1Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
1Mi ɛeddan tlata wussan segmi yuɣal d lḥakem, Fistus yuli si temdint n Qiṣarya ɣer temdint n Lquds.
2Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,
2Dɣa lmuqedmin imeqqranen akk-d imeqqranen n wat Isṛail, ccetkan ɣuṛ-es ɣef Bulus.
3asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the way.
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.
4However Festus answered that Paul should be kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart shortly.
4Lameɛna Fistus yerra-yasen : Bulus ițwaḥbes di Qiṣarya, nekk s yiman-iw qṛib ad uɣaleɣ ɣer dinna.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.”
8Bulus iḥudd iman-is yenna : Ur ɛuṣaɣ ccariɛa n wat Isṛail, ur skecmeɣ leḥṛam ɣer lǧameɛ iqedsen, ur xulfeɣ Qayṣer.
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?”
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 ?
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.
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.
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!”
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 !
12Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go.”
12Mi gemcawaṛ Fistus nețța ț-țejmaɛt-nni n ccṛeɛ, yenna i Bulus : Tessutreḍ-ed ccṛeɛ n Qayṣer, aț-țețțucarɛeḍ zdat Qayṣer !
13Now when some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and greeted Festus.
13Mi ɛeddan kra wussan, agellid Aɣribas akk-d weltma-s Birinis, usan-d ɣer Qiṣarya ad sellmen ɣef lḥakem Fistus.
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;
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.
15about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a sentence against him.
15Mi lliɣ di temdint n Lquds, ccetkan fell-as imeqqranen n lmuqedmin d lɛuqal n wat Isṛail ; ssutren-iyi-d ad ḥekmeɣ fell-as.
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.
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.
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.
17Ihi usan-d ɣer dagi. Ur ɛeṭṭleɣ ara, azekka-nni fkiɣ lameṛ a d-awin argaz-nni iwakken a t-sɛeddiɣ di ccṛeɛ ;
18Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such things as I supposed;
18wid iccetkan fell-as ur d-nnin acemma seg wayen țrajuɣ a t-id-inin.
19but had certain questions against him about their own religion, and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
19Țemjadalen anagar ɣef ddin akk-d yiwen ițusemman Ɛisa. Ɛisa-agi yemmut, meɛna Bulus yeqqaṛ-ed yedder.
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.
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,
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.”
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
22Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”
22Agellid Aɣribas yenna i Fistus : Bɣiɣ ula d nekk ad sleɣ i wergaz-agi. Fistus yenna-yas : Azekka a s-tesleḍ !
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.
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,
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.
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 »!
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.
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.
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.
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.
27For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him.”
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.