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

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

²የካህናቱ አለቆችና የአይሁድም ታላላቆች በጳውሎስ ላይ አመለከቱ፥

²And the chief priests and the chief of the Jews laid informations before him against Paul, and besought him,

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

³asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.

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

⁴Festus therefore answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to set out shortly.

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

⁵Let therefore the persons of authority among you, says he, going down too, if there be anything in this man, accuse him.

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

⁶And having remained among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the next day, having sat down on the judgment-seat, 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 who were come down from Jerusalem stood round, bringing many and grievous charges which they were not able to prove:

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

⁸Paul answering for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I offended [in] anything.

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

⁹But Festus, desirous of obliging the Jews, to acquire their favour, answering Paul, said, Art thou willing to go up to Jerusalem, there to be judged before me concerning these things?

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

¹⁰But Paul said, I am standing before the judgment-seat of Caesar, 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 have done any wrong and committed anything worthy of death, I do not deprecate dying; but if there is nothing of those things of which they accuse me, no man can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.

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

¹²Then Festus, having conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed to Caesar. To Caesar shalt thou go.

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

¹³And when certain days had elapsed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to salute Festus.

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

¹⁴And when they had spent many days there, Festus laid before the king the matters relating to Paul, saying, There is a certain man left prisoner by Felix,

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

¹⁵concerning whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid informations, requiring judgment 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, It is not [the] custom of the Romans to give up any man before that the accused have the accusers face to face, and he have got opportunity of defence touching the charge.

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

¹⁷When therefore they had come together here, without putting it off, I sat the next day on the judgment-seat and commanded the man to be brought:

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

¹⁸concerning whom the accusers, standing up, brought no such accusation of guilt as *I* supposed;

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

¹⁹but had against him certain questions of their own system of worship, and concerning a certain Jesus who is dead, whom Paul affirmed to be living.

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

²⁰And as I myself was at a loss as to an inquiry into these things, I said, Was he willing to go to Jerusalem and there to be judged concerning these things?

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

²¹But Paul having appealed to be kept for the cognisance of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I shall send him to Caesar.

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

²²And Agrippa [said] to Festus, I myself also would desire to hear the man. To-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

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

²³On the morrow therefore, Agrippa being come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and having entered into the hall of audience, with the chiliarchs and the men of distinction of the city, and Festus having given command, Paul was brought.

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 said, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye see this person, concerning whom all the multitude of the Jews applied to me both in Jerusalem and here, crying out against [him] 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, having found that he had done nothing worthy of death, and this [man] himself having appealed to Augustus, I have decided 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፤

²⁶concerning whom I have nothing certain to write to my lord. Wherefore I have brought him before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, so that an examination having been gone into I may have something to write:

²⁷እስረኛ ሲላክ የተከሰሰበትን ምክንያት ደግሞ አለማመልከት ሞኝነት መስሎኛልና።

²⁷for it seems to me senseless, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.