Esaamootkaat 22
1 “Jehudi phoh ano loong, boichaat thaak he sen ngathong ni nga puipang tiit jenglang rah ah!”
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence [which I make] now unto you.
2 Hebru jenglam eh waan rum kano, ehanhan eh tikdat rumta, eno Pool ah jangjeng kata.
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith, )
3 “Ngah Jehudi nok hah, Silika hah Tarsas ni tup hang rah, enoothong Gamaliel le wette ang angno Jerusalem hah aradi hak ang rah. Ngah ih sengte sengwah Hootthe ah rapne eh nyoot angno, chiinnyah sen ang lan ah likhiik ngah uh Rangte lakni lok hang rah.
I am verily a man [which am] a Jew, born in Tarsus, [a city] in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, [and] taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
4 Teesu lamphante loong ah ngah ih lanti laan mah roh eh siiwi rumtang. Minuh miwah jokhaakleh phaatak ni sak rumtang.
And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
5 Romwah phokhothoon nyia Ngoongthumte loong ih nep jen deenbaat ehan ngah ih ami tam aha tiit baat hang rah ah. Nengphoh nengno Damaskus ni tongte loong asuh le ah raangleh nga lak ni kakoh rum tahang, enooleh Damaskas dowa kristaan miloong ah jaanruh ih kitleh Jerusalem ni kasiiwi wan rum tahang.
As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
6 “Damaskas hah thok nanah di, rangnithung di rang nawa nga reeni weephaak ah likhiik eh phaak ra taha.
And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
7 Hah ni loongdat angno ngasuh liihang rah miroot japchaat tang, ‘Sool, Sool! An ih tiim esuh siiwi halang?’
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
8 ‘Eno chengtang, Teesu an o anglu?’ ‘Ngah Najaret hah dowa Jisu, an ih siiwi halang ah,’ ngeh ih ngaakli tahang.
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
9 Nga dam dowa miloong ah ih weephaak ah tup eh rumta, enoothong erah waan taha root ah tachaat rumta.
And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
10 Ngah ih chengtang, ‘Teesu, ngah ih tiimjih eh ang?’ Eno Teesu ih ngasuh baat tahang, ‘Toonchap uh Damaskas nah kah uh, an ih tiim etheng ah Rangte ih erah nah baat ho.’
And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.
11 Weephaak nawa ih edook eh hoontang, erah thoidi nga joon loong ah ih nga lakni siit rum hangno Damaskas ko kati.
And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.
12 “Erah samnuthung adi sengte sengwah Hootthe jatte Ananias ngeh ih mih wasiit angta, heh erah hah adi songtongte angta nyia Jehudi loong ih rapne eh choomjoh rumta.
And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt [there],
13 Heh nga reeni chapwang haano, li tahang, nga no ‘Sool, weetup eh uh!’ Erah jeng damdam eh kaasok angno heh japtuptang.
Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
14 Ananias ih baat tahang, ‘Sengte sengwah Rangte ih heh tenthun mongtham ah jatthuk suh danje halu, adoleh heh laksuh kateng tiit ah jatthuk suh, nyia heh jeng ah boichaat suh danje halu.
And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
15 Tiimnge liidi, an ih tiim chaat hu nyia tiim tup hu erah ah mirep miraang suh toombaatte angthuk suh ngeh ih li halu.
For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
16 Ano bah, an ih tiimjih ma kaban uh? Toonchap uthong, an rangdah ah saasiit suh rang ah soom uno ju nah thong tem kah uh.’
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
17 “Jerusalem ni ngaakwang angno, Rangteenok ni rangsoom tang adi,
And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
18 motmang ni, nga Teesu tuptang, eno heheh ih baat tahang, ‘Jerusalem nawa kharok eh doksoon uh, arah dowa miloong asuh nga tiit ah laatbaat ubah uh tabaam boichaat ru ang ah.’
And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
19 Ngah ih ngaakli tang, ‘Teesu,’ ‘Ngah Jehudi Rangsoomnok ni kah angno an liphante loong ah jokhak katang nyia buthom tang ah neng ih jat eha.
And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
20 Eno an haaki Stephen tek haat rumta doh, ngah eje angtang, heh tek thukte nyia heh tek haatte nyuh akhat sokboite aju ngah angtang.’
And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
21 Eno nga Teesu ih baat tahang, ‘Kah uh’ ‘tiimnge liidi an Ranglajatte loong reenah haloot nah kaat thuk ha.’”
And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
22 Miloong ah ih Pool jengkhaap ah maang thoon jengjeng eh boichaat rumta; eno erongwah ih riiraak rumta, “Phanhaat eh an! Tek haat eh an! Heh ething tong theethe tah angka!”
And they gave him audience unto this word, and [then] lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a [fellow] from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
23 Miloong ah riiraak rum ano, neng nyuh ah jap eh rumta, botbung ah rangkhoh ni wenhaat eh rumta.
And as they cried out, and cast off [their] clothes, and threw dust into the air,
24 Room nok hah arami saahaap elong ah ih heh mina loong asuh Pool ah sipaahi loong tongtheng ni siitkaat thuk rumta, eno Pool thoidi Jehudi loong erah than tiimnge ih riiraak rumta ah jatjoot suh Pool ah botthuk rumta.
The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
25 Enoothong bot esuh ngeh ih taatkit rum adi, heh reeni chapta saahaap asuh Pool ih chengta, “Heh thet re mat ah maang thaak hoonka doh Room nok hah ah mi botthom nih eh ah?”
And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
26 Erah chaat ano saahaap ah, heh nang ih elong asuh cheng wangta, “Tiimjih hoon hu? Mih abah Room nok hah joh!”
When the centurion heard [that], he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
27 Eno saahaap elong ah ih Pool suh cheng kata, “Baat thaak hang, an Room nok hah nih ah?” “Ele” Pool ih ngaakbaatta.
Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
28 Saahaap elong ah ih liita, “Ngah ebah Room nok hah eh hoon suh ngun rapne ih kotang.” Eno Pool ih liita, “Ngabah tup tahang dowa eh Room hate.”
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was [free] born.
29 Pool suh chengte loong ah erah damdam eh heh re dowa neng liko eh heng soon rumta; eno saahaap elong ah Room nok hah mokkhak hang ngeh ih rapne eh choota.
Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
30 Saahaap elong ah ih Pool aju Jehudi loong ah ih tiim thoidi thet haat suh liiha ngeh ih jat suh taat liita; erah thoidi erah saalih adi Pool lak dowa jaanruh ah jaahaat thuk ano Romwah phokhoh nyia noksong loongtang chomui thuk suh baat rumta. Eno Pool siitkaat ano neng ngathong ni chap thukta.
On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from [his] bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
