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:
Nga nyo, Agripa kammakiya Paulo,'Unaruhusiwa kujitetea.'Nga nyo Paulo kanyosha luboko lwake akajitetea nyoo.
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,
“Najibonekeya mwenye furaha, Mpwalume Agripa, ili kupanga kesi yango nnongi yako leno dhidi ya mashitaka yoti ya Ayahudi.
3 especially because you are expert in all the Jewish customs and issues; therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
Hasa, kwa mana wenga ni mtaalamu wa desturi za Ayahudi na maswali. Nga nyo naloba unipekaniye kwa uvumilivu.
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,
Kweli, Ayahudi bote batangite namna natama tangu uinja wango katika litaifa lyango kolyo Yerusalemu.
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.
Banitangite tangu mwanzo na bapalikwa kuyeketya panga natama kati Mfarisayo, dhehebu lyalibile msimamo mkale katika dini yetu.
6 And now I stand here being judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Nambeambe niyemi pano nihukumiwe kwa sababu nenga natiilinga ahadi ambayo Nnongo apangite na tate bitu.
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.
Ayee nga ahadi ambayo makabila yitu komi na ibele yatumaini pokya kati bamwabudu Nnongo kwa bidii kilo na mutwekati. Ni kwa ajili ya litumaini lee, mpwalume Agripa, panga Ayahudi banishitaki.
8 Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
Kwa mwanja namani yeyote kati yinu anafikiri ni ajabu panga Nnongo hufufua bandu ba kiwo?
9 “However, I myself thought that I had to perpetrate many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Natsorean;
Muda umo niikite mwene panga nipangite makowe ganansima dhidi ya lina lya Yesu wa Nazareti.
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.
Nipangite aga katika Yerusalemu; Naatabike baamini banyansima muligereza, na nibile na mamlaka boka kwa akolo ba makuhani kupanga nyoo; na muda wa babulagwa, nipigire kura nnani yao.
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.
Mara yanansima natiwaadhibu katika masinagogi yote na nilijaribu kuwapanga baikane imani yao. Nibile na hasira muno nnani yao na natiabutukiya hata katika miji ya ugenini.
12 “It was on one of those journeys, as I was going to Damascus with authority and a commission from the chief priests,
Muda panibile napanga aga, niyenda Dameski, nibile na mamlaka na maagizo boka kwa makuhani akolo,
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.
nibile mundela muda wa mutwekati, Mpwalume, nibweni mwanga boka kumaunde ubile mkale kuliko liumu na lyating'ara kutuzunguka nenga na bandu batisafiri pamope na nenga.
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.’
Twenga twabote twatitomboka pae, niyowine lilobe lyatibaya na nenga ikabaya katika lugha ya kiebrania,'Sauli, Sauli kwa mwanja namani wanitesa? Ni vigumu kwako kuukombwa teke mchokoo.
15 So I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And He said: ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
Nga nikabaya,'Wenga wa nyai, Ngwana?' Ngwana kayangwa,'Nenga na Yesu ambaye wanitesa.
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,
Nambeambe inuka uyemi kwa magolo gako; sababu kwa likusudi lee nenga natibonekana kwako, natikuchawa kuwa mtumishi na shahidi nnani ya makowe ambayo utangite kuhusu nenga nambeambe na makowe nalowa kukubonekeya baadae;
17 delivering you from ‘the people’ and the ethnic nations, to which I am sending you:
na Nalowa kukulopwa boka kwa bandu ba bandu ba mataifa ambapo nakutuma,
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.’
Kufungua minyo yabe na kubatoa mulibendo kuyenda mu'bweya na boka mu'nguvu ya nchela nakunkerebukiya Nnongo, ili bapate pokya boka kwa Nnongo msamaha ba sambi na urithi ambao niwepeya balo banibatengile kwa imani yaibile kwango.
19 Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision
Nga nyo mpwalume Agripa, naweza kwaa kuasi maono ga kumaunde,
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.’
lakini, kwa balo babile katika Dameski kwanza, na boka po Yerusalemu na nchi yote ya Yudea, na pia kwa bandu ba mataifa yenge, natihubiri panga batubu na kunkerebukia Nnongo, bapange matendo yastahiliya toba.
21 That is why the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Kwa mana eyo Ayahudi bakamwile mulihekalu, bakajaribu kunibulaga.
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
Nnongo amenisaidia mpaka nambeambe, nga nyo nayema na kushuhudia kwa bandu ba kawaida na kwa balo akolo nnani ya yalo ambayo manabii na Musa bagabaya yalowa pangika na vingine kwaa;
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.”
Panga Kristo lazima alowa teseka na alowa wa kwanza kufufuka boka mu'kiwo na kutangaza bweya kwa Ayahudi na bandu bamataifa.
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!”
Paulo paayomwile kujitetea, Festo abaya kwa lilobe likolo,'Paulo wenga wa mwenda wazimu! masomo gako gakupangite uwe mwendawazimu.
25 So he said: “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus; rather I pronounce words of truth and reasonableness.
Lakini Paulo kabaya, Nenga na mwendawazimu kwaa, mheshimiwa Festo; lakini kwa ujasiri nabaya maneno ga ukweli mtupu.
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.
Kwa mana mpwalume atangite kuhusu makowe aga; nga nyo, nilongela kwa uhuru kwake, kwa mana nibile na uhakika panga ntopo lolote lyalifichika kwake; kwa mana lee lipangikwa kwaa pembeni.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
Je, ubaaminiya manabii, mpwalume Agripa? Nitangite panga uaminiya.'
28 So Agrippa said to Paul, “You will soon persuade me to become a Christian!”
Agripa kammakiya Paulo,'kwa muda mwipi waweza kunishawishi nenga na kunipanga Mkristo?
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.”
Paulo kabaya, “Nannoba Nnongo panga, kwa muda mwipi au mrefu, wenga kwaa, ila pia bote mwamuniyowine leno, mupangike kati nenga, lakini bila yelo minyororo ya muligereza.”
30 Upon his saying this, the king stood up, along with the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them;
Nga nyo mpwalume ayemi, na liwali, na Bernike kae, na balo babile batama pamope nao.
31 and when they had withdrawn they started talking among themselves, saying, “This man is doing nothing deserving of death or chains.”
Batiboka ukumbini, walilongela bembe kwa bembe no baya,'Mundu yolo astahili kwaa kiwo wala kifungo'.
32 And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free, if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Agripa kammakiya Festo, “mundu yolo aweza kubekwa huru mana aikanikiya rufani kwa Kaisari.”
