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.
Agriiphaan Phaawulosiin, “Akka ati ofii keetiif dubbattu siif eeyyamameera” jedhe. Phaawulosis harkaan mallattoo kennee akkana jedhee falmachuu jalqabe;
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.
“Yaa Agriiphaa Mooticha, ani sababii waan Yihuudoonni ittiin na himatan hunda falmachuudhaaf jedhee harʼa fuula kee dura dhaabadhuuf akka ayyaantuu tokkoottin of ilaala.
3 Chiefly, because thou hast knowledge of all customes, and questions which are among the Iewes: wherefore I beseech thee, to heare me patiently.
Kunis waan ati duudhaa fi wal mormii Yihuudootaa hunda keessa beektuufii dha. Kanaafuu ani akka ati obsaan na dhaggeeffattu sin kadhadha.
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,
“Ani ijoollummaa kootii jalqabee saba koo keessatti, Yerusaalem keessattis akkamitti akka jiraachaa ture Yihuudoonni hundinuu ni beeku.
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.
Akka ani akka Fariisicha tokkootti akkuma sirna garee akka malee amantaa keenyatti cichu sanaatti jiraadhe isaanuu bara dheeraa waan na beekaniif, yoo fedhii qabaatan dhugaa baʼuu ni dandaʼu.
6 And now I stand and am accused for the hope of the promise made of God vnto our fathers.
Ammas ani waadaa Waaqni abbootii keenyaaf gale sana waan abdadhuuf qoratamuuf dhiʼaadheen as jira.
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.
Waadaan kun isuma gosoonni keenya kudha lamaan halkanii guyyaa Waaqa tajaajiluutti jabaatanii raawwatamuu isaa arguu hawwan sanaa dha. Yaa Agriiphaa Mooticha, Yihuudoonnis sababuma abdii kanaatiif na himachaa jiru.
8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible vnto you, that God should raise againe the dead?
Akka Waaqni warra duʼan duʼaa kaasu isin maaliif akka waan hin amanamne tokkootti herregdu?
9 I also verely thought in my selfe, that I ought to doe many contrarie things against the Name of Iesus of Nazareth.
“Ani mataan koo iyyuu maqaa Yesuus nama Naazreetiitiin mormuudhaaf akka waan dandaʼamu hunda gochuu qabu nan amana ture.
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.
Wanni ani Yerusaalem keessatti hojjedhes kanuma; ani taayitaa luboota hangafoota irraa argadheen qulqulloota baayʼee mana hidhaatti naquu qofa utuu hin taʼin yeroo isaan ajjeefaman iyyuu dubbicha irratti walii galaan ture.
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.
Anis akka isaan adabamaniif yeroo baayʼee mana sagadaa tokko irraa gara mana sagadaa biraatti darbaa, akka isaan amantii isaanii arrabsaniifis isaan dirqisiisaan ture. Ani waan akka malee isaanitti aaraa tureef hamma magaalaawwan biyya alaatti illee deemee isaan ariʼachaan ture.
12 At which time, euen as I went to Damascus with authoritie, and commission from the hie Priests,
“Anis gaafa tokko kanumaaf jedhee taayitaa fi ergama luboota hangafoota biraa fudhadhee utuun Damaasqoo deemaa jiruu,
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.
yaa mooticha, ani utuman karaa deemaa jiruu gara saafaatti ifa ifa aduu caalaa ibsu tokko isaa samii irraa naannoo koottii fi naannoo warra na wajjin deemaniitti ibsu arge.
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.
Hundi keenya lafatti kukkufne; anis sagalee afaan Ibraayisxiitiin ‘Yaa Saaʼol, yaa Saaʼol, ati maaliif na ariʼatta? Arfii wayii dhiituun suma miidha’ naan jedhu tokkon dhagaʼe.
15 Then I sayd, Who art thou, Lord? And he sayd, I am Iesus whom thou persecutest.
“Anis, ‘Yaa Gooftaa ati Eenyu?’ jedheen gaafadhe. “Gooftaanis deebisee akkana jedhe; ‘Ani Yesuus isa ati ariʼattuu dha.
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,
Amma kaʼii miilla keetiin dhaabadhu. Ani akka ati tajaajilaa koo taatee, waaʼee koos waan argitee fi waan ani sitti mulʼisuuf jiru dhugaa baatuuf si muuduuf jedhee sitti mulʼadheera.
17 Deliuering thee from this people, and from the Gentiles, vnto whom now I send thee,
Ani saba keetii fi Namoota Ormaa kanneen gara isaaniitti si ergu jalaa sin baasa.
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.
Atis ija isaanii bantee dukkana keessaa gara ifaatti, humna Seexanaa jalaas gara Waaqaatti isaan deebifta; kunis akka isaan dhiifama cubbuu argatanii fi akka isaan warra natti amanuun qulqullaaʼan gidduutti dhaala argataniif.’
19 Wherefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient vnto the heauenly vision,
“Kanaafuu yaa Agriiphaa Mooticha, ani mulʼata samii irraa dhufe sanaaf ajajamuu hin didne.
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.
Anis akka isaan qalbii jijjiirratanii gara Waaqaatti deebiʼaniif, qalbii jijjiirrachuu isaaniis akka hojiidhaan mirkaneessaniif jalqabatti warra Damaasqootti, warra Yerusaalemiitti, warra Yihuudaa guutuutti akkasumas Namoota Ormaatti lallabeera.
21 For this cause the Iewes caught me in the Temple, and went about to kill me.
Sababiin Yihuudoonni mana qulqullummaa keessatti na qabanii na ajjeesuu yaalaniifis kanuma.
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,
Ani garuu hamma guyyaa harʼaatti gargaarsa Waaqaa qaba; kanaafuu ani dhaabadhee xinnaa guddaaf dhugaa baʼaan jira. Ani waan raajonnii fi Museen ‘Ni taʼa’ jedhanii dubbataniin alatti waan tokko illee hin dubbadhu.
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.
Kunis akka Kiristoos dhiphachuu qabu, akka inni warra duʼan keessaa kaʼuudhaan kan jalqabaa taʼee saba isaatii fi Namoota Ormaatiif ifa labsuu dha.”
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.
Utuma Phaawulos akkasitti falmachaa jiruu Fesxoos sagalee guddaan, “Phaawulos, ati maraatteerta! Barumsi kee guddaan sun si maraachisaa jira” jedheen.
25 But he said, I am not mad, O noble Festus, but I speake the wordes of trueth and sobernes.
Phaawulosis akkana jedhee deebise; “Yaa Fesxoos kabajamaa, ani hin maraanne; wanni ani dubbachaa jirus dhugaa dha; sirrii dhas.
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.
Sababii mootichi waan kana beekuuf, ani ifatti baasee isatti himuu nan dandaʼa. Sababii wanni kun suuqatti hin hojjetaminiif ani akka waan kana keessaa tokko iyyuu isa duraa hin dhokatin nan amana.
27 O King Agrippa, beleeuest thou the Prophets? I know that thou beleeuest.
Yaa Agriiphaa Mooticha, ati raajota ni amantaa? Akka ati amantu ani iyyuu beeka.”
28 Then Agrippa said vnto Paul, Almost thou perswadest me to become a Christian.
Agriiphaanis Phaawulosiin, “Ati yeruma gabaabaa keessatti Kiristaana na gochuu yaaddaa?” jedhe.
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.
Phaawulosis deebisee, “Yeroo gabaabaattis taʼu dheeraatti, si qofa utuu hin taʼin akka warri na dhagaʼaa jiran hundinuu foncaa kanaan hidhamuu malee akkuma koo akka taʼan ani Waaqa nan kadhadha” jedhe.
30 And when he had thus spoken, the King rose vp, and the gouernour, and Bernice, and they that sate with them.
Kana irratti mootichi, bulchaanii fi Barniiqeen, akkasumas warri isaan wajjin tataaʼaa turan ol kaʼan.
31 And when they were gone apart, they talked betweene themselues, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death, nor of bonds.
Isaanis yeroo gad baʼanitti, “Namichi kun waan duʼaan yookaan hidhaan isa gaʼu tokko illee hin hojjenne” wajjin jedhan.
32 Then sayd Agrippa vnto Festus, This man might haue bene loosed, if hee had not appealed vnto Cesar.
Agriiphaanis Fesxoosiin, “Namichi kun utuu Qeesaaritti ol iyyachuu baatee silaa ni hiikama ture” jedhe.
