Acts 26

1 And Agrippa said to Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand and made his defence:

Nga nyo, Agripa kammakiya Paulo,'Unaruhusiwa kujitetea.'Nga nyo Paulo kanyosha luboko lwake akajitetea nyoo.

2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defence this day before thee concerning all things of which I am accused by the Jews;

“Najibonekeya mwenye furaha, Mpwalume Agripa, ili kupanga kesi yango nnongi yako leno dhidi ya mashitaka yoti ya Ayahudi.

3 especially as thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions among the Jews. Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

Hasa, kwa mana wenga ni mtaalamu wa desturi za Ayahudi na maswali. Nga nyo naloba unipekaniye kwa uvumilivu.

4 My manner of life, then, from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem, all Jews know:

Kweli, Ayahudi bote batangite namna natama tangu uinja wango katika litaifa lyango kolyo Yerusalemu.

5 and they know, if they are willing to testify, that from the first, according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.

Banitangite tangu mwanzo na bapalikwa kuyeketya panga natama kati Mfarisayo, dhehebu lyalibile msimamo mkale katika dini yetu.

6 And now I stand on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to the fathers,

Nambeambe niyemi pano nihukumiwe kwa sababu nenga natiilinga ahadi ambayo Nnongo apangite na tate bitu.

7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God day and night, hope to obtain; concerning which hope, O king, I am accused by Jews.

Ayee nga ahadi ambayo makabila yitu komi na ibele yatumaini pokya kati bamwabudu Nnongo kwa bidii kilo na mutwekati. Ni kwa ajili ya litumaini lee, mpwalume Agripa, panga Ayahudi banishitaki.

8 Why is it judged incredible with you if God raiseth the dead?

Kwa mwanja namani yeyote kati yinu anafikiri ni ajabu panga Nnongo hufufua bandu ba kiwo?

9 I indeed thought with myself that I ought to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

Muda umo niikite mwene panga nipangite makowe ganansima dhidi ya lina lya Yesu wa Nazareti.

10 Which I also did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints did I myself shut up in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

Nipangite aga katika Yerusalemu; Naatabike baamini banyansima muligereza, na nibile na mamlaka boka kwa akolo ba makuhani kupanga nyoo; na muda wa babulagwa, nipigire kura nnani yao.

11 And I punished them often in all the synagogues, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.

Mara yanansima natiwaadhibu katika masinagogi yote na nilijaribu kuwapanga baikane imani yao. Nibile na hasira muno nnani yao na natiabutukiya hata katika miji ya ugenini.

12 And as I was going to Damascus on this business, with authority and a commission from the chief priests,

Muda panibile napanga aga, niyenda Dameski, nibile na mamlaka na maagizo boka kwa makuhani akolo,

13 at mid-day, on the road, O king, I saw a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those who were journeying with me.

nibile mundela muda wa mutwekati, Mpwalume, nibweni mwanga boka kumaunde ubile mkale kuliko liumu na lyating'ara kutuzunguka nenga na bandu batisafiri pamope na nenga.

14 And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.

Twenga twabote twatitomboka pae, niyowine lilobe lyatibaya na nenga ikabaya katika lugha ya kiebrania,'Sauli, Sauli kwa mwanja namani wanitesa? Ni vigumu kwako kuukombwa teke mchokoo.

15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.

Nga nikabaya,'Wenga wa nyai, Ngwana?' Ngwana kayangwa,'Nenga na Yesu ambaye wanitesa.

16 But arise and stand upon thy feet; for I have appeared to thee for this purpose, to prepare thee as a minister and a witness both of the things which thou sawest, and of those on account of which I will appear to thee;

Nambeambe inuka uyemi kwa magolo gako; sababu kwa likusudi lee nenga natibonekana kwako, natikuchawa kuwa mtumishi na shahidi nnani ya makowe ambayo utangite kuhusu nenga nambeambe na makowe nalowa kukubonekeya baadae;

17 delivering thee from the people, and from the gentiles, to whom I send thee,

na Nalowa kukulopwa boka kwa bandu ba bandu ba mataifa ambapo nakutuma,

18 to open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among the sanctified, by faith in me.

Kufungua minyo yabe na kubatoa mulibendo kuyenda mu'bweya na boka mu'nguvu ya nchela nakunkerebukiya Nnongo, ili bapate pokya boka kwa Nnongo msamaha ba sambi na urithi ambao niwepeya balo banibatengile kwa imani yaibile kwango.

19 Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;

Nga nyo mpwalume Agripa, naweza kwaa kuasi maono ga kumaunde,

20 but first to those in Damascus, and Jerusalem, and to all the country of Judaea, and then to the gentiles, I proclaimed that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

lakini, kwa balo babile katika Dameski kwanza, na boka po Yerusalemu na nchi yote ya Yudea, na pia kwa bandu ba mataifa yenge, natihubiri panga batubu na kunkerebukia Nnongo, bapange matendo yastahiliya toba.

21 For these causes the Jews seized me in the temple, and attempted to kill me.

Kwa mana eyo Ayahudi bakamwile mulihekalu, bakajaribu kunibulaga.

22 Having, however, obtained help from God, I continue to this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing except those things which the Prophets and Moses said were to come to pass;

Nnongo amenisaidia mpaka nambeambe, nga nyo nayema na kushuhudia kwa bandu ba kawaida na kwa balo akolo nnani ya yalo ambayo manabii na Musa bagabaya yalowa pangika na vingine kwaa;

23 that the Christ should suffer, and that, as first of those raised from the dead, he was to proclaim light both to the people and to the gentiles.

Panga Kristo lazima alowa teseka na alowa wa kwanza kufufuka boka mu'kiwo na kutangaza bweya kwa Ayahudi na bandu bamataifa.

24 And as he was thus speaking in his defence, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning is making thee mad.

Paulo paayomwile kujitetea, Festo abaya kwa lilobe likolo,'Paulo wenga wa mwenda wazimu! masomo gako gakupangite uwe mwendawazimu.

25 But he saith, I am not mad, most noble Festus, but utter words of truth and soberness.

Lakini Paulo kabaya, Nenga na mwendawazimu kwaa, mheshimiwa Festo; lakini kwa ujasiri nabaya maneno ga ukweli mtupu.

26 For the king knoweth about these things well; to whom also I speak boldly; for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him: for this was not done in a corner.

Kwa mana mpwalume atangite kuhusu makowe aga; nga nyo, nilongela kwa uhuru kwake, kwa mana nibile na uhakika panga ntopo lolote lyalifichika kwake; kwa mana lee lipangikwa kwaa pembeni.

27 King Agrippa, believest thou the Prophets? I know that thou believest.

Je, ubaaminiya manabii, mpwalume Agripa? Nitangite panga uaminiya.'

28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, With little effort thou thinkest to persuade me to become a Christian.

Agripa kammakiya Paulo,'kwa muda mwipi waweza kunishawishi nenga na kunipanga Mkristo?

29 And Paul said, I would to God, that with little effort or with great, not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, might be made such as I am, except these bonds.

Paulo kabaya, “Nannoba Nnongo panga, kwa muda mwipi au mrefu, wenga kwaa, ila pia bote mwamuniyowine leno, mupangike kati nenga, lakini bila yelo minyororo ya muligereza.”

30 And the king rose up and the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them;

Nga nyo mpwalume ayemi, na liwali, na Bernike kae, na balo babile batama pamope nao.

31 and going aside they talked with each other, saying, This man is doing nothing deserving death, or bonds.

Batiboka ukumbini, walilongela bembe kwa bembe no baya,'Mundu yolo astahili kwaa kiwo wala kifungo'.

32 And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar.

Agripa kammakiya Festo, “mundu yolo aweza kubekwa huru mana aikanikiya rufani kwa Kaisari.”