प्रेरित 26

1 यसरी अग्रिपासले पावललाई भने, “तिमी आफ्नो निम्ति बोल्न सक्छौ ।” तब पावलले उनका हातहरू पसारे, र उनको बचाउ गरे ।

And Agrippa said to Paul, “It is permitted to you to speak for yourself”; then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defense:

2 “यी यहूदीहरूले लगाएका सबै दोषहरूको विरुद्धमा मेरो मुद्दालाई राजा अग्रिपास तपाईंको आगाडि राख्‍न पाउँदा म आफै खुसी भएको महसुस गर्दछु ।

“Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, King Agrippa, I have thought myself blessed, being about to make a defense before you today,

3 खास गरी, किनकि तपाईं यी सबै यहूदी रीतिरिवाजहरू र प्रश्‍नहरूबारे ज्ञाता हुनुहुन्छ । त्यसैले, तपाईंले मेरो कुरा धैर्यपूर्वक सुनिदिनुहोस् भनेर म बिन्ती गर्दछु ।

especially knowing you to be acquainted with all things—both customs and questions—among Jews; for this reason, I implore you to hear me patiently.

4 साँच्‍चै, यी सबै यहूदीहरूले जान्दछन्, कि म कसरी मेरो जवानीदेखि मेरो आफ्नै देशमा र यरूशलेममा जिएँ ।

The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth—which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem—all the Jews know,

5 तिनीहरूले मलाई सुरुबाट नै जान्दथे, र मैले फरिसीको रूपमा जिएको कुरा तिनीहरूले स्वीकार गर्नुपर्दछ, जुन हाम्रो धर्मको अति कठोर सम्प्रदाय हो ।

knowing me before from the first (if they may be willing to testify), that after the most exact sect of our worship, I lived a Pharisee;

6 अब म यहाँ न्यायको लागि उभिन्छु, किनकि म परमेश्‍वरले हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूलाई दिनुभएको प्रतिज्ञाको आशा राख्दछु ।

and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,

7 यसैकारणले गर्दा, हाम्रा बाह्र कुलले उत्कटतासाथ दिन-रात परमेश्‍वररको सेवा गरे, र हामी पनि यसमा पुग्‍ने आशा राख्छौँ । हे राजा, त्यही आशाको कारणले यहूदीहरू मलाई दोष लगाउँछन् ।

to which our twelve tribes, intently serving night and day, hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, King Agrippa, by the Jews;

8 मृतकहरूलाई जीवित बनाउने कुरा परमेश्‍वरको लागि अपत्यारिलो छ भनेर तपाईंहरू किन विचार गर्नुहुन्छ?

why is it judged incredible with you if God raises the dead?

9 एक समय येशू नासरीको नाउँको विरुद्धमा धेरै कुराहरू गर्नुपर्छ भन्‍ने म आफैँले पनि विचार गरेँ ।

I indeed, therefore, thought with myself that it was necessary [for me] to do many things against the Name of Jesus of Nazareth,

10 मैले यरूशलेममा यी कामहरू गरेँ; मैले धेरै सन्तहरूलाई झ्यालखानामा थुनेँ, र मैले यसो गर्ने अधिकार मूख्य पूजाहारीहरूबाट पाएँ । जब तिनीहरू मारिए, मैले तिनीहरूका विरुद्धमा मेरो मत पनि जाहेर गरेँ ।

which I also did in Jerusalem, and I shut up many of the holy ones in prison, having received the authority from the chief priests; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,

11 मैले तिनीहरूलाई सबै सभाघरहरूमा बारम्बार सजाय दिएँ, र मैले तिनीहरूलाई ईश्‍वरको निन्दा गर्ने बनाउन कोसिस गरेँ । म तिनीहरूसित अति नै रिसाएँ, र तिनीहरूलाई विदेशका सहरहरूमा पनि खेदाएँ ।

and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining [them] to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting [them] even to strange cities.

12 यसो गर्ने क्रममा मुख्य पूजाहारीहरूबाट पाएको आज्ञा र अधिकार लिएर म दमस्कसमा गएँ ।

In which things, also, going on to Damascus—with authority and commission from the chief priests—

13 अनि बाटोमा, मध्यदिनमा, हे राजा, मैले स्वर्गबाट आएको ज्योति देखेँ, जुन सूर्यभन्दा पनि चम्किलो थियो, र त्यो म र मसँग यात्रा गर्ने मानिसहरू दुवैका वरिपरि चम्कियो ।

at midday, I saw in the way, O king, out of Heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining around me a light—and those going on with me;

14 जब हामीहरू सबै जना भुइँमा लड्यौँ, मैले हिब्रू भाषामा मसँग यसो भनेर बोलिरहेको एउटा आवाज सुनेँ, “ए शाऊल, ए शाऊल, तिमी मलाई किन सताउँछौ? सुइरोमा लात हान्‍नु तिमीलाई कठिन हुन्छ ।”

and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? [It is] hard for you to kick against goads!

15 तब मैले भनेँ, ʼतपाईं को हुनुहुन्छ, प्रभु? ʼ प्रभुले जवाफ दिनुभयो, ʼम येशू हुँ, जसलाई तिमी सताउँछौ?

And I said, Who are You, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus whom you persecute;

16 अब तिमी उठ, र तिम्रो पाउमा खडा होऊ, किनकि म तिमीलाई सेवक र अहिले तिमीले मेरो बारेमा जानेका कुराहरू र पछि मैले तिमीलाई देखाउने कुराहरूको गवाही बन्‍नको लागि नियुक्त गर्ने उद्देश्यले म तिमीकहाँ देखा परेँ

but rise, and stand on your feet, for this I appeared to you, to appoint you an officer and a witness both of the things you saw, and of the things [in which] I will appear to you,

17 म तिमीलाई मानिसहरूबाट र गैरयहूदीहरूबाट उद्धार गर्नेछु, जसकहाँ मैले तिमीलाई पठाइरहेको छु ।

delivering you from the people, and the nations, to whom I now send you,

18 तिनीहरूका आँखा खोल्न र तिनीहरूलाई अन्धकारबाट ज्योतिमा फर्काउन र शैतानको शक्तिबाट परमेश्‍वरमा फर्काउनको लागि, ताकि तिनीहरूले परमेश्‍वरबाट पापको क्षमा र मैले ममाथिको विश्‍वासद्वारा मेरो आफ्नै निम्ति अलग गरेकाहरूलाई मैले दिने उत्तराधिकार प्राप्‍त गर्न सकून् ।

to open their eyes, to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the authority of Satan to God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified by faith that [is] toward Me.

19 त्यसकारण, राजा अग्रिपास, मैले त्यो स्वर्गीय दर्शनको अवाज्ञा गरिनँ ।

After which, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

20 तर पहिले दमस्कसमा भएकाहरूकहाँ, त्यसपछि यरूशलेममा र यहूदियाको देशभरि रहनेहरू, र गैरयहूदीहरूकहाँ पनि तिनीहरूले पश्‍चात्ताप गरेर परमेश्‍वरमा फर्कनुपर्छ र पश्‍चात्ताप योग्यका कार्यहरू गर्नुपर्छ भनेर प्रचार गरेँ ।

but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, also to all the region of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to convert, and to turn back to God, doing works worthy of conversion;

21 यसैकारण, यहूदीहरूले मलाई मन्दिरमा पक्राउ गरे, र मलाई मार्ने प्रयास गरे ।

because of these things the Jews—having caught me in the temple—were endeavoring to kill [me].

22 परमेश्‍वरले अहिलेसम्म मलाई सहायता गर्नुभएको छ । यसैकारण म खडा भएर साधारण मानिसहरू र ठुला मानिसहरूलाई अगमवक्‍ताहरू र मोशाले जे हुने थिए भनेका थिए ती कुराहरूभन्दा बढी कुनै पनि कुराको गवाही दिन्‍नँ ।

Having obtained, therefore, help from God, until this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spoke of as about to come,

23 कि ख्रीष्‍टले दु: ख भोग्‍नुपर्छ, र उहाँ मृतकहरूबाट जीवित हुनेहरूमा पहिलो हुनुहुन्छ, र यहूदीहरूसाथै गैरयहूदी मानिसहरूमा ज्योतिको घोषणा गर्ने जन हुनुहुनेछ ।

that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a resurrection from the dead, He is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.”

24 पावलले उनको बचाउलाई पुरा गरिसकेपछि फेस्तसले उच्‍च सोरमा भने, “पावल, तिमी पागल भएका छौ, तिम्रो धेरै विद्याले तिमीलाई पागल बनाएको छ ।”

And he thus making a defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “You are mad, Paul; much learning turns you mad!”

25 तर पवालले भने, “म पागल होइनँ, सम्माननीय फेस्तस, तर म साहसकासाथ यी सत्य र गम्भीर वचनहरू बोल्छु ।”

And he says, “I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness I speak forth the sayings;

26 किनकि राजाले यी कुराहरूको बारेमा जान्‍नुहुन्छ, र यसैले म उहाँसँग खुलेर बोल्छु, किनकि मलाई विश्‍वास छ, कि उहाँबाट यीमध्ये कुनै पनि कुराहरू लुकेका छैनन्, किनकि यो कुरा गुपचुपमा गरिएको छैन ।

for the king knows concerning these things, before whom I also speak boldly, for none of these things, I am persuaded, are hidden from him; for this thing has not been done in a corner;

27 राजा अग्रिपास, के तपाईं अगमवक्‍ताहरूमा विश्‍वास गर्नुहुन्छ? म यो कुरा जान्दछु, कि तपाईंले विश्‍वास गर्नुहुन्छ ।”

do you believe, King Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that you believe!”

28 अग्रिपासले पवाललाई भने, “के तिमी छोटो समयमा मलाई फकाएर ख्रीष्‍टियान बनाउन चाहन्छौ?”

And Agrippa said to Paul, “In [so] little you persuade me to become a Christian?”

29 पावलले भने, “चाहे छोटो समयमा होस्, या लामो समयमा होस्, तपाईं मात्र होइन तर आज मेरो कुरा सुन्‍ने जति सबै यी झ्यालखानाका साङ्लाहरूबाहेक अरू कुरामा म जस्तै होऊन् भनी म परमेश्‍वरमा प्रार्थना गर्छु ।”

And Paul said, “I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only you, but also all those hearing me today, to become such as I also am—except these bonds.”

30 त्यसपछि राजा उठे, र शासक, बरनिकी र तिनीहरूसँग बसिरहेकाहरू पनि उठे ।

And he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,

31 तिनीहरू सभा भवनबाट बाहिरिँदा, तिनीहरूले एक अर्कामा कुराकानी गरे, र भने, “यी मानिसले मृत्यु वा कैदमा पर्न लायक कुनै कुरो गरेका छैनन् ।”

and having withdrawn, they were speaking to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds”;

32 अग्रिपासले फेस्तसलाई भने, “यदि तिनले कैसरकहाँ अपील नगरेको भए यी मानिसलाई छाड्न सकिन्थ्यो ।”

and Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”