Guncei 24
1 Hnin panga touh aloum hnukkhu vaihma kacue Ananias teh kacuenaw hoi laicei Tertullas tihoi Kaisarea kho lah a cathuk awh. Hahoi, laicei ni ram kaukkung koevah Pawl teh yon a pen awh toe.
Five days later Ananias the high priest, [having heard that Paul was now in Caesarea], went down [there from Jerusalem], along with some [other Jewish] elders and a lawyer [whose name was] Tertullus. There they formally told the governor what Paul had done [that they considered] wrong.
2 Pawl a kaw awh teh, Tertullas niyah Felik koevah Pawl e kong teh hettelah dei han a kamtawng. Nangmouh rahim vah tueng moikasaw karoumcalah ka o awh teh, na khokhangnae lahoi hete miphunnaw a roung awh.
[The governor commanded] Paul to be brought {[a soldier] to bring Paul} in. [When Paul arrived], Tertullus began to accuse him. He said [to the governor], “Honorable Governor Felix, during the many years that you [(sg)] have ruled us, we [(exc)] have lived well/peacefully. By planning wisely, you have improved many things in this province.
3 Hete thaw tawknae heh kho tangkuem lunghawi laihoi ka tawk awh.
[Therefore], sir, we [(exc)] always gratefully acknowledge everything that [you have done] for all [of us], wherever [you have done those things].
4 Hatdawkvah, kasawlah kai ni na tarawk hoeh nahanelah, pahren lahoi kaie lawk ka dei e hah na thai pouh haw.
But, so that I will not take up too much of your time, I earnestly request that you kindly listen to me very briefly.
5 Kamcan dueng ka sak e hete tami heh talaivan pueng dawk kaawm e Judahnaw koevah lawkpungnae ao nahanlah tha ka poe e lah ao teh, Nazareth bawknae dawk darkhing ka hem e kahrawikung buet touh lah ao.
We [(exc)] have observed that this man, [wherever he goes], causes trouble. [Specifically], he causes all the Jews everywhere [HYP] to riot. [Also], he leads the entire group [whom people call] ‘the followers of the Nazarene’, a [false] sect.
6 Ahni teh bawkim hai khet kamcu hoeh lah sak hane a panki dawkvah, kaimouh ni ahni teh ka man awh. Hathnukkhu, ahni teh kamamae kâlawk patetlah lawkceng han ka ti awh navah,
He even tried to do things in the Temple [in Jerusalem] that would (defile it/make it unholy). So we [(exc)] seized him.
7 ransabawi Lisias a tho teh kaimae kut dawk hoi na lawp awh teh,
But Lysias, the commander at the Roman fort, came with his soldiers and forcefully took him away from us [SYN].
8 ahni katoenaw hai nang koe tho hanelah kâ a poe. Hete hnonaw abuemlahoi kâkuen lah nama roeroe ni lawk na ceng pawiteh ahnie lathueng kaimanaw ni yon kapen awh e pueng hah na panue han doeh telah atipouh.
Lysias also commanded Paul’s accusers to come here and accuse Paul before you. If you question him yourself, you will be able to learn that all these things about which we are accusing him are true.”
9 Judahnaw ni hai hate lawknaw teh atang doeh ati awh teh hnâ rip a bo awh.
When the Jewish [leaders who were listening heard that, they] told [the governor that] what Tertullus had said was true.
10 Hahoi ram ukkung ni Pawl hah lawk dei van nahanlah a kut a dâw pouh. Pawl ni hete miphunnaw heh kum moikasaw thung lawkcengkung lah na o tie ka panue dawkvah lunghawi laihoi nang koe lawk ka dei vai.
Then the governor motioned with [his hand to Paul that] he should speak. So Paul replied. He said, “[Governor Felix, I know that you(sg) have judged this Jewish] province for many years. Therefore I gladly defend myself, confident [that you will listen to me and will judge me fairly].
11 Jerusalem vah Cathut bawk hanelah ka ceinae heh hnin hlaikahni touh hloi phat hoeh rah tie na paceipakaw pawiteh na panue han doeh.
You [(sg)] can [easily] ascertain that (it has not been more than twelve days since/only twelve days ago) I went up went up to Jerusalem to worship [God. That is not enough time to cause a lot of trouble].
12 Kai ni bawkim dawk thoseh, sinakok dawk thoseh, khothung thoseh, lawk kâounnae, tami ruengruengti saknae ka sak hoeh tie hah hetnaw ni a panue awh.
No one [can claim legitimately that they] saw me arguing with anyone at the Temple courts [because I did not do that. No one can claim legitimately that they saw me] causing people to riot in [any Jewish meeting place], or causing trouble anywhere [else] in [Jerusalem] city, [because I did not do that].
13 Atuvah hetnaw ni yon na pen awh e heh ahnimouh ni kapanuekkhaikung tawn awh hoeh.
So they cannot prove to you the things about which they are now accusing me.
14 Hatei, bu louk ati awh e lamthung patetlah mintoenaw e Cathut doeh ka bawk tie nange hmalah ka kampangkhai. Kai teh kâlawknaw dawk a thut e hoi, profet cauknaw dawk a thut e pueng hai ka yuem teh,
But I admit to you [(sg) that this is true]: I do worship the God that our ancestors [worshipped. It is true that] I follow the way that [Jesus taught us]. The Jewish leaders call that a false religion/teaching. I also believe everything that was written [by Moses] {that [Moses wrote]} in the laws that [God gave him], and everything that was written by the [other] prophets {that the [other] prophets wrote} [in their books] [MTY].
15 ahnimouh ni a ngaihawi awh e patetlah tami kalannaw hoi tamikalan hoeh e naw hai a to hmalah bout a thaw awh han tie hah ka ngaihawi.
I confidently expect, just like [some of] these men also expect, that [some day God] will cause everyone who has died to become alive again. He will (cause to become alive again/raise from the dead) both those who were righteous and those who were wicked.
16 Hatdawkvah, kai teh Cathut hmalah hoi tami hmalah yon toun han kaawm hoeh e thoehawi panuenae kapek thai hanlah ouk ka panki.
[Because I am confidently waiting for that day], I always try to do what pleases God and what other people think is right.
17 Atu kum moi asaw hnukkhu, ka miphunnaw koe poehnonaw poe hane hoi thuengnae sak hanelah kai teh ka tho.
After I [had been in other places for] several years, I returned to Jerusalem. I went there to deliver some money to my fellow Jews [who are] poor, and to offer sacrifices [to God].
18 Bawkim dawk thoungnae ka coe tangcoung e kai hah ahnimouh ni na hmu awh navah tami kamkhueng e awmhoeh, ruengruengtinae banghai awmhoeh.
Some [Jews] saw me in the temple [courts] after I had completed the ritual by which a person is made {that makes a person} pure. There was no crowd with me, and I was not causing [people] to riot.
19 Hatei Asia ram hoi ka tho e Judahnaw ao awh. Ahnimouh ni kai lathueng yon pen hane tawn awh pawiteh, bawipa, na hmalah amamouh roeroe a tho awh vaiteh na pen awh hanlah ao.
But it was some [other] Jews [who had come] from Asia [province who really caused people to riot. They] should be here in front of you [(sg)] to accuse me, if they thought that I [did] something [wrong].
20 Nahoeh pawiteh, sanhedrin lawkcengnae hmalah ka kangdue lahun nah bang yonnae maw kai dawk a hmu awh tie hah atu hi kaawm e naw ni roeroe dei awh naseh.
[But if they] do not [want to do that] (OR, [But because they] are [not] here), these [Jewish] men who are here should tell you [(sg)] what [they think] I did that was wrong, when I [defended myself] before their Council.
21 Kai teh ahnimae hmalah ka kangdue teh, kadout tangcoungnaw boutthaw hringnae hoi kâkuen lah nangmae hmalah akungkhei e lah ka o tie lawk buet touh doeh ka hramkhai telah a dei.
[They might say that] one thing that I shouted as I stood before them [was wrong. What I said] was, ‘You are judging me today because I believe that [God] will (cause [all people] who have died to become alive again/raise [all people] from the dead).’”
22 Felik ni hote konglamnaw hah kamcengcalah a panue dawkvah, ransabawi Lisias a tho torei nangmae lai teh akung na khei pouh han a titeh a tahruet pouh.
Felix already knew quite a lot about [what people called] ‘the way [of Jesus’]. But he did not let Paul or his accusers continue to speak. [Instead], he said [to them], “[Later], when Commander Lysias comes down here, I will decide these matters that concern you all.”
23 Pawl hah khik paung laipalah ring awh. A huikonaw ni a khetyawt awh e hah ngang awh hanh telah ransabawi koe kâ a poe.
Then he told the officer [who was guarding Paul] to [take Paul back to the prison and] make sure that he was guarded all the time. But he said that Paul was not to be chained {that the officer was not to fasten chains on him}, and if his friends came to visit him, [the officer] should allow them to help Paul [in any way that they wished].
24 A hnin youn touh ao hnukkhu Felik bawi teh Judah napui a yu Drusilla hoi a tho rawi. Pawl hah a kaw teh Khrih Jisuh thung yuemnae kong a dei e hah a thai roi.
Several days later Felix and his wife Drusilla, who was a Jew, came [back to Caesarea after having been away for a few days]. Felix [commanded] Paul to be brought in {[a soldier to] bring Paul in}. Then Felix listened to what Paul [said to him]. Paul spoke about what [Christians] believe about the Messiah Jesus.
25 Hatei, Pawl ni a dei e lawk teh lannae, mahoima kâcakuepnae hoi ka tho hane lawkcengnae a dei navah, Felik bawi ni a taki teh la ban ei lawih, a to hmalah atueng ao torei bout na kaw han telah atipouh.
Paul explained [to them about what God requires people] to do in order to please him. [He also explained about God requiring people to] control how they act. [Paul also told him that there will be a time when God] will judge [people]. Felix became alarmed [after hearing those things. So] he said to Paul, “That is all I [want to hear] now. When there is a time that is convenient I will ask you [(sg)] to come [to me again].”
26 Hatnavah, Pawl ni tangka na poe han doeh telah Felik bawi ni a ngaihawi dawkvah, atuhoitu a kaw teh lawk a kâpankhai.
[Felix said that because] he hoped that Paul would give him some money [to allow Paul to get out of prison]. So he repeatedly sent for Paul to come, and Paul [repeatedly went and] talked with him. [But he] did not [give Felix any money, and Felix did not command his soldiers to release Paul from prison].
27 Kum hnin touh ao hnukkhu hoi Felik bawi tahungnae hmuen koe Porsia Festus ni a yueng lah a tahung. Felik bawi ni Judahnaw lunghawi sak hane a ngai dawkvah Pawl hah thongim sut a paung.
Felix let Paul remain in prison, because he wanted to please the Jewish [leaders and he knew that they did not want him to release Paul]. But when two years had passed, Porcius Festus became governor in place of Felix.
