1 PBY Do keka yei meke wande awa awa a te betonde dena a sawekana te da be tombinde. BSB BSB: “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
2 PBY Nemane ne seraibrabra nemena a te betai Pauluswai ne seraibra te Ibrani peu nue a te seiyunue ne seraibra yekai tere dua kai Pauluswai a te sanumue. BSB BSB: When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet. Then Paul declared,
3 PBY De pe da Yahudi tetero, Tarsus yone sengkai tie, Kilikia ne detere da to nero ne deupuka, Gamaliel de te a te kiriyou te e na a yeko dambere Mang Tetero Nena ayeko we seraibra meyenamane dua da arambuku. 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 PBY De ye tetero te peko meke yame tete damba, do te mire te meka te saye beiyiya tu ere eyu pa nete tiyame. BSB BSB: I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
5 PBY Imam detere wande majelis penatua seriabrabra dena damba na a te sei yainie. Ne seraibra kna meka dambere de semo te oriya damsyik yo na dokeka yeimeke nena mekate sa ye beketeme Yerusalem yopa tu ere pa tumampinie eyu ne tenonai. 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 PBY Dua da mekou puku, deye Damsik yo pa na te nepere nipi nero te wera, dai serei nie kiya sero dambere erembuku dena wa pa. BSB BSB: About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
7 PBY De kani damba apa yongkuka a te beta akurung dena bentekei pa waru. Sauluswai, Sauluswai we beamena te dete peko meke yete? BSB BSB: I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
8 PBY De a te dombuka, Tuhan Mang Tetero, We kaye simbiyang? Nepere dete a te sanu te, De NeDo A-I Yesus Ne pe Nasaret yo re na, we ye neperei De te peko dua mekeye te. BSB BSB: ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
9 PBY Tetero seraibra dembere nebeinie nemena kiya erembuku dou tambiki, dena wapa akurung te seiyunue ne seraibra aroipei betoipei. BSB BSB: My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
10 PBY De ye a te saweka, beasa te Tuhan Mang Tetero deye ne te mekotepinie. Tuhan Mang Tetero de te a te sanu te, esuwa yembime Damsyik yo pa eu ne pe ne a te betou pu ne we ye ne te mekouna sa. 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 PBY Dena dou dua tiyapiki dou teipei kiya sero dambere de kwa meke, nemane dete tetero si meka dambere Damsyik yo pa. BSB BSB: Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand into Damascus.
12 PBY Nepere tetero si wado Ananiaswai, tetero pepoi Hukum Taurat a yeko te poi tepuna Yahudi tetero meyena mane ne te dua arambiki. BSB BSB: There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,
13 PBY Nedo Anasiaswai kwa eu, nena wa tou nue esune tepeu neye a te donembine, Sauluswai we dou te teime. BSB BSB: came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.
14 PBY Neye a te da sanute, Awa Mang Tetero e na mang bra ayeko te kra piki Mang Tetero nena kembari te pepoi te teprei nya te nena a te betoune nena emburu a te da seiyine ne. 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 PBY We ye da nena kembari yeko te tetero meyena damba a te da sanumue dou ye tiye ne a te bete yene. BSB BSB: You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
16 PBY Nemane neperei weye dewa da esua yembune bu te kronaiwipinie, Wei wa na peko te baya teyu A-I NeDo Nena wado te seiyune. BSB BSB: And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
17 PBY De ne kwa Yerusalem yo pa dewa meka mendokembari te Awa Mang Tetero Nena mie Bait Allah ne pe ne, Aru Roh dena wa eyu pa meke. BSB BSB: Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
18 PBY De nepere A-I NeDo Nete tembuka dete a te sanute, wera bete Yerusalem yore baipa dua eu, ne seraibra de tena a te seiyunena ne seraibra meye na mane wena a te na betoipei. 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 PBY Nemane deye a te seiyane, Tuhan Mang Tetero, di seraibra dua da arambiki deye ne te sa beiyiya tu ere eyu pa tiyame wete nemeiyawipiki Sinagoge si pa. 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 PBY Nepere nemane sa waro wena Stefanuswai nena sa durupuku, de nepe ne esu ne tepeya, a te da saweka wupuka, tetero kna mayong sema te te peya ne do te no tetewaipiki. 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 PBY Nepene Dado Yesus dete a te sanu te, dua ei me! Nemane De wete santewepine serai si kna kani pa yo pa eu. BSB BSB: Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
22 PBY Tetero kaso pere Pauluswai kna te betainie tupu pa dua seiyumbuku. Nepere ne seraibra meye a te kensiki a te seiyainie, no te tomapine nemena tetero yereu keipeinya tewai. 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 PBY Ne seraibra a te da keterai, nena mayong jubah te baipa teiyai wande di te buna pa mekani. BSB BSB: As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,
24 PBY Pera tenai a te sanumue Pauluswai te ongko pa markas pa dekani yeu, sa suwe na sa Pauluswai kna wa te penenaipinei nepere aronaiyimbinie beamena te da seraibra a te damane keterai. 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 PBY Nemane ne seraibra sa ere suwe na te a tekai mekai, Pauluswai pera yo tetero te a te sanune, we kaye beamane tetero si te sa suwe na wate penende ne tetero Roma yo rena nena peko te na wureipei. 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 PBY Nepere pera yo tetero nenei pera tenai tetero kwa dua ke a te ke sanune, nemena beamane mekomapine? Damena tetero e na seraibra Roma yore na. 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 PBY Pera tenai dewa meke Pauluswai te a te sanune, a te bete seiyine de betotepine, we kaye Roma yore na tetero? Pauluswai a te seiyunue, de Roma tetero. BSB BSB: The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.
28 PBY Pera tenai a te saweke, dera dopre na dambere seraibrabra dena buru ne kai. Pauluswai a te seiyunue, de nemane da seraibra pere ne ya sebai senoupuku. BSB BSB: “I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
29 PBY Nepere tetero si derou Pauluswai te a te tenaipinie ta ye nenei wa te baipa dua kai wande pera tenai tetero endiki te dekou, nemane da do Pauluswai te poi ye arombuku Roma tetero seraibra te sa ye beiyaipiki. 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 PBY Nemane ya si pa na, pera tenai tetero a te wureu beamena te Pauluswai te Yahudi tetero seraibrabra ne te wukai nie, Pauluswai te baya ambuku wande Imam Imam tenai tetero Sanhedrin seraibra te a te sanumue nebei kopri nembinie, wande Pauluswai te dewa do nene mene yau neropa ne seraibra kanya nero pa. 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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