Acts 26
1 Yet truly, Agrippa said to Paul, “It is permitted for you to speak for yourself.” Then Paul, extending his hand, began to offer his defense.
Agripa alobaki na Polo: — Napesi yo nzela ya koloba. Boye, Polo atombolaki loboko mpe abandaki kosamba:
2 “I consider myself blessed, O king Agrippa, that I am to give my defense today before you, about everything of which I am accused by the Jews,
— Mokonzi Agripa, nazali na esengo mingi ya kosamba lelo liboso na yo, na tina na makambo nyonso oyo Bayuda bafundeli ngai,
3 especially since you know everything that pertains to the Jews, both customs and questions. Because of this, I beg you to listen to me patiently.
pamba te oyebi malamu bizaleli mpe tembe ya Bayuda. Boye nasengi na yo ete ozala na motema monene mpo na koyoka ngai.
4 And certainly, all the Jews know about my life from my youth, which had its beginning among my own people in Jerusalem.
Bayuda nyonso bayebi evandeli na ngai, wuta na bomwana na ngai, kobanda na ebandeli ya bomoi na ngai, kati na ekolo na ngai, mpe ezala kati na Yelusalemi.
5 They knew me well from the beginning, (if they would be willing to offer testimony) for I lived according to the most determined sect of our religion: as a Pharisee.
Bayebi ngai wuta kala mpe bakoki kotatola, soki balingi, ete natambolisaki bomoi na ngai lokola Mofarizeo, na botosi makasi ya mibeko, ndenge lingomba na biso esengaka.
6 And now, it is in the hope of the Promise which was made by God to our fathers that I stand subject to judgment.
Mpe nazali kosamba lelo mpo na elikya na ngai kati na elaka oyo Nzambe apesaki na bakoko na biso.
7 It is the Promise that our twelve tribes, worshiping night and day, hope to see. About this hope, O king, I am accused by the Jews.
Bato ya mabota na biso zomi na mibale basalelaki Nzambe, butu mpe moyi, na kolemba te, mpo ete bazalaki na elikya ete bakomona kokokisama ya elaka yango. Mokonzi Agripa, ezali kaka mpo na elikya yango nde Bayuda bafundi ngai.
8 Why should it be judged so unbelievable with you all that God might raise the dead?
Mpo na nini, kati na bino, bozali kondima te ete Nzambe akoki kosekwisa bakufi?
9 And certainly, I myself formerly considered that I ought to act in many ways which are contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
Ngai moko mpe nazalaki liboso kokanisa ete esengeli na ngai kosala nyonso oyo ekoki kosalema, mpo na kotelemela Kombo ya Yesu ya Nazareti.
10 This is also how I acted at Jerusalem. And so, I enclosed many holy persons in prison, having received authority from the leaders of the priests. And when they were to be killed, I brought the sentence.
Ezali mosala yango nde nasalaki kati na Yelusalemi: natiaki basantu ebele na boloko, na ndingisa ya bakonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe; boye, tango bazalaki koboma bango, ngai mpe nazalaki kondima.
11 And in every synagogue, frequently while punishing them, I compelled them to blaspheme. And being all the more maddened against them, I persecuted them, even to foreign cities.
Kati na bandako nyonso ya mayangani, nazalaki mbala mingi kotambola mpo na kopesa bango bitumbu mpe kotinda bango na makasi ete bafinga Yesu-Klisto. Na zuwa na ngai oyo eleka ndelo, nazalaki kolanda bango kino na bingumba ya bapaya mpo na konyokola bango.
12 Thereafter, as I was going to Damascus, with authority and permission from the high priest,
Ezali mpo na yango nde nakendeki na Damasi, na bokonzi mpe na etinda ya bakonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe.
13 at midday, O king, I and those who were also with me, saw along the way a light from heaven shining around me with a splendor greater than that of the sun.
Mokonzi, na ngonga ya midi, wana nazalaki kokende, namonaki pole moko kowuta na likolo, elekaki kutu ata kongenga ya moyi; pole yango ezipaki ngai mpe bato oyo bazalaki kotambola elongo na ngai.
14 And when we had all fallen down to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew language: ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goad.’
Tokweyaki biso nyonso na mabele, mpe nayokaki mongongo moko koloba na ngai na lokota ya Arami: « Saulo, Saulo, mpo na nini ozali konyokola Ngai? Ezali pasi mpo na yo komibamba na basende. »
15 Then I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
Bongo natunaki: « Nkolo, yo nani? » Nkolo azongisaki: « Ngai, nazali Yesu oyo yo ozali konyokola.
16 But rise up and stand on your feet. For I appeared to you for this reason: so that I may establish you as a minister and a witness concerning the things that you have seen, and concerning the things that I will show to you:
Kasi lamuka mpe telema! Pamba te namimonisi epai na yo mpo na kokomisa yo mosali na Ngai mpe motatoli ya makambo oyo osili komona, mpe ya makambo oyo nakolakisa yo na sima.
17 rescuing you from the people and the nations to which I am now sending you,
Nakokangola yo wuta na maboko ya bato ya ekolo na yo mpe na maboko ya bato ya bikolo ya bapaya. Nakotinda yo epai na bango
18 in order to open their eyes, so that they may be converted from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive the remission of sins and a place among the saints, through the faith that is in me.’
mpo ete ofungola bango miso, olongola bango na molili mpe omema bango na pole; mpo ete olongola bango na se ya bokonzi ya Satana mpe omema bango epai ya Nzambe, na tina ete bazwa bolimbisi ya masumu mpe libula kati na bato oyo babulisama na nzela ya kondima kati na Ngai. »
19 From then on, O king Agrippa, I was not unbelieving to the heavenly vision.
Boye, mokonzi Agripa, wuta tango wana, nandimaki kotosa emoniseli oyo ewutaki na Likolo.
20 But I preached, first to those who are at Damascus and at Jerusalem, and then to the entire region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, so that they would repent and convert to God, doing the works that are worthy of repentance.
Nateyaki liboso bavandi ya Damasi; sima, nateyaki bavandi ya Yelusalemi, ya Yuda mobimba mpe ya bikolo ya bapaya: nateyaki bango ete basengeli kobongola mitema, kozonga epai ya Nzambe mpe, na nzela ya misala na bango, kolakisa penza ete babongoli mitema.
21 It was for this reason that the Jews, having apprehended me when I was in the temple, attempted to kill me.
Ezali kaka mpo na tina oyo nde Bayuda bakangaki ngai kati na Tempelo mpe balukaki koboma ngai.
22 But having been aided by the help of God, even to this day, I stand witnessing to the small and the great, saying nothing beyond what the Prophets and Moses have said would be in the future:
Kasi kino lelo, Nzambe azali kobatela ngai; yango wana natelemi awa mpo na kotatola liboso ya bato pamba mpe bato minene. Nazali koteya makambo mosusu te, bobele makambo oyo basakoli mpe Moyize baloba ete ekokokisama solo:
23 that the Christ would suffer, and that he would be the first from the resurrection of the dead, and that he would bring light to the people and to the nations.”
Klisto akomona pasi mpe akozala moto ya liboso ya kosekwa kati na bakufi mpo na kosakola pole ya lobiko epai ya Bayuda mpe epai ya bato ya bikolo ya bapaya.
24 While he was speaking these things and presenting his defense, Festus said with a loud voice: “Paul, you are insane! Too much studying has turned you to insanity.”
Wana Polo azalaki nanu koloba, Festisi akataki ye maloba mpe agangelaki ye: — Ozali na liboma, Polo! Boyebi oyo otondi na yango ekomisi yo liboma!
25 And Paul said: “I am not insane, most excellent Festus, but rather I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.
Polo azongisaki: — Tata mokonzi Festisi, nazali na liboma te. Makambo oyo nazali koloba ezali ya solo mpe ezali penza na nzela.
26 For the king knows about these things. To him also, I am speaking with constancy. For I think that none of these things are unknown to him. And neither were these things done in a corner.
Mokonzi Agripa kutu ayebi makambo oyo malamu; yango wana nazali koloba na molende nyonso liboso na ye. Nandimisami ete abungi ata likambo moko te kati na makambo yango, pamba te esalemaki na nkuku te.
27 Do you believe the Prophets, O king Agrippa? I know that you believe.”
Mokonzi Agripa, boni, ondimaka basakoli? Nayebi malamu ete ondimaka bango.
28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “To some extent, you persuade me to become a Christian.”
Agripa alobaki na Polo: — Okanisi ete okoki kondimisa ngai kokoma Moklisto kaka na mwa tango moke?
29 And Paul said, “I hope to God that, both to a small extent and to a great extent, not only you, but also all those who hear me this day will become just as I also am, except for these chains.”
Polo azongisaki: — Ezala na tango molayi to na tango moke, nazali kosambela Nzambe ete, yo moko kaka te, kasi elongo na bato nyonso oyo bazali koyoka ngai lelo, bokoma lokola ngai, longola kaka minyololo oyo!
30 And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them.
Wana azalaki koloba bongo, mokonzi, moyangeli, Berenise mpe bato nyonso oyo bazalaki elongo na bango batelemaki.
31 And when they had withdrawn, they were speaking among themselves, saying, “This man has done nothing worthy of death, nor of imprisonment.”
Wana bazalaki kobima, balobanaki bango na bango: — Moto oyo asali mabe ata moko te oyo ekoki komemela ye etumbu ya kufa to ya boloko.
32 Then Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released, if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Agripa alobaki na Festisi: — Soki moto oyo asengaki te kosamba liboso ya Sezare, esengelaki kotika ye.
