Aposolo 26

1 Agripa'a, Polinku huno, Knarere hugantoanki naneke ka'a huama hugahane higeno, Poli'a azana ometre emetre nehuno ahoke'ma ahekeaga agafa huno hu'ne.

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You [(sg)] are permitted [now] to speak [to defend] yourself.” Paul stretched out his hand ([dramatically/to salute the king]) and began to defend himself. He said,

2 Jiu vahe'mo'za nagri'ma ha'ma renante'za navare'za trate'ma neazana ana mika zamofo agafa'a amananki Kini ne' Agripaga antahi'ankero, nagra tusi'a muse hu'na kagri kavurera oti'na, Jiu vahe'mo'zama hunante'naza kemofo nona'a huzmantegahue.

“King Agrippa, I consider that I am fortunate that today, while you [(sg)] listen, I can defend myself from all the things about which the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] are accusing me.

3 Hanki Jiu vahe'mokizmi zamu'zma'ene, Jiu vahe'mo'zama keframa nehaza zana, kagra ko kenka antahinka hu'nananki, kema hanua keaga akohenka mani'nenka rezaganenka antahio.

I am really fortunate, because you [(sg)] know all about the customs of us Jews and the questions that we [(exc)] argue about. So I ask you, please listen patiently to what I say.”

4 Nagra inankna navu'navate osi'ni'aretira mani'na nehaza nera asete'na, esetetira vahe'ni'afine Jerusalemima mani'na e'noana, mika Jiu vahe krerafamo'za ko antahi'za ke'za hu'naze.

“Many [HYP] of my fellow Jews know about how I have conducted my life, from the time I was a child. They know how I lived in the area where I [was born] and [also later] in Jerusalem.

5 Zamagra antahi'naze, na'ankure korapa nagrira nage'za antahi'naze. Zamagra huama hunaku zamagesa nentahisu'za, tagri mono'mofo kasegemo'ma, o'e'ma huno hu'nea kante ante'na avariri fatgo hu'na nagra Farisi nere hu'na mani'noane.

They have known for many years, and they could tell you, if they wanted to, that [since I was very young] I obeyed the customs of our religion very carefully, just like the [other] Pharisees do.

6 Hige'na menina ama keagarera eme oti'noe, na'ankure Anumzamo'ma tagehe'ima huvempama huzmante'nea kere namentinti hu'na, mani'noe.

Today I am being put on trial {[they] are putting me on trial} because I am confidently expecting that God will do what he promised our [(exc)] ancestors.

7 Hagi tagrira 12fu'a naga'nofiku huvempa huno erigahaze hu'nea kere zamua kete'za mani'ne'za, zagene haninena hanaveti'za monora hunentaze. E'i anazante'ma navuma ketena namentintima hu'noa zanteku, Juda vahe'mo'za nagrira hafra hunenantaze. Mareri'namoke! (king)

Our twelve tribes are [also] confidently waiting for God to do [for us what he promised], as they respectfully worship him, day and night. [Respected] king, I confidently expect [that God will do what he promised, and they also believe that! But that is the reason] that these Jewish leaders [SYN] are accusing me!

8 Na'a higetma ama vahe'motma Anumzamo'ma fri vahera zamazeri oti'zankura tamentintia nosaze?

They believe that God can cause those who have died to become alive again, so (why [do any of you refuse to believe that he raised Jesus from the dead?/none of you should refuse to believe that he raised Jesus from the dead!]) [RHQ]”

9 Nagrama nagesama antahi'noana, tamageza nehue nehu'na hanaveti'na Nazareti Jisasi agi'a eri haviza hu'noe.

“[Formerly] I, too, was sure that I should do everything that I could to oppose Jesus [MTY], the man from Nazareth [town].

10 Jerusalemi kumapina amanahu'zana hu'noe. Rama'a Anumzante mani'naza vahetamina, Jiu vahe mono nompima ugagote'naza pristi vahe'mo'zanena hugnare hazage'na zamare'na kina huzamante'na, zamahe frinaku'ma haza vahetera nagranena nazante'na izo huge'za zamahe'naze.

So that is what I did [when I lived] in Jerusalem. I put many of the believers in jail, as the chief priests there had authorized me [to do]. When [the Jewish leaders wanted] those Christians killed {someone to kill those [Christians]}, I voted [for that].

11 Hanki hakare zupa maka osi mono nompi mareri'na Anumzama huhaviza hunteho hu'na zamahe'noe. Na'ankure nagra tusi'za hu'na narimpa hezmante'noe. Ru moparegane me'nea ra kumapina ufre'na zamahe'noe.

Many times I punished the believers [whom I found] in Jewish meeting places. [By punishing them], I tried to force them to speak evil [about Jesus]. I was so angry with the followers of Jesus that I even traveled to other cities to [find them and] do things to harm them.”

12 Anama nehuge'za, mono nonte ugagota kva vahe'mo'za hugnare hu'za hanave nenami'za hunantage'na Damaskasi nevu'na,

“[One day], I was on my way to Damascus [city] to do that. The chief priests [in Jerusalem] had authorized and sent me [to seize the believers there].

13 zagemo'a anuntu age12kiloki higeno, mareri'namokagi (king) monafinkatira masa a'mo'a zagea agatere'nea tavi'mo nevugeno, nagrane magokama vu'nona nagate'enena remsa mika hugagi'ne.

[My respected] king, [while I was going] along the road, at about noon I saw a [bright] light in the sky. It was even brighter than the sun! It shone all around me, and also around the men who were traveling with me.

14 Ana higeta ana mika'mota traka huta mopafima nemasonkeno'a, mago kezamo'a Aramu (Hibru) kefinti antahugeno anage hu'ne, Solio, Solio, na'a higenka Nagrira nenahane? Nagri'ma nenahanana, kagra ka'a agona zante taru nehane.

We [(exc)] all fell to the ground. Then I heard the voice of someone speaking to me in my own Hebrew language [MTY]. He said ‘Saul, Saul, (stop causing me to suffer!/why are you causing me to suffer?) [RHQ] You [(sg)] are [hurting yourself by trying to hurt me] [MET], [like an ox] kicking against [its owner’s] goad.’

15 Hige'na azage Ramoka? hugeno Ramo'a huno, Nenahamo'na Nagra Jisasi'ne.

Then I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘I am Jesus. You [(sg)] are harming me [by harming my followers].

16 Hianagi otio, na'ankure ama'na agafare, Nagra kavurera efore hue, korapa kagrira eri'za ne' kazeri otisugenka, amama kana zane, Nagri'ma naganane, Nagrama kaveri hanuazana huama hugahane hu'na hugante'noe.

But instead [of continuing to do that], stand up now! I have appeared to you [(sg)] to tell you that I have chosen you to serve me. You must tell people about [what I am showing you] as you are seeing me [now], and about what I [will show you when] I will [later] appear to you.

17 Nagra Jiu vahe ka'afinti'ene megi'a vahepintira kaza hu'na kava hunegante'na, Nagra hugantesugenka zamagrite vunka,

I will protect you [from those who will try to harm you, both] your own people and [also] those who are not Jewish. I am sending you to non-Jews

18 zamurga erihari hananke'za hani'zampintira atre'za masare egahaze. Hagi Sata hanavefintira atre'za Anumzamofo hanavere esageno, kumi'zamia atrezamantesnige'za, Nagrite zamentinti hazage'na, kumi'zmi eri fanane hu'noa naga'enena zamagia erigahaze huno hu'ne.

to help them to realize [MTY] what is true and to stop believing what is false [MET]. I am sending you to them so that they may let God control them and not let Satan control them any more. [Then God] will forgive their sins and will accept them as his people because they believe in me.’ [That is what Jesus said to me].”

19 Ana hu'negu, Kini Agripaga, monafinkati'ma ege'na ava'nagnazama ke'noa zama amage'ma onte'zamo'a amuho hunantegahie.

“So, King Agrippa, I fully obeyed [LIT] what [the Lord Jesus told me to do when he spoke to me] from heaven.

20 Hu'neanagi pusantera Damaskasi vahe zamasmite'na, Jerusalemine maka Judia vahe'enena zamasmite'na megi'a vahe'enena anazanke hu'na zamasmi'na, tmagu'a rukarehe hutma Anumzante nevinkeno, tamu'tmama hanaza zamo'a, hago tamagua rukarehe hu'naze hino.

First, I preached to [the Jews] in Damascus. Then I [preached to the Jews] in Jerusalem and throughout [the rest of] Judea [province]. After that, I also preached to non-Jews. I preached that they must turn away from their sinful behavior and turn their lives over to God. I told them that they must do things that would show that they had truly stopped their sinful behavior.”

21 E'ina kegafare mago'a Jiu vahe'mo'za ra mono nompintira navuzuhu fegi'atre'za, nahe fri'nakura nehaze.

“It is because I [preached] this message [that some] [SYN] Jews seized me [when I was] in the Temple [courtyard and] tried to kill me.

22 Hianagi Anumzamo'a nagrira naza hiazana keme e'na ama knarera oe. Hagi ama oti'na mika vahera osi'mofonteti vuno ramofonte'ma vu'neana, nagra huama hu'na nezmasmue. Mago'a kea nosuanagi, Mosese'ene, kasnampa vahe'mo'zama hu'za, e'inahu'zana fore hugahie hu'naza'zamo fore nehie.

However, God has been helping me [from that time, and he is still helping me] today. So I stand here and I tell [all of you people], those who are important and those who are not, [who Jesus is]. Everything that I say [about him] is what Moses and the [other] prophets wrote [about long ago, things that they said] would happen.

23 Kema hu'za Kraisi'a ataza erino friteno pusante fri'pintira otino, Jiu vahete'ene megi'a vahetera tavi'a eri ama hugahie hu'naze.

They wrote that [people would cause] the Messiah to suffer and die. They also wrote that he would be the first person to become alive again, to proclaim [the message that would be like] light, [that he would save] both [his own Jewish] people and non-Jewish people.”

24 Poli'ma agra'ama agu'mavazisia zamofo keagama nehiana, Festusi'a ranke huno Poliga hago ifo nehano! Ra'ma'a zama rempi hunka antahinana zamo kagrira kazeri savari nehie!

Before Paul could say anything [further] to defend himself, Festus shouted: “Paul, you are crazy! You have studied too much, and it has made you insane!”

25 Higeno Poli'a huno, Nagrira antahintahinimo'a havizana osu'ne, Festusiga so'e ne' mani'nane. Hianagi nagrama nehua nanekea tamage hu'na fatgo antahintahizanteti nehue.

But Paul answered, “Your Excellency, Festus, I am not raving [insanely]. On the contrary, what I am saying is true and sensible!

26 Ama'na kema nehuana Kini ne'mo'a antahino keno hu'negu nagra agritera hu'ama hu'na nehue. Ama anazanku'ma nehuana kinimofo avurera fra'okine.

King Agrippa knows the things [that I have been talking about], and I can speak confidently to him [about them]. I am sure that he knows [LIT] these things, because people everywhere [IDM] have heard [LIT] about what happened [to Jesus].”

27 Kini ne' Agripaga kasnampa vahe kegu kamentinti'a nehampi? Nagra antahi'noe, kagra kamentinti nehane.

Then Paul asked, “King Agrippa, do you believe [what] the prophets [wrote]? I know that you [(sg)] believe it.”

28 Higeno Kini Agripa'a Polinku anage hu'ne, Kagrama kagesa antahinana ama atupa knafina nazeri rukarehe hanankena, nagra (kristen) mono ne' manigahufi?

Then Agrippa [answered] Paul, “([I hope that you(sg)] do not think that by the few things [that you have just now said] you can persuade me to become a Christian!/You do not think, [do you], that by the few things [that you have just now said] you can persuade me to become a Christian?)” [RHQ]

29 Anage higeno Poli'a kenona'a huno, atupa knafino, za'za knafino nagra Anumzantega nunamu nehue, kagrikukera nosuanki ama menima mani'ne'za nagrama huanke'ma nentahiza vahe'mo'za, nagrikna hihogu nehuankino, ama'na seni nofinura kina reozmantesaze.

Paul replied, “Whether it takes a short time or a long time, it does not matter. I pray to God that you and also all of the others who are listening to me today will also [believe in Jesus] like I do, but I do not want you to become prisoners [MTY] [like I am].”

30 Anage hige'za, Kini neki, Gavana neki Benesiki, zamagranema mani'naza vahe'amo'za oti'naze.

Then the king, the governor, Bernice, and all the others got up

31 Oti'za ana noma atre'za fegi'a nevu'za, ke huganti hugama hu'za anage hu'naze. Ama'na nera mago knare ke agafa omaneneankita ahe frige kina huntege osutfa hugahune hu'za hu'naze.

and left [the room. While] they were talking to one another they said to each other, “There is no reason why (the authorities/we) should execute this man, or that he should even be kept in prison [MTY].”

32 Agripa'a, Festusi asmino, Sisante'ma vugahue osiasina, ama nera katufe atrosine.

Agrippa said to Festus, “If this man had not asked that the Emperor judge him, he could have been released {[we(inc)] could have released him}.”