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

¹Fest dakle tri dana nakon dolaska u provinciju uziđe iz Cezareje u Jeruzalem.

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

²Veliki mu svećenici i prvaci židovski izniješe tužbu protiv Pavla te ga zaklinjahu

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

³ištući milost protiv Pavla: da ga pošalje u Jeruzalem. Jer spremali su zasjedu da ga putom smaknu.

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

⁴Ali Fest odvrati kako Pavao treba da ostane zatvoren u Cezareji, a i on da će uskoro onamo.

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.”

⁵"Ovlašteni dakle među vama, reče, neka sa mnom siđu pa ako na tom čovjeku ima krivnje, neka ga tuže."

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.

⁶Pošto se u njih zadrži najviše osam ili deset dana, siđe u Cezareju. Sutradan sjede na sudačku stolicu i zapovjedi da se dovede Pavao.

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,

⁷Kad se on pojavi, okružiše ga Židovi koji su sišli iz Jeruzalema i izniješe protiv njega mnoge i teške optužbe kojih ne mogahu dokazati.

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.”

⁸Pavao se branio: "Ničim se nisam ogriješio ni o židovski Zakon, ni o Hram, ni o cara."

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?”

⁹Nato Fest hoteći ugoditi Židovima, odvrati Pavlu: "Hoćeš li u Jeruzalem da ti se ondje za to sudi preda mnom?"

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.

¹⁰A Pavao će: "Stojim pred sudom carevim, gdje treba da mi se sudi. Židovima ništa ne skrivih, kao što i ti veoma dobro znaš.

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!”

¹¹Ako sam pak doista što skrivio i učinio štogod što zavređuje smrt, ne izmičem smrti; ako li pak ne stoji ono za što me ovi tuže, nitko me ne može njima izručiti. Na cara se prizivljem!"

¹²Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go.”

¹²Tada se Fest posavjetova s vijećem pa odgovori: "Na cara si se prizvao, pred cara ćeš ići!"

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

¹³Nekoliko dana poslije dođu kralj Agripa i Berenika u Cezareju da pozdrave Festa.

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;

¹⁴Kako se ondje zadržaše nekoliko dana, izloži Fest kralju to o Pavlu: "Ima neki čovjek, reče, što ga je Feliks ostavio uznikom.

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

¹⁵Kad bijah u Jeruzalemu, izniješe veliki svećenici i starješine protiv njega tužbu i zatražiše osudu.

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.

¹⁶Odgovorih im da u Rimljana nije običaj izručivati kojega čovjeka prije negoli se, optužen, suoči s tužiteljima i dobije prigodu da se brani od optužbe.

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.

¹⁷Pošto zajedno dođosmo ovamo, bez ikakva odgađanja sjedoh ja sutradan na sudačku stolicu i zapovjedih dovesti toga čovjeka.

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

¹⁸Tužitelji ga okružiše, ali ne izniješe tužbe ni za jedno od zlodjela koja sam ja naslućivao,

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

¹⁹nego su protiv njega imali nešto prijeporno o svojoj vjeri i o nekom Isusu koji je umro, a Pavao tvrdi da je živ.

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.

²⁰Ne snalazeći se u takvoj raspravi, upitah bi li htio u Jeruzalem da mu se ondje za to sudi.

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.”

²¹Budući da se Pavao prizivom podložio presudi njegova Veličanstva, zapovjedih da ga čuvaju dok ga ne pošaljem caru."

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

²²Na to će Agripa Festu: "Htio bih i ja čuti toga čovjeka." "Sutra ćeš ga, reče, čuti."

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.

²³Sutradan dakle dođu Agripa i Berenika s velikim sjajem te uđu u dvoranu zajedno s tisućnicima i najuglednijim gradskim muževima. Kad na zapovijed Festovu dovedu Pavla,

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.

²⁴reče Fest: "Agripa, kralju, i vi svi ovdje s nama nazočni, gledajte ovoga čovjeka! Zbog njega me sav narod židovski salijetao i u Jeruzalemu i ovdje vičući da on ne smije više živjeti.

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.

²⁵Ali ja nađoh da nije učinio ništa čime bi zaslužio smrt pa kad se on sam prizvao na njegovo Veličanstvo, odlučih poslati mu ga.

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.

²⁶Ja nemam ništa pouzdano o njemu napisati Gospodaru. Zato ga izvedoh pred vas, ponajpače preda te, kralju Agripa, da bih nakon ove istrage imao što napisati.

²⁷For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him.”

²⁷Čini mi se doista besmislenim poslati uznika, a ne naznačiti optužbu protiv njega."