Incito 24
1 Mpopalapita masuba asanu, mukulene wa beshimilumbo Hananiya, pamo ne bamakulene Baciyuda, ne nkalakata ya milawo walikukwiweti Tetalasi, balaya ku Kaisaleya. Mpobalashika kuli Mwendeleshi Felekisi, balamubepesha Paulo.
Five days later, Ananias the high priest came down to Caesarea with some of the elders, and with an orator, named Tertullus. They laid information before the governor against Paul.
2 Mpobalamukuwa Paulo, Tetalasi walatatika kumubepesheti, “Omwalemekwa! Butangunishi bwenu bwa mano ebulalete lumuno kwacindi citali mubwikalo bwetu, kayi ni bintu bingi bilenshikinga kusumpula cishi cetu.
So Paul was sent for, and then Tertullus began to accuse him, saying. "As it is owing to your excellency that we enjoy profound peace, and that the state of this nation,
3 Ibi bintu tulabitambulunga ne makasa abili kuli konse pacindi conse, neco tulamulumbunga.
"owing to your wise care, has been improved in every respect and in every place, we accept it with profound thankfulness.
4 Nsombi nkansuni kumutaila cindi sobwe, ndamusengengeti mubombe moyo, kayi munkututikishe pa makani ang'ana awa ngotulambanga.
"But not to weary you too much, I beg of your Excellency to listen to a few words from us.
5 Twacaneti muntuyu wapensha. Ni shikuleta mipyopyongano pakati pa Bayuda ne mucishi conse capanshi. Kayi ni mutangunishi wa likoto likute kukwiweti, ‘Banasaleti.’
"For we have found this fellow a pest, an inciter of insurrection among all the Jews of the empire, and a ringleader in the heresy of the Nazarenes.
6 Kayi wayandanga kusafwanya Ng'anda ya Lesa, neco twalamwikata. Twali kuyanda kumombolosha kwelana ne Milawo yetu.
"He even tried to profane the Temple, but we arrested him.
7 Nomba mukulene wa bashilikali bonse Lisiyasi, walesa ne kwisa kumufunya mwangofu mu makasa etu.
"Then the chief captain, Lysias came and violently took him from us.
8 Kufumapo, Lisiyasi, walambeti beshikumupa milandu bonse, belela kwisa kuli njamwe. Na mu mwipushe muntuyu ngamulinyumfwila mobeneti milandu yonse njotulambanga ni mucaneti ni yakubinga.”
From him you will be able, by examining Paul yourself, to learn the truth of all these charges we are bringing against him."
9 Nabo Bayuda balasuminisheti mbyalambanga ni bya kubinga.
The Jews also joined in the charge, maintaining that these were the facts.
10 Mwendeleshi Felekisi, walamucebula Paulo ne cikasa kwambeti ambepo, Paulo walambeti, “Ndicinsheti mwalatatika kaindi kombolosha bantu bamucishici, neco ndakondwa kulifuna pamenso penu.
Then at a nod from the governor, Paul spoke. "Because I know that for many years you have been a judge in this nation, I feel encouraged to make my defense.
11 Inga mulicanina mobene kwambeti palapiti masubowa likumi ne abili, mpondalaya ku Yelusalemu kuya kukambilila Lesa.
"For you have it in your power to know that it is not more than twelve days ago that I went up to Jerusalem to worship;
12 Bayuda aba baliya kuncana mu Ng'anda ya Lesa kantotekeshana ne bantu. Ndiyawa kuletapo mipyopyongano mu manda abo akupaililamo, nambi mu munshi wa Yelusalemu.
"and that neither in the Temple, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city, did they find me disputing with any man or stirring up a crowd.
13 Nkabelela kucikonsha kumulesheti byonse mbyobalambepeshenga ni bya kubinga sobwe.”
"Nor can they prove the charges which they are now bringing against me.
14 “Nsombi ncondasumininga ni kwambeti, ame nkute kukambilila Lesa uyo ngobali kukambilila bamashali betu bakulukulu, kwelana ne ‘Nshila iyo njobalambangeti niya bwepeshi.’ Ndashoma byonse byalembwa mu Milawo ya Mose, kayi ne byalembwa mu mabuku abashinshimi bakulukulu.
"But this I confess to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors, according to the Way which they call a heresy, believing everything that is according to the Law, or is written in the Prophets,
15 Ndapembelelenga muli Lesa, mbuli aba naboyo ncobalapembelelenga, kwambeti bantu bonse balenshinga byaina, ne balenshinga byaipa ni bakapunduke kubafu.
"and having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there is to be a resurrection both of the just and the unjust.
16 Ecebo cakendi ndelekeshenga ne ngofu kwikala buyumi bwaina pamenso a Lesa ne bantu.”
"Hence I too endeavor to have a conscience void of offense toward God and men alway.
17 “Palapiti myaka ingi mpondalafuma mu Yelusalemu, ndabwelelowa linolino kuleta bipo bya mali kuli Bayuda baname bakandu, kayi ndaleta milumbo naimbi ya kubenga kuli Lesa.
"Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and to offer sacrifices.
18 Mpondalikwinseco, empobalancana mu Ng'anda ya Lesa kandi ndapwishi kuliswepesha kwelana ne Milawo ya Mose. Nkandalikubapo ne likoto lya bantu kayi nkapalikubapo mipyopyongano sobwe.
"While I was thus engaged, they found me in the temple, purified, with no crowd and no uproar. But there were certain Asiatic Jews
19 Nsombi palikuba Bayuda nabambi baku Asiya, abo banga belela kubapo pano pamenso penu kwambeti bampe mulandu.
"who ought to have been here before you, and to have made accusations if they had anything against me.
20 Mpani nabo aba balipo ngabamwambila na pali mulandu ngobalancana nawo beshinkuta babo mpobalang'ombolosha.
"Or let these men themselves say what fault they found, when I appeared before the Sanhedrin!
21 Nsombi, pali cintu cimo ncondalamba mpondalemana pantangu pabo, ndalambeti, ndomboloshewanga ne njamwe lelo cebo cakushometi bafwa ni bakapundushiwe.”
"Unless it was for this one sentence which I uttered when I stood and cried, ‘It is for the resurrection of the dead that I am on my trial today before you.’"
22 Popelapo Mwendeleshi Felekisi, walatuntulusha busuba bwakombolosha mulandu wabo, pakwinga walikwinshiba cena makani a Nshila ya Mwami Yesu. Walabambileti, “Ninkapingule mulandu wenu akesa Lisiyasi mukulene wa bashilikali bonse.”
At this point Felix, who had a pretty accurate knowledge of the Way, adjourned the case, saying to the Jews, "When Lysias the tribune comes down, I will go carefully into the matter."
23 Walambila mukulene wa bashilikali mwanda, kwambeti amulonde Paulo, kayi amupengonga cindi ca kulikalila mwine, ne kusuminisha banendi kumuletelako bintu bilayandikinga pali endiye.
And he gave orders to the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody, but treated with indulgence, and that his personal friends were not to be forbidden to minister to him.
24 Mpopalapitako masuba ang'ana, Felekisi ne Dulusila mukashendi Muyuda, walesa. Walatuma muntu kuya kumukuwa Paulo, balanyumfwishisha ncalikwamba Paulo sha lushomo muli Klistu Yesu.
Some days later Felix came, with his wife Drusilla, a Jewess; he sent for Paul, and listened to him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.
25 Lino cindi Paulo ncalikwamba sha bululami, ne sha kulilama kayi ne sha busuba Lesa mbweshakomboloshe bantu, Felekisi walatina. Popelapo walamwambila Paulo, “Pacino cindi koya, ndabona cindi ni nkukuwe kayi.”
And as he reasoned about morality, self-control, and the future judgment, Felix was terrified, and said, "For the present go on your way, and when I find a convenient season, I will send for you."
26 Felekisi walikuyanda kupewako mali acishinkamulomo kufuma kuli Paulo. Ecebo cakendi wali kumukuwakuwa.
He was hoping that Paul would give him money, and for this reason he used to send for him often to converse with him.
27 Lino mpopalapita byaka bibili, Polokiyo Fesito, walapyana Felekisi pacipuna ca bwendeleshi. Pakuyanda kubakondwelesha Bayuda, Felekisi walamushiya Paulo mujele.
But after two full years Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and because he wished to curry favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul still in prison.
