Misala ya Bantoma 26
1 Agripa alobaki na Polo: — Napesi yo nzela ya koloba. Boye, Polo atombolaki loboko mpe abandaki kosamba:
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
2 — Mokonzi Agripa, nazali na esengo mingi ya kosamba lelo liboso na yo, na tina na makambo nyonso oyo Bayuda bafundeli ngai,
I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
3 pamba te oyebi malamu bizaleli mpe tembe ya Bayuda. Boye nasengi na yo ete ozala na motema monene mpo na koyoka ngai.
Especially [because I know] thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
4 Bayuda nyonso bayebi evandeli na ngai, wuta na bomwana na ngai, kobanda na ebandeli ya bomoi na ngai, kati na ekolo na ngai, mpe ezala kati na Yelusalemi.
My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
5 Bayebi ngai wuta kala mpe bakoki kotatola, soki balingi, ete natambolisaki bomoi na ngai lokola Mofarizeo, na botosi makasi ya mibeko, ndenge lingomba na biso esengaka.
Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6 Mpe nazali kosamba lelo mpo na elikya na ngai kati na elaka oyo Nzambe apesaki na bakoko na biso.
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
7 Bato ya mabota na biso zomi na mibale basalelaki Nzambe, butu mpe moyi, na kolemba te, mpo ete bazalaki na elikya ete bakomona kokokisama ya elaka yango. Mokonzi Agripa, ezali kaka mpo na elikya yango nde Bayuda bafundi ngai.
Unto which [promise] our twelve tribes, instantly serving [God] day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
8 Mpo na nini, kati na bino, bozali kondima te ete Nzambe akoki kosekwisa bakufi?
Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
9 Ngai moko mpe nazalaki liboso kokanisa ete esengeli na ngai kosala nyonso oyo ekoki kosalema, mpo na kotelemela Kombo ya Yesu ya Nazareti.
I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10 Ezali mosala yango nde nasalaki kati na Yelusalemi: natiaki basantu ebele na boloko, na ndingisa ya bakonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe; boye, tango bazalaki koboma bango, ngai mpe nazalaki kondima.
Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against [them].
11 Kati na bandako nyonso ya mayangani, nazalaki mbala mingi kotambola mpo na kopesa bango bitumbu mpe kotinda bango na makasi ete bafinga Yesu-Klisto. Na zuwa na ngai oyo eleka ndelo, nazalaki kolanda bango kino na bingumba ya bapaya mpo na konyokola bango.
And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled [them] to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted [them] even unto strange cities.
12 Ezali mpo na yango nde nakendeki na Damasi, na bokonzi mpe na etinda ya bakonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe.
Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
13 Mokonzi, na ngonga ya midi, wana nazalaki kokende, namonaki pole moko kowuta na likolo, elekaki kutu ata kongenga ya moyi; pole yango ezipaki ngai mpe bato oyo bazalaki kotambola elongo na ngai.
At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
14 Tokweyaki biso nyonso na mabele, mpe nayokaki mongongo moko koloba na ngai na lokota ya Arami: « Saulo, Saulo, mpo na nini ozali konyokola Ngai? Ezali pasi mpo na yo komibamba na basende. »
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
15 Bongo natunaki: « Nkolo, yo nani? » Nkolo azongisaki: « Ngai, nazali Yesu oyo yo ozali konyokola.
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
16 Kasi lamuka mpe telema! Pamba te namimonisi epai na yo mpo na kokomisa yo mosali na Ngai mpe motatoli ya makambo oyo osili komona, mpe ya makambo oyo nakolakisa yo na sima.
But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
17 Nakokangola yo wuta na maboko ya bato ya ekolo na yo mpe na maboko ya bato ya bikolo ya bapaya. Nakotinda yo epai na bango
Delivering thee from the people, and [from] the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18 mpo ete ofungola bango miso, olongola bango na molili mpe omema bango na pole; mpo ete olongola bango na se ya bokonzi ya Satana mpe omema bango epai ya Nzambe, na tina ete bazwa bolimbisi ya masumu mpe libula kati na bato oyo babulisama na nzela ya kondima kati na Ngai. »
To open their eyes, [ and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
19 Boye, mokonzi Agripa, wuta tango wana, nandimaki kotosa emoniseli oyo ewutaki na Likolo.
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
20 Nateyaki liboso bavandi ya Damasi; sima, nateyaki bavandi ya Yelusalemi, ya Yuda mobimba mpe ya bikolo ya bapaya: nateyaki bango ete basengeli kobongola mitema, kozonga epai ya Nzambe mpe, na nzela ya misala na bango, kolakisa penza ete babongoli mitema.
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
21 Ezali kaka mpo na tina oyo nde Bayuda bakangaki ngai kati na Tempelo mpe balukaki koboma ngai.
For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill [me].
22 Kasi kino lelo, Nzambe azali kobatela ngai; yango wana natelemi awa mpo na kotatola liboso ya bato pamba mpe bato minene. Nazali koteya makambo mosusu te, bobele makambo oyo basakoli mpe Moyize baloba ete ekokokisama solo:
Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
23 Klisto akomona pasi mpe akozala moto ya liboso ya kosekwa kati na bakufi mpo na kosakola pole ya lobiko epai ya Bayuda mpe epai ya bato ya bikolo ya bapaya.
That Christ should suffer, [and] that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
24 Wana Polo azalaki nanu koloba, Festisi akataki ye maloba mpe agangelaki ye: — Ozali na liboma, Polo! Boyebi oyo otondi na yango ekomisi yo liboma!
And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
25 Polo azongisaki: — Tata mokonzi Festisi, nazali na liboma te. Makambo oyo nazali koloba ezali ya solo mpe ezali penza na nzela.
But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
26 Mokonzi Agripa kutu ayebi makambo oyo malamu; yango wana nazali koloba na molende nyonso liboso na ye. Nandimisami ete abungi ata likambo moko te kati na makambo yango, pamba te esalemaki na nkuku te.
For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
27 Mokonzi Agripa, boni, ondimaka basakoli? Nayebi malamu ete ondimaka bango.
King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
28 Agripa alobaki na Polo: — Okanisi ete okoki kondimisa ngai kokoma Moklisto kaka na mwa tango moke?
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
29 Polo azongisaki: — Ezala na tango molayi to na tango moke, nazali kosambela Nzambe ete, yo moko kaka te, kasi elongo na bato nyonso oyo bazali koyoka ngai lelo, bokoma lokola ngai, longola kaka minyololo oyo!
And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
30 Wana azalaki koloba bongo, mokonzi, moyangeli, Berenise mpe bato nyonso oyo bazalaki elongo na bango batelemaki.
And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
31 Wana bazalaki kobima, balobanaki bango na bango: — Moto oyo asali mabe ata moko te oyo ekoki komemela ye etumbu ya kufa to ya boloko.
And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
32 Agripa alobaki na Festisi: — Soki moto oyo asengaki te kosamba liboso ya Sezare, esengelaki kotika ye.
Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cæsar.
