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

¹`Men, brethren, and fathers, hear my defence now unto you;` —

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

²and they having heard that in the Hebrew dialect he was speaking to them, gave the more silence, and he saith, —

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.

³`I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, and brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been taught according to the exactitude of a law of the fathers, being zealous of God, as all ye are to-day.

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

⁴`And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,

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."

⁵as also the chief priest doth testify to me, and all the eldership; from whom also having received letters unto the brethren, to Damascus, I was going on, to bring also those there bound to Jerusalem that they might be punished,

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.

⁶and it came to pass, in my going on and coming nigh to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of the heaven there shone a great light round about me,

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

⁷I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?

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

⁸`And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute —

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

⁹and they who are with me the light did see, and became afraid, and the voice they heard not of him who is speaking to me —

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."

¹⁰and I said, What shall I do, Lord? and the Lord said unto me, Having risen, go on to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee concerning all things that have been appointed for thee to do.

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

¹¹`And when I did not see from the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those who are with me, I came to Damascus,

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

¹²and a certain one, Ananias, a pious man according to the law, being testified to by all the Jews dwelling [there],

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

¹³having come unto me and stood by [me], said to me, Saul, brother, look up; and I the same hour did look up to him;

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.

¹⁴and he said, The God of our fathers did choose thee beforehand to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of his mouth,

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

¹⁵because thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard;

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

¹⁶and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

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

¹⁷`And it came to pass when I returned to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, I came into a trance,

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

¹⁸and I saw him saying to me, Haste and go forth in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me;

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

¹⁹and I said, Lord, they — they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue those believing on thee;

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."

²⁰and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was being poured forth, I also was standing by and assenting to his death, and keeping the garments of those putting him to death;

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

²¹and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.`

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

²²And they were hearing him unto this word, and they lifted up their voice, saying, `Away from the earth with such an one; for it is not fit for him to live.`

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

²³And they crying out and casting up their garments, and throwing dust into the air,

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.

²⁴the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, saying, `By scourges let him be examined;` that he might know for what cause they were crying so against him.

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?"

²⁵And as he was stretching him with the thongs, Paul said unto the centurion who was standing by, `A man, a Roman, uncondemned — is it lawful to you to scourge;`

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

²⁶and the centurion having heard, having gone near to the chief captain, told, saying, `Take heed what thou art about to do, for this man is a Roman;`

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

²⁷and the chief captain having come near, said to him, `Tell me, art thou a Roman?` and he said, `Yes;`

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

²⁸and the chief captain answered, `I, with a great sum, did obtain this citizenship;` but Paul said, `But I have been even born [so].`

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.

²⁹Immediately, therefore, they departed from him who are about to examine him, and the chief captain also was afraid, having learned that he is a Roman, and because he had bound him,

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.

³⁰and on the morrow, intending to know the certainty wherefore he is accused by the Jews, he did loose him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrim to come, and having brought down Paul, he set [him] before them.