1 PBM Baku anguwua gumi dangu baku ama gumi rangi waka gia ku panewi gumi. BSB BSB: “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
2 PBM Dangu, badda rangu sa yidda bai palusia, bada kayeka dara yiddati sillu ibrani, yidda taba dangu dassa dangui Paulusa napa newi. BSB BSB: When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet. Then Paul declared,
3 PBM "Yawwa tu yahudi, dadi gui ti Tarsus, Kilikia, ku matua ti mawa sia, badda ajara wati bawa gamaliel dangu na manditai tapaka samani hukuna boku appu da yitta, dangu na bussa nggi Muri, sama dangu yimina nggia laduni. 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 PBM Yawwa na sadukai ni lara nggia, lapa tomai mi pa mati wai, raddi dangu patamadara yidda, mani kapaka kawimmila ti nggalu. BSB BSB: I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
5 PBM Sama tumi ma palewa dangu ngara dukka da mabokula, da saksi ga yawwa. Wali ti yidda ku kawi ni surata tutu da olidadi ti damsyik, dangu salaku ba lappa ramidi ra yidda ma ona lini sabali ti yerusalem yidda ba tu hukura. 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 PBM Baisaka, dadi nasa yawwa talanga ti lara wa dangu taki baku tomaka ti damsyik, tijangu nasa ni laddu, ogi nima sabila nima koruga, walli ti awangu. BSB BSB: About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
7 PBM Yawwa ku katambala ti tana dangu ku rangi ni panewi danga ga. "Saulus, saulus kaddimu pa jara wa? BSB BSB: I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
8 PBM Taka yama ku simai," Hengga wuka yo, Muri? Baisa yinna napa newi ti yawwa," yawwa kadaka Muri wali ti Nasaret, papa jara-Mu. BSB BSB: ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
9 PBM Tu maka rangada da etai nimma sabila go, takka aita dalakasa ma ni herai ni ma panewi dangaga yawwa. BSB BSB: My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
10 PBM Taka yawwa ku panewi," panisa yawwa nipa wolugu Muri? Dangu Muri na simai," denguru dangu salaku nu ti damsyik takka hai sabali, yimmi da peka gomi panni nippa raddi kami wollui. 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 PBM Takka yawwa eta ku etamai ba ogi nimma sabilla, yawwa na da kalanga ga tu tama ti Damsyik. BSB BSB: Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand into Damascus.
12 PBM Kamuri ni omi ni tu mangarana Ananias, tu ma dassa paka tutu wai hukum Taurat, balaka ni tu dangu ni dassa na ngara duka da ti tu Yahudi ma engana harina. BSB BSB: There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,
13 PBM Da mai ti sadda gu, dangu da dengira ti karasa gu, yinna na panewi," anguwua Saulus, paeta mawuka! 'takka ti rasi haimangu ku etai bali yinna. BSB BSB: came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.
14 PBM Takka napa newi," Muri boku dai da yitta da panyiagu tutuni balakasagi nippa wuku-Mu dangu etai nimma pulupia, lapa ka barangi ni li walli ti wiwi-Na. 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 PBM Lappa yimmi ni dadi slakasi ni ngara dukka da tu ba panni ni pa eta dangu nippa rangi. BSB BSB: You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
16 PBM Takka nggiana, kaddi yimmi dimmi palali-laligi? Kadika dangu yasa ni saddamu ka nissa wu, lapaka bapa warasai ni padoku jalamu dangu bada kayeka gi ni ngara-Na. BSB BSB: And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
17 PBM Yawwa ku bali ti Yerusalem dangu talanga sabaya gu ti panyia ni Muri, yawwa na sadopara wa Roh. BSB BSB: Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
18 PBM Takka yawwa ku etai yinna banna panewi, nggesa muka kau lusa wu wali hena ti Yerusalem, ata darangi mayu ni pa panewi mu dangu atta da kami wai ni panewi-Mu. 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 PBM Baisaka yawwa ku panewi," Muri, yidda wikki lakasagi ba yawwa mapa tama dara ti nggalu, dangu baku ngadara yidda ma waiwi wali ti sinagoge lapaka ti sawawi. 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 PBM Mangu kamuri ni ka, saksi-Mu, i stefanus, sobugi, yawwa wikki ta langa dengira gu ti hai, ku bisugi. Dangu ku boti di ni kalabi da tu ma pamati. 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 PBM Baisaka hai, Muri napa newi ti yawwa,' salaku wuka! Sappu yawwa, ku palewa wu ti mama leru ti nusa-nusa sawawi. BSB BSB: Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
22 PBM Do tu dangu da rangi Paulusa to ma nippa newi nggiana baisaka haina yidda ngara dukka da tu da bali dangu lidanggi bada pawowi lai tu sama no walli ti pini tana, yidda ata dapa nyiamani bada pamuripai. 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 PBM Yidda talanga pangala dai ni kawawuka da dangu daka kawusa kandi ni kalabi kadada da yidda, dangu wuranggi ma kumbara ti awangu (nggillu), BSB BSB: As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,
24 PBM Kapala rombongan napa lewai Paulusa ti bawa panyia, dangu lidda giih Pulusa paresai dangu palui kata pia tabukai nimma papungi kaddi yidda dida kawawuka bada lawa ni. 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 PBM Takka tuni hai, yidda dapa rebani leku kalita, Paulusa napa newi yidda jawa bani ma dengiri ti karasa na." Napa tutu pungu kadani ga ba mi palu ni tu ma walli ti roma? 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 PBM Bana rangi sa jawa bani no yinna na salaku ti kapala letti bana pekai, linna gi, yimmi pani pawolumi, sapu n tu niama, hai na nusa mangara na 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 PBM Baisaka, kapala letti no namai papa newi ti Paulusa "panewi nggara ti yawwa tu takani yimmi tu walli ti roma mi? Baisa na simai Paulusa u'u. BSB BSB: The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.
28 PBM Kapala letti na simai, yawwa baku koligi ni nusa nggia koli wainggi ndowi, dangui Paulusa napa newi, taka yawwa ma dadi tu nussa sia ma dadi ti panyia sia. BSB BSB: “I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
29 PBM Baisa tu do mapa resai Paulusa da amma ni dangu ni kapala letti nama dauta bana lakasani Paulusa ba tu wali ti romai dangu yinna bada pa raddi dai. 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 PBM Takka haina, ti laddu sawawi ni kapala Letti bussa pa lakasanggi ni keriri nimma pulupia, kaddi Paulusa dida katutui tu Yahudi dona, yinna napa salami Paulusa dangu pareta darata mapadewa-mapadewa kapala dangu ngara dukka da Sanhedrin bada pakabuana, baisaka yinna daka rangani Paulusa buru dangu dapa segani ti pa duada yidda. 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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