1Mi ɛeddan tlata wussan segmi yuɣal d lḥakem, Fistus yuli si temdint n Qiṣarya ɣer temdint n Lquds.
1Festus therefore, being come into the eparchy, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
2Dɣa lmuqedmin imeqqranen akk-d imeqqranen n wat Isṛail, ccetkan ɣuṛ-es ɣef Bulus.
2And the chief priests and the chief of the Jews laid informations before him against Paul, and besought him,
3Ssutren i Fistus a sen-ixdem lemziya, a sen-d-yawi Bulus ɣer temdint n Lquds, nutni heggan-as-d taxazabit iwakken a t-nɣen deg webrid.
3asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.
4Lameɛna Fistus yerra-yasen : Bulus ițwaḥbes di Qiṣarya, nekk s yiman-iw qṛib ad uɣaleɣ ɣer dinna.
4Festus therefore answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to set out shortly.
5Xtiṛet-ed si gar-awen wid ara yeddun yid-i ; ma yella kra n wayen n diri i gexdem wergaz-agi, ad ccetkin fell-as.
5Let therefore the persons of authority among you, says he, going down too, if there be anything in this man, accuse him.
6Fistus isɛedda azal n tmanya neɣ ɛecṛa wussan gar-asen, taggara yuɣal ɣer Qiṣarya. Azekka-nni, iṭṭef amkan ɣef wukersi n ccṛeɛ, iceggeɛ a d-awin Bulus.
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.
7Mi d-yewweḍ Bulus, at Isṛail i d-yusan si temdint n Lquds zzin-as, gren-d fell-as lbaṭel, lameɛna ur zmiren ara a d-tebten wayen i d qqaṛen.
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:
8Bulus iḥudd iman-is yenna : Ur ɛuṣaɣ ccariɛa n wat Isṛail, ur skecmeɣ leḥṛam ɣer lǧameɛ iqedsen, ur xulfeɣ Qayṣer.
8Paul answering for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I offended [in] anything.
9Imi gebɣa ad issefṛeḥ at Isṛail, Fistus yenna i Bulus : Tebɣiḍ aț-țaliḍ ɣer temdint n Lquds iwakken aț-țɛeddiḍ di ccṛeɛ dinna zdat-i ?
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?
10Lameɛna Bulus yenna : Ɣer ccṛeɛ n Qayṣer i beddeɣ, ɣuṛ-es ara țțucaṛɛeɣ. Ur xdimeɣ ula d acemma i gḍuṛṛen at Isṛail, akken teẓriḍ kečč s yiman-ik.
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.
11Ma yella xedmeɣ lbaṭel neɣ ayen yuklalen lmut, ur țțaggadeɣ ara ad mmteɣ. Lameɛna ma yella lecɣal-agi ɣef i d-ccetkan fell-i ur seḥḥan ara, yiwen ur izmir a yi-isellem ger ifassen-nsen. Ad rẓeɣ ccṛeɛ ɣer Qayṣer !
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.
12Mi gemcawaṛ Fistus nețța ț-țejmaɛt-nni n ccṛeɛ, yenna i Bulus : Tessutreḍ-ed ccṛeɛ n Qayṣer, aț-țețțucarɛeḍ zdat Qayṣer !
12Then Festus, having conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed to Caesar. To Caesar shalt thou go.
13Mi ɛeddan kra wussan, agellid Aɣribas akk-d weltma-s Birinis, usan-d ɣer Qiṣarya ad sellmen ɣef lḥakem Fistus.
13And when certain days had elapsed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to salute Festus.
14Imi qqimen dinna kra wussan, Fistus iḥka-yas i ugellid-nni taqsiṭ n Bulus, yenna-yas : Yella yiwen wergaz i geǧǧa Filiks dagi d ameḥbus.
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,
15Mi lliɣ di temdint n Lquds, ccetkan fell-as imeqqranen n lmuqedmin d lɛuqal n wat Isṛail ; ssutren-iyi-d ad ḥekmeɣ fell-as.
15concerning whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid informations, requiring judgment against him:
16Nniɣ-asen mačči di lɛadda n iṛumaniyen ad ḥekmen ɣef wemdan uqbel a t-semqabalen nețța d wid i d-iccetkan fell-as, iwakken ad yaf abrid amek ara idafeɛ ɣef yiman-is.
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.
17Ihi usan-d ɣer dagi. Ur ɛeṭṭleɣ ara, azekka-nni fkiɣ lameṛ a d-awin argaz-nni iwakken a t-sɛeddiɣ di ccṛeɛ ;
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:
18wid iccetkan fell-as ur d-nnin acemma seg wayen țrajuɣ a t-id-inin.
18concerning whom the accusers, standing up, brought no such accusation of guilt as *I* supposed;
19Țemjadalen anagar ɣef ddin akk-d yiwen ițusemman Ɛisa. Ɛisa-agi yemmut, meɛna Bulus yeqqaṛ-ed yedder.
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.
20Imi ur ẓriɣ ara acu ara xedmeɣ di temsalt-agi, nniɣ-as i Bulus ma yebɣa ad iṛuḥ ɣer temdint n Lquds iwakken ad ițțucaṛeɛ dinna,
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?
21lameɛna yerẓa ccṛeɛ iwakken ad ițțucaṛeɛ zdat Qayṣer ; dɣa fkiɣ lameṛ a t-ɛassen alamma d ass i deg ara t-ceggɛeɣ ɣer Qayṣer.S
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.
22Agellid Aɣribas yenna i Fistus : Bɣiɣ ula d nekk ad sleɣ i wergaz-agi. Fistus yenna-yas : Azekka a s-tesleḍ !
22And Agrippa [said] to Festus, I myself also would desire to hear the man. To-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
23Azekka-nni agellid Aɣribas d weltma-s Birinis usan-d, cebbḥen-d iman-nsen, ṭṭfen amkan deg wexxam n ccṛeɛ nutni d lqebṭanat akk-d imeqqranen n temdint ; lḥakem Fistus yefka lameṛ a d-skecmen Bulus,
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.
24dɣa yenna : Ay agellid Aɣribas akk-d kunwi i gḥedṛen dagi ! Argaz-agi, d win akken i ɣef d-ccetkan wat Isṛail ama di temdint n Lquds ama dagi ; țɛeggiḍen qqaṛen : « ilaq ad immet »!
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.
25Ma d nekk, idheṛ-iyi-d lḥal ur ixdim ula d acemma yuklalen lmut ; imi nețța s yiman-is yerẓa ccṛeɛ ɣer Qayṣer, qebleɣ a s-t-ceggɛeɣ.
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;
26Ur ufiɣ ula d yiwet n sebba iseḥḥan i ɣef ara ketbeɣ fell-as i Qayṣer ; daymi i t-id-sbeddeɣ zdat wen, ula zdat-ek ay agellid Aɣribas, iwakken m'ara t-beḥten ad yili wayen ara ketbeɣ fell-as.
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:
27Axaṭer walaɣ mačči d ṣṣwab ma ceggɛeɣ yiwen umeḥbus ɣer temdint n Ṛuma mbla ma fkiɣ-asen sebba s wayes i d ccetkan fell-as.
27for it seems to me senseless, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.