1 PBL Neka, Agripa napaneghe barrana Paulus, "Gho'u ah pilligu buapneghe taguna bupa olewekkina," Bakadommo, Paulus naghakkarai limmana monno napa arowe paolewekkina. BSB BSB: Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
2 PBL "Pakaitoge ngarra kuana netti papa doudaga barragu ghidda ata-ata Yahudi, yauwa ku pangaddage tougu utuna, Raja Agripa, orona yauwa enga padukkigowe paolewekkigu ne aromu loddo neghe, BSB BSB: “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
3 PBL katotana orona gho'u bah ata ah ghinna takkana paddege ngarra kua ah damma monno ah dadi ne barrada ata-ata Yahudi. Orona ghetti, yauwa kudengngiwe barramu gho'u taguna burengngega yauwa ne bureman. BSB BSB: especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
4 PBL Ngarra kua ata Yahudi paddege pata moripagu wali rapa bo'ugu, ne wali keddena padadiwe moripagu ne tillu-tillu nussa dougu monno ne Yerusalem. BSB BSB: Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.
5 PBL Orona bana mado'ina ghidda paddege tuba tougu, neba bahbeikoge, ghidda bisa batekkiwe bah yauwa moripa tudda waige papanungnga papabodu ah kattona wali agamada ghitto, yauwa moripa dadi ata Farisi. BSB BSB: 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 PBL Monno nebaghinna, yauwa kudede ni'ana taguna bahadili orona pakalouragu tagu patekke ullu gha'i ghidda parawina Allah barrana waigda ghitto. BSB BSB: And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
7 PBL Patekki ullu gha'i ghidda pakalourada ghaida kabullu dohda kabissu nussa ghitto dadibawe, neba neghidda kaghodoni Allah waige bana biah loddo monno gedde. Monno, orona pakaloura neghena yauwa ahpadouga ghidda ata-ata Yahudi, oh Tokko. BSB BSB: 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 PBL Appawe gho'u bupangage mustahil bana Allah bana pakeddezi ata mate? BSB BSB: Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
9 PBL Orona ghetti, yauwa douna kupangaddage bane yauwa enga rawige mangedana bah gabbage ngarana Yesus wali Nazaret. BSB BSB: So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10 PBL Monno, niadowe yauwa parawigu ne Yerusalem. Yauwa inda tittokinawe patamadi ata-ata zingira ne gollu dana, ba baba padeiba papanotto wali imam-imam ahkatowage, takka dommo nebane ghidda bah hukum matezi, yauwa ku o'oge. BSB BSB: 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 PBL Baka, yauwa kuduttuna bah hukumdi ghidda ne sinagoge-sinagoge monno banungnga pungnguwe bapadakkadi ghidda tagu bapakuddula. Monno, waige bani ah kalada langngu takkana barrada ghidda, yauwa ku bokala dangngadi ghidda, lappata dukki kota-kota ah marrow." BSB BSB: 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 PBL Tagu pakabbu nekke kaina, yuawa ne'ega larada dana kakao Damsyik, waige papanotto monno bah torrodi imam-imam ah katowage. BSB BSB: In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
13 PBL Ba diddara loddowe, oh Raja, ne tillu laragu, yauwa ku eta iya mangewala wali langita, zeipa mangewala wali barra mata loddo, ah mangewala ne magholetamu monno ata-ata ah kako palolo dangngaga. BSB BSB: 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 PBL Baka, neba yamme ngarra kua kaghodo ne ponnu tanah, yauwa kurengnge iya li'i paneghe barragu ne paneghe Ibrani, 'Saulus, Saulus, appa ne gho'u bupakaroddukaga Yauwa? Kapiddo tagumu butadda gala rangsang.' BSB BSB: 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 PBL Baka yauwa matua, 'Garragu gho'u, Mori?' Bakadommo, Mori nawalewe, 'Yauwa Yesus, ne ne'ena pakaroddukamu gho'u. BSB BSB: ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
16 PBL Takka, kedde monno dedegu waidi gha'imu. Orona, Yauwa kupaouda wekkibana barramu taguna pakabbu neghe, yoh nekke bapanottogo dadi ata papawede monno ah tekkiwe, datittokina ngarrana negho' paetabamu, takka kaina tagu ngarra ne Yauwa paboghogu barramu. BSB BSB: ‘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 PBL Yauwa kupatolekagu wali nussamu ghidda monno wali nussa-nussa waddeka, ne barrana ghidda Yauwa kupatukagu, BSB BSB: I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
18 PBL tagu baghukkezi matada ghidda ga'ina ghidda kaballeka wali kapatta dana barra mangewala monno wali panorrona Kaballika barrana Allah ga'ina ghidda deiba papadarra dangnga tagu zala-zala lappata deiba tora wali ata-ata ghidda papa zingiraba wali ate wai ne barramu Yauwa.'" BSB BSB: 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 PBL Neka, Tokko Agripa, yauwa dakku dokko pungngukina badaku dekuge barra papaeta Surgawi ghetti, BSB BSB: So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
20 PBL takka, neulluna, yauwa kupadukige barrada ghidda ah gha'ina ne Damsyik, baka ne Yerusalem monno be ngarra kua padou Yudea, lappata barrada nussa-nussa waddeka, bane ghidda enga ngau pungnguda wali me ah bokala monno kaballeka barrana Allah, monno barawige parawi-parawi ah sama monno pangaudangngada ghidda wali ne dadua. BSB BSB: 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 PBL Niadowe orona, ata-ata Yahudi ahghappaga wali Ummana Allah monno ahnungng pungnguwe pamatega. BSB BSB: For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
22 PBL Dukkiwe loddo neghe, yauwa kudeibawe papatulu wali barra Allah neka ne yauwa dede ni'ana taguna baku tekkiwe, baik barrada ata-ata ki'i lappata ata-ata kalada nommo dappa tekkikiwe nemmi ah waddeka, wattene appawe ne patekkida ghaida ngarra nabi monno Musa tubana nemmi ah marawi, BSB BSB: 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 PBL bana Krittu enga karoddukadona monno bane, waige orona dadi ah ullu kedde wali tillu barra ata mate, Nia engadona bana padukkige mangewala, wali barra ata-ata Yahudi lappata barrada nussa-nussa waddeka." BSB BSB: that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
26 PBL Orona, Raja paddege ngarra neghe monno barrana yauwa kaina paneghe waige bottu. Orona, yauwa kumannuge bah da'iki lakka iya pungbgukopo wali ghiddana ah luputa wali papaghatana orona ghidda damarawiki ne padou ah kazikku pungngu. BSB BSB: 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 PBL Tokko Agripa, appaka negho'u muwaidi ngarra nabi? Yauwa kupaddege gho'u muwaidi." BSB BSB: King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
28 PBL Tokko Agripa natekkiwe barrana Paulus, "Ne rapa ah toddopa, gho'u murawibage baku waige yauwa tagu badadi ata Kristen." BSB BSB: Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”
29 PBL Baka, Paulus nawalewe, "Yauwa kudengngiwe barrana Allah ga'i nangattage baka mado'i, inda tittokimu gho'u, takka kaina ngarra kua ata ah rengngega loddo neghe, ah dadi tudda tougu, dukka kiada rewa-rewa ghidda." BSB BSB: “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 PBL Bakadommo, raja nadede. Ghinna kaina gubernur, Bernike, monno ngarra kua ata ahmadi'i dangngadi ghidda. BSB BSB: Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.
31 PBL Baka, neba ne ghidda baga'ige padou ne'e, ghidda paneghe iya monno waddeka, "Ata nagha danna rawikina lakka appakowe ne ah tuba bapadeidage monno hukuman mate baka golludana." BSB BSB: On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
32 PBL Neka, Agripa napaneghe barrana Festus, "Ata nagha nabisaba bapakalogaza neka nenia bada na penneko banding barrana Kaisar." BSB BSB: And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.