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:
Agilipa den yedi Polo: Li tuo han maadi ki ga a yuli. Polo den tandi o nuu ki baa maadi ki ga o yuli ki yedi:
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,
O bado Agilipa, n pali mani ke n baa fidi ki maadi a nintuali dinla ki ga n yuli, ki nan doagidi ke Jufinba n tabi nni yaala yaapo yeni naa tie moamoani.
3 especially because you are expert in all the Jewish customs and issues; therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
Kelima fini aba bani Jufinba bogida cain leni ban nia yaala yaapo. Lanwani, n mia ha han juuni ki cengi n maama.
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,
Jufinba kuli bani n yema n den tie maama hali n biwaama yogunu leni hali mi cilima n maadogu nni, leni Jelusalema nni.
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.
Bi bani nni hali ke li waagi, ki bani ke n tie Falisieni, yaa cagili n ñii ti jaanma po, leni tidanbogida po ki cie. Bi yaa bua bi baa fidi ki tieni seedi lipo
6 And now I stand here being judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Moala n se ne u bujiakaanu kani kelima n sugini ke U Tienu baa kuani wan den niani ti yaajanba ya ñoanianu.
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.
Ti buolu yaaba, bani i piiga n buoliedi yeni, yaaba n tuuni U Tienu po u yensiinu leni ku ñiagu kuli, n moko sugini laa ñoanianu kuama. O bado, li tie kelima laa suginma po yo ke Jufinba tabi nni.
8 Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
Yinba, be n teni ke yi nua ke li kan tuo U Tienu n fiini bi tinkpiba?
9 “However, I myself thought that I had to perpetrate many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Natsorean;
Moamoani mini nba den tama ke li pundi min tieni min fidi yaala kuli ki yie Nasaleti yua Jesu yeli po.
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.
N den tieni yeni Jelusalema, ki baa bi kopadicianba kani li bali ki kuani bi nigagidihanba a kadidiena nni. Ban den jia leni ba, n den taa leni yaaba n den sua ke li pundi ba kpa ba.
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.
N go den caa li balimaama bangima diena nni ki wangi ba fala, ki tiendi ba u paalu ban sugi U Tienu. N pabienkandikaali den teni ke n caa baa i dolami nni ki fagidi ba.
12 “It was on one of those journeys, as I was going to Damascus with authority and a commission from the chief priests,
Li tie lani yaa po ke n den baa bi kopadicianba yudanba kani li bali leni u sanu ki fii ki caa Damasa ki baan tieni yeni lanpo mo.
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.
O bado, u yensiinu ke n ye u sanu nni n den laa ya yenma n ñuliti ki cie ki yenga yenma, ke mi ñani tanpoli po ki yendi ki lindi nni, mini leni n yegininlieba.
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.’
Tikuli den baa tiipo. N den gbadi ke u nialu maadi leni nni Ebilu maama nni ki yedi: Solo, Solo, be yaa po yo ke a faligidi nni? Li baa pa apo han yiadi u danbu ki pua li bonmuukaala.
15 So I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And He said: ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
N den yedi o: A tie hme? O Diedo den yedi nni: N tie Jesu, han faligidi yua.
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,
Fii ki hma ki sedi. N doagidi a po n yuli kelima n gandi a han yaa tie n naacemo leni n seedo, ki yaa wangi bi niba han laa yaala na leni min go baa waani a yaala.
17 delivering you from ‘the people’ and the ethnic nations, to which I am sending you:
N baa ga ha Jufinba leni yaaba n kaa tie Jufinba kuli nuu nni min baa soani a yaaba ya kani.
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.’
N soani a bikani ke han hubidi bi nuni, ki ñani ba li biigili nni ban kua mi yenma nni, ki ñani ba Sutaani paalu nni ban cua U Tienu kani. Lani ban baa bi tuonbiadi sugili, ki baa U Tienu n gagidi ki hanbi yaaba kelima li dandanli po ya siiga.
19 Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision
Lanwani o bado Agilipa, den yie ke n kan tuo ki tieni min den laa tanpoli bonlekaala yaala yeni n puogi nni yaala. n
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.’
den kpa wangi Damasa yaaba, ki yuandi ki wangi Jelusalema yaaba, leni Jude ya diema nni yaaba kuli. N go den wangi bi nilanba moko, ke ban lebidi bi yama ki hoadi U Tienu, ki yaa tuuni yaa tuona n doagidi ke bi lebidi.
21 That is why the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Li tie lani yaa po ke Jufinba den cuo nni U Tienu diegu nni ki moandi ki baa kpa nni.
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
Ama kelima U Tienu todima po n ye hali dinla ki tiendi seedi taliginba leni bi paatieba kuli po. Min yedi yaala taa yenma leni bi sawalipuaba leni Musa kuli n den pua sawali ke yaala n baa tieni yeni po, mii pugini lipo liba.
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.”
Lani n tie ke U Tienu n Gandi yua baa la fala tiladi, ki tua U Tienu n kpa fiini yua bi tinkpiba siiga. O baa yaa wangi Jufinba leni bi nilanba kuli mi yenma maama.
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!”
Polo n den maadi yeni ki baa ga o yuli, Fesitusa den kpaani ki yedi: Polo, a gaadi, a cogiciamu teni ke a gaadi.
25 So he said: “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus; rather I pronounce words of truth and reasonableness.
Polo den goa ki yedi o: Ti yudaano Fesitusa, mii gaadi ka. Min maadi yaama tie moamoani ki go tie yandanmaama.
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.
O bado Agilipa ma bani laa bonla maama fuuli. Lani n teni ke n maadi o kani leni li papaali, kelima n bani ke laa maama siiga baa mayenma ki boani o, kelima laa den tieni wuoli nni.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
Fini o bado Agilipa, naani a dugi bi sawalipuaba maama po bi? N bani ke a dugi mipo.
28 So Agrippa said to Paul, “You will soon persuade me to become a Christian!”
Agilipa den goa ki yedi Polo: Li sieni waamu han teni min tua Kilisiti yua.
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.”
Polo den goa ki yedi o: Li yaa tie moala, bi li yaa baa waagi, min miadi U Tienu yaala tie ke lan da tua fini bebe ka, ama yinba yaaba n ye ne ki gba n maama kuli, n tua nani min tie maama ki yaa tie n kado bebe ne yaaka.
30 Upon his saying this, the king stood up, along with the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them;
O bado leni gufeneeli leni Belenisa leni yaaba n den taani ki ka leni ba kuli den fii.
31 and when they had withdrawn they started talking among themselves, saying, “This man is doing nothing deserving of death or chains.”
Ban den ña, bi den maadi leni biyaba ki tua: O naa joa naa tieni yaala n pundi ban kpa o, baa ban kuani o li kadidieli nni moko.
32 And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free, if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
O bado Agilipa den yedi Feasitusa: O joa na ya den soagini o buudi Sesa po, a bi baa fidi ki faabi o.
