Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
Lanwani ii, Agripa den yedi Pɔli, “Maadi ki fie a yuli.” Ke Pɔli duoni o nuu, ki saa i mɔni ki yedi.
2 “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of 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 since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to 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 Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from the earliest days of my youth, among my own people and in Jerusalem.
Ti ya ba maadi i mɔni, juufinba kuli bani min ye maama hali n jawaama nni n dogu nni yeni Jerusalema po.
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.
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 on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to 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 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.
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 would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
Beyapo i ke i siiga nni bá niyendo ki maali ke U Tienu ba fidi ki faadi bi tinkpiba.
9 So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose 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 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.
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 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.
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 In this pursuit I was on my way 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 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.
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 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.’
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 ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
Ke n buali “A tie ŋma i, O Diedo? Ke o diedo jiini N tie Jesu, ŋan falgi yua i.
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.
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 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
N go ba faabi a min suani a ya dogtieba yeni ya nilanba siiga nui nni.
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.’
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 So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
O badciamo Agripa, lanwani ii, n ki fali ŋaljanli nni bonlakaali;
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.
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 reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
Lanyapo i ke jufinba cuo nni ku jaandiegu nni ki bigni ke ban kpa nni.
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:
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 that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our 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 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!”
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 answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.
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 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.
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, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
O badciamo Agripa, a dugi bi sawalpuaba po oo? N bani ke a dugi bi po”
28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become 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 “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.”
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 Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.
Ke o badciamo fii, ke gobna yeni Bernisi yeni yaaba n bo taani ki kaa yeni ba kuli fii;
31 On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
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 to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
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.”
