¹And Agrippa said unto Paul, `It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;` then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence:

¹¶ Na ko te meatanga a Akaripa ki a Paora, E ahei ana koe kia korero i au korero. Katahi ka totoro te ringa o Paora, a ka korero ia:

²`Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, king Agrippa, I have thought myself happy, being about to make a defence before thee to-day,

²He koanga ngakau tenei ki ahau, e Kingi Akaripa, kia korerotia e ahau ki a koe aianei nga mea katoa e whakawakia nei ahau e nga Hurai:

³especially knowing thee to be acquainted with all things — both customs and questions — among Jews; wherefore, I beseech thee, patiently to hear me.

³He mohio rawa hoki koe ki nga ritenga katoa, ki nga tautohe hoki ano a nga Hurai: na reira kia pai koe ki te whakarongo marie ki ahau.

⁴`The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth — which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem — know do all the Jews,

⁴Ko taku whakahaere mai o toku tamarikitanga, no te timatanga mai ra ano i roto i toku iwi, i Hiruharama hoki, e mohio ana nga Hurai katoa;

⁵knowing me before from the first, (if they may be willing to testify,) that after the most exact sect of our worship, I lived a Pharisee;

⁵Mohio tonu ratou ki ahau o mua iho, me i pai ratou ki te whakaatu; ko taku mahi, i whai i ta te titorehanga pakeke rawa o to tatou karakia, i ta te Parihi.

⁶and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,

⁶Tenei ahau te tu nei i konei, te whakawakia nei mo te tumanako ki te mea i korerotia e te Atua i mua ki o tatou matua:

⁷to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;

⁷E tumanako nei o tatou iwi kotahi tekau ma rua kia uru ki tenei, i a ratou e mahi tonu nei ki te Atua i te ao, i te po. Ko tenei e tumanakohia atu nei e te kingi, te mea e whakawakia nei ahau e nga Hurai.

⁸why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?

⁸He aha rawa kia kore e whakaponohia e koutou, ki te mea ka whakaara ake te Atua i te hunga mate?

⁹`I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved [me] many things to do,

⁹Ko ahau nei, i whakaaro ahau kia maha tonu nga mea e mahia e ahau hei pehi mo te ingoa o Ihu o Nahareta.

¹⁰which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,

¹⁰Ae, i meinga ano tenei e ahau ki Hiruharama: he tokomaha ano te hunga tapu i uakina e ahau ki nga whare herehere, he mea tuku mai hoki nga tikanga na nga tohunga nui ki ahau; a, i te whakamatenga i a ratou, i whakaae ahau kia peratia ratou.

¹¹and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining [them] to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting [them] even unto strange cities.

¹¹He maha ano aku whiunga i a ratou i roto i nga whare karakia katoa, i meinga ano ratou e ahau kia kohukohu; heoi haurangi noa iho ahau ki a ratou, whaia ana e ahau, a taea noatia nga pa o tawhiti.

¹²`In which things, also, going on to Damascus — with authority and commission from the chief priests —

¹²¶ Nawai a, i ahau e haere ana ki Ramahiku, me nga tikanga, me te kupu whakaae a nga tohunga nui,

¹³at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light — and those going on with me;

¹³I te poutumarotanga, e te kingi, ka kitea e ahau i te ara he marama i te rangi e tiaho ana ki ahau, ki oku hoa haere ano, tera atu i te marama o te ra.

¹⁴and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick!

¹⁴Heoi hinga ana matou katoa ki te whenua, ka rongo ahau i te reo e korero ana ki ahau, no nga Hiperu ano hoki te reo, e mea ana, E Haora, e Haora, he aha tau e whakatoi nei i ahau? ehara tau te whana ki nga koikoi.

¹⁵`And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;

¹⁵Ano ra ko ahau, Ko wai koe, e te Ariki? Ka mea ia, Ko Ihu ahau e whakatoia nei e koe.

¹⁶but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things [in which] I will appear to thee,

¹⁶Otira whakatika, e tu ou waewae ki runga: ko te mea tenei i puta ai ahau ki a koe, kia meinga koe hei kaimahi, hei kaiwhakaatu mo nga mea i kite nei koe, mo nga mea ano e kitea ai ahau e koe.

¹⁷delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,

¹⁷Ka whakaorangia koe i te iwi, i nga Tauiwi, ka tonoa nei koe e ahau ki a ratou.

¹⁸to open their eyes, to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that [is] toward me.

¹⁸Hei whakatitiro i o ratou kanohi, hei whakatahuri i a ratou i te pouri ki te marama, i te kaha o Hatana ki te Atua, kia whiwhi ai ratou ki te murunga hara, ki tetahi wahi ano i roto i te hunga ka oti te whakatapu i runga i te whakapono ki ahau.

¹⁹`Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

¹⁹No reira, kihai ahau i whakatuturi, e Kingi Akaripa, ki to te rangi kitenga:

²⁰but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;

²⁰Heoi i korero ahau ki te hunga i Ramahiku i te tuatahi, a i Hiruharama, ki te whenua katoa ano o Huria, ki nga Tauiwi hoki, kia ripeneta, kia tahuri ki te Atua, me te mahi ano i nga mahi tika o te ripeneta.

²¹because of these things the Jews — having caught me in the temple — were endeavouring to kill [me].

²¹No reira nga Hurai i hopu ai i ahau i te temepara, i whai ai ki te whakamate i ahau.

²²`Having obtained, therefore, help from God, till this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spake of as about to come,

²²Heoi ka awhinatia mai ahau e te Atua, ka tu tonu nei ahau, a mohoa noa nei, me te korero ki te iti, ki te rahi, kahore aku kupu ke ake i ta nga poropiti ratou ko Mohi i mea ai meake puta:

²³that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.`

²³Ara ko te Karaiti kia mate, ko ia te matamua o te aranga o te hunga mate, mana ano e whakapuaki te marama ki te iwi, ki nga Tauiwi.

²⁴And, he thus making a defence, Festus with a loud voice said, `Thou art mad, Paul; much learning doth turn thee mad;`

²⁴¶ I a ia e korero ana i enei mea, nui atu te reo o Petuha ki te karanga, E Paora, he haurangi koe; na te nui o tau korero pukapuka i haurangi ai koe.

²⁵and he saith, `I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness the sayings I speak forth;

²⁵Ano ra ko ia, Kahore oku haurangi, e Petuha, e te tangata pai rawa; engari he pono, he whai whakaaro, aku kupu e whakapuaki nei.

²⁶for the king doth know concerning these things, before whom also I speak boldly, for none of these things, I am persuaded, are hidden from him; for this thing hath not been done in a corner;

²⁶E matau ana hoki te kingi ki enei mea, i maia ai ahau ki te korero ki a ia: e mea ana hoki ahau, kahore tetahi o enei mea i ngaro i a ia; kihai hoki tenei mea i mahia i te kokonga.

²⁷thou dost believe, king Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that thou dost believe!`

²⁷E whakapono ana ranei koe ki nga poropiti, e Kingi Akaripa? e mea ana ahau, tenei koe te whakapono nei.

²⁸And Agrippa said unto Paul, `In a little thou dost persuade me to become a Christian!`

²⁸Ano ra ko Akaripa? ki a Paora, Wahi iti kua riro atu ahau ki tau, ki ta te Karaiti tikanga.

²⁹and Paul said, `I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only thee, but also all those hearing me to-day, to become such as I also am — except these bonds.`

²⁹Na ko te meatanga a Paora, Pai tonu kia inoi ahau ki te Atua kia kaua e iti, engari kia tino nui, kia kaua ano e waiho i tou kotahi, engari kia tino rite ki ahau te hunga katoa e whakarongo nei ki ahau inaianei: ko enei mekameka ia kia kore.

³⁰And, he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,

³⁰Na ka whakatika te kingi, me te kawana, me Pereniki, me te hunga i noho tahi ratou:

³¹and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying — `This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;`

³¹Na, i a ratou ka wehe ke, ka korerorero ki a ratou ano, ka mea, Kahore he hanga a tenei tangata e tika ai te mate, te here ranei.

³²and Agrippa said to Festus, `This man might have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.`

³²Katahi ka mea a Akaripa ki a Petuha, Ka tukua tenei tangata kia haere, me i kaua ia te karanga ki a Hiha.