Ndu Manzaniba 25

1 Zizan Festus a rini Lardia, i vi tra a ka hi, a zren rji ni Kasariya nda ka ri ni Urushelima.

Three days after Festus entered his province, he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

2 Kikle Prist baba bi ninkon kri nimi Yahudawa, ba nji tre wu wa tro nitu Bulus, nda mye Festus

The high priest and the Jewish leaders laid charges against Paul before him.

3 ni bre ndi du ya ba ni lo sron nitu Bulus, - ndi du yo ye ni Urushelima, nitu ba sia wan nkon wa ba wuu ni ya ybi ni nkon ye.

They urged him, asking it as a favor, to send for him to Jerusalem. They meant to lay in wait for him and kill him on the way.

4 Festus a sa bawu ndi ba vu Bulus lo zi ni Kasariya, i wawu me ana ni gbron nkon na, ani hiniki.

But Festus answered that Paul was in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there soon.

5 “Nitu ki, biwa ba he ni nkon hi,” a tre, “baka huta hiki. Ikpe memenita he nitu iguyi, bika ye nhawu.”

"Let those then," he said, "who are in authority among you, go down with me, and if there is anything amiss in the man, let them accuse him."

6 Festus a sonwu vi tandra hi wlon nda lu grji hi ni Kasariya, i ni vi wu huki, a kuson ni ruron gaatre nda nduba yo Bulus nji wu ye niwu.

After staying not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day, after taking his seat upon the tribunal, he ordered Paul to be brought.

7 Niwa a ye'a, Yahudawa rjini Urushelima ba ki whi niki, nda nji gbugbu kpi bi gbengblen ye nhawu ndana to nkon u low ni bana.

When he came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him and brought a number of serious charges against him, which they could not prove.

8 Bulus a ngla kpama nda tre ndi, “Mina ti kpe wu latre nitu iduu wu Yahudawa, ko ka ni hekali na, mba ka ni siza na.”

Paul said in his defense, "I have committed no crime against the Law of the Jews, against the Temple, or against Caesar."

9 U Festus a ta son kpa nyime ni Yahudawa, kimayi ndu Bulus tre ndi, “Wu son hon hi ni Urushelima du mi hi gaatre ni tu kpi biyi niki?”

But Festus, wishing to ingratiate himself with the Jews, answered Paul and said, "Will you go up to Jerusalem and be tried there by me upon these charges?"

10 Bulus a tre ndi, “Mi kri ni shishi ruron gaatre Siza, ni bubu wa ani wo tre mu.” Mina ti kpe meme ni Yahudawa na, me wa wume wu to.

"I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal," answered Paul, "where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you very well know.

11 Mita na ti kpe meme mba mita ti kpe wa a tsra dumi kwu, mina kamu ni kwu na. I nha mba na kpe na, du ndrjo na kame chuwo ni bawu na. Mi bre kri ni shishi Siza.”

"If I am a criminal and have done anything for which I ought to die, I do not object to die. But if none of their charges is true, no man can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar."

12 Hu gon wa Festus ba tre baba bi son bi ninkon ba, a sa niwu ndi, “Wu bre ndi wu son kri ni shishi Siza, Ni shishi Siza mba wu hi!”

Then Festus, after conferring with the council, answered. "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go."

13 Zizan, hu vi bari, Ichu agrippa mba Bernice ba ye ri ni Kasariya, nitu ye zren ya ndu wu Festus.

A short time after this King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

14 Niwa ba heniki wu bi gbugbuwu, Festus a nji tre Bulus ye ni Ichua; a tre ndi, “Felix a ka igu ri don nigon nimi kotro.

And while they tarried many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king. "There is a man here," he said, "whom Felix left a prisoner.

15 Niwa mina hi ni Urushelima, ninkon Prists baba bi chiche Yahudawa ba nji tre ye nha nitu igu yi nimu, nda wa dumi lo wu kwu ni bawu.

"The chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, when I was at Jerusalem, demanding a sentence against him.

16 Mi sa bawu ndi a na he ni nkon wu hu bi Roma du ba ka ndrjo nu hama ni indji wa ba nhawu ka kri bla ni shishi biwa ba nhau a, nitu du to ngla tuma ni kpi wa ba nhau ni wua.

I told them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give any man up for punishment, before the accused had his accusers face to face, and had opportunity of defending himself against the charges that had been brought against him.

17 Nituki, niwa ba ye wawumba ni wayi, mina gben na, nivi wu hukima, mi son ni ruron gaatrea ni ton du ba nji igua ye.

"So when a number of them came together here, I made no delay, but the next day took my seat in the tribunal, and commanded the man to be brought.

18 Niwa bi nhanwuba ba lu kri, bana nhawu ni kpe wa mi ban ndi a hi meme dri na.

"But when his accusers stood up, they did not begin charging him with any of the crimes that I was expecting,

19 Hama ki, ba sia hlo nyu ni wu nitu nkon hu Irji mba mba nitu indji ri Yesu wa a kwu ye, wa Bulus ni ban di a he ni sisren.

but they kept quarreling with him about certain matters connected with their own religion, and about one Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed over and over was alive.

20 Mina to nkon wu hu ri shle tu tre yi na, niki mi myeu ka anison hi ni Urushelima, nda hi ngla tuma ni nha tre biyi.

I was perplexed how to investigate such questions, and asked Paul whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.

21 I wa Bulus a bre ndi ki don zi ni bubu tro, nitu du gben kpe wa kikle ninkon wawu ani ban ni tuma. Mi du ba ziu ni tro ni du mi ka tru hi ni Kaisar.”

But when Paul appealed to have his case reviewed for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered him to be detained until I could send him up to Caesar."

22 Agrippa a tre ni Festus, “Mi son wo igu'a ngame.” “Imble,” Festus a hla, “wu woo wu.”

"I should like to hear the man, myself," said Agrippa to Festus. Festus answered, "You shall hear him tomorrow."

23 Niki ni vi wu hua, Agrippa mba Bernice ba ye ni kikle gan; nda ye ri ni mi ko sona ni ninkon sojoji baba kikle indji bi gbua. Niwa Festus a lu tre du ba hi njiwu ye, baka nji Bulus ye.

So the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and took their places in the hall of audience, accompanied by the tribunes and men of high rank in the city. At the command of Festus Paul was brought in.

24 Festus a tre ndi, “Ichu Agrippa, ni ba ndji me wawuu wa ba he niwa nitaa, wuto indji yi, ni Urushelima mba ni wayi ngame, i ba kpagro ndi du na la son ni sisren na.

"King Agrippa," said Festus, "and all men who are present with us, you see here the man about whom the entire body of the Jews at Jerusalem, and here also, sent to me, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.

25 Mi ya nito ndi anati kpe wa a tsra wu kwu na, i nitu wa a bre ndi du wawu hi ni shishi emperor wawu, mi ban zi ndi mi tru hi niwu.

"I could not find that he had done anything for which he ought to die; but as he himself has appealed to the Emperor, I have determined to send him.

26 Niki mina he ni kpe tsatsra wa mi nha ni Bachi mu na. Nitu ki, mi njiwu ye ni wu, iwu Ichu Agrippa, nitu du mi kpa kpe wa mi nha nitu trea.

"Now I have nothing very definite to tell our sovereign about him. So I have brought the man before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, in order that, after examination, I may have something to write.

27 A rjuto ana he nituma du me tru indji wa a he ni lo hama ni hla ngame nhan wa a heni tumaa.”

"For it does seem to me unreasonable to send a person without signifying the charges against him."