Acts 2626ActsPaul's arrest and journey to RomeDholuo Contemporary Bible

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1. 1LUOEka Agripa nowachone Paulo niya, “In thuolo mondo iwuo kuomi iwuon.” Eka Paulo notingʼo bade malo bangʼe ochako wuoyo kowacho niya,BSBBSB: Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
2. 2LUO“Akwanora kaka ngʼat mogwedhi, Ruoth Agripa, kuom yudo thuolo mar chungʼ e nyimi kawuono, mondo awuo kuom weche duto ma jo-Yahudi osedonjonago.BSBBSB: “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
3. 3LUOMoloyo mano, amor, nikech in ngʼat molony e chike jo-Yahudi duto kod mbakagi ma ok rum, kendo makelo miero. Kuom mano, akwayi mondo iyie iwinj wechena gi ngʼwono, ma ok ijok.BSBBSB: especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
4. 4LUO“Jo-Yahudi duto ongʼeyo ngimana kaka chalo nyaka aa e nyathi; bende gingʼeyo nyaka aa chakruok kaka ngimana osebet e pinywa kendo e Jerusalem.BSBBSB: Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.
5. 5LUOGisebedo ka gingʼeya kuom higni mangʼeny, kendo ginyalo timo nenda, ka gihero, ni kaluwore gi chike ma tiendgi tek mag ogandawa, naluwo kit jo-Farisai.BSBBSB: They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
6. 6LUOTo koro sani iyala nikech geno ma an-go kuom singruok mane Nyasaye otimo ne kwerewa.BSBBSB: And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
7. 7LUOMano e singruok ma dhoutwa apar gariyo geno mondo one kochopo kare, ka gisiko gitiyo ni Nyasaye odiechiengʼ gotieno. To koro ruoth Agripa, en mana wach genoni, emomiyo jo-Yahudi kwana kaka jaketho.BSBBSB: the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.
8. 8LUOEre gima omiyo, un jo-Yahudi, ok unyal yie ni Nyasaye chiero joma otho?BSBBSB: Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
9. 9LUO“Kata mana an awuon naketo chunya mar timo duto manyalo mondo akwed nying Yesu ja-Nazareth.BSBBSB: So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10. 10LUOChutho, mano e gima natimo Jerusalem, kuma nayudoe teko koa kuom jodolo madongo, mine atero jomaler mathoth e od twech; kendo kane inegogi, to nagoyo ombucha, ka ayie gi nekgi.BSBBSB: And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
11. 11LUOKuom kinde mangʼeny ne adhi e sinagogi ka sinagogi mondo akawgi akumgi, kendo natemo chunogi mondo giyany Nyasaye. Nikech chunya ne rach kodgi ni nyaka atiekgi, ne adhi nyaka e mier ma oko mondo asandgi.BSBBSB: I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
12. 12LUO“Chiengʼ moro achiel kane adhi Damaski, ne an gi teko kod wach moa kuom jodolo madongo.BSBBSB: In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
13. 13LUOTo ruoth Agripa, kane an e yo awuotho kar odiechiengʼ tir, ne aneno ler moa e polo mangʼangʼni moloyo wangʼ chiengʼ kendo nomenya kaachiel gi joma ne awuothogo.BSBBSB: About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.
14. 14LUONe wapodho piny waduto, eka ne awinjo dwol moro kawuoyo koda gi dho jo-Hibrania ni, ‘Saulo, Saulo, isanda nangʼo? Riwi mabith migweyono biro mana hinyi in iwuon.’BSBBSB: We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
15. 15LUO“Eka napenjo ni, ‘In ngʼa, Ruoth?’ “Ruoth to nodwoka ni, ‘An e Yesu misando.BSBBSB: ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
16. 16LUOTo koro aa malo ichungʼ gi tiendi. Asefwenyorani mondo awali kaka jatich kendo janeno kuom gik miseneno kuoma kendo kuom gik mamoko ma abiro nyisi.BSBBSB: ‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.
17. 17LUOAbiro resi e lwet jou kendo kuom joma ok jo-Yahudi. Aori irgiBSBBSB: I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
18. 18LUOmondo iyaw wengegi, kendo mondo ilokgi gia e mudho, giduogi e ler, kendo gia e teko Satan, giduogi ir Nyasaye; ka gitimo kamano eka richogi nowenegi, kendo gibedi e achiel gi ji duto mosepwodhi, nikech giyie kuoma.’BSBBSB: to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
19. 19LUO“Kuom mano, Ruoth Agripa, ne ok atamora timo kaka fweny moa e polo nonyisa.BSBBSB: So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
20. 20LUOMokwongo ne anyiso joma nodak Damaski kendo joma odak Jerusalem nyaka joma odak Judea duto kaachiel gi joma ok jo-Yahudi ka ayalonegi mondo gilokre giwe richo kendo gidwog ir Nyasaye, mondo ginyis ni giseweyo richo adier gi kit ngimagi.BSBBSB: First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
21. 21LUOMano e gima nomiyo jo-Yahudi omaka e laru mar hekalu kendo negitemo mondo ginega.BSBBSB: For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
22. 22LUOTo Nyasaye osekonya e kindego duto, omiyo koro ahulo wechegi machalre, ni ji ajia kod joma ogen. Onge gima awacho mopogore gi mago mane jonabi kod Musa jowacho ni notimre.BSBBSB: But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
23. 23LUONegiwacho ni Kristo nyaka sandi, kendo nyaka obed ngʼama okwongo chier oa kuom joma otho, mondo okel ler ni jo-Yahudi kaachiel gi joma ok jo-Yahudi.”BSBBSB: that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
24. 24LUOKane Paulo dhi nyime gi wuoyo kamano, Festo nokok matek niya, “Wiyi okethore, Paulo! Somo misomo mangʼeny oseloki janeko!”BSBBSB: At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”
25. 25LUOTo Paulo nodwoke niya, “Ok an janeko, Ruoth Festo. Gima awacho en adier kendo winjore maber.BSBBSB: But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.
26. 26LUOKata Ruoth Agripa ongʼeyo wechegi maler, omiyo anyalo wuoyo kode gi chir. Angʼeyo maonge kiawa ni wechegi duto ok opondone, nikech ok osetimgi lingʼ-lingʼ.BSBBSB: For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.
27. 27LUORuoth Agripa, bende iyie kuom jonabi? Angʼeyo ni iyie kuomgi.”BSBBSB: King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
28. 28LUOEka Agripa nowacho ni Paulo niya, “Iparo ni e sa machwokni inyalo loka abed ja-Kristo?”BSBBSB: Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”
29. 29LUOPaulo nodwoke niya, “Kata obed sa machwok kata malach, to alamo Nyasaye ok mana ne in kende, to nyaka ni ji duto mawinjo wachna kawuono, mondo gichal koda, makmana nyoroche motweyagogi ema kik tweugo un bende.”BSBBSB: “Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”
30. 30LUOEka Ruoth Agripa gi Ruoth Festo, nochungʼ kaachiel gi Bernike gi ji duto ma nobet kodgi.BSBBSB: Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.
31. 31LUONegia e odno, kendo sa mane gidhi negiwuoyo kendgi kagiwacho niya, “Onge gima ngʼatni timo marach mowinjore gi tho kata tere e od twech.”BSBBSB: On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
32. 32LUOBangʼe Agripa nowacho ni Festo niya, “Ngʼatni dine wagonyo thuolo ka dine bed ni pok okwayo mondo otere e nyim Kaisar.”BSBBSB: And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”