Acts 26
1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You [(sg)] are permitted [now] to speak [to defend] yourself.” Paul stretched out his hand ([dramatically/to salute the king]) and began to defend himself. He said,
La agrippa yi Bulus, “Mon nyam coka doremwei la Bulus kunkan ceko yoten condorceroti.”
2 “King Agrippa, I consider that I am fortunate that today, while you [(sg)] listen, I can defend myself from all the things about which the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] are accusing me.
Miki Fuwor nerer, liya Agrippa, ki kerowo yahudawa bouti cuko dor mireu.
3 I am really fortunate, because you [(sg)] know all about the customs of us Jews and the questions that we [(exc)] argue about. So I ask you, please listen patiently to what I say.”
Nyori mo nii yumka mor den Yahudawa kange yabciebo. Nyori mikenenti. Nyoli bob nermwero kange bwewo.
4 “Many [HYP] of my fellow Jews know about how I have conducted my life, from the time I was a child. They know how I lived in the area where I [was born] and [also later] in Jerusalem.
Miyi komti gwam yahudawa yubram fiye yim kallemibo fiye wucakke kange Ursalima.
5 They have known for many years, and they could tell you, if they wanted to, that [since I was very young] I obeyed the customs of our religion very carefully, just like the [other] Pharisees do.
Cin yubrangum ye ki kaba, daten ciya yumom miyiyen na bafarasawa.
6 Today I am being put on trial {[they] are putting me on trial} because I am confidently expecting that God will do what he promised our [(exc)] ancestors.
Naweu miki naci mamen bolang nawo wori nor wa kwama tu tebbyebbo ni nen.
7 Our twelve tribes are [also] confidently waiting for God to do [for us what he promised], as they respectfully worship him, day and night. [Respected] king, I confidently expect [that God will do what he promised, and they also believe that! But that is the reason] that these Jewish leaders [SYN] are accusing me!
Wo cou nure ber gero kwab curomboyo yoti ner wiye. ciya wou ki kwamawo ci wabkwamati ki nero win fiye kwama wiyeu kakum kange kume. Ki yoka nerewa, Liya agrippa, yahudawa buranti.
8 They believe that God can cause those who have died to become alive again, so (why [do any of you refuse to believe that he raised Jesus from the dead?/none of you should refuse to believe that he raised Jesus from the dead!]) [RHQ]”
Ye bwikange aburank ti ki diker yumanko kwama akun nob bweyame?
9 “[Formerly] I, too, was sure that I should do everything that I could to oppose Jesus [MTY], the man from Nazareth [town].
La mi burankge ki maka dikero kiden Yesu bana zaret.
10 So that is what I did [when I lived] in Jerusalem. I put many of the believers in jail, as the chief priests there had authorized me [to do]. When [the Jewish leaders wanted] those Christians killed {someone to kill those [Christians]}, I voted [for that].
Min ma buranka mor Ursalima, mi ku nob bwika kwamako duce mor Fursuna. Ki bikwan do wo mifiya fiye nob dur wabero wiyeu, kange wo ci twerciti mineci mwerka duwen.
11 Many times I punished the believers [whom I found] in Jewish meeting places. [By punishing them], I tried to force them to speak evil [about Jesus]. I was so angry with the followers of Jesus that I even traveled to other cities to [find them and] do things to harm them.”
neci dotange duce kwab kuh wabe mi cuti nan dongcinen naci ma burkane. Ma ma kiye ciren kangeci minaci dotange yaken cuka bitiye tim bokage.
12 “[One day], I was on my way to Damascus [city] to do that. The chief priests [in Jerusalem] had authorized and sent me [to seize the believers there].
Ki kwamawo mima buroka boti mi yaken Dimaskus ki ciyaka dur nob wabe.
13 [My respected] king, [while I was going] along the road, at about noon I saw a [bright] light in the sky. It was even brighter than the sun! It shone all around me, and also around the men who were traveling with me.
Mor yame mi, ki kaku, mo liya mito firen dikawama wo la kaku filanken filanko ketenye, kange nubo nyo yakenti wari.
14 We [(exc)] all fell to the ground. Then I heard the voice of someone speaking to me in my own Hebrew language [MTY]. He said ‘Saul, Saul, (stop causing me to suffer!/why are you causing me to suffer?) [RHQ] You [(sg)] are [hurting yourself by trying to hurt me] [MET], [like an ox] kicking against [its owner’s] goad.’
Kabom kwaob nyo yarken bitine, minuwa diro kange tok keroti kange mwoh ki nye Ibranciyawa yiti ki, shawulu, Shawulu ye bwi mon neye dotange tiye? bwikabo na kundike cucuwe.
15 Then I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘I am Jesus. You [(sg)] are harming me [by harming my followers].
La miki webo teluwe? Teluwe ciya mo Yesu wo mone dotange.
16 But instead [of continuing to do that], stand up now! I have appeared to you [(sg)] to tell you that I have chosen you to serve me. You must tell people about [what I am showing you] as you are seeing me [now], and about what I [will show you when] I will [later] appear to you.
Naweu kwen titiye ki co kerowo manun dor miro munenen nan yome? na yilam canga kange nii warkere dor dike moyume dormireu nawo kange wuro miyinentiye. fokab.
17 I will protect you [from those who will try to harm you, both] your own people and [also] those who are not Jewish. I am sending you to non-Jews
Man cuken fiye nobo wiye kange nubo ma to ci fiye mowiyeu.
18 to help them to realize [MTY] what is true and to stop believing what is false [MET]. I am sending you to them so that they may let God control them and not let Satan control them any more. [Then God] will forgive their sins and will accept them as his people because they believe in me.’ [That is what Jesus said to me].”
Na mo wumom nuwage ciyeu yilau ki ci kumtacile yilau ki ci filank. na cin fiya cerka fiye yuwako bwirko wiyeu na ci you yuwa kwama, kange fuloka dikero bwir nen wo cha ne nubo bwang ten co tiyeu.
19 “So, King Agrippa, I fully obeyed [LIT] what [the Lord Jesus told me to do when he spoke to me] from heaven.
La nyori, liya Agrippa miken kom kangumbo ki dukumbo wamito dikwamau.
20 First, I preached to [the Jews] in Damascus. Then I [preached to the Jews] in Jerusalem and throughout [the rest of] Judea [province]. After that, I also preached to non-Jews. I preached that they must turn away from their sinful behavior and turn their lives over to God. I told them that they must do things that would show that they had truly stopped their sinful behavior.”
Dila, kabokoce buro mor Dimaskus. kange Ursalima kange biten Yahudawa gwam, kange nob furenebo, mima cinen bwiranke naci yiloten fiye kwama wiyeu, cin ma dike daten yilokau.
21 “It is because I [preached] this message [that some] [SYN] Jews seized me [when I was] in the Temple [courtyard and] tried to kill me.
Co dike bwi yahudawa ci tamce mor kuh wabe ci cuiti naci twalum co.
22 However, God has been helping me [from that time, and he is still helping me] today. So I stand here and I tell [all of you people], those who are important and those who are not, [who Jesus is]. Everything that I say [about him] is what Moses and the [other] prophets wrote [about long ago, things that they said] would happen.
Kwama tikang wo duwin mi tim kabum bibei kange nubo dur, warke dor dike annabawa kange Musa toki abwitiye.
23 They wrote that [people would cause] the Messiah to suffer and die. They also wrote that he would be the first person to become alive again, to proclaim [the message that would be like] light, [that he would save] both [his own Jewish] people and non-Jewish people.”
Dong dong Almasiya a nuwa dotange anyi lam kaba wociyar komti bwere an tok filang fiye yahudawa kange nubo yumbo kwama.
24 Before Paul could say anything [further] to defend himself, Festus shouted: “Paul, you are crazy! You have studied too much, and it has made you insane!”
Kambo Bulus dim coka duwek cekori, Festus tok kero ki dir, ki Bulus twaka mani ki nyomka mweka donen twalka.
25 But Paul answered, “Your Excellency, Festus, I am not raving [insanely]. On the contrary, what I am saying is true and sensible!
Dila Bulus yico, “mitwalbo nii dur Festus kibi kwan nerer mi tok bilenke tiye kange cinen.
26 King Agrippa knows the things [that I have been talking about], and I can speak confidently to him [about them]. I am sure that he knows [LIT] these things, because people everywhere [IDM] have heard [LIT] about what happened [to Jesus].”
Wori liya yum bo dike burombo gwam, co dike bwi mitok keroti kibi kwane, wori miyom dike kange mani wo yurangum yurange.
27 Then Paul asked, “King Agrippa, do you believe [what] the prophets [wrote]? I know that you [(sg)] believe it.”
Mo ne bilenke kange nob tomange dukumbo, ko liya agrippa? mi nyomom mo ne bilenke.
28 Then Agrippa [answered] Paul, “([I hope that you(sg)] do not think that by the few things [that you have just now said] you can persuade me to become a Christian!/You do not think, [do you], that by the few things [that you have just now said] you can persuade me to become a Christian?)” [RHQ]
Agrippa ni yi Bulus mor kere biduware muki cui namo bwolye na yilam nii bwanka kwama ka?
29 Paul replied, “Whether it takes a short time or a long time, it does not matter. I pray to God that you and also all of the others who are listening to me today will also [believe in Jesus] like I do, but I do not want you to become prisoners [MTY] [like I am].”
Bulus yiki “miki nanenti kwama, mor kene bi dure kange kene dur, kebo mo ki kwama, gwam kange nubo nuwa yilam na mo.
30 Then the king, the governor, Bernice, and all the others got up
Liya kweni ti kange nubo dur kange Bernice, kange nubo gwam yilamom kange.
31 and left [the room. While] they were talking to one another they said to each other, “There is no reason why (the authorities/we) should execute this man, or that he should even be kept in prison [MTY].”
kambo ci dubom ku wabe ri cin ter tok kako kere ko bwiti ci ciki, “Nii wo mabo dike dotange borom kange bwika.”
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “If this man had not asked that the Emperor judge him, he could have been released {[we(inc)] could have released him}.”
Agrippa yi Festus ki naki niwo tumbo kiyage yakenbo cuko kaisar nadi noci yamkancinen.
