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

¹And Agrippa said unto Paul, `It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;` then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence:

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

²`Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, king Agrippa, I have thought myself happy, being about to make a defence before thee to-day,

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

³especially knowing thee to be acquainted with all things — both customs and questions — among Jews; wherefore, I beseech thee, patiently to hear me.

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

⁴`The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth — which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem — know do all the Jews,

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.

⁵knowing me before from the first, (if they may be willing to testify,) that after the most exact sect of our worship, I lived a Pharisee;

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

⁶and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,

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.

⁷to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;

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

⁸why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?

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

⁹`I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved [me] many things to do,

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.

¹⁰which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,

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.

¹¹and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining [them] to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting [them] even unto strange cities.

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

¹²`In which things, also, going on to Damascus — with authority and commission from the chief priests —

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.

¹³at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light — and those going on with me;

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."

¹⁴and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick!

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

¹⁵`And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;

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,

¹⁶but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things [in which] I will appear to thee,

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

¹⁷delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,

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."

¹⁸to open their eyes, to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that [is] toward me.

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

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

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.

²⁰but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;

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

²¹because of these things the Jews — having caught me in the temple — were endeavouring to kill [me].

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.

²²`Having obtained, therefore, help from God, till this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spake of as about to come,

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

²³that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.`

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

²⁴And, he thus making a defence, Festus with a loud voice said, `Thou art mad, Paul; much learning doth turn thee mad;`

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

²⁵and he saith, `I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness the sayings I speak forth;

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.

²⁶for the king doth know concerning these things, before whom also I speak boldly, for none of these things, I am persuaded, are hidden from him; for this thing hath not been done in a corner;

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

²⁷thou dost believe, king Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that thou dost believe!`

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

²⁸And Agrippa said unto Paul, `In a little thou dost persuade me to become a Christian!`

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!"

²⁹and Paul said, `I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only thee, but also all those hearing me to-day, to become such as I also am — except these bonds.`

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

³⁰And, he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,

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."

³¹and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying — `This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;`

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

³²and Agrippa said to Festus, `This man might have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.`