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: Thou art permitted to speak in thy own behalf. Then Paul extended his hand, and made defence, saying:
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,
In regard to all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, king Agrippa, I consider myself highly favored, that I may this day make defence before thee:
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, as I know thee to be expert in all the controversies and laws of the Jews. I therefore request thee to hear me with indulgence.
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.
The Jews themselves, if they would testify, know well my course of life from my childhood, which from the beginning was among my nation and in Jerusalem.
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.
For they have long been persuaded of me, and have known, that I lived in the princely doctrine of the Pharisees.
6 Nísinsin yìí nítorí ìrètí ìlérí tí Ọlọ́run tí ṣe fún àwọn baba wa ni mo ṣe dúró níhìn-ín fún ìdájọ́.
And now, for the hope of the promise which was made by God to our fathers, I stand and am judged.
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 this hope, our twelve tribes hope to come, with earnest prayers by day and by night: and for this same hope, king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.
8 Èéṣe tí ẹ̀yin fi rò o sí ohun tí a kò lè gbàgbọ́ bí Ọlọ́run bá jí òkú dìde?
How judge ye? Are we not to believe, that God will raise the dead?
9 “Èmi tilẹ̀ rò nínú ará mi nítòótọ́ pé, ó yẹ ki èmi ṣe ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ohun lòdì sí orúkọ Jesu tí Nasareti.
For I myself, at first, resolved in my own mind, that I would perpetrate many adverse things against the name of Jesus the Nazarean.
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 I also did at Jerusalem; and by the authority I received from the chief priests, I cast many of the saints into prison and when they were put to death by them, I took part with those that condemned them.
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 in every synagogue I tortured them, while I pressed them to become revilers of the name of Jesus. And in the great wrath, with which I was filled against them, I also went to other cities to persecute them.
12 “Nínú irú ìrìnàjò yìí ní mo ń bá lọ sí Damasku pẹ̀lú ọlá àti àṣẹ ikọ̀ láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn olórí àlùfáà.
And, as I was going for this purpose to Damascus, with the authority and license of 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 road, I saw, O king, a light exceeding that of the sun, beaming from heaven upon me, and upon all those 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 we all fell to the ground; and I heard a voice, which said to me, in Hebrew: Saul, Saul! why persecutest thou me? It will be a hard thing for thee to kick against the 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: My Lord, who art thou? And our Lord said to me: I am Jesus the Nazarean, 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.
And he said to me: Stand upon thy feet; for I have appeared to thee, for this purpose, to constitute thee a minister and a witness of this thy seeing me, and of thy seeing me hereafter.
17 Èmi yóò gbà ọ lọ́wọ́ àwọn ènìyàn rẹ àti lọ́wọ́ àwọn aláìgbàgbọ́. Èmi rán ọ sí wọn nísinsin yìí
And I will deliver thee from the people of the Jews, and from other 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 the light, and from the dominion of Satan unto God; and may receive remission of sins, and a portion with the saints, by faith in me.
19 “Nítorí náà, Agrippa ọba, èmi kò ṣe àìgbọ́ràn sì ìran ọ̀run náà.
Wherefore, king Agrippa, I did not contumaciously withstand 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 I preached from the first to them in Damascus, and to them in Jerusalem and in all the villages of Judaea; and I preached also to the Gentiles, that they should repent, and should turn to God, and should do the works suitable to repentance.
21 Nítorí nǹkan wọ̀nyí ni àwọn Júù ṣe gbá mi mú nínú tẹmpili, tí wọ́n sì ń fẹ́ pa mí.
And on account of these things, the Jews seized me in the temple, and sought to kill 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.
But unto this day God hath helped me; and lo, I stand and bear testimony, to the small and to the great; yet saying nothing aside from Moses and the prophets, but the very things which they declared were to take place:
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, that Messiah would suffer, and would become the first fruits of the resurrection from the dead; and that he would proclaim light to the people and to the Gentiles.
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 when Paul had extended his defence thus far, Festus cried, with a loud voice: Paul, thou art deranged: much study hath deranged thee.
25 Paulu dalóhùn wí pé, “Orí mi kò dàrú, Festu ọlọ́lá jùlọ; ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀rọ̀ òtítọ́ àti ọ̀rọ̀ òye ni èmi ń sọ jáde.
Paul replied to him: I am not deranged, excellent Festus; but speak words of truth and rectitude.
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.
And king Agrippa is also well acquainted with these things; and I therefore speak confidently before him, because I suppose not one of these things hath escaped his knowledge; for they were not done in secret.
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?”
King Agrippa said to him: Almost, 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, that not only thou, but likewise all that hear me this day, were almost, and altogether, as I am, aside from 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 rose 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 when they had gone out, they conversed with one another, and said: This man hath done 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: The man might be set at liberty, if he had not announced an appeal to Caesar.
