Asan'ny Apostoly 26
1 Ary hoy Agripa tamin’ i Paoly: Mahazo mandahatra ny teninao ianao. Ary Paoly naninjitra ny tànany ka nandaha-teny hanala tsiny ny tenany nanao hoe:
Turning to Paul, Agrippa said, “You are at liberty to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.
2 Ny amin’ ny zavatra rehetra iampangan’ ny Jiosy ahy, ry Agripa mpanjaka, dia ataoko fa sambatra aho, satria mahazo mandaha-teny hanala tsiny ny tenako eto anatrehanao anio,
“I have been congratulating myself, King Agrippa,” he said, “that it is before you that I have to make my defense today, with regard to all the charges brought against me by my own people,
3 indrindra fa efa fantatrao tsara ny fanao sy ny ady hevitra rehetra amin’ ny Jiosy; koa trarantitra ianao, mba mahareta hihaino ahy.
especially as you are so well-versed in all the customs and questions of the Jewish world. I beg you therefore to give me a patient hearing.
4 Fantatry ny Jiosy rehetra ny fitondran-tenako hatry ny fony aho mbola kely teo amin’ ny fireneko tany Jerosalema hatramin’ ny voalohany;
My life, then, from youth upwards, was passed, from the very first, among my own nation, and in Jerusalem, and is within the knowledge of all Jews;
5 eny, fantany hatramin’ ny voalohany aho (raha mety milaza izy), fa efa Fariseo aho araka ny antoko, fatra-pitana indrindra ny lalàna amin’ ny fivavahantsika.
and they have always known – if they choose to give evidence – that, in accordance with the very strictest form of our religion, I lived a true Pharisee.
6 Ary ankehitriny ny fanantenana ny teny fikasana izay nataon’ Andriamanitra tamin’ ny razantsika no itsanganako hotsaraina eto,
Even now, it is because of my hope in the promise given by God to our ancestors that I stand here on my trial –
7 dia ilay fanantenana andrasan’ ny firenentsika roa ambin’ ny folo, izay mazoto manao fanompoam-pivavahana ho an’ Andriamanitra andro aman’ alina. Izany fanantenana izany no iampangan’ ny Jiosy ahy, ry mpanjaka ô.
A promise which our twelve tribes, by earnest service night and day, hope to see fulfilled. It is for this hope, your Majesty, that I am accused – and by Jews themselves!
8 Nahoana no ataonareo ho zavatra tsy azo inoana, raha Andriamanitra manangana ny maty?
Why do you all hold it incredible that God should raise the dead?
9 Ary izaho efa nihevitra tao am-poko tokoa fa tsy mety raha tsy manao zavatra maro hanohitra ny anaran’ i Jesosy avy any Nazareta,
I myself, it is true, once thought it my duty to oppose in every way the name of Jesus of Nazareth;
10 sady nataoko tany Jerosalema izany, ka maro ny olona masìna no nohidiako tao an-tranomaizina, rehefa nahazo fahefana tamin’ ny lohan’ ny mpisorona aho; ary raha hovonoina ireny, dia mba nandatsa-bato nanaiky izany koa aho.
and I actually did so at Jerusalem. Acting on the authority of the chief priests, I myself threw many of the people of Christ into prison, and, when it was proposed to put them to death, I gave my vote for it.
11 Ary nampijaly azy matetika teo amin’ ny synagoga rehetra aho ka nanery azy hiteny ratsy; ary satria very saina tamin’ ny fahatezerako taminy aho, dia nanenjika azy hatramin’ ny tanàna any ivelany koa aza.
Time after time, in every synagogue, I tried by punishments to force them to blaspheme. So frantic was I against them, that I pursued them even to towns beyond our borders.
12 Ary tamin’ izany, raha nankany Damaskosy aho, nitondra fahefana sy teny izay efa azoko tamin’ ny lohan’ ny mpisorona,
It was while I was traveling to Damascus on an errand of this kind, entrusted with full powers by the chief priests,
13 koa nony ilay nitatao-vovonana iny ny andro, ry mpanjaka ô, dia hitako teny an-dalana fa, indro, nisy mazava avy tany an-danitra nanelatrelatra manodidina ahy mbamin’ izay niaraka tamiko mihoatra noho ny famirapiratry ny masoandro.
that at midday, your Majesty, I saw right in my path, coming from the heavens, a light brighter than the glare of the sun, which shone all around me and those traveling with me.
14 Ary rehefa lavo tamin’ ny tany izahay rehetra, dia nandre feo nilaza tamiko aho nanao tamin’ ny teny Hebreo hoe: Saoly Saoly, nahoana ianao no manenjika Ahy? Zavatra sarotra aminao ny hanipaka ny fanindronana.
We all fell to the ground, and then I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew – ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? By kicking against the goad you are punishing yourself.’
15 Dia hoy izaho: Iza moa Hianao, Tompoko? Ary hoy ny Tompo: Izaho no Jesosy Izay enjehinao.
‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting;
16 Fa mitsangàna, ka mijoroa amin’ ny tongotrao; fa izao no nisehoako taminao, dia ny hanendry anao ho mpanompo sy ho vavolombelona ny amin’ izay efa nahitanao Ahy sy izay hisehoako aminao,
but get up and stand upright; for I have appeared to you in order to appoint you a servant and a witness of those revelations of me which you have already had, and of those in which I will yet appear to you,
17 hamonjy anao amin’ ny olona Isiraely sy ny jentilisa, izay anirahako anao,
since I am choosing you out from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,
18 hampahiratra ny masony hialany amin’ ny maizina ho amin’ ny mazava, ary amin’ ny fahefan’ i Satana ho amin’ Andriamanitra, mba hahazoany famelan-keloka sy lova eo amin’ izay nohamasinina noho ny finoana Ahy.
to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God; so that they may receive pardon for their sins, and a place among those who have become God’s people, by faith in me.’
19 Ary amin’ izany, ry Agripa mpanjaka ô, dia tsy nandà ny fahitana avy tany an-danitra aho;
After that, King Agrippa, I did not fail to obey the heavenly vision;
20 fa nambarako voalohany tamin’ izay tany Damaskosy sy Jerosalema sy tany amin’ ny tany Jodia rehetra ary tany amin’ ny Jentilisa, mba hibebaka sy hiverina amin’ Andriamanitra izy ka hanao asa miendrika ny fibebahana.
on the contrary, first to those at Damascus and Jerusalem, and then through the whole of Judea, and to the Gentiles as well, I began to preach repentance and conversion to God, and a life befitting that repentance.
21 Ary izany no nisamboran’ ny Jiosy ahy teo an-kianjan’ ny tempoly sy nitadiavany hahafaty ahy.
This is why some men seized me in the Temple, and made attempts on my life.
22 Ary noho ny fitahian’ Andriamanitra ahy dia mbola maharitra mandraka androany aho ka manambara na amin’ ny kely na amin’ ny lehibe, ary tsy milaza na inona na inona afa-tsy izay nolazain’ ny mpaminany sy Mosesy fa ho avy,
However I have received help from God to this very day, and so stand here, and bear my testimony to high and low alike – without adding a word to what the prophets, as well as Moses, declared should happen –
23 fa Kristy tsy maintsy mijaly ary ho voalohany hitsangana amin’ ny maty ka hitory fahazavana amin’ ny olona Isiraely sy amin’ ny jentilisa.
That the Christ must suffer, and that, by rising from the dead, he was destined to be the first to bring news of light, not only to our nation, but also to the Gentiles.”
24 Ary raha nandahatra izany izy, dia hoy Festosy tamin’ ny feo mahery: Ry Paoly ô, very saina ianao; ny fianarana be loatra no efa nahavery saina anao.
While Paul was making this defense, Festus called out loudly, “You are mad, Paul; your great learning is driving you mad.”
25 Fa hoy Paoly: Tsy very saina aho, ry Festosy tsara indrindra, fa mandahatra tenin’ ny fahamarinana sy ny fahononana.
“I am not mad, your Excellency,” he replied. “On the contrary, the statements that I am making are true and sober.
26 Fa fantatry ny mpanjaka izany zavatra izany, ka dia miteny amin’ ny fahasahiana eto anatrehany aho; fa mino aho fa tsy miafina aminy izany zavatra izany, satria tsy natao tao amin’ ny takona izany.
Indeed, the king knows about these matters, so I speak before him without constraint. I am sure that there is nothing whatever of what I have been telling him that has escaped his attention; for all this has not been done in a corner.
27 Ry Agripa mpanjaka ô, mino ny mpaminany va ianao? Fantatro fa mino ianao.
King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
28 Fa hoy Agripa tamin’ i Paoly: Hay! ataonao fa mora toy izany no hampanekenao ahy ho Kristiana.
But Agrippa said to Paul, “You are soon trying to make a Christian of me!”
29 Ary hoy Paoly: Mangataka amin’ Andriamanitra aho, fa na amin’ ny mora, na amin’ ny sarotra, tsy ianao ihany, fa izay rehetra mandre ahy anio, dia hitovy amiko, afa-tsy amin’ ireto gadra ireto ihany.
“Whether it is soon or late,” answered Paul, “I pray to God that not only you, but all who are listening to me, might today become just what I am myself – except for these chains!”
30 Ary nitsangana ny mpanjaka sy ny governora ary Berenika mbamin’ izay niara-nipetraka teo aminy;
Then the king rose, with the Governor and Bernice and those who had been sitting with them,
31 ary rehefa niala teo izy, dia niresaka hoe: Tsy manao izay tokony hahafaty na hamatorana azy tsy akory izany lehilahy izany.
and, after retiring, discussed the case among themselves. “There is nothing,” they said, “deserving death or imprisonment in this man’s conduct”;
32 Ary hoy Agripa tamin’ i Festosy: Azo nalefa ihany io lehilahy io, saingy efa nifidy ny handahatra any anatrehan’ i Kaisara izy.
and, speaking to Festus, Agrippa added, “The man might have been discharged, if he had not appealed to the Emperor.”
