Acts 26
1 And Agrippa said to Paul, “It is permitted to you to speak for yourself”; then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defense:
U Agripa wabhuula uPaulo, `Uruhusiwe ahwitetele. 'U Paulo wabhusya ukhono gwakwe wahwitetela.
2 “Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, King Agrippa, I have thought myself blessed, being about to make a defense before you today,
“Ehwilola endi nu luseshelo, wu Mfumu Agripa, alole enongwa yane elongwa nawe hwibha bhabhandonga Ayahudi.
3 especially knowing you to be acquainted with all things—both customs and questions—among Jews; for this reason, I implore you to hear me patiently.
Nantele awe uli taalamu hu destuli zya Ayahudi na maswali eshi elabha untelejezye.
4 The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth—which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem—all the Jews know,
Lyoli Ayahudi bhaminye shanakhiye afume huwana wane hwitaifa lyane hula hu Yerusalemu.
5 knowing me before from the first (if they may be willing to testify), that after the most exact sect of our worship, 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 made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,
Eshi inemeleye epa elongwa hu sababu lulagano lwabhaise bhetu lwabhalagine nu Ngulubhi aliifanya na baba zetu.
7 to which our twelve tribes, intently serving night and day, hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, King Agrippa, by the Jews;
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 incredible with you if God raises the dead?
Eshi amwe yeenu sigamusibha huje Ungulubhi azyusya abhantu bhabhafwiye?
9 I indeed, therefore, thought with myself that it was necessary [for me] to do many things against the Name of Jesus of Nazareth,
Lumo isibha huje ingabhombile zimo hwitawa lya Yesu wa hu Nazareti.
10 which I also did in Jerusalem, and I shut up many of the holy ones in prison, having received the authority from the chief priests; they also being put to death, 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 in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining [them] to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting [them] even to strange cities.
Nabhapiye eadhabu mumasinagogi gonti nantele nabhasababisizye huje bhakhane ulwitiho lwabho, naali ni lyoyo nabho, nabhabhinjile ata hu jenyi.
12 In which things, also, going on to Damascus—with authority and commission from the chief priests—
isho, nabhalile hu Dameski, endi na mamlaka afume hwa gosi bheshibhanza;
13 at midday, I saw in the way, O king, out of Heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining around me a light—and those going on with me;
nahwabha pasanya, Mfumu, nahalulola ulukhozyo ulukhali ashile ulwisanya, lwahatizyungula tenti.
14 and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? [It is] hard for you 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 are You, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus whom you persecute;
Ane nabhuuzya, 'Awe nanu, Ngosi?' Umwene waga, 'Ane ne Yesu wuntesa.
16 but rise, and stand on your feet, for this I appeared to you, to appoint you an officer and a witness both of the things you saw, and of the things [in which] I will appear to you,
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 you from the people, and the nations, to whom I now send you,
ane Embahuhwokole na bhantu, abhantu bha huula hwa Mataifa hwehutuma,
18 to open their eyes, to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the authority of Satan to God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified by faith that [is] toward 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 After which, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
Eshi, awe mfumu Agripa, ane siga imbajiye akhane embonesyo ezya humwanya,
20 but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, also to all the region of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to convert, and to turn back to God, doing works worthy of conversion;
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 because of these things the Jews—having caught me in the temple—were endeavoring to kill [me].
Hwilyo Ayahudi bhahata mushibhanza, bhalinga ambude.
22 Having obtained, therefore, help from God, until this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spoke of as about to come,
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 that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a resurrection from the dead, He is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.”
huje uKilisti ailabha na aibha wa hwande azyushe afume hwa bhafwe na tangazye ulukhozyo hwa Yahudi na hwa bhantu abha mataifa.
24 And he thus making a defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “You are mad, Paul; much learning turns you mad!”
U Paulo nawamala ahwitetele, u Festo wabhula, 'u Paulo, huje awe ulipelusu embazyo zyaho zibhishile huje ubhe pelusu.
25 And he says, “I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness I speak forth the sayings;
Lelo uPaulo waga ane siga endipelusu ane eyanga ezyelyoli wene.
26 for the king knows concerning these things, before whom I also speak boldly, for none of these things, I am persuaded, are hidden from him; for this thing 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 do you believe, King Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that you believe!”
Eshi awe Mfumu ubhitiha akuwa lelo emenye huje ubhitiha. '
28 And Agrippa said to Paul, “In [so] little you persuade me to become a Christian?”
U Agripa wabhuzya uPaulo, 'Sheshi nanali ubhajiye ambishe nanii huje imbe Mkristo?
29 And Paul said, “I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only you, but also all those hearing me today, to become such as I also 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 he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,
Umfumu wimilila, nu liwali, nu Bernike na bhamwabho bhonti bhabhali nabho,
31 and having withdrawn, they were speaking to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds”;
nabhasogola bhayangana bheene bhaga, 'Umuntu unu sigatulile enongwa zya huje afwe wala afungwe.'
32 and Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
U Agripa wabhuula uFesto, “Huje umuntu tenzaga huleshele handasiga akasile ulufaa hwa Kaisari.”
