1And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence:
1 Bi mu ko waxee, Agaripa ne Pool: «Jëlal kàddu gi.» Noonu Pool tàllal loxoom, daldi làyyi ne:
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:
2 «Buur Agaripa, ma làyyi ci sa kanam tey ci lépp, li ma Yawut yiy jiiñ, xol bu sedd la ci man,
3especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
3 ndaxte xam nga bu baax aaday Yawut yi ak seeni werantey yoon. Kon maa ngi lay ñaan, nga déglu ma ak muñ.
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;
4 «Ci lu jëm ci Yawut yi, xam nañu sama dund li dale ci samag ndaw, muy ci sama biir xeet, muy ci Yerusalem.
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.
5 Xam nañu ma bu yàgg te man nañoo seede, su leen neexee, ne daan naa dund ni Farisen, te mooy tariixa bi gën a diis ci sunu diine.
6And now I stand [here] to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;
6 Li ma indi ci kureelu àttekat yii nag, mooy yaakaar ne, Yàlla dina amal li mu digoon sunuy maam.
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!
7 Dige booba la fukki giir ak ñaar yu bànni Israyil di sàkku, ngir jot ko, ci jaamu Yàlla ak cawarte guddi ak bëccëg. Yaw buur, yaakaar joojoo tax ñu may kalaame, ñoom Yawut yi.
8Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?
8 Lu tax seen xel dàq ne, Yàlla dina dekkal ñi dee?
9I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
9 «Man sax ci sama bopp defe woon naa ne, war naa def lu bare, ngir suufeel turu Yeesum Nasaret.
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.
10 Daan naa ko def ci Yerusalem, ba noppi ma jot sañ-sañ ci saraxalekat yu mag ya, bay tëj gaayi Yàlla yu bare. Rax-ca-dolli ku ñu ci masoon a bëgg a rey, ànd naa ci.
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.
11 Daan naa wër jàngoo-jàngu, di leen teg toskare te di leen jéem a weddiloo. Te sama mer daa na tar, ba ma di leen xañ ba ca dëkk yu sore, ngir fitnaal leen.
12Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
12 «Noonu am bés, may dem dëkku Damas, yor sañ-sañ ak ndigalu saraxalekat yu mag ya.
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.
13 Ca njolloor, buur bi, gis naa ca yoon wa leer gu jóge asamaan ne ràyy, ba raw leeru jant, melax ba ëmb ma, man ak ñi ma àndal.
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.
14 Nu ne nërëm ci suuf, ma dégg baat bu ma wax ci làkku yawut ne: “Sool, Sool, lu tax nga di ma fitnaal? Ngay bëre ak man ni fas wuy woŋŋeetu ku koy jam dëgël, metti na ci yaw.”
15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
15 «Noonu ma tontu ko: “Yaa di kan, Boroom bi?” Boroom bi ne ma: “Maa di Yeesu, mi ngay fitnaal.
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;
16 Waaye jógal taxaw. Lii moo tax ma feeñu la: teg naa la yen, nga di ma seedeel ci lépp li nga gis ci man, ak li ma lay feeñuji.
17delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,
17 Dinaa la musal ci bànni Israyil ak ci ñi dul Yawut. Ci ñoom laa lay yebal,
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.
18 ngir ubbi seeni bët, nga jële leen ci lëndëm, tàbbal leen ci leer, nga nangoo leen ci sañ-sañu Seytaane, woññi leen ci Yàlla, ma baal leen seeni bàkkaar te may leen cér ci biir sama gaa yi sell ci kaw ngëm.”
19Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
19 «Kon nag buur Agaripa, woruma li ma Yàlla yen ci peeñu.
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.
20 Waaye li tàmbali ci Damas, teg ci dëkku Yerusalem ak réewu Yawut mépp, ba agsi ci ñi dul Yawut, yégal naa leen, ñu tuub seeni bàkkaar te woññiku ci Yàlla, bay jëf lu dëppook réccu.
21For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.
21 Loolu nag moo waral Yawut yi jàpp ma ca kër Yàlla ga, di ma fexee rey.
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;
22 Waaye gannaaw Yàllaa ngi may taxawu ba tey, maa ngi taxaw fi, di ko seedeel ci mag ak ndaw; yokkuma dara ci li yonent yi ak Musaa xamle woon lu jiitu,
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.
23 maanaam Almasi bi dina dékku ay coono, te mooy jëkk a dekki, bay jollil leer ci bànni Israyil ak ñi dul Yawut.»
24And as he thus made his defense, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad.
24 Bi muy làyyee nii, Festus daldi ko gëdd ak baat bu kawe ne ko: «Dangaa dof Pool! Xanaa sa njàng mu réy mi da laa xañ sago.»
25But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.
25 Waaye Pool tontu ko: «Festus mu tedd mi, dofuma; waaye lu dëggu laay wax te ànd ak sago.
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.
26 Yëf yii leer na buur bi, moo tax maa ngi koy wax ak kóolute. Wóor naa ne, dara ci lii may wax umpu ko, ndaxte lii amewul ciy ruq.
27King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
27 Yaw buur Agaripa, ndax gëmuloo yonent yi? Xam naa bu wér ne, gëm nga.»
28And Agrippa [said] unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.
28 Noonu Agaripa ne Pool: «Xanaa yaw, ci diir bu gàtt bii rekk, nga ma bëgg a dugale ci gaayi Kirist!»
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.
29 Pool tontu ko: «Muy tey, muy ëllëg, waxuma yaw rekk waaye it ñi may déglu tey ñépp, na Yàlla def, ba ngeen fekksi ma ci li ma nekk, lu moy jéng yii!»
30And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
30 Ci kaw loolu buur ba daldi jóg, boroom réew ma topp ci, Berenis tegu ca ak mbooloo ma mépp.
31and when they had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
31 Bi ñu génnee nag, ñuy waxante ne: «Nit kii deful dara lu jar dee mbaa kaso.»
32And Agrippa said unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
32 Te Agaripa ne Festus: «Manoon nanu koo yiwi, bu dénkuloon mbiram Sesaar.»