Matendu 26
1 Su, Agiripa kamgambira Paulu, “Guluusiwa kujiteteya.” Panu Paulu kanyoshiti liwoku lyakuwi kujiteteya hangu.
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” So Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
2 Mtuwa Agiripa, nuliwona nana bahati lelu kujiteteya panlongulu paku kuusu mashitaka goseri aga geni Wayawudi waweriti watakula kuusu neni.
“I consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, in that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning the things of which I am accused by the Jews,
3 Asa toziya gumweni gwenga ndo mwana malifa gwa ntambu za Wayawudi na migogolu yawu, nukuluwa su gumpikiniri kwa uhepelera.
especially because you are expert in all the Jewish customs and issues; therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
4 “Wayawudi wavimana shisoweru sha makaliru gangu kwanjira uwananguta, mtambu yandamiti kwanjira kwanja pakati pa isi yangu aku Yerusalemu.
Really, the Jews all know my way of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem,
5 Wavimana kwa shipindi shitali, na waweza kupitawulira, handa pawafira, handa kwanjira mwanzu ndamiti handa yumu gwa shipinga shana siyasa ikalipa nentu mudini yetu, yani shipinga sha Mafalisayu.
since they have known me for a long time, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.
6 Na vinu na panu ntozwi toziya nulitumbira kwayidi kulii kweni Mlungu kawalagiliti wambuyi wetu.
And now I stand here being judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
7 Lagilu ali ndo liraa lilii lyalitumbirwa na makabila lilongu na mbili lya maisi getu, wankumtendera Mlungu kwa nakaka paliwala na pashiru. Mtuwa mfalumi, Wayawudi wankunzitaki toziya ya litumbiru ali!
to which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. It is because of this hope that I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa.
8 Kwa shishi mwenga mwona tabu nentu kujimira handa Mlungu kawazyukisiyaga yawahowiti?
Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
9 Nakaka neni namweni njimiriti handa ndo lihengu lyangu kutenda vitwatira vivuwa kulirema litawu lya Yesu gwa Nazareti.
“However, I myself thought that I had to perpetrate many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Natsorean;
10 Shitwatira ashi ndo shantenditi aku Yerusalemu. Neni namweni mpatiti uwezu kulawa kwa Watambika wakulu, mpatiti kuwatula mushibetubetu wavua wa wantu wa Mlungu. Nawomberi pawatozitwi kuwahowiziya, ngalambuziiti simbi za kujimira.
I actually did this in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.
11 Ntambu yimonga neni ng'enditi munumba za Mlungu panagalira womberi wazibiwi, naneni panjera kwa makakala wayigilangi njimiru yawu. Maya gangu gaweriti makulu nentu kwawomberi ata ng'enditi kuwatabisiya mlushi za patali.
Yes, I punished them often in every synagogue, trying to force them to blaspheme; I was so excessively enraged against them that I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
12 “Kwa nfiru iraa ayi, ng'enditi Dameski shipindi shimu, neni nweriti na utuwa na malagiliru kulawa kwa Watambika Wakulu.
“It was on one of those journeys, as I was going to Damascus with authority and a commission from the chief priests,
13 Mheshimiwa, shipindi panweriti mnjira, saa sita paliwala, moniti uweru mkulu kuliku wa mshenji pawuyaka kulawa kumpindi, uzyengeta neni na walii waweriti wanamwanja wayangu.
at midday, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven brighter than the sun, blazing around me and those traveling with me.
14 Twawoseri twenga tuguwiti pasi, naneni mpikanira liziwu ling'ambira kwa Shiebraniya, ‘Sauli, Sauli! Kwa shishi gundenda? Gulitenda hera handa ng’ombi yakaguma liteki fimbu ya mtuwa gwakuwi.”
Well we all fell to the ground and I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language: ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
15 Neni nkosiyiti, “‘Gwee gwa gaa Mtuwa?’ Mtuwa kankula, ‘Neni ndo Yesu mweni gwenga gwaguntabisiya.
So I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And He said: ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
16 Gwimuki vinu, gugoloki. Nukulawira su nukutuli nakamu guweri ntumintumi gwangu. Guwalanguziyi wantu wamonga vitwatira vyaguviwoniti lelu na vilii vyeni vyankali hanukulanguziyi.
Now get up and stand on your feet; because I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness both of the things you have seen and of the things I will reveal to you,
17 Hanukulopoziyi na wantu wa Israeli na wantu wa Israeli na wantu wa maisi gamonga geni neni nukulagiliri kwawomberi.
delivering you from ‘the people’ and the ethnic nations, to which I am sending you:
18 Hagugatumuliziyi masu gawu na kuwatenda womberi walawi muluwindu na kwingira muwulangala, walawi mumakakala ga Shetani na wamgalambukiri Mlungu su wapati ulekiziwu wa vidoda vyawatenditi na wapati uhala pakati pawu kwa walii yawapungitwi kwa njimiru yaiwera kwaneni.’”
to open their eyes, so as to bring them back from darkness into light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified, by faith into me.’
19 “Hangu, Mtuwa Agiripa weza ndiri kuweri mkaidi kwa mawonu aga ga kumpindi.
Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision
20 Ila nyanjiti kubwera kwanja kwa wantu wa Dameski, shakapanu kwa walii wa Yerusalemu na isi yoseri ya Yudeya, na viraa kwa wantu wa maisi gamonga. Nuwahimiziyiti wamgalambukiri Mlungu na kulangalira kwa vitendu handa waleka vidoda vyawu vyawatenditi.
—first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to all the region of Judea and to the ethnic nations, I still preach: ‘repent and turn back to God, doing works worthy of repentance.’
21 Toziya ayi, Wayawudi wankamuliti paweriti Mnumba nkulu ya Mlungu, wajeriti kunaga.
That is why the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
22 Kumbiti Mlungu kandangiti, na avi mpaka mashaka ga lelu ngoloka ugangamala panavia lulangaliru kwa woseri, wakulu na wadidini. Gatakula ndo galii geni wambuyi na Musa watakuliti hagalawiri.
So then, having experienced the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying to both small and great, saying nothing beyond what both the prophets and Moses said would happen
23 Yani kafiruwa Kristu katabiki na kaweri gwa kwanja kuzyuka kulawa kwa wahowiti, su wabweri handa uweru wa ulopoziya uwalangalira vinu wantu woseri, Wayawudi na viraa wantu wawawera ndiri wayawudi.”
—that the Messiah would suffer; that as the first to rise from the dead He would proclaim light to both ‘the people’ and the ethnic nations.”
24 Paulu pakayiziti panu mukujiteteya kwakuwi, Festu katakuliti kwa liziwu likulu, “Paulu! Gwana lukwali! Kubetula kwaku kuvuwa kukujegera lukwali!”
Well as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice: “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
25 Kumbiti Paulu katakula, “Nahera lukwali mtuwa Festu. Shantakula ndo nakaka hera.
So he said: “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus; rather I pronounce words of truth and reasonableness.
26 Gwenga Mfalumi guvimana vitwatira avi, hangu weza kuyowera pota lyoga palongolu paku. Nahera shashatika handa malawiru aga gamanika kwakuwi toziya shitwatira ashi shitendeka ndiri kwakulififa.
For the king knows about these things, before whom I speak freely; for I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, since it was not done in a corner.
27 Mfalumi Agiripa, hashi, gwana njimiru na wambuyi? Nuvimana handa gujimira.”
King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
28 Agiripa kamwankula Paulu, “Mushipindi shididini hera, hashi gulihola haguntendi nweri Mkristu?”
So Agrippa said to Paul, “You will soon persuade me to become a Christian!”
29 Paulu kamwankula, “Nankumluwa Mlungu handa, kwa katepu ama shipindi shitali, gwenga ndiri hera ila woseri yawampikinira leru wapati kuwera ntambu yanwera neni, kumbiti pota minyololu ayi.”
So Paul said, “Whether sooner or later, I would to God that not only you but also all who are hearing me this day may become such as I am, except for these chains.”
30 Panu Mfalumi Agiripa, mkulu wa mkowa, Beriniki na woseri walii wawaweriti pamwera nawomberi, wagolokiti.
Upon his saying this, the king stood up, along with the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them;
31 Pawawukiti kala, waligambiziyana, “Muntu ayu katenda ndiri shoseri shashifiruwa azabu ya kumlaga ama kutatirwa.”
and when they had withdrawn they started talking among themselves, saying, “This man is doing nothing deserving of death or chains.”
32 Yomberi Agiripa kamgambira Festu, “muntu ayu kaweza kuyopolwa handa mekaweriti ndiri kakata lufaa kwa Kaisari.”
And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free, if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
