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:
Hivyo, Agripa akamwambia Paulo, `Unaruhusiwa kujitetea. ' Ndipo Paulo akanyoosha mkono wake akajitetea hivi.
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,
“Najiona mwenye furaha, Mfalme Agripa, ili kufanya kesi yangu mbele yako leo dhidi ya mashtaka yote ya Wayahudi.
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.
Hasa, kwa sababu wewe ni mtaalamu wa desturi za Wayahudi na maswali. Hivyo naomba unisikilize kwa uvumilivu.
4 My manner of life then from my youth, which from its commencement was passed among my nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews,
Kweli, Wayahudi wote wanajua jinsi nilivyoishi tangu ujana wangu katika taifa langu huko Yerusalemu.
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.
Wananijua tangu mwanzo na wanapaswa kukubali kwamba niliishi kama Mfarisayo, dhehebu lenye msimamo mkali kwenye dini yetu.
6 And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Sasa nimesimama hapa nihukumiwe kwa sababu mimi naliangalia ahadi ambayo Mungu aliifanya na baba zetu.
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.
Hii ni ahadi ambayo makabila yetu kumi na mbili yanatumaini kupokea kama wakimwabudu Mungu kwa bidii usiku na mchana. Ni kwa ajili ya tumaini hili, mfalme Agripa, kwamba Wayahudi wananishitaki.
8 Why should it be judged a thing incredible in your sight if God raises the dead?
Kwa nini yeyote kati yenu anafikiri ni ajabu kwamba Mungu hufufua wafu?
9 I indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.
Wakati mmoja nilifikiria mwenyewe kwamba ningefanya mambo mengi dhidi ya jina la Yesu wa Nazareti.
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.
Nilifanya haya katika Yerusalemu; Niliwafunga waamini wengi gerezani, na nilikuwa na mamlaka kutoka kwa wakuu wa makuhani kufanya hivyo; na wakati wanauawa, nilipiga kura dhidi yao.
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].
Mara nyingi niliwaadhibu katika masinagogi yote na nilijaribu kuwafanya waikane imani yao. Nilikuwa na hasira sana juu yao na niliwafukuza hata katika miji ya ugenini.
12 And when, [engaged] in this, I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and power from the chief priests,
Wakati nilipokuwa nikifanya haya, nilienda Dameski, nikiwa na mamlaka na maagizo kutoka kwa makuhani wakuu;
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.
nilipokuwa njiani wakati wa mchana, Mfalme, niliona mwanga kutoka mbinguni uliokuwa mkali kuliko jua na uling'aa kutuzunguka mimi na watu waliokuwa wakisafiri pamoja nami.
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.
Sisi sote tulipoanguka chini, nalisikia sauti ikizungumza na mimi ikisema katika lugha ya Kiebrania: `Sauli, Sauli! Kwa nini unanitesa? Ni vigumu kwako kuupiga teke mchokoo.
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:
Ndipo nikasema, 'Wewe ni nani, Bwana?' Bwana akajibu, 'Mimi ni Yesu ambaye unanitesa.
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,
Sasa inuka usimame kwa miguu yako; sababu kwa kusudi hili mimi nimeonekana kwako, nimekuteua kuwa mtumishi na shahidi juu ya mambo ambayo unajua kuhusu mimi sasa na mambo nitakayokuonyesha baadaye;
17 taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom I send thee,
na Nitakuokoa kutoka kwa watu na watu wa Mataifa ambapo ninakutuma,
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.
kufungua macho yao na kuwatoa gizani kwenda kwenye mwanga na kutoka kwenye nguvu za shetani wamgeukie Mungu; ili wapate kupokea kutoka kwa Mungu msamaha wa dhambi na urithi ambao nimewapa wale niliowatenga kwa imani iliyo kwangu.
19 Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;
Hivyo, mfalme Agripa, sikuweza kuasi maono ya mbinguni,
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.
lakini, kwa wale walio katika Dameski kwanza, na kisha Yerusalemu na nchi yote ya Yudea, na pia kwa watu wa mataifa mengine, nilihubiri kwamba watubu na kumgeukia Mungu, wafanye matendo yanayostahili toba.
21 On account of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, attempted to lay hands on and destroy me.
Kwa sababu hiyo Wayahudi walinikamata hekaluni, wakajaribu kuniua.
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,
Mungu amenisaidia mpaka sasa, hivyo nasimama na kushuhudia kwa watu wa kawaida na kwa wale wakubwa juu ya yale ambayo manabii na Musa walisema yatatokea na si vingine;
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.
kwamba Kristo lazima atateseka na atakuwa wa kwanza kufufuka kutoka kwa wafu na kutangaza mwanga kwa Wayahudi na watu wa mataifa.
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.
Paulo alipomaliza kujitetea, Festo alisema kwa sauti kubwa, 'Paulo, wewe ni mwendawazimu! masomo yako yamekufanya uwe mwendawazimu.
25 But Paul said, I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but utter words of truth and soberness;
Lakini Paulo akasema, Mimi si mwendawazimu, mheshimiwa Festo; lakini kwa ujasiri nasema maneno ya ukweli mtupu.
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.
Kwa kuwa mfalme anajua kuhusu mambo haya; na hivyo, ninaongea kwa uhuru kwake, kwa maana nina hakika kwamba hakuna lolote lililofichwa kwake; kwa kuwa hili halijafanywa pembeni.
27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
Je, unaamini manabii, Mfalme Agripa? Najua kwamba unaamini. '
28 And Agrippa [said] to Paul, In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.
Agripa akamwambia Paulo, 'Kwa muda mfupi unaweza kunishawishi mimi na kunifanya Mkristo?
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.
Paulo akasema, '“Namwomba Mungu kwamba, kwa muda mfupi au mrefu, si wewe tu, bali pia wote wanaonisikia leo, wawe kama mimi, lakini bila hii minyororo ya gerezani.”
30 And the king stood up, and the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them,
Ndipo mfalme alisimama, na liwali, na Bernike pia, na wale waliokuwa wamekaa pamoja nao,
31 and having gone apart, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
walipoondoka ukumbini, walizungumzia wao kwa wao na kusema, 'Mtu huyu hastahili kifo wala kifungo.'
32 And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been let go if he had not appealed to Caesar.
Agripa akamwambia Festo, “Mtu huyu angeweza kuwekwa huru kama asingekata rufani kwa Kaisari.”
