Acts 26
1 And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching out his hand answered in his defence:
Hattoteh Agrippa ni Pawl hanelah, nama e kong nama ni na dei thai toe atipouh.
2 I count myself happy, king Agrippa, in having to answer to-day before thee concerning all of which I am accused by the Jews,
Hatdawkvah Pawl ni a kut a dâw teh, Agrippa siangpahrang, Judahnaw niyah kai yon na pen awh e naw hah sahnin nang na hmalah dei nahane atueng ka hmu e heh yawhawinae buet touh lah ka pouk.
3 especially because thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions which are among the Jews; wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
Bangkongtetpawiteh siangpahrang nang teh, Judahnaw e singyoe hoi kamcan pueng na panue dawk doeh. Hatdawkvah pahren lahoi ka dei e lawk heh lungsaw lahoi na thai pouh haw telah ka kâhei.
4 My manner of life then from my youth, which from its commencement was passed among my nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews,
Kai teh ka miphunnaw koehai thoseh, Jerusalem kho thung hai thoseh, ka nawca hoiyah bangtelamaw kho ka sak tie hah Judahnaw ni koung a panue awh.
5 who knew me before from the outset [of my life], if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Ahnimouh ni kanawca hoi na panue awh dawkvah, kai teh kamamae phunglawk dawkvah kacingpounge Farasi buet touh lah ka o tie teh hi kaawm e naw ni dei ngai pawiteh a dei thai awh.
6 And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Atuvah kai teh mintoenaw koe Cathut ni poe lah kaawm e lawkkam ngaihawinae kecu dawk lawk na ceng awh.
7 to which our whole twelve tribes serving incessantly day and night hope to arrive; about which hope, O king, I am accused of [the] Jews.
Kaimae miphun hlaikahni touh ni, karum khodai thahmei laihoi Cathut a bawk awh teh, hote lawkkam patetlah coe hane a ngaihawi awh. Siangpahrang, kai teh hete ngaihawinae dawk doeh Judahnaw ni yon na pen awh.
8 Why should it be judged a thing incredible in your sight if God raises the dead?
Ka dout tangcoung e taminaw teh Cathut ni a thaw sak han tie hah yuem hanlah awmhoeh telah nangmouh ni teh khuet na ti a vaw.
9 I indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.
Atangcalah kai roeroe haiyah Nazareth tami Jisuh min hah taran han telah doeh ka pouk van teh Jerusalem vah hottelah doeh ka kâroe van.
10 Which also I did in Jerusalem, and myself shut up in prisons many of the saints, having received the authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote.
Kai teh vaihma bawinaw koehoi kâtawnnae ka hmu teh, tami kathoung moikapap hah thongim thung ka paung teh, ahnimouh thei awh nahai ka lungkuepkhai van.
11 And often punishing them in all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And, being exceedingly furious against them, I persecuted them even to cities out [of our own land].
Sinakok tangkuem hai ahnimanaw hah atuhoitu runae ka poe teh, Cathut dudamnae lawk ngangngang ka dei sak. Hothloilah ahnimouh koe ka lungkhuek teh kho louk lah totouh ka pâlei teh ouk ka rektap.
12 And when, [engaged] in this, I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and power from the chief priests,
Hottelah hoiyah, ahnimouh rektap hanelah vaihma bawinaw ni kâtawnnae na poe e lahoi Damaskas kho lah ka cei.
13 at mid-day, on the way, I saw, O king, a light above the brightness of the sun, shining from heaven round about me and those who were journeying with me.
Kanîthun vah lam dawk kanî angnae hlak ka ang e kalvan hoi e ni kai hoi ka huinaw abuemlae tengpam pueng koe pheng a tue e hah ka hmu.
14 And, when we were all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against goads.
Kaimouh abuemlahoi talai lah koung ka rawp awh teh, Hebru lawk lahoi Sawl, Sawl bangkong kai na rektap. Sâw na pathui hane teh a pataw kaima, telah a dei e ka thai.
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:
Hatnavah, kai ni Bawipa nang teh apimaw telah ka pacei navah Bawipa ni, kai teh nang ni na rektap e Jisuh doeh telah ati.
16 but rise up and stand on thy feet; for, for this purpose have I appeared to thee, to appoint thee to be a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen, and of what I shall appear to thee in,
Thaw nateh na khok hoi kangdout leih. Nang koe ka kamnue ngainae teh Kai koe na hmu e naw hoi, bout na hmu hane naw hah kampangkhai hanelah nang teh na rawi toe.
17 taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom I send thee,
Kai ni Judah miphunnaw e kut dawk hoi thoseh, Jentelnaw e kut dawk hoi hai thoseh, nang teh na rungngang han. Ahnimouh koe nang teh na patoun toe.
18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
Hethateh, ahnimae mit na ang sak vaiteh ahnimouh teh hmonae um hoi angnae koe lah na rasa vaiteh, Setan kâtawnnae thung hoi Cathut koe lah kâthungsak vaiteh, ahnimouh ni Kai na yuem e lahoi yon ngaithoumnae a coe awh vaiteh, thoungsaknae ka coe e naw thungvah, a kâthum awh thai nahane doeh atipouh.
19 Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;
Hatdawkvah, Agrippa siangpahrang kai ni kalvanlae vision hah ka ek thai hoeh.
20 but have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
Ahmaloe poung lah Damaskas kho kaawm e naw, hathnukkhu Jerusalem kho kaawm e naw hoi Judah ram dawk kaawm e tami pueng koehoi Jentel miphun pueng koehai pankângai vaiteh Cathut koe kâthung hanelah pankângainae hoi kamcu e naw hah na sak awh nahanelah ka pâpho.
21 On account of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, attempted to lay hands on and destroy me.
Hete kongnaw dawkvah Judahnaw ni bawkim vah na man awh teh thei hanelah a kâcai awh.
22 Having therefore met with [the] help which is from God, I have stood firm unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing else than those things which both the prophets and Moses have said should happen,
Hatei, kai teh Cathut pahren lungmanae ka coe dawkvah sahnin totouh tami kathoeng kalen hanelah kampangkhai lahun e lah ka o. Hottelah kampangkhai navah, a to hmalah ka tâcawt han telah Mosi hoi profetnaw ni sut a dei tangcoung e hloilah alouke ka dei e awmhoeh.
23 [namely, ] whether Christ should suffer; whether he first, through resurrection of [the] dead, should announce light both to the people and to the nations.
Ahnimouh ni a dei awh e teh, Khrih teh runae a khang hoi duenae koehoi apasuekpoung lah boutthawnae lahoi Isarelnaw hoi Jentelnaw koe angnae kamthang a pâpho pouh han tie doeh telah a dei.
24 And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness.
Pawl ni hettelah a pâpho navah, Festus siangpahrang ni, Pawl nang teh na pathu toe. Ka tapuet lah na kamtunae ni na pathu sak toe telah hram laihoi a dei.
25 But Paul said, I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but utter words of truth and soberness;
Hatei, Pawl ni Festus siangpahrang, kai ka pathu e nahoeh. Lawkkatang hoi ka talue e lawk doeh ka dei.
26 for the king is informed about these things, to whom also I speak with all freedom. For I am persuaded that of these things nothing is hidden from him; for this was not done in a corner.
Agrippa siangpahrang ni hete kongnaw hah a panue dawkvah lungtang laihoi a dei. Hete kongnaw teh arulae a tho hoeh dawkvah, siangpahrang nang ni na panue hoeh e awm mahoeh telah ka pouk.
27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
Agrippa siangpahrang, profet lawknaw hah na yuem maw. Na yuem doeh tie ka panue atipouh.
28 And Agrippa [said] to Paul, In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.
Hattoteh Agrippa siangpahrang ni, nang ni na dei e lahoi kai hai khristen lah meimei ka coung toe ati.
29 And Paul [said], I would to God, both in little and in much, that not only thou, but all who have heard me this day, should become such as I also am, except these bonds.
Pawl ni, bawipa nang dueng laipalah sahnin ka lawk ka thai e tami pueng ni hete sumrui hoi pâkhi e hloilah kai patetlah koung na o awh nahan Cathut koe ka ratoum atipouh.
30 And the king stood up, and the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them,
Hahoi, Siangpahrang hoi Bernike hoi ateng ka tahung e pueng a thaw awh teh,
31 and having gone apart, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
a tâco awh hnukkhu, hete tami teh, duekhai kawi, hoehpawiteh, katekkhai kawi yonnae buet touh boehai kahmawt hoeh telah buet touh hoi buet touh a kâpankhai awh.
32 And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been let go if he had not appealed to Caesar.
Agrippa siangpahrang ni Festus koe, hete tami ni Sizar koe nganga ka dei han tet hoehpawiteh hlout sak hanlah ao atipouh.
