¹And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence:

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, that I am to make my defense before thee this day touching all the things whereof I am accused by 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 thou art 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 then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and 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.

⁵having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the 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 [here] to be 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, earnestly serving [God] night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!

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 is it judged incredible with you, if God doth 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.

¹⁰And this I also did in Jerusalem: and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote 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 punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign 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 journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of 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 on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that 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 saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.

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 the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

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

¹⁶But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein 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 I send thee,

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

¹⁸to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith 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.

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

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

²⁰but declared both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of 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 this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.

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

²²Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what 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.

²³how that the Christ must suffer, [and] how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to 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 made his defense, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning 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 Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth 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, unto whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him; for this hath not been 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.

²⁸And Agrippa [said] unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me 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 whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become 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 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 had withdrawn, they spake one to another, 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.

³²And Agrippa said 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.