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

¹Ko je bil torej Fest prišel v deželo, se napoti čez tri dni iz Cezareje v Jeruzalem.

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

²In oglasijo se pri njem višji duhovniki in prvaki Judov kot tožniki zoper Pavla in ga prosijo,

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

³zahtevajoč to milost zoper njega, da bi ga poslal v Jeruzalem; in so zalezovali, da bi ga umorili na poti.

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

⁴Toda Fest odgovori, da Pavla varujejo v Cezareji, in da pojde on sam kmalu zopet tja.

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.”

⁵Kateri so torej med vami pooblaščenci, reče, naj gredo z menoj, in če je kaj nepristojnega na tem možu, naj ga tožijo.

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.

⁶In ko je prebil med njimi ne več kakor osem ali deset dni, odide v Cezarejo; in drugi dan sede na sodni stol in ukaže Pavla pripeljati.

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,

⁷Ko ga pa pripeljejo, ga obstopijo Judje, ki so prišli iz Jeruzalema, in izrekajo zoper njega mnoge in hude dolžitve, ki jih ne morejo 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.”

⁸ko se Pavel zagovarja: Nič se nisem pregrešil zoper postavo Judov, ne zoper tempelj, ne zoper cesarja.

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?”

⁹Fest pa, hoteč si pridobiti hvaležnost Judov, izpregovori k Pavlu in reče: Hočeš iti gori v Jeruzalem, da te bom tam sodil za te obtožbe?

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.

¹⁰Pavel pa reče: Pred cesarjevim sodnim stolom stojim, kjer moram biti sojen. Judom nisem storil ničesar krivega, kakor tudi sam prav dobro veš.

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!”

¹¹Če sem pa kriv in sem storil kaj smrti vrednega, se ne branim umreti; če pa ni nič tega, česar me tožijo, me ne more nihče njim izdati. Na cesarja se sklicujem.

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

¹²Tedaj se Fest pogovori s svetovalstvom in odgovori: Na cesarja si se sklical, k cesarju pojdeš.

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

¹³Ko je pa minilo nekoliko dni, prideta Agripa kralj in Bernika v Cezarejo pozdravljat 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;

¹⁴Ko sta se pa več dni tam mudila, razloži Fest kralju Pavlovo zadevo, rekoč:

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

¹⁵Nekega moža je pustil Feliks v ječi, ki so ga, ko sem bil v Jeruzalemu, prišli tožit višji duhovniki in starejšine Judov, zahtevajoč, naj ga obsodim.

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.

¹⁶Tem sem odgovoril, da ni navada pri Rimljanih, da bi se izdal kak človek na smrt, dokler obtoženec nima tožnikov pred licem in se mu ne da priložnost, zagovarjati se zoper obtožbo.

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.

¹⁷Ko so se torej tukaj sešli, sem sedel brez vsega odlašanja drugi dan na sodni stol in ukazal moža pripeljati.

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

¹⁸Njegovi tožniki pa, ko so nastopili, mu niso očitali nobene take krivice, kakršne sem pričakoval jaz,

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

¹⁹ampak neka sporna vprašanja o svojem bogočastju so imeli zoper njega in o nekem Jezusu, ki je umrl in je Pavel o njem trdil, da živi.

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.

²⁰Jaz pa, ne vedoč, kako bi s preiskavo te pravde postopal, sem rekel, ako bi hotel iti v Jeruzalem in tam sojen biti za to.

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.”

²¹Toda ko se je Pavel oglasil, da naj ga varujemo do cesarjeve sodbe, sem ga ukazal varovati, dokler ga ne pošljem k cesarju.

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

²²Agripa pa reče Festu: Rad bi tudi jaz slišal tega človeka. On reče: Jutri ga boš slišal.

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.

²³Drugi dan torej prideta Agripa in Bernika z velikim sijajem in vstopita v zasliševalno dvorano s tisočniki in najimenitnejšimi mestnimi možmi; in ko Fest ukaže, pripeljejo 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.

²⁴In Fest reče: Kralj Agripa, in vsi možje, ki ste tu z nami! vidite tega, zavoljo katerega me je vsa množica Judov nadlegovala v Jeruzalemu in tu, kričeč, da ne sme več živeti.

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.

²⁵Jaz pa sem spoznal, da ni storil nič smrti vrednega; ker se je pa on sam sklical na cesarja, sem ga sklenil tja poslati.

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.

²⁶A nimam nič gotovega, kar bi za njega pisal gospodarju. Zato sem ga pripeljal pred vas, in zlasti pred tebe, kralj Agripa, da imam, ko se izpraša, kaj pisati.Neumno se mi namreč zdi poslati jetnika, ne da bi hkrati naznanil, česar ga tožijo.

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

²⁷Neumno se mi namreč zdi poslati jetnika, ne da bi hkrati naznanil, česar ga tožijo.