¹Keď tedy prišiel Festus do provincie, odišiel po troch dňoch z Cezáree hore do Jeruzalema.

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

²A prišli k nemu najvyšší kňazi a prední zo Židov so žalobou proti Pavlovi a prosili ho

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

³a žiadali si milosť proti nemu, žeby poslal po neho a dal ho doviesť do Jeruzalema strojac úklady, aby ho na ceste zabili.

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

⁴Ale Festus odpovedal, že Pavel má byť strážený v Cezárei, ale že sám jednako naskore odcestuje,

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

⁵a tak vraj tí, ktorí z vás môžu, nech odídu so mnou ta dolu, a jestli je na človekovi nejaká vina, nech žalujú na neho.

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

⁶A ztráviac medzi nimi nie viac ako osem alebo desať dní odišiel dolu do Cezáree a na druhý deň sadol na súdnu stolicu a rozkázal doviesť Pavla.

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;

⁷A keď prišiel, obstúpili ho z Jeruzalema dolu prišlí Židia a snášali proti Pavlovi mnohé a ťažké žaloby, ktoré nemohli dokázať,

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,

⁸keď sa bránil Pavel a hovoril: Ani proti zákonu Židov, ani proti chrámu ani proti cisárovi som sa ničím neprehrešil.

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.`

⁹Ale Festus chcúc si získať priazeň u Židov odpovedal Pavlovi a riekol: Či chceš ísť hore do Jeruzalema a byť tam súdený o to predo mnou?

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?`

¹⁰Ale Pavel odpovedal: Stojím pred súdnou stolicou cisárovou, tam, kde mám byť súdený. Židom som ničím neukrivdil, ako aj ty dobre vieš.

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;

¹¹Lebo ak krivdím a spáchal som niečo hodné smrti, nezdráham sa zomrieť; ale ak je nič, čo títo na mňa žalujú, nikto im ma nemôže darovať. Na cisára sa odvolávam!

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!`

¹²Vtedy Festus poshovárajúc sa s radou odpovedal: Na cisára si sa odvolal, pred cisára pojdeš.

¹²then Festus, having communed with the council, answered, `To Caesar thou hast appealed; to Caesar thou shalt go.`

¹³A keď pominulo niekoľko dní, prišli do Cezáree kráľ Agrippa i Bernika pozdraviť Festa.

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

¹⁴A jako tam trávili viacej dní, predniesol Festus kráľovi vec Pavlovu a povedal: Felix tu zanechal nejakého muža, väzňa,

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,

¹⁵o ktorého, keď som bol v Jeruzaleme, prišli ku mne najvyšší kňazi a starší Židov a žiadali ho odsúdiť,

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

¹⁶ktorým som odpovedal, že Rimania nemajú obyčaje darovať niektorého človeka a vydať na záhubu, prv ako by obžalovaný bol mal žalobníkov zoči-voči a bol dostal príležitosť brániť sa proti obvineniu.

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].

¹⁷A tak keď sa sem sišli, bez akéhokoľvek odkladu som sadol nasledujúci deň na súdnu stolicu a rozkázal som doviesť človeka,

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,

¹⁸ktorého obstúpili žalobníci, ale ho nevinili nijakými takými zločinmi, o jakých som sa ja domnieval.

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

¹⁹Ale mali s ním akési škriepky o svoje vlastné náboženstvo a o jakéhosi zomrelého Ježiša, o ktorom istil Pavel, že žije.

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;

²⁰A ja súc v rozpakoch ohľadom sporu o také veci vravel som, či by chcel ísť do Jeruzalema a tam byť súdený o to.

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 —

²¹Ale keď sa Pavel odvolal aby bol strážený, až ako rozpozná jeho veličenstvo, rozkázal som, aby ho strážili, dokiaľ ho nepošlem k cisárovi.

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.`

²²A Agrippa povedal Festovi: Chcel by som i sám počuť človeka. A on riekol: Zajtra ho počuješ.

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

²³A tak na druhý deň, keď prišiel Agrippa i Bernika s veľkou okázalosťou, a vošli do posluchárne s tisícnikmi a vynikajúcimi mužmi mesta, rozkázal Festus, a doviedli Pavla.

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.

²⁴A Festus povedal: Kráľu Agrippa i všetci tu s nami prítomní mužovia, vidíte tohoto, o ktorého ma prosilo celé to množstvo Židov, ako v Jeruzaleme tak i tu, a kričali, že nesmie ďalej žiť.

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;

²⁵No, ja som pochopil, že neurobil ničoho, za čo by bol hoden smrti, a keď sa i tento sám odvolal na jeho veličenstvo, usúdil som poslať ho,

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,

²⁶o ktorom nemám čo istého napísať pánovi, preto som ho predviedol pred vás, a zvlášte pred teba, kráľu Agrippa, aby som po vyšetrení mal čo napísať.

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;

²⁷Lebo sa mi zdá byť nerozumným poslať väzňa a neudať i toho, jaká je proti nemu žaloba.

²⁷for it doth seem to me irrational, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.`