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:
Anala, u Agripa akam'bula u Paulo, 'Ghuta kukutanga, pe u Paulo akagholosia uluvoko lwa mwene akitanga ndiki.
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,
“Nikuvona nili nuluvelo, Untua Agripa, kuuti kuvomba u n'kole pavulongolo palyuve umusyughu amasitaka ghoni agha va Yahudi.
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.
Lino, ulwakuva uve ulin'kagusi ghwa lwigho isa va Yahudi na maswali. Pe nisuma umulikisiaghe mulugudo.
4 The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth—which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem—all the Jews know,
Kyang'haani, ava Yahudi vooni vakagwile pene nilyale nikukala kuvujelela vwango mukisina kyango kula ku 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;
Vang'awile kuhuma kuvwasio luvanoghile kuuti vitike kuuti nikikale ghwene Mfarisayo, ikipugha kiino kilinuvwimo vunyangufu mu lukano lwitu.
6 and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,
Lino nimile apa nihighua ulwakuva une nilola ulufingo luno u Nguluve alyavombile nava Nhaata viitu.
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;
Ulu lwe lufingo luno amakabila ghitu ifijigho fivili vihuvila kukwupila ndavule vikun'suma u Nguluve ni ngufu pakilo na pamwisi. Vwa vwimila uvwa luhuvilo ulu, untua u Agripa, kuuti ava Yahudi vikunisitaki.
8 why is it judged incredible with you if God raises the dead?
Nakiki ghwe ghwoni mulyumue isagha kuuti kidegho kuuti u Nguluve isyusia avafue?
9 I indeed, therefore, thought with myself that it was necessary [for me] to do many things against the Name of Jesus of Nazareth,
Un'siki ghumo nikasaghile june kuuti ngele nivombile amasio minga vwimila vwa litavua lya Yesu ghwa 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,
Nika ghavombile agha mu Yerusalemu; nikavakungile ava vitiki vinga mu ndinde, kange nilyale nu mutavulilua kuhuma mu vavaha nava tekesi kuvomba anala; unsiki ghuno vaka m'budagha, nilyatovile ikura kuvene.
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.
Nakalingi nikavatovile munyumba ija kufunyila jooni kange nikaghelile kuvomba navangitikaghe u lwitiko luvanave. Nilyale ni ng'alasi kyongo kuvana nikavadaghile kange mulikaja ilya kuvuhesia.
12 In which things, also, going on to Damascus—with authority and commission from the chief priests—
Unsiki ghuno nilyale nivomba agha, nikalutile ku Dameski, nilyale ni ndaghilo kange nu vatavulilua kuhuma kuvatekesi ava vaha;
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;
unsiki ghuno nikale musila pa mwisi, Untua, nilyalwaghile ulumuli kuhuma kukyanya luno lukale lumulika kukila ilijuva lukamulike kusyuta une na vaanhu vano vakale vighenda palikimo nune.
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!
Usue tweni ye twingile paasi, nikapulike ilisio lijova nune liiti mu njovele ija Kiebrania: 'Sauli, Sauli! nakiki ghuku nesa? Kitalamu kulyuve kutova iteke amam'fua.
15 And I said, Who are You, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus whom you persecute;
Pe nikati, 'Uve veve veni, Mutwa?' U Mutwa akamula, 'Une nene Yesu juno ghukunipumusia.
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,
Lino ghwime kumaghulu ghako, ulwakuva nu luhuvilo ulu une nihufisie kulyuve, nukusalwile kuuti uve m'bomba mbombo kange uve mwolesi ghwa masio agha ghukagula vwimila une lino na masio ghano nikukusona ye ghakilile agha;
17 delivering you from the people, and the nations, to whom I now send you,
Nikum'poka kuhuma kuvaanhu kange vaanhu ava panji kuno nikukwomola,
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.
kudindula amaso gha vanave napikuvahumia mu ng'iisi kuluta kuvuvalafu nakuluta kungufu isa setano vasyetukile u Nguluve; neke vupile kuhuma kwa Nguluve ululaghilo ulwa vahosi nu vuhasi vuno nivapelile vala vano nivabaghwile nu lwitiko luno lilikulyune.
19 After which, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
Pa uluo, Untua u Agripa, nanikanoghile ku galuka inyifunyo isa ku kyanya,
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;
looli, kuvala vano vano vali mu Dameski pavwasio, kange ku Yerusalemu na ku iisi jooni ija ku Yudea, kange na vaanhu ava kufisina ifinge, nikadalikile kuuti valete na kukunsyetukila u Nguluve, vavombe imbombo sino sinoghile ululato.
21 because of these things the Jews—having caught me in the temple—were endeavoring to kill [me].
Ulwakuva uluii ava Yahudi vakanin'kolile mu nyumba im'baha inyimike ija ku funyila, pe vakaghela kukum'buda.
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,
U Nguluve akanangile kufika lino, pe nikwima na kuvolelela avaanhu va vulevule na kuvala avavaha, vwimila vwa sila sino avaviili nu Musa valyajovile kuuti silihula na sikunua;
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.”
Kuuti u Kilisite lasima apumuke kange iiva ghwa kwasia kusyuka kuhuma kuvafue na kupulisia ulumuli ku vayahudi na vaanhu ava panji.
24 And he thus making a defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “You are mad, Paul; much learning turns you mad!”
U Paulo ye amalile pikutanga, u Festo akajova ku lisio ilivaha, 'Paulo, uve uli nyalukwale! amasomo ghako ghakubikile uve nyalukwale.
25 And he says, “I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness I speak forth the sayings;
Looli u Paulo akaati, une naninyalukwale, mwoghopua Festo; looli kulukangasio nijova amasio agha kya ng'haani ghooni.
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;
Ulwakuva untua ikagula vwimila vwa masio agha; pa oluo, nijova nu vwavuke vwa mwene, ulwakuva niili nuvwa kyang'haani kuuti nakwelile lyoni lino lifisime kwa mwene; ulwakuva iili nalivombilue palubale.
27 do you believe, King Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that you believe!”
Vuuli, ghukwitika avaviili, u Ntua u Agripa? nikagula kuuti ghukwitika.'
28 And Agrippa said to Paul, “In [so] little you persuade me to become a Christian?”
U Agripa akam'bula u Paulo, 'Kunsiki undebe unoghile kukunivula une kange kukumbika nive Mwitiki?
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 akaati, “Nikunsuma u Nguluve kuuti, kunsiki n'dbe nambe n'tali, naveve juve kange vooni vano vikunipulika umusyughu, veve ndavule une, looli kange kisila manyororo agha mu ndinde
30 And he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,
Pe untua akima, nhu n'sikali kange nhu Bernike, na vala vano vakikalile palikimo na vene,
31 and having withdrawn, they were speaking to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds”;
ye vabukile kuvukumbi, vakajovile vavuo kwa vavuo na kuuti, “Umuunhu uju nanoghile uvufue kange kupinyu,'
32 and Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
U Agripa akam'bula u Festo, “Umuunhu uju anoghile kuuti ave mwavuke ndavule nakekile i piru kuva Kaisari.”
