiea vei ana yah lü Damatet mlüha ka citki.
13 About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.
Sangpuxang aw, ka ceh mhnüp nglunga kyaki, ka jah cehpüia khyange ja kei pei cu nghngi kthaka vaiki akvai cun khan üngkhyüh vai lawki ka hmuh.
14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
Kami van mdek üng kyu u ngüse, Hebru am, ‘Sawluh, Sawluh, i vai na na mkhuimkhaki ni? Se naw a mahpaa kcung a leha mäiha i vai namät naw namät na pawhki ni?’ tia, kthai ka ngjak.
15 ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
‘Bawipa aw, nang u ni?’ ka ti. Acunüng, Bawipa naw, ‘Kei Jesuh, na mkhuimkhaa ka kyaki.
16 ‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.
Acunsepi, tho law lü; na khaw am ngdüi lawa. Ka ning mpya vaia na veia tuhngawi ka ngdang lawki. Nang naw tungawi na hmu cun jah mtheh lü malama i ka ning mhnuh khai ti cun ka pyen khai.
17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
Isarel khyange naküt ja Khyangmjükceea kut üngka naw ka ning yung khai; ami mik na ja mdeisak khaia, ami veia ning tüih veng.
18 to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
Ami mik jah mdeisak lü, nghmüp üngka naw akvaia na jah nghlatsak khaia khawyama johit üngka naw Mhnama veia ja nghlatsak lü, kei ami na jumeinak am ami mkhyekatnake jah mhläta lü Pamhnama xüe khyange am atänga hnün ami yah vaia ni’ a ti.
19 So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
“Acunakyase, sangpuxang Akipah aw, khankhawa ka, ngdannak cun am kcanga veng.
20 First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
Akcüka Damatet ja Jerusalema kaea veia, Judah pe naküta kaea veia, khyangmjükcee veia pi, ngjutnaka nglawia bi bi u lü, ngjut u lü Pamhnama veia ami nghlat lawnak vaia, ka jah mthehki ni.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
Ahina phäha ni, Judahe naw temple k'uma na man u lü, ami na hnim hlü.
22 But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
Acunsepi, Pamhnama na yungnaka phäha tuhngawi cäpa, hin üng adik ja akdämea veia ka saksi pyen veng. I pyen akcea am kya sahmae ja Mosi naw ami na pyen cun küm law khai ti cun ni ka jah ksinghüsak,
23 that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
Mesijah cun mkhuimkhanak khamei lü, thihnak üngka naw akcüka tho beki tia küikyannaka mawng cun khyangmjükcee jah Judahe veia ka sangki,” a ti.
24 At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”
Acukba Pawluh naw a ngsungkhameinak pyen lü, Festuh angsanga ngpyang lü, “Pawluh aw, ang veki; na ngtheingkhawng khawha naw ning yusak ve” a ti.
25 But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.
Acunsepi, Pawluh naw, “Akhlüngtai, Festuh aw, am ang veng; ngthu kcang ka pyenki ni.
26 For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.
Sangpuxang Akipah aw! Hina ngthu avan na ksingkia kyase na veia ling lü ka pyen theiki. Hina mawng avan na süm khaia ka ngaiki. I pi thup vai am ve ti cun pi na ksingki.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
Sangpuxang Akipah aw, sahmaea na jah jumki aw? Na jumkia ka ksingki” a ti.
28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”
Akipah naw Pawluh üng, “Asängca üng Khritjana ka thawn khaia na ngaiki aw?” a ti.
29 “Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”
Pawluh naw, “Asänga pi kyase, khawveia pi kyase, nang däka am kyakia, tuhngawi ka pyen ngjaki naküt pi, keia kba ami ve law hnga vaia, mthiyüi am khun käh nikia, Pamhnama veia ka ktaiyüki ni” a ti.
30 Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.
Sangpuxang, pe uki, Berani ja ami peia ngawhkie ngdüi law u lü;
31 On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
a jah cehtak käna, “Hina khyang hin hnim vai ja thawngim üng kyum vaia i pi am pawh” tia ngthähki he.
32 And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Acunüng, Akipah naw Festuh üng, “Hina khyang naw Romah Emperoa veia a pha vaia am a ngtänga ta hlät vai sü” a ti.
