Acts 26
1 Agrippa then said to Paul, “You are free to speak on your own behalf.” With a sweep of his arm, Paul began his defense.
Agrippa ih Pool suh liita, “An teeteewah tiit jen baat eh uh.” Pool heh lak ah janghaat ano heteewah tiit ah amah baatta:
2 “I am delighted, King Agrippa, to make my defense before you today regarding everything I am accused of by the Jews,
“Agrippa Luuwang! Nga teeteewah suh khangraangse liihang chiinnyah ngah an ngathong ni chap angno Jehudi loong ih mat eh deejoh halang tiit ah baat hang,
3 particularly because you are an expert in all Jewish issues and customs. I beg your patient indulgence as you listen to what I have to say.
Jehudi rom arang nyia rookmui jengmui ah an ih rapniine ih jat hu, erah thoidi, nga jeng ah naririh eh boichaat weeuh.
4 All the Jews know my life story—from my earliest days beginning in my own country and then in Jerusalem.
“Jehudi mina loongtang ih jat eha jaaro dowa eh ngah mamah eh songtong lang. Nga roidong tang mamah eh songlang neng ih jat eha, nga hah ni mamah songtang, erah lidi Jerusalem ni mamah eh songlang.
5 They have known me for a long time and can verify, if they choose to, that I have followed the religious school that observes our faith in the strictest way—I lived as a Pharisee.
Ngah ih liihang ah langla, nga tiit ah neng ih ejen baat eh ah, neng ih jirep ah ejat, jaakhoh ni ngah Pharisi rom arang ah kap angno songtong tang.
6 Now I am standing here to be judged regarding the promised hope God gave to our fathers
Eno ngah adi chaplang abah sengte sengwah suh Rangte ih kakhamta suh laalom thoidi—
7 that our twelve tribes hoped to receive as they continually dedicated themselves in God's service. Yes, it's because of this hope that I'm accused by the Jews, Your Majesty!
seng mina asih jaatnyi ih erah chosuh laalomla, erah raangtaan ih rangwu rangphe Rangte rangsoom rumha. Luuwang, erah suh laalom thoidi ba, Jehudi loong ih mat eh joh rum halang!
8 Why should any of you think it's unbelievable that God raises the dead?
Arah di tongte sen loong ah ih tek nawa Rangte ih ngaaksaat thukta tiit hanpi ah mamah eh chaan chohan?
9 Previously I was sincerely convinced I should do as much as I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
“Nga teewah ih uh Najaret dowa Jisu tiit ah emah ju eh daan tang.
10 This is what I did in Jerusalem. I threw many of the believers in prison, having been given authority to do this by the chief priests. When they were sentenced to death I cast my vote against them.
Jerusalem ni ngah emamah eh reeraang tang. Rangte mina loong ah phaatak ni jootsak suh nyia tek haat esuh Romwah phokhoh loong jiin nawa chaan aphaan ah thaang etang; eno neng loong ah tek haat etheng ngeh ih liirum abah ngah ih uh emah ju roong jengtang.
11 I had them punished in all the synagogues, trying to make them recant. I was so furiously opposed to them that I went to cities outside our country to persecute them.
Neng phaangphak suh nyia Jisu laalom toihaat thuk suh li leh Jehudi rangsoomnok noongrep ni hedop hedop siiwi rumtang. Rangte miloong asuh rathan eh kakhadah tang mideek mikaan ni nep kaleh kasiiwi rumtang.
12 That's why one day I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and orders from the chief priests.
“Romwah phokhoh jiin nawa chaan aphaan ah thaang angno Damaskas ni taat katang aju erah raangtaan ih kaat dowa.
13 At about noon as I was on my way, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven that blazed brighter than the sun. It shone around me and those who were traveling with me.
Eno Luuwang, rangnithung di, seng loong ah lam ni khoom ih di, rangsa nang eju ephaak weephaak arah tuptang, rang nawa phaak ra haano nga damdi kaatte miloong ah nep eh kaangtookta.
14 All of us fell to the ground. Then I heard a voice speaking to me in Aramaic, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It's hard for you to fight against me!’
Seng loong ah hah ni loongdatti, eno Hebru jenglam eh ngasuh liihang rah miroot japchaat tang, ‘Sool, Sool! An ih ngah tiim esuh siiwi halang? An teeteewah ih an tamkong ni buhu, maan ih heh changte wah chaanthah pitnak ah likhiik eh ah,’
15 ‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, the one you're persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
‘Teesu an o ang weelu?’ Ngah ih emah ih cheng tang. Eno Teesu ih emah ngaakli tahang, ‘Ngah Jisu, an ih siiwi halang rah ah.
16 ‘But pick yourself up and get to your feet. The reason why I've appeared to you is to appoint you as my servant, to be a witness for me, telling others how you have seen me and everything I will reveal to you.
An lah nah toonchap uh. Nga jeng chaatte toom ang ah ngeh ih an poon suh dong halang. Chiinnyah an ih ngah mamah eh tup halang adoleh liwang nah tiim jaat noisok ha erah tiit ah mih suh tumbaat theng.
17 I will save you from your own people and from the foreigners. I am sending you to them
An mina Ijirel noksong nyia Ranglajatte lak nawa ngah ih pangha. An ih neng mik ah
18 to open their eyes so they can turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, and so that they can receive forgiveness for their sins and a place with those who are set right as they trust in me.’
singsiit uno rangnak nawa rangwu nah doksiit theng adoleh Soitaan reenawa Rangte reenah thoksiit theng, timnge liidoh neng ngasuh tuumaang jun eh neng rangdah ah saasiit suh nyia Rangte ih jeeta mina loong damdoh choh tong suh ah.’
19 Clearly, King Agrippa, I could not disobey this vision from heaven.
“Erah raangtaan ih, Agrippa Luuwang, rang nawa tuptang motmang ah ngah ih tadaan tang.
20 First in Damascus, then in Jerusalem, and then all over Judea and also to the foreigners I shared the message of repentance: how they should turn to God, demonstrating their repentance through their actions.
Jaakhoh thoon ah Jerusalem nyia Damaskas hah ni erah lidi Ranglajatte mina loong suh Judia hah noongrep ni Rangte tiit ah tumbaat tang, neng rangdah sekthun ano Rangte reenah thok suh ah erah damdi sekthun ih hi ngeh ih noisok suh baat rumtang.
21 That's why the Jews seized me in the Temple and tried to kill me.
Erah thoidi ba, rangsoomnok ni ang angdi Jehudi loong ah ih jorum hangno tek haat taatchung rum tahang.
22 God has looked after me so I can stand here today as a witness to everyone, both to ordinary people and to those who are important. I am only repeating what Moses and the prophets said would happen—
Enoothong amadi tuk ih Rangte ih chosok roh eh halang, erah raangtaan ih mihak noodek thoontang ngathong ni adi Rangte eje ngeh ih baat suh toonchap lang. Khowah nyia Moses ih mamah re theng banbaatta ngah ih uh phoosiitsiit tiit ah baat hang:
23 how the Messiah had to suffer, and that by being the first to rise from the dead he would announce the light of God's salvation to both Jews and foreigners.”
Erah langla Kristo ah chamnaang jaatjaat etheng, eno Jehudi nyia Ranglajatte loong ah ih khopiiroidong chosuh heh tek nawa phang ngaaksaat ah.”
24 Festus interrupted Paul as he made his defense, shouting out, “Paul, you've gone mad! All your knowledge is driving you insane!”
Pool ih heteewah tiit emah taatbaat adi, Phestas ah Pool taangko sok ano erongwah ih riita, “Emok anglu hanih, Pool! Ehanmi eh nyootsoot kuh ih mokpaang lu!”
25 “I'm not mad, Festus your Excellency,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and makes sense.
Pool ngaak jengta, “Emok tah angkang, an ba elong! Ngah amiisak tiit ah baat hang.
26 The king recognizes this, and I'm explaining it very clearly. I am sure that he is aware of what's been happening, because none of this took place as if it were hidden in a corner.
Agrippa Luuwang! Ngah an damdoh lacho laphaan jen roongwaan ehang, timnge liidi an ih jirep ah jat eho. Ngah ih an suh kamkam ih tuumaang hala, arah miloong ah ih tiimjih hoonha erah jat eh hu ngeh ah, timnge liidi arah tiit ah hesuk henoong ni tahoonka.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe what the prophets said? I'm sure you do!”
Agrippa Luuwang, Khowah ah hanpi nih ehu? Ngah ih jat ehang an ih hanpi ehu.”
28 “Do you think you can convince me to become a Christian so quickly?” Agrippa asked Paul.
Agrippa ih Pool suh liita, “An ih ngah amah ih Kristaan eh hoon thuk ang nih mok samthun hu?”
29 “Whether it takes a short time or a long time doesn't matter,” Paul answered. “But my prayer to God is that not just you, but everybody listening to me today would become like me—except for these chains!”
Pool ngaakjengta, “Dot doh angkoja oh adoleh rekam lidoh angkoja oh “Ngah ih Rangte rangsoom hang ah an luulu lah angthang eh o ih nga jeng boichaat ha erah loong ah nep nga likhiik eh hoon theng chiinnyah jaanruh ih khak halang thoidoh ah.”
30 The king stood up, along with the governor and Bernice, and everyone who had been sitting with them.
Eno Luuwang, kobono, Barnis nyia wahoh loong ah toonchapta,
31 They conferred together after they had left. “This man hasn't done anything that deserves death or imprisonment,” they concluded.
doksoon karum ano roongwaan karumta, “Arah mih ah phaatak nah saktheng nyia heh tekjih bah tiim uh tathet reeka.”
32 Agrippa told Festus, “He could have been freed if he hadn't appealed to Caesar.”
Eno Agrippa ih Phestas suh liita, “Luuwanglong lasih lajota bah arah mih ah jen doksoon eh thengta.”
