Acts 26
1 So Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense.
Iti gwa, uAgripa akamutambuila uPaulo, 'Ugombigwe kitambuilya.' Uugwa uPaulo akagoola u mukono nuakwe akitambuilya iti.
2 “I regard myself as happy, King Agrippa, to make my case before you today against all the accusations of the Jews;
“Kiona ni munya ulowa, Mutemi Agripa, iti kituma u usemelwa nuane ntongeela ako lelo ku usemelwa wihi nua Ayahudi.
3 especially, because you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and questions. So I ask you to hear me patiently.
Lukulu, ku nsoko u ewe ingi wi mulingi nua ntendo nia Ayahudi ni makolyo. Iti gwa kulompa untegeelye ku ugimya.
4 Truly, all the Jews know how I lived from my youth in my own nation and at Jerusalem.
Tai, i Ayahudi ihi alingile iti nai nikie puma u ugalimanga nuane mu ingu nuane uko ku Yerusalemu.
5 They knew me from the beginning and they should admit that I lived as a Pharisee, the strictest party of our religion.
Aningile puma u ng'wandyo hangi atakiwe kugomba kina ai nikiie anga Mufarisayo, ikumbiko ni likete u uambiila tai utaki mu kizindaalo ni kitu.
6 Now I stand here to be judged because of my certain hope in the promise made by God to our fathers.
Itungili nimikile apa namulwe ku nsoko unene naligozee ilago naiza Itunda ai ulitumile ni atata itu.
7 For this is the promise that our twelve tribes sought to receive as they earnestly worshiped God night and day. It is for this certain hope, King Agrippa, that the Jews accuse me.
Ili ingi ilago naiza i ndugu yitu ikumi na ibiili ai isumbiiye kusingiilya anga amipoelye Itunda ku ngulu utiku nu mung'wi. hangi kunsoko a uhuiili uwu, mutemi Agripa, kina i Ayahudi akunsemela.
8 Why should any of you think it is unbelievable that God raises the dead?
Ku niki wihi kati anyu usigile ingi ikuilwa kina Itunda wi iusha i ashi?
9 Now indeed, I myself thought that I should do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Itungo ling'wi ai nsigile mukola kina ai nziituma makani idu ku lina nilang'wa Yesu nua ku Nazareti.
10 I did these in Jerusalem. I locked up many of the saints in prison by the authority I received from the chief priests, and when they were killed, I cast my vote against them.
Ai nitumile aya mu Yerusalemu; Ai niatungile i ahuiili idu mu kadulumu, hangi ai natulaa nu uhumi kupuma ku akulu nia akuhani kituma iti; ni matungo niakubulagwa, ai nikua kula kitalao.
11 I punished them many times in all the synagogues and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was furiously enraged against them and I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
Nkua idu ai niapisiilya mu matekeelo ihi hangi ai ngemile kuazipya auhite u uhuiili nuao. Ai nkete ikuo nangaluu migulya ao hangi ai niazunsilye ga nu mu isali nia uziila
12 While I was doing this, I went to Damascus with authority and orders from the chief priests;
Matungo nai natulaa kituma aya, ainongoe ku Dameski, nize nkete u uhumi nu ulagiiligwa kupuma ku akuhani ni akulu,
13 and on the way there, at midday, King, I saw a light from heaven that was brighter than the sun and it shone around both me and the men who were traveling with me.
nai nikatula munzila matungo a mung'wi, Mutemi, nikihenga welu kupuma kilunde nai watula utaki kukila i mpasu hangi ukelya ku upilimikiilya unene ni antu nai atula atungile u muhinzo palung'wi nu nene.
14 When we all fell to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me that said in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick a goad.'
Usese kihi nai kikagwa pihi, ai nigulye luli lukitambulya nu nene luzeligitya mu ntambu a Kiebrania; 'Sauli, Sauli ku niki ukunaja? Ingi ikaku kitalako ku ukua ilambi u mushokoo.
15 Then I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' The Lord replied, 'I am Jesus whom you persecute.
Papo nikaligitya, 'U ewe ingi nyenyu, Mukulu? uMukulu akasukiilya, ' Unene ingiYesu naiza ukunaja.
16 Now get up and stand on your feet; because for this purpose I appeared to you, to appoint you to be a servant and a witness concerning the things that you know about me now and the things that I will show to you later;
Itungili humbuka wimike ku migulu ako; nsoko ku isigo ili unene nigeeleka kitalako, nukuhoie kutula wi munya mulimo hangi mu kuiili migulya a makani naiza ulingile kutula unene itungili ni makani ni nikakulagiila panyambele;
17 and I will rescue you from the people and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you,
hangi Nikakuguna kupuma ku antu ni anyaingu niize ku ulagiilya,
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 from God the forgiveness of sins and the inheritance that I give to them who are sanctified by faith in me.'
kupitya i miho ao nu kuaheja mu kiti kulongola mu welu nu kupuma mu ngulu nia mulugu amupilukile Itunda; iti alije kusingiilya kupuma kung'wa Itunda ulekelwa nua milandu nu usali naza nia inkiiye awo nai niabague ku uhuiili nu ukoli kitalane.
19 Therefore, King Agrippa, I did not disobey the heavenly vision;
Iti gwa, mutemi Agripa, shanga ai nihumile kupiluka u muloto nua kilunde,
20 but, to those in Damascus first, and then at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, I gave them the message that that they should repent and turn to God, doing deeds worthy of repentance.
kuiti, ku awo niakoli mu Dameski hanza, ni uugwa ku Yerusalemu ni ihi ihi nuku Yudea, hangi ga ku antu ni a mahi mangiiza, ai ntanantilye kina ile itunu nu kumupilukila Itunda, itume i ntendo ni itakiwe kila itunu.
21 For this cause the Jews arrested me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Ku nsoko iyo i Ayahudi ai amambile mi itekeelo, akagema kumbulaga.
22 God has helped me until now, so I stand and testify to the common people and to the great ones about nothing more than what the prophets and Moses said would happen—
Itunda unzaiiye kupikiila itungili, iti gwa nimikaa nu ku kuiila ku antu nia nakanda nu ku awo niakulu migulya a ayo naiza anyakidagu nu Musa ai aligitilye akupumila ni shanga ingiiza;
23 that Christ must suffer and that by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our own people and to the Gentiles.”
kina uKristo kusinja ukagigwa hangi ukutula wang'wandyo kiuka kupuma mu ashi nu kutanantya u welu ku Ayahudi nu ku anyaingu.
24 As Paul completed his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are insane; your great learning makes you insane.”
uPaulo nai wakamala kitambuilya, uFesto ai uligitilye ku luli lukulu, 'Paulo, u ewe wi muhali! kilingi kako kakutendilee utule wimuhali.
25 But Paul said, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus, but what I am declaring is true and rational.
Kuiti uPaulo akaligitya, Unene shanga ni muhali, mukulu Festo; kuiti ku ugimya kuligitya i makani nai a tai ntili.
26 For the king knows about these things; and so, I speak freely to him, for I am persuaded that none of this is hidden from him; for this has not been done in a corner.
Ku nsoko mutemi ulingile kutula i makani aya; ni iti, kuligitya ku ulyuuku kitalakwe; ku nsoko ili shanga ai litumilwe anga ku mpelo.
27 Do you believe the prophets, King Agrippa? I know that you believe.”
Itii, uhuiie i anyakidagu, Mutemi Agripa? Ningile kina uhuiie.
28 Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time would you persuade me and make me a Christian?”
uAgripa akamuila uPaulo, 'Ku itungo ikupi uhumile kumpema unene nu kuntenda ni Mukristo?
29 Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether in a short or long time, not you only, but also all that hear me today, would be like me, but without these prison chains.”
uPaulo akaligitya, “Kumulompa Itunda kina, ku itungo ikupi ang'wi ilipu, shanga u ewe du, ila ihi ga niantegeeye i lelo, atule anga unene, kuiti bila minyororo iyi na kadulumu.”
30 Then the king stood up, and the governor, and Bernice also, and those who were sitting with them;
Uugwa u mutemi ai wimikile, nu liwali, nu Bernike ga, ni awo nai akoli ikie palung'wi ni enso,
31 when they left the hall, they talked to one another and said, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
nai ahegile mu ugalagalo, ai itambuie enso ku enso nu kuligitya, 'Muntu uyu shanga utakiwe insha ang'wi kitungo.
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been freed if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
uAgripa akamuila uFesto, “Muntu uyu aza uhumile kuikwa ilyuuku anga aza wahite kutema u rufaa kung'wa Kaisari.”
