Ditiro 26

1 Mme Ageripa a raya Paulo a re, “Tswelela o re bolelele polelo ya gago.” Jalo Paulo a otlolola letsogo a ikarabela a re:

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

2 “Ke sego, Kgosi Ageripa, fa ke na le tshwanelo ya go ikarabela fa pele ga gago gompieno,

I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:

3 gonne ke itse fa o le moitseanape wa melao ya Sejuta le ngwao. Mme ke a go kopa gore o ntheetse ka bopelotelele!

Especially [because I know] thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

4 “Fela jaaka Bajuta ba itse sentle, ke rutilwe thata ka Sejuta go tswa bonyaneng jwa me kwa Tareso, mme morago ka rutwa kwa Jerusalema, mme ka tshela fela jalo.

My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

5 Mme fa ba rata ba ka dumalana le nna, ba itse gore ke ne ke le mofarasai yo o tlhokomelang melao fa go tla mo kobamelong ya melao ya Sejuta le dingwao.

Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

6 Mme lebaka le ba ntshetseng morago go ntshekisa ke ka ntlha ya selo sengwe, ke ka ntlha ya gore ke solofetse tiragalo ya tsholofetso ya Modimo e e neng ya solofediwa borraa-ronamogologolwane.

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:

7 Merafe e e lesome le bobedi ya Iseraele e leka bosigo le motshegare go goroga kwa tsholofelong e ke nang nayo! Le fa go ntse jalo Kgosi, mo go nna ba re ke molato!

Unto which [promise] our twelve tribes, instantly serving [God] day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

8 A mme go molato go dumela mo tsogong ya baswi.

Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

9 “A go utlwala go sa dumelesege mo go wena gore Modimo o ka tsosa batho mo losong gore ke tshwanetse go dira ditiro tse di boitshegang mo balateding ba ga Jesu wa Nasaretha.

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

10 Ke ne ka tsenya baitshepi ba le bantsi mo kgolegelong kwa Jerusalema, jaaka go ne go laotswe ke baperesiti ba bagolo; mme erile ba atlholelwa leso ka dumelana nabo.

Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against [them].

11 Ke ne ke tlhokofatsa Bakeresete gongwe le gongwe go leka gore ba hutse Keresete. Ke ne ke le bogale thata mo go bone mo ke neng ka bogisa le ba metse e e kgakala mo mafatsheng a sele.

And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled [them] to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted [them] even unto strange cities.

12 “Ke ne ke le mo loetong lo lo ntseng jalo ke ya Damaseko, ke tshotse ditaelo tse di neng di tswa kwa baperesiting ba bagolo,

Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

13 fa ka letsatsi lengwe ka e ne e le motshegare wa sethoboloko, nna le bapati ba me ra phatshimelwa ke lesedi le le neng le phatsima go gaisa letsatsi.

At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

14 Re ne ra wela fa fatshe rotlhe, mme ka utlwa lentswe le bua le nna ka Sehebera le re, ‘Saulo, Saulo, o mpogisetsang? O ikutlwisa botlhoko fela!’

And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

15 “Ka botsa ka re, ‘O mang Morena?’ Mme a fetola a re, ‘Ke Jesu, yo o mmogisang.

And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

16 Jaanong ema ka dinao! Gonne ke bonetse mo go wena go go dira modiredi le mosupi wa me. O tshwanetse go bolelela lefatshe ka tiragalo e, le kaga tse dingwe tse ke tlaa di go supegetsang.

But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

17 Mme ke tlaa go sireletsa mo go bagaeno le mo go Badichaba. Ee, ke tlaa go romela kwa go Badichaba,

Delivering thee from the people, and [from] the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

18 go bula matlho a bone mo go tse e leng tsa boammaaruri gore ba tle ba ikwatlhaye ba nne mo leseding la Modimo go na le gore ba tshele mo lefifing la ga Satane, gore ba tle ba bone boitshwarelo jwa dibe tsa bone le go ja boswa jwa Modimo mmogo le batho botlhe gongwe le gongwe ba dibe tsa bone di tlhatswitsweng, ba ba beetsweng kwa thoko ka ntlha ya go dumela mo go nna.’

To open their eyes, [ and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

19 “Mme jalo, Kgosi Ageripa, ga ke a ka ka tlhoka go reetsa ponatshegelo eo e e tswang kwa legodimong!

Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

20 Ke ne ka rerela pele ba ba kwa Damaseko, le Jerusalema le mo tikologong yotlhe ya Judea, le mo go Badichaba gore botlhe ba tshwanetse go tlogela dibe tsa bone mme ba sokologela kwa Modimong, mme ba supe tshokologo ya bone ka go dira ditiro tse di siameng.

But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

21 Bajuta ba ne ba ntshwara mo Tempeleng ka ntlha ya go rera jaana, mme ba leka go mpolaya,

For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill [me].

22 mme Modimo o ne wa ntshireletsa gore ke be ke sa ntse ke tshela gompieno gore ke bolelele mongwe le mongwe dilo tse, bagolo le bannye. Ga ke rute sepe fa e se se baporofiti le Moshe ba se buileng,

Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

23 gore Mesia o tlaa boga, mme a nne wa ntlha go tsoga mo baswing, go tlisa lesedi mo Bajuteng le mo go Badichaba.”

That Christ should suffer, [and] that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

24 Mme ka tshoganetso Feseto a goa a re, “Paulo oa tsenwa, Go rutega thata ga gago go a go tsentsha!”

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

25 Mme Paulo a fetola a re, “Ga ke tsenwe, Motlotlegi Feseto. Ke bua mafoko a boammaaruri jo bo itekanetseng.

But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

26 Mme Kgosi Ageripa o itse kaga dilo tse. Ke bua ke gololesegile gonne ke itse sentle gore ditiragalo tse di tlwaelesegile mo go ene, gonne ga di a direlwa mo sephiring!

For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.

27 Kgosi Ageripa, a o dumela baporofiti? Mme ke a itse gore o a dumela.”

King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

28 Mme Ageripa a mo tsena ganong a re, “A o batla go ntira Mokeresete mo lobakeng lo lokhutshwane lo?”

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

29 Mme Paulo a fetola a re, “Mo Modimong le fa mafoko a me a le bokoa kgotsa a nonofile, wena le botlhe ba ba leng fano mo bathong ba ba tsileng go reetsa ba, lo ka nna jaaka nna, ke sa reye lo golegilwe ka dikeetane tse.”

And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

30 Mme Kgosi le molaodi, le Berenise le ba bangwe botlhe ba ema ba tsamaya.

And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:

31 Mme erile ba ntse ba buisanya kgang e, ba dumalana jaana ba re, “Monna yo ga a dira sepe se se tshwanetseng loso kgotsa go tsenngwa mo kgolegelong.”

And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

32 Mme Ageripa a raya Feseto a re, “Fa a ka bo a sa dira boikuelo kwa go Kaisara, o ka bo a gololwa.”

Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cæsar.