Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
Neco Agilipa walambeti kuli Paulo, “Ulasuminishiwa kulifuna omwine.” Paulo walatandabula cikasa cakendi ne kutatika kwambeti,
2 “I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you today concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,
“Mobami ba Agilipa, Lelo ndaba ne colwe cakwambeti ndilifune ndemwine pamenso penu pa bintu byonse mbyobalambepeshenga Bayuda.
3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
Amwe muyinshi cena miyambo yonse ya Bayuda, ne kutanyumfwana konse. Neco ndamusengengeti munyumfwishishe mwakwikalika moyo ncondambanga.
4 “Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;
“Bayuda bonse babwinshi cena buyumi bwakame kufumina kubutwanike bwakame. Bacinshi ncondalikwikala kumasuba akunyuma mucishi ca comwetu, kayi ne mu Yelusalemu.
5 having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Na balayandanga kwamba pamenso penu, ngabasumineti ame kumasuba akunyuma ndalikuba mu likoto lya Bafalisi, bantu bakute kulama cena milawo ya mpaililo yetu, kupita bantu bonse.
6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Ndemana pano lelo komboloshewa, cebo cakupembelela cintu ncalashomesha Lesa kuli bamashali betu bakulukulu.
7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
Mikowa yetu yonse ili likumi ne ibili ilapembelelenga kutambula copeleco Lesa ncalashomesha, kupita mukukambilila munshi ne mashiku. Neco Mobami Mwalemekwa, cebo cakupembelela uku Bayuda balambepeshenga!
8 Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
Ni pacebo cini amwe Bayuda omuli pano, mukute kuyeyeti nkacikonsheke kushometi Lesa ukute kupundusha bafwa?
9 “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
“Pacakame ndenka, ndalikuyeya kucana cakwinsa ciliconse, ncendelela kulwanisha kwambeti makani alambanga sha Yesu waku Nasaleti amwene.
10 I also did this in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
Ico encendalensa mu Yelusalemu. Ndalapewa ngofu shakwinseco kufuma kuli beshimilumbo bamakulene, ndalasungisha bantu ba Lesa bangi mujele. Mpobali kombolosheweti bashinwe ndalikubapo kayi ndalasuminishako.
11 Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
Tunkanda twingi ndalapesheti bantu aba bacane cisubulo mu mibungano ya Bayuda, ndalelekesha cangofu kwambeti bacileke kushoma muli Yesu. Ndalikuba mukalu cakwinseti ndalikuya kayi ne mu minshi ya mubishi nabimbi kuya kubapensha.”
12 “Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
“Neco, cebo ca makani awa, ndalaya ku Damasiko kankute makalata alampa ngofu alalemba beshimilumbo bamakulene.
13 at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.
Omwalemekwa Mwami, mpotwalikwenda mu nshila cindi ca 12 koloko, ndalabona mumuni kufuma kwilu. Mumuni uwu walikuba wapita kumunika kwalisuba, mpondalikuba ame, pamo ne baname, palamweka mwee!
14 When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
Twense twalawa panshi. Calakonkapo ndalanyumfwa liswi mu mulaka wa Cihebeli lyakwambeti, ‘Saulo! Saulo! Ulampenshelenga cani? Nulilinge omwine pakukakatila kulwana ne njame, ulyeti musune lawalanga bibambala bilashikilinga mukatondo nkateya mwineyo.’
15 “I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
Lino ndalepusheti, ‘Inga njamwe bani Nkambo’ Mwami walankumbuleti, ‘Njame Yesu ngolapenshenga.
16 But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will reveal to you;
Konyamuka! Ndabonekele kuli njobe kwambeti ndikusale, ube musebenshi wakame. Ulayandikinga kuba kamboni wa bintu ibi mbyolabono lelo, kayi ne byo mbyoti nkakuboneshenga kumasuba akuntangu.
17 delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
Ni nkakufunenga ku Baislayeli ne kubantu bamishobo naimbi nkoti nkakutumenga.
18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
Ukabacalulenga menso kwambeti bakafume mushinshe ne kwingila mu mumuni, kayi bakafumenga mungofu ya Satana kwambeti bese kuli Lesa. Kupitila mu lushomo lwabo muli njame, Lesa nakabalekelele bwipishi bwabo kwambeti bakabeko ne musena pakati pa bantu basalwa bakendi Lesa.’
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
“Neco, Omwalemekwa Mwami Agilipa, ndiya kukana kunyumfwila ncondalabona mu cimbonimboni calafuma kwilu.
20 but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
Ndalatanguna kukambauka mu Damasiko, ne mu Yelusalemu ne mu cishi conse ca Yudeya, kayi ne kubantu bamishobo naimbi. Ndalabakambaukila kwambeti basanduke kushiya bwipishi bwabo, basandukile kuli Lesa ne kwinsa bintu bilaleshengeti basanduka cancinencine.
21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Cebo cakukambauka uku, mpobalancana Bayuda mu Ng'anda ya Lesa, balanjikata kabayanda kunshina.
22 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
Mpaka lelo pano Lesa elanyamfwanga, neco ndemana pano kupa bukamboni ku bantu bonse, balemekwa ne bantususu. Ndambanga bintu byalamba bashinshimi bakulukulu ne Mose, abo balambeti,
23 how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”
Wasalwa wakendi Lesa nakapenshewe ne kumushina, nsombi nakabe mutanshi kupunduka ku bafu kwambeti, akakambaukile Bayuda ne bantu bamishobo naimbi mu muni walupulusho.”
24 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
Paulo kacamba makani awa akulifuna, Fesito walambila Paulo maswi akucelemuka, “Paulo ulakonyo! Kwiya bintu bingi kula kukonyeshe!”
25 But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
Paulo walakumbuleti, “Ndiya kukonya, Mwalemekwa, Fesito! Makani ngondambanga nakubinga, kayi a mano.
26 For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.
Mwami Agilipa, bacinshi ncondambanga, ecebo cakendi ndambanga mwakusunguluka. Ndashoma kwambeti paliya cintu nacikaba cimo ca bintu ibi mbyobalabula kunyumfwa, pakwinga makani awa aliya kwinshikila mu musena wasolama.”
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
Amwe Bami ba Agilipa, “Sena mwashoma maswi abashinshimi bakulukulu? Ndicinsheti mwashoma.”
28 Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
Popelapo Mwami Agilipa walepusha Paulo, “Sena mukacindi kang'anowaka obe ulayeyengeti ngaunsandula kuba muklistu ayi?”
29 Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me today, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.”
Paulo walakumbuleti, “Mukacindi kang'anowa nambi cindi citali, ame ndapailinga kuli Lesa kwambeti amwe, pamo ne bonse balanyumfunga maswi awa lelo, ngababeti ncombele, uku nteko kwambeti ne njamwe musungwe ncetani ishi sobwe!”
30 The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
Popelapo, Mwami Agilipa ne Mwendeleshi ne Benisi, kayi ne bantu bonse balanyamuka.
31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
Mpobalikufumapo bali kabambeti, “Paliya cintu caipa ncalensa muntuyu ncelela kufwilapo, nambi kusungwa mujele sobwe.”
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Agilipa walambila Fesito, “Muntuyu nalabula kusengeti Mwami waku Loma akawomboloshe mulandu wakendi, nshinga nolamusungululu kopele kuno.”
