Kumandaŋ Festus ye Pawulu kotobo
1 Kabiriŋ Festus futata a la maralibankoo kaŋ, tili saba koolaa, a bota Sisareya saatewo to, a taata Yerusalaamu. 2 Piriisi* ñaatonkoolu niŋ Yahuudi ñaatonkoolu ye Pawulu la kuwo fo a ye jee. 3 Ì ye a daani fo a si laa ì kaŋ ka Pawulu kii Yerusalaamu, kaatu ì ye feeroo le siti ka deleŋo laa a ye siloo kaŋ ka a faa. 4 Bari Festus ye ì jaabi ko, Pawulu be sorondiŋ Sisareya le, aduŋ a faŋo pareeta le ka taa jee, a te ke la kuu meeriŋ ti. 5 Wo to le a ko ì ye ko, “Ali la ñaatonkoolu niŋ n si taa ñoo la. Niŋ wo kewo ye kuu ke, meŋ maŋ beŋ, bituŋ ì si a tuumi.”
6 Kabiriŋ a sabatita ì fee fo tili seyi waraŋ tili taŋ na, a seyita Sisareya. Wo saamoo, a siita kiitiisiiraŋo kaŋ, a ye yaamaroo dii ko, ì ye Pawulu samba naŋ. 7 Kabiriŋ Pawulu naata, Yahuudoolu mennu bota Yerusalaamu, ì loota ka a tuumi kuu jawu jamaa la, bari ì maŋ ì la kumoolu tooñaayandi noo.
8 Bituŋ Pawulu diyaamuta ka a faŋ tankandi ko, “M maŋ feŋ ke, meŋ maŋ tiliŋ Yahuudoolu la Luwaa kono, Alla Batudulaa waraŋ Rooma bankoo la mansa*.” 9 Bari Festus lafita laa la Yahuudoolu le kaŋ. Wo kamma la a ye Pawulu ñininkaa ko, “Fo i lafita le baŋ, ŋà taa i kotobo Yerusalaamu ñiŋ kuwolu to, ì ye i tuumi mennu la?” 10 Wo to le Pawulu ko a ye ko, “M be looriŋ Rooma mansakewo le la kiitiyo ñaatiliŋo la, n ñanta kotobo la daameŋ. M maŋ kuu tilimbali ke Yahuudoolu la ko a be seneyaariŋ ali ma ñaameŋ. 11 Wo kamma la, niŋ ŋa kuu jawoo le ke, meŋ jarita saayaa la, m maŋ balaŋ ka faa. Bari niŋ ì la n tuumiroo maŋ ke tooñaa ti, moo te n duŋ noo la ì bulu. Wo kamma la, ŋa Rooma bankoo la mansa la n kiitindoo daani.”
12 Kabiriŋ Festus niŋ a la yaamarilaalu kacaata, a ye Pawulu jaabi ko, “I ye Rooma bankoo la mansa le la i kiitindoo daani. Wo kamma la, i be taa Rooma bankoo la mansa le yaa.”
Festus ye yaamaroo daani Mansa Akiripa bulu
13 Bituŋ tili dantaŋ koolaa, Mansa Akiripa niŋ Berinise futata Sisareya ka Festus kontoŋ. 14 Biriŋ ì sabatita jee fo tili jamaa la, Festus ye Pawulu la kuwo laa mansakewo koto. A ko a ye ko, “Felis ye kewo doo le tu bunjawoo kono jaŋ. 15 Kabiriŋ n taata Yerusalaamu, piriisi ñaatonkoolu niŋ Yahuudoolu la alifaalu ye a la kuwo fo n ye. Aduŋ ì ye n daani ka a kiitindi. 16 Bari ŋa ì jaabi ko, a maŋ ke Roomankoolu la aadoo ti ka moo-wo-moo duŋ a tuumilaalu bulu, niŋ a niŋ ì maŋ loo kiitiidulaa to ka a faŋo tankandi tuumiroolu to, ì ye mennu laa a kaŋ.
17 “Wo kamma la, kabiriŋ ì naata jaŋ, m maŋ kuwolu mendi. Wo saamoo faŋo le n siita kiitiisiiraŋo kaŋ, ŋa yaamaroo dii ko, ì ye kewo ñiŋ samba naŋ. 18 Bari kabiriŋ a tuumilaalu loota, ì maŋ a tuumi kuu jawoolu la, ŋa n yillaa mennu la. 19 Ñininkaaroolu, ì ye mennu soto, wolu be dendiŋ ì la diinoo la kuwo le la, aniŋ taalaa Yeesu, Pawulu ka meŋ na kuwo kankulaa ko, a be baluuriŋ ne. 20 Aduŋ m maŋ a loŋ, m be ñiŋ kuwolu kisikisi la ñaameŋ. Bituŋ ŋa a ñininkaa, fo a lafita le ka taa Yerusalaamu ka a kotobo kuwolu to, ì ye a tuumi mennu la. 21 Bari Pawulu ye Rooma bankoo la mansa la a kiitindoo daani, aduŋ a lafita tu la mutoo kono jaŋ tankoo kamma la. Wo to le ŋa yaamaroo dii ka a kanta fo janniŋ m be a kii la ǹ na mansa yaa.”
22 Bituŋ Akiripa ko Festus ye ko, “M faŋo be lafi la le ka ñiŋ kewo lamoyi.” Bituŋ Festus ye a jaabi ko, “Saama i be a moyi la le.”
Pawulu be Mansa Akiripa ñaatiliŋo la
23 Bituŋ wo saamoo, Mansa Akiripa niŋ Berinise niŋ kibiri baa naata bendulaa to, ì niŋ kelediŋ kuntiyolu niŋ saatewo la alifaalu. Wo to le ì ye Pawulu samba naŋ Festus la yaamaroo kaŋ. 24 Wo to le Festus ko, “Mansa Akiripa niŋ moolu mennu bee be ntolu fee jaŋ teŋ! Ali ye ñiŋ kewo je le, Yahuudoolu bee ye n daani meŋ na kuwo la Yerusalaamu, aniŋ jaŋ. Ì sarita ko, a maŋ ñaŋ na baluu la. 25 Bari ŋa a je le ko, a maŋ feŋ ke, meŋ jarita saayaa la. Baawo a faŋo le ye Rooma mansakewo la a kiitindoo daani, wo to ŋa kumoo kuntu le ka a kii jee. 26 Bari m maŋ daliila koyoo soto a la kuwo to, m be meŋ safee la m maarii mansakewo ye. Wo kamma la, ŋa ñiŋ kewo samba naŋ ali ñaatiliŋo la, sako ite, Mansa Akiripa. Fo niŋ ǹ na a kotoboroo bota a la, n si naa feŋ safee noo a la kuwo to. 27 Kaatu nte fee, a maŋ ke sila ti ka bunjawutonkoo kii, tuumiri koyoo maŋ soto meŋ ma.”
Paul Appeals to the Emperor
1 Three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went from Caesarea to Jerusalem, 2 where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders brought their charges against Paul. They begged Festus 3 to do them the favor of having Paul come to Jerusalem, for they had made a plot to kill him on the way. 4 Festus answered, “Paul is being kept a prisoner in Caesarea, and I myself will be going back there soon. 5 Let your leaders go to Caesarea with me and accuse the man if he has done anything wrong.”
6 Festus spent another eight or ten days with them and then went to Caesarea. On the next day he sat down in the judgment court and ordered Paul to be brought in. 7 When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come from Jerusalem stood around him and started making many serious charges against him, which they were not able to prove. 8 But Paul defended himself: “I have done nothing wrong against the Law of the Jews or against the Temple or against the Roman Emperor.”
9 But Festus wanted to gain favor with the Jews, so he asked Paul, “Would you be willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried on these charges before me there?”
10 Paul said, “I am standing before the Emperor's own judgment court, where I should be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you yourself well know. 11 If I have broken the law and done something for which I deserve the death penalty, I do not ask to escape it. But if there is no truth in the charges they bring against me, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to the Emperor.”
12 Then Festus, after conferring with his advisers, answered, “You have appealed to the Emperor, so to the Emperor you will go.”
Paul before Agrippa and Bernice
13 Some time later King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to pay a visit of welcome to Festus. 14 After they had been there several days, Festus explained Paul's situation to the king: “There is a man here who was left a prisoner by Felix; 15 and when I went to Jerusalem, the Jewish chief priests and elders brought charges against him and asked me to condemn him. 16 But I told them that we Romans are not in the habit of handing over any who are accused of a crime before they have met their accusers face-to-face and have had the chance of defending themselves against the accusation. 17 When they came here, then, I lost no time, but on the very next day I sat in the judgment court and ordered the man to be brought in. 18 His opponents stood up, but they did not accuse him of any of the evil crimes that I thought they would. 19 All they had were some arguments with him about their own religion and about a man named Jesus, who has died; but Paul claims that he is alive. 20 I was undecided about how I could get information on these matters, so I asked Paul if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges. 21 But Paul appealed; he asked to be kept under guard and to let the Emperor decide his case. So I gave orders for him to be kept under guard until I could send him to the Emperor.”
22 Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.”
“You will hear him tomorrow,” Festus answered.
23 The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and ceremony and entered the audience hall with the military chiefs and the leading men of the city. Festus gave the order, and Paul was brought in. 24 Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are here with us: You see this man against whom all the Jewish people, both here and in Jerusalem, have brought complaints to me. They scream that he should not live any longer. 25 But I could not find that he had done anything for which he deserved the death sentence. And since he himself made an appeal to the Emperor, I have decided to send him. 26 But I have nothing definite about him to write to the Emperor. So I have brought him here before you—and especially before you, King Agrippa!—so that, after investigating his case, I may have something to write. 27 For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without clearly indicating the charges against him.”
