Imbombo zya Atume 24
1 Nazyashila ensiku zisanu, Anania ugosi we shibhanza, nazee nu wayanje itawa lyakwe Tertulo, bhabhala pala. Abhantu ebha bhaletila amashitaka gabha hushitaki u Paulo hwa gavana.
Five days afterward the high priest Ananias came down with some of the elders and a barrister named Tertullus. They laid an information with the Governor against Paul;
2 Paulo nawimilila hwa gavana, Tertulo wanda hushitaki nayanje hwa gavana, “ate tilinulutengano nawe uletile enyizya ezyalinganye ensi yetu;
and, when the hearing came on, Tertullus began his speech for the prosecution.
3 eshi hulusalifyo lwonti tiposhela shila hantu hubhomba, tihuposhela shila hantu hubhomba, tihulamuha, Wugosi Feliki.
“We owe it to your Excellency,” he said, “that we are enjoying profound peace, and we owe it to your foresight that this nation is constantly securing reforms – advantages which we very gratefully accept at all times and places.
4 Lelo insahalisye, elabha untejelezye enongwa endodo wene.
But – not to be tedious – I beg you, with your accustomed fairness, to listen to a brief statement of our case.
5 Timwajile umuntu unu korofi, yasababisya Ayahudi bhonti bhabhe bhakorofi nasinte nahwumvwanwe munsi. Nantele longozi we mathehebu ga Nazarayo.
We have found this man a public pest; he is one who stirs up disputes among our people all the world over, and is a ringleader of the Nazarene heretics.
6 Nantele alinjile ananganye eshibhanza shetu, ate takhata
He even attempted to desecrate the Temple itself, but we caught him;
8 Nkashele ubhuzye uPaulo yuyo ubhamanye zyatishitakiye.”
and you will be able, by examining him on all these points, to satisfy yourself as to the charges which we are bringing against him.”
9 Ayahudi bhope bhashitaki u Paulo, bhaga ezyo zililyoli.
The Jewish crowd also joined in the attack and bore out his statements.
10 U Liwali nawasontela ukhono uPaulo aje ayanje, u Paulo ahagamula, “Ane imenye huje amaha minji uligamulanyi wi taifa eli, nantele ensungwilwe ayanje huliwe.
On a sign from the Governor, Paul made this reply: “Knowing, as I do, for how many years you have acted as judge to this nation, it is with confidence that I undertake my own defense.
11 Ubhajiye ahakikisye wewe huje sigazishilile ensiku ilongo ne zibhili ahwande panabhaliye apuute hu Yerusalemu.
For you can easily verify that it is not more than twelve days ago that I went up to worship at Jerusalem,
12 Nabhanajile mushibhanza, ane siganadalisinye nu muntu yayonti nantele siganaletile yayonti, nantele siganaletile efujo yayonti mubhungano wala mwisinagogi wala pamuji;
where my prosecutors never found me holding discussions with anyone, or causing a crowd to collect – either in the Temple, or in the synagogues, or about the city;
13 na sigabhabhajiye ahakikisye zyabhanshiyakila ane.
and they cannot establish the charges which they are now making against me.
14 Ila iyanga ezyelyoli huliwe huje hwidala lila abhene lyabhaiga lidhehebu, hwilyo nane ihubhombela imbombo Ungulubhi waise bhetu. Ane endi mwaminifu hunsimbozye sheria wakuwe.
This, however, I do acknowledge to you, that it is as a believer in the Way which they call heretical, that I worship the God of my ancestors. At the same time, I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the prophets;
15 Endi nu oujasiri wulawula, abhene wabhangula bhope, uluzyuho lwa bhafwe abinza na bhasigabhinza;
and I have a hope that rests in God – a hope which they also cherish – that there will one day be a resurrection of good and bad alike.
16 hweli ibhomba imbombo iya huje embe nu mwoyo gwasiga gwalongwe hwa Ngulubhi na hwa bhantu ashilile hu mambo gonti.
This being so, I strive at all times to keep my conscience clear before both God and people.
17 Eshi nagashila amaha gaminji ane enenzele alete umusaada hwitaifa lyane ne zawadi eye hela.
After some years’ absence I had come to bring charitable gifts to my nation, and to make offerings;
18 Nanabhombaga isho Ayahudi bhabhafumila hu Asia bhanaga musikulukulu ye lwozyo mushibhanza, bila efuj yayonti nantele bila lipuga lyabhantu.
and it was while engaged in this that they found me in the Temple, after completing a period of purification, but not with any crowd or disorder.
19 Abhantu ebha bhahwanziwa aje bhenze epa bhayanje nkashele bhali ne nongwa zyazyonti nane.
There were, however, some Jews from Roman Asia who ought to have been here before you, and to have made any charge that they may have against me –
20 Bhayanje bhibho nabhandolile nihimiliye pibaraza lya bhayahudi embibhi zyabhazilolile;
Or else let my opponents here say what they found wrong in me when I was before the Council,
21 ila ahantu hamo hamayanjile panahimiliye pahati yabho, najile hunongwa ye luzyuho lwabhafwe mundonga.”
except as to the one sentence that I shouted out as I stood among them – ‘It is about the resurrection of the dead that I am on my trial before you today’.”
22 U Feliki abhulilwe ahusu idala lila na akhomola ubungano. Waga, “Lisia jemedari nayenza afume hu Yerusalemu ane yaamula amashitaka genyu.”
Felix, however, adjourned the case – though he had a fairly accurate knowledge of all that concerned the Way – with the promise, “When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will give my decision in your case.”
23 Epo wamula huje uakida uPaulo, na huje asahabhe umuntu uwabhakhane aholo bhakwe humwavwe na hujendele.
So he gave orders to the centurion in charge of Paul to keep him in custody, but to relax the regulations, and not to prevent any of his personal friends from attending to his wants.
24 Ensiku nazyashila, uFeliki wawela nu Drusila ushi wakwe yaahali Muyahudi watuma abhantu hukwizye uPaulo watejelezya enongwa zya lutengano lwalufuma hwa Yesu Kristi.
Some days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, and, sending for Paul, listened to what he had to say about faith in Christ Jesus.
25 U Paulo nahayagaga nawo amambo ge ulonzi wa Ngulubhi hwa bhantu uFeliki wogopa waga bhalaga nana ipate enafasi naihukwizya nantele.”
But, while Paul was speaking at length about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became terrified, and interrupted him – “Go for the present, but, when I find an opportunity, I will send for you again.”
26 Omuda gwugwo apambamiye huje uPaulo abhahupele ihela, akwizyaga wilawila ayanje nawo.
He was hoping, too, for a bribe from Paul, and so he used to send for him frequently and talk with him.
27 Amaha gabhili nagashila u Porkio Festo ahabha Liwali pyanili wa Feliki, u Feliki umwene ahanzaga ahwipendehezye hwa Yahudi, aleshile uPaulo hwa abhlinzi.
But, after the lapse of two years, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and, wishing to gain popularity with the Jewish leaders, he left Paul a prisoner.
