¹ «Yéen bokk yi ak baay yi, dégluleen samaw lay.»

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

² Bi ñu déggee, mu di leen wax ci làkku yawut, ñu gën ne xeram. Noonu Pool ne leen:

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

³ «Man Yawut laa, juddoo Tars ci diiwaanu Silisi, yaroo ci dëkk bii. Taalibe laa woon ci Gamaleel, mu jàngal ma bu wér yoonu sunuy maam, ba ma sawar ci Yàlla, mel ni yéen ñépp tey.

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.

⁴ Daan naa fitnaal ña bokkoon ci yoon wii, ba di ci rey sax; yeew naa góor ak jigéen, tëj leen;

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

⁵ saraxalekat bu mag ba ak mbooloom njiit yi yépp man nañu ma cee seede. Am bés ñu bindal ma ay bataaxal ngir bokki Damas. Ma doon fa dem, ngir yeew ña fa nekkoon, indi leen Yerusalem, ngir ñu yar leen.

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 «Waaye ci digg-bëccëg, bi ma jaaree ca yoon wa, ba jegesi Damas, ca saa sa leer gu mag jóge asamaan, melax ba ëmb ma.

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,

⁷ Ma daldi ne nërëm ci suuf, dégg baat bu ma ne: “Sool, Sool, lu tax nga di ma fitnaal?”

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

⁸ Ma tontu ko: “Yaa di kan, Boroom bi?” Mu ne ma: “Maa di Yeesum Nasaret, mi ngay fitnaal.”

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

⁹ Ñi ma àndaloon gis nañu leer ga, waaye dégguñu baatu ka doon wax ak man.

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 —

¹⁰ Noonu ma laaj ko: “Lu ma war a def, Boroom bi?” Boroom bi ne ma: “Jógal dem Damas, foofa dees na la biral lépp, li ma la yen.”

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.

¹¹ Gannaaw gisuma woon dara ndax leeraayu melxat ga, ña ma àndal wommat ma, ma ñëw Damas.

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,

¹² «Bi ma ko defee ku tudd Anañas ñëw ci man. Nit ku ragal Yàlla la woon ci sàmm yoonu Musaa, te Yawuti Damas yépp seedeel ko lu baax.

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

¹³ Mu taxaw ci sama wet ne ma: “Sool sama mbokk, delluwaatal di gis.” Noonu ma daldi gisaat ca saa sa, xool ko.

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;

¹⁴ Mu ne ma: “Sunu Yàllay maam tànn na la, ba may la, nga xam coobareem te gis Aji Jub ji te nga dégg ay waxam.

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,

¹⁵ Ndaxte li nga gis te dégg ko, dinga ko seede ci ñépp.

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

¹⁶ Léegi nag, looy nég? Jógal, ñu sóob la ci ndox, nga set ci say bàkkaar ci tudd turu Yeesu.”

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

¹⁷ «Bi ma dellusee Yerusalem nag, di ñaan ca kër Yàlla ga, leer tàbbi ci man.

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

¹⁸ Ma daldi gis Boroom bi, mu ne ma: “Génnal Yerusalem ci ni mu gën a gaawe, ndaxte duñu nangu li ngay seede ci man.”

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;

¹⁹ Waaye ma tontu ne: “Boroom bi, xam nañu ne, dama daan wër jàngoo-jàngu, di tëj kaso ak di dóor ay yar ñi la gëm.

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

²⁰ Rax-ca-dolli bi ñu tuuree deretu Ecen, mi la doon seedeel, teewe naa ko, ànd ca, bay wottu sax yérey ñi ko doon rey.”

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;

²¹ Waaye Boroom bi ne ma: “Demal, dinaa la yebal fu sore, nga jëm ci xeeti ñi dul Yawut.”»

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

²² Mbooloo ma déglu ko nag ba ca wax jooju, waaye bi ñu déggee loolu, ñu daldi yuuxu naan: «Farleen ko ci àddina! Yembar mu mel ni moom yeyoowul a dund!»

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.`

²³ Ñu daldi yuuxu ak di sànni seeni yére, tey callameeru suuf.

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

²⁴ Noonu kilifa ga santaane, ñu dugal Pool ca tata ja te caw ko ay yar yu metti, laaj ko ba xam lu tax ñu di ko yuuxoo nii.

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.

²⁵ Waaye bi ñu koy joñ ak ay der, Pool ne njiitu xare ba fa taxaw: «Ndax am nga sañ-sañu dóor ay yar jaamburu Room, te fekk yoon dabu ko sax?»

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;`

²⁶ Bi ko njiit la déggee, mu fekki kilifaam, yégal ko ko; mu ne ko: «Ndax xam nga li ngay def? Nit kale jaambur la ci Room.»

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;`

²⁷ Noonu kilifa ga ñëw laaj Pool: «Wax ma, ndax jaambur nga ci Room?» Mu tontu ko: «Waaw, moom laa.»

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

²⁸ Kilifa ga ne ko: «Man fey naa xaalis bu bare, ngir nekk jaambur ci Room.» Waaye Pool tontu ko: «Man de dama koo judduwaale.»

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

²⁹ Ñi ko bëggoon a dóor ay yar nag randu ko ca saa sa. Te kilifa ga sax tiit ci xam ne Pool jaamburu Room la, te yeewlu na ko.

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,

³⁰ Ca ëllëg sa mu bàyyi ko, ndaxte bëggoon na xam bu wóor lu ko Yawut ya jiiñ. Mu santaane ne, saraxalekat yu mag ya dajaloo, ñoom ak kureelu àttekat ya. Gannaaw loolu mu indilu Pool, dëj ko ci seen kanam.

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.