Acts 26
1 So Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense.
U Agripa wabhuula uPaulo, `Uruhusiwe ahwitetele. 'U Paulo wabhusya ukhono gwakwe wahwitetela.
2 “I regard myself as happy, King Agrippa, to make my case before you today against all the accusations of the Jews;
“Ehwilola endi nu luseshelo, wu Mfumu Agripa, alole enongwa yane elongwa nawe hwibha bhabhandonga Ayahudi.
3 especially, because you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and questions. So I ask you to hear me patiently.
Nantele awe uli taalamu hu destuli zya Ayahudi na maswali eshi elabha untelejezye.
4 Truly, all the Jews know how I lived from my youth in my own nation and at Jerusalem.
Lyoli Ayahudi bhaminye shanakhiye afume huwana wane hwitaifa lyane hula hu Yerusalemu.
5 They knew me from the beginning and they should admit that I lived as a Pharisee, the strictest party of our religion.
Bhaminye ahwande hali nantele bhahwanziwa ahwitishe huje ane nali Farisayo, idhahabu lyalili nu msimamo ukhali hu dini yetu.
6 Now I stand here to be judged because of my certain hope in the promise made by God to our fathers.
Eshi inemeleye epa elongwa hu sababu lulagano lwabhaise bhetu lwabhalagine nu Ngulubhi aliifanya na baba zetu.
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.
Olulagano olu lwemakabila getu ilongo nazibhili, bhasubhila nkashele bhaihuputa Ungulubhi humwoyo gwonti usiku na pasanya, nongwa yelusubhilo olu Ayahudi bhandonga na nshitaki wu mfumu Agripa.
8 Why should any of you think it is unbelievable that God raises the dead?
Eshi amwe yeenu sigamusibha huje Ungulubhi azyusya abhantu bhabhafwiye?
9 Now indeed, I myself thought that I should do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Lumo isibha huje ingabhombile zimo hwitawa lya Yesu wa hu 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.
Nabhombile ezi hu Yerusalemu; Nabhafunjile mwijela, nahali ne mamlaka afume hwa gosi bheshibhanza abhombe isho; nabhabhabudaga nabhakhomiye ekura aje bhabudwe.
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.
Nabhapiye eadhabu mumasinagogi gonti nantele nabhasababisizye huje bhakhane ulwitiho lwabho, naali ni lyoyo nabho, nabhabhinjile ata hu jenyi.
12 While I was doing this, I went to Damascus with authority and orders from the chief priests;
isho, nabhalile hu Dameski, endi na mamlaka afume hwa gosi bheshibhanza;
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.
nahwabha pasanya, Mfumu, nahalulola ulukhozyo ulukhali ashile ulwisanya, lwahatizyungula tenti.
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.'
Tenti tahagwa pansi ane nahumvwa izu lifuma humwanya liyiga Sauli, Sauli! Yeenu uhumvisya? Awe sigaubhajiye apane neteke elimvwa.
15 Then I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' The Lord replied, 'I am Jesus whom you persecute.
Ane nabhuuzya, 'Awe nanu, Ngosi?' Umwene waga, 'Ane ne Yesu wuntesa.
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;
Eshi imilila na manama gaho; ane embonishe huliwe, isaluye huje ubhe bhomba mbombo wanena, ubhe keti wane hugaala gugalolile na gamwabho gembahulanje pamande;
17 and I will rescue you from the people and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you,
ane Embahuhwokole na bhantu, abhantu bha huula hwa Mataifa hwehutuma,
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.'
bhigushe amaso bhepemunkisi bhenze hulukhozyo bhepe hwikhone lya shetani bhagalushile Ungulubhi; ili bhaposhele uusajile wawe mbibhi na bhaposhele ugaale wembabhishiye bhala bhembasaluye hulwitiho lwaluli huline.
19 Therefore, King Agrippa, I did not disobey the heavenly vision;
Eshi, awe mfumu Agripa, ane siga imbajiye akhane embonesyo ezya humwanya,
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.
bhaala bhabhli hu Yerusalemu na hunsi yonti eya hu Yudea, na huula hwa bhantu bha mataifa aganji, nabhalumbiliye huje bhabhombe enyinza zyazibhoneha huje bhalambile.
21 For this cause the Jews arrested me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Hwilyo Ayahudi bhahata mushibhanza, bhalinga ambude.
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—
Eshi Ungulubhi amavwizye paka enfishile epa, eshi ihwimilila nayanje hwa bhantu bhekawaida na hwabhaala agosi ayanje zilazyabhayanjile akuwa nu Musa bhayanjile huje zyaifumila ne siyo eshenje;
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.”
huje uKilisti ailabha na aibha wa hwande azyushe afume hwa bhafwe na tangazye ulukhozyo hwa Yahudi na hwa bhantu abha mataifa.
24 As Paul completed his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are insane; your great learning makes you insane.”
U Paulo nawamala ahwitetele, u Festo wabhula, 'u Paulo, huje awe ulipelusu embazyo zyaho zibhishile huje ubhe pelusu.
25 But Paul said, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus, but what I am declaring is true and rational.
Lelo uPaulo waga ane siga endipelusu ane eyanga ezyelyoli wene.
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.
Umfumu umwene azimenye ezi; ane eyanga nuwaushe wonti ane emenye huje nalimo lyalyubhile hwamwene ega gonti sigagabhombishe panshenje.
27 Do you believe the prophets, King Agrippa? I know that you believe.”
Eshi awe Mfumu ubhitiha akuwa lelo emenye huje ubhitiha. '
28 Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time would you persuade me and make me a Christian?”
U Agripa wabhuzya uPaulo, 'Sheshi nanali ubhajiye ambishe nanii huje imbe Mkristo?
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.”
U Paulo waga, “'Ibhesheshi awe patalii ihulaabha Ungulubhi huje amwe mwenti mubhe neshi ane, lelo siga ilaabha huje mupinywe neshi ane na manyoro ga mwijela.
30 Then the king stood up, and the governor, and Bernice also, and those who were sitting with them;
Umfumu wimilila, nu liwali, nu Bernike na bhamwabho bhonti bhabhali nabho,
31 when they left the hall, they talked to one another and said, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
nabhasogola bhayangana bheene bhaga, 'Umuntu unu sigatulile enongwa zya huje afwe wala afungwe.'
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been freed if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
U Agripa wabhuula uFesto, “Huje umuntu tenzaga huleshele handasiga akasile ulufaa hwa Kaisari.”
