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

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

²የካህናቱ አለቆችና የአይሁድም ታላላቆች በጳውሎስ ላይ አመለከቱ፥

²And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they besought him,

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

³asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.

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

⁴Howbeit Festus answered, that Paul was kept in charge at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart [thither] shortly.

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

⁵Let them therefore, saith he, that are of power among you go down with me, and if there is anything amiss in the man, let them accuse him.

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

⁶And when he had tarried among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and on the morrow he sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.

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

⁷And when he was come, the Jews that had come down from Jerusalem stood round about him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove;

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

⁸while Paul said in his defense, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all.

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

⁹But Festus, desiring to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?

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

¹⁰But Paul said, I am standing before Caesar's judgment-seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou also very well knowest.

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።

¹¹If then I am a wrong-doer, and have committed anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but if none of those things is [true] whereof these accuse me, no man can give me up unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.

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

¹²Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed unto Caesar: unto Caesar shalt thou go.

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

¹³Now when certain days were passed, Agrippa the King and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and saluted Festus.

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

¹⁴And as they tarried there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the King, saying, There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;

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

¹⁵about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed [me], asking for sentence against him.

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

¹⁶To whom I answered, that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man, before that the accused have the accusers face to face, and have had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.

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

¹⁷When therefore they were come together here, I made no delay, but on the next day sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded the man to be brought.

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

¹⁸Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such evil things as I supposed;

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

¹⁹but had certain questions against him of their own religion, and of one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

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

²⁰And I, being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem and there be judged of these matters.

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

²¹But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to be kept till I should send him to Caesar.

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

²²And Agrippa [said] unto Festus, I also could wish to hear the man myself. To-morrow, saith he, thou shalt hear him.

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

²³So on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and they were entered into the place of hearing with the chief captains and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus Paul was brought in.

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።

²⁴And Festus saith, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye behold this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews made suit to me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

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

²⁵But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death: and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.

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

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

²⁷እስረኛ ሲላክ የተከሰሰበትን ምክንያት ደግሞ አለማመልከት ሞኝነት መስሎኛልና።

²⁷For it seemeth to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not withal to signify the charges against him.