Acts 22
1 MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
“Bagaetsho le borara ntheetsang fa ke bolela boiphemelo jwa me.”
2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith, )
(Erile fa ba utlwa a bua Sehebera, ga nna tidimalo e kgolo).
3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
A ba raya a re, “Ke Mojuta, yo o tsaletsweng kwa Tareso, motse o o mo Kilikia, mme ke ithutile fano mo Jerusalema mo go Gamaliele yo ke ithutileng mo go ene go sala morago sentle melao le dingwao tsa Sejuta. Ke ne ka tlhoafalela go tlotla Modimo mo go sengwe le sengwe se ke neng ke se dira, fela jaaka lo lekile go dira gompieno.
4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
Mme ke ne ke bogisa Bakeresete, ke ba beletsa go swa, ke bofa banna le basadi ke ba tsenya mo kgolegelong.
5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
Moperesiti yo mogolo kgotsa mongwe wa bagolwane o ka ntshupela. Gonne ke ne ka kopa tetlelelo ya dikwalo tse di yang kwa baeteledipeleng ba Sejuta ba ba kwa Damaseko, tse di nang le ditaelo go ntetla go bofa Bakeresete bangwe ba ke ba bonang go ba isa kwa Jerusalema gore ba otlhaiwe.
6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
“Mme erile ke le mo tseleng, ke le gaufi le Damaseko, go le motshegare, ka tshoganetso lesedi le le galalelang thata le tswa legodimong la phatshima mo tikologong ya me.
7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Ke ne ka wela fa fatshe mme ka utlwa lentswe le nthaya le re, ‘Saulo, Saulo, o mpogisetsang?’
8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
“Mme ke ne ka re, ‘Ke mang yo o buang le nna Morena?’ Mme a fetola a re ‘Ke nna Jesu wa Nasaretha, yo o mmogisang!’
9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Banna ba ke neng ke na nabo ba ne ba bona lesedi mme ba ne ba sa tlhaloganye se se neng se buiwa.
10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.
“Mme ke ne ka re, ‘Ke direng Morena?’ Mme Morena o ne a nthaya a re, ‘Tsoga o tsene mo Damaseko, mme koo o tlaa bolelelwa se se go letetseng mo dingwageng tse di kwa pele.’
11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.
Ke ne ka foufadiwa ke lesedi le legolo, mme ka tshwanelwa ke go gogelwa mo Damaseko ke bapati ba me.
12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
Mme koo ga bo go na le monna yo o bidiwang Ananiase, monna yo o neng a boifa Modimo ka fa molaong, a bile a bolelwa bo-molemo ke Bajuta botlhe ba Damaseko,
13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
o ne a tla kwa go nna, mme ya re a eme fa thoko ga me a re, ‘Mokaulengwe Paulo, foufologa!’ Mme ka yone nako eo ka foufologa ka mmona!
14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
“Mme a nthaya a re, ‘Modimo wa borraa rona o go tlhophile go itse go rata ga One le go bona Mesia le go mo utlwa a bua.
15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
Mme o tshwanetse go tsamaisa molaetsa wa gagwe gongwe le gongwe, o bolela se o se bonyeng le se o se utlwileng.
16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Mme jaanong o diegelang? Tsamaya o ye go kolobediwa, o bo o tlhatswiwe mo dibeng tsa gago, o bitse leina la Morena.’
17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
“Mme erile letsatsi lengwe ke sena go boela kwa Jerusalema, fa ke santse ke rapela mo Tempeleng, ka nna jaaka ekete ke a lora mme ka bona ponatshegelo ya Modimo o nthaya o re, ‘Akofa! Tswa mo Jerusalema, gonne batho ba ba fano ga ba na go go dumela fa o ba neela molaetsa wa me.’
18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
Mme ka re, ‘Morena, ba itse sentle gore ke ne ka betsa ka bo ka tsenya mo kgolegelong ba ba neng ba dumela mo go wena, mo tlung ya thuto nngwe le nngwe.
20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
Le ka nako e mosupi wa gago Setefane o neng a bolawa ka yone, ke ne ke eme teng foo ke dumalana nabo, ke tshotse diaparo tse ba neng ba di beetse fa thoko fa ba mmolaya.’
21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
Mme Modimo o ne wa nthaya wa re, ‘Tswa mo Jerusalema, gonne ke tlaa go roma kgakala kwa go Badichaba!’”
22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
Mme boidiidi jwa batho bo ne jwa reetsa go fitlhelela Paulo a tla mo lefokong leo, mme ka lentswe le le lengwe ba goa ba re, “A motho yoo a tlosiwe! Mmolaeng! Ga a tshwanela go tshela!”
23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
Ba ne ba goa ba latlhela diaparo tsa bone kwa godimo ba kubuela lorole.
24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
Mme molaodi o ne a mo tlisa mo teng ga kago ya batlhabani mme a laola gore a itewe ka dithupa gore a tle a ipolele bosula jwa gagwe. O ne a batla go itse gore ke eng fa batho ba ne ba galefa thata!
25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
Mme ya re ba bofa Paulo gore ba mmetse, Paulo a raya moeteledipele mongwe wa mophato a re, “A go siame ka molao gore o betse Mo-Roma a ise a bo a sekisiwe?”
26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
Moeteledipele wa mophato a ya kwa go molaodi le ene a re, “O dirang? Monna yo ke Mo-Roma!”
27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
Mme molaodi a ya kwa go Paulo a mmotsa a re, “A ko o mpolelele, a o Mo-Roma!” Mme Paulo a fetola a re, “Ee, ke Mo-Roma!”
28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
Mme molaodi le ene a re, “Le nna ke Mo-Roma, le gone go ntopile tlhwatlhwa e kgolo go nna Mo-Roma!” Mme Paulo ene a re, “Nna ke tsetswe ke le Mo-Roma!”
29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
Masole a a neng a ipaakanyeditse go mo itaya, a nyelela ka bonako fa ba utlwa gore Paulo ke Mo-Roma, mme molaodi le ene o ne a tshoga ka gore o ne a laotse gore a bofiwe a bo a itewe.
30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
Mme erile letsatsi le le latelang molaodi a golola Paulo mo dikeetaneng mme a laela baperesiti ba bagolo gore ba kopane le lekgotla la Sejuta. O ne a laola gore Paulo a tlisiwe fa pele ga bone go leka go bona gore molato ke eng.
