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:
Lanwani ii, Agripa den yedi Pɔli, “Maadi ki fie a yuli.” Ke Pɔli duoni o nuu, ki saa i mɔni 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 badciamo Agripa, n ye li pamanli nni yeni min ga mi maama a nintuali ki ba maadi ki fie n yuli juufinba yaaba n jalgi nni nuui nni;
3 especially because you are expert in all the Jewish customs and issues; therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
Kelima a tie bancianma daano yaali n nua juufinba yema yeni bi bogda po. Lanyapo i ke n mia ŋa ke ŋan pa juunli ki cengi nni.
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,
Ti ya ba maadi i mɔni, juufinba kuli bani min ye maama hali n jawaama nni n dogu nni yeni Jerusalema po.
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 mi cilma, ki ba tuo ki saa i mɔni ke n den cɔlni farisienba yema, ya jaanbuolu n cɔlni mi teginma sanu.
6 And now I stand here being judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Mɔlane n ji se ne ke bi jiagi nni ti buudi kelima n lingi ya ñɔnianu ke U Tienu den niani ti yaajanba
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.
Kelima li tie ya ñɔnianu ke ti piiga n cuglieda den pugi U Tienu yeni ti cɔlindi yienu yeni ñiagu ki daani ke ban baa i. O badciamo Agripa, li dandanli po i, ke juufinba jalgi nni.
8 Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
Beyapo i ke i siiga nni bá niyendo ki maali ke U Tienu ba fidi ki faadi bi tinkpiba.
9 “However, I myself thought that I had to perpetrate many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Natsorean;
Yoguba, n den maali ke mi tieni bona boncianli ki kɔni yeni yaaba n taagi Nasareti Jesu yeli.
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 tieni li bona Jerusalema dogu nni. Salga yidkaaba ciamo ń den puni nni ya yiko po cedi ke n luoni bi dugikaaba boncianli a kpaadidiena nni, n den solgi ban den kpa yaaba.
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 den ŋmalgi bi tuba yognu kuli ti yikodi codiena nni ki niidi ba ke bi sugdi U Tienu. N den fiindi n pabienli bi po, ki wangi ba falaciamo bá i doglami nni mɔno.
12 “It was on one of those journeys, as I was going to Damascus with authority and a commission from the chief priests,
Min den tuuni lanya tuona, n den caa Damasi ke li tie salga yidkaaba ciamo yikodi sanu nni;
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 badciamo, li sanu po, u yensiinu, n den ya yenma n ñilgi ki tuudi ki cie u yienu, ke mi ñani ŋaljanli nni ki yendi ki lindi mini yeni n yegni.
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.’
Ti kuli ń lagdi ki baá, n den gbadi ke u nialu maadi yeni nni ebrewu maama nni, “Soli, Soli, be n cedi ki a wangi nni ya falaciamo ne? li paa a po yeni ŋan taa a taali ki pua li bonmuukaali.”
15 So I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And He said: ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
Ke n buali “A tie ŋma i, O Diedo? Ke o diedo jiini N tie Jesu, ŋan falgi yua i.
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,
Mɔla, fii ki sedi a taana po; lanyapo i ke n dɔgdi a po, ki lugdi a ke ŋan tua n tuonsɔnlo yeni n kasiedi yaali nua ŋan bani nni mɔlane yaali ya po yeni min ba yuandi ki waani a ya bona;
17 delivering you from ‘the people’ and the ethnic nations, to which I am sending you:
N go ba faabi a min suani a ya dogtieba yeni ya nilanba siiga nui nni.
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.’
Ke ŋan luodi bi nuni, ki ñani ba li biigli yeni Setaani paaciamu nui nni, ki ŋmagdi ba mi yenma yeni U Tienu po, ke ban fidi ki baa U Tienu sugli bi tuonbiadi po, ki di min gagdi ki ŋanbi yaaba faali kelima ban pia ya dudugdi n po.
19 Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision
O badciamo Agripa, lanwani ii, n ki fali ŋaljanli nni bonlakaali;
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.’
Ama, cincinli, Damasa yaaba po, ki tuani Jerusalema po, yeni Jude dogu nni yaaba kuli yeni bi bi nilanba po, n teni ba u tondu ke ban biidi bi pala bi tuonbiadi po, ki lebdi bi tɔgu, ki guani U Tienu kani ki ya tuuni ya tuonŋana n dagdi yeni ti tuonbiadi sugli.
21 That is why the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Lanyapo i ke jufinba cuo nni ku jaandiegu nni ki bigni ke ban 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
Hali yeni mɔla kuli, U Tienu todi nni, kelima n se ki saagi i mɔni bi niba kuli yeni a nigbenga siiga ke yii nua bontɔli kase bi sawalpuaba yeni Moyiisi ń waani ke yaali n ba tieni ke laa pia tama;
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.”
Ke li buali ke Kirito ń la fala, ki tua yua n ba kpia ki faadi bi tinkpiba siiga, ki fii ki kpaandi ki waani jufinba buolu yeni bi nilanba mi yenma.”
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!”
Pɔli ń maadi o mɔmɔnsaali ki dudi, ke Festusi tandi ki yedi, “Pɔli a tie gaado i, a bancianma n cedi ke a gaadi.”
25 So he said: “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus; rather I pronounce words of truth and reasonableness.
Ama ke pɔli maadi, “O nicɔlinka Festusi, mii tie gaado ka, ama n paani n pali i, ki ñani i mɔmɔni lanbona ki maadi yeni li yumiinli
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.
Kelima o badciamo bani lanya bona kuli po, lani n cedi ke n fuoni n yama ki maadi o, kelima n bani ke bonli ki ye li maama po ki duagi o; kelima libakuli ki tieeni wuoli nni.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
O badciamo Agripa, a dugi bi sawalpuaba po oo? N bani ke a dugi bi po”
28 So Agrippa said to Paul, “You will soon persuade me to become a Christian!”
Agripa ń maadi pɔli, “A bua li y pugni waamu ŋan maadi kuani n yama min tuo ki tua Kirito ŋɔdka yo oo?
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.”
Pɔli ń yedi, “N jaandi ki miadi U Tienu ke lan tie mɔla ne yo oo, lan ba waagi yo oo, lan da tie fini baba ka ama yaaba cengi n maama dinne ne ń tua nani mini yeni, ama lan da tie li kpadidieli kudseseli ya po ka.”
30 Upon his saying this, the king stood up, along with the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them;
Ke o badciamo fii, ke gobna yeni Bernisi yeni yaaba n bo taani ki kaa yeni ba kuli fii;
31 and when they had withdrawn they started talking among themselves, saying, “This man is doing nothing deserving of death or chains.”
ban ñani ku dieciangu nni ke bi maadi yeni bi lieba ki tua, “Ya nilo ne ki tieni ya bonli n pundi kuuma bii cuoma.”
32 And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free, if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Agripa ń yedi Festusi, “Bi bi ba fidi ki luodi o nilo ne ki ŋa o li ya bi ki tie ke o pendi yeni mi maama Sesaari kani.”
