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

¹Huchiin, Festain gam tuh a ukta; huan, nithum nungin Kaisaria khua akipanin Jerusalem khua ah a hoh tou a.

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

²Huan, siampu lalte leh Juda makaiten a kiangah Paula tungtang thu a selamin a na theisak uhi.

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

³Jerusalem khua a pitou sak dingin hehpihna leng a na ngenngen ua; lampia na buka thah a tum uhi.

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

⁴Himahleh Festain, Paula, tuh Kaisaria khua a kep ding hi, keimah leng huailam ah ka hoh pah ding.

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.”

⁵Huaijiakin, huai miin gitlouhna a neih leh na lak ua thu nei peuhmahin honjui suk uhenla, hek uheh, chiin, a dawnga.

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.

⁶Huan, a lak uah ni giat hiam, ni sawm hiam val a tam keia, Kaisaria khua ah a paikhe sukta; huan, a jingin thukhenna tutphah ah a tua, Paula honpi dingin thu a pia hi.

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,

⁷Huan, amah a hongtunin, Jerusalem khua a mi Juda hongsukte a kim ah a ding ua, a tungah thubuai tampi gik taktak a gen a gen ua, a bulb el a suikhe thei sam kei uhi;

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.”

⁸Paulain a siamna thu a gena, Judate Dan tungah khawng, Pathian biakin thu ah khawng, Kaisar tungah khawng leng, thil himhim ka hihkhial kei hi, a chi a.

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?”

⁹Himahleh, Festain, Judate laka min hoih a deiha, Paula kiangah, Jerusalem khua a hoh touha, huailaia ka ma ahiai thu lep na deih hia? a chi a, a donga.

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.

¹⁰Paulain Kaisar thukhenna tutphah maa, vai hawm saka om dingin ka ding hi; Judate tungah thil bangmah ka hihkhial kei, nang leng huai lah na theichian mahmah ngala.

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!”

¹¹Migilou ka hiha, sihna khop hial thil hih ka hih leh, sih leng ka nial kei; himahleh hiaite honhekna uh a bul bangmah a om kei leh, kuamahin a kiang uah honpekhe theikei ding. Kaisar kiangah ka tun ding, a chi a.

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

¹²Huan, Festain a vaihawmpihte a houpih kimvel nungin, Kaisar kiangah tun na tum viala, Kaisar kiangah na hoh mahmah ding, chiin a dawng hi.

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

¹³Huan, ni bangzah hiam nungin kumpipa Agrippa leh Barnisi tuh Kaisaria khua a hongtung ua, Festa chibai a buk uh.

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;

¹⁴Huan, ni tampi huaia a tam jiak un Festain Paula thubuai kumpipa kiangah a gena, Felikin mi tang kuahiam a nusia a;

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

¹⁵Jerusalem khua a ka om lain siampu liante leh Juda upaten a tungtang thu a honhilh ua, siamlouh tansak a ngen uh.

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.

¹⁶Huan, ken, a kiang uah, a hekpa uleh a hekte a kimatuah ua, a hekna thu ua a siamna thu gen sam na lemtang a neih sam main, mi himhim gawt dinga khah Rome mite dan ahi kei hi, chiin, ka dawng hi.

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.

¹⁷Huan, hiai lai ka hongtun un, sawt hallouin a jingin thukhenna tutphah ah ka tu a, huai mi tuh honpi dingin thu ka pia hi. 1

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

¹⁸Huan, a hekte a din lai un, ka gintak bang ngeiin a tungah gitlouhna thubuai bangmah himhim lah a gen kei ua;

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

¹⁹a sabiak dante uleh, Jesu, mi khat sisa, Paulain, a hing nawn ahi, chiin, a gena, huchi ahih jiakin a tungah thubuaite a nei uh a nahi jaw hi.

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.

²⁰Huan, ken huai thute ngaihtuah dingdan himhim ka theikeia, Jerusalem khua a hoha, huailaia huai thu lepsak a ut le hut louh ka donga.

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.”

²¹Himahleh, Paulain Kumpipa lep dia sit a ngen zota a. Huaijiakin Kaisar kianga ka hohsak theih masiah veng dingin thu ka pia a, a chi a.

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

²²Huan, Agrippain, Festa kiangah, ka na ut gige him ahi, a chi a. Huan, aman, jingchiah a thugen na ngaikhe na ke, a chi a.

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.

²³Huchiin, a jingin Agrippa leh Barnisi thupi takin a hong ua, thugenna in ah a lut ua, sepaih heutu lalte toh, khua a mi lian deuhte toh; huan, Festa thuin Paula tuh a pilut sak uh.

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.

²⁴Huan, Festain, Kumpipa Agrippa leh hiailaia i laka om tengtengte aw, hiai mi na muh uh ahi, a tungtang thu a Judate tengtengin a vek ua, hing nawn lou ding chi a, kikoua, Jerusalem khua leh hiailaia ka kianga a hekna uh.

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.

²⁵Himahleh, sihna ding khop bangmah a hih kei chih ka theia; huan, aman Kumpipa kianga tut a tup jiakin sawl ka tum ahi;

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.

²⁶Himahleh, a thu gina takin bangmah gelh ding lah ka theikeia. Huaijiakin na ma uah ka honpikhia ahi, Kumpipa Agrippa nangmah maa honpi tuan se ka hi a, etchet nungin banghiam bek gelh ding ka muh theihna dingin.Hentapa, Kumpipa kianga sawla, a tunga a hekna uh thu theih khawm sak louh jaw, haihuai hiin ka thei ngala, a chi a.

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

²⁷Hentapa, Kumpipa kianga sawla, a tunga a hekna uh thu theih khawm sak louh jaw, haihuai hiin ka thei ngala, a chi a.