Acts 26
1 So Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense.
Efyo, Agripa akan'jobhela Paulo, `Wiruhusibhwa kwitetela. 'Ndipo Paulo akanyosya kibhoko kya muene akakitetela naha.
2 “I regard myself as happy, King Agrippa, to make my case before you today against all the accusations of the Jews;
'Nikibhona nihobhwiki, Mfalme Agripa, ili kubhomba kesi jha nene mbele jha bhebhe dhidi jha mashtaka ghoha gha bhayahudi.
3 especially, because you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and questions. So I ask you to hear me patiently.
Hasa, kwandabha bhebhe ghwe n'taalamu ghwa desturi sya bhajhahudi ni maswali. Hivyo nisoka unipelekesiajhi kwa uvumilivu.
4 Truly, all the Jews know how I lived from my youth in my own nation and at Jerusalem.
Kweli, Bhayahudi bhoha bhamanyili jinsi kyaniishili kuhoma ujana bhwangu mu taifa lyangu okhu Yerusalemu.
5 They knew me from the beginning and they should admit that I lived as a Pharisee, the strictest party of our religion.
Bhanimanyili kuh'omela kubhuandu na bhilondeka kujhedekela kujha naiishili kama Mfarisayo, dhehebu lenye msimamo n'kali ku dini jhitu.
6 Now I stand here to be judged because of my certain hope in the promise made by God to our fathers.
Henu nijhemili apa nihukumulibhwayi kwandabha nene nalangili ahadi ambajho K'yara abhombili ni bha dadi jhitu.
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.
Ejhe ndo ahadi ambajho makabila ghitu kumi na mbili ghinoghela kupokela kama bhakamwabudu K'yara kwa bidii kiru ni musi. Ndo kwandabha jha tumaini e'le, mfalme Agripa, kujha Bhayahudi bhakanishtaki.
8 Why should any of you think it is unbelievable that God raises the dead?
Kwandajhakiki jhejhioha kati jhinu ifiki kujha ajabu kwamba K'yara ifufula bhafu?
9 Now indeed, I myself thought that I should do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Wakati umonga nafikiri ne muene kujha nganibhombili mambo ghamehele dhidi jha lihina lya Yesu ghwa 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.
Nabhombi agha ku Yerusalemu; Nabhafungili bhaamini bhingi mu ligereza na najhele ni mamlaka kuhoma kwa bhabhaha bha makuhani kubhomba naha; na wakati bhikomibhwa, napigili kura dhidi jha bhene.
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.
Mara nyingi nabhatobhili mu masinagogi ghoha na najaribu kubhabhomba bhaibelayi imani jha bhene. Najhele ni ligoga sana juu jha bhene na nabhabhengili ata mu miiji jha kubhuhesya.
12 While I was doing this, I went to Damascus with authority and orders from the chief priests;
Wakati nibhomba agha, nalotili Dameski, nikajha ni mamlaka ni malaghisu kuhoma kwa makuhani ni bhabhaha;
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.
bho nijhele munjhela wakati wa pamusi, Mfalme, nabhubhwene muanga kuhoma kumbinguni bhwajhele n'kali kuliko kijobha na bhwang'aniri kutusyongoka nene ni bhanu bhabhasafiriaghe pamonga ni 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.'
Twebhona bho tubinili pasi, napeliki sauti jhilongela ni nene jhikajha jhijhoba kwa lugha jha Kiebrani: `Sauli, Sauli! Kwandajhakiki ukanitesya? Ni panonono kwa bhebhe kutobha liteke ni chokoo.
15 Then I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' The Lord replied, 'I am Jesus whom you persecute.
Ndipo nikajobha, 'Bhebhe we niani, Bwana?' Bwana akajibu, 'Nene ne Yesu ambajhe ukanitesya.
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;
Henu jhinukayi ujhemayi kwa magolo gha jhobhi; ndabha kwa kusudi e'le nene nibhonekene kwa jhobhi, nikuteuili kujha m'tumishi ni shahidi juu jha mambo ambagho umanyili kuhusu nene henu ni mambo ghanibetakulasya baadajhe;
17 and I will rescue you from the people and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you,
na Nibetakuokola kwa bhanu ni bhanu bha mataifa ambapo nibetakulaghisya,
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.'
kufungula mihu gha bhene ni kubhapisya mu ngisi kulota kwa muanga ni kuhoma ku nghofu sya syetani bhan'geukilayi K'yara; ili bhabhwesyajhi kupokela kuhoma kwa K'yara msamaha bhwa dhambi ni urithi ambao nibhapeli bhala bhanibhatengili kwa imani jhaijhe kwa nene.
19 Therefore, King Agrippa, I did not disobey the heavenly vision;
Hivyo, mfalme Agripa, nabhwesilepi kuasi maono gha kumbinguni,
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.
lakini, kwa bhala bhabhajhele ku Dameski hoti, ni kisha Yerusalemu ni nchi jhioha jha Yudea, kabhele ni kwa bhanu bha mataifa ghangi, nahubiri kujha bhatubuajhi ni kun'geukila K'yara, bhabhombayi matendo gha ghikastahili toba.
21 For this cause the Jews arrested me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Kwa ndabha ejhu Bhajhahudi bhanikamuili mu lihekalu, bhakajaribu kunikoma.
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—
K'yara anitangili mpaka henu, hivyo ni jhema ni kushuhudila kwa bhanu bha kawaida ni kwa bhala bhabhaha juu jha ghala ambagho manabii ni Musa bhajobhili ghitokel na sio fenge;
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.”
kwamba Kristu lazima ibetakutesibhwa na ibetakujha gwa kuanza kufufuka kuhoma kwa bhafu ni kutangasya mwanga kwa Bhayahudi ni bhanu bha mataifa.
24 As Paul completed his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are insane; your great learning makes you insane.”
Paulo akamala kwitetela, Festo akajobha kwa sauti mbaha, 'Paulo, bhebhe ndo mwendawazimu! masomo gha bhebhe ghakubhombili ujhelayi ghwe silola.
25 But Paul said, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus, but what I am declaring is true and rational.
Lakini Paulo akajobha, Nene namwendawazimu lepi, mheshimiwa Festo; lakini kwa ujasiri nijobha malobhi gha ukweli tu.
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.
Kwa kujha mfalme umanyili kuhusu mambo agha; na hivyo, nilongela kwa uhuru kwa muene, kwa maana nijhe ni hakika kujha lijhelepi lyolyoha lya libetakufighibhwa; kwa kujha e'le libhombiki lepi pa pembeni.
27 Do you believe the prophets, King Agrippa? I know that you believe.”
Je, ghwikiera manabii, Mfalme Agripa? Nimanyi kujha wiamini.'
28 Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time would you persuade me and make me a Christian?”
Agripa akan'jobhela Paulo, 'Kwa muda mfupi wibhwesya Mkristu?
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.”
Paulo akajobha, “Nikan'soka K'yara kujha, kwa mda mfupi au n'tali, sio bhebhe tu, bali bhoha bhabhakanipelekesya lelu, bhebhe kama nene, lakini bila ejhe minyororo ghya mu gereza.”
30 Then the king stood up, and the governor, and Bernice also, and those who were sitting with them;
Ndipo mfalme akajhema, ni liwali, ni Bernike kabhele, ni bhala bhabhajhele bhatami pamonga nabhu,
31 when they left the hall, they talked to one another and said, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
bho bhabhokili pa ukumbi, bhalongili bhene kwa bhene ni kujobha, 'Munu ojho akastahili lepi kifo wala kifungu.'
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been freed if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Agripa akan'jobhela Festo, “Munu ojho jhilondeka ajhelayi huru kama ngaakatilepi rufani kwa Kaisari.”
