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።

²Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,

²የካህናቱ አለቆችና የአይሁድም ታላላቆች በጳውሎስ ላይ አመለከቱ፥

³asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the way.

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

⁴However Festus answered that Paul should be kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart shortly.

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

⁵“Let them therefore,” said he, “that are in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him.”

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

⁶When he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.

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

⁷When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove,

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

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

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

⁹But Festus, desiring to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and be judged by me there concerning these things?”

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

¹⁰But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.

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

¹¹For if I have done wrong, and have committed anything worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

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, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go.”

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

¹³Now when some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and greeted Festus.

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

¹⁴As he stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁷When therefore they had come together here, I didn’t delay, but on the next day sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought.

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

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

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

¹⁹but had certain questions against him about their own religion, and about one 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።

²⁰Being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters.

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

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

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

²²Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”

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

²³So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

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

²⁴Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that 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።

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

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

²⁶Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination, 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 seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him.”

²⁷እስረኛ ሲላክ የተከሰሰበትን ምክንያት ደግሞ አለማመልከት ሞኝነት መስሎኛልና።