Orekma 26
1 Tokosra Agrippa el fahk nu sel Paul, “Inge kom ku in sifacna kaskas keim.” Paul el asroela paol ac mutawauk in fahkak kas in aksuwos lal ouinge:
And Agrippa said unto Paul, 'It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;' then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence:
2 “Tokosra Agrippa! Nga arulana srui lah nga ku in sifacna loangeyu ye motom misenge liki kain kas nukewa ma mwet Jew uh elos akkolukyeyu kac —
'Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, king Agrippa, I have thought myself happy, being about to make a defence before thee to-day,
3 yokna mweyen kom arulana etu ouiyen moul lun mwet Jew, ac sramsram in alein lalos. Ke ma inge nga siyuk kom in mongfisrasr in porongeyu.
especially knowing thee to be acquainted with all things — both customs and questions — among Jews; wherefore, I beseech thee, patiently to hear me.
4 “Mwet Jew nukewa arulana etu ouiyen moul luk oe ke nga fusr me. Elos etu ma nga oru in facl sik ah meet, ac tok in Jerusalem.
'The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth — which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem — know do all the Jews,
5 Na elos funu engan in orek loh keik, elos lukun fahkak lah oemeet me nga sie sin mwet Pharisee — u se ma suwoswos emeet in akfalye ma sap ke alu lasr uh.
knowing me before from the first, (if they may be willing to testify, ) that after the most exact sect of our worship, I lived a Pharisee;
6 Ac inge nga tu inse inge in nununkeyuk ke sripen finsrak se ma oasr sik ke wulela lun God nu sin mwet matu lasr somla —
and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,
7 nuna finsrak se na ma sruf singoul luo lun mwet lasr uh finsrak nu kac ke elos alu nu sin God ke len ac fong. O Tokosra, finsrak se inge pa oru mwet Jew elos tukakinyuyak uh!
to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;
8 Efu ku kowos su oasr inse inge kofla lulalfongi lah God El akmoulyauk mwet misa uh?
why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?
9 “Nga sifacna, nga tuh nunku mu nga ac oru kuiyuk nufon in lain Jesus lun Nazareth.
'I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved [me] many things to do,
10 Pa inge ma nga tuh oru in acn Jerusalem. Nga tuh eis ku luk sin mwet tol fulat, ac kaliya mwet lun God puspis in presin; ac ke pacl wotla mu ac anwuki elos, nga wi pac akkeye.
which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,
11 Pacl puspis nga sap akkeokyeyuk elos in iwen lolngok uh, ac nga srike in oru elos in lafwekin lulalfongi lalos. Nga tuh arulana kasrkusrak selos, oru nga som pac nwe in siti ke mutunfacl saya in kaprelosi.
and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining [them] to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting [them] even unto strange cities.
12 “Sripa se pacna inge pa nga tuh som nu Damascus kac, wi sap ku ac lela sin mwet tol fulat.
'In which things, also, going on to Damascus — with authority and commission from the chief priests —
13 O Tokosra, nga tuh fahsr inkanek uh ke infulwen len, ke nga liye sie kalem — saromrom liki faht uh — sarmelik lucng me ac sreyuwi ac oayapa mwet ma wiyu ah.
at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light — and those going on with me;
14 Kut nukewa putati nu infohk uh, ac nga lohng sie pusra fahk nu sik in kas Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul! Efu ku kom kalyeiyu? Ke kom lainyu kom sifacna oru kom ngalyak, oana soko kosro ox ma futungya sak kosroh inpoun mwet kifasul uh.’
and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick!
15 Na nga siyuk, ‘Leum, su kom an?’ Ac Leum el fahk, ‘Nga pa Jesus, su kom kalyei.
'And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;
16 Tuyak. Nga sikme nu sum in srisrngikomi tuh kom in mwet kulansap luk. Kom ac fah fahkak nu sin mwet uh ma kom liye misenge, ac ma su nga ac fah akkalemye nu sum tok.
but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things [in which] I will appear to thee,
17 Nga fah molikomla liki inpoun mwet Israel, ac liki inpoun mwet sayen mwet Jew su nga ac supwekomla nu yorolos.
delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,
18 Kom ac fah ikasla mutalos ac furokolosla liki lohsr nu ke kalem, ac liki ku lal Satan nu sin God, tuh ke lulalfongi lalos in nga ma koluk lalos uh fah nunak munas nu selos, ac elos fah eis acn selos inmasrlon mwet sulosolla lun God.’
to open their eyes, to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that [is] toward me.
19 “Ke ma inge, Tokosra Agrippa, nga tiana seakos aruruma se ma sikyak nu sik inkusrao me ah.
'Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
20 Nga fahkak nu sin mwet in Damascus meet, ac in Jerusalem, na in facl Judea nufon, oayapa inmasrlon mwet sayen mwet Jew, tuh elos in auliyak liki ma koluk lalos ac forla nu sin God, ac oru ma su ac akpwayei lah elos auliyak.
but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;
21 Sripa se inge oru mwet Jew elos sruokyuwi ke nga muta in Tempul ah, ac elos srike in uniyuwi.
because of these things the Jews — having caught me in the temple — were endeavouring to kill [me].
22 Tusruktu God El kasreyu na nwe misenge, ouinge nga tu inse inge ac orek loh keik sifacna nu sin mwet nukewa, mwet fulat ac mwet pusisel oana sie. Ma nga fahk uh oapana ma mwet palu ac Moses tuh fahk mu ac sikyak:
'Having obtained, therefore, help from God, till this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spake of as about to come,
23 lah Christ el ac keok, ac el pa mwet se oemeet ma ac moulyak liki misa, in fahkak ke kalem lun molela nu sin mwet Jew, oayapa mwet sayen mwet Jew.”
that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.'
24 Ke Paul el fahk ma inge in sifacna loangel, Festus el woilya ac fahk, “Paul, kom wel! Lupan lutlut lom an oru kom wella!”
And, he thus making a defence, Festus with a loud voice said, 'Thou art mad, Paul; much learning doth turn thee mad;'
25 Ac Paul el fahk, “O Festus Fulatlana, nga tia wel! Ma na pwaye pa nga fahk uh.
and he saith, 'I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness the sayings I speak forth;
26 Tokosra Agrippa! Nga arulana pulaik in kaskas nu sum, mweyen yohk etu lom ke ma inge. Nga lulalfongi mu kom akilen ma inge nukewa, mweyen tia lukmaiyuk insruwasrik uh.
for the king doth know concerning these things, before whom also I speak boldly, for none of these things, I am persuaded, are hidden from him; for this thing hath not been done in a corner;
27 Tokosra Agrippa, ku kom lulalfongi kas lun mwet palu ah? Nga etu lah kom lulalfongi!”
thou dost believe, king Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that thou dost believe!'
28 Na Agrippa el fahk nu sel Paul, “Mea, kom nunku in furokyula nu ke moul in Christian ke kitin pacl na?”
And Agrippa said unto Paul, 'In a little thou dost persuade me to become a Christian!'
29 Na Paul el fahk, “Finne kitin pacl na, ku pacl loes se, nga pre nu sin God lah kom, ac mwet nukewa ingan su lohng ma nga fahk uh, in ekla oana nga — sayen mwe kapir keik inge!”
and Paul said, 'I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only thee, but also all those hearing me to-day, to become such as I also am — except these bonds.'
30 Na Tokosra Agrippa, Governor Festus ac Bernice ac mwet nukewa saya elos tuyak,
And, he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,
31 ac ke elos illa, elos fahk nu sin sie sin sie, “Wanginna ma mwet se inge orala su fal elan misa kac, ku elan kapir kac in presin.”
and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying — 'This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;'
32 Na Agrippa el fahk nu sel Festus, “Funu mwet se inge tia ngisre in nununkeyuk sel Tokosra Fulat Rome, lukun el taltalla.”
and Agrippa said to Festus, 'This man might have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.'
