¹“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”

¹Unaute aw, pate aw, tun ah na kiang uah ka siamna thu ka honhilh ding hi, ngaikhia un, a chi a.

²When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,

²Huan, Hebru pauin a kiang uah thu a gen chih a jak tak un, a dai nawn sem ua; huan, aman,

³“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day.

³Juda mi ka hia, Silisia gama Tarsa khua a piang ka hi a, himahleh hiai khua ah Gamaliel khe bula zila khanglian ka hi, i pipute Dan omdan kimtak zil jela om ka hia, tunia noumau tengteng bangtakin Pathian adinga phatuam ngai sam jel ka hi.

⁴I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

⁴Huan, hiai Lama mite hihlum hial khopin ka sawi jela, numei-pasal ka hena, suangkulh ah ka khumsak jel ahi.

⁵As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

⁵Siampu Lianpen leh upate tengtengin leng huai thu hontheihpih thei hi, amau akipanin leng unaute piak dingin lai ka mu hi, huan, Damaska khua a om peuhmah, a sawi ding un, hensa a Jerusalem khua a pi dingin ka hoh hi.

⁶It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me.

⁶Huan, kapaia, Damaska khua kiang ka tunin, sun annek hun lain, thakhatin van akipan vak thupitak ka kim ah a hongvak puapa,

⁷I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

⁷lei ah ka puka, ka kiangah, Salua, Saula, nang bangachia honsawi? chiin aw ka ja a.

⁸I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’

⁸Huan, ken, Toupa kua na hia? chiin, ka donga. Huan, aman ka kiangah, Nazarit Jesu na sawi ka hi, a chi a.

⁹“Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me.

⁹Huan, ka lawmten vak jaw a mu ua, honhoupihpa aw jaw a za kei uhi.

¹⁰I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.’

¹⁰Huan, ken, Toupa, bang ka hih dia? ka chi a. Huan, Toupan, ka kiangah, Thou inla, Damaska khua ah lutin, thil tengteng na hihding a chih peuhmah a honhilh ding uh, a chi a.

¹¹When I couldn’t see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

¹¹Huan, huai vak thupi jiakin khua ka mu theita keia, ka lawmten khutin a honkai ua, Damaska khua ah ka lutta ahi.

¹²One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

¹²Huan, mi khat, Anania, Dan lama Pathian limsak leh, huai Juda omte tengteng kianga min hoih,

¹³came to me, and standing by me said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ In that very hour I looked up at him.

¹³ka kiangah a honga, ka kiangah a dinga, ka kiangah, Unau Suala, mit vak nei in, a honchi a. Huan, huai laitakin amah ka mu touta hi.

¹⁴He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

¹⁴Huan, aman I pipute Pathianin a deihlam thei leh Mi Kichian mu a, a kamsuak za dingin a honsepta hi.

¹⁵For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

¹⁵Na muh leh na jak thu ah mi tengteng kiangah amah thutheihpihpa na hi ding.

¹⁶Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

¹⁶Huan, bangdia omom na hia? thou inla, amah min lou kawmin baptisma tang inla, na khelhna hihsiang tanla, a honchi hi.

¹⁷“It happened that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,

¹⁷Huan, Jerusalem khua a ka pain awn nungin, Pathian biakina ka thum laiin, mengmu bangin ka oma.

¹⁸and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’

¹⁸Huan, Kin inla, Jerusalem khua akipan pawtin; ka tanchin nag en ding a pom tuak kei uh, a honchih lai ka mu a.

¹⁹I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

¹⁹Huan, ken, Toupa kikhopna in tenga nang gingta peuhmah ka hentasak a, ka vuak jel dan a thei ngal ua.

²⁰When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’

²⁰Huan, na thu theihpihpa Stephen sisan a suah lai un kei leng a kiang uah ka dinga, ka nalemsa a, a hihlumte puan khawng leng ka nakem ahi, ka chi a.

²¹“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’ ”

²¹Huan, aman, Pai in, hiai akipanin gamla taka Jentelte kiangah ka honsawl ding ahi, a honchita a, a chi a.

²²They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!”

²²Huan, huai thu tanin a ngaikhia ua; huan, aw ngaihtakin, Mi hichi bang phiangsan khovel akipan hihmangthang un; hingtak ahi kei hi, a chita ua.

²³As they cried out, and threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,

²³Huan, a kikou ua, a puan khawng uh a hawk ua, a pai ua, leivui a vik ua,

²⁴the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.

²⁴huchiin, sepaih heutu lalpenin Paula kulh sunga pilot thu a pia a, a tungah huchi tela a kikouna uh a theihna dingin vuak kawma dottel ding, a chi a.

²⁵When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”

²⁵Huan, savun khaua a lehhensawm khit un, Paulain, a kianga ding sepaih zaheutu kiangah, Rome mi himhim na vo thei ua hia? siamlouh tansak nung leng lah hilouin? a chi a.

²⁶When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!”

²⁶Huan, sepaih zaheutuin huai a jak takin, sepaih zaheutu lianpen kiangah a hoh a, na thilhih ding pilvang dih aw; hiai mi Rome mi a na hi e, a chi a, a hilh a.

²⁷The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.”

²⁷Huan, sepaih heutu lianpen a honga, a kiangah, Rome mi na hi maw? honhilh in, a chi a.

²⁸The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.”

²⁸Huan, aman, Hi e, a chi a. Huan, sepaih heutu lianpenin, hiai khomi hihna ken sum tampia ka lei ahi, chiin, a dawnga. Huan, Paulain, kei jaw Romemi a piang him kahi, a chi a.

²⁹Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him.

²⁹Huchiin, dottel tumten amah a paisan pah ngal ua; sepaih heutu lianpenin leng Rome mi ahi chih a theihin a kihta a, a hen jiakin a lau hi.Huan, a jingin, Judaten bangjiakin ahia Paula a hek uh chih theihtel tumin, sepaih heutu lianpenin amah a phela, siampu liante leh vaihawm tengteng kikhop ding thu a pia a, Paula a pi suka, a ma uah a dingsakta hi.

³⁰But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

³⁰Huan, a jingin, Judaten bangjiakin ahia Paula a hek uh chih theihtel tumin, sepaih heutu lianpenin amah a phela, siampu liante leh vaihawm tengteng kikhop ding thu a pia a, Paula a pi suka, a ma uah a dingsakta hi.