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Acts 22
Maori Bible
Acts 22
Maori Bible
22 E oku tuakana, e oku matua, whakarongo ki tenei korero aku ki a koutou.
2 A, ka rongo ratou ko te reo Hiperu tana i korero ai ki a ratou, katahi ka mutu rawa te kiki; a ka mea ia,
3 He Hurai ahau, i whanau ki Tarahu o Kirikia, i whakatupuria i roto i tenei pa ki nga waewae o Kamariere, i ata whakaakona ki te tino tikanga o te ture o nga matua, i uaua ano ahau mo te Atua, i pena me koutou katoa inaianei.
4 A whakatoia ana e ahau nga tangata o tenei tikanga, tae ana ki te mate; herea ana e ahau nga tane me nga wahine, a tukua ana ki nga whare herehere.
5 Ma te tohunga nui tenei korero aku e whakatika, ma te huihui hoki o nga kaumatua katoa: i riro mai hoki i ahau a ratou pukapuka ki nga teina, a haere ana ahau ki Ramahiku, kia herea, kia arahina mai hoki te hunga o reira ki Hiruharama kia whakama maetia.
6 Na, i ahau e haere ana, e whakatata ana ki Ramahiku, i te poutumarotanga, ka whiti whakarere mai ki ahau he marama nui no te rangi.
7 A hinga ana ahau ki te whenua, ka rangona he reo e mea ana ki ahau, E Haora, e Haora, he aha tau e whakatoi nei i ahau?
8 Na ka whakahokia e ahau, Ko wai koe, e te Ariki? Ka mea ia ki ahau, Ko Ihu ahau o Nahareta, e whakatoia nei e koe.
9 I kite ano oku hoa i te marama, otira kihai i rongo i te reo ona i korero ki ahau.
10 Ka mea ahau, Me aha ahau, e te Ariki? Ka mea te Ariki ki ahau, Whakatika, haere ki Ramahiku; a ka korerotia ki a koe i reira nga mea katoa kua whakaritea kia meinga e koe.
11 Heoi, i te mea kahore ahau i kite, na te kororia hoki o taua marama, ka arahina a ringatia ahau e oku hoa haere, ka tae ki Ramahiku.
12 Na ko tetahi tangata, ko Anania, he tangata karakia, i rite tonu nei ki ta te ture ana mahi, a e korerotia paitia ana e nga Hurai katoa e noho ana i reira,
13 Haere mai ana ia ki ahau, a tu ana i toku taha, ka mea mai ki ahau, E toku teina, e Haora, titiro ake. A i taua haora ano ka titiro ahau ki a ia.
14 I mea ano ia, Na te Atua o o tatou matua koe i whiriwhiri, kia matau ki tana e pai ai, kia kite i a te Tika, kia rongo hoki i te reo o tona mangai.
15 No te mea ko koe hei kaiwhakaatu mana ki nga tangata katoa, mo nga mea i kite ai, i rongo ai koe.
16 Na, he aha tau e whakaroa nei? whakatika, kia iriiria koe, kia horoia ou hara, me te karanga ano ki te ingoa o te Ariki.
17 A, no toku hokinga mai ki Hiruharama, i ahau e inoi ana i roto i te temepara, ka puta te ngakau matakite ki ahau;
18 A ka kite ahau i a ia e mea ana mai ki ahau, E ahua, kia hohoro te haere atu i Hiruharama: e kore hoki ratou e tango i tau korero moku.
19 Na ko taku meatanga, E te Ariki, e matau ana ratou, he kaiherehere ahau, he kaiwhiu i roto i nga whare karakia, i te hunga i whakapono ki a koe:
20 A, i te whakahekenga o nga toto o tou kaiwhakaatu, o Tepene, i reira ahau e tu ana, e whakaae ana, e tiaki ana hoki i nga kakahu o ona kaiwhakamate.
21 Na ko tana meatanga ki ahau, Haere: ka unga hoki koe e ahau ki tawhiti ki nga Tauiwi.
22 A whakarongo ana ratou ki a ia taea noatia tenei kupu, na ka hamama ratou, ka mea, Whakamatea atu te koroke nei i runga i te whenua: e kore hoki e pai kia ora ia.
23 Heoi, i a ratou e karanga ana, e rukeruke ana i o ratou kakahu, e akiri ana i te puehu ki te rangi,
24 Ka whakahau te rangatira kia kawea ia ki te pa, ka mea kia whiua, kia uia; kia matau ai ia ki te mea i penei ai ratou te karanga ki a ia.
25 A, ka oti ia te here e ratou ki nga here, ka mea a Paora ki te keneturio e tu ana i reira, he mea tika ranei kia whiua e koutou te tangata, he tangata no Roma, i te mea kahore ano i mau noa tona he?
26 A, no te rongonga o te keneturio, ka haere, ka korero ki te rangatira mano, ka mea, He aha tau e mea ai? no Roma hoki te tangata nei.
27 Na ka haere mai te rangatira mano, ka mea ki a ia, Korero mai ki ahau, no Roma koe? Ka mea ia, Ae.
28 Na ka whakahoki te rangatira mano, Na te moni nui i whiwhi ai ahau ki tenei taonga, hei tangata whenua no Roma. Ka mea a Paora, Ko ahau i whanau tonu no Roma.
29 Na whakarerea tonutia iho ia e te hunga e mea ana ki te ui ki a ia: i mataku hoki te rangatira mano, i tona rongonga no Roma ia, mona hoki i here i a ia.
30 Na i te aonga ake ka mea ia kia matau ki te tikanga, ki te mea i whakawakia ai ia e nga Hurai, ka wewete i ona here, ka whakahau kia haere mai nga tohunga nui, me to ratou runanga katoa, a arahina iho ana a Paora, whakaturia ana ki to ratou aroa ro.
Acts 22
New International Version
Acts 22
New International Version
22 1 “Brothers and fathers,(A) listen now to my defense.”
2 When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic,(B) they became very quiet.
Then Paul said: 3 “I am a Jew,(C) born in Tarsus(D) of Cilicia,(E) but brought up in this city. I studied under(F) Gamaliel(G) and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors.(H) I was just as zealous(I) for God as any of you are today. 4 I persecuted(J) the followers of this Way(K) to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,(L) 5 as the high priest and all the Council(M) can themselves testify. I even obtained letters from them to their associates(N) in Damascus,(O) and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.
6 “About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.(P) 7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’
8 “‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked.
“ ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth,(Q) whom you are persecuting,’ he replied. 9 My companions saw the light,(R) but they did not understand the voice(S) of him who was speaking to me.
10 “‘What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked.
“ ‘Get up,’ the Lord said, ‘and go into Damascus. There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.’(T) 11 My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me.(U)
12 “A man named Ananias came to see me.(V) He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there.(W) 13 He stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very moment I was able to see him.
14 “Then he said: ‘The God of our ancestors(X) has chosen you to know his will and to see(Y) the Righteous One(Z) and to hear words from his mouth. 15 You will be his witness(AA) to all people of what you have seen(AB) and heard. 16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized(AC) and wash your sins away,(AD) calling on his name.’(AE)
17 “When I returned to Jerusalem(AF) and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance(AG) 18 and saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me.’
19 “‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison(AH) and beat(AI) those who believe in you. 20 And when the blood of your martyr[a] Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’(AJ)
21 “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”(AK)
Paul the Roman Citizen
22 The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him!(AL) He’s not fit to live!”(AM)
23 As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks(AN) and flinging dust into the air,(AO) 24 the commander ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.(AP) He directed(AQ) that he be flogged and interrogated in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this. 25 As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?”(AR)
26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it. “What are you going to do?” he asked. “This man is a Roman citizen.”
27 The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?”
“Yes, I am,” he answered.
28 Then the commander said, “I had to pay a lot of money for my citizenship.”
“But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
29 Those who were about to interrogate him(AS) withdrew immediately. The commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put Paul, a Roman citizen,(AT) in chains.(AU)
Paul Before the Sanhedrin
30 The commander wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews.(AV) So the next day he released him(AW) and ordered the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrin(AX) to assemble. Then he brought Paul and had him stand before them.
Footnotes
- Acts 22:20 Or witness
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