Mitendo 26
1 Linu Agiripa chawamba kwa Paulusi, “Uwola kuli wambilila.” Lyahanu Paulusi cha wotolola iyanza lyakwe nikuli sileleza.
Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
2 “Nilizuwa kuti nilukuluhite Mulena Agiripa, kutenda indava yangu havusu vwako sunu hewulu lyazintu zonse zivava nihambilizi ma Juda;
“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,
3 sihulu, kakuli wichaziva wechizo cha ma Juda ni mpuzo. Linu ni kumbila kuti unizuwe chentokomelo.
especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
4 Cheniti, ma Juda vonse vezi muniva halili kuzwa kuvuhwile vwangu mwi nkanda yangu ni mwa Jerusalema.
“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;
5 Vavanizi kuzwa kuma tangilo vawola kuzumina kuti nivahali neli ni mu Falisi, yavali wachiyemba ahulu cha chilumeli chetu.
having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6 Lyahanu nizimana hanu kuti ni atulwe kakuli ni lolete che nsepiso yaba tendi Ireeza ku veshetu.
Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
7 Cheyi insepiso masika etu ekumi ni tobele vava lisepise kutambula niva kwatilile kulumbeka Ireeza masiku ni musihali. Nji cheyi insepo, Simwine mukando Agiripa, Juda chingi ivanihambiliza.
which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
8 Chinzi zumwi kwenu hazeza kuti kulotu kuti Ireeza uvusa vafu.
Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
9 Ka imwi inako nivazezi kuti niswanela kutenda zintu zingi zilwisanisa izina lya Jesu wa Nazareta.
“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10 Niva tendi izi mwa Jerusalema. Niva sumini valumeli vangi mwi ntolongo cha maata aniva wani ku mupurisita mukulwana, have haiwa, nivali kuvika inketisa zangu h havo.
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.
11 Niva kuvaha inkoto mwi nako zingi mu ma Sinagoge ni kulika kuva hambiliza kuti vanyanse. Nivava vengeli ahulu nikuva nyandisa nanga mu muleneñi muvasazwi.
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.
12 Anivali kupanga ichi, nivayendi kwa Damaseka ni maata ni ntaelo zizwa kumu purisita mukulwana;
“Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
13 linu mwi nzila, musihali, Simwine mukulwana, nivavoni iseli livakuzwa mwiwulu liva kuvenya kuhita izuva imi livatondezi kwetu niva kwame vani va kuyenda navo.
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.
14 Twense hatuwila hansi, niva zuwi inzwi liwamba kwangu mumushovo we chi Heveru, 'Saule, Saule, chinzi honi nyandisa? Ku kukutu kwako ku raha muso.
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.’
15 China wamba kuti njewe ni, Simwine? Simwine chetava, njeme Jesu yo nyandisa.
“I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
16 Linu vuke uzimane cha matende ako; nji cheli ivaka haniva voneki kwako, kuketa iwe kuva umuhikana ni mpaki kuamana ni zintu ziwizi zangu hanu nizintu zete ni kutondeze chitwe kalakala;
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;
17 imi kani kulamulele kuvantu ni ku machava kuni kutuma,
delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
18 kwiyalula menso avo kuazwisa mwififi ni kuatwala mwi seli ni ku ziho za Satani kwa Ireeza, njikuti vatambule kwa Ireeza maiswalelo ezivi zavo nikuyola zete nivahe ni kuli kauhanya kwangu che ntumelo ina kwangu.
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.’
19 Chikwina vulyo, Simwine mukando Agiripa, kena navikila kwimbali chivono chewulu;
“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
20 kono kwavo vena mwa damaseka che ntanzi, navana vena kwa Jereusalema, ni nkanda yonse ya Judea, ni kumachava, niva kutazi kuti vavakile zivi zavo vavole kwa Ireeza, kuvonisa mitendo ivonisa kuvaka kwavo.
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.
21 Cheli ivaka ma Juda vava nisumini niku lika kuni haya.
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
22 Ireeza avanitusi kusika hanu, cwale niziima nikuha vupaki kuvantu feela niku va tompeha nizimwi zihita zivawambwa kuma porofita ni Mushe kuti muzipangahale;
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,
23 kuti keresite uswanela kunyanda, ni kuta kuti mwave we ntanzi kukuvuka kuvafu niku zimana kupaka iseli kuma Juda ni machava.
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.”
24 Paulusi hamana kuli lamulela, fesitusi chawamba chenzwi li katukite, “Paulusi, uvurumuka; intuto yako inkando iku vulumuna.”
As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
25 Kono Paulusi chati, kani vurumuki, hande ahulu Fesitusi; kono cho vundume niwamba manzwi ovusakusima ninisa nywine.
But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
26 Kakuli Simwine mukando wizi izi zintu; njikuti, niwamba kwali nini lukuluhite, kakuli ni susuweze kuti kakwina zi patitwe kwali; mukuti izi kena ziva pangilwa kuliungwiile.
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.
27 Uzumina kuvaporofita, Mulena Agiripa? Nizi kuti uzumina.”
King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
28 Agiripa chawamba kwa Paulusi, “Mu nako infuhi moni susuweze nive ni mulumeli?”
Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
29 Paulusi chati, “Ni lapela kwa Ireeza, kuti kapa munfuhi kapa inde inako, insiñi iwe wenke, kono nivonse vanizuwa sunu, muvave uvu njeme, kono nikusena anu mahaka entorongo.”
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.”
30 Linu Mulena chazima mwiwulu, ni muyendisi, ni Bernise naye, ni vonse vavekele naavo;
The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
31 lyahanu hava siya uwo muyaho, vavawambi hamwina nikuti, “Uzu mukwame kakwina zavapangi ziswanela lufu ni ku suminwa.”
When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
32 Agiripa cha wambila Fesitusi, “Uzu mukwame ava kuwola kulukululwa kambe kena ava likumbili kwa Sizare.”
Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
