1 PBDB "Naun katuluh ineh mamah, rengel eaw ku itati;" BSB BSB: “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
2 PBDB Nelang, tawuk here karengei Hi Paulus neraw naun makai basa Ibrani, here mahi suni, balalu gi Paulus iwara. BSB BSB: When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet. Then Paul declared,
3 PBDB Aku na ulun Yahudi, nakayaen hang Tarsus, Kilikia, kude hante hang yati, urug ajar daya Gamaliel yalah patitah otak kalah satu nini takam teka Alatalla panante Tuhan. BSB BSB: “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.
4 PBDB Aku nya siapa pakaian yiti, hampe pampatei sa natarime here. Inun upu inun wawei hang wuang saper. BSB BSB: I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
5 PBDB Yalah kuan imam hante, baya kuan tueh ungkup ngarigama ma aku. Teka here aku narime surat-surat ma katuluh pulaknai hang Damsyik nelang ngampi itung here sa naan hang Yerusalem uneng tahanan sagar na hukum. BSB BSB: as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
6 PBDB Jarileh, liung aku rahat hang pakia an kai hampe ma Damsyik, kakira penah andrau, salenga sihaya mara'ai ngawariung aku. BSB BSB: About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
7 PBDB Aku tasarungkam ma tane nelang karengei lengan kae'aw ma aku, Saulus, Saulus, daya inun hanyu ngakasah Aku? BSB BSB: I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
8 PBDB Palus, aku nuing, "hie Hanyu na, Tuhan? Palus Hanye nuing aku," Aku na Yesus teka Nazaret isa lagi na kakasah naun." BSB BSB: ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
9 PBDB Kuan ulun baya aku ru kadinung sihaya, kude ang kataru lengan ulun sa lagi maner aku. BSB BSB: My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
10 PBDB Nelang aku nuing, "Inun sa iyuh na gawi ku, Tuhan?. Balalu Tuhan nuing aku," Indri palus ma hulu ma Damsyik, hang yaru, naun sagar na wara katuluh ni inun sa sagar na gawi naun katuluh ni." BSB BSB: Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
11 PBDB Nelang tawuk aku Huan kadinung kamuliaen sihaya yeru, aku na ayak daya kuan ulun isa hawi ma Damsyik." BSB BSB: Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand into Damascus.
12 PBDB Udi hie, naan ulun ngaran ni hi Ananias, ulun maharati tuu andri Hukum Taurat, nelang kataru tuu andri ulun Yahudi sa muneng hang yaru, BSB BSB: There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,
13 PBDB Hawi nunung aku palus mindri hang riet aku, eaw ni' hi Saulus tau sa kadinung'!' Palus tawuk yiru ju ai aku kaiyuh kadinung hanye pada. BSB BSB: came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.
14 PBDB Nelang, hanye nuing, Alatalla itak kakah takam haut nutui himpan karasa kabahumen Ni nelang kadinung kabahumen isa kapinu'u, sindrah karengei lengan teka wiwi mulut Ni. BSB BSB: Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.
15 PBDB Daya hanyu sagar jari saksi Ni. Inun sa haut dinung nelang rengei nu. BSB BSB: You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
16 PBDB Balalu, itati kewangun naun ang hakun? Itati hulu naun nyarah tenga himpan na babtis, himpan ngaburasis kuan dosa kalangkahen nelang palus meraup ngaran Ni. BSB BSB: And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
17 PBDB Tawuk aku mulek ma Yerusalem, rahat ilaku doa hang Bait Alatalla, itun roh barasis, BSB BSB: Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
18 PBDB Aku kaingkam Hanye pamer andri aku, "Badadas kaluar teka Yerusalem ang hakun narime kasaksian nu neo Aku." BSB BSB: and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’
19 PBDB Aku nuing: "Tuhan, here erai karasa aku ngurung here hang saper. Nelang nganyak here sa harap Hanyu ai teka Sinagoge lain ni. BSB BSB: ‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
20 PBDB Udi hie, tawuk ira na tundrak jari saksi Nu, Stefanus, aku rahat mindri hang yaru, kalewa, nelang ngandrei pama here isa munu ru." BSB BSB: And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’
21 PBDB Udi hie, Yesus iwara ma aku, hulu! Daya aku nunyu hanyu ma hulu teka kuan bangsa isa lain" BSB BSB: Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
22 PBDB Ulun rama karengei surah Paulus hampe jumpuh. Udi hie, ulun rama maharek andri mehet lengan nelang iwara, "mahulu kuan ulun yalah yiti teka amau tane sa hanye ang patut welum!" BSB BSB: The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
23 PBDB Palus, Leung here wawerek nelang nawut jubah here, palus namur walenun, BSB BSB: As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,
24 PBDB Kapala pasukan nunyu himpan hi Paulus na atet pi markas. Nelang iwara himpan hi Paulus na tunti nelang naweweh hampe hanye ngami alasan daya inun naun wawerek nawan hanye yalah iru. BSB BSB: the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.
25 PBDB Kude, tawuk here ngurak tangan here makai tadi wakai, Paulus iwara nunung perwira palus mindri nyantete, "inyn bujur nintu naun amun meweh ulun teka Roma ang mitah Pangadilan." BSB BSB: But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”
26 PBDB Tawuk perwira ru karengei, hanye ngapung kapala pasukan nelang iwara, eaw ni, "inun isa sagar nagawi nu? Daya ulun yiti ulun teka Roma. BSB BSB: On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”
27 PBDB Makani, "Kapala pasukan ru hawi nelang palus iwara nunung Hi Paulus," Wara ma aku, inun hanyu na teka Roma?" Tuing Paulus. "Hiyai" BSB BSB: The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.
28 PBDB Kapala pasukan ru nuing, "Aku karasa hanye jari waraga daya gana duit." Nelang Hi Paulus nuing, "Kude aku jari waraga ina daya gana nakayaen." BSB BSB: “I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
29 PBDB Daya, kuan ulun sagar mariksa Hi Paulus kai ma hulu nelang kapala pasukan jari takut tawuk hanye karasa Hi Paulus ru warga teka Ruma teka asal ni. BSB BSB: At once those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.
30 PBDB Walehan ni, udi hie, daya kapala pasukan hamen karasa alasan sa bujur kewangun kaawe Hi Paulus gaha nanguh kuan ulun Yahudi ru. Hanye ngaluar Hi Paulus palus nunyu kuan imam kapala baya katuluh Sanhedrin himpan bakumpul, palus nginsing Hi Paulus minau nginsing ma penah-penah here. BSB BSB: The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
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