¹ Noonu Pool xool jàkk géew ba ne leen: «Bokk yi, ci xel mu dal laa doxale ci kanam Yàlla ba ci bésu tey bi.»

¹And Paul having earnestly beheld the sanhedrim, said, `Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have lived to God unto this day;`

² Ci kaw loolu saraxalekat bu mag ba, di ku ñuy wax Anañas, sant ña taxaw ca wetam, ñu fél gémmiñam.

²and the chief priest Ananias commanded those standing by him to smite him on the mouth,

³ Pool ne ko: «Yàlla dina la dóor, yaw mi naaféq, bay samandaay miir bu joy bu ñu weexal. Yaa ngi toog di ma àtte, ci li yoon wi digle, ba noppi santaane ñu dóor ma, ci li yoon wi tere!»

³then Paul said unto him, `God is about to smite thee, thou whitewashed wall, and thou — thou dost sit judging me according to the law, and, violating law, dost order me to be smitten!`

⁴ Waaye ña taxaw ca wetam ne ko: «Ndax dangay xas saraxalekat bu mag, bi Yàlla fal?»

⁴And those who stood by said, `The chief priest of God dost thou revile?`

⁵ Pool tontu leen: «Bokk yi, xawma woon ne saraxalekat bu mag bi la, ndaxte tëral nañu ci Mbind mi ne: “Bul wax lu bon sa kilifag xeet.”»

⁵and Paul said, `I did not know, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it hath been written, Of the ruler of thy people thou shalt not speak evil;`

⁶ Naka noona Pool, mi xam ne, genn-wàllu kureel ga bokk nañu ci tariixab Sadusen ya, te ña ca des bokk ci tariixab Farisen ya, mu wax ci kaw ci biir géew ba ne: «Bokk yi, man Farisen laa, te Farisen moo ma jur; li tax ñu may àtte tey mooy sama yaakaar ci ne, ñi dee dinañu dekki.»

⁶and Paul having known that the one part are Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, `Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee — son of a Pharisee — concerning hope and rising again of dead men I am judged.`

⁷ Bi mu waxee loolu nag, werante wu metti daldi xew diggante Farisen ya ak Sadusen ya, ba mbooloo ma xaajalikoo.

⁷And he having spoken this, there came a dissension of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees, and the crowd was divided,

⁸ Ndaxte Sadusen yi nanguwuñu ne, ndekkite mbaa malaaka mbaa rab, dara am na ci, waaye Farisen nangu nañu yooyu yépp.

⁸for Sadducees, indeed, say there is no rising again, nor messenger, nor spirit, but Pharisees confess both.

⁹ Ci kaw loolu nag coow lu bare daldi jib. Ñenn ca xutbakat, ya bokk ca Farisen ya, ne bërét, daldi xuloo bu metti ne: «Gisunu dara lu bon ci nit kii. Su fekkeente ne, rab a ko wax mbaa malaaka...?»

⁹And there came a great cry, and the scribes of the Pharisees` part having arisen, were striving, saying, `No evil do we find in this man; and if a spirit spake to him, or a messenger, we may not fight against God;`

¹⁰ Noonu xuloo ba daldi gën a tàng, ba kilifa ga ragal ne, nit ñi dinañu daggaate Pool. Kon mu sant xarekat ya, ñu wàcc, nangu Pool ci ñoom, yóbbu ko ca tata ja.

¹⁰and a great dissension having come, the chief captain having been afraid lest Paul may be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiery, having gone down, to take him by force out of the midst of them, and to bring [him] to the castle.

¹¹ Ca guddi ga nag Boroom bi taxaw ci wetu Pool ne ko: «Takkal sa fit; ni nga ma seedee ci Yerusalem, noonu nga may seedee ca Room.»

¹¹And on the following night, the Lord having stood by him, said, `Take courage, Paul, for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so it behoveth thee also at Rome to testify.`

¹² Bi bët setee Yawut ya daldi lal pexe; ñu dige ci ngiñ ne, duñu lekkati, duñu naanati, ba kera ñuy rey Pool.

¹²And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul;

¹³ Ña lal pexe ma, seen lim ëpp na ñeent-fukk.

¹³and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath,

¹⁴ Noonu ñu dem ca saraxalekat yu mag ya ak njiit ya ne leen: «Giñ nanu ne, dunu mos dara, ba kera nuy rey Pool.

¹⁴who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, `With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves — to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;

¹⁵ Léegi nag yéen ak kureelu àttekat ya, laajleen kilifa ga, mu indi ko ci seen kanam, mel ni dangeen a bëgg a seet mbiram bu gën a wóor. Bu ko defee nun dinanu fagaru, ngir rey ko, bala moo agsi.»

¹⁵now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.`

¹⁶ Waaye jarbaatu Pool yég fiir ga, mu dem, dugg ca tata ja, yégal ko Pool.

¹⁶And the son of Paul`s sister having heard of the lying in wait, having gone and entered into the castle, told Paul,

¹⁷ Bi ko Pool déggee, mu woo kenn ca njiiti xare ba ne ko: «Yóbbul waxambaane wii ca kilifa ga, ndax am na lu mu ko war a yégal.»

¹⁷and Paul having called near one of the centurions, said, `This young man lead unto the chief captain, for he hath something to tell him.`

¹⁸ Njiit la jël ko, yóbbu ko ca kilifa ga ne ko: «Pool, mi ñu jàpp, moo ma woo, ñaan ma, ma indil la waxambaane wii, ndaxte am na lu mu lay wax.»

¹⁸He indeed, then, having taken him, brought him unto the chief captain, and saith, `The prisoner Paul, having called me near, asked [me] this young man to bring unto thee, having something to say to thee.`

¹⁹ Noonu kilifa ga jàpp ci loxob waxambaane wa, wéetoo ak moom, laaj ko: «Loo ma bëgg a yégal?»

¹⁹And the chief captain having taken him by the hand, and having withdrawn by themselves, inquired, `What is that which thou hast to tell me?`

²⁰ Mu tontu ne: «Yawut yi dañoo dige, ngir ñaan la, nga indi Pool ëllëg ca kanamu kureelu àttekat ya, mel ni dañoo bëgg a seet mbiram bu gën a wóor.

²⁰and he said — `The Jews agreed to request thee, that to-morrow to the sanhedrim thou mayest bring down Paul, as being about to enquire something more exactly concerning him;

²¹ Bu leen ko may, ndaxte lu ëpp ñeent-fukk ci ñoom ñu ngi koy lalal fiir. Dige nañu ak ngiñ ne, dootuñu lekk, dootuñu naan, li feek reyuñu ko; fi mu ne sax fagaru nañu, di xaar, nga nangu.»

²¹thou, therefore, mayest thou not yield to them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who did anathematize themselves — not to eat nor to drink till they kill him, and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from thee.`

²² Kilifa ga nag sant waxambaane wa, mu bañ koo àgge kenn, ba noppi mu yiwi ko, mu dem.

²²The chief captain, then, indeed, let the young man go, having charged [him] to tell no one, `that these things thou didst shew unto me;`

²³ Bi mu ko defee mu woo ñaar ci njiiti xare ba ne leen: «Waajal-leen ñaari téeméeri xarekat ak juróom-ñaar-fukki gawar ak ñaari téeméer ñu gànnaayoo xeej, ngeen dem Sesare ci juróom-ñeenti waxtu ci guddi.

²³and having called near a certain two of the centurions, he said, `Make ready soldiers two hundred, that they may go on unto Caesarea, and horsemen seventy, and spearmen two hundred, from the third hour of the night;

²⁴ Wutal-leen it Pool lu mu war, ngeen yóbbu ko ci jàmm ak salaam ba ca Feligsë, boroom réew mi.»

²⁴beasts also provide, that, having set Paul on, they may bring him safe unto Felix the governor;`

²⁵ Noonu mu bind bataaxal bii:

²⁵he having written a letter after this description:

²⁶ Yaw Feligsë mu tedd mi, di boroom réew mi; man Këlódd Lisiyas maa ngi lay nuyu.

²⁶`Claudius Lysias, to the most noble governor Felix, hail:

²⁷ Yawut yi jàpp nañu nit kii, bëgg koo rey, waaye bi ma yégee ne, jaambur la ci Room, wallu naa ko ak ay xarekat, ba musal ko.

²⁷This man having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them — having come with the soldiery, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman;

²⁸ Bëggoon naa xam lu tax ñu kalaame ko. Moo tax ma yóbbu ko ca kanamu seen kureelu àttekat ya.

²⁸and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,

²⁹ Gis naa ne li ñu ko jiiñ mu ngi aju ci ay werantey seen yoon, waaye jiiñuñu ko dara lu jar dee mbaa jéng.

²⁹whom I found accused concerning questions of their law, and having no accusation worthy of death or bonds;

³⁰ Te bi ma déggee ne, ñu ngi koy fexeel, yebal naa ko ci yaw ci saa si. Sant naa nag ñi ko kalaame, ñu xamal la seen lay.

³⁰and a plot having been intimated to me against this man — about to be of the Jews — at once I sent unto thee, having given command also to the accusers to say the things against him before thee; be strong.`

³¹ Noonu xarekat ya jël Pool ci guddi, indi ko ba ca dëkku Antipataris, ni ñu leen ko sante.

³¹Then, indeed, the soldiers according to that directed them, having taken up Paul, brought him through the night to Antipatris,

³² Ca ëllëg sa ñu woññiku, dellusi ca tata ja, bàyyi gawar ga, ñu gunge ko.

³²and on the morrow, having suffered the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the castle;

³³ Bi gawar ga àggee Sesare, ñu jox boroom réew ma bataaxal ba, jébbal ko Pool.

³³those having entered into Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, did present also Paul to him.

³⁴ Bi loolu amee boroom réew ma jàng bataaxal ba, laaj ci ban diiwaan la Pool dëkk. Bi mu yégee ne, mu ngi dëkk Silisi,

³⁴And the governor having read [it], and inquired of what province he is, and understood that [he is] from Cilicia;

³⁵ mu ne ko: «Kon bu ñi la kalaame ñëwee, dinga layoo.» Mu santaane nag, ñu denc ko ca kër buur ba Erodd.

³⁵`I will hear thee — said he — when thine accusers also may have come;` he also commanded him to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.