¹Festus, therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea,

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

²and the chief priest and the principal men of the Jews made manifest to him [the things] against Paul, and were calling on him,

²የካህናቱ አለቆችና የአይሁድም ታላላቆች በጳውሎስ ላይ አመለከቱ፥

³asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.

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

⁴Then, indeed, Festus answered that Paul is kept in Caesarea, and himself is about speedily to go on thither,

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

⁵`Therefore those able among you — saith he — having come down together, if there be anything in this man — let them accuse him;`

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

⁶and having tarried among them more than ten days, having gone down to Caesarea, on the morrow having sat upon the tribunal, he 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 he having come, there stood round about the Jews who have come down from Jerusalem — many and weighty charges they are bringing against Paul, which they were not able to prove,

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

⁸he making defence — `Neither in regard to the law of the Jews, nor in regard to the temple, nor in regard to Caesar — did I commit any sin.`

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

⁹And Festus willing to lay on the Jews a favour, answering Paul, said, `Art thou willing, to Jerusalem having gone up, there concerning these things to be judged before me?`

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

¹⁰and Paul said, `At the tribunal of Caesar I am standing, where it behoveth me to be judged; to Jews I did no unrighteousness, as thou dost also very well know;

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

¹¹for if indeed I am unrighteous, and anything worthy of death have done, I deprecate not to die; and if there is none of the things of which these accuse me, no one is able to make a favour of me to them; to Caesar I appeal!`

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, having communed with the council, answered, `To Caesar thou hast appealed; to Caesar thou shalt go.`

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

¹³And certain days having passed, Agrippa the king, and Bernice, came down to Caesarea saluting Festus,

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

¹⁴and as they were continuing there more days, Festus submitted to the king the things concerning Paul, saying, `There is a certain man, left by Felix, a prisoner,

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

¹⁵about whom, in my being at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid information, asking a decision against him,

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

¹⁶unto whom I answered, that it is not a custom of Romans to make a favour of any man to die, before that he who is accused may have the accusers face to face, and may receive place of defence in regard to the charge laid against [him].

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

¹⁷`They, therefore, having come together — I, making no delay, on the succeeding [day] having sat upon the tribunal, did command the man to be brought,

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

¹⁸concerning whom the accusers, having stood up, were bringing against [him] no accusation of the things I was thinking of,

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

¹⁹but certain questions concerning their own religion they had against him, and concerning a certain Jesus who 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 I, doubting in regard to the question concerning this, said, If he would wish to go on to Jerusalem, and there to be judged concerning these things —

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

²¹but Paul having appealed to be kept to the hearing of Sebastus, I did command him to be kept till I might send him unto Caesar.`

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

²²And Agrippa said unto Festus, `I was wishing also myself to hear the man;` and he said, `To-morrow thou shalt hear him;`

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

²³on the morrow, therefore — on the coming of Agrippa and Bernice with much display, and they having entered into the audience chamber, with the chief captains also, and the principal men of the city, and Festus having ordered — 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 who are present with us, ye see this one, about whom all the multitude of the Jews did deal with me, both in Jerusalem and here, crying out, 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።

²⁵and I, having found him to have done nothing worthy of death, and he also himself having appealed to Sebastus, I decided to send him,

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

²⁶concerning whom I have no certain thing to write to [my] lord, wherefore I brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, that the examination having been made, I may have something 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 doth seem to me irrational, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.`

²⁷እስረኛ ሲላክ የተከሰሰበትን ምክንያት ደግሞ አለማመልከት ሞኝነት መስሎኛልና።