Acts 26

1 And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul reaching forth his hand, proceeded with his defence:

U Agripa wabhuula uPaulo, `Uruhusiwe ahwitetele. 'U Paulo wabhusya ukhono gwakwe wahwitetela.

2 O king Agrippa, I consider myself happy, being about this day to make my defence before thee concerning all those things of which I am accused by the Jews:

“Ehwilola endi nu luseshelo, wu Mfumu Agripa, alole enongwa yane elongwa nawe hwibha bhabhandonga Ayahudi.

3 especially as thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions among the Jews: therefore I pray you to hear me patiently.

Nantele awe uli taalamu hu destuli zya Ayahudi na maswali eshi elabha untelejezye.

4 Moreover indeed all the Jews know my life from my youth; being from the beginning in my nation and in Jerusalem,

Lyoli Ayahudi bhaminye shanakhiye afume huwana wane hwitaifa lyane hula hu Yerusalemu.

5 knowing me originally, if they may be willing to testify, that according to the most rigid sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

Bhaminye ahwande hali nantele bhahwanziwa ahwitishe huje ane nali Farisayo, idhahabu lyalili nu msimamo ukhali hu dini yetu.

6 And now for the hope of the promise which is from God to our fathers, I stand being judged:

Eshi inemeleye epa elongwa hu sababu lulagano lwabhaise bhetu lwabhalagine nu Ngulubhi aliifanya na baba zetu.

7 unto which our twelve tribes constantly worshiping night and day, hope to attain: concerning which hope I am accused by the Jews, O king.

Olulagano olu lwemakabila getu ilongo nazibhili, bhasubhila nkashele bhaihuputa Ungulubhi humwoyo gwonti usiku na pasanya, nongwa yelusubhilo olu Ayahudi bhandonga na nshitaki wu mfumu Agripa.

8 Why is it judged by you incredible, if God shall raise the dead?

Eshi amwe yeenu sigamusibha huje Ungulubhi azyusya abhantu bhabhafwiye?

9 Moreover indeed, I thought to myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene:

Lumo isibha huje ingabhombile zimo hwitawa lya Yesu wa hu Nazareti.

10 which I did also in Jerusalem, and shut up many of the saints in prison; and having received authority from the chief priests, and they being slain, I gave my vote against them;

Nabhombile ezi hu Yerusalemu; Nabhafunjile mwijela, nahali ne mamlaka afume hwa gosi bheshibhanza abhombe isho; nabhabhabudaga nabhakhomiye ekura aje bhabudwe.

11 and throughout all the synagogues, frequently punishing them, I compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceeding mad against them, I was persecuting them even also unto foreign cities.

Nabhapiye eadhabu mumasinagogi gonti nantele nabhasababisizye huje bhakhane ulwitiho lwabho, naali ni lyoyo nabho, nabhabhinjile ata hu jenyi.

12 Meanwhile journeying to Damascus with power and authority of the chief priests, I saw on the way, O king,

isho, nabhalile hu Dameski, endi na mamlaka afume hwa gosi bheshibhanza;

13 about midday, a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me;

nahwabha pasanya, Mfumu, nahalulola ulukhozyo ulukhali ashile ulwisanya, lwahatizyungula tenti.

14 and we all having fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against goads.

Tenti tahagwa pansi ane nahumvwa izu lifuma humwanya liyiga Sauli, Sauli! Yeenu uhumvisya? Awe sigaubhajiye apane neteke elimvwa.

15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou art persecuting.

Ane nabhuuzya, 'Awe nanu, Ngosi?' Umwene waga, 'Ane ne Yesu wuntesa.

16 But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for unto this have I appeared unto thee, to make thee a minister and a martyr both of those things which thou hast seen, and of which I will appear unto thee;

Eshi imilila na manama gaho; ane embonishe huliwe, isaluye huje ubhe bhomba mbombo wanena, ubhe keti wane hugaala gugalolile na gamwabho gembahulanje pamande;

17 delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

ane Embahuhwokole na bhantu, abhantu bha huula hwa Mataifa hwehutuma,

18 to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.

bhigushe amaso bhepemunkisi bhenze hulukhozyo bhepe hwikhone lya shetani bhagalushile Ungulubhi; ili bhaposhele uusajile wawe mbibhi na bhaposhele ugaale wembabhishiye bhala bhembasaluye hulwitiho lwaluli huline.

19 Therefore, O king, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:

Eshi, awe mfumu Agripa, ane siga imbajiye akhane embonesyo ezya humwanya,

20 but first to those in Damascus, and also in Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles, I was preaching that they should repent and turn to God, doing things worthy of repentance.

bhaala bhabhli hu Yerusalemu na hunsi yonti eya hu Yudea, na huula hwa bhantu bha mataifa aganji, nabhalumbiliye huje bhabhombe enyinza zyazibhoneha huje bhalambile.

21 On account of these things the Jews, taking me while in the temple, endeavored to kill me.

Hwilyo Ayahudi bhahata mushibhanza, bhalinga ambude.

22 Then having received help from God, I have stood unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said were about to come to pass:

Eshi Ungulubhi amavwizye paka enfishile epa, eshi ihwimilila nayanje hwa bhantu bhekawaida na hwabhaala agosi ayanje zilazyabhayanjile akuwa nu Musa bhayanjile huje zyaifumila ne siyo eshenje;

23 how that Christ must suffer, how being the first from the resurrection of the dead, he is to proclaim light both to the people, and the Gentiles.

huje uKilisti ailabha na aibha wa hwande azyushe afume hwa bhafwe na tangazye ulukhozyo hwa Yahudi na hwa bhantu abha mataifa.

24 And he making his defence to these things, Festus says with a loud voice, O Paul, thou art beside thyself; many writings turned thee into insanity.

U Paulo nawamala ahwitetele, u Festo wabhula, 'u Paulo, huje awe ulipelusu embazyo zyaho zibhishile huje ubhe pelusu.

25 But Paul says, I am not a maniac, most noble Festus; but I speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

Lelo uPaulo waga ane siga endipelusu ane eyanga ezyelyoli wene.

26 For the king, to whom I also speak boldly, knows concerning these things: for I am persuaded that nothing of these things is hidden; for this has not been done in a corner.

Umfumu umwene azimenye ezi; ane eyanga nuwaushe wonti ane emenye huje nalimo lyalyubhile hwamwene ega gonti sigagabhombishe panshenje.

27 O king Agrippa, dost thou believe the prophets? I know that thou believest them.

Eshi awe Mfumu ubhitiha akuwa lelo emenye huje ubhitiha. '

28 And Agrippa said to Paul, With little persuasion thou dost persuade thyself to make me a Christian.

U Agripa wabhuzya uPaulo, 'Sheshi nanali ubhajiye ambishe nanii huje imbe Mkristo?

29 And Paul said, I would to God, that both in little and in much, not only you, but also all of those hearing me this day, were such as I am, except these bonds.

U Paulo waga, “'Ibhesheshi awe patalii ihulaabha Ungulubhi huje amwe mwenti mubhe neshi ane, lelo siga ilaabha huje mupinywe neshi ane na manyoro ga mwijela.

30 And the king, and the governor, and Bernice, and those sitting with them, arose up:

Umfumu wimilila, nu liwali, nu Bernike na bhamwabho bhonti bhabhali nabho,

31 and having gone away, they were talking to one another, saying, that This man is doing nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

nabhasogola bhayangana bheene bhaga, 'Umuntu unu sigatulile enongwa zya huje afwe wala afungwe.'

32 But Agrippa said to Festus, This man was able to have been released, if he had not appealed to Caesar.

U Agripa wabhuula uFesto, “Huje umuntu tenzaga huleshele handasiga akasile ulufaa hwa Kaisari.”