Acts 26
1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” So Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
Chujou chun, Agrippa in Paul jah ah, “Nakihonna thuphong thei in nate,” ati. Hichun Paul in akhut alhang doh in akihon nathu asei tai.
2 “I consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, in that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning the things of which I am accused by the Jews,
“Kakipah lheh jeng e, Leng Agrippa, tunia Juda lamkai hon themmo eichen nau chung chang a kakihon nathu ja ah nang bou nahi.
3 especially because you are expert in all the Jewish customs and issues; therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
Ajeh chu judate kivaipoh dol le akinel bautam nau hethem ah nahi kahen, hijeh chun kathusei hi lung neng tah in nei ngai peh in.”
4 Really, the Jews all know my way of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem,
Keima ka chapan lai a pat a kanam mite lah le Jerusalem a kon hung seilen a, Juda nam chon le khan kichuh them sa kahi hi Juda lamkai hon ahetsoh keiyu ahi.
5 since they have known me for a long time, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.
Amahon asei nom ule, atil a pat a ahet jing sau Pharisee mi, hou thudol a chondan kikhel tah kahi aheuve.
6 And now I stand here being judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Chule tuahi kapu kapa teu heng a Pathen tepsa hung guilhung ding kakinep na thudol a, kachung thu khol dia hikom a ding ah kahi.
7 to which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. It is because of this hope that I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa.
Adih tah a sei din, Israel phungsom le phung nin sun le jan a anahou jing u ahi. Vo Lengpa hiche kinep na thudol a Judaten eiheh-u ahi bouve.
8 Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
Ipijeh a Pathen in mi thisa atho doh sah thei thudol hi tahsan lel nahiu vem?
9 “However, I myself thought that I had to perpetrate many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Natsorean;
Keima jeng jong Nazareth Yeshua min douna a thil ijakai bol ding kana ngai tosa ahi.
10 I actually did this in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.
Atah beh in jong Jerusalema kana bol in, Thempu pipui ho a kon in thuneina kalan, mitheng tampi songkul'ah kana khum in chule atha jeng-u jong chu pha kasan ahi.
11 Yes, I punished them often in every synagogue, trying to force them to blaspheme; I was so excessively enraged against them that I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
Phat atam jon houthu dol a akikhop nau in tina jong talent kamat sah jin, Yeshua atahsan nau taitom sah in hoise tah in kana douvin, gamdang miho khopi dung gei in kana nocheh jin ahi.
12 “It was on one of those journeys, as I was going to Damascus with authority and a commission from the chief priests,
Nikhat hi katoh ban tong jom din Thempu pipui ho thuneina le thusah keng in Damascus jon in kachen ahi.
13 at midday, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven brighter than the sun, blazing around me and those traveling with me.
Sunkim don tah in, vo Lengpa, lampia chun van'a kon nisa sang a vah jo vah khat in keile kalhon piho eihin khouvin ahile.
14 Well we all fell to the ground and I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language: ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
Kabon chau vin kalhu sohtauvin ahi, hichun, Aramaic paovin kajah a, “Saul, Saul ibola nang in nei bolset jing ham? Nei dou jinghi nang a din aphat chom na aumpoi,” eiti.
15 So I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And He said: ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
Hichun keiman, “Nang koi nahim, Pakai?” kati. “Hichun, Aman eihin donbut in, ‘nabol set jing Yeshua chu kahi.
16 Now get up and stand on your feet; because I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness both of the things you have seen and of the things I will reveal to you,
Tun nakeng in pansan ding in, nangma leiset kolkim vel'a kathu hettohsah le kalhacha a pang ding, chule nathil mu chengse le kahin musah kit ding chengse hettohsah a pansah ding a hung kilah kahi
17 delivering you from ‘the people’ and the ethnic nations, to which I am sending you:
Chule kasol na chidang namdang te lah le nanam mite lah a kon a kahuh doh jing ding nahi,
18 to open their eyes, so as to bring them back from darkness into light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified, by faith into me.’
Amit'u hasah a, muthim lah a kona lungheiya khovah ahin mu nathei diule satan thanei na a kon a Pathen heng a ahung kihei nathei diu, chule chonset ngaidam na achan thei nadiu le tahsan jal a Pathen mite ahithei nadiuva kasol ding nahi,’ eiti.
19 Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision
Chule, Leng Agrippa, vanlam'a kon themgao thilmu kamu thua nung ah kahi.
20 —first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to all the region of Judea and to the ethnic nations, I still preach: ‘repent and turn back to God, doing works worthy of repentance.’
Amasan Damascus a umho heng a kahil lhanglen, chu jouvin Jerusalem le Juda gamkol sung chukitle chidang namdang ho heng ah, chonset kisih a Pathen lam ahin bel nadiu le alung hei utoh lhon a thilpha abolna diuvin kahil lhanglei.
21 That is why the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Hiche thu kahil lhang le jeh a hi Judahon Houin sung a eimat uva, thading eigot u ahi.
22 So then, having experienced the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying to both small and great, saying nothing beyond what both the prophets and Moses said would happen
Ahin tuphat chana Pathen venbitna kachan jeh in mijouse, aneo kom hihen alenkom hijong le hettohsah in kapang jing e. Thudang ima kahilpoi Themgao hole Mosen hung guilhung ding a aseiyu–
23 —that the Messiah would suffer; that as the first to rise from the dead He would proclaim light to both ‘the people’ and the ethnic nations.”
Christan hesoh genthei athoh a, thina a kon a thoudoh masapen a pang ding, chuleh Judate le chidang namdang ho heng a Pathen vah thudol aphondoh ding je kasei ahibouve,” ati.
24 Well as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice: “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
Photlot louvin Festus chu ahung pengjah jeng in, “Paul angol ah nahitai; nalekha thep nan nangol sah ahitai,” ati.
25 So he said: “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus; rather I pronounce words of truth and reasonableness.
Hichun Paul in adonbut in, “Angol a kahipoi, vo Lalchungnung Festus, kicheh tah a thudih kasei joh ahibouve.
26 For the king knows about these things, before whom I speak freely; for I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, since it was not done in a corner.
Chule Agrippa Lengpan jong ahei. Ijeh inem itile aning koi a kibol ahilou jeh in aman hitobang ho hi ahesoh keiye ti kichen tah in kahei, hijeh a chu hangsan tah a kasei ahi,” ati.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
Leng Agrippa, themgao ho natahsan em? Natahsan e ti kahei, ati.
28 So Agrippa said to Paul, “You will soon persuade me to become a Christian!”
Hichun Agrippa in, “Kintah a Christian hisah jeng thei dia nei gel ham?” ati.
29 So Paul said, “Whether sooner or later, I would to God that not only you but also all who are hearing me this day may become such as I am, except for these chains.”
Chuin Paul in adonbut in, “Gang henlang gang hih jongle, nangle hiva mipi umjouse hi, thih khaova kakihen naho tilouvin keima tobang hisoh kei ule tin, Pathen hengah kataove,” ati.
30 Upon his saying this, the king stood up, along with the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them;
Hichun Lengpa, Gamvaipo, Bernice chule adangho se adingdoh un adalha tauve.
31 and when they had withdrawn they started talking among themselves, saying, “This man is doing nothing deserving of death or chains.”
Apotdoh uva akihou naule akinopto nau chun “Hiche mipa hin thina le songkul tan-na thei changei ima bolset aneipoi,” atiuve.
32 And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free, if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Chule Agrippa in Festus jah a, “Aman Caesar henga dinga ngehna anabollou hile lhadoh thei ahitai,” ati.
