Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
Su, Agiripa kamgambira Paulu, “Guluusiwa kujiteteya.” Panu Paulu kanyoshiti liwoku lyakuwi kujiteteya hangu.
2 “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
Mtuwa Agiripa, nuliwona nana bahati lelu kujiteteya panlongulu paku kuusu mashitaka goseri aga geni Wayawudi waweriti watakula kuusu neni.
3 especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
Asa toziya gumweni gwenga ndo mwana malifa gwa ntambu za Wayawudi na migogolu yawu, nukuluwa su gumpikiniri kwa uhepelera.
4 Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from the earliest days of my youth, among my own people and in Jerusalem.
“Wayawudi wavimana shisoweru sha makaliru gangu kwanjira uwananguta, mtambu yandamiti kwanjira kwanja pakati pa isi yangu aku Yerusalemu.
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.
Wavimana kwa shipindi shitali, na waweza kupitawulira, handa pawafira, handa kwanjira mwanzu ndamiti handa yumu gwa shipinga shana siyasa ikalipa nentu mudini yetu, yani shipinga sha Mafalisayu.
6 And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
Na vinu na panu ntozwi toziya nulitumbira kwayidi kulii kweni Mlungu kawalagiliti wambuyi wetu.
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.
Lagilu ali ndo liraa lilii lyalitumbirwa na makabila lilongu na mbili lya maisi getu, wankumtendera Mlungu kwa nakaka paliwala na pashiru. Mtuwa mfalumi, Wayawudi wankunzitaki toziya ya litumbiru ali!
8 Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
Kwa shishi mwenga mwona tabu nentu kujimira handa Mlungu kawazyukisiyaga yawahowiti?
9 So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Nakaka neni namweni njimiriti handa ndo lihengu lyangu kutenda vitwatira vivuwa kulirema litawu lya Yesu gwa Nazareti.
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.
Shitwatira ashi ndo shantenditi aku Yerusalemu. Neni namweni mpatiti uwezu kulawa kwa Watambika wakulu, mpatiti kuwatula mushibetubetu wavua wa wantu wa Mlungu. Nawomberi pawatozitwi kuwahowiziya, ngalambuziiti simbi za kujimira.
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.
Ntambu yimonga neni ng'enditi munumba za Mlungu panagalira womberi wazibiwi, naneni panjera kwa makakala wayigilangi njimiru yawu. Maya gangu gaweriti makulu nentu kwawomberi ata ng'enditi kuwatabisiya mlushi za patali.
12 In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
“Kwa nfiru iraa ayi, ng'enditi Dameski shipindi shimu, neni nweriti na utuwa na malagiliru kulawa kwa Watambika Wakulu.
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.
Mheshimiwa, shipindi panweriti mnjira, saa sita paliwala, moniti uweru mkulu kuliku wa mshenji pawuyaka kulawa kumpindi, uzyengeta neni na walii waweriti wanamwanja wayangu.
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.’
Twawoseri twenga tuguwiti pasi, naneni mpikanira liziwu ling'ambira kwa Shiebraniya, ‘Sauli, Sauli! Kwa shishi gundenda? Gulitenda hera handa ng’ombi yakaguma liteki fimbu ya mtuwa gwakuwi.”
15 ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
Neni nkosiyiti, “‘Gwee gwa gaa Mtuwa?’ Mtuwa kankula, ‘Neni ndo Yesu mweni gwenga gwaguntabisiya.
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.
Gwimuki vinu, gugoloki. Nukulawira su nukutuli nakamu guweri ntumintumi gwangu. Guwalanguziyi wantu wamonga vitwatira vyaguviwoniti lelu na vilii vyeni vyankali hanukulanguziyi.
17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
Hanukulopoziyi na wantu wa Israeli na wantu wa Israeli na wantu wa maisi gamonga geni neni nukulagiliri kwawomberi.
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.’
Hagugatumuliziyi masu gawu na kuwatenda womberi walawi muluwindu na kwingira muwulangala, walawi mumakakala ga Shetani na wamgalambukiri Mlungu su wapati ulekiziwu wa vidoda vyawatenditi na wapati uhala pakati pawu kwa walii yawapungitwi kwa njimiru yaiwera kwaneni.’”
19 So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
“Hangu, Mtuwa Agiripa weza ndiri kuweri mkaidi kwa mawonu aga ga kumpindi.
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.
Ila nyanjiti kubwera kwanja kwa wantu wa Dameski, shakapanu kwa walii wa Yerusalemu na isi yoseri ya Yudeya, na viraa kwa wantu wa maisi gamonga. Nuwahimiziyiti wamgalambukiri Mlungu na kulangalira kwa vitendu handa waleka vidoda vyawu vyawatenditi.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
Toziya ayi, Wayawudi wankamuliti paweriti Mnumba nkulu ya Mlungu, wajeriti kunaga.
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:
Kumbiti Mlungu kandangiti, na avi mpaka mashaka ga lelu ngoloka ugangamala panavia lulangaliru kwa woseri, wakulu na wadidini. Gatakula ndo galii geni wambuyi na Musa watakuliti hagalawiri.
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.”
Yani kafiruwa Kristu katabiki na kaweri gwa kwanja kuzyuka kulawa kwa wahowiti, su wabweri handa uweru wa ulopoziya uwalangalira vinu wantu woseri, Wayawudi na viraa wantu wawawera ndiri wayawudi.”
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!”
Paulu pakayiziti panu mukujiteteya kwakuwi, Festu katakuliti kwa liziwu likulu, “Paulu! Gwana lukwali! Kubetula kwaku kuvuwa kukujegera lukwali!”
25 But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.
Kumbiti Paulu katakula, “Nahera lukwali mtuwa Festu. Shantakula ndo nakaka hera.
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.
Gwenga Mfalumi guvimana vitwatira avi, hangu weza kuyowera pota lyoga palongolu paku. Nahera shashatika handa malawiru aga gamanika kwakuwi toziya shitwatira ashi shitendeka ndiri kwakulififa.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
Mfalumi Agiripa, hashi, gwana njimiru na wambuyi? Nuvimana handa gujimira.”
28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”
Agiripa kamwankula Paulu, “Mushipindi shididini hera, hashi gulihola haguntendi nweri Mkristu?”
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.”
Paulu kamwankula, “Nankumluwa Mlungu handa, kwa katepu ama shipindi shitali, gwenga ndiri hera ila woseri yawampikinira leru wapati kuwera ntambu yanwera neni, kumbiti pota minyololu ayi.”
30 Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.
Panu Mfalumi Agiripa, mkulu wa mkowa, Beriniki na woseri walii wawaweriti pamwera nawomberi, wagolokiti.
31 On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
Pawawukiti kala, waligambiziyana, “Muntu ayu katenda ndiri shoseri shashifiruwa azabu ya kumlaga ama kutatirwa.”
32 And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Yomberi Agiripa kamgambira Festu, “muntu ayu kaweza kuyopolwa handa mekaweriti ndiri kakata lufaa kwa Kaisari.”
