Acts 26
1 Turning to Paul, Agrippa said, “You are at liberty to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.
Anala, u Agripa akam'bula u Paulo, 'Ghuta kukutanga, pe u Paulo akagholosia uluvoko lwa mwene akitanga ndiki.
2 “I have been congratulating myself, King Agrippa,” he said, “that it is before you that I have to make my defense today, with regard to all the charges brought against me by my own people,
“Nikuvona nili nuluvelo, Untua Agripa, kuuti kuvomba u n'kole pavulongolo palyuve umusyughu amasitaka ghoni agha va Yahudi.
3 especially as you are so well-versed in all the customs and questions of the Jewish world. I beg you therefore to give me a patient hearing.
Lino, ulwakuva uve ulin'kagusi ghwa lwigho isa va Yahudi na maswali. Pe nisuma umulikisiaghe mulugudo.
4 My life, then, from youth upwards, was passed, from the very first, among my own nation, and in Jerusalem, and is within the knowledge of all Jews;
Kyang'haani, ava Yahudi vooni vakagwile pene nilyale nikukala kuvujelela vwango mukisina kyango kula ku Yerusalemu.
5 and they have always known – if they choose to give evidence – that, in accordance with the very strictest form of our religion, I lived a true Pharisee.
Vang'awile kuhuma kuvwasio luvanoghile kuuti vitike kuuti nikikale ghwene Mfarisayo, ikipugha kiino kilinuvwimo vunyangufu mu lukano lwitu.
6 Even now, it is because of my hope in the promise given by God to our ancestors that I stand here on my trial –
Lino nimile apa nihighua ulwakuva une nilola ulufingo luno u Nguluve alyavombile nava Nhaata viitu.
7 A promise which our twelve tribes, by earnest service night and day, hope to see fulfilled. It is for this hope, your Majesty, that I am accused – and by Jews themselves!
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 do you all hold it incredible that God should raise the dead?
Nakiki ghwe ghwoni mulyumue isagha kuuti kidegho kuuti u Nguluve isyusia avafue?
9 I myself, it is true, once thought it my duty to oppose in every way the name of Jesus of Nazareth;
Un'siki ghumo nikasaghile june kuuti ngele nivombile amasio minga vwimila vwa litavua lya Yesu ghwa Nazareti.
10 and I actually did so at Jerusalem. Acting on the authority of the chief priests, I myself threw many of the people of Christ into prison, and, when it was proposed to put them to death, I gave my vote for it.
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 Time after time, in every synagogue, I tried by punishments to force them to blaspheme. So frantic was I against them, that I pursued them even to towns beyond our borders.
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 It was while I was traveling to Damascus on an errand of this kind, entrusted with full powers by the chief priests,
Unsiki ghuno nilyale nivomba agha, nikalutile ku Dameski, nilyale ni ndaghilo kange nu vatavulilua kuhuma kuvatekesi ava vaha;
13 that at midday, your Majesty, I saw right in my path, coming from the heavens, a light brighter than the glare of the sun, which shone all around me and those traveling 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 We all fell to the ground, and then I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew – ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? By kicking against the goad you are punishing yourself.’
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 ‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting;
Pe nikati, 'Uve veve veni, Mutwa?' U Mutwa akamula, 'Une nene Yesu juno ghukunipumusia.
16 but get up and stand upright; for I have appeared to you in order to appoint you a servant and a witness of those revelations of me which you have already had, and of those in which I will yet 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 since I am choosing you out from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,
Nikum'poka kuhuma kuvaanhu kange vaanhu ava panji kuno nikukwomola,
18 to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God; so that they may receive pardon for their sins, and a place among those who have become God’s people, by faith in 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 that, King Agrippa, I did not fail to obey the heavenly vision;
Pa uluo, Untua u Agripa, nanikanoghile ku galuka inyifunyo isa ku kyanya,
20 on the contrary, first to those at Damascus and Jerusalem, and then through the whole of Judea, and to the Gentiles as well, I began to preach repentance and conversion to God, and a life befitting that repentance.
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 This is why some men seized me in the Temple, and made attempts on my life.
Ulwakuva uluii ava Yahudi vakanin'kolile mu nyumba im'baha inyimike ija ku funyila, pe vakaghela kukum'buda.
22 However I have received help from God to this very day, and so stand here, and bear my testimony to high and low alike – without adding a word to what the prophets, as well as Moses, declared should happen –
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 must suffer, and that, by rising from the dead, he was destined to be the first to bring news of light, not only to our nation, but also to the Gentiles.”
Kuuti u Kilisite lasima apumuke kange iiva ghwa kwasia kusyuka kuhuma kuvafue na kupulisia ulumuli ku vayahudi na vaanhu ava panji.
24 While Paul was making this defense, Festus called out loudly, “You are mad, Paul; your great learning is driving you mad.”
U Paulo ye amalile pikutanga, u Festo akajova ku lisio ilivaha, 'Paulo, uve uli nyalukwale! amasomo ghako ghakubikile uve nyalukwale.
25 “I am not mad, your Excellency,” he replied. “On the contrary, the statements that I am making are true and sober.
Looli u Paulo akaati, une naninyalukwale, mwoghopua Festo; looli kulukangasio nijova amasio agha kya ng'haani ghooni.
26 Indeed, the king knows about these matters, so I speak before him without constraint. I am sure that there is nothing whatever of what I have been telling him that has escaped his attention; for all this 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 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
Vuuli, ghukwitika avaviili, u Ntua u Agripa? nikagula kuuti ghukwitika.'
28 But Agrippa said to Paul, “You are soon trying to make a Christian of me!”
U Agripa akam'bula u Paulo, 'Kunsiki undebe unoghile kukunivula une kange kukumbika nive Mwitiki?
29 “Whether it is soon or late,” answered Paul, “I pray to God that not only you, but all who are listening to me, might today become just what I am myself – except for these chains!”
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 Then the king rose, with the Governor and Bernice and those who had been sitting with them,
Pe untua akima, nhu n'sikali kange nhu Bernike, na vala vano vakikalile palikimo na vene,
31 and, after retiring, discussed the case among themselves. “There is nothing,” they said, “deserving death or imprisonment in this man’s conduct”;
ye vabukile kuvukumbi, vakajovile vavuo kwa vavuo na kuuti, “Umuunhu uju nanoghile uvufue kange kupinyu,'
32 and, speaking to Festus, Agrippa added, “The man might have been discharged, if he had not appealed to the Emperor.”
U Agripa akam'bula u Festo, “Umuunhu uju anoghile kuuti ave mwavuke ndavule nakekile i piru kuva Kaisari.”
