¹Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

¹Huan, Agrippain, Paula kiangah, Na siamna thu na gen thei hi, achia. Huan, Paulain a khut a jaka, a siamna thu a gen a;

²I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:

²Kumpipa Agrippa, Judaten a honhekna tengteng ua ka ka siamna thu tunia na maa ka gen ding jiakin kipakin ka kithei hi;

³Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

³Hiai ka kipahna pen ahi, Judate lakah dan leh thubuai tengteng thu a na pil mahmah jiakin; huaijiakin muangtaka non ngaihkhiaksak dingin ka honngen ahi.

⁴My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

⁴A tunga ka naupan laia kipan, ka chite lakah leh Jerusalem khua a ka omdan Judate tengtengin a thei uh.

⁵Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

⁵A tunga patin ka tanchin a thei uh, huchia ka sabiak dan ua ngentel pen angeina a Pharisai hi inga, a ut uleh a hon genpih thei uh ahi.

⁶And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God, unto our fathers:

⁶Huan, Pathianin ka pipute uh kianga thu achiam lametna jiakin hiaiah tuin vaihawm sakin ka ding ahi,

⁷Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

⁷huai thuchiam, ka nam uh sawmlenihin, sun leh janin Pathian na phatuamngai taka semin, muh a lamen uhi. Kumpipa aw, huai lametna tungthu ah Judaten a honhek uhi.

⁸Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

⁸Pathianin misite a kaithou chih bangchin gintak huailou a sep na hi ua?

⁹I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

⁹Ken leng Nazaret Jesu min kalh lamin thil lampi hih leng hoihin ka nagingta naka.

¹⁰Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

¹⁰Huai bang Jerusalem khua ah leng ka hih jel ahi; huan, siampu liante kiangah thu ka mu a, mi siangthoute laka mi tampi suangkulh ah ka khum jela; huan, a hihlup lai un, lemsa lamah leng ka napang jel ahi.

¹¹And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

¹¹Huan, kikhopna in tengah ka sawi gige a. Jesu thu gensiatsak ka tum teitei nak hi, huan, a tunguah ka gilou mahmah, gamdang kho pha hialin leng ka sawi jel ahi.

¹²Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

¹²Huchibang hih dingin, siampu lalte thu muin leh, a sawlna lai uh tawiin, Damaska khua ah ka hoha.

¹³At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

¹³Huan, i aw, Toupa, ka pai lain, sun annek hun ahi a, van akipan vak banghiam, ni vak sanga vakjaw, keimah leh ka paipihte kimah vakin ka mu a.

¹⁴And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

¹⁴Huan, ka vek un lei ah ka puk ua, Hebru pauin, Saula, Saula, nang bangachia honsawi? Sutna chiangzumte suih nanga dia na ahi, honchiin ka ja a.

¹⁵And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

¹⁵Huan, ken, Toupa, kua na hia? ka chi a. Huan, Toupan, Jesu, na sawi ka hi.

¹⁶But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

¹⁶Himahleh, thou inla, dingin; hiai na thil muhte leh, na kianga ka hongkilakna dingte toh, huai na sem ding leh theihpih dia nang honbawl dingin na kiangah ka hongkilak ahi;

¹⁷Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

¹⁷Mi tengteng leh Jentelte khut akipan ka honhum hing ding;

¹⁸To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

¹⁸A mit uh hihvak dingin a kiang uah ka honsawl ahi, huchiin mial tuh vaklam a ngatsan ding ua, Setan thuneihna Pathian lam a ngatsan ding uh, khelhna ngaihdamna a muhna ding uleh a hon gintak jiak ua siangthou kaite laka goutan a neihna ding un, a chi a.

¹⁹Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

¹⁹Huaijiakin, kumpipa Agrippa aw, vana mi kilak ka sel kei hi,

²⁰But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

²⁰Atungin, Damaska khua a mite kiangah, huan Jerusalem khua ate kiangah, huan, Judia gam chih a mite kiangah leh, Jentelte kiangah leng, kisik minpu thama thil hiha, kisika, Pathian lam a ngatna ding un, ka hih zo jel ahi.

²¹For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

²¹Huaite jiakin Judaten Pathian biakin ah a honman ua, hihlup a hontum ua.

²²Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

²²Himahleh, Pathian kiang akipana panpihna ka muh jiakin tuni tanin mi neute leh mi liante kianga thu theisakin ka om nalai hi, jawlneite leh Mosiin hongtung ding a chih thu kia uh loungal thu dang gen louin.

²³That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

²³Huchia, Krisin gim a thuak dinga, hua misi laka kipan a thohnawn jiaka mi tengteng kianga leh Jentelte kianga leng vak musakpa masapen ahi ding, a chih thu uh, a chi a.

²⁴And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

²⁴Huan, huchibanga a siamna thu a gen lain, Festain, aw ngaihtakin, Paula, na hai ahi; na theih tamnain nang honhaisak hi, a chi a.

²⁵But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

²⁵Himahleh, Paulain, Festa hoihpen, hai kei veng e; thu diktak leh thu piltak ka gen jaw ahi.

²⁶For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.

²⁶Hiai thu khawng kumpipan a thei vo-oi, a kiangah leng lau louin ka gen hi; hiai thil khawng bangmah a kiangah im ahi kei chih diktakin ka thei hi; hiaite, inning peuha hih ahi ngal keia.

²⁷King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

²⁷Kumpipa Agrippa, jawlneite thu na gingta chih ka thei hi, a chi a.

²⁸Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

²⁸Huan, Agrippain, Paula kiangah, sawtlou chik phet khema, Kristiana honbawl tum neive! a chi a.

²⁹And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

²⁹Huan, Paulain, sawtin, sawt kei leh, nang kia ka chi kei, tuni a ka thu ja tengteng leng, keimah banga om dingin Pathian kiangah ka ngen ahi, kol khawngte bel bun tuan louin, a chita.

³⁰And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:

³⁰Huan, kumpipa toh, gamukpa toh, Barnisi toh, a kiang ua tute toh a ding chiat ua;

³¹And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

³¹huan, a pai tuam ua, a kihou ua, hiai miin sihna leh kol butna khop hial thil bangmah a na hih kei hi, a chi uhi.Huan, Agrippain, Festa kiangah, hiai min Kaisar kianga tut ding na nachi keileh, pawt mai ding hiven, a chi a.

³²Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

³²Huan, Agrippain, Festa kiangah, hiai min Kaisar kianga tut ding na nachi keileh, pawt mai ding hiven, a chi a.