Acts 22
1 Ye men, brethren and Fathers, heare my defence nowe towards you.
Nobakwesu anomataata, amuswilile kulyambwida kwangu nkundiyanda kuchita lino kulindinywe.”
2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrewe tongue to them, they kept the more silence, and he sayd)
Lino makamu makamu nakamvwa Pawulu kali kwambula mumulaka wachi Hebbulu, bakawumunisya. Wakati,
3 I am verely a man, which am a Iew, borne in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought vp in this citie at the feete of Gamaliel, and instructed according to the perfect maner of the Lawe of the Fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
Ímebo ndili mu Juda wakazyalilwa mu Tasasi waku Silisiya pesi ndakayiiya muchisi echino kunsi amawulu a Gamaliyeli. Ndakalayililwa mbuli mubwendelezi bwamilawu miyumu yaba mataata. Ndili musungusungu kuli Leza mbuli bamwi bangu boonse sunu.
4 And I persecuted this way vnto the death, binding and deliuering into prison both men and women.
Ndakapenzya inzila eyi kusikila kulufu, kandisunga akutola balumi abanakazi kumajele amuntolongo,
5 As also ye chiefe Priest doeth beare me witnes, and al the company of the Elders: of whom also I receiued letters vnto the brethren, and went to Damascus to bring them which were there, bound vnto Hierusalem, that they might be punished.
mbuli mupayizi mupati abazulwidi boonse blakonzya kuba bakamboni. Ndakatambula magwalo kuli mbabo, kuchitila kubakulana baku Damasiko alimwi ndakayinka kuyobaleta mubwange, kuti bakasubusigwe ku Jelusalema.
6 And so it was, as I iourneyed and was come neere vnto Damascus about noone, that suddenly there shone from heauen a great light round about me.
Zyakachitika kandiyabwenda afwifwi a Damasiko, kuchindi chakuya kukalanga bwaseme mpawawo mumuni wakandimwekela kuzwa kujulu.
7 So I fell vnto the earth, and heard a voyce, saying vnto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou mee?
Ndakawida ansi mpawo ndakamvwa ijwi lyakati kuli ndime, 'Sawulu, Sawulu, nkambonzi nolikundipenzya?
8 Then I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Iesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
Ndakasandula, 'Kuti nduweni, Mwami?' Wakati kulindime, 'Ndime Jesu waku Nazaleta, oyo ngoli mukupenzya.'
9 Moreouer they that were with me, sawe in deede a light and were afraide: but they heard not the voyce of him that spake vnto me.
Abo bonse mbindakalaabo bakawubona mumuuni, pesi tebakali kumvwisisisya ijwi lyayooyo wakali kwambula andime.
10 Then I sayd, What shall I doe, Lord? And the Lord sayde vnto me, Arise, and goe into Damascus: and there it shall be tolde thee of all things, which are appointed for thee to doe.
Ndakaamba kuti niinzi nchindeleede kuchita Mwami?' Mwami wakati kulindime, 'Buka uyiinke mu Damasikkas. Oko uyowambilwa zyonse nziwatondekelwa kuti ukachite.
11 So when I could not see for the glory of that light, I was led by the hand of them that were with me, and came into Damascus.
Tendakachili kubona pe nkambo kakutubisya kwamumuni ulya, kwinda mukuzulwidwa amaboko abaabo mbindakalabo, ndakanjila mu Damasikkasi.
12 And one Ananias a godly man, as perteining to the Lawe, hauing good report of all the Iewes which dwelt there,
Nkukoko ndakaswanana amwalumi utegwa Ananiyasi, imwalumi wakalipedelede alubo kawuzi mulawu kajisi impuwo mbotu kuma Juda boonse bakali kukkala mumoomo.
13 Came vnto me, and stoode, and sayd vnto me, Brother Saul, receiue thy sight: and that same houre I looked vpon him.
Wakasika kuli ndime, wayimikila andime, alimwi wakati, “Mukwesu Sawulu, tambula kubona kwako.” Muchindi nchichecho ndakamubona.
14 And he sayd, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee, that thou shouldest knowe his wil, and shouldest see that Iust one, and shouldest heare the voyce of his mouth.
Elyo wakati kuli Leza waba mataata wakutondeka kuti uzibe kuyanda kwakwe, kuti ubone ulaleme ukamvwe ijwi lizwa mumulomo wakwe.
15 For thou shalt be his witnes vnto all men, of the things which thou hast seene and heard.
Nkambo uyooba kamboni wakwe kubantu boonse kuli nziwabona akumvwa.
16 Now therefore why tariest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sinnes, in calling on the Name of the Lord.
Lino ulindaanzi? Buka, ubbabbatizigwe, alimwi usanziwe zibi zyako, akwiita kuzina lyakwe.'
17 And it came to passe, that when I was come againe to Hierusalem, and prayed in the Temple, I was in a traunce,
Nindakabweda ku Jelusalema amuchindi amuchindi nindakali kukomba mung'anda ya Leza, zyakandichitikila kuti ndakapegwa chilengano.
18 And saw him saying vnto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Hierusalem: for they will not receiue thy witnes concerning me.
Ndakamubona kati kulindime, fwambana uzwe mu Jelusalema, chakufwambana nkambo tabakwe nibayo butambula bukamboni bwako atala andime.'
19 Then I sayd, Lord, they know that I prisoned, and beat in euery Synagogue them that beleeued in thee.
Ndakati, 'Mwami, bolwabo balizi kuti ndakali kwanga akuuma abo bakali kusyoma muli nduwe muzikombelozyonse.
20 And when the blood of thy martyr Steuen was shed, I also stood by, and consented vnto his death, and kept the clothes of them that slew him.
Alya bulowa bwa Sitivini kamboni wako nibwakatilwa, ndakali umwi wabo wakalimvwi kazuminana anzizyo, alimwi ndakali kulinda zyakusama zyababo bakamujaya.
21 Then he sayd vnto me, Depart: for I will send thee farre hence vnto the Gentiles.
Pesi wakati kulindime, koya nkambo ndiyokutuma kule kuli bamaasi.”
22 And they heard him vnto this worde, but then they lift vp their voyces, and sayd, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not meete that he should liue.
Bakamuswilila kusikila kujwi elyo. Mpawo bakompolola kabati nawandwe mukwesu oyo munyika nkambo tachilikabotu kuti apone.”
23 And as they cried and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the aire,
Nibakali kuya bompolola, kabasowa zisamo zyabo, alimwi kaba lundumuna lusuko mujulu.
24 The chiefe captaine commanded him to be led into the castle, and bade that he should be scourged, and examined, that he might knowe wherefore they cryed so on him.
awo silutwe mupati waba silumamba wakalayilila kuti Pawulu bamulele mukati alubaya. Wakapa malayilile akuti abuzisigwe chakuumwa achimboko kuti welwakwe akazibe kuti nkambonzi nibalikuya bompolola nkambo kakwe.
25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul sayd vnto the Centurion that stood by, Is it lawfull for you to scourge one that is a Romane, and not condemned?
Lino nibakamwanga lutambo Pawulu wakati kuli silumamba mupati walimwanda oyo wakalimvwi kumbali, “Chili mumawulu na kuti inywe muume mwalumi achimboko kalimu Loma alimwi kata toledwe kukwezegwa?
26 Nowe when the Centurion heard it, hee went, and tolde the chiefe captaine, saying, Take heede what thou doest: for this man is a Romane.
Lino silumamba mupati walimwamda nakamvwa eezi, wakayinka kuli silutwe mupati wasilumamba wakamwambila kali kuti, “Niinzi ncholikuyanda kuchita? Nkambo oyu mwalumi oyu mu Loma mubuzyalwe bwakwe.”
27 Then the chiefe captaine came, and sayd to him, Tel me, art thou a Romane? And he said, Yea.
Silutwe mupati wabasilumamba wakasika kuli nguwe wati, ndambile uli mu Loma na? Pawulu wakati, “Iyii.”
28 And the chiefe captaine answered, With a great summe obtained I this freedome. Then Paul sayd, But I was so borne.
Silutwe mupati wabasilumamba wakati, zyakakonzeka biyo nkambo kamali nyiingi kuti ndikonzye kujana bukkalo bwamu Loma. Pesi Pawulu wakati, mebo ndakazyalwa kandili mu Loma.
29 Then straightway they departed from him, which should haue examined him: and the chiefe captaine also was afrayd, after he knewe that hee was a Romane, and that he had bound him.
Mpawo bantu bakalelede kumubuzisisya bakamusiya mpawawo. Silutwe mupati waba silumamba wakali wayoowa, Nakayiiya kuti Pawulu wakali mu Loma, nkambo wakali wamwanga.
30 On the next day, because hee would haue knowen the certaintie wherefore he was accused of the Iewes, he loosed him from his bonds, and commanded the hie Priests and all their Councill to come together: and he brought Paul, and set him before them.
Mubuzuba butobela silutwe mupati wabasilutwe wakayanda kuziba nchoonzyo atala anchibakali kumutamikizya Pawulu muJuda. Mpawo waka mwangununa zyanzyo akulayilila Mupayizi mupati aboonse benkuta kuti baswanane. Mpawo wakamweeta Pawulu wamukkazika akati kabo.
