Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
Chujou chun, Agrippa in Paul jah ah, “Nakihonna thuphong thei in nate,” ati. Hichun Paul in akhut alhang doh in akihon nathu asei tai.
2 “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
“Kakipah lheh jeng e, Leng Agrippa, tunia Juda lamkai hon themmo eichen nau chung chang a kakihon nathu ja ah nang bou nahi.
3 especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
Ajeh chu judate kivaipoh dol le akinel bautam nau hethem ah nahi kahen, hijeh chun kathusei hi lung neng tah in nei ngai peh in.”
4 Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from the earliest days of my youth, among my own people and in Jerusalem.
Keima ka chapan lai a pat a kanam mite lah le Jerusalem a kon hung seilen a, Juda nam chon le khan kichuh them sa kahi hi Juda lamkai hon ahetsoh keiyu ahi.
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.
Amahon asei nom ule, atil a pat a ahet jing sau Pharisee mi, hou thudol a chondan kikhel tah kahi aheuve.
6 And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
Chule tuahi kapu kapa teu heng a Pathen tepsa hung guilhung ding kakinep na thudol a, kachung thu khol dia hikom a ding ah kahi.
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.
Adih tah a sei din, Israel phungsom le phung nin sun le jan a anahou jing u ahi. Vo Lengpa hiche kinep na thudol a Judaten eiheh-u ahi bouve.
8 Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
Ipijeh a Pathen in mi thisa atho doh sah thei thudol hi tahsan lel nahiu vem?
9 So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Keima jeng jong Nazareth Yeshua min douna a thil ijakai bol ding kana ngai tosa ahi.
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.
Atah beh in jong Jerusalema kana bol in, Thempu pipui ho a kon in thuneina kalan, mitheng tampi songkul'ah kana khum in chule atha jeng-u jong chu pha kasan ahi.
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.
Phat atam jon houthu dol a akikhop nau in tina jong talent kamat sah jin, Yeshua atahsan nau taitom sah in hoise tah in kana douvin, gamdang miho khopi dung gei in kana nocheh jin ahi.
12 In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
Nikhat hi katoh ban tong jom din Thempu pipui ho thuneina le thusah keng in Damascus jon in kachen ahi.
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.
Sunkim don tah in, vo Lengpa, lampia chun van'a kon nisa sang a vah jo vah khat in keile kalhon piho eihin khouvin ahile.
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.’
Kabon chau vin kalhu sohtauvin ahi, hichun, Aramaic paovin kajah a, “Saul, Saul ibola nang in nei bolset jing ham? Nei dou jinghi nang a din aphat chom na aumpoi,” eiti.
15 ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
Hichun keiman, “Nang koi nahim, Pakai?” kati. “Hichun, Aman eihin donbut in, ‘nabol set jing Yeshua chu kahi.
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.
Tun nakeng in pansan ding in, nangma leiset kolkim vel'a kathu hettohsah le kalhacha a pang ding, chule nathil mu chengse le kahin musah kit ding chengse hettohsah a pansah ding a hung kilah kahi
17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
Chule kasol na chidang namdang te lah le nanam mite lah a kon a kahuh doh jing ding nahi,
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.’
Amit'u hasah a, muthim lah a kona lungheiya khovah ahin mu nathei diule satan thanei na a kon a Pathen heng a ahung kihei nathei diu, chule chonset ngaidam na achan thei nadiu le tahsan jal a Pathen mite ahithei nadiuva kasol ding nahi,’ eiti.
19 So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
Chule, Leng Agrippa, vanlam'a kon themgao thilmu kamu thua nung ah kahi.
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.
Amasan Damascus a umho heng a kahil lhanglen, chu jouvin Jerusalem le Juda gamkol sung chukitle chidang namdang ho heng ah, chonset kisih a Pathen lam ahin bel nadiu le alung hei utoh lhon a thilpha abolna diuvin kahil lhanglei.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
Hiche thu kahil lhang le jeh a hi Judahon Houin sung a eimat uva, thading eigot u ahi.
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:
Ahin tuphat chana Pathen venbitna kachan jeh in mijouse, aneo kom hihen alenkom hijong le hettohsah in kapang jing e. Thudang ima kahilpoi Themgao hole Mosen hung guilhung ding a aseiyu–
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.”
Christan hesoh genthei athoh a, thina a kon a thoudoh masapen a pang ding, chuleh Judate le chidang namdang ho heng a Pathen vah thudol aphondoh ding je kasei ahibouve,” ati.
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!”
Photlot louvin Festus chu ahung pengjah jeng in, “Paul angol ah nahitai; nalekha thep nan nangol sah ahitai,” ati.
25 But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.
Hichun Paul in adonbut in, “Angol a kahipoi, vo Lalchungnung Festus, kicheh tah a thudih kasei joh ahibouve.
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.
Chule Agrippa Lengpan jong ahei. Ijeh inem itile aning koi a kibol ahilou jeh in aman hitobang ho hi ahesoh keiye ti kichen tah in kahei, hijeh a chu hangsan tah a kasei ahi,” ati.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
Leng Agrippa, themgao ho natahsan em? Natahsan e ti kahei, ati.
28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”
Hichun Agrippa in, “Kintah a Christian hisah jeng thei dia nei gel ham?” ati.
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.”
Chuin Paul in adonbut in, “Gang henlang gang hih jongle, nangle hiva mipi umjouse hi, thih khaova kakihen naho tilouvin keima tobang hisoh kei ule tin, Pathen hengah kataove,” ati.
30 Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.
Hichun Lengpa, Gamvaipo, Bernice chule adangho se adingdoh un adalha tauve.
31 On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
Apotdoh uva akihou naule akinopto nau chun “Hiche mipa hin thina le songkul tan-na thei changei ima bolset aneipoi,” atiuve.
32 And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Chule Agrippa in Festus jah a, “Aman Caesar henga dinga ngehna anabollou hile lhadoh thei ahitai,” ati.
