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

¹O Agrippa mothol le Pavloske, "Slobodo tuke te des duma te chachares tu," ai o Pavlo vazdia o vas ai chacharelaspe: ai phendia,

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

²"Raduime sim Amperato Agrippa, ke si mange slobodo adies te chacharav ma angla tute anda sa le dieli kai le Zhiduvuria dosharen ma:

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

³Ke tu zhanes mishto lenge zakonuria, ai lenge divanuria, rhugiv ma tute te ashunes mande vriamasa.

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

⁴Murho traio de katar le vriama kai simas terno, sa le Zhiduvuria zhanen les. Ke datunchara me traiisardem ande Jerusalem mashkar murho narodo.

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.

⁵Won zhanen man de dumult, ai sai phenen te mangena, ke traiisardem sar lende ai lema pala zakono o mai baro kai si le Farizeanonge.

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

⁶Ai akana den ma pe kris ke pachav ma ande so shinadia O Del amare dadenge.

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.

⁷Le desh u dui vitsi amare narodoske pachanpe ke dikhena ke kerdiol so sas shinado, ande kodia keren buchi le Devleski raduimasa, vi adiese ai vi e riate. Anda kodia Amperatona Agrippa, pala kado pachamos sim dino ande kris katar le Zhiduvuria.

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

⁸Sostar tume, le Zhiduvuria gindin ke nashti O Del te del traio le mulen?

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

⁹"Me gindivas, ke trobulas vari so te rimov o anav kodoleske kai si O Jesus andai Nazareth,

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.

¹⁰Kodia kerdem ando Jerusalem. Thodem andel temnitsa buten kai pachanaspe ando Del; ke sas ma dini e ordina katar le bare le rashange, ai kana mudarenas le, me mothavas ke mishto sas.

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].

¹¹Butivar chinuisardem le ande swako synagogue, ai pe zor thavas le te parhuven ai te na mai pachanpe ando Del. Kadia de xoliariko simas pe lende, ke zhavas te chinuiv le zhi andel kolaver foruria avrial.

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

¹²Anda kodia zhavas ando Damascus la putierasa ai buchi kai dinesas ma le bare le rashange.

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.

¹³Desh u dui ka miazutso, Amperatona, dikhlem po drom kruglom mandar ai kruglom murhe vortacha, ek vediara kai hulelas anda cheri, ai o strefaimos sas mai baro de sar o strefaimos le khamesko.

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.

¹⁴Savorhe peliam tele, ai ek glaso ashundem kai motholas mange ande shib le Zhidovisko, "Saul, Saul! Sostar chinuis man? Bi malades keres kai rhevdis sar iek gurumli, trutno tuke te de palpale katar le kanrhe."

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

¹⁵Ai me phendem, "Kon san tu Devla," ai o Del phendia,

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,

¹⁶"Me sim O Jesus kai chinuis man, Numa wushti opre ai besh anda punrhende. Sikadilem tuke, te kerav anda tute ek sluga ai te aves murho marturo, ai te mothos le kolavrenge sar dikhlian ma adies, ai te mothos lenge so mai sikava tuke mai angle,

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

¹⁷Alosardem tu mashkar dado narodo, ai mashkar le Nai Zhiduvuria, ai karing lende si te tradav tu.

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.

¹⁸Saxke te phutres lenge iakha, te nakhen anda tuniariko kai e vediara ai katar e putiera le bengeske ka Del, ai te avel len dino ando pachamos ande mande, o iertimos le bezexengo, ai te avel le iek than mashkar kodola kai si le Devleske."

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

¹⁹Kadia, O Amperato Agrippa, chi dem rigate pa so sas mange sikado ande viziona kai avelas mange anda cheri.

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.

²⁰Numa phendem mai anglal le narodoske kai si ando Damascus, ai ando Jerusalem, porme sa kodolenge kai si ande Judea, ai le nai Zhiduvuria, te parhuven pengo traio, ai te boldenpe karing O Del, ai te sikaven dieli kai sikaven o chachimos ke parhudile.

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

²¹Eta, sostar le Zhiduvuria line ma ande tampla ai mangenas te mudaren ma.

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,

²²Numa nais le Devleske ke arakhlia ma, ta chi sim mulo adies, ai sim marturo mashkar le tsinorhe ai le bare. Mothav kanchi aver de ferdi so phende le profeturia ai o Moses ke kerdiola.

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.

²³Ke o Kristo chinuila, ai ke wo avela o pervo kai zhuvindila mashkar le mule, ai mothola pai vediara le narodoske, ai la lumiake.

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.

²⁴Ai kadia o Pavlo divinilas te chacharelpe. Numa o Festus tsipisardia "Dzilo san, Pavlo, ke de but kai manglian te zhanes dzilailian!"

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

²⁵O Pavlo phendia, "Chi sim dzilo, Festus! Le vorbi kai mothav vorbi cchache si ai malade.

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.

²⁶O amperato Agrippa zhanel pa kadala dieli, ai sai dav duma bi darako angla leste, ai zhanav ke zhanel sa kadala dieli ke kadala dieli chi kerdile chordanes andek koltso.

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

²⁷O amperato, Agrippa, "Pachas tu andel profeturia? Zhanav ke pachas tu!"

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

²⁸Ai o Agrippa phendia le Pavloske, "Akanash parhuves ma, ai keres te kerdiuav shav Devlesko?"

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.

²⁹Ai o Pavlo phendia, "Te avel akana vai mai angle sar mangela O Del, ai na ferdi tu , numa savorhe kodola kai ashunden mande adies, sai kerdion sar mande, numa chi avela len le lantsuria kai si pe mande!"

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

³⁰O amperato Agrippa, o governori Festus, ai Bernice, ai sa kodola kai sas lensa wushtilo opre,

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

³¹ai durile xantsi, ai denas pe duma won de won, ai mothonas, "Kako manush chi kerdia kasavestar baio te mudaren les vai te thon le ande temnitsa."

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

³²Ai o Agrippa phendia le Festusoske, "Kako manush sai mekenas les te na akhardino le amperatos Caesar."