Acts 22
1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye the account which I now give unto you.
“Ka püi Isarele aw, ka ngsungkhameinak vai na ngai ua” a ti.
2 (And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence.)
Hebru ngthu am, ami veia ngthu pyenki ti ami ksing ja, käh khihkheh law u se, acunüng, Pawluh naw,
3 And he saith: I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers, zealous for the law, as also all you are this day:
“Kei cun Kilikih hne, Tasuh mlüha ngtüikia Judah khyanga ka kyaki, acunsepi, hina Jerusalema Kamaleilaha vei ngthei lü ka ngbang lawki, jah mjükphyüinakiea thume pi ka ngthei khawiki, tungawi üng nangmia mäiha Pamhnama phäha ka ktha na khawiki.
4 Who persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
Acunüng, nghnumi kpami ja man lü thawngim üng jah khyum lü, thihnak vaia acuna Bawipaa Mawnglam läkie cun ka jah mkhuimkha khawiki.
5 As the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the ancients: from whom also receiving letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus, that I might bring them bound from thence to Jerusalem to be punished.
Ktaiyü ngvaie ja kawngcie naküt naw pi acuna ngthu cun cangki tia na ksing püikie, Damateta veki ka püi Judahe vei ami yuk ca pi ka yahki; acuna kyase acua cit lü, jah man lü Jerusalema jah cehpüi lü jah mkhuimkha khaia ka citki.
6 And it came to pass, as I was going, and drawing nigh to Damascus at midday, that suddenly from heaven there shone round about me a great light:
Cit lü, Damateta pei ka pha law üng, mhnüp nglunga angxita khana ka akvai aktäa vaiki ka peia vai lawki.
7 And falling on the ground, I heard a voice saying to me: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Mdek üng ka kyuk üng, ka veia, “Sawluh, Sawluh, ise na na mkhuimkhaki ni?” tia kthai ka ngjak.
8 And I answered: Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me: I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
Acunüng, kei naw, ‘Bawipa aw, nang u ni?’ ti lü ka msang be. Acunüng, ani naw, ‘Kei Nazaret Jesuh, na mkhuimkhaa ka kyaki’ a ti.
9 And they that were with me, saw indeed the light, but they heard not the voice of him that spoke with me.
Acunüng, ka püie naw akvai cun ami hmu te, na ngthuheipüikia kthai cun am ngjak u.
10 And I said: What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me: Arise, and go to Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things that thou must do.
Kei naw, ‘Bawipa aw i ka pawh khai?’ ka ti. Acunüng, Bawipa naw, ‘Tho law lü, Damateta cita, na pawh vai naküt cun ning mtheh khaie ni’ a ti.
11 And whereas I did not see for the brightness of that light, being led by the hand by my companions, I came to Damascus.
Acuna akvaia phäha ka mik mü se, ka püie naw ami kut am na kaih u lü, Damateta ka citki.
12 And one Ananias, a man according to the law, having testimony of all the Jews who dwelt there,
Khyang mat Anani ngming naki, thum kcang na lü Judahe naw ami leisawng acua veki.
13 Coming to me, and standing by me, said to me: Brother Saul, look up. And I the same hour looked upon him.
Ka veia law lü, ka peia ngdüi lawki naw, ‘Ka na Sawluh aw, mdei law be a ti. Acunüng, hmu law be ngüse ka teng kyet.
14 But he said: The God of our fathers hath preordained thee that thou shouldst know his will, and see the Just One, and shouldst hear the voice from his mouth.
Ani naw, ‘Mi pupaea Pamhnam naw, a hlüei na ksing khaia, ngsungpyunki Mpya na hmu khaia, a ngthu na ngjak khaia, ning xü pängki ni;
15 For thou shalt be his witness to all men, of those things which thou hast seen and heard.
Na hmu ja na ngjaka ngthu cun khyang naküta veia ania phäh saksi khai.
16 And now why tarriest thou? Rise up, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, invoking his name.
Ise na ve sawxatki ni? Tho law lü, Baptican khana. A veia na ktaiyü üng na mkhyekatnake ja kpyawta kya khai’ a ti.
17 And it came to pass, when I was come again to Jerusalem, and was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance,
Jerusalema ka ceh be käna, temple k'uma ka ktaiyü k'um üng, mdangnak ka hmuhki,
18 And saw him saying unto me: Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem; because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
mdangnak üng Bawipa naw, ‘Angxita Jerusalem üngka naw cita; ka ngthu na sang vai ahin üng am ning ngja hlü ve u’ a ti cun ka khamei yahki.
19 And I said: Lord, they know that I cast into prison, and beat in every synagogue, them that believed in thee.
Kei naw, ‘Bawipa aw, sinakok naküta jumeiki naküt thawngim üng ja khyum lü, ka jah kpai khawi ksingkie;
20 And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I stood by and consented, and kept the garments of them that killed him.
na saksi Stephena thisen ami hnim üng, kei pi a peia ngdüi hnga lü, a thih vai yüna lü, hnimki hea ami suisak ka na kpawmki’ ka ti.
21 And he said to me: Go, for unto the Gentiles afar off, will I send thee.
Ani naw, ‘Cita, hin üngka naw athuknak, khyangmjükceea veia ning tüih veng’ a ti.
22 And they heard him until this word, and then lifted up their voice, saying: Away with such an one from the earth; for it is not fit that he should live.
Acuna ngthu a pyen veia khyange naw ngai u lü; acunüng, angsanga ngpyang u lü, “Ceh ta ua! Hnim ua, xüng khaia am daw ve” ami ti.
23 And as they cried out and threw off their garments, and cast dust into the air,
Ngpyang u lü, ami suisake jah sut u lü, jah kha u lü, mput khan da phuh u se;
24 The tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle, and that he should be scourged and tortured: to know for what cause they did so cry out against him.
acunüng, Romah yekap ngvai säih naw, Pawluh ise acukba ami pawh tia ksing hlü lü, “Yekapea venaka ceh u lü, kpai u lü ise Judahe acukba ngpyangkie ti cun kcet ua” ti lü a jah mtheh.
25 And when they had bound him with thongs, Paul saith to the centurion that stood by him: Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
Acunüng, khit u lü kpai u se, Pawluh naw, a peia ngdüikia yekap ngvai üng, “Romah khyang naki, am mkhyenak angsinga am ksing xa u lü nami kpai hin nglawiki aw?” a ti.
26 Which the centurion hearing, went to the tribune, and told him, saying: What art thou about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.
Acunüng, yekap ngvai naw, acun a ngjak ja, yekap ngvai säiha veia cit lü, “Na bi law cän ngaia, hin hin Romah khyanga kya ve” ti lü, a mtheh.
27 And the tribune coming, said to him: Tell me, art thou a Roman? But he said: Yea.
Acunüng, yekap ngvai säih naw law lü, a veia, “Romah, khyanga na kyaki aw? Na mtheha” a ti. Acunüng, ani naw, “Ä, kei Romah khyang ni” a ti.
28 And the tribune answered: I obtained the being free of this city with a great sum. And Paul said: But I was born so.
Acunüng, yekap ngvai säih naw, “Romah khyanga ka kyanak vaia ngui khawha ka peki ni” ti lü, msang se, acunüng, Pawluh naw, “Kei cun Romah khyanga ka ngtüi lawki” a ti.
29 Immediately therefore they departed from him that were about to torture him. The tribune also was afraid after he understood that he was a Roman citizen, and because he had bound him.
Acun ja kcet khaia bükie naw Pawluh cun angxita cehta u se; yekap ngvai säih naw pi, Romah khyang ni tia ksing lü, Romah khyang a khiha phäha aktäa kyühei lawki.
30 But on the next day, meaning to know more diligently for what cause he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the priests to come together, and all the council: and bringing forth Paul, he set him before them.
A ngawi üng, Judahe naw ise Pawluh ami hneng ti ksing hlü lü, yekap ngvai säih naw Pawluh cun xaki naw, ktaiyü ngvaie ja ngthumkhyahkie naküt jah ngbämsak lü, ani cun lawpüiki naw, ami hmaia a ngdüih lawsak.
