¹Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

¹ፊስጦስም ወደ አውራጃው ገብቶ ከሦስት ቀን በኋላ ከቂሣርያ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ወጣ።

²Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,

²የካህናቱ አለቆችና የአይሁድም ታላላቆች በጳውሎስ ላይ አመለከቱ፥

³And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

³ጳውሎስንም ሲቃወም እንዲያደላላቸው እየለመኑ፥ በመንገድ ሸምቀው ይገድሉት ዘንድ አስበው ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንዲያስመጣው ማለዱት።

⁴But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.

⁴ፊስጦስ ግን ጳውሎስ በቂሳርያ እንዲጠበቅ እርሱም ራሱ ወደዚያ ፈጥኖ ይሄድ ዘንድ እንዳለው መለሰላቸው፤

⁵Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.

⁵እንግዲህ በዚህ ሰው ክፋት ቢሆን ከእናንተ ዘንድ ያሉት ባለ ስልጣኖች ከእኔ ጋር ወርደው ይክሰሱት አላቸው።

⁶And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.

⁶በእነርሱም ዘንድ ከስምንት ወይም ከአስር የማይበልጥ ቀን ተቀምጦ ወደ ቂሳርያ ወረደ፤ በነገውም በፍርድ ወንበር ተቀምጦ ጳውሎስን ያመጡት ዘንድ አዘዘ።

⁷And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.

⁷በቀረበም ጊዜ ከኢየሩሳሌም የወረዱት አይሁድ ከበውት ቆሙ፥ ይረቱበትም ዘንድ የማይችሉትን ብዙና ከባድ ክስ አነሱበት፤

⁸While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.

⁸ጳውሎስም ሲምዋገት። የአይሁድን ህግ ቢሆን መቅደስንም ቢሆን ቄሳርንም ቢሆን አንዳች ስንኳ አልበደልሁም አለ።

⁹But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?

⁹ፊስጦስ ግን አይሁድን ደስ ያሰኝ ዘንድ ወዶ ጳውሎስን። ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ወጥተህ ስለዚህ ነገር ከዚያው በፊቴ ትፋረድ ዘንድ ትወዳለህን? ብሎ መለሰለት።

¹⁰Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.

¹⁰ጳውሎስ ግን። እፋረድበት ዘንድ በሚገባኝ በቄሳር ፍርድ ወንበር ፊት ቆሜአለሁ። አንተው ደግሞ ፈጽመህ እንደምታውቅ አይሁድን ምንም አልበደልሁም።

¹¹For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.

¹¹እንግዲህ በድዬ ወይም ሞት የሚገባውን ነገር አድርጌ እንደ ሆነ ከሞት ልዳን አልልም፤ እነዚህ የሚከሱኝ ክስ ከንቱ እንደሆነ ግን ለእነርሱ አሳልፎ ይሰጠኝ ዘንድ ማንም አይችልም፤ ወደ ቄሳር ይግባኝ ብዬአለሁ አለ።

¹²Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.

¹²በዚያን ጊዜ ፊስጦስ ከአማካሪዎቹ ጋር ተማክሮ። ወደ ቄሳር ይግባኝ ብለሃል፤ ወደ ቄሳር ትሄዳለህ ብሎ መለሰለት።

¹³And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.

¹³ከጥቂት ቀንም በኋላ ንጉሡ አግሪጳ በርኒቄም ለፊስጦስ ሰላምታ እንዲያቀርቡ ወደ ቂሳርያ ወረዱ።

¹⁴And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:

¹⁴በዚያውም ብዙ ቀን ስለተቀመጡ ፊስጦስ የጳውሎስን ነገር ለንጉሡ እንዲህ ብሎ ገለጠ። ፊልክስ አስሮ የተወው አንድ ሰው በዚህ አለ፤

¹⁵About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.

¹⁵በኢየሩሳሌምም ሳለሁ የካህናት አለቆችና የአይሁድ ሽማግሌዎች እፈርድበት ዘንድ እየለመኑ ስለ እርሱ አመለከቱኝ።

¹⁶To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.

¹⁶እኔም። ተከሳሹ በከሳሾቹ ፊት ለፊት ሳይቆም ለተከሰሰበትም መልስ ይሰጥ ዘንድ ፈንታ ሳያገኝ፥ ማንንም ቢሆን አሳልፎ መስጠት የሮማውያን ሥርዓት አይደለም ብዬ መለስሁላቸው።

¹⁷Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.

¹⁷ስለዚህም በዚህ በተሰበሰቡ ጊዜ፥ ሳልዘገይ በማግሥቱ በፍርድ ወንበር ተቀምጬ ያንን ሰው ያመጡት ዘንድ አዘዝሁ።

¹⁸Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:

¹⁸ከሳሾቹም በቆሙ ጊዜ እኔ ያሰብሁትን ክፉ ነገር ክስ ምንም አላመጡበትም፤

¹⁹But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

¹⁹ነገር ግን ስለ ገዛ ሃይማኖታቸውና ጳውሎስ። ሕያው ነው ስለሚለው ስለ ሞተው ኢየሱስ ስለ ተባለው ከእርሱ ጋር ይከራከሩ ነበር።

²⁰And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.

²⁰እኔም ይህን ነገር እንዴት እንድመረምር አመንትቼ። ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ሄደህ በዚህ ነገር ከዚያ ልትፋረድ ትወዳለህን? አልሁት።

²¹But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

²¹ጳውሎስ ግን አውግስጦስ ቄሣር እስኪቈርጥ ድረስ እንዲጠበቅ ይግባኝ ባለ ጊዜ፥ ወደ ቄሣር እስክሰደው ድረስ ይጠበቅ ዘንድ አዘዝሁ።

²²Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

²²አግሪጳም ፊስጦስን። ያንንስ ሰው እኔ ዳግም እኮ እሰማው ዘንድ እወድ ነበር አለው። እርሱም። ነገ ትሰማዋለህ አለው።

²³And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.

²³በነገውም አግሪጳና በርኒቄ በብዙ ግርማ መጥተው ከሻለቆችና ከከተማው ታላላቆች ጋር ወደ ፍርድ ቤት ገቡ፤ ፊስጦስም ባዘዘ ጊዜ ጳውሎስን አመጡት።

²⁴And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

²⁴ፊስጦስም አለ። አግሪጳ ንጉሥ ሆይ እናንተም ከእኛ ጋር ያላችሁ ሰዎች ሁሉ፥ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ በሕይወት ይኖር ዘንድ እንዳይገባው እየጮኹ የአይሁድ ሕዝብ ሁሉ በኢየሩሳሌም በዚህም ስለ እርሱ የለመኑኝን ይህን ሰው ታዩታላችሁ።

²⁵But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.

²⁵እኔ ግን ሞት የሚገባውን ነገር እንዳላደረገ አስተዋልሁ፥ እርሱም ወደ አውግስጦስ ይግባኝ ስላለ እሰደው ዘንድ ቈረጥሁ።

²⁶Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.

²⁶ስለ እርሱም ወደ ጌታዬ የምጽፈው እርግጥ ነገር የለኝም፤ ስለዚህ ከተመረመረ በኋላ የምጽፈውን ነገር አገኝ ዘንድ በፊታችሁ ይልቁንም በፊትህ፥ ንጉሥ አግሪጳ ሆይ፥ አመጣሁት፤

²⁷For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.

²⁷እስረኛ ሲላክ የተከሰሰበትን ምክንያት ደግሞ አለማመልከት ሞኝነት መስሎኛልና።