1 Pawulu ye a ñaa loo kansulumoolu kaŋ, a ko ì ye ko, “M baadiŋolu*, sootaari te m bala, n sondomoo si n tuumi noo meŋ na. M baluuta Alla ñaa koto le tiliŋo kono fo ñiŋ luŋo la.” 2 Wo to le piriisi* kuntii baa Ananiyas ye moolu yaamari, mennu be looriŋ Pawulu daala ko, ì ye a daa lipa. 3 Pawulu ko a ye ko, “Ite bumbaloo meŋ muuta niŋ lasoo la! Alla be i busa la le! Ite le siita jaŋ ka nte kiitindi Luwaa la siloo la. Wo koolaa i ye yaamaroo dii ka nte lipa, meŋ niŋ Luwaa maŋ taa ñoo la.” 4 Moolu mennu be looriŋ Pawulu daala, ì ko a ye ko, “Fo i haañita ñiŋ na, ka Alla la piriisi kuntii baa neŋ?” 5 Bituŋ Pawulu ko ì ye ko, “M baadiŋolu, m maŋ a loŋ nuŋ ko, piriisi kuntii baa le mu, kaatu a be safeeriŋ ne ko, ‘I kana kuma jawoo fo i la moolu la maralilaa ma!’ ”
6 Kabiriŋ Pawulu ye a loŋ ko, ì kara kiliŋo mu Sadusewolu* le ti, kara doo mu Farisewolu* ti, a sarita kansulumoolu ñaatiliŋo la ko, “M baadiŋolu, nte mu Farisewo le ti, aduŋ Farisewo le ye n wuluu. N na jikoo niŋ lannoo saayaakoolaa wulindiroo la kuwo to, wo le ye a tinna m be kotoboroo kono bii.”
7 Biriŋ a ye ñiŋ fo, ñoosaboo wulita Farisewolu niŋ Sadusewolu teema. Ì waaliita, 8 kaatu Sadusewolu ko le, saayaakoolaa wulindiroo maŋ soto, sako malaayikoolu waraŋ Nooroo, bari Farisewolu laata wolu bee la le. 9 Wo to le sari baa datita ì kono. Luwaa karammoo* doolu mennu be Farisewolu la kafoo kono, ì wulita ka a fo ko, “Ntolu maŋ sootaari je ñiŋ kewo bala. A si ke noo ko, Nooroo waraŋ malaayikoo le diyaamuta a ye.” 10 Bituŋ ñoosaboo naata wara baake fo kelediŋ kuntii baa silata ko, ì be Pawulu fara la ñoo teema le. Wo to le a ye kelediŋolu yaamari ka Pawulu diyaakuyaa bondi ì kono ka a samba kelediŋolu la koridaa to.
11 Wo suutoo la, Maariyo loota Pawulu daala, a ko a ye ko, “I jusoo bambandi! I ye seedeyaa ke n na kuwo to Yerusalaamu ñaameŋ, i ñanta a ke la wo le ñaama Rooma fanaa.”
Feeroo sitita Pawulu kamma ka a faa
12 Wo saamoo Yahuudoo doolu benta ka feeroo siti Pawulu kamma. Ì ye i kali ko, ì te domoroo niŋ miŋo ke la, fo niŋ ì ye a faa. 13 Kewolu mennu ye ñiŋ feeroo siti, ì siyaata kee taŋ naani ti le. 14 Ì taata piriisi ñaatonkoolu niŋ alifaalu yaa, ì ko ì ye ko, “Ǹ kalita le ko, ǹ te feŋ-wo-feŋ domo la, fo niŋ ŋà Pawulu faa foloo. 15 Ali niŋ kansulumoolu si a fo kelediŋ kuntii baa ye ko, a si Pawulu samba naŋ ali yaa. Ali ali faŋolu ke ko ali lafita kisikisiroo le ke la a la kuwo to ka tooñaa bee loŋ. M̀ be pareeriŋ ne, m̀ be a faa la, janniŋ a be futa la jaŋ.”
16 Bari Pawulu baarindiŋo ye ì la feere jawoo moyi le. A taata kelediŋolu la koridaa to, a naata siloo soto ka duŋ jee. Bituŋ a ye ñiŋ kuwo fo Pawulu ye. 17 Wo to le Pawulu ye kelediŋ kuntiyo doo kumandi, a ko a ye ko, “Ñiŋ fondinkewo samba kelediŋ kuntii baa yaa. A ye feŋ ne soto ka a fo a ye.” 18 Bituŋ kelediŋ kuntiyo ye a samba kelediŋ kuntii baa yaa. A ko a ye ko, “Pawulu meŋ be mutoo kono, wo le ye n kili. A ye n daani ka ñiŋ fondinkewo samba i ye naŋ, kaatu a ye feŋ ne soto ka a fo i ye.” 19 Wo to le kelediŋ kuntii baa ye fondinkewo buloo muta, a ye a samba kara la. A ye a ñininkaa kulloo kono ko, “I lafita muŋ ne fo la n ye?” 20 Bituŋ fondinkewo ko a ye ko, “Yahuudoolu kambenta le ka i daani fo i si Pawulu samba naŋ kansulumoolu ñaatiliŋo la saama. Ì be ì faŋ ke la kisikisirilaalu le ti a la kuwo to. 21 Bari kana soŋ ì la kumoo la, kaatu kewolu mennu siyaata kee taŋ naani ti, wolu le ye deleŋo laa a ye siloo kaŋ. Ì kalita le ko, ì te domoroo niŋ miŋo ke la, fo niŋ ì ye Pawulu faa foloo. Ì pareeta le saayiŋ, ì ka i la soŋo le batu.”
22 Wo to le kelediŋ kuntii baa ye fondinkewo bula ka taa, bari a ye a dandalaa ko, a kana soŋ moo-wo-moo ye a loŋ ko, a ye ñiŋ kuwolu fo a ye le.
Ì ye Pawulu sawundi Sisareya
23 Bituŋ kelediŋ kuntii baa ye kelediŋ kuntii fula kumandi, a ko ì ye ko, “Ali kelediŋ keme fula parendi, suuborindilaa kelediŋ taŋ woorowula, aniŋ kelediŋ keme fula, mennu ye sooroolu soto. Ali si paree ka taa Sisareya talaŋ kononto suutoo la. 24 Suu doolu parendi Pawulu ye. A samba kuuke Kumandaŋ Felis yaa.”
25 Bituŋ kelediŋ kuntii baa ye ñiŋ leetaroo safee kumandaŋo ye:
26 “Nte, Kalawudiyus Lisiyas be ǹ na alifaa baa Kumandaŋ Felis kontoŋ na. 27 Yahuudoolu ye ñiŋ kewo muta le, ì pareeta ka a faa. Bituŋ n niŋ n na kelediŋolu naata ka a tankandi ì ma. N naata a kalamuta ko, Rooma bankudiŋo le mu a ti. 28 N lafita daliiloo loŋ na, ì ye a tuumi meŋ na. Wo kamma la, ŋa a samba ì la kansuloo ñaatiliŋo la. 29 Bituŋ n naata a je ko, a tuumita ñininkaaroo le kamma ì la luwaa to, bari a maŋ feŋ ke, meŋ jarita saayaa la, waraŋ ka a soroŋ bunjawoo to. 30 Kabiriŋ ŋa ñiŋ kalamuta ko, feeroo le sitita a kamma ka a faa, n naata a kii i ye naŋ katabake. Ŋa a tuumilaalu fanaa yaamari le ko, ì si naa jee ka ì la tuumiroo fo i ñaatiliŋo la.”
31 Bituŋ kelediŋolu ye Pawulu taa suutoo la ko a ye ì yaamari a la ñaameŋ. Ì ye a samba fo Antipatiris saatewo to. 32 Wo saamoo, kelediŋolu mennu niŋ suwoolu mu, ì tententa ka Pawulu dandaŋ. Kelediŋolu mennu taata siŋo la, wolu muruta ì la kelediŋ koridaa to.
33 Kabiriŋ ì futata Sisareya, ì ye leetaroo duŋ kumandaŋo bulu jee, aduŋ ì ye Pawulu fanaa dii a la. 34 A la leetaroo karandiŋ koolaa, a ye Pawulu ñininkaa, a bota maralibankoo meŋ to. Biriŋ a naata a loŋ ko, a bota Silisiya le, 35 a ko a ye ko, “M be i moyi la le, niŋ i tuumilaalu futata naŋ.”
Bituŋ a ye yaamaroo dii ko, ì si Pawulu kanta koridaa baa kono, Mansa Herodi ye meŋ loo nuŋ.
1 Paul looked straight at the Council and said, “My fellow Israelites! My conscience is perfectly clear about the way in which I have lived before God to this very day.” 2 The High Priest Ananias ordered those who were standing close to Paul to strike him on the mouth. 3 Paul said to him, “God will certainly strike you—you whitewashed wall! You sit there to judge me according to the Law, yet you break the Law by ordering them to strike me!”
4 The men close to Paul said to him, “You are insulting God's High Priest!”
5 Paul answered, “My fellow Israelites, I did not know that he was the High Priest. The scripture says, ‘You must not speak evil of the ruler of your people.’”
6 When Paul saw that some of the group were Sadducees and the others were Pharisees, he called out in the Council, “Fellow Israelites! I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees. I am on trial here because of the hope I have that the dead will rise to life!”
7 As soon as he said this, the Pharisees and Sadducees started to quarrel, and the group was divided. ( 8 For the Sadducees say that people will not rise from death and that there are no angels or spirits; but the Pharisees believe in all three.) 9 The shouting became louder, and some of the teachers of the Law who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly: “We cannot find a thing wrong with this man! Perhaps a spirit or an angel really did speak to him!”
10 The argument became so violent that the commander was afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces. So he ordered his soldiers to go down into the group, get Paul away from them, and take him into the fort.
11 That night the Lord stood by Paul and said, “Don't be afraid! You have given your witness for me here in Jerusalem, and you must also do the same in Rome.”
The Plot against Paul's Life
12 The next morning some Jews met together and made a plan. They took a vow that they would not eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty who planned this together. 14 Then they went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have taken a solemn vow together not to eat a thing until we have killed Paul. 15 Now then, you and the Council send word to the Roman commander to bring Paul down to you, pretending that you want to get more accurate information about him. But we will be ready to kill him before he ever gets here.”
16 But the son of Paul's sister heard about the plot; so he went to the fort and told Paul. 17 Then Paul called one of the officers and said to him, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.” 18 The officer took him, led him to the commander, and said, “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to say to you.”
19 The commander took him by the hand, led him off by himself, and asked him, “What do you have to tell me?”
20 He said, “The Jewish authorities have agreed to ask you tomorrow to take Paul down to the Council, pretending that the Council wants to get more accurate information about him. 21 But don't listen to them, because there are more than forty men who will be hiding and waiting for him. They have taken a vow not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are now ready to do it and are waiting for your decision.”
22 The commander said, “Don't tell anyone that you have reported this to me.” And he sent the young man away.
Paul Is Sent to Governor Felix
23 Then the commander called two of his officers and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea, together with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, and be ready to leave by nine o'clock tonight. 24 Provide some horses for Paul to ride and get him safely through to Governor Felix.” 25 Then the commander wrote a letter that went like this:
26 “Claudius Lysias to His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings. 27 The Jews seized this man and were about to kill him. I learned that he is a Roman citizen, so I went with my soldiers and rescued him. 28 I wanted to know what they were accusing him of, so I took him down to their Council. 29 I found out that he had not done a thing for which he deserved to die or be put in prison; the accusation against him had to do with questions about their own law. 30 And when I was informed that there was a plot against him, at once I decided to send him to you. I have told his accusers to make their charges against him before you.”
31 The soldiers carried out their orders. They got Paul and took him that night as far as Antipatris. 32 The next day the foot soldiers returned to the fort and left the horsemen to go on with him. 33 They took him to Caesarea, delivered the letter to the governor, and turned Paul over to him. 34 The governor read the letter and asked Paul what province he was from. When he found out that he was from Cilicia, 35 he said, “I will hear you when your accusers arrive.” Then he gave orders for Paul to be kept under guard in the governor's headquarters.
