Acts 26
1 Agrippa sì wí fún Paulu pé, “A fún ọ láààyè láti sọ tí ẹnu rẹ.” Nígbà náà ní Paulu ná ọwọ́, ó sì sọ ti ẹnu rẹ pé,
And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching out his hand answered in his defence:
2 “Agrippa ọba, inú èmi tìkára mi dùn nítorí tí èmi yóò wí ti ẹnu mi lónìí níwájú rẹ, ní ti gbogbo ẹ̀sùn tí àwọn Júù fi kan mi,
I count myself happy, king Agrippa, in having to answer to-day before thee concerning all of which I am accused by the Jews,
3 pàápàá bí ìwọ tí mọ gbogbo àṣà àti ọ̀ràn tí ń bẹ́ láàrín àwọn Júù dájúdájú. Nítorí náà, èmi bẹ̀ ọ́ kí ìwọ fi sùúrù tẹ́tí gbọ́ tèmi.
especially because thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions which are among the Jews; wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
4 “Àwọn Júù mọ irú ìgbé ayé tí mo ń gbé láti ìgbà èwe mi, láti ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ ayé mi ní orílẹ̀-èdè mi àti ní Jerusalẹmu.
My manner of life then from my youth, which from its commencement was passed among my nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews,
5 Nítorí wọ́n mọ̀ mi láti ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀, bí wọ́n bá fẹ́ jẹ́rìí sí i, wí pé, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀yà ìsìn wa tí ó lè jùlọ, Farisi ni èmi.
who knew me before from the outset [of my life], if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6 Nísinsin yìí nítorí ìrètí ìlérí tí Ọlọ́run tí ṣe fún àwọn baba wa ni mo ṣe dúró níhìn-ín fún ìdájọ́.
And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
7 Ìlérí èyí tí àwọn ẹ̀yà wa méjèèjìlá tí ń fi ìtara sin Ọlọ́run lọ́sàn án àti lóru tí wọ́n ń retí àti rí i gbà. Ọba Agrippa, nítorí ìrètí yìí ni àwọn Júù ṣe ń fi mi sùn.
to which our whole twelve tribes serving incessantly day and night hope to arrive; about which hope, O king, I am accused of [the] Jews.
8 Èéṣe tí ẹ̀yin fi rò o sí ohun tí a kò lè gbàgbọ́ bí Ọlọ́run bá jí òkú dìde?
Why should it be judged a thing incredible in your sight if God raises the dead?
9 “Èmi tilẹ̀ rò nínú ará mi nítòótọ́ pé, ó yẹ ki èmi ṣe ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ohun lòdì sí orúkọ Jesu tí Nasareti.
I indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.
10 Èyí ni mo sì ṣe ni Jerusalẹmu. Pẹ̀lú àṣẹ tí mo tí gba lọ́dọ̀ àwọn olórí àlùfáà, mo sọ àwọn púpọ̀ nínú àwọn ènìyàn mímọ́ sí inú túbú, nígbà tí wọ́n sí ń pa wọ́n, mo ní ohùn sí i.
Which also I did in Jerusalem, and myself shut up in prisons many of the saints, having received the authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote.
11 Nígbà púpọ̀ ni mo ń fi ìyà jẹ wọ́n láti inú Sinagọgu dé inú Sinagọgu, mo ń fi tipá mú wọn láti sọ ọ̀rọ̀-òdì. Mo sọ̀rọ̀ lòdì sí wọn gidigidi, kódà mo wá wọn lọ sí ìlú àjèjì láti ṣe inúnibíni sí wọn.
And often punishing them in all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And, being exceedingly furious against them, I persecuted them even to cities out [of our own land].
12 “Nínú irú ìrìnàjò yìí ní mo ń bá lọ sí Damasku pẹ̀lú ọlá àti àṣẹ ikọ̀ láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn olórí àlùfáà.
And when, [engaged] in this, I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and power from the chief priests,
13 Ni ọ̀sán gangan, ìwọ ọba Agrippa, bí mo ti wà ní ojú ọ̀nà, mo rí ìmọ́lẹ̀ kan láti ọ̀run wá, tí ó mọ́lẹ̀ ju oòrùn lọ, ó mọ́lẹ̀ yí mi ká, àti àwọn tí ń bá mi lọ sì àjò.
at mid-day, on the way, I saw, O king, a light above the brightness of the sun, shining from heaven round about me and those who were journeying with me.
14 Gbogbo wa sì ṣubú lulẹ̀, mo gbọ́ ohùn tí ń fọ sì mi ni èdè Heberu pé, ‘Saulu, Saulu! Èéṣe tí ìwọ fi ń ṣe inúnibíni sí mi? Ohun ìrora ní fún ọ láti tàpá sí ẹ̀gún!’
And, when we were all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against goads.
15 “Èmi sì wí pé, ‘Ìwọ ta ni, Olúwa?’ “Olúwa sì wí pé, ‘Èmi ni Jesu tí ìwọ ń ṣe inúnibíni sí.
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:
16 Ṣùgbọ́n dìde, kí o sí fi ẹsẹ̀ rẹ tẹlẹ̀: nítorí èyí ni mo ṣe farahàn ọ́ láti yàn ọ́ ní ìránṣẹ́ àti ẹlẹ́rìí, fún ohun wọ̀nyí tí ìwọ tí rí nípa mi, àti àwọn ohun tí èmi yóò fi ara hàn fún ọ.
but rise up and stand on thy feet; for, for this purpose have I appeared to thee, to appoint thee to be a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen, and of what I shall appear to thee in,
17 Èmi yóò gbà ọ lọ́wọ́ àwọn ènìyàn rẹ àti lọ́wọ́ àwọn aláìgbàgbọ́. Èmi rán ọ sí wọn nísinsin yìí
taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom I send thee,
18 láti là wọ́n lójú, kí wọn lè yípadà kúrò nínú òkùnkùn sí ìmọ́lẹ̀, àti kúrò lọ́wọ́ agbára Satani sí Ọlọ́run, kí wọn lè gba ìdáríjì ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, àti ogún pẹ̀lú àwọn tí a sọ di mímọ́ nípa ìgbàgbọ́ nínú mi.’
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
19 “Nítorí náà, Agrippa ọba, èmi kò ṣe àìgbọ́ràn sì ìran ọ̀run náà.
Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;
20 Ṣùgbọ́n mo kọ́kọ́ sọ fún àwọn tí ó wà ní Damasku, àti ní Jerusalẹmu, àti já gbogbo ilẹ̀ Judea, àti fún àwọn kèfèrí, kí wọn ronúpìwàdà, kí wọ́n sì yípadà sí Ọlọ́run, kí wọn máa ṣe iṣẹ́ tí ó yẹ sì ìrònúpìwàdà.
but have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
21 Nítorí nǹkan wọ̀nyí ni àwọn Júù ṣe gbá mi mú nínú tẹmpili, tí wọ́n sì ń fẹ́ pa mí.
On account of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, attempted to lay hands on and destroy me.
22 Ṣùgbọ́n bí mo sì tí ri ìrànlọ́wọ́ gbà láti ọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run, mo dúró títí ó fi di òní, mo ń jẹ́rìí fún èwe àti àgbà, èmi kò sọ ohun mìíràn bí kò ṣe ohun tí àwọn wòlíì àti Mose tí wí pé, yóò ṣẹ.
Having therefore met with [the] help which is from God, I have stood firm unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing else than those things which both the prophets and Moses have said should happen,
23 Pé, Kristi yóò jìyà, àti pé òun ni yóò jẹ́ ẹni àkọ́kọ́ láti jíǹde kúrò nínú òkú, òun ni yóò sí kéde ìmọ́lẹ̀ fún àwọn ènìyàn àti fún àwọn aláìgbàgbọ́.”
[namely, ] whether Christ should suffer; whether he first, through resurrection of [the] dead, should announce light both to the people and to the nations.
24 Bí ó sì ti ń sọ tẹnu rẹ̀, Festu wí ní ohùn rara pé, “Paulu! Orí rẹ dàrú; ẹ̀kọ́ àkọ́jù rẹ ti dà ọ́ ní orí rú!”
And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness.
25 Paulu dalóhùn wí pé, “Orí mi kò dàrú, Festu ọlọ́lá jùlọ; ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀rọ̀ òtítọ́ àti ọ̀rọ̀ òye ni èmi ń sọ jáde.
But Paul said, I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but utter words of truth and soberness;
26 Nítorí ọba mọ̀ gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí, níwájú ẹni tí èmi ń sọ̀rọ̀ ni àìbẹ̀rù: nítorí mo gbàgbọ́ pé ọ̀kan nínú nǹkan wọ̀nyí kò pamọ́ fún un, nítorí tí a kò ṣe nǹkan yìí ní ìkọ̀kọ̀.
for the king is informed about these things, to whom also I speak with all freedom. For I am persuaded that of these things nothing is hidden from him; for this was not done in a corner.
27 Agrippa ọba, ìwọ gba àwọn wòlíì gbọ́ bí? Èmi mọ̀ pé ìwọ gbàgbọ́.”
King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
28 Agrippa sì wí fún Paulu pé, “Ǹjẹ́ ìwọ lérò pé ìwọ le fi àkókò díẹ̀ yìí sọ mí di Kristiani?”
And Agrippa [said] to Paul, In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.
29 Paulu sì dáhùn wí pé, “Ní àkókò kúkúrú tàbí gígùn, mo gbàdúrà sí Ọlọ́run pé kí ó má ṣe ìwọ nìkan, ṣùgbọ́n kí gbogbo àwọn tí ó gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ mi lónìí pẹ̀lú lè di irú ènìyàn tí èmi jẹ́ láìsí ẹ̀wọ̀n wọ̀nyí.”
And Paul [said], I would to God, both in little and in much, that not only thou, but all who have heard me this day, should become such as I also am, except these bonds.
30 Nígbà tí ó sì sọ nǹkan wọ̀nyí tan, ọba dìde, àti baálẹ̀, àti Bernike, àti àwọn tí o bá wọn jókòó,
And the king stood up, and the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them,
31 Nígbà tí wọn wọ ìyẹ̀wù lọ, wọn bá ara wọn jíròrò, wọ́n sọ pé, “Ọkùnrin yìí kò ṣe nǹkan kan tí ó yẹ sí ikú tàbí sì ẹ̀wọ̀n.”
and having gone apart, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
32 Agrippa sì wí fún Festu pé, “A bà dá ọkùnrin yìí sílẹ̀ bí ó bá ṣe pe kò ì tí ì fi ọ̀ràn rẹ̀ lọ Kesari.”
And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been let go if he had not appealed to Caesar.
