Acts 26
1 Then Agrippa sayd vnto Paul, Thou art permitted to speake for thy selfe. So Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himselfe.
Agrippa te di a Paul: “Ou gen dwa pale pou tèt ou.” Epi Paul te lonje men li pou te kòmanse fè defans li.
2 I thinke my selfe happy, King Agrippa, because I shall answere this day before thee of all the things whereof I am accused of the Iewes.
“Konsènan tout bagay ke mwen akize pa Jwif yo, mwen konsidere ke mwen gen gwo chans, Wa Agrippa, pou m kapab fè defans mwen devan ou jodi a;
3 Chiefly, because thou hast knowledge of all customes, and questions which are among the Iewes: wherefore I beseech thee, to heare me patiently.
Sitou paske ou se yon ekspè nan tout koutim ak kesyon pami pèp Jwif yo. Pou sa, mwen mande w pou koute mwen avèk pasyans.
4 As touching my life from my childhood, and what it was from the beginning among mine owne nation at Hierusalem, know all the Iewes,
“Alò konsa, tout Jwif yo konnen kalite vi mwen depi nan jenès mwen, ki soti nan kòmansman an ki te pase pami pwòp nasyon mwen, ak nan Jérusalem.
5 Which knewe me heretofore, euen from my elders (if they would testifie) that after the most straite sect of our religion I liued a Pharise.
Paske yo konnen mwen depi lontan, si yo dakò temwaye. Mwen te viv kon yon Farizyen, selon sèkt ki pi disipline nan tout relijyon nou an.
6 And now I stand and am accused for the hope of the promise made of God vnto our fathers.
“Konsa, koulye a, mwen kanpe devan tribinal la pou lespwa pwomès ki te fèt pa Bondye a zansèt nou yo.
7 Whereunto our twelue tribes instantly seruing God day and night, hope to come: for the which hopes sake, O King Agrippa, I am accused of the Iewes.
Pwomès pou sila douz tribi yo gen esperans wè reyalize, pandan yo rete fidèl nan sèvi Bondye lajounen ak lannwit. Se pou esperans sa a, o Wa, mwen akize pa Jwif yo.
8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible vnto you, that God should raise againe the dead?
Poukisa pami nou, nou twouve li enkwayab ke Bondye kapab leve mò yo?
9 I also verely thought in my selfe, that I ought to doe many contrarie things against the Name of Iesus of Nazareth.
“Alò mwen te reflechi a mwen menm, ke mwen te oblije aji avèk anpil fòs kont non a Jésus de Nazareth la.
10 Which thing I also did in Hierusalem: for many of the Saints I shut vp in prison, hauing receiued authoritie of the hie Priests, and when they were put to death, I gaue my sentence.
Epi sa, mwen te fè menm Jérusalem; non sèlman ke m te fèmen anpil nan sen sila yo nan prizon, men avèk otorite ke m te resevwa soti nan chèf prèt yo, lè yo te mete yo a lanmò mwen te dakò pou yo aji kont yo.
11 And I punished them throughout all the Synagogues, and compelled them to blaspheme, and being more mad against them, I persecuted them, euen vnto strange cities.
Epi pandan mwen te pini yo souvan nan tout sinagòg yo, mwen te eseye fòse yo fè blasfèm. Tèlman mwen te anraje avèk yo, mwen te kouri dèyè yo menm nan vil etranje yo.
12 At which time, euen as I went to Damascus with authoritie, and commission from the hie Priests,
“Pandan mwen te angaje konsa, mwen te fè yon vwayaj nan Damas avèk otorite ak pèmisyon a chèf prèt yo.
13 At midday, O King, I sawe in the way a light from heauen, passing the brightnes of the sunne, shine round about mee, and them which went with me.
Nan mitan jounen an, O Wa, mwen te wè sou wout la yon gwo limyè ki sòti nan syèl la, pi briyan ke solèy la, ki te briye toupatou ozanviwon m ak sila ki t ap fè vwayaj la avè m yo.
14 So when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voyce speaking vnto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kicke against pricks.
Epi lè nou tout te tonbe atè, mwen te tande yon vwa ki t ap di m nan lang Ebre a: ‘Saul, Saul, poukisa w ap pèsekite Mwen? Se difisil pou ou pou voye pye ou kont pikan yo.’
15 Then I sayd, Who art thou, Lord? And he sayd, I am Iesus whom thou persecutest.
“Konsa, mwen te reponn: ‘Ki moun Ou ye, Senyè?’ “E Senyè a te di: ‘Mwen se Jésus ke w ap pèsekite a.
16 But rise and stand vp on thy feete: for I haue appeared vnto thee for this purpose, to appoint thee a minister and a witnesse, both of the things which thou hast seene, and of the things in the which I will appeare vnto thee,
Men leve kanpe sou pye ou. Se pou rezon sa ke m te parèt kote ou; pou nome ou kòm yon sèvitè ak yon temwen, non sèlman a bagay ke ou wè, men osi a bagay ke Mwen menm va fè vin parèt a ou menm;
17 Deliuering thee from this people, and from the Gentiles, vnto whom now I send thee,
k ap delivre ou de pèp Jwif la, ak pèp etranje yo, pami sila m ap voye ou yo,
18 To open their eyes, that they may turne from darknes to light, and from the power of Satan vnto God, that they may receiue forgiuenes of sinnes, and inheritance among them, which are sanctified by fayth in me.
pou louvri zye yo pou yo kapab tounen kite tenèb la pou limyè a, e domèn Satan pou sila a Bondye, pou yo kapab resevwa padon peche yo ak yon eritaj pami sila ki sanktifye pa lafwa nan Mwen yo.’
19 Wherefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient vnto the heauenly vision,
“Konsa, Wa Agrippa, mwen pa t dezobeyisan a vizyon selès la,
20 But shewed first vnto them of Damascus, and at Hierusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Iudea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turne to God, and doe workes worthy amendment of life.
men mwen te kontinye deklare premyèman a moun Damas yo, e osi ak moun Jérusalem yo, e answit moun tout rejyon Judée a, e menm ak pèp etranje yo, pou yo ta dwe repanti, vire vè Bondye, e fè zèv ki apatyen ak repantans lan.
21 For this cause the Iewes caught me in the Temple, and went about to kill me.
“Pou rezon sa a, kèk Jwif te sezi mwen nan tanp lan e te eseye mete m a lanmò.
22 Neuertheles, I obteined helpe of God, and continue vnto this day, witnessing both to small and to great, saying none other things, then those which the Prophets and Moses did say should come,
Alò, avèk èd Bondye ke m te twouve, mwen kanpe jiska jou sa a pou temwaye a piti kòm gran, pou pa pale anyen men sa ke pwofèt yo ak Moïse te di ki t ap pral rive yo.
23 To wit, that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light vnto this people, and to the Gentiles.
Ke Kris la te gen pou soufri, e akoz rezirèksyon Li soti nan lanmò a, Li ta devni premye pou pwoklame limyè a, ni a pèp Jwif la, ni a pèp etranje yo.”
24 And as he thus answered for himselfe, Festus said with a loude voyce, Paul, thou art besides thy selfe: much learning doeth make thee mad.
Pandan Paul t ap di sa nan defans li, Festus te di ak yon gwo vwa: “Paul, tèt ou fin pati! Gran konesans ou fè ou vin fou.”
25 But he said, I am not mad, O noble Festus, but I speake the wordes of trueth and sobernes.
Men Paul te reponn li: “Mwen pa pèdi tèt mwen trè ekselan Festus, men mwen pale pawòl ak verite byen rezonen.
26 For the King knoweth of these things, before whom also I speake boldly: for I am perswaded that none of these things are hidden from him: for this thing was not done in a corner.
Paske Wa a okuran de tout bagay sila yo, e mwen pale ak li osi avèk konfyans, akoz ke m konvenk ke anyen nan bagay sila yo pa kapab chape anba atansyon li, akoz ke nanpwen anyen ki fèt nan yon kwen.
27 O King Agrippa, beleeuest thou the Prophets? I know that thou beleeuest.
Wa Agrippa, èske ou kwè nan pwofèt yo? Mwen konnen ke ou kwè.”
28 Then Agrippa said vnto Paul, Almost thou perswadest me to become a Christian.
Agrippa te reponn a Paul: “Ak yon ti bourade konsa, ou vlè pèswade m pou devni yon Kretyen?”
29 Then Paul sayd, I would to God that not onely thou, but also all that heare me to day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Paul te reponn: “Mwen ta vle devan Bondye, ke menm si se ak piti, oswa ak gran, ke non sèlman ou menm, men tout sila ki koute mwen nan jou sa a, ta kapab vini menm jan ke mwen ye a, sof pou chèn sila yo.”
30 And when he had thus spoken, the King rose vp, and the gouernour, and Bernice, and they that sate with them.
Wa a te leve avèk gouvènè a, ak Bérnéice, ak sila ki te chita avèk yo.
31 And when they were gone apart, they talked betweene themselues, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death, nor of bonds.
Epi lè yo te ale akote, yo te kòmanse pale youn ak lòt. Yo t ap di: “Mesye sila a p ap fè anyen ki merite lanmò oubyen prizon.”
32 Then sayd Agrippa vnto Festus, This man might haue bene loosed, if hee had not appealed vnto Cesar.
Epi Agrippa te di a Festus: “Mesye sa a ta gen dwa libere si li pa t fè apèl a César.”
