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Paul Stan Up In Front King Agrippa
1 King Agrippa tell Paul, “Go talk bout yoa side.” An Paul put up his hand an tell,
2 “Yoa Honor King Agrippa, I figga good fo me stan in front you today fo tell my side about all da stuff da Jews tell agains me. 3 I know fo shua you know all da ways da Jew guys do stuff, an all da stuff dey make argue bout. Dass why I beg you fo try lissen me real good.
4 “All da Jew guys know how I live from small kid time, from my country Tarsus side, an inside Jerusalem. 5 ✡Long time dey know me. An dey know I do all da stuff jalike one Pharisee guy. If dey like, dey can tell you, dat I do even da manini kine stuff an da hard stuff inside da Jew Rules. 6 An now I stay stan ova hea in front you cuz I trus God an wait fo da stuff happen dat God wen promise he goin do fo oua ancesta guys. 7 Dass da real stuff oua twelve ohana stay wait fo. Dey work fo God day time an nite time fo dem see um happen. Yoa Majesty, da Jew guys stay poin finga me cuz we trus an wait fo all dis fo happen. 8 God can make da mahke guys come alive one mo time. How come you guys tink he no can do dat?
9 ✡“Befo time, I wen tink I gotta do all da kine stuff fo stan up agains da guy Jesus from Nazaret, jalike dem. 10 An dass wat I wen do inside Jerusalem. Da Main Pries guys give me da powa, an I throw plenny peopo dat stay spesho fo God inside jail. An I vote dat dey gotta mahke. 11 Plenny times I go from one Jew church to anodda fo punish um, an I try fo make um talk bad agains God. I come plenny huhu wit dem, an I even go da towns far away fo make um suffa.
Paul Tell Dat He Wen Change
12 “Az why one time wen I ready fo go Damascus, da Main Pries guys give me da powa an tell me fo go afta da Christian peopo. 13 ✡Yoa Majesty, bout noon time I stay on da road, an I spock one light from da sky. Da light stay mo bright den da sun an flash all aroun me an my frenz. 14 We all fall down on top da groun an I hear one voice dat talk in da local kine language, ‘Saul, Saul, why you make me suffa? Da ony one you stay hurt is you.’ 15 Den I tell, ‘Who you, Boss?’ An Da One In Charge tell, ‘Me Jesus, da one you stay make suffa. 16 Now go stan on yoa feets. I come fo pick you fo work fo me an fo tell odda peopo wat you see now an wat I goin show you. 17 I goin proteck you from yoa peopo an from da guys dass not Jew guys, so dey no kill you. I goin sen you 18 fo open dea eyes an fo turn um away from da dark kine stuff to da light; fo turn um away from da powa Satan get an turn um to God. Den I goin let um go, an hemo dea shame fo all da bad kine stuff dey do. Den dey can come togedda wit all da peopo dat trus me an come good an spesho fo me.’
Paul Tell Bout His Work
19 “So den, King Agrippa, I wen do wat God tell me fo do. 20 ✡Firs I go by da peopo inside Damascus, an den inside Jerusalem an all ova Judea. An I tell da peopo dass not Jew guys too dat dey gotta come sorry fo all da bad kine stuff dey do, an turn to God. An dey gotta show dat dey sorry fo real kine by da good kine stuff dey stay do. 21 Dass why da Jew guys wen grab me inside da open lanai fo da Temple an try fo kill me. 22 But God help me erytime till now. So I stan hea an talk to da peopo dat importan an da peopo dat not importan. I ony tell da stuff dat Moses an da odda guys dat befo time talk fo God tell goin happen. I no tell odda stuff. 23 ✡I tell um dat da Spesho Guy God Wen Sen gotta suffa. An he da firs guy fo come back alive from mahke. An he goin tell his peopo an da peopo dass not Jew guys bout da light from God.”
24 Befo Paul pau talk Festus yell, an tell, “Paul, you pupule! All da stuff you learn make you pupule!”
25 Paul tell, “Yoa Honor Festus, I not pupule. Wat I tell stay true. An you can undastan um. 26 I know fo shua you da king, an you know bout dis stuff, an I can talk fo real kine to you. Fo shua you know bout all dis stuff, cuz wen happen one place erybody can see um. 27 King Agrippa, you trus wat da guys wen write down dat talk fo God? I know you trus um.”
28 Den Agrippa tell Paul, “You tink in dis short time you goin make me come one Christian, o wat?!”
29 Paul tell, “Litto bit time o long time. I pray an aks God dat you an all da peopo dat stay lissen me now goin come jalike me—but not tie up wit chains lidis.”
30 Da king, an da govna, an Queen Bernice, an da oddas dat sit wit dem stan up. 31 Dey go outa da room, an tell each odda, “Dis guy neva do notting wrong fo him gotta mahke o go prison.” 32 An Agrippa tell Festus, “Dis guy aks fo stan in front da Big King Cesar, so we gotta sen um dea an no let um go!”
✡ 26:5 26:5: JGuys 23:6; Php 3:5 ✡ 26:9 26:9: JGuys 8:3; 22:4-5 ✡ 26:13 26:13 JGuys 9:3-6 ✡ 26:20 26:20: JGuys 9:20, 28-29 ✡ 26:23 26:23 a: 1Cor 15:20; Isa 42:6; 49:6