Esaamootkaat 26
1 Agrippa ih Pool suh liita, “An teeteewah tiit jen baat eh uh.” Pool heh lak ah janghaat ano heteewah tiit ah amah baatta:
Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
2 “Agrippa Luuwang! Nga teeteewah suh khangraangse liihang chiinnyah ngah an ngathong ni chap angno Jehudi loong ih mat eh deejoh halang tiit ah baat hang,
"I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,
3 Jehudi rom arang nyia rookmui jengmui ah an ih rapniine ih jat hu, erah thoidi, nga jeng ah naririh eh boichaat weeuh.
especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
4 “Jehudi mina loongtang ih jat eha jaaro dowa eh ngah mamah eh songtong lang. Nga roidong tang mamah eh songlang neng ih jat eha, nga hah ni mamah songtang, erah lidi Jerusalem ni mamah eh songlang.
"Indeed, all Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;
5 Ngah ih liihang ah langla, nga tiit ah neng ih ejen baat eh ah, neng ih jirep ah ejat, jaakhoh ni ngah Pharisi rom arang ah kap angno songtong tang.
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 Eno ngah adi chaplang abah sengte sengwah suh Rangte ih kakhamta suh laalom thoidi—
Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
7 seng mina asih jaatnyi ih erah chosuh laalomla, erah raangtaan ih rangwu rangphe Rangte rangsoom rumha. Luuwang, erah suh laalom thoidi ba, Jehudi loong ih mat eh joh rum halang!
which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O King.
8 Arah di tongte sen loong ah ih tek nawa Rangte ih ngaaksaat thukta tiit hanpi ah mamah eh chaan chohan?
Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?
9 “Nga teewah ih uh Najaret dowa Jisu tiit ah emah ju eh daan tang.
"In fact, I thought to myself that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus the Nazorean.
10 Jerusalem ni ngah emamah eh reeraang tang. Rangte mina loong ah phaatak ni jootsak suh nyia tek haat esuh Romwah phokhoh loong jiin nawa chaan aphaan ah thaang etang; eno neng loong ah tek haat etheng ngeh ih liirum abah ngah ih uh emah ju roong jengtang.
This I also did 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 Neng phaangphak suh nyia Jisu laalom toihaat thuk suh li leh Jehudi rangsoomnok noongrep ni hedop hedop siiwi rumtang. Rangte miloong asuh rathan eh kakhadah tang mideek mikaan ni nep kaleh kasiiwi rumtang.
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 “Romwah phokhoh jiin nawa chaan aphaan ah thaang angno Damaskas ni taat katang aju erah raangtaan ih kaat dowa.
"Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
13 Eno Luuwang, rangnithung di, seng loong ah lam ni khoom ih di, rangsa nang eju ephaak weephaak arah tuptang, rang nawa phaak ra haano nga damdi kaatte miloong ah nep eh kaangtookta.
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 Seng loong ah hah ni loongdatti, eno Hebru jenglam eh ngasuh liihang rah miroot japchaat tang, ‘Sool, Sool! An ih ngah tiim esuh siiwi halang? An teeteewah ih an tamkong ni buhu, maan ih heh changte wah chaanthah pitnak ah likhiik eh ah,’
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 ‘Teesu an o ang weelu?’ Ngah ih emah ih cheng tang. Eno Teesu ih emah ngaakli tahang, ‘Ngah Jisu, an ih siiwi halang rah ah.
"I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' "He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
16 An lah nah toonchap uh. Nga jeng chaatte toom ang ah ngeh ih an poon suh dong halang. Chiinnyah an ih ngah mamah eh tup halang adoleh liwang nah tiim jaat noisok ha erah tiit ah mih suh tumbaat theng.
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 me, and of the things which I will reveal to you;
17 An mina Ijirel noksong nyia Ranglajatte lak nawa ngah ih pangha. An ih neng mik ah
delivering you from the people, and from the non-Jewish people, to whom I send you,
18 singsiit uno rangnak nawa rangwu nah doksiit theng adoleh Soitaan reenawa Rangte reenah thoksiit theng, timnge liidoh neng ngasuh tuumaang jun eh neng rangdah ah saasiit suh nyia Rangte ih jeeta mina loong damdoh choh tong suh ah.’
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
19 “Erah raangtaan ih, Agrippa Luuwang, rang nawa tuptang motmang ah ngah ih tadaan tang.
"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
20 Jaakhoh thoon ah Jerusalem nyia Damaskas hah ni erah lidi Ranglajatte mina loong suh Judia hah noongrep ni Rangte tiit ah tumbaat tang, neng rangdah sekthun ano Rangte reenah thok suh ah erah damdi sekthun ih hi ngeh ih noisok suh baat rumtang.
but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the non-Jews, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
21 Erah thoidi ba, rangsoomnok ni ang angdi Jehudi loong ah ih jorum hangno tek haat taatchung rum tahang.
For this reason Jews seized me when I was in the temple, and tried to kill me.
22 Enoothong amadi tuk ih Rangte ih chosok roh eh halang, erah raangtaan ih mihak noodek thoontang ngathong ni adi Rangte eje ngeh ih baat suh toonchap lang. Khowah nyia Moses ih mamah re theng banbaatta ngah ih uh phoosiitsiit tiit ah baat hang:
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 Erah langla Kristo ah chamnaang jaatjaat etheng, eno Jehudi nyia Ranglajatte loong ah ih khopiiroidong chosuh heh tek nawa phang ngaaksaat ah.”
how the Messiah would suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to non-Jewish people."
24 Pool ih heteewah tiit emah taatbaat adi, Phestas ah Pool taangko sok ano erongwah ih riita, “Emok anglu hanih, Pool! Ehanmi eh nyootsoot kuh ih mokpaang lu!”
As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are crazy. Your great learning is driving you insane."
25 Pool ngaak jengta, “Emok tah angkang, an ba elong! Ngah amiisak tiit ah baat hang.
But he said, "I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
26 Agrippa Luuwang! Ngah an damdoh lacho laphaan jen roongwaan ehang, timnge liidi an ih jirep ah jat eho. Ngah ih an suh kamkam ih tuumaang hala, arah miloong ah ih tiimjih hoonha erah jat eh hu ngeh ah, timnge liidi arah tiit ah hesuk henoong ni tahoonka.
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 Agrippa Luuwang, Khowah ah hanpi nih ehu? Ngah ih jat ehang an ih hanpi ehu.”
King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe."
28 Agrippa ih Pool suh liita, “An ih ngah amah ih Kristaan eh hoon thuk ang nih mok samthun hu?”
Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Follower of the Messiah?"
29 Pool ngaakjengta, “Dot doh angkoja oh adoleh rekam lidoh angkoja oh “Ngah ih Rangte rangsoom hang ah an luulu lah angthang eh o ih nga jeng boichaat ha erah loong ah nep nga likhiik eh hoon theng chiinnyah jaanruh ih khak halang thoidoh ah.”
Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds."
30 Eno Luuwang, kobono, Barnis nyia wahoh loong ah toonchapta,
The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
31 doksoon karum ano roongwaan karumta, “Arah mih ah phaatak nah saktheng nyia heh tekjih bah tiim uh tathet reeka.”
When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."
32 Eno Agrippa ih Phestas suh liita, “Luuwanglong lasih lajota bah arah mih ah jen doksoon eh thengta.”
Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."
