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26  Na ko te meatanga a Akaripa ki a Paora, E ahei ana koe kia korero i au korero. Katahi ka totoro te ringa o Paora, a ka korero ia:

He koanga ngakau tenei ki ahau, e Kingi Akaripa, kia korerotia e ahau ki a koe aianei nga mea katoa e whakawakia nei ahau e nga Hurai:

He mohio rawa hoki koe ki nga ritenga katoa, ki nga tautohe hoki ano a nga Hurai: na reira kia pai koe ki te whakarongo marie ki ahau.

Ko taku whakahaere mai o toku tamarikitanga, no te timatanga mai ra ano i roto i toku iwi, i Hiruharama hoki, e mohio ana nga Hurai katoa;

Mohio tonu ratou ki ahau o mua iho, me i pai ratou ki te whakaatu; ko taku mahi, i whai i ta te titorehanga pakeke rawa o to tatou karakia, i ta te Parihi.

Tenei ahau te tu nei i konei, te whakawakia nei mo te tumanako ki te mea i korerotia e te Atua i mua ki o tatou matua:

E tumanako nei o tatou iwi kotahi tekau ma rua kia uru ki tenei, i a ratou e mahi tonu nei ki te Atua i te ao, i te po. Ko tenei e tumanakohia atu nei e te kingi, te mea e whakawakia nei ahau e nga Hurai.

He aha rawa kia kore e whakaponohia e koutou, ki te mea ka whakaara ake te Atua i te hunga mate?

Ko ahau nei, i whakaaro ahau kia maha tonu nga mea e mahia e ahau hei pehi mo te ingoa o Ihu o Nahareta.

10 Ae, i meinga ano tenei e ahau ki Hiruharama: he tokomaha ano te hunga tapu i uakina e ahau ki nga whare herehere, he mea tuku mai hoki nga tikanga na nga tohunga nui ki ahau; a, i te whakamatenga i a ratou, i whakaae ahau kia peratia ratou.

11 He maha ano aku whiunga i a ratou i roto i nga whare karakia katoa, i meinga ano ratou e ahau kia kohukohu; heoi haurangi noa iho ahau ki a ratou, whaia ana e ahau, a taea noatia nga pa o tawhiti.

12 Nawai a, i ahau e haere ana ki Ramahiku, me nga tikanga, me te kupu whakaae a nga tohunga nui,

13 I te poutumarotanga, e te kingi, ka kitea e ahau i te ara he marama i te rangi e tiaho ana ki ahau, ki oku hoa haere ano, tera atu i te marama o te ra.

14 Heoi hinga ana matou katoa ki te whenua, ka rongo ahau i te reo e korero ana ki ahau, no nga Hiperu ano hoki te reo, e mea ana, E Haora, e Haora, he aha tau e whakatoi nei i ahau? ehara tau te whana ki nga koikoi.

15 Ano ra ko ahau, Ko wai koe, e te Ariki? Ka mea ia, Ko Ihu ahau e whakatoia nei e koe.

16 Otira whakatika, e tu ou waewae ki runga: ko te mea tenei i puta ai ahau ki a koe, kia meinga koe hei kaimahi, hei kaiwhakaatu mo nga mea i kite nei koe, mo nga mea ano e kitea ai ahau e koe.

17 Ka whakaorangia koe i te iwi, i nga Tauiwi, ka tonoa nei koe e ahau ki a ratou.

18 Hei whakatitiro i o ratou kanohi, hei whakatahuri i a ratou i te pouri ki te marama, i te kaha o Hatana ki te Atua, kia whiwhi ai ratou ki te murunga hara, ki tetahi wahi ano i roto i te hunga ka oti te whakatapu i runga i te whakapono ki ahau.

19 No reira, kihai ahau i whakatuturi, e Kingi Akaripa, ki to te rangi kitenga:

20 Heoi i korero ahau ki te hunga i Ramahiku i te tuatahi, a i Hiruharama, ki te whenua katoa ano o Huria, ki nga Tauiwi hoki, kia ripeneta, kia tahuri ki te Atua, me te mahi ano i nga mahi tika o te ripeneta.

21 No reira nga Hurai i hopu ai i ahau i te temepara, i whai ai ki te whakamate i ahau.

22 Heoi ka awhinatia mai ahau e te Atua, ka tu tonu nei ahau, a mohoa noa nei, me te korero ki te iti, ki te rahi, kahore aku kupu ke ake i ta nga poropiti ratou ko Mohi i mea ai meake puta:

23 Ara ko te Karaiti kia mate, ko ia te matamua o te aranga o te hunga mate, mana ano e whakapuaki te marama ki te iwi, ki nga Tauiwi.

24 I a ia e korero ana i enei mea, nui atu te reo o Petuha ki te karanga, E Paora, he haurangi koe; na te nui o tau korero pukapuka i haurangi ai koe.

25 Ano ra ko ia, Kahore oku haurangi, e Petuha, e te tangata pai rawa; engari he pono, he whai whakaaro, aku kupu e whakapuaki nei.

26 E matau ana hoki te kingi ki enei mea, i maia ai ahau ki te korero ki a ia: e mea ana hoki ahau, kahore tetahi o enei mea i ngaro i a ia; kihai hoki tenei mea i mahia i te kokonga.

27 E whakapono ana ranei koe ki nga poropiti, e Kingi Akaripa? e mea ana ahau, tenei koe te whakapono nei.

28 Ano ra ko Akaripa? ki a Paora, Wahi iti kua riro atu ahau ki tau, ki ta te Karaiti tikanga.

29 Na ko te meatanga a Paora, Pai tonu kia inoi ahau ki te Atua kia kaua e iti, engari kia tino nui, kia kaua ano e waiho i tou kotahi, engari kia tino rite ki ahau te hunga katoa e whakarongo nei ki ahau inaianei: ko enei mekameka ia kia kore.

30 Na ka whakatika te kingi, me te kawana, me Pereniki, me te hunga i noho tahi ratou:

31 Na, i a ratou ka wehe ke, ka korerorero ki a ratou ano, ka mea, Kahore he hanga a tenei tangata e tika ai te mate, te here ranei.

32 Katahi ka mea a Akaripa ki a Petuha, Ka tukua tenei tangata kia haere, me i kaua ia te karanga ki a Hiha.

26 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.”(A)

So Paul motioned with his hand(B) and began his defense: “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you(C) today as I make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews,(D) and especially so because you are well acquainted with all the Jewish customs(E) and controversies.(F) Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently.

“The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child,(G) from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem. They have known me for a long time(H) and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the strictest sect(I) of our religion, living as a Pharisee.(J) And now it is because of my hope(K) in what God has promised our ancestors(L) that I am on trial today. This is the promise our twelve tribes(M) are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night.(N) King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that these Jews are accusing me.(O) Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?(P)

“I too was convinced(Q) that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose(R) the name of Jesus of Nazareth.(S) 10 And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people(T) in prison,(U) and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.(V) 11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished,(W) 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. 13 About 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. 14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice(X) saying to me in Aramaic,[a](Y) ‘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.(Z) 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.(AA) 17 I will rescue you(AB) from your own people and from the Gentiles.(AC) I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes(AD) and turn them from darkness to light,(AE) and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins(AF) and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(AG)

19 “So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient(AH) to the vision from heaven. 20 First to those in Damascus,(AI) then to those in Jerusalem(AJ) and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles,(AK) I preached that they should repent(AL) and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.(AM) 21 That is why some Jews seized me(AN) in the temple courts and tried to kill me.(AO) 22 But 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(AP) 23 that the Messiah would suffer(AQ) and, as the first to rise from the dead,(AR) would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.”(AS)

24 At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind,(AT) Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning(AU) is driving you insane.”

25 “I am not insane, most excellent(AV) Festus,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and reasonable. 26 The king is familiar with these things,(AW) 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. 27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”

28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?”(AX)

29 Paul 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.”(AY)

30 The king rose, and with him the governor and Bernice(AZ) and those sitting with them. 31 After they left the room, they began saying to one another, “This man is not doing anything that deserves death or imprisonment.”(BA)

32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free(BB) if he had not appealed to Caesar.”(BC)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 26:14 Or Hebrew