1 PBK Ai no yahnap-yahnap yiriaim kekatepe yaap nem amsekim ahanro om." BSB BSB: “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
2 PBK Omkgi, en yirari paulus om foyape enere ibrani boup ki, en omkgi boup teaim, omkgi Paulus fohmum, BSB BSB: When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet. Then Paul declared,
3 PBK "Dak am Yahudi nim, Tarsus ro men kemim, Kilikia, pe omkgi sahpae heinain yapu omro, forpe Gamaliel ahre rokh boup enkem mi omor Hukum yakmaam yap dep omkgi, omkgi en oura biraite Aar ahro, omor akhan waspahki eitneki taam pahmo om akhan waspahki. 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 PBK Dak fronopop hamin yarude omkgi omor hatnepe ero, omkgi kekro hapyepe en, bapurep tein wasipep, boukapro, BSB BSB: I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
5 PBK paskim imam tirimoup omkgi majelis, penatua paskim rokh fare enero, dak enere hepe pakhas terere yap omor yahnap yahnap Damsik ro omkgi sepe om hapyose enkem omro woi Yerusalem ro bue yanap yahmei tepe yap paski. 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 PBK Omkgi pruahiaim, dak hamin kap onomeki Damsik yirapro, taam boopop tarimum, omkgi serim koumum eimom ki arki warki remsaiaim dahro. BSB BSB: About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
7 PBK Dak kub teeki peipro omkgi yirari boup dahro fare, Saulus, Saulus bekem ak heinain dahro?' BSB BSB: I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
8 PBK Omkgi dak fare eikina, ak ak mein Tuhan?Omkgi ekam fare omro, dak Yeisi nasaret nim, omor ahre heinain dahro fromaidn.' BSB BSB: ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
9 PBK Yanap waspahki dah pis sahpe serim koumum, pe omkgi boup yirari eine yanap boup fare yap om dahro. BSB BSB: My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
10 PBK Omkgi dak fare, bekem baitnafof dak om farufof Tuhan?Omkgi Tuhan fare dahro, roum wapi soum Damsik ro, omkgi omro woi, akhan om foipen waspahki om ferare akhanre om fakgir.' 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 PBK Omkgi om dak sahpe eine yeram yap kemuliaan ouh masi serim koumum omkgi dak yanpere fare waspahki om Damsik ro yepe." BSB BSB: Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand into Damascus.
12 PBK Omkgi nim na Ananias, yirahpsepe am/yahpsatne manim eipopki Hukum Taurat omkgi sah sisi nim naimap yahudi yanap waspahki omro, BSB BSB: There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,
13 PBK dahro jokre, omkgi repokum parki ekam fohmum yanap paulus akhan, sahpe!Omkgi, om omor paskim, dak sahpe ourah sahe ekam re. BSB BSB: came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.
14 PBK Omkgi, ekam fohmum, Aar yakham tanam dep kakne om yirari rokh enem omkgi sahpe yeram ram yap, omor yiraboup enkem 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 PBK omkgi akhan om omor sahpe yirari farufur yanap waspahki bekem amro akhan sahpe omkgi akhan yirari. BSB BSB: You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
16 PBK Omkgi, amsekim bekem akhan bekepi akham wenaki-wenaki?Rep rep, omkgi sahm warohm eikim yapu yaprare, omkgi yahpsatne yap eikim fare fakgir omkgi na anam foyape. BSB BSB: And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
17 PBK Omkgi dak weikina ware aru pop Yerusalem omkgi akhan hape akpe woi Bait Aar akhamro, Roh Pamipmaam ahre kaupein warohm nem, BSB BSB: Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
18 PBK omkgi dak sahpe omkgi rokh fare omre dahro yop yap firim para wairro sepe Yerusalem ro omor pe en eine hepe dahre fareyap rokh.' 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 PBK Omkgi dak fare, Tuhan en yirari warohm nem ohona omor bue omkgi yirahpsepe yanap paskim en keke ahro om sinagoge pahmo omkgi om omor perem watna. 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 PBK Omkgi, om yees sahpae, Stepanus senmakum, denaka paskim omor rape woina, eitneki, kekar pip heinma yap wopo yanap enem. 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 PBK Omkgi om, Yeisi fohmum dahro, seebm!Omor pe dak am kaumiriaim akhan re yirahp maam yamom pem ro." BSB BSB: Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
22 PBK Yanap biap om, yiriaim paulus farkum rokh om, omkgi om, en waspahki boup-boup name taro nikum omkgi fenkum en, yanap om paski om waase bep amki amro inma eine. 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 PBK Omkgi omte en ourah wum, omkgi pip enem rose/fahrose woromki kosee enere, omkgi rerep koseme ei momoro. BSB BSB: As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,
24 PBK Tohom nim mounip fohmum Paulus om sahpae ram fakgir pis-pis yapram omkgi ekam enem tubsatne bekem ahkirose bekem en wumom paski om. 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 PBK Omkgi, om en omor yep haprape ram pipki, Paulus fohmum perwira yiraprekum omro, akhan bekem touhru om yanap pis-pis wase fakgir nim om yamom Roma yap pe om farufae eine?" 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 PBK Omkgi perwira yirmum, ekam semamum tohom, bekem frifiren akhan?Omkgi yanap am amar yamom yapu Roma yap." 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 PBK Omkgi, tohom pasukan om houm omkgi fohmum Paulus ah feim dahre, akhan beke yapu yanap yamom Roma yap?Omkgi Paulus fohmum,"ya." BSB BSB: The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.
28 PBK Tohom nim pasukan om fohmum, dak hamrap yamom yapu om, omkgi haap tapur enem, omkgi Paulus fohmum,"om paski om dak yapu yamom enere menma yap arap. BSB BSB: “I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
29 PBK Omkgi, yanap om Paulus sahpe farkum omkgi semamum tohom pasukan tuh farkum, omor paulus om yapu yamom Roma?"Paulus fakgir ekam omkgi kemakum. 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 PBK Pe omkgi, tam pemki, tohom pasukan om woohom sih arkum akirose yeram yirmum bekem fakgir Paulus om yeram yasap ronmerki en waar tepae yahudi yanap enere om, ekam Paulus tepe omkgi fare mounip imam-imam tohom pem waspahki Sanhendrin om kakte, omkgi ekam Paulus om yakham suruepe omkgi yap sepe boopop kap enero. 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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