Travay 26
1 Agripa di Pòl: Ou mèt pale pou defann tèt ou. Lè sa a, Pòl lonje men l', epi li fè defans li konsa:
And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul, having stretched forth his hand, made a defense.
2 Se pa ti kontan mwen kontan, wa Agripa, pou m' defann tèt mwen devan ou jòdi a anba tout bagay jwif yo ap plede akize mwen.
Concerning all things of which I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself blessed, being about to make my defense before thee today.
3 Ou menm ou konnen tout koutim jwif yo ansanm ak kalite keksyon yo renmen diskite yo byen. Tanpri souple, pran yon ti pasyans pou koute mwen.
Especially thee, being an expert of all things regarding Jews, both habits and issues. Therefore I beg thee to hear me patiently.
4 Tout jwif yo konnen ki jan m' mennen tèt mwen depi lè m' te jenn gason, ki jan m' t'ap viv depi nan konmansman nan mitan moun peyi mwen yo ak nan Jerizalèm.
Indeed therefore, my manner of life from youth, having developed from the beginning among my nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know,
5 Yo konnen m' depi lontan. Epi, si yo vle, yo ka rann temwayaj mwen t'ap viv tankou yon farizyen. Farizyen yo se moun ki pi rèd nan relijyon nou an.
having known me previously from the beginning, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6 Koulye a, yo rele m' an jijman paske m'ap tann pwomès Bondye te fè zansèt nou yo.
And now for the hope of the promise made by God to the fathers, I stand being judged,
7 Se menm pwomès sa a douz branch fanmi nou yo ap tann lè y'ap sèvi Bondye san rete, lajounen kou lannwit. Se pou menm pwomès sa a jwif yo ap akize mwen, monwa.
to which our twelve tribes, serving in earnestness night and day, hope to attain, about which hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews!
8 Poukisa, nou menm jwif, nou pa kwè Bondye ka leve moun mouri?
Why is it judged incredible with you, if God raises the dead?
9 Mwen menm tou, yon lè, mwen te kwè se pou m' te fè sa m' kapab pou disparèt non Jezi, moun Nazarèt la.
Indeed therefore I thought it necessary for myself to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene,
10 Se sa m' te fè lavil Jerizalèm. Mwen te resevwa yon pouvwa espesyal nan men chèf prèt yo pou sa. Mwen te mete anpil patizan Kris yo nan prizon. Lè yo t'ap kondannen yo amò, mwen te dakò nèt ale.
which also I did at Jerusalem. And I locked up many of the sanctified in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests. And when they were killed, I gave a vote against them.
11 Anpil fwa, mwen te fè bat yo nan tout sinagòg, mwen te konn fòse yo vire do bay Bondye. Mwen te sitèlman pa t' vle wè yo, mwen te konn al pèsekite yo jouk nan peyi etranje.
And punishing them often at all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And being extraordinarily furious toward them, I persecuted them even as far as to outside cities.
12 Se konsa, mwen tapral Damas avèk pouvwa ansanm ak lòd chèf prèt yo te ban mwen.
And during which, while going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
13 Antan m' te sou wout la, vè midi konsa, monwa, mwen wè yon limyè ki soti nan syèl la pi klere pase solèy la. Li te klere tout kote m' te ye a ansanm ak moun ki t'ap vwayaje avè m' yo.
at midday, O king, I saw on the road a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, which shone around me and those who went with me.
14 Nou tout nou tonbe atè. Epi mwen tande yon vwa ki di m' an lang ebre: Sòl, Sòl, poukisa w'ap pèsekite mwen? W'ap fè tèt ou mal lè w'ap voye pye konsa tankou yon chwal k'ap voye pye lè mèt li ap bat li.
And when we all fell to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do thou persecute me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.
15 Mwen mande: Ki moun ou ye, Seyè? Epi l' di m': Mwen se Jezi w'ap pèsekite a.
And I said, Who are thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecute.
16 Men, leve kanpe sou pye ou. Mwen fè ou wè m', se pou ou kapab sèvi mwen. Wi, ou pral sèvi m' temwen, ou pral di lòt moun yo jan ou te wè m' jòdi a epi wa fè yo konnen tou sa m'a fè ou wè apre sa.
But arise, and stand upon thy feet, for I appeared to thee for this, to appoint thee an assistant and a witness both of things that thou saw, and of the things that I will make visible to thee,
17 M'a delivre ou anba men pèp jwif yo, anba men moun lòt nasyon yo. Se mwen menm k'ap voye ou ba yo,
delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send thee,
18 pou ou kapab louvri je yo, pou fè yo soti nan fènwa kote yo ye a vin nan limyè, pou wete yo anba pouvwa Satan vin jwenn Bondye. Konsa, lè y'a mete konfyans yo nan mwen, y'a resevwa padon pou tout peche yo, y'a jwenn plas yo nan mitan pèp k'ap viv apa pou Bondye a.
to open their eyes to turn about from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, for them to receive remission of sins and a lot among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.
19 Se konsa, wa Agripa, mwen pa dezobèyi vizyon ki te soti nan syèl la vin jwenn mwen.
Whereupon, King Agrippa, I did not become disobedient to the heavenly vision,
20 Mwen kòmanse bay moun nan lavil Damas ak nan Jerizalèm mesaj la. Apre sa, m' ale nan tout peyi Jide ak nan mitan moun lòt nasyon yo. Mwen t'ap mande yo pou yo chanje lavi yo, pou yo tounen vin jwenn Bondye, pou yo fè bagay ki pou fè wè yo chanje tout bon.
but declaring first to those at Damascus and then at Jerusalem, and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, to repent and return to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
21 Se poutèt sa wi jwif yo mete men sou mwen nan tanp lan, se poutèt sa yo t'ap seye touye mwen.
Because of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, tried to grasp and kill me.
22 Mentou, Bondye toujou pwoteje m' jouk jòdi a. Mwen la toujou pou m' sèvi l' temwen devan tout moun, grannèg kou malere. Sa ou wè m'ap di la a, se sa menm pwofèt yo ansanm ak Moyiz te di gen pou rive.
Having therefore experienced the help from God, I stand to this day solemnly declaring both to small and great, saying nothing apart from what both the prophets and Moses said was going to happen,
23 Kris la te gen pou l' soufri. Se li menm ki an premye gen pou l' leve soti vivan nan lanmò pou l' fè pèp Izrayèl la ansanm ak tout lòt nasyon yo konnen limyè k'ap delivre yo a.
that the suffering Christ, since first from a resurrection of the dead, is going to proclaim light to our people and to the nations.
24 Antan Pòl t'ap pale konsa pou defann tèt li, Festis rele byen fò: Ou fou, Pòl! Twòp lespri fè ou pèdi tèt ou.
And while he made a defense by these things, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, thou are mad. Much scholarship is driving thee into madness.
25 Pòl reponn li: Mwen pa fou non, ekselans. Tout pawòl mwen di la a se verite a tou klè, epi yo gen sans.
But Paul says, I am not mad, eminent Festus, but I speak forth sayings of truth and soberness.
26 Wa Agripa konn tout bagay sa yo. Se poutèt sa mwen pa pè pale devan li. Mwen sèten li konnen tout bagay sa yo, paske pa gen okenn ladan yo mwen te fè an kachèt.
For the king knows about these things, before whom I also speak boldly. For I am convinced not any of these things, nothing, to be hidden from him. For this was not done in a corner.
27 Wa Agripa, èske ou pa kwè sa pwofèt yo di? Mwen konnen ou kwè.
King Agrippa, do thou believe the prophets? I know that thou believe.
28 Agripa di Pòl: Talè konsa ou pral pran tèt mwen tou pou fè m' kretyen?
And Agrippa said to Paul, By a little thou persuade me to become a Christian.
29 Pòl reponn li: Kit koulye a, kit pita, m'ap lapriyè Bondye ni pou ou ni pou nou tout k'ap koute m' jòdi a pou yon lè konsa nou vin tankou m', wetan chenn sa yo!
And Paul said, I ever pray to God, both by little and by much, not only thee, but also all who hear me this day, to become such kind as I also am, apart from these bonds.
30 Wa a, gwouvènè a, Berenis ansanm ak tout moun ki te la yo leve.
And when he spoke these things, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
31 Apre yo fin ale, yonn t'ap di lòt: Nonm sa a pa fè anyen ki merite prizon, ale wè lanmò.
And having withdrawn, they spoke to each other, saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
32 Agripa di Festis konsa: Si nonm sa a pa t' mande pou Seza tande l', ou ta ka lage l' wi.
And Agrippa said to Festus, This man could have been released, if he had not appealed Caesar.
