Katuma 23
1 Bulus ma gunkuno ni ori na nu me magu ni hanu ma wuzi katuma ka Asere ini ruba iriri u aye uwuyi u kani me.
Paul fixed his eyes upon the Council, and began: “Brothers, for my part, I have always ordered my life before God, with a clear conscience, up to this very day.”
2 Hananiya unu dang ukatuma ka Asere Hananiya magu wa turi upuri agi wa vovi Bulus anyo.
At this, the High Priest Ananias ordered the men standing near to strike him on the mouth;
3 Ba Bulus ma gun Ugomo Asere madi vovi we hu una katuma ka zenze. u ciki unyarum unu rizo uni, sa udi gu avovi um, barki ma rizo?
whereupon Paul turned to him and said: “God will strike you, you white-washed wall! Are you sitting there to try me in accordance with law, and yet, in defiance of law, order me to be struck?”
4 An desa wa turi upuru u Bulus wa aiki me nyanini ya wuna wa zogouna katuma ku Ugomo Asere udang?
The people standing near said to Paul: “Do you know that you are insulting God’s High Priest?”
5 Bulus ma kabirka magu ida rusa ba nihenu me una katuma ka Ugomo Asere anyertike uda buka we tize tize tizenze ani ce ni Ugomo wa nun ba.
“I did not know, Brothers, that it was the High Priest,” said Paul, “for Scripture says — ‘Of the Ruler of thy People thou shalt speak no ill’.”
6 Sa Bulus ma iri ni kira ni inde a Sadukiyawa wani, ba ma yeze ni myira aniyimo ahira ati cukum me, magu ni henu mi uFarisiyawa maru, usam wa Farisiyawa.
Noticing that some of those present were Sadducees and others Pharisees, Paul called out in the Council: “Brothers, I am a Pharisee and a son of Pharisees. It is on the question of hope for the dead and of their resurrection that I am on my trial.”
7 Sa ma buka ani me matara madusa mahiri ani ce na sadukiyawa nan aFarisiyawa, wa dusa wa harzina.
As soon as he said this, a dispute arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and there was a sharp division of opinion among those present.
8 A Sadukiyawa wagu desa ma wono mada kuri ma hiri ba roni u aye Asere, bibe biriri bi rani ba aFarisiyawa ani kira ni weme wa hem ti mum ti gino me ti rani.
(For Sadducees say there is no such thing as a resurrection, and that there is neither angel nor spirit, while Pharisees believe in both.)
9 Imum me ikinki ushagilna are anu nyerte wa Farisiyawa wa hiri wa tonno wa wu matara wagu “daki ta kem unu ugemw in ure usiziki ma ba”.
So a great uproar ensued, and some of the Teaches of the Law belonging to the Pharisees’ party stood up and hotly protested: “We find nothing whatever wrong in this man. Suppose a spirit did speak to him, or an angel...”
10 Sa matara me ma kinki uzenze unu dang wa soja ma kunna biyau kati a jazari Bulus, ma tumi ahana aka tuma kame me waka ziki me kara wakame ahira ameme.
The dispute was becoming so violent, that the Commanding Officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces between them, ordered the Guard to go down and rescue him from them, and take him into the Fort.
11 Anyimo nikure Ugomo Asere ma e ahira ameme magu, kati u kunna biyau ba, gusi sa daki wa kunna biyau utita unizaa nim a Urishalima ba udi kuri u bezi u Romawa.
That night the Lord came and stood by Paul, and said: “Courage! You have borne witness for me in Jerusalem and you must bear witness in Rome also.”
12 Sa ahira asana are ayahu awa wa dusa wa toniko wagu wada ree me imum yare nani wa si iri mum ba, wadi huu Bulus.
In the morning the Jews combined together, and took an oath that they would not eat or drink till they had killed Paul.
13 Anu me sa wa barka u huna u Bulus me wa akuri anazi.
There were more than forty in the plot;
14 Wa dusa wa haa ahira una katuma ka dang akatuma ka Asere nan ana nanu wa gu wa mu toniko wada re me imum yare nani wa si iri mum basa ww huna Bulus.
and they went to the Chief Priests and the Councillors, and said: “We have taken a solemn oath not to touch food till we have killed Paul.
15 Ca nigori na anu adang wa buki u soja udang ma en me a hira ashi me anu adang i bezi me ma wuza ugbas, haru ta mu wuna amuruba inguna tidi hu me.
So we want you now, with the consent of the Council, to suggest to the Commanding Officer that he should bring Paul down before you, as though you intended to go more fully into his case; but, before he comes here, we will be ready to make away with him.”
16 Usam uhenu u Bulus u e madusa kunna wa gunna anibaba wazini be u Bulus, ma ribe ma buki me.
However, the son of Paul’s sister, hearing of the plot, went to the Fort, and on being admitted, told Paul about it.
17 Bulus matiti uye desa ma mazin in katuma akura akura u soja madu me “zika manyani ma ge me u hani a hira una kura me, mazin ini mum besa madi buki me.”
Paul called one of the Captains of the garrison and asked him to take the lad to the Commanding Officer, as he had something to tell him.
18 Anu udang unikono me ma dusa ma ziki manyani me ma han me ahira unu udang unikono me, magu ''Bulus mani unu iyang ma guna i en manyani ma geme ahira aweme. Mazin ini imum besa madi buki we''
The Captain went with the lad to the Commanding Officer, and said: “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this lad to you, as he has something to tell you.”
19 Unu udang me ma dusa ma han me are ahira ani hunzi, ma iki me, ''Nyanini u nyara u bukum?”
The Commanding Officer took the lad by the hand, and, stepping aside, asked what it was he had to tell him.
20 Ba manyani me magu, “Ayahudadawa wa barkaa uguna wadi gun in hu u en Bulus nisizo a hira awe me gusi wadi iki me ire abanga atize time me.
“The Jews have agreed,” answered the lad, “to ask you to bring Paul down before the Council to-morrow, on the plea of your making further inquiry into his case.
21 Kati u hem ba, barki anu sa wa biki akuri anazi wamu toniko wada re me imum yare, nani wa si ire imum ba se wa huna Bulus.”
But do not let them persuade you, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, who have taken an oath that they will not eat or drink, till they have made away with him; and they are at this very moment in readiness, counting upon your promise.”
22 Unu udang anu anikono ma ceki manyani me ma dusa, magun me, “Kati u buki uye wa bukam abanga age me ba.”
The Commanding Officer then dismissed the lad, cautioning him not to mention to anybody that he had given him that information.
23 Ma titi anu adang anikono ware magu, ''zauka nin anu adang anikono a ino ukirau kani kare, anu barka a'ino usunare, anu cira atigbina a ino ukirau kani kare wa dusa Ukaisariya azumo ataru in niye.''
Then he called two Captains, and ordered them to have two hundred men ready to go to Caesarea, as well as seventy troopers and two hundred lancers, by nine o’clock that night,
24 Ma inki inama igeme sa Bulus madi nyene sa idi ham me merum ahira Filikus unu kpanku udang (Ugomna).
and to have horses ready for Paul to ride, so that they might take him safely to Felix, the Governor.
25 Ba ma nyettike kadura gusi ana.
To him he wrote a letter, somewhat as follows —
26 Kadura kani isi hana ahira kuludiyas lisiyas uhana ahira unu udang Filikus.
‘Claudius Lysias sends his compliments to His Excellency Felix the Governor.
27 Mayahudawa wa meki unu ugeme unu nyara u huna ume, ma nyene we in anu adang anikono num, sa kunna me unu Roma mani.
The man whom I send with this had been seized by the Jews, and was on the point of being killed by them, when I came upon them with the force under my command, and rescued him, as I learned that he was a Roman citizen.
28 Ma nyara in kunna imum be sa ya wuna wa zini ucara utize anice nimeme ine ini ma hanan in me aje atigomo.
Wishing to ascertain exactly the ground of the charges they made against him, I brought him before their Council,
29 Ma rusa azini ucara abanga ani ni meme ahira u'igizo utize ahira u'inko utize ti meme, daki ma ira ure ucara abanga sa wa bari utira nani iwono ba.
when I found that their charges were connected with questions of their own Law, and that there was nothing alleged involving either death or imprisonment.
30 Sa a kurzom ubara imum iburi igeme, ine ini ya wuna ma tuburko me ahira awe me, sarki ucara uganiya, ma wuna anu cara abanga anice nimeme wa eni ahira aweme. Cukuno merum
Having, however, information of a plot against the man, which was about to be put into execution, I am sending him to you at once, and I have also directed his accusers to prosecute him before you.’
31 Abini me anu adang anikono me wa kunna imum besa abuka wa; wa dusa ziki Bulus wa en me in niye ahira Antibatris.
The soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took charge of Paul and conducted him by night to Antipatris;
32 Sa ahira asana, anu barka wa dusa nigo me nan me ukasu anu adang anikono wa kuri udenge uni kubu me.
and on the next day, leaving the troopers to go on with him, they returned to the Fort.
33 Sa ibarka me ya biki ukaisariya wa dusa wa witi kadura sa a nyettike ahira unu kpanku adang [gomna], wa kuri wa witi Bulus atari timeme.
On arriving at Caesarea, the troopers delivered the letter to the Governor, and brought Paul before him.
34 Sa unu kpanku udang ma hira ihori me, ma aiki we Bulus me ma suro maya ma nyanga mani.
As soon as Felix had read the letter, he enquired to what province Paul belonged, and, learning that he came from Cilicia, he said:
35 Ba magu indi kunna we memerum uganiya sa anu cara abanga anice ni weme wa aye ma dusa ma atiri udenge utigomo ti Hiridus.
“I will hear all you have to say as soon as your accusers have arrived.” And he ordered Paul to be kept under guard in Herod’s Government House.
