1 Bi mu ko waxee, Agaripa ne Pool: «Jëlal kàddu gi.» Noonu Pool tàllal loxoom, daldi làyyi ne:
1And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching out his hand answered in his defence:
2 «Buur Agaripa, ma làyyi ci sa kanam tey ci lépp, li ma Yawut yiy jiiñ, xol bu sedd la ci man,
2I count myself happy, king Agrippa, in having to answer to-day before thee concerning all of which I am accused by the Jews,
3 ndaxte xam nga bu baax aaday Yawut yi ak seeni werantey yoon. Kon maa ngi lay ñaan, nga déglu ma ak muñ.
3especially because thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions which are among the Jews; wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
4 «Ci lu jëm ci Yawut yi, xam nañu sama dund li dale ci samag ndaw, muy ci sama biir xeet, muy ci Yerusalem.
4My manner of life then from my youth, which from its commencement was passed among my nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews,
5 Xam nañu ma bu yàgg te man nañoo seede, su leen neexee, ne daan naa dund ni Farisen, te mooy tariixa bi gën a diis ci sunu diine.
5who knew me before from the outset [of my life], if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6 Li ma indi ci kureelu àttekat yii nag, mooy yaakaar ne, Yàlla dina amal li mu digoon sunuy maam.
6And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
7 Dige booba la fukki giir ak ñaar yu bànni Israyil di sàkku, ngir jot ko, ci jaamu Yàlla ak cawarte guddi ak bëccëg. Yaw buur, yaakaar joojoo tax ñu may kalaame, ñoom Yawut yi.
7to which our whole twelve tribes serving incessantly day and night hope to arrive; about which hope, O king, I am accused of [the] Jews.
8 Lu tax seen xel dàq ne, Yàlla dina dekkal ñi dee?
8Why should it be judged a thing incredible in your sight if God raises the dead?
9 «Man sax ci sama bopp defe woon naa ne, war naa def lu bare, ngir suufeel turu Yeesum Nasaret.
9*I* indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.
10 Daan naa ko def ci Yerusalem, ba noppi ma jot sañ-sañ ci saraxalekat yu mag ya, bay tëj gaayi Yàlla yu bare. Rax-ca-dolli ku ñu ci masoon a bëgg a rey, ànd naa ci.
10Which also I did in Jerusalem, and myself shut up in prisons many of the saints, having received the authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote.
11 Daan naa wër jàngoo-jàngu, di leen teg toskare te di leen jéem a weddiloo. Te sama mer daa na tar, ba ma di leen xañ ba ca dëkk yu sore, ngir fitnaal leen.
11And often punishing them in all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And, being exceedingly furious against them, I persecuted them even to cities out [of our own land].
12 «Noonu am bés, may dem dëkku Damas, yor sañ-sañ ak ndigalu saraxalekat yu mag ya.
12And when, [engaged] in this, I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and power from the chief priests,
13 Ca njolloor, buur bi, gis naa ca yoon wa leer gu jóge asamaan ne ràyy, ba raw leeru jant, melax ba ëmb ma, man ak ñi ma àndal.
13at mid-day, on the way, I saw, O king, a light above the brightness of the sun, shining from heaven round about me and those who were journeying with me.
14 Nu ne nërëm ci suuf, ma dégg baat bu ma wax ci làkku yawut ne: “Sool, Sool, lu tax nga di ma fitnaal? Ngay bëre ak man ni fas wuy woŋŋeetu ku koy jam dëgël, metti na ci yaw.”
14And, when we were all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against goads.
15 «Noonu ma tontu ko: “Yaa di kan, Boroom bi?” Boroom bi ne ma: “Maa di Yeesu, mi ngay fitnaal.
15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, *I* am Jesus whom *thou* persecutest:
16 Waaye jógal taxaw. Lii moo tax ma feeñu la: teg naa la yen, nga di ma seedeel ci lépp li nga gis ci man, ak li ma lay feeñuji.
16but rise up and stand on thy feet; for, for this purpose have I appeared to thee, to appoint thee to be a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen, and of what I shall appear to thee in,
17 Dinaa la musal ci bànni Israyil ak ci ñi dul Yawut. Ci ñoom laa lay yebal,
17taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom *I* send thee,
18 ngir ubbi seeni bët, nga jële leen ci lëndëm, tàbbal leen ci leer, nga nangoo leen ci sañ-sañu Seytaane, woññi leen ci Yàlla, ma baal leen seeni bàkkaar te may leen cér ci biir sama gaa yi sell ci kaw ngëm.”
18to 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 inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
19 «Kon nag buur Agaripa, woruma li ma Yàlla yen ci peeñu.
19Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;
20 Waaye li tàmbali ci Damas, teg ci dëkku Yerusalem ak réewu Yawut mépp, ba agsi ci ñi dul Yawut, yégal naa leen, ñu tuub seeni bàkkaar te woññiku ci Yàlla, bay jëf lu dëppook réccu.
20but have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
21 Loolu nag moo waral Yawut yi jàpp ma ca kër Yàlla ga, di ma fexee rey.
21On account of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, attempted to lay hands on and destroy me.
22 Waaye gannaaw Yàllaa ngi may taxawu ba tey, maa ngi taxaw fi, di ko seedeel ci mag ak ndaw; yokkuma dara ci li yonent yi ak Musaa xamle woon lu jiitu,
22Having therefore met with [the] help which is from God, I have stood firm unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing else than those things which both the prophets and Moses have said should happen,
23 maanaam Almasi bi dina dékku ay coono, te mooy jëkk a dekki, bay jollil leer ci bànni Israyil ak ñi dul Yawut.»
23[namely,] whether Christ should suffer; whether he first, through resurrection of [the] dead, should announce light both to the people and to the nations.
24 Bi muy làyyee nii, Festus daldi ko gëdd ak baat bu kawe ne ko: «Dangaa dof Pool! Xanaa sa njàng mu réy mi da laa xañ sago.»
24And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness.
25 Waaye Pool tontu ko: «Festus mu tedd mi, dofuma; waaye lu dëggu laay wax te ànd ak sago.
25But Paul said, I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but utter words of truth and soberness;
26 Yëf yii leer na buur bi, moo tax maa ngi koy wax ak kóolute. Wóor naa ne, dara ci lii may wax umpu ko, ndaxte lii amewul ciy ruq.
26for the king is informed about these things, to whom also I speak with all freedom. For I am persuaded that of these things nothing is hidden from him; for this was not done in a corner.
27 Yaw buur Agaripa, ndax gëmuloo yonent yi? Xam naa bu wér ne, gëm nga.»
27King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
28 Noonu Agaripa ne Pool: «Xanaa yaw, ci diir bu gàtt bii rekk, nga ma bëgg a dugale ci gaayi Kirist!»
28And Agrippa [said] to Paul, In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.
29 Pool tontu ko: «Muy tey, muy ëllëg, waxuma yaw rekk waaye it ñi may déglu tey ñépp, na Yàlla def, ba ngeen fekksi ma ci li ma nekk, lu moy jéng yii!»
29And Paul [said], I would to God, both in little and in much, that not only thou, but all who have heard me this day, should become such as *I* also am, except these bonds.
30 Ci kaw loolu buur ba daldi jóg, boroom réew ma topp ci, Berenis tegu ca ak mbooloo ma mépp.
30And the king stood up, and the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them,
31 Bi ñu génnee nag, ñuy waxante ne: «Nit kii deful dara lu jar dee mbaa kaso.»
31and having gone apart, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
32 Te Agaripa ne Festus: «Manoon nanu koo yiwi, bu dénkuloon mbiram Sesaar.»
32And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been let go if he had not appealed to Caesar.