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Paul Before Agrippa

¹Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.”
So Paul motioned with his hand and began his defense: ²“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today as I make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews, ³and especially so because you are well acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently.
⁴“The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child, from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem. ⁵They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the strictest sect of our religion, living as a Pharisee. ⁶And now it is because of my hope in what God has promised our ancestors that I am on trial today. ⁷This is the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that these Jews are accusing me. ⁸Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
⁹“I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. ¹⁰And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. ¹¹Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.
¹²“On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. ¹³About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions. ¹⁴We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic,⚓‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
¹⁵“Then I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’
“ ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied. ¹⁶‘Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me. ¹⁷I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them ¹⁸to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
¹⁹“So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven. ²⁰First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds. ²¹That is why some Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me. ²²But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen— ²³that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.”
²⁴At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind, Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning is driving you insane.”
²⁵“I am not insane, most excellent Festus,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and reasonable. ²⁶The king is familiar with these things, and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner. ²⁷King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
²⁸Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?”
²⁹Paul replied, “Short time or long—I pray to God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains.”
³⁰The king rose, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them. ³¹After they left the room, they began saying to one another, “This man is not doing anything that deserves death or imprisonment.”
³²Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

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Nau Y-Pôl Ngơi Ma Hđăch Agripa

¹Hđăch Agripa lah ma Y-Pôl: "Ăn may ngơi king ma may nơm." Y-Pôl yơr ti jêh ri ngơi king ma păng nơm pô aơ: ²"Hơi hđăch Agripa, gâp geh nau ƀŭn ngăn, yorlah gâp dơi king gâp nơm nar aơ ma lĕ nau phung Yuđa phong gâp. ³Rplay khlay ngăn ngên, yorlah hđăch gĭt jêh lĕ nau vay phung Yuđa, jêh ri nau khân păng tâm rlăch. Pôri gâp dăn ma hđăch srôih gŭ iăt nau gâp.
⁴Nau gâp gŭ ngau krao sach ntơm bơh hôm jêng kon se, tâm nklang phung ndŭl mpôl gâp, jêh ri ta ƀon Yêrusalem, lĕ rngôch phung Yuđa gĭt dadê jêh. ⁵Tơlah khân păng ŭch mbơh, khân păng hŏ gĭt bơh jŏ jêh gâp jêng du huê Pharisi, tĭng nâm nau vay ktang ngăn tâm nau phung hên chroh. ⁶Aƀaơ bu phat dôih gâp, yorlah kâp gân nau Brah Ndu ton jêh ma phung che hên. ⁷Phung jât ma bar ndŭl mpôl hên hŭch rhŭl yơk ma Brah Ndu măng, nar gay ma nau ton nây mra tât ngăn. Yor nau kâp gân nây yơh, hơi hđăch, phung Yuđa phong gâp. ⁸Hơi! Khân may mĭn, mâu hĕ dơi chroh ma Brah Ndu dơi ăn rêh phung bunuyh khĭt?
⁹"Nanê̆ gâp mĭn jêh lĕ nau ŭch ƀư ktang. Tâm rdâng đah amoh Brah Yêsu ƀon Nasaret. ¹⁰Gâp ƀư jêh pô nây ta ƀon Yêrusalem. Jêh gâp geh nau dơi tă bơh phung n'gâng kan kôranh ƀư brah, gâp krŭng âk phung kloh ueh, jêh ri tơlah bu nkhĭt khân păng gâp dơn lĕ. ¹¹Ƀaƀơ gâp dong khân păng tâm lĕ rngôch ngih tâm rƀŭn Yuđa jêh ri nchâp khân păng ngơi sưr rlau. Dôl gâp khek ma khân păng, gâp ƀư djơh ma khân păng kŏ tât ta ƀon phung bu năch.
¹²"Hơi hđăch, yor nây du nar gâp hăn ta ƀon Đamas ma nau dơi tă bơh phung n'gâng kôranh ƀư brah. ¹³Tâm nar nklang bôk dôl hăn, gâp saơ nau ang tă bơh trôk, ang lơn ma nar, sol nchrat jŭm gâp jêh ri phung hăn ndrel ma gâp. ¹⁴Lĕ rngôch hên chalôt ta neh dadê, jêh ri gâp tăng bâr ngơi lah ma gâp tâm nau Hêbrơ: 'Hơi Y-Sôl, hơi Y-Sôl, mâm ƀư may ƀư mhĭk ma gâp? Jêr ngăn may chưng loih mplanh.' ¹⁵Gâp plơ̆ lah: 'Mbu may jêng Ơ Kôranh Brah?' Kôranh Brah plơ̆ lah: 'Gâp jêng Brah Yêsu, Nơm may hŏ ƀư mhĭk. ¹⁶Dâk hom may, yorlah gâp ŭch tâm mpơl ma may, ŭch ăn may jêng oh mon ktang gâp jêh ri nơm mbơh ma lĕ rngôch nau may hŏ saơ jêh, jêh ri nđâp ma nau gâp mra tâm mpơl ma may. ¹⁷Gâp săch jêh may tă bơh tâm phung mpôl băl aơ, jêh ri phung bu năch, mpeh ma khân păng gâp mra njuăl may hăn, ¹⁸gay ma may pơk an măt khân păng, ăn khân păng du bơh nau ngo hăn tâm nau ang, jêh ri bơh nau Satan, rŏng ma Brah Ndu, gay ma nau chroh ma gâp, khân păng geh nau yô̆ an nau tih, jêh ri ndơn drăp ndrel ma phung kloh ueh.'
¹⁹"Hơi hđăch Agripa, ntơm bơh nây gâp mâu janh tâm rdâng đah nau tâm saơ tă bơh trôk ôh. ²⁰Ƀiălah gâp mbơh lor lơn ma phung ƀon Đamas, ma phung ƀon Yêrusalem, ma lĕ n'gor Yuđa, jêh ri ma phung bu năch, ăn khân păng rmal nau tih jêh ri sĭt ma Brah Ndu, pah kan khư ma nau tâm rmal ma nau tih. ²¹Yor nây phung Yuđa nhŭp gâp tâm ngih brah Yuđa, jêh ri ŭch nkhĭt gâp. ²²Ƀiălah Brah Ndu king gâp, pôri gâp ăt hôm gŭ rêh tât ta nar aơ, jêh ri mbơh ma phung jê̆ jêh ri phung toyh knŏng nau kôranh nơm mbơh lor, jêh ri Y-Môis mbơh jêh mra tât, ²³nâm bu ntĭt, ma Brah Krist mra dơn nau rêh ni, mra jêng nơm dâk rêh lor lơn bơh phung khĭt, jêh ri mra mbơh nau ang ma phung ƀon lan jêh ri ma phung bu năch."
²⁴Dôl Y-Pôl ngơi king ma păng nơm pô nây, Phêtus ngơi huy pô aơ: "Hơi Y-Pôl, may roh nau mĭn jêh. May nti âk ngăn tât may jêng moih." ²⁵Y-Pôl plơ̆ lah: "Gâp mâu jêng moih ôh, hơi Phêtus, nơm ueh ngăn, ƀiălah nau gâp ngơi ngăn jêh ri di. ²⁶Hđăch gĭt nanê̆ jêh nau aơ, jêh ri gâp janh ngơi ma păng ma nau nơih, yorlah gâp mĭn păng gĭt jêh lĕ rngôch nau, yorlah lĕ nau aơ mâu ƀư ma nau ndâp ôh. ²⁷Hơi hđăch Agripa, may chroh lĕ ma nau phung kôranh nơm mbơh lor? Gâp gĭt ngăn ma may chroh." ²⁸Hđăch Agripa plơ̆ lah ma Y-Pôl: "Bơi ma may nchâp gâp jêng du huê phung oh mon Brah Krist!" ²⁹Y-Pôl ngơi: "Gâp dăn ma Brah Ndu, nđâp tơlah gŭ jŏ mâu lah gơnh, mâu di knŏng êng hđăch ôh, ƀiălah nđâp ma lĕ rngôch bunuyh phung gŭ iăt gâp nar aơ mra jêng nâm bu gâp, yŏng mâu geh rse rvăk aơ."
³⁰Pôri, hđăch, kôranh n'gor, H'Bêrênis, jêh ri lĕ rngôch phung gŭ ndrel ma khân păng dâk dadê. ³¹Dôl khân păng du, khân păng tâm lah ndrăng nơm pô aơ, mâu geh nau tih khư khĭt mâu lah krŭng ôh tâm bunuyh aơ. ³²Agripa lah ma Phêtus: "May dơi mƀơk păng tơlah păng ê dăn nau phat dôih ta năp Sêsar."