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¹Baulo nuqv-nuqv nyei mangc ⟨Gunv Sic Wuic⟩ nyei mienh yaac gorngv, “Yie nyei gorx-youz aac, yie yiem naaiv seix zaangc taux ih hnoi, Tin-Hungh buatc yie hnangv haaix nor yiem, ei yie nyei kuv laangh fim yie zoux duqv horpc.” ²Aa^naa^nie domh sai mienh heuc souv jienv Baulo nyei ga'hlen wuov deix mienh mbaix Baulo nyei nzuih. ³Baulo gorngv, “Hmien nzueic hnyouv ciouv nyei mienh aah! ⚓ Tin-Hungh yaac oix mbaix meih aqv. Meih zueiz naaic longc leiz-latc dunx yie nyei sic, mv baac meih ganh yaac zoux dorngc leiz-latc mbuox mienh mbaix yie.” ⚓
⁴Souv Baulo nyei ga'hlen wuov deix mienh gorngv, “Meih hnangv naaiv nor gorngv doqc Tin-Hungh nyei domh sai mienh?”
⁵Baulo aengx gorngv, “Gorx-youz aah! Yie maiv hiuv duqv ninh zoux domh sai mienh. Ging-Sou fiev jienv gorngv, ‘Maiv dungx gorngv doqc gunv baeqc fingx nyei jien.’ ” ⚓
⁶Baulo buatc yiem wuov nyei zuangx mienh maaih deix se ⟨Saa^ndu^si Mienh,⟩ maaih deix ⟨Saa^ndu^si Mienh,⟩ Ninh ziouc heuc mbui nyei mbuox Gunv Sic Wuic nyei mienh, “Gorx-youz aah! Yie yaac Faa^li^si Mienh, yaac zoux Faa^li^si Mienh nyei dorn. Yie yiem naaiv zuqc siemv se weic zuqc yie maaih lamh hnamv. Yie sienx mienh daic mingh aengx haih nangh daaih.” ⚓
⁷Baulo hnangv naaiv nor gorngv, Faa^li^si Mienh caux Saa^ndu^si Mienh nzaeng jiez jaax daaih. Wuic nyei zuangx mienh ziouc bun nqoi zoux i guanh mi'aqv. ⁸Weic zuqc Saa^ndu^si Mienh maiv sienx mienh daic mingh aengx haih nangh daaih, maiv sienx maaih fin-mienh, yaac maiv sienx maaih mienv, mv baac Faa^li^si Mienh sienx naaiv deix buo nyungc zungv maaih nyei. ⚓
⁹Zuangx mienh ziouc nzaeng jiez domh jaax. Maaih deix Faa^li^si Mienh yaac zoux njaaux leiz nyei fin-saeng souv jiez daaih congh qiex gorngv, “Yie mbuo maiv buatc naaiv laanh mienh zoux dorngc haaix nyungc. Se gorngv mienv fai fin-mienh daaih caux ninh gorngv waac hnangv haaix nor?” ¹⁰Gunv nzaeng gau qiex jiez, domh baeng-bieiv gamh nziex ninh mbuo haih betv nzengc Baulo. Ninh ziouc paaiv baeng njiec zuangx mienh mbu'ndongx mingh zorqv Baulo cuotv daaih aengx dorh mingh baeng yiem nyei dorngx.
¹¹Wuov muonz Ziouv daaih souv jienv Baulo nyei ga'hlen gorngv, “Gunv bungx hnyouv oc. Meih yiem naaiv Ye^lu^saa^lem Zingh tengx yie zoux zorng-zengx, meih yaac oix zuqc fih hnangv nyei mingh Lomaa Zingh zoux zorng-zengx.”

Yiutai Mienh Daav Za'eix Daix Baulo

¹²Da'nyeic ndorm nziouv nyei, maaih deix Yiutai Mienh beic ndiev caangh laangh. Ninh mbuo lomh nzoih ndouv jiez zioux gorngv ninh mbuo maiv nyanc haaix nyungc maiv hopv haaix nyungc taux duqv daix liuz Baulo. ¹³Dongh hnyouv zoux nyei mienh maaih feix ziepc lengh laanh. ¹⁴Ninh mbuo mingh ⟨sai mienh bieiv⟩ caux mienh gox mbuo wuov gorngv mbuox ninh mbuo, “Yie mbuo lomh nzoih ndouv jiez zioux hlo nyei. Yie mbuo maiv nyanc haaix nyungc taux duqv daix guangc Baulo. ¹⁵Hnangv naaic, meih mbuo caux Gunv Sic Wuic nyei mienh oix zuqc tov domh baeng-bieiv dorh Baulo daaih meih mbuo naaiv zoux hnangv meih mbuo za'gengh oix hiuv muonc ninh nyei jauv-louc. Mv baac ninh maiv gaengh taux meih mbuo naaiv, yie mbuo oix dangv jienv ndaamv-jauv daix ninh.”
¹⁶Mv baac Baulo nyei muoc nyei dorn haiz gorngv naaiv deix mienh hnangv naaiv nor zoux, ninh ziouc mingh baeng yiem nyei dorngx wuov mbuox Baulo.
¹⁷Baulo ziouc heuc dauh baeng-bieiv daaih mbuox ninh, “Tov meih dorh naaiv dauh houh saeng mingh domh baeng-bieiv wuov. Naaiv dauh dorn maaih joux waac oix gorngv mbuox ninh.”
¹⁸Baeng-bieiv ziouc dorh ninh mingh buangh domh baeng-bieiv ziouc gorngv, “Wuonx loh wuov dauh Baulo tov yie dorh naaiv dauh houh saeng daaih. Ninh maaih joux waac oix daaih mbuox meih.”
¹⁹Domh baeng-bieiv ziouc ken wuov dauh houh saeng mingh lengh deix naaic ninh, “Meih maaih haaix nyungc oix mbuox yie?”
²⁰Wuov dauh houh saeng gorngv, “Zoux hlo wuov deix Yiutai Mienh dongh hnyouv tov meih njang hnoi dorh yie nyei domh nauz Baulo mingh ninh mbuo nyei Gunv Sic Wuic wuov. Ninh mbuo oix zoux hnangv oix hiuv ninh nyei jauv gauh muonc deix. ²¹Mv baac tov meih maiv dungx muangx ninh mbuo nyei waac weic zuqc maaih feix ziepc lengh dauh zuov jienv ndaamv-jauv. Ninh mbuo ndouv jiez zioux gorngv ninh mbuo maiv nyanc yaac maiv hopv haaix nyungc taux duqv daix Baulo guangc. Ninh mbuo mbenc ziangx aqv, kungx zuov jienv meih nqoi nzuih bun Baulo mingh nyei waac hnangv.”
²²Domh baeng-bieiv mbuox wuov dauh dorn nzuonx aqv. Aengx jaa waac gorngv, “Cin-maanc maiv dungx bun haaix dauh hiuv meih daaih mbuox naaiv joux waac yie.”

Baeng Aengx Dorh Baulo Mingh Felikv Wuov

²³Domh baeng-bieiv ziouc heuc i dauh baeng-bieiv daaih mbuox ninh mbuo, “Meih mbuo oix zuqc liuc leiz ziangx nyic baeqv dauh yangh jauv nyei baeng, cietv ziepc dauh geh maaz nyei baeng, caux nyic baeqv dauh ndaam cang nyei baeng. Ih muonz nduoh norm ziangh hoc oix zuqc cuotv jauv mingh Si^saa^li^yaa Zingh. ²⁴Yaac oix zuqc liuc leiz maaz bun Baulo geh, goux jienv ninh jauv zaangc baengh orn nyei mingh Felikv Zungx wuov.”
²⁵Domh baeng-bieiv yaac fiev zeiv fienx. Fienx hnangv naaiv gorngv.
²⁶“Zien oix nyei Felikv Zungx aah!
Yie Kaa^laau^ndi^atc Lisietv fiev fienx bun meih. Yie jangx taux meih.
²⁷Yiutai Mienh zorqv naaiv laanh mienh yaac kaav deix daix ninh mi'aqv. Mv baac yie haiz gorngv ninh zoux Lomaa Mienh, yie caux baeng ziouc mingh caangv ninh cuotv daaih. ²⁸Yie oix hiuv duqv ninh mbuo weic haaix diuc gox ninh ziouc dorh ninh mingh taux ninh mbuo nyei Gunv Sic Wuic wuov. ²⁹Yie ziouc hiuv duqv ninh maiv dorngc haaix nyungc zic duqv daix fai zic duqv wuonx loh. Ninh mbuo gox nyei se nzaeng Yiutai Mienh nyei leiz hnangv. ³⁰Yie hiuv duqv maaih deix mienh daav za'eix oix zorqv ninh nyei maengc, yie ziouc liemh zeih fungx ninh mingh meih naaic. Yie yaac heuc gox ninh wuov deix mienh mingh meih wuov gox.”
³¹Baeng ziouc ei jienv domh baeng-bieiv nyei waac zoux. Wuov muonz ninh mbuo fungx mingh An^ti^baa^di Mungv wuov. ³²Da'nyeic hnoi yangh jauv nyei baeng daaux sin nzuonx. Kungx geh maaz nyei baeng ganh fungx ninh mingh hnangv. ³³Mingh taux Si^saa^li^yaa Zingh, ninh mbuo zorqv fienx bun zungx yaac jiu Baulo bun ninh mi'aqv. ³⁴Zungx doqc liuz fienx, ninh naaic gaax Baulo ninh yiem haaix norm saengv daaih nyei mienh. Hiuv duqv Baulo yiem Si^li^sie daaih ninh ziouc mbuox Baulo, ³⁵“Zuov gox meih wuov deix mienh daaih taux, yie ziouc muangx meih nyei gorn-baengx.” Gorngv liuz, zungx ziouc paaiv baeng dorh mingh yiem Helotv nyei hungh dinc goux jienv.

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¹Then Paul, looking earnestly at the council, said, “Men and brethren, ⚓I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.” ²And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him ⚓to strike him on the mouth. ³Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! For you sit to judge me according to the law, and ⚓do you command me to be struck contrary to the law?”
⁴And those who stood by said, “Do you revile God’s high priest?”
⁵Then Paul said, ⚓“I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is written, ⚓‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”
⁶But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brethren, ⚓I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; ⚓concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”
⁷And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the assembly was divided. ⁸⚓For Sadducees say that there is no resurrection—and no angel or spirit; but the Pharisees confess both. ⁹Then there arose a loud outcry. And the scribes of the Pharisees’ party arose and protested, saying, ⚓“We find no evil in this man; but ⚓if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, ⚓let us not fight against God.”
¹⁰Now when there arose a great dissension, the commander, fearing lest Paul might be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

The Plot Against Paul

¹¹But ⚓the following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Be of good cheer, Paul; for as you have testified for Me in ⚓Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at ⚓Rome.”
¹²And when it was day, ⚓some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had ⚓killed Paul. ¹³Now there were more than forty who had formed this conspiracy. ¹⁴They came to the chief priests and ⚓elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul. ¹⁵Now you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to make further inquiries concerning him; but we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”
¹⁶So when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their ambush, he went and entered the barracks and told Paul. ¹⁷Then Paul called one of the centurions to him and said, “Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to tell him.” ¹⁸So he took him and brought him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner called me to him and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to say to you.”
¹⁹Then the commander took him by the hand, went aside, and asked privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”
²⁰And he said, ⚓“The Jews have agreed to ask that you bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire more fully about him. ²¹But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”
²²So the commander let the young man depart, and commanded him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.”

Sent to Felix

²³And he called for two centurions, saying, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to ⚓Caesarea at the third hour of the night; ²⁴and provide mounts to set Paul on, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.” ²⁵He wrote a letter in the following manner:
²⁶Claudius Lysias,
To the most excellent governor Felix:
Greetings.
²⁷⚓This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. Coming with the troops I rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman. ²⁸⚓And when I wanted to know the reason they accused him, I brought him before their council. ²⁹I found out that he was accused ⚓concerning questions of their law, ⚓but had nothing charged against him deserving of death or chains. ³⁰And ⚓when it was told me that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him immediately to you, and ⚓also commanded his accusers to state before you the charges against him.
Farewell.
³¹Then the soldiers, as they were commanded, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. ³²The next day they left the horsemen to go on with him, and returned to the barracks. ³³When they came to ⚓Caesarea and had delivered the ⚓letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him. ³⁴And when the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. And when he understood that he was from ⚓Cilicia, ³⁵he said, ⚓“I will hear you when your accusers also have come.” And he commanded him to be kept in ⚓Herod’s Praetorium.