Acts 22
1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
“Ka püi Isarele aw, ka ngsungkhameinak vai na ngai ua” a ti.
2 ( And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith, )
Hebru ngthu am, ami veia ngthu pyenki ti ami ksing ja, käh khihkheh law u se, acunüng, Pawluh naw,
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.
“Kei cun Kilikih hne, Tasuh mlüha ngtüikia Judah khyanga ka kyaki, acunsepi, hina Jerusalema Kamaleilaha vei ngthei lü ka ngbang lawki, jah mjükphyüinakiea thume pi ka ngthei khawiki, tungawi üng nangmia mäiha Pamhnama phäha ka ktha na khawiki.
4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
Acunüng, nghnumi kpami ja man lü thawngim üng jah khyum lü, thihnak vaia acuna Bawipaa Mawnglam läkie cun ka jah mkhuimkha khawiki.
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.
Ktaiyü ngvaie ja kawngcie naküt naw pi acuna ngthu cun cangki tia na ksing püikie, Damateta veki ka püi Judahe vei ami yuk ca pi ka yahki; acuna kyase acua cit lü, jah man lü Jerusalema jah cehpüi lü jah mkhuimkha khaia ka citki.
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.
Cit lü, Damateta pei ka pha law üng, mhnüp nglunga angxita khana ka akvai aktäa vaiki ka peia vai lawki.
7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Mdek üng ka kyuk üng, ka veia, “Sawluh, Sawluh, ise na na mkhuimkhaki ni?” tia kthai ka ngjak.
8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
Acunüng, kei naw, ‘Bawipa aw, nang u ni?’ ti lü ka msang be. Acunüng, ani naw, ‘Kei Nazaret Jesuh, na mkhuimkhaa ka kyaki’ a ti.
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.
Acunüng, ka püie naw akvai cun ami hmu te, na ngthuheipüikia kthai cun am ngjak u.
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.
Kei naw, ‘Bawipa aw i ka pawh khai?’ ka ti. Acunüng, Bawipa naw, ‘Tho law lü, Damateta cita, na pawh vai naküt cun ning mtheh khaie ni’ a ti.
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.
Acuna akvaia phäha ka mik mü se, ka püie naw ami kut am na kaih u lü, Damateta ka citki.
12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
Khyang mat Anani ngming naki, thum kcang na lü Judahe naw ami leisawng acua veki.
13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
Ka veia law lü, ka peia ngdüi lawki naw, ‘Ka na Sawluh aw, mdei law be a ti. Acunüng, hmu law be ngüse ka teng kyet.
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.
Ani naw, ‘Mi pupaea Pamhnam naw, a hlüei na ksing khaia, ngsungpyunki Mpya na hmu khaia, a ngthu na ngjak khaia, ning xü pängki ni;
15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
Na hmu ja na ngjaka ngthu cun khyang naküta veia ania phäh saksi khai.
16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Ise na ve sawxatki ni? Tho law lü, Baptican khana. A veia na ktaiyü üng na mkhyekatnake ja kpyawta kya khai’ a ti.
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;
Jerusalema ka ceh be käna, temple k'uma ka ktaiyü k'um üng, mdangnak ka hmuhki,
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.
mdangnak üng Bawipa naw, ‘Angxita Jerusalem üngka naw cita; ka ngthu na sang vai ahin üng am ning ngja hlü ve u’ a ti cun ka khamei yahki.
19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
Kei naw, ‘Bawipa aw, sinakok naküta jumeiki naküt thawngim üng ja khyum lü, ka jah kpai khawi ksingkie;
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.
na saksi Stephena thisen ami hnim üng, kei pi a peia ngdüi hnga lü, a thih vai yüna lü, hnimki hea ami suisak ka na kpawmki’ ka ti.
21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
Ani naw, ‘Cita, hin üngka naw athuknak, khyangmjükceea veia ning tüih veng’ a ti.
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.
Acuna ngthu a pyen veia khyange naw ngai u lü; acunüng, angsanga ngpyang u lü, “Ceh ta ua! Hnim ua, xüng khaia am daw ve” ami ti.
23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
Ngpyang u lü, ami suisake jah sut u lü, jah kha u lü, mput khan da phuh u se;
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.
acunüng, Romah yekap ngvai säih naw, Pawluh ise acukba ami pawh tia ksing hlü lü, “Yekapea venaka ceh u lü, kpai u lü ise Judahe acukba ngpyangkie ti cun kcet ua” ti lü a jah mtheh.
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?
Acunüng, khit u lü kpai u se, Pawluh naw, a peia ngdüikia yekap ngvai üng, “Romah khyang naki, am mkhyenak angsinga am ksing xa u lü nami kpai hin nglawiki aw?” a ti.
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.
Acunüng, yekap ngvai naw, acun a ngjak ja, yekap ngvai säiha veia cit lü, “Na bi law cän ngaia, hin hin Romah khyanga kya ve” ti lü, a mtheh.
27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
Acunüng, yekap ngvai säih naw law lü, a veia, “Romah, khyanga na kyaki aw? Na mtheha” a ti. Acunüng, ani naw, “Ä, kei Romah khyang ni” a ti.
28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
Acunüng, yekap ngvai säih naw, “Romah khyanga ka kyanak vaia ngui khawha ka peki ni” ti lü, msang se, acunüng, Pawluh naw, “Kei cun Romah khyanga ka ngtüi lawki” a ti.
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.
Acun ja kcet khaia bükie naw Pawluh cun angxita cehta u se; yekap ngvai säih naw pi, Romah khyang ni tia ksing lü, Romah khyang a khiha phäha aktäa kyühei lawki.
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.
A ngawi üng, Judahe naw ise Pawluh ami hneng ti ksing hlü lü, yekap ngvai säih naw Pawluh cun xaki naw, ktaiyü ngvaie ja ngthumkhyahkie naküt jah ngbämsak lü, ani cun lawpüiki naw, ami hmaia a ngdüih lawsak.
