¹Brethren and fathers, hear my defence which I now make to you.

¹"Manushale, Murhe phral, ai tume kai san dada, ashunen akana so si ma te mothav tumenge ke chi sim doshalo!"

²And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,

²Kana ashunde kodala manush ke delas duma o Pavlo ande shib le Zhidovisko, mai but chixo sas; ai o Pavlo phendia,

³*I* am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to [the] exactness of the law of [our] fathers, being zealous for God, as *ye* are all this day;

³"Me sim zhidovo, me kerdilem ande Tarsus o foro kai si ande Cilicia, numa barilem ande kado foro ai beshavas pashol punrhe ieke manusheske kai busholas Gamaliel. Wo sicharelas ma vorta te zhanav o zakono amare dadengo, ai kodo manush radimasa kerelas buchi le Devleski, sar keren tume savorhe adies.

⁴who have persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women;

⁴Me chinuisardem zhi kai martia sa kodolen kai lenaspe pala drom le Jesusosko, aterdiardem murshen ai zhuvlian ai thodem le ande temnitsa.

⁵as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the elderhood: from whom also, having received letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus to bring those also who were there, bound, to Jerusalem, to be punished.

⁵O baro rashai ai le mai phure kai sas ande tampla sai mothon tumenge ke o chachimos phenav. Won dine ma lila le phralenge le Zhidovonge kai si ando Damascus, ai gelem kotse te aterdiarav kodolen kai pachanaspe ando Del ai te anav le ando Jerusalem te chinuiv le."

⁶And it came to pass, as I was journeying and drawing near to Damascus, that, about mid-day, there suddenly shone out of heaven a great light round about me.

⁶"Po drom kai zhavas ai sar pashuavas pasha Damascus, strazo karing le desh u dui chasuria iek bari vediara avili anda cheri, ai strefialas kruglom mandar.

⁷And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

⁷Pelem pe phuv, ai iek glaso ashundem kai motholas mange, "Saul, Saul! Sostar chinuis ma?"

⁸And *I* answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, *I* am Jesus the Nazaraean, whom *thou* persecutest.

⁸Ai me dem atweto, "Kon san tu Devla?" Ai wo phendia mange, "Me sim O Jesus andai Nazareth, kai tu chinuis."

⁹But they that were with me beheld the light, [and were filled with fear], but heard not the voice of him that was speaking to me.

⁹Kodola kai sas mansa dikhle e vediara, numa chi ashunenas o glaso kodolesko kai delas duma,

¹⁰And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Rise up, and go to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee of all things which it is appointed thee to do.

¹⁰Antunchi phendem, "So te kerav, Devla?" Ai O Del mothol mange, "Wushti opre, zha ando Damascus; ai kotse mothonas tuke so godi trobul te keres."

¹¹And as I could not see, through the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came to Damascus.

¹¹Chi mai dikhavas kanch palai razha kodola vediaraki, kodola kai sas mansa line ma vastestar ai aresliam ando Damascus.

¹²And a certain Ananias, a pious man according to the law, borne witness to by all the Jews who dwelt [there],

¹²Kotse sas iek manush kai busholas Ananias, wo lelaspe pala zakono le Mosesosko, ai sa le Zhiduvuria anda Damascus lazhanas lestar, ai chetainas les.

¹³coming to me and standing by me, said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And *I*, in the same hour, received my sight and saw him.

¹³Avilo mande, ai phendia mange, "Saul, Murho phral, te aven che iakha phuterde, ai strazo murhe iakha phuterdile ai dikhavas."

¹⁴And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen thee beforehand to know his will, and to see the just one, and to hear a voice out of his mouth;

¹⁴Ai phendia, "O Del amare dadengo alosardia tu, te zhanes so mangel, ai te dikhes kodoles kai si chacho, ai te ashunes o glaso anda lesko mui.

¹⁵for thou shalt be a witness for him to all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

¹⁵Ke tu avesa lesko marturo mashkar sa le manush andal dieli kai dikhlian ai ashundian.

¹⁶And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name.

¹⁶Ai akana, na mai azhuker, wushti opre, ai aves boldo, ai te aves xalado anda che bezexa kana akhares po anav le Devlesko."

¹⁷And it came to pass when I had returned to Jerusalem, and as I was praying in the temple, that I became in ecstasy,

¹⁷"Kana gelem palpale ande Jerusalem, ai rhugivas ma ande tampla, dikhlem iak vizion,

¹⁸and saw him saying to me, Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

¹⁸ai dikhlem le Devles kai motholas mange, "Grebisavo, ankli avri andai Jerusalem, ke o narodo chi pachana pe so phenesa pa mande."

¹⁹And *I* said, Lord, they themselves know that *I* was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those that believe on thee;

¹⁹Ai me phendem, "Devla, won zhanen ke me savas ande temnitsi ai keravas tumaren le sastrensa ande swako synagogue kodolen kai pachanaspe ande tute.

²⁰and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was shed, I also myself was standing by and consenting, and kept the clothes of them who killed him.

²⁰Ai kana shorde o rat le Stephenosko, me simas kotse, ai phenavas ke vorta kerenas kodole kai mudarenas les, ai ankerdem lenge tsalia zhi kai mudaren les."

²¹And he said to me, Go, for *I* will send thee to the nations afar off.

²¹Porme O Del mothol mange, "Zha, tradava tu dur karing le thema."

²²And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live.

²²O narodo ashunelas leste zhi kai phendia kadala vorbi, ai porme tsipinnas, ai phende, "Len pai lumia kasavestar manush, intaino traiil."

²³And as they were crying, and throwing away their clothes, and casting dust into the air,

²³Ai tsipinas, ai shudelas penge tsalia ai shudenas phulberia opre.

²⁴the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying that he should be examined by scourging, that he might ascertain for what cause they cried thus against him.

²⁴O baro le ketanengo phendia te ingeren le Pavlos andre ando baro kher, ai te maren les le bichosa saxke te del duma, ai te zhanen sostar o narodo tsipilas pe leste.

²⁵But as they stretched him forward with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood [by], Is it lawful for you to scourge a man [who is] a Roman and uncondemned?

²⁵Numa kana phangle les te maren les le bichosa, o Pavlo phendia la ketanaki kai sas pasha leste, "Si tumenge slobodo te maren le bichosa ieke chacho Romanos, kai nas inker dino ande kris?"

²⁶And the centurion, having heard it, went and reported it to the chiliarch, saying, What art thou going to do? for this man is a Roman.

²⁶Kana ashundia kodola vorbi wo gelo karing o mai baro ketana te mothol leske, "So si te keres akana? Kado manush Romano lo!"

²⁷And the chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art *thou* a Roman? And he said, Yes.

²⁷Antunchi o baro ketana gelo karing o Pavlo, ai phushlia les, "Phen mange te san chacho Romano?" O Pavlo dia atweto, "E".

²⁸And the chiliarch answered, *I*, for a great sum, bought this citizenship. And Paul said, But *I* was also [free] born.

²⁸Ai o baro ketana phendia, "Pochindem bare love te kerdiuav chacho Romano." Ai o Pavlo phendia leske, "Me kadia kerdilem."

²⁹Immediately therefore those who were going to examine him left him, and the chiliarch also was afraid when he ascertained that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

²⁹Strazo, kodola kai lenas te maren les ai te keren les te del duma durile lestar, ai vi o baro ketana darailo kana dikhlia ke o Pavlo sas ek chacho Romano, ke wo phanglia le Pavlos le lantsonsa.

³⁰And on the morrow, desirous to know the certainty [of the matter] why he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and having brought Paul down set him before them.

³⁰Pe terharin mangelas te zhanel chaches anda soste le Zhiduvuria dosharenas les, o baro ketana phuterdia leske lantsuria, ai dia ordina ke le bare rashan, ai le kolavren, le mai phure te chidenpe andek than. Porme lia le Pavlos, ai thodia les mashkar lende.