¹Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.

¹Huan, Agrippain, Paula kiangah, Na siamna thu na gen thei hi, achia. Huan, Paulain a khut a jaka, a siamna thu a gen a;

²“I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,

²Kumpipa Agrippa, Judaten a honhekna tengteng ua ka ka siamna thu tunia na maa ka gen ding jiakin kipakin ka kithei hi;

³especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.

³Hiai ka kipahna pen ahi, Judate lakah dan leh thubuai tengteng thu a na pil mahmah jiakin; huaijiakin muangtaka non ngaihkhiaksak dingin ka honngen ahi.

⁴“Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;

⁴A tunga ka naupan laia kipan, ka chite lakah leh Jerusalem khua a ka omdan Judate tengtengin a thei uh.

⁵having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

⁵A tunga patin ka tanchin a thei uh, huchia ka sabiak dan ua ngentel pen angeina a Pharisai hi inga, a ut uleh a hon genpih thei uh ahi.

⁶Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

⁶Huan, Pathianin ka pipute uh kianga thu achiam lametna jiakin hiaiah tuin vaihawm sakin ka ding ahi,

⁷which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!

⁷huai thuchiam, ka nam uh sawmlenihin, sun leh janin Pathian na phatuamngai taka semin, muh a lamen uhi. Kumpipa aw, huai lametna tungthu ah Judaten a honhek uhi.

⁸Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?

⁸Pathianin misite a kaithou chih bangchin gintak huailou a sep na hi ua?

⁹“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

⁹Ken leng Nazaret Jesu min kalh lamin thil lampi hih leng hoihin ka nagingta naka.

¹⁰This I also did in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.

¹⁰Huai bang Jerusalem khua ah leng ka hih jel ahi; huan, siampu liante kiangah thu ka mu a, mi siangthoute laka mi tampi suangkulh ah ka khum jela; huan, a hihlup lai un, lemsa lamah leng ka napang jel ahi.

¹¹Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

¹¹Huan, kikhopna in tengah ka sawi gige a. Jesu thu gensiatsak ka tum teitei nak hi, huan, a tunguah ka gilou mahmah, gamdang kho pha hialin leng ka sawi jel ahi.

¹²“Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,

¹²Huchibang hih dingin, siampu lalte thu muin leh, a sawlna lai uh tawiin, Damaska khua ah ka hoha.

¹³at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.

¹³Huan, i aw, Toupa, ka pai lain, sun annek hun ahi a, van akipan vak banghiam, ni vak sanga vakjaw, keimah leh ka paipihte kimah vakin ka mu a.

¹⁴When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

¹⁴Huan, ka vek un lei ah ka puk ua, Hebru pauin, Saula, Saula, nang bangachia honsawi? Sutna chiangzumte suih nanga dia na ahi, honchiin ka ja a.

¹⁵“I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

¹⁵Huan, ken, Toupa, kua na hia? ka chi a. Huan, Toupan, Jesu, na sawi ka hi.

¹⁶ But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;

¹⁶Himahleh, thou inla, dingin; hiai na thil muhte leh, na kianga ka hongkilakna dingte toh, huai na sem ding leh theihpih dia nang honbawl dingin na kiangah ka hongkilak ahi;

¹⁷ delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

¹⁷Mi tengteng leh Jentelte khut akipan ka honhum hing ding;

¹⁸ to 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 an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

¹⁸A mit uh hihvak dingin a kiang uah ka honsawl ahi, huchiin mial tuh vaklam a ngatsan ding ua, Setan thuneihna Pathian lam a ngatsan ding uh, khelhna ngaihdamna a muhna ding uleh a hon gintak jiak ua siangthou kaite laka goutan a neihna ding un, a chi a.

¹⁹“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

¹⁹Huaijiakin, kumpipa Agrippa aw, vana mi kilak ka sel kei hi,

²⁰but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

²⁰Atungin, Damaska khua a mite kiangah, huan Jerusalem khua ate kiangah, huan, Judia gam chih a mite kiangah leh, Jentelte kiangah leng, kisik minpu thama thil hiha, kisika, Pathian lam a ngatna ding un, ka hih zo jel ahi.

²¹For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me.

²¹Huaite jiakin Judaten Pathian biakin ah a honman ua, hihlup a hontum ua.

²²Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,

²²Himahleh, Pathian kiang akipana panpihna ka muh jiakin tuni tanin mi neute leh mi liante kianga thu theisakin ka om nalai hi, jawlneite leh Mosiin hongtung ding a chih thu kia uh loungal thu dang gen louin.

²³how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”

²³Huchia, Krisin gim a thuak dinga, hua misi laka kipan a thohnawn jiaka mi tengteng kianga leh Jentelte kianga leng vak musakpa masapen ahi ding, a chih thu uh, a chi a.

²⁴As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”

²⁴Huan, huchibanga a siamna thu a gen lain, Festain, aw ngaihtakin, Paula, na hai ahi; na theih tamnain nang honhaisak hi, a chi a.

²⁵But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.

²⁵Himahleh, Paulain, Festa hoihpen, hai kei veng e; thu diktak leh thu piltak ka gen jaw ahi.

²⁶For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.

²⁶Hiai thu khawng kumpipan a thei vo-oi, a kiangah leng lau louin ka gen hi; hiai thil khawng bangmah a kiangah im ahi kei chih diktakin ka thei hi; hiaite, inning peuha hih ahi ngal keia.

²⁷King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”

²⁷Kumpipa Agrippa, jawlneite thu na gingta chih ka thei hi, a chi a.

²⁸Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”

²⁸Huan, Agrippain, Paula kiangah, sawtlou chik phet khema, Kristiana honbawl tum neive! a chi a.

²⁹Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.”

²⁹Huan, Paulain, sawtin, sawt kei leh, nang kia ka chi kei, tuni a ka thu ja tengteng leng, keimah banga om dingin Pathian kiangah ka ngen ahi, kol khawngte bel bun tuan louin, a chita.

³⁰The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.

³⁰Huan, kumpipa toh, gamukpa toh, Barnisi toh, a kiang ua tute toh a ding chiat ua;

³¹When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”

³¹huan, a pai tuam ua, a kihou ua, hiai miin sihna leh kol butna khop hial thil bangmah a na hih kei hi, a chi uhi.Huan, Agrippain, Festa kiangah, hiai min Kaisar kianga tut ding na nachi keileh, pawt mai ding hiven, a chi a.

³²Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

³²Huan, Agrippain, Festa kiangah, hiai min Kaisar kianga tut ding na nachi keileh, pawt mai ding hiven, a chi a.