Acts 24
1 And after five days the chief priest Ananias came down, with the elders, and a certain orator—Tertullus, and they disclosed to the governor [the things] against Paul;
Amhnüp mhma käna, ktaiyü ngvai säih Anani, ngvaie avang ja seihne Tetulah ngsut lawki he naw, Pawluha mawng cun pe uka veia ami pyen law.
2 and he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse [him], saying, “Enjoying much peace through you, and worthy deeds being done to this nation through your forethought,
Acunüng, Pawluh cun khü u lü Tetulah naw mkat law lü, “Bawi kdaw säih aw, nanga phäha dim’yenak am kami vea phäh, kami pea phäh na jah thunghlai hin nanga jah cehcawn phäh ni.
3 always, also, and everywhere we receive it, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness;
Angläta, a hawa pi jenak am kami veki cun nanga bänak ni.
4 and that I may not be further tedious to you, I exhort you to hear us concisely in your gentleness;
Acunsepi, na kcün khawvei am la hlü veng lüpi, na mlunga a nemnak am ka pyen cun na ngaih pet vaia ning nghui na veng.
5 for having found this man a pestilence, and moving a dissension to all the Jews through the world—also a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes—
Hina khyang hin, Nazaret ami ti khyange üng ngvai bi lü, khawmdeka khana Judahe naküt jah suksaki kami ksingki.
6 who also tried to profane the temple, whom we also took, [[and wished to judge according to our law,
Pamhnama temple pi mtüihkhehsaki; acunakyase, kami man ni.
7 and Lysias the chief captain having come near, took away out of our hands with much violence,
Na thuma mäiha, a mawng mtai pet vaia kami tängki ni, acunsepi yekap ngvaisäih Lusika naw law lü, kami kut üngka asihlinga jah hut hlawk lü, amät kami mkatkie na veia law vaia ngthu a jah pet.
8 having commanded his accusers to come to you, ]] from whom you may be able, yourself having examined, to know concerning all these things of which we accuse him”;
Namät naw hina khyang kthäh lü, kami mkatnak naküt cun na ksing khai ni” a ti.
9 and the Jews also agreed, professing these things to be so.
Acunüng, Judahe naw pi law u lü ahin hin kcangki ni” tia ami pyen sih.
10 And Paul—the governor having beckoned to him to speak—answered, “Knowing [that] for many years you have been a judge to this nation, I answer more cheerfully the things concerning myself;
Pe uk naw Pawluh cun ngthu pyen khaia a kut säng se ta, Pawluh naw, “Nang kum khawvei hina khyangmjü lei jah mkhyah pe lü na veki tia ka ksinga phäha, aktäa jenak am kamäta ngsungkhameinak na hmaia ngthu ka pyen law khai.
11 you being able to know that it is not more than twelve days to me since I went up to worship in Jerusalem,
Jerusalema Pamhnam hjawkhah khaia ka cehnak atuh mhnüp xaleinghngih va law hamki tia namät naw na ksing khai.
12 and neither did they find me reasoning with anyone in the temple, or making a dissension of the multitude, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;
Temple k'uma pi, sinakoka pi, mlüha pi, upi ka ngcuhpüi, khyang ka ksük pi am na hmu u.
13 nor are they able to prove against me the things concerning which they now accuse me.
Tukbäih pi, ami na mkatnak vai tuilam am mdan thei ve u.
14 And I confess this to you, that, according to The Way that they call a sect, so I serve the God of the fathers, believing all things that have been written in the Law and the Prophets,
Acunsepi, hin hin na veia ka phyeh khai, Kami pupaea Mhnam kei naw ka hjawkhah Mawnglam cun am kcang ami ti ni. Sahmaea caupe jah Mosia thum üng ng’yuk nakütki pi ka jum hngaki.
15 having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, [that] there is about to be a resurrection of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;
Ka äpnak pi veki ta Pamhnam naw khyang naküt akdaw ja akse pi thihnak üngkhyüh jah mtho law be khai ni.
16 and in this I exercise myself, to always have a conscience void of offense toward God and men.
Acuna phäha, Pamhnam veia ja nghngicima veia pi, ka mlungmthina käh mkhyemsawh vaia ka ktha naki.
17 And after many years I came, about to do kind acts to my nation, and offerings,
Acunüng, kum khawvei anghjawk käna ka khyangea ngui jah pet vai ja ngkengtainak pawh khaia ka lawki.
18 in which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with multitude, nor with tumult,
Ngcimngcaihnak pawi päng lü ahine ka jah pawh k'um üng amimi naw Templea na hmuhkie. Ka hlawnga khyange ja suksaknak pi am ve u.
19 whom it is necessary to be present before you, and to accuse, if they had anything against me,
Acua, Asah üngka Judahe pi vekie, acune naw law u lü ka khana ami pyen vai a vea kyak üng, hin üng na hmaia ve u lü na mkat khaie sü.
20 or let these same say if they found any unrighteousness in me in my standing before the Sanhedrin,
Am acunüng, hina khyange naw, kawngcia hmaia ka ngdüih üng, ka katnak ami hmuh khawia kyak üng atuh pyen u se,
21 except concerning this one voice, in which I cried, standing among them—Concerning a resurrection of the dead I am judged by you today.”
Kawngcia hmaia ka pyen mata, ‘Khyangkthi tho be khai tia ka jumeia phäha na mkatei u lü tuhngawi nami hmaia ami na lawpüi ni” a ti.
22 And having heard these things, Felix delayed them—having known more exactly of the things concerning The Way—saying, “When Lysias the chief captain may come down, I will know fully the things concerning you”;
Acunüng, Felik naw, Mawnglam cun ana ksing lawa kyase, “Yekap ngvai säih Lusika a pha law üng na mawng ka ning mkhyah pet khai” a ti.
23 having also given a direction to the centurion to keep Paul, to let [him] also have liberty, and to forbid none of his own friends to minister or to come near to him.
Pawluh cun a jah ngängsak vai ja, a püipawe naw pi law u lü ami mbeimbawk law vaia yekap ngvai am ngthu a pet.
24 And after certain days, Felix having come with his wife Drusilla, being a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning faith toward Christ,
Mhnüp khawveica anghjawk käna, Felik cun a khyu Dusilah, Judah nghnumi ngkhahpüi lü law beki naw, Pawluh ja khüsak lü, Khritaw Jesuh jumnaka ngthu cun ngaiki.
25 and he reasoning concerning righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment that is about to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, “For the present be going, and having time, I will call for you”;
Pawluh naw, dawkyanaka ngthu, mät ja mät nängeinaka ngthu, ngthumkhyahnak ve law khaia ngthue a jah mtheh üng, Felik naw aktäa kyüh law lü, “Cit be maa, akcün a awng üng, ning khü law be kawm” a ti.
26 and at the same time also hoping that money will be given to him by Paul, that he may release him, therefore, also sending for him often, he was conversing with him;
Pawluh naw ngui a pet vai a ngaihk’uheia kyase, khü lü a kthäha kyaki.
27 and two years having been fulfilled, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus; Felix also willing to lay a favor on the Jews, left Paul bound.
Acunsepi, kum nghngih päih käna, Pocih Festuh naw Felik mthawng se; acunüng, Felik naw Judahea ksunga a ngminga daw vai ngai lü Pawluh cun thawngim üng a khyum hüt.
