Matendu 22
1 “Mwawalongu wangu na ashina tati, mpikinira vinu panalitakulura paulongolu penu!”
MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my apology which I now offer unto you.
2 Pawapikiniriti pakayowera nawomberi kwa Shiebraniya wongera kutama jii kuliku shipindi shipititi na Paweru kendereya kulonga.
Then when they heard that he spoke unto them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence: and he said,
3 “Neni ndo Myawudi, mwiwuka gwa Tarisu Mukilikiya. Kumbiti neleritwi palaa panu palushi lya Yerusalemu pasi ya ukufunzi Gamalieli. Mfunditwi kufata kwa ugangamala malagaliru ga wazewi wetu. Nuliraviyiti kwa moyu goseri kwa Mlungu kuwera mwenga ntambu ya muwera leru.
I am indeed a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but educated in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed accurately in the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as ye all are this day:
4 Nuwatesiti ata kuwalaga wantu walii wawafatiti njira ayi. Nuwakamliti wapalu kwa wadala na kuwatatira mshibetubetu.
so much so that I persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women.
5 Mtambika Mkulu na shipinga shoseri sha wazewi waweza kushilanguziya shitwatira ashi. Kulawa kwawu mwankiti luhamba yawalembiti walongu walii Wayawudi yawaweriti aku Dameski. Ng'enditi Dameski su nuwakamuli wantu awa na kuwajega watatirwa mpaka Yerusalemu su wapananwi azabu.
As also the high-priest will bear me witness, and all the body of elders: from whom also having received letters unto the brethren, I went unto Damascus, to bring those who were there in chains unto Jerusalem, that they might be punished.
6 “Su, panweriti mnjira pakwegera kuyingira Dameski, ipata saa sita paliwala, uweru ukulu ulawa kumpindi ulawira vumu uwalira wega zoseri.
But as I went and drew nigh to Damascus, at noon-day, suddenly there shone a great light from heaven around me.
7 Panu nguwiti pasi, mbikanira liziwu ling'ambira, ‘Sauli, Sauli! Kwa shishi gundesa?’
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
8 Neni ngosiiti, ‘Gani gwenga, Mtuwa?’ Nayomberi kang'ambira. ‘Neni na Yesu gwa Nazareti ndo yomberi yaguntesa.’
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarean, whom thou persecutest.
9 Wayangu walii wawoniti uweru ulii kumbiti wapikinira ndiri liziwu lya ulii yakayoweriti naneni.
Now they who were with me saw the light indeed, and were terrified; but the voice of him that spake to me heard they not.
10 Ngosiya, ‘Ndendi shishi Mtuwa?’ Na Mtuwa kanangula, ‘Gugoloki, gugendi Dameski na aku hawakugambiri vyoseri vyeni Mlungu wakupangira kutenda.’
Then I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, go into Damascus; and there information shall be given thee of all things which are ordained for thee to do.
11 Kulawirana na uweru ukalipa mwezandiri kuwona na hangu iwabidi wayangu walii kunongoziya kwa kung'ola liwoku mpaka nsoka Dameski
Then as I could no longer see through the dazzling brightness of that light, led by the hand of those who were with me, I came to Damascus.
12 “Aku kuweriti na muntu yumu yawamshema Ananiya, muntu mguwira Mlungu, mweni kujimira malagaliru getu na yawamupanana ligoya nentu kulongolu kwa Wayawudi yawaweriti walikala Dameski.
And one Ananias, a religious man according to the law, and in high repute with all the Jews dwelling there,
13 Yomberi kiziti kunola, kagoloka pakwegera naneni, kalonga, ‘Mlongu Sauli! Guwoni kayi.’ Palaa palii kawona kayi, numulola.
came to me, and standing by me, said, Brother Saul, recover sight. And the same hour I looked up at him.
14 Shakapanu Ananiya kalonga, ‘Mlungu gwa wambuyi wetu kakusyagula gwenga gupati kuvimana mafiliru gakuwi na kumlola ntumintumi gwakuwi muheri na kumpikinira mweni pakayowera.
And he said, The God of our fathers hath predestinated thee to know his will, and to see the Just One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
15 Kwa mana hauweri upitawu kwa wantu woseri pawawagambira galii gwagagawoniti na kugapikanira.
For thou shalt be a witness for him to all men, of the things which thou hast seen and heard.
16 Vinu su, ga shishi kushelewa nentu? Gugoloki, gubatizwi na kuwusilirwa vidoda vyaku kwa kuluwa litawu lyakuwi.’
And now why delay? arise, to be baptised, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.
17 “Su, muyiti Yerusalemu na panweriti nankumluwa Mlungu munumba nkulu moniti mawonu.
Now it came to pass, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance;
18 Numwoniti Mtuwa pakang'ambira, ‘Guwuki Yerusalemu kanongola kwa mana wantu wa panu hapeni wawujimiri upitawu waku kuusu neni.’
and beheld him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony of me.
19 ‘Mtuwa’ neni numwankula, ‘wavimana pota kufifa handa neni ndo ulii yakaweriti kankupitapita munumba za Mlungu na kuwabata na kuwakoma walii yawaweriti wankujimira.
And I said, Lord, they know that I was imprisoning and scourging from synagogue to synagogue those who believe on thee:
20 Na handa shipindi pitawu gwaku Stefanu pawamlagiti, namweni neni nweriti palii panjimilianiti na shitwatira ashi na kugalolera makoti ga walii yawaweriti wankumlaga.’
and when the blood of Stephen thy martyr was shed, I myself even stood by, and took delight in his execution, and guarded the garments of those who slew him.
21 Mtuwa kang'ambira, ‘Gugendi, nukutumi patali kwa isi za Wayawudi ndiri.’”
And he said to me, Go: for I will send thee forth to the Gentiles afar off.
22 Mpaka panu, wantu walii waweriti wankumpikinira, kumbiti pandakuliti visoweru avi, wayanjiti kutakula kwa liziwu likulu, “Guwusiyi Pasi panu muntu gwa ntambu ayi katakiwa ndiri kulikala.”
And they gave him audience to this sentence, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
23 Wandereiti kubwerabwera aku na wankutikinyia makoti gawu na kusulusiya lidiku kumpindi.
So when they began raising a vast clamour, and stripping off their garments, and casting dust into the air,
24 Mkulu gwa majangira kawagambiriti wantu wakuwi wamjegi Paulu mnumba ya liboma, kawagambira wawasyatangi mboku su wapati kuvimana shanzu sha Wayawudi kumtendera umatu.
the military tribune commanded him to be brought into the fortress, ordering that he should be put to the question by scourging; that he might know for what cause they clamoured so loudly against him.
25 Kumbiti pawaweriti wankumtawa su wasyatangwi mboku, Paulu kamkosiyiti mkulu gwa majagira yumu yakagolokiti panu, “Hashi, ndo yapafiruwa kwamwenga kumsyatanga mboku mwanalushi gwa Rumi pambeli hakenitozwi?”
So as they were tying him up for the thongs, Paul said to the centurion standing by him, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen, and uncondemned?
26 Mkulu gwa njagira ulii pakapikaniriti aga, kamyupiti shisoweru mkulu gwa njagira kalonga, “Gufira gutendi shishi? Muntu ayu ndo mwanalushi gwa Rumi!”
And when the centurion heard this, he came and told the military tribune, saying, Consider what you are going to do: for this man is a Roman citizen.
27 Mkulu gwa njagira kamgendiriti Paulu kamgambira, “Gung'ambiri, hashi gwenga ndo mwanalushi gwa Rumi?” Paulu kamwankula “nyina,”
Then the tribune came, and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman citizen? And he said, Yes.
28 Mkulu gwa njagira kalonga, “Naneni nwera mwanalushi gwa Rumi kwa kulipira shiyasi shikulu.” Paulu kalonga, “Kumbiti neni na mwanalushi gwa Rumi kwa kwiwuka.”
And the tribune replied, With a large sum of money I purchased this citizenship. And Paul said, But I enjoy it as my birthright.
29 Wantu walii weni waweriti kala kumlolera Paulu wawukiti saa iraa ilii. Ata mkulu gwa njagira ulii katiriti pakavimaniti handa Paulu ndo mwanalushi gwa Rumi na handa kaweriti kamtawalira kala minyololu.
Immediately then they who were about to put him to the question, withdrew from him: and indeed the tribune dreaded the consequences, when he knew that he was a Roman citizen, that he had even gone so far as to bind him.
30 Shirawu yakuwi, mkulu gwa njagira kafiriti kuvimana masitaka geni Wayawudi waweriti wamsitaki Paulu. Hangu, kamyopoliti Paulu minyololu, kaamuwa watambika wakulu, na shizyungu shoseri waliwoni. Shakapanu kamjegiti Paulu, kamgolosiya paulongolu pa shizyungu.
So on the morrow, desirous to know of a certainty what it was of which he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him from the bonds, and commanded the high-priest and all the sanhedrim to appear, and bringing Paul down, set him before them.
