1 PBCSN Nebeisa Agripa yae Paulusre weunge, “Meyae waemayeufinde waei a naei na hele eleukondere.” Paulus na me bumare yae raneungejeke, nda wanen mae weumi. BSB BSB: Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
2 PBCSN “Ondofolo Agripa, reyae kena foi hubanale rabuhine ban raei a faeu nebei Yahudi yoni-yoni ahunaise, waei ro be ro yoinye a hele elerekondere, BSB BSB: “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
3 PBCSN Reyae raeisaei nekale, weyae Yahudi naei wali heere foloukoke bene a hena faeu fena bele nemene ninae isaeyeukokae. Raei a elerondere wa kena hebaen mae boroufonde. BSB BSB: especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
4 PBCSN Yahudi yoni-yoni nemene naeisaei raei wali na fa-fana nekewale, raei kanine bele Yerusalem yone bele reyae ikale hokolore yeubokale. BSB BSB: Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.
5 PBCSN Nendahina nebei yo rare naeisaei bangka mo nane merau kena konatena, na hului nenaeijae elenaikonde, reyae nendahina Farisi ro miyae hului yeubokale nekewekale. Nda Farisi holo maei agama naei wali heere foloukoke hakainyekoke naei elaekei sele. 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 PBCSN Mana ya, Allah yae maebu naei maeko naeise a heteungekokere reyae hila rabo halaele aerene ndane mangkele kolannele. BSB BSB: And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
7 PBCSN Ondofolo Agripa, nebei Allah are heteungekoke a mbai Israel yoni-yoni nebei naebu naei me bee oro nen bee bele yo bele naei orona mena bele ereiko rakeiko koimeyate nane merau Allahre reniai rai ei moloimeyainye. Nebei a heteungekokere reyae rabo halaelene, Yahudi yoni-yoni rare ahuneyaise. 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 PBCSN Allah ro miyae hereubera na hului waleungeboube. Rahene mayae na hului ban mae elaube? BSB BSB: Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
9 PBCSN Na bere hele raei u bene nekewaise nda Yesus Nasaret na Role homora hakaikoke mate yo na nibi a foloremikonde haisemikondere hele mokoungebokale. 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 PBCSN Na hele Yerusalem yone naei merau reyae mokowale. Imam yun-jun elae yaeise, Yesus Naei eleukoke wekeumi ro miyaere raei kenana hului ikilale kawa einye ahewamale. Hoiboise honaibonde kiyae reyae nane merau bere hinewekale. 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 PBCSN Roko helen ei moloi-moloi imaene reyae eyewale weitasi kamaele wamaele Yesusre moise bulenainyebondere. Raei ikele han nebei yore na beko hele, habeleyande yo hi kani bele eibalande. 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 PBCSN “Nebei nibi mbaibe reyae imam yun-jun naeisa elae ikaisele Damsyik yore ewale. BSB BSB: In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
13 PBCSN Ondofolo Agripa, rai hu yaukanne hului yae nibi nolone ewale mo, hehe mbai yakura naeukoke owole hu hehere moi wokeunge. Oke na hehe reyae hebewale ijenne nane merau maei riyana mewande yo nemene ninae naeumekoke. 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 PBCSN Nemene nebei ewande yo ane balekande. Nebeisa borale bae a mbai rare Ibrani afaeu wae weufe, ‘Saulus, Saulus, rahene Rare weitasi koimeyaere? Rare waei beko koufemendena, nebei ehee bukulu mbai wenaeijae hubaungehinde.’ 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 PBCSN “Reyae hinewanale, ‘Tuhan, Weyae wende?’ “Tuhan mae weufe, ‘Reyae Yesus, weyae weitasire koimeyaere Kiyae. BSB BSB: ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
16 PBCSN Ainyu! Ware ranereuwende Raei yebaei bubaei yeubondere Raei uwa mana ya ware kelereibote. Mana yara Rare erarae nane merau bena ya honoifoyolene ware kelerewende, weyae ro miyaere huweumiyende. 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 PBCSN Waei yo yan nolone nane merau Yahudi ro miyae ban yo naei nolone ware hole molorewende. Yo hi yan sire reyae ufete ele. BSB BSB: I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
18 PBCSN Ro miyae hakoumiyende walobo yunbe me kelee u keleene onei sandai bele wali nibira ungaibonde Allahle me kelee u keleene isaei hebaen bele wali nibire menate. Rare hila rabo halenaiselena, naei beko bako Allah faeinyembonde, Allah naei eleukoke ro miyae riyane hammikonde.’” 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 PBCSN “Ondofolo Agripa, nebei wanenne reyae Allahlera erekale huluinye hakoubokale male. BSB BSB: So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
20 PBCSN Ro miyaere na yaka yae reyae huwamaele naei beko bakora nulu kenaimile, Allah a weumi hului nekenate, nane merau naei me u mokonate walora ro miyae kelenaimile na hele wali bekora nulu kaimiboke. Nebei a Damsyik yora, Yerusalem yora, Yudea kani yaneukokalera, ekale Yahudi ro miyae bande ekale huwamaele. 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 PBCSN Nebei aerene Yahudi yoni-yoni Allahre ei mom-mom imae na kaban sele kiyaele imaehou einye rare ikilaiseboke honaisebondere kowate. BSB BSB: For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
22 PBCSN Nebeibe meke nda heene Allah nin kan roroufemekene, nda hee ro raimi bele, ro ban bele ro miyae bene hebale a wamale. Nda wamale a na bere Musa yae nane merau Allahle yenjo kayaayo yae a mehininde kolowainye mbai. 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 PBCSN Naei a nda wanen molaikoke: Wali Ondofolo mende beko hubayengkonde. Neyae na berei sele herera walembonde. Hehe naeumikonde wanen mae Neyae wali neme wali nibi are Yahudi ro miyae belere Yahudi ban ro miyae belere kelemmile.” 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 PBCSN Ondofolo Agripa nda a elale neyae naeisaei sele. Nebei aerene reyae fe efaei nda a faeu naei ro be ro yoinye mekale eleyale. Nda rambun-rambun nunne ohonoi, na yaka yae bewatene, reyae raeisaei nekale nemene neyae ninae naeisaei bangka mo. 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 PBCSN Ondofolo Agripa, Allahle yenjo kayaayo naeinya a elewate weyae na hele rabo haleyae? Reyae isaeyeubokale weyae nane merau rabo haleyae!” BSB BSB: King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
28 PBCSN Nebeisa Agripa yae Paulusre weunge, “Naendae wanen, waei u benera nekete a fofo huwele yae weyae mokoufebonde Yesusle moisa hakorebondere?” BSB BSB: Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”
29 PBCSN Paulus yae weunge, “A fofo, koko reyae Allahre ebeli banale, mana yara weyae Agripa nane merau mayae mekaube boraukokaubene nemene raeinya wanen yengkombe. Nebeibe nda rantai raei mena mayae ehubaijae!” 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 PBCSN Nebeisa bae Ondofolo Agripa, Gubernur Festus, Bernike, nebei yoni-yoni arilewole yo aufae ainyuke. BSB BSB: Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.
31 PBCSN Ekate moinye bae naeise-naeise elate, “Nda ro hoiboise honaibonde naei, kawane hebende naei, me u beko omokoi.” BSB BSB: On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
32 PBCSN Ondofolo Agripa yae Gubernur Festusre weunge, “Nda ro Kaisarle bene a kolonainyekonde naeise eriyei yae, kawara hayaeinyekoube eube.” BSB BSB: And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
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