Acts 22
1 “Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”
Hmaunawngha hoi a nupanaw, atu kai ni ka dei e lawk kahawicalah thai awh haw telah a dei navah,
2 When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,
Hebru lawk hoi a dei e a thai awh navah hoe cing ati awh.
3 “I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are today.
Pawl ni kai teh Cilicia ram Tarshish kho dawk ka khe e, Judah tami buet touh lah ka o. Hatei hete kho dawk ka roung teh, Gamaliel kut rahim vah mintoenaw e phung lawk hah kacaicalah ka kamtu niteh, sahnin nangmouh pueng Cathut hanelah na lung a tang awh e patetlah kai hai ka lung a tang van.
4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,
Kai ni hete lam ka dawn e napui tongpa tet hoeh, ka pâkhi teh thongim thung ka pakhum teh, a due han ditouh ouk ka rektap toe.
5 as also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.
Hot patetlah vaihma kacue koehoi kamtawng teh, kacuenaw pueng teh, kai koe lah koung na kampangkhai awh. Kai ni hai ahnimanaw koe ca ka la teh, Damaskas kho e kaawm e, hote phung lah kâen e naw hah man vaiteh rektap hanelah Jerusalem hoi Damaskas lah ka cei.
6 “As I made my journey and came close to Damascus, about noon suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky.
Hatei Damaskas kho teng ka pha nah, kanîthun e tueng navah, kalvan hoi puenghoi ka ang e ni kai pet na kalup lah pheng a tue.
7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
Hahoi kai teh talai ka rawp teh, Sawl Sawl nang ni bangdawk maw, kai hah na rektap vaw telah na dei pouh e lawk ka thai.
8 I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’
Kai ni yah, Bawipa, nang teh apimaw telah ka pacei torei teh, kai teh nang ni na rektap e Nazareth kho e Jisuh doeh, telah na ti pouh.
9 “Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me.
Kai hoi rei kaawm e naw ni angnae a hmu awh eiteh kai hanlah a dei e lawk teh thai awh hoeh.
10 I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.’
Kai ni hai Bawipa, bang mouh ka sak han ka ti pouh navah, Bawipa ni thaw nateh Damaskas kho cet haw. Hawvah na sak hane kai ni na dei pouh han na ti pouh.
11 When I couldn’t see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
Kai teh hote angnae bahu ni na tue torei teh ka mit a dawn toung dawkvah, rei kaawm e naw ni Damaskas kho na hrawi awh.
12 “One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,
Hatnavah Cathut ka bari e Damaskas kho e min kamthang e Judah tami Ananias ni,
13 came to me, and standing by me said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ In that very hour I looked up at him.
kai koe a tho teh ka teng a kangdue. Ka nawngha Sawl na mit ang seh ati navah ka mit a ang.
14 He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
Ahni ni mintoenaw e Cathut ngainae panue sak hanlah thoseh, tamikalan hmu thai nahane thoseh, ahnie lawk dei pouh hane thoseh, nang teh sut na hmoun toe.
15 For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.
Nang teh na hmu e hoi na thai e pueng tami pueng e hmalah kapanuekkhaikung lah na o han a ti.
16 Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’
Bangkongmaw atu rap na o. Thaw nateh Bawipa min kaw haw. Baptisma coe haw, na yonnae pâsu haw na ti pouh.
17 “When I had returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance
Hathnukkhu Jerusalem vah bout ka tho teh, bawkim thung ka ratoum lahun nah ka pouknae a mawm teh, Bawipa hah ka hmu.
18 and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’
Bawipa ni kai hoi kâkuen e lawkpanuesaknae hah taminaw ni a dâw awh hoeh han dawkvah, Jerusalem vah rap awm laipalah karang tâcawt leih na ti pouh.
19 I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
Kai nihaiyah, Bawipa Sinakok buet touh hoi buet touh koe ka cei teh nang na kayuemnaw ka theituk teh thawng ka pabo e a panue awh.
20 When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’
Nang kampangkhai lah kaawm e Stiven hah a thei awh navah kai kama roeroe raw hnâbo lahoi ka sak teh, kathetnaw e khohna ka ring pouh kung lah ka o.
21 “He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”
Hateiteh, Bawipa ni, Cet leih, ramhlanae koe kaawm e Jentelnaw koe kai ni na patoun han telah kai koe na ti pouh, telah a dei.
22 They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!”
Het totouh a dei e a thai pouh teh, hot patet e tami hah talai van hring hanelah kamcu hoeh, thet awh titeh lawk kacaipounglah a hram awh.
23 As they cried out, threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,
Taminaw niyah hottelah a hramki awh teh, a khohnanaw hah a kahek awh teh, vaiphu kahlun lah a kahei awh
24 the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.
Rom ransabawi kalen ni taminaw hah a kaw sak teh, ransaim thung kâen sak hanlah kâ a poe. Taminaw pueng ni bangkongmaw ahni hah telah a taran awh teh, telah a hram awh tie panue hane a ngai dawkvah, ruitaboung hoi hem vaiteh akungkhei hanelah kâ a poe.
25 When they had tied him up with straps, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”
Ahni teh phaivuenrui hoi a katek awh hnukkhu, a teng kangdout e ransabawi hanlah nangmouh ni Rom tami buet touh heh akungkhei laipalah hemnae kâ na tawn a maw telah a pacei.
26 When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!”
Ransabawi ni hote lawk hah a thai toteh ransabawi kalen koe a cei teh, nang bangtelamaw ti han. Ahni ni kai teh Rom tami doeh na ti pouh.
27 The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.”
Hahoi ransabawi kalen e teh Pawl koe a tho teh, kai koe na dei pouh haw, nang teh Rom tami na maw telah a pacei toteh ue a atipouh.
28 The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.”
Ransabawi kalen e ni kai teh, Rom tami lah o nahanelah tangka moikapap poe laihoi doeh ka o thai atipouh navah, Pawl ni, kai teh Rom tami lah ka khe atipouh.
29 Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him.
Hatdawkvah ahni akungkhei hane naw teh ahni koehoi karanglah a kâkhoe awh. Ransabawi kalen ni hai Pawl heh Rom tami lah ao e hah a panue toteh a pâkhi e hah a taki.
30 But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.
Atangtho vah ransabawi teh Judahnaw ni yon a pen awh e hah kamcengcairalah a panue han a ngai dawkvah, Pawl kateknae rathap hanelah kâ a poe. Vaihma kalennaw hoi lawkcengkungnaw pueng a kamkhueng sak. Pawl hah a kaw awh teh, ahnimae hmalah a kangdue sak awh.
