1 PBS Agripa lote Paulus: "Me lo-ni-wele nokomepepe." Paulus nonakeo, pa nokokele nowea: BSB BSB: Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
2 PBS "Ea mebatete Agripa, ni-hupala heve, kei uabawe lopepe nonine nokonilele jalelepa nile-e teba Yahudi hejae nonine, BSB BSB: “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
3 PBS lupanawo leja nene me-pu pa teba Yahudi hevepa fe-tete. Peanya ni-wate-me, hupala mapepe pa lomepapa-ni. BSB BSB: especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
4 PBS Teba Yahudi-i pu-ni-halepale-ei ni-tefija, kei walopanawofua kopa nelupa tene tebapa nine te-e 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 PBS Jawafua ni-tefija pa anara te-putu, jakoliu tenaruru, kei ni-we niba Farisi navewo niru lupopo ka-nene. 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 PBS Pa uawe ni-telafufute kei ni-pule jakelokoi tefajujutu, kei Tata weleko jobepakama nene, BSB BSB: And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
7 PBS pa tebapa hapa nene juete, pa fipapapa lupopo bamua jatete-e. Pa puleko iako, he meba-rube Agripa, teba Yahudi ni tehejae. 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 PBS Tunaneko elo kei-o, Tata tebabi keleko telefuto? BSB BSB: Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
9 PBS Ananera, niwora ni-lora, kei Yesus ka Nazaret toi bati keke navepa ni-halala. 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 PBS Anaiara ni-le-e Yerusalem. Teba-tu-fa nawo apa ni-loketeka, pu nave ni-we teba rube tafa, pa ni-ra kehi, te-tejiko tebibi. 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 PBS Lupopo pai te-janofefe ni-le-e pa ni-puleko hupalanavei tenajiji pa huvekopa te-nihajue, ko-te tebapapa novete." 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 PBS "Pa noroipa, ma-tupa ni-we pa tebarube jano teweni lo-ni-rere Damsyik-le, BSB BSB: In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
13 PBS jawotu, he meba rube Agripa, ra-tete leipa ni-kalete loma houi fefeu ke-fefetaha ra fefe kera kelufa, ka peta heto paku ni pa teba hola nini nelupa nanei. 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 PBS Neifata hene hatu, pa pinau nilo kelote ni Ibrani pilatepa: Saulus, Saulus, tunaneko Ni- menami? Mewo nomeme me-takukupe. 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 PBS Pa ni-hete: "Mei Ba, Tata? Tata lote: Niwe Oke, menamimei. BSB BSB: ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
16 PBS Pa uawe, memalo pa meruru. No Ninalu meko menikeko jano nine mepomeme pa jalelepa mefu-Ni-i pa ja-kaura Ni-nalulu me-pe. 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 PBS Bapawe me-Ni-kenapotitile pa bapapa hi. Pa me Ni-loko me-meme teape, BSB BSB: I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
18 PBS ko luto tete mejeje, u-tepu lopalo to fefe pa Kebate ma ke te Tata, u-hupalanave tete to Ni-i nole tete nitapupu pa je tewewe janiloko koteba nileko-tu. 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 PBS Peanya, he Agripa rube, janifo peta hetoi nipaparakale. BSB BSB: So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
20 PBS Pa lopanawoi hoho nilele teba Yahudi te-ete Damsyik, Yerusalem pa Yudea tupa, pa te teba papa-hi, kei tepupu pa temena Tata pa jano koli anara teputoi. 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 PBS Peako teba Yahudi ni-teke Tata Paike pa te-ena ni-tejati niwuwule. BSB BSB: For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
22 PBS Pa Tata ni-tutakeloko niale-e kouawe pa ja-lutopa nifoi huhu nile-ele teba hapa pa tafa. Pa jahuhu ni-le-elei jahiraka kei ja tebapuhake pa Musa-ra huhuteto tofa, 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 PBS kei, Oke jano fefe kelolo le pa kei Kea keba lopana tebabi lefutototote, pa kei Kea fefe huhu kelele tebapa we pa tebapapa hi." 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 PBS Jalelepawe kebatete ralu, peanya nifuka huhu pepefa nile-e ke. Ni-lo, kei jalelepawe koura mepukaka, kei jalelepawe jehapaura lewaka. 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 PBS Kememina, mebarube Agripa, te bapuhake? Ni-lu, kei te-kememi." BSB BSB: King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
28 PBS Agripa pinake: "jatalera mepeko nike Kristen!" BSB BSB: Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”
29 PBS Paulus lote: "Lupopo janile-etete Tata le, u-kokova na jopajomefaka, pa teba lelepa laketewe pa teba piti nine teriete tera ani-ni, apa wefaka." 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 PBS Kaipa keba ruve kalo pa keba tete pa Bernike pateba lelepa telupa mei. BSB BSB: Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.
31 PBS Tekepate-ei, tewowo nie: "Kebai jano fefeura keleko ke-tejati kewawale raka na keketiti apale." BSB BSB: On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
32 PBS Agripa lote Festus: "Kebai bamuai ke-ekefufule anara ke-ekare keba tete horaka." BSB BSB: And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
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