Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
Agripa gwara Pọl, “Ị nwere ike i kwuru ọnụ gị.” Mgbe ahụ, Pọl gbasara aka ya abụọ bido ikwu okwu ịgọrọ onwe ya,
2 “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
“Ana m agụ onwe m dịka onye nwere ihuọma, eze Agripa, inwe ohere ọma dị otu a, ịzara ọnụ m nʼihu gị nʼihe niile metụtara ebubo ndị Juu na-ebo m.
3 especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
Nke ka nke, amatara m na omenaala ndị Juu na ịrụ ụka metụtara iwu ha doro gị anya. Biko ana m arịọ gị ka i jiri ndidi gee m ntị.
4 Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from the earliest days of my youth, among my own people and in Jerusalem.
“Ndị Juu niile maara ibi ndụ m site na nwata m. Ha makwa site na mbụ, otu m si bie ndụ m niile nʼobodo nke m, nakwa nʼime Jerusalem.
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.
Ha matara kemgbe ogologo oge, ha ga-agbakwa ama, ma ọ bụrụ na ha chọrọ ikwu eziokwu, na site na mbụ e biri m ndụ dịka otu onye so nʼime otu ahụ nke iwu ya dị ike karịchasịa nʼime okpukpe ndị Juu, nke bụ otu ndị Farisii.
6 And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
Ma ugbu a, a na-ekpe m ikpe nʼihi na enwere m olileanya na nkwa ahụ Chineke kwere nna nna anyị ochie ha.
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.
Nkwa nke ebo iri na abụọ niile na-ele anya ịnata mgbe ha na-efe ofufe ehihie na abalị. Eze Agripa, ọ bụ nʼihi olileanya a, gị onye a na-asọpụrụ, ka ndị Juu ji na-ebo m ebubo.
8 Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
Gịnị mere unu jiri na-eche na ọ rara Chineke ahụ ime ka ndị nwụrụ anwụ site nʼọnwụ bilie?
9 So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
“Na mbụ, anara m eche na apụrụ m imeso aha Jisọs onye Nazaret mmeso ọjọọ niile.
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.
Otu a ka m mere na Jerusalem. Ọ bụghị naanị na m natara ikike nʼaka ndịisi nchụaja jiri ya kpọchie ọtụtụ ndị nsọ nʼụlọ mkpọrọ, ewelikwara m aka elu nʼoge a na-ama ha ikpe ọnwụ.
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.
Ọtụtụ mgbe ka m hụrụ na a tara ha ahụhụ nʼụlọ nzukọ niile. Agbalịrị m ịkwagide ha ka ha kwuo arụ ma kwutọkwa okwukwe ha. Nʼihi na iwe m dị ọkụ megide ha, esogburu m ha nʼobodo dị iche iche nke na-abụghị obodo ndị Juu.
12 In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
“Nʼihi nke a, a gara m Damaskọs site nʼikike na nkwenye nke ndịisi nchụaja. Anatakwara m ike nʼaka ndịisi nchụaja.
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.
Nʼoge ehihie, eze Agripa, mgbe mụ na ndị otu m na-aga nʼụzọ, gị onye a na-asọpụrụ, ka m hụrụ ìhè nke na-acha karịa anyanwụ ka o si nʼeluigwe chaa m na ndị mụ na ha so gburugburu.
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.’
Anyị niile dara nʼala. Ma anụrụ m olu gwara m okwu nʼasụsụ Hibru, ‘Sọl! Sọl! Gịnị mere i ji na-akpagbu m? Ị na-emerụ onwe gị ahụ site nʼịkpọ ụkwụ na ndụdụ e ji achị ehi.’
15 ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
“Asịrị m, ‘Ị bụ onye, Onyenwe anyị?’ “Onyenwe anyị kwuru, ‘Abụ m Jisọs onye ị na-akpagbu.
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.
Ugbu a, bilie, kwụrụ ọtọ! Nʼihi na-emere m ka ị hụ m anya, ka m họpụta gị ka ị bụrụ onyeozi m na onye akaebe m. Ị ga-emekwa ka ụwa niile mara ihe banyere nzute a i zutere m taa, na ọtụtụ mgbe ọzọ m ga-ezute gị.
17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
Aga m azọpụta gị site nʼaka ndị nke gị na sitekwa nʼaka ndị mba ọzọ, ndị m na-eziga gị ka i jekwuru.
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.’
Imeghe anya ha mee ka ha si nʼọchịchịrị lọghachi banye nʼìhè, sikwa nʼike nke ekwensu lọghachikwute Chineke. Ka ha site nʼokwukwe ha nwere nʼebe m nọ nata mgbaghara mmehie ha, ketakwa oke ahụ dị ngọzị nʼetiti ndị e doro nsọ.’
19 So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
“Ya mere, eze Agripa, enupughị m isi nʼọhụ nke eluigwe ahụ.
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.
Ebidoro m izisa oziọma a na Damaskọs. Emekwara m otu a na Jerusalem na nʼime Judịa niile na nʼetiti ndị mba ọzọ. Ana m ekwusa mkpa ọ dị ka mmadụ niile nwee nchegharị lọghachikwute Chineke. Ka ha gosikwa nchegharị ha site nʼezi ọrụ nke ha na-arụ.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
Ọ bụ nʼihi nke a ka ndị Juu jiri nwụchie m nʼụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ ma chọsiekwa ụzọ ike ịnapụ m ndụ m.
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:
Ma Chineke chebere m mee ka m bụrụ onye dị ndụ taa, ịkọrọ mmadụ niile akụkọ a, ndị ukwu na ndị nta. Ihe m na-ekwu bụkwa ihe ndị amụma na Mosis kwuru na ọ ga-emezu,
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.”
na Kraịst ahụ ga-ahụ ahụhụ, bụrụkwa onye mbụ ga-esi nʼọnwụ bilie, iwetara ndị Juu na ndị mba ọzọ ìhè.”
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!”
Mgbe ọ na-agọpụ onwe ya, Festọs tiri mkpu, “Pọl, ị bụ onye isi mebiri! Oke mmụta gị emebiela gị isi.”
25 But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.
Ma Pọl sịrị, “Isi emebighị m, ezigbo nna anyị Festọs. Ihe m na-ekwu nʼanya udo bụ naanị eziokwu.
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.
Eze nʼonwe ya makwaara ihe ndị a niile, nʼihi ya ejighị m egwu ọbụla agwa ya okwu a. Ekwenyere m na ọ dịghị ihe ọbụla nʼime ihe ndị a merenụ nke ezonarịrị ya, nʼihi na o nweghị nke mere na nzuzo.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
Gị eze Agripa, i kwenyeghị na ndị amụma? Amaara m na i kweere.”
28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”
Mgbe ahụ Agripa sịrị, “Pọl, ị na-achọ nʼime ntakịrị oge a ịkwagide m ka m bụrụ onye kwere na Kraịst?”
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.”
Ma Pọl sịrị, “Ọ gaara atọ m ụtọ ma ọ bụrụ na Chineke ga-ekwe, mee ka gị na ndị niile nọ nʼebe a bụrụ ihe mụ onwe m bụ nʼime Kraịst ma ewezuga agbụ ndị a.”
30 Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.
Mgbe ahụ eze biliri ọtọ, ya na Festọs na Benaisi nwunye ya na ndị ọzọ niile ya na ha nọ nʼoche.
31 On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
Mgbe ha na-apụ, ha kwurịtara nʼonwe ha, “Nwoke a emeghị ihe ọbụla kwesiri ọnwụ maọbụ ịga mkpọrọ.”
32 And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Agripa gwara Festọs, “A gaara a hapụ nwoke a ma ọ bụrụ na o nyefeghị Siza ikpe ya.”
