¹And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching out his hand answered in his defence:

¹Ary hoy Agripa tamin'i Paoly: Mahazo mandahatra ny teninao ianao. Ary Paoly naninjitra ny tànany ka nandaha-teny hanala tsiny ny tenany nanao hoe:

²I count myself happy, king Agrippa, in having to answer to-day before thee concerning all of which I am accused by the Jews,

²Ny amin'ny zavatra rehetra iampangan'ny Jiosy ahy, ry Agripa mpanjaka, dia ataoko fa sambatra aho, satria mahazo mandaha-teny hanala tsiny ny tenako eto anatrehanao anio,

³especially because thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions which are among the Jews; wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

³indrindra fa efa fantatrao tsara ny fanao sy ny ady hevitra rehetra amin'ny Jiosy; koa trarantitra ianao, mba mahareta hihaino ahy.

⁴My manner of life then from my youth, which from its commencement was passed among my nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews,

⁴Fantatry ny Jiosy rehetra ny fitondran-tenako hatry ny fony aho mbola kely teo amin'ny fireneko tany Jerosalema hatramin'ny voalohany;

⁵who knew me before from the outset [of my life], if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

⁵eny, fantany hatramin'ny voalohany aho (raha mety milaza izy), fa efa Fariseo aho araka ny antoko, fatra-pitana indrindra ny lalàna amin'ny fivavahantsika.

⁶And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

⁶Ary ankehitriny ny fanantenana ny teny fikasana izay nataon'Andriamanitra tamin'ny razantsika no itsanganako hotsaraina eto,

⁷to which our whole twelve tribes serving incessantly day and night hope to arrive; about which hope, O king, I am accused of [the] Jews.

⁷dia ilay fanantenana andrasan'ny firenentsika roa ambin'ny folo, izay mazoto manao fanompoam-pivavahana ho an'Andriamanitra andro aman'alina. Izany fanantenana izany no iampangan'ny Jiosy ahy, ry mpanjaka ô.

⁸Why should it be judged a thing incredible in your sight if God raises the dead?

⁸Nahoana no ataonareo ho zavatra tsy azo inoana, raha Andriamanitra manangana ny maty?

⁹*I* indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.

⁹Ary izaho efa nihevitra tao am-poko tokoa fa tsy mety raha tsy manao zavatra maro hanohitra ny anaran'i Jesosy avy any Nazareta,

¹⁰Which also I did in Jerusalem, and myself shut up in prisons many of the saints, having received the authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote.

¹⁰sady nataoko tany Jerosalema izany, ka maro ny olona masina no nohidiako tao an-tranomaizina, rehefa nahazo fahefana tamin'ny lohan'ny mpisorona aho; ary raha hovonoina ireny, dia mba nandatsa-bato nanaiky izany koa aho.

¹¹And often punishing them in all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And, being exceedingly furious against them, I persecuted them even to cities out [of our own land].

¹¹Ary nampijaly azy matetika teo amin'ny synagoga rehetra aho ka nanery azy hiteny ratsy; ary satria very saina tamin'ny fahatezerako taminy aho, dia nanenjika azy hatramin'ny tanàna any ivelany koa aza. [ Gr. hanao blasfemia; izahao Mat. 9,3]

¹²And when, [engaged] in this, I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and power from the chief priests,

¹²Ary tamin'izany, raha nankany Damaskosy aho, nitondra fahefana sy teny izay efa azoko tamin'ny lohan'ny mpisorona,

¹³at mid-day, on the way, I saw, O king, a light above the brightness of the sun, shining from heaven round about me and those who were journeying with me.

¹³koa nony ilay nitatao-vovonana iny ny andro, ry mpanjaka ô, dia hitako teny an-dalana fa, indro, nisy mazava avy tany an-danitra nanelatrelatra manodidina ahy mbamin'izay niaraka tamiko mihoatra noho ny famirapiratry ny masoandro.

¹⁴And, when we were all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against goads.

¹⁴Ary rehefa lavo tamin'ny tany izahay rehetra, dia nandre feo nilaza tamiko aho nanao tamin'ny teny Hebreo hoe: Saoly Saoly, nahoana ianao no manenjika Ahy? Zavatra sarotra aminao ny hanipaka ny fanindronana.

¹⁵And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, *I* am Jesus whom *thou* persecutest:

¹⁵Dia hoy izaho: Iza moa Hianao, Tompoko? Ary hoy ny Tompo: Izaho no Jesosy Izay enjehinao.

¹⁶but rise up and stand on thy feet; for, for this purpose have I appeared to thee, to appoint thee to be a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen, and of what I shall appear to thee in,

¹⁶Fa mitsangàna, ka mijoroa amin'ny tongotrao; fa izao no nisehoako taminao, dia ny hanendry anao ho mpanompo sy ho vavolombelona ny amin'izay efa nahitanao Ahy sy izay hisehoako aminao, [Na: (izay efa hitanao)]

¹⁷taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom *I* send thee,

¹⁷hamonjy anao amin'ny olona Isiraely sy ny jentilisa, izay anirahako anao,

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

¹⁸hampahiratra ny masony hialany amin'ny maizina ho amin'ny mazava, ary amin'ny fahefan'i Satana ho amin'Andriamanitra, mba hahazoany famelan-keloka sy lova eo amin'izay nohamasinina noho ny finoana Ahy.

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

¹⁹Ary amin'izany, ry Agripa mpanjaka ô, dia tsy nandà ny fahitana avy tany an-danitra aho;

²⁰but have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

²⁰fa nambarako voalohany tamin'izay tany Damaskosy sy Jerosalema sy tany amin'ny tany Jodia rehetra ary tany amin'ny Jentilisa, mba hibebaka sy hiverina amin'Andriamanitra izy ka hanao asa miendrika ny fibebahana.

²¹On account of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, attempted to lay hands on and destroy me.

²¹Ary izany no nisamboran'ny Jiosy ahy teo an-kianjan'ny tempoly sy nitadiavany hahafaty ahy.

²²Having therefore met with [the] help which is from God, I have stood firm unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing else than those things which both the prophets and Moses have said should happen,

²²Ary noho ny fitahian'Andriamanitra ahy dia mbola maharitra mandraka androany aho ka manambara na amin'ny kely na amin'ny lehibe, ary tsy milaza na inona na inona afa-tsy izay nolazain'ny mpaminany sy Mosesy fa ho avy,

²³[namely,] whether Christ should suffer; whether he first, through resurrection of [the] dead, should announce light both to the people and to the nations.

²³fa Kristy tsy maintsy mijaly ary ho voalohany hitsangana amin'ny maty ka hitory fahazavana amin'ny olona Isiraely sy amin'ny jentilisa.

²⁴And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness.

²⁴Ary raha nandahatra izany izy, dia hoy Festosy tamin'ny feo mahery: Ry Paoly ô, very saina ianao; ny fianarana be loatra no efa nahavery saina anao.

²⁵But Paul said, I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but utter words of truth and soberness;

²⁵Fa hoy Paoly: Tsy very saina aho, ry Festosy tsara indrindra, fa mandahatra tenin'ny fahamarinana sy ny fahononana.

²⁶for the king is informed about these things, to whom also I speak with all freedom. For I am persuaded that of these things nothing is hidden from him; for this was not done in a corner.

²⁶Fa fantatry ny mpanjaka izany zavatra izany, ka dia miteny amin'ny fahasahiana eto anatrehany aho; fa mino aho fa tsy miafina aminy izany zavatra izany, satria tsy natao tao amin'ny takona izany.

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

²⁷Ry Agripa mpanjaka ô, mino ny mpaminany va ianao? Fantatro fa mino ianao.

²⁸And Agrippa [said] to Paul, In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.

²⁸Fa hoy Agripa tamin'i Paoly: Hay! ataonao fa mora toy izany no hampanekenao ahy ho Kristiana.

²⁹And Paul [said], I would to God, both in little and in much, that not only thou, but all who have heard me this day, should become such as *I* also am, except these bonds.

²⁹Ary hoy Paoly: Mangataka amin'Andriamanitra aho, fa na amin'ny mora, na amin'ny sarotra, tsy ianao ihany, fa izay rehetra mandre ahy anio, dia hitovy amiko, afa-tsy amin'ireto gadra ireto ihany.

³⁰And the king stood up, and the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them,

³⁰Ary nitsangana ny mpanjaka sy ny governora ary Berenika mbamin'izay niara-nipetraka teo aminy;

³¹and having gone apart, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

³¹ary rehefa niala teo izy, dia niresaka hoe: Tsy manao izay tokony hahafaty na hamatorana azy tsy akory izany lehilahy izany.Ary hoy Agripa tamin'i Festosy: Azo nalefa ihany io lehilahy io, saingy efa nifidy ny handahatra any anatrehan'i Kaisara izy.

³²And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been let go if he had not appealed to Caesar.

³²Ary hoy Agripa tamin'i Festosy: Azo nalefa ihany io lehilahy io, saingy efa nifidy ny handahatra any anatrehan'i Kaisara izy.