Acts 24
1 Now after fiue dayes, Ananias the hie Priest came downe with the Elders, and with Tertullus a certaine oratour, which appeared before the Gouernour against Paul.
Patapita masiku asanu mkulu wa ansembe Hananiya, pamodzi ndi akuluakulu ena ndi katswiri woyankhulira anthu pa milandu wotchedwa Tertuliyo anapita ku Kaisareya ndipo anafotokoza mlandu wa Paulo kwa Bwanamkubwayo.
2 And when he was called foorth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that we haue obtained great quietnesse through thee, and that many worthy things are done vnto this nation through thy prouidence,
Atamuyitana Paulo, ndipo Tertuliyo anafotokozera Felike nkhani yonse ya Paulo. Iye anati, “Wolemekezeka, ife takhala pamtendere nthawi yayitali chifukwa cha inu, ndipo utsogoleri wanu wanzeru wabweretsa kusintha mʼdziko lino.
3 We acknowledge it wholy, and in all places most noble Felix, with all thankes,
Wolemekezeka Felike ife timazilandira zimenezi moyamika kwambiri ponseponse ndi mwa njira iliyonse.
4 But that I be not tedious vnto thee, I pray thee, that thou wouldest heare vs of thy courtesie a fewe wordes.
Koma kuti tisakuchedwetseni, ndikupempha kuti mwa kuleza mtima kwanu mutimvere ife.
5 Certainely we haue found this man a pestilent fellowe, and a moouer of sedition among all the Iewes throughout the world, and a chiefe maintainer of the secte of the Nazarites:
“Ife tapeza kuti munthu uyu amayambitsa mavuto ndi kuwutsa mapokoso pakati pa Ayuda onse a dziko lonse lapansi. Iyeyu ndi mtsogoleri wa mpatuko wa Anazareti.
6 And hath gone about to pollute the Temple: therefore wee tooke him, and woulde haue iudged him according to our Lawe:
Anayesera ngakhale kudetsa Nyumba ya Mulungu wathu. Ndiye ife tinamugwira.
7 But the chiefe captaine Lysias came vpon vs, and with great violence tooke him out of our handes,
Koma, mkulu wa asilikali Lusiya anafika mwamphamvu namuchotsa mʼmanja mwathu.
8 Commanding his accusers to come to thee: of whom thou mayest (if thou wilt inquire) know all these things whereof we accuse him.
Ndipo Lusiya analamula kuti amene anali naye ndi mlandu abwere kwa inu. Mukamufunsa ameneyu kwa nokha mudzadziwa choonadi cha zimene ife tikumunenera.”
9 And the Iewes likewise affirmed, saying that it was so.
Ayuda anavomereza nanenetsa kuti zimenezi zinali zoona.
10 Then Paul, after that the gouernour had beckened vnto him that hee shoulde speake, answered, I do the more gladly answere for my selfe, for as much as I knowe that thou hast bene of many yeres a iudge vnto this nation,
Bwanamkubwayo atakodola Paulo ndi kulola kuti ayankhule, Pauloyo anati, “Ine ndikudziwa kuti inu mwakhala mukuweruza dziko lino zaka zambiri, kotero ndikukondwera kuti ndikudziteteza ndekha pamaso panu.
11 Seeing that thou mayest knowe, that there are but twelue dayes since I came vp to worship in Hierusalem.
Inu mukhoza kupeza umboni wake. Sipanapite masiku khumi ndi awiri chipitireni changa ku Yerusalemu kukapembedza.
12 And they neither found mee in the Temple disputing with any man, neither making vproare among the people, neither in the Synagogues, nor in the citie.
Amene akundiyimba mlanduwa sanandipeze mʼNyumba ya Mulungu ndi kutsutsana ndi wina aliyense kapena kuyambitsa chisokonezo mʼsunagoge kapena pena paliponse mu mzindamo.
13 Neither can they proue the things, whereof they now accuse me.
Ndipo sangathe kupereka umboni wa mlandu umene akundiyimba inewu.
14 But this I confesse vnto thee, that after the way (which they call heresie) so worship I the God of my fathers, beleeuing all things which are written in the Lawe and the Prophets,
Komatu ine ndikuvomera kuti ndimapembedza Mulungu wa makolo athu, monga wotsatira wa Njirayo, imene iwo akuyitchula mpatuko. Ine ndimakhulupirira chilichonse chimene chimagwirizana ndi malamulo ndiponso zimene zinalembedwa ndi Aneneri.
15 And haue hope towardes God, that the resurrection of the dead, which they themselues looke for also, shalbe both of iust and vniust.
Ine ndili nacho chiyembekezo chomwecho chimene iwo ali nacho mwa Mulungu, kuti kudzakhala kuuka kwa akufa kwa olungama ndiponso kwa ochimwa.
16 And herein I endeuour my selfe to haue alway a cleare conscience towarde God, and toward men.
Kotero ine ndimayesetsa kuti ndikhale ndi chikumbumtima chosanditsutsa pamaso pa Mulungu ndi anthu onse.
17 Now after many yeres, I came and brought almes to my nation and offerings.
“Patapita zaka zambiri, ndinabwera ku Yerusalemu kudzapereka mphatso kwa anthu osauka a mtundu wanga komanso kudzapereka nsembe.
18 At what time, certaine Iewes of Asia founde mee purified in the Temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
Pamene ndinkachita zimenezi, iwo anandipeza mʼbwalo la Nyumba ya Mulungu nditachita mwambo wodziyeretsa. Panalibe gulu la anthu kapena kuti ndimachita za chisokonezo chilichonse.
19 Who ought to haue bene present before thee, and accuse me, if they had ought against me.
Koma pali Ayuda ena ochokera ku Asiya, amene amayenera kukhala pano pamaso panu, kundiyimba mlandu ngati ali ndi kalikonse konditsutsa ine.
20 Or let these themselues say, if they haue found any vniust thing in mee, while I stoode in the Council,
Kapena awa amene ali panowa anene mlandu umene anapeza mwa ine, pamene ndinayima pamaso pa Bwalo lawo Lalikulu.
21 Except it be for this one voyce, that I cried standing among them, Of the resurrection of the dead am I accused of you this day.
Koma cholakwa changa chingathe kukhala chokhachi chakuti, nditayima pamaso pawo ndinafuwula kuti, ‘Mukundiweruza ine lero chifukwa ndimakhulupirira kuti akufa adzauka.’”
22 Nowe when Felix heard these things, he deferred them, and said, When I shall more perfectly know the things which concerne this way, by the comming of Lysias the chiefe Captaine, I will decise your matter.
Kenaka Felike, amene amadziwa bwino za Njirayo, anayamba wayimitsa mlanduwo, nati, “Ndidzagamula mlandu wako akabwera mkulu wa asilikali Lusiya.”
23 Then hee commanded a Centurion to keepe Paul, and that he should haue ease, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister vnto him, or to come vnto him.
Iye analamulira woyangʼanira asilikali 100 kuti alondere Paulo, koma azimupatsako ufulu ndiponso kulola abwenzi ake kuti adzimusamalira.
24 And after certaine dayes, came Felix with his wife Drusilla, which was a Iewesse, and he called foorth Paul, and heard him of the faith in Christ.
Patapita masiku angapo Felike anabwera pamodzi ndi mkazi wake Drusila, amene anali Myuda. Anayitana Paulo ndipo anamvetsera zimene amayankhula za chikhulupiriro mwa Khristu Yesu.
25 And as he disputed of righteousnes and temperance, and of the iudgement to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time, and when I haue conuenient time, I will call for thee.
Paulo atayankhula za chilungamo, za kudziretsa ndiponso za chiweruzo chimene chikubwera, Felike anachita mantha ndipo anati, “Basi tsopano! Pita. Tidzakuyitanitsa tikadzapeza mpata.”
26 Hee hoped also that money shoulde haue bene giuen him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore hee sent for him the oftner, and communed with him.
Pa nthawi imeneyi amayembekeza kuti Paulo adzamupatsa ndalama, nʼchifukwa chake amamuyitanitsa kawirikawiri ndi kumayankhula naye.
27 When two yeeres were expired, Porcius Festus came into Felix roume: and Felix willing to get fauour of the Iewes, left Paul bound.
Patapita zaka ziwiri, Porkiyo Festo analowa mʼmalo mwa Felike, koma anamusiya Paulo mʼndende, chifukwa amafuna kuti Ayuda amukonde.
