Acts 22
1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense [which I make] now to you.
Kebmibo kange tebmibo, kom nuwa kaka batiyo wo ma ka ti kumeneu.
2 (And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept the more silence: and he saith, )
La kambo nubo mwerume nuwa Bulus yici kero ki nyi Ibraniyanci ri, la cin tam cinen, con toki.
3 I am verily a man [who am] a Jew, born in Tarsus, [a city] in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, [and] taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, being zealous towards God, as ye all are this day.
Min Ba Ibraniya ci bo Tarcus wo cili kili, kiya, la ma ma kiye kako fou mor cinanloro wo naar Gamaniel. Min fiya mwerum kambo ken dor bwangka mor bifumer tebbebo. min wiki ker bwangka kwamak, nawo gwam kumen ko nyo duweneu.
4 And I persecuted this way even to death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
Min ne dotange ki nure wo yaken ciko bwar, bwaka kange tunka lokuka, nabarub kange natub.
5 As also the high priest doth bear me testimony, and all the estate of the elders; from whom also I received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them who were there bound to Jerusalem, to be punished.
Kambo wabe durko kange nubo durko a ne warketiye. Min yo mulang ka cinen dor kebbebo Dimascus, nan bwauci na bou ciko wursalima.
6 And it came to pass, that as I was passing on my journey, and had come nigh to Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light around me.
La ki cin kakuke can nawofilanko dur lo kwama yoten nefilang ti.
7 And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
La man yarken bitine, la man nuwa diro yiye, Shawulu, Shawulu, ye bwi mwa neye dotangetiye?
8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
La man kari, “we mo Teluwe? la con yiye, co Yesu nazaret, wo mo ne dotange tiyeu.
9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spoke to me.
Nubo kange meu tom filanko, la ci nyombo dir nii woro yiye kereu.
10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go into Damascus, and there it shall be told thee concerning all things which are appointed for thee to do.
la min meco ye ma matiye Teluwe/ teluwse yiye kweni do ken mor Dimascus.
11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.
La mani ma toti wori filanko wo yem nuwe miu. La nubo wari kange meu tamen kang ko ya kiye Dimascus.
12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews who dwelt [there],
Wi ma nii dendo Anaiya, nii cwa tai kwama tifiye wer funer nii ken wo Ibraniyawa dam wiyeu gwam tok coti.
13 Came to me, and stood, and said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
Con bou minen, tii minen, la con man to co.
14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldst know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldst hear the voice of his mouth.
La con yiye, kwama wo tebbebo ciyeu coknen na mo nyumom diker co cuitiyeu. Na tom nubo cak-cak, na nuwam diro ceruti nyiceu.
15 For thou shalt be his witness to all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
wori mwan yikan nii warke ce nubo nin gwam ki dike mwa toweu kange wo mo nuwau.
16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Na weu ye bwi mo ning tang tiye?
17 And it came to pass, that when I had come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
Kambo ma yilaken wursalima la ma kwob diloti mor kuu waberi, la man yo dukum.
18 And saw him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
Min to yi teti kwer wolum na dobum wursalima can candowu, wori mani cia ciya warker mwe dor minreti.
19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned, and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
La man toki Teluwe, ciki bwici nyumom kuwo man kurangi, man buk nubo buro ne bilenker dor mwerue mor bi kur wabero gwam.
20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
kambo bwiyale ni warke mweu Istifanus coreu, ma tim wi mati ciyai ma con kulen nubo buro do twalceu.
21 And he said to me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence to the Gentiles.
La con yiye, ya wori man toum nen kutanfiye nubo kumtacile wiyeu.
22 And they gave him audience to this word, and [then] lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a [man] from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
Cin cuwa tuu cinen lamna wo. la cin kung dir ciyero citi toki, atwalum wang nubeko wo dor bitiner la kebo dong-dong ca dam wi.
23 And as they cried out, and cast off [their] clothes, and threw dust into the air,
Kambo ci kwabang diroti, ci mobang kuleng ciroti kange kung ka kwerek.
24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know for what cause they cried so against him.
Nii dur nob kwenibou, toki a dom ki Bulus fiye nangen nob kwenebo. La con toki a me coti ki mallika balyakye, wori co ki bwici na co nyumom ye bwi ci kwabnag dirtikercere.
25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
Kambo ci bwam co dii ki dukkari, Bulus yini bi kwane wo tim cinen, yori kabo werfun na tom nii wo barome wuro bulanko tacobeu?
26 When the centurion heard [that], he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest; for this man is a Roman.
La kambo nii bikwaneu nuwa weri, la con yaken ni dur nob kwenebo nen yico ki “ye ko do ma ka tiye?” la nii wo Romaneu.
27 Then the chief captain came, and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yes.
La ni dur nob kwenebo bou la meci yiye mon Romanka bulus ciyaco, ki “Ong”.
28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum I obtained this freedom. And Paul said, But I was [free] born.
Nii dur nob kwenebo yi coki, kiyemero ducce matiyen yim bwebitineme. La Bulus yico, ci bou ye bwe roma.
29 Then forthwith they departed from him who were about to examine him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
La nubo buro a meco kerti yeu dubangum co dang jang nii dur nob kwenebo cwam tai ken, kambo co nuwa Bulus bwe Ramon di, wori con bwam co di.
30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty why he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him from [his] bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
Celfiniceri nii dur nob kwenebo cuiti na co nyumom bilenker dor dike yafudawa fi Bulus ti cikeu. La con kwim bwaka cko la con yi liya wabeu kange nob dir loro gwam na cin mwerkangi. la con yirau ki abulus yoken co tiber ciyer.
