Masengo 25
1 Moŵa gatatu pakumala che Festo kwinjila ku Kaisalia kugatanda masengo gakwe, ŵakwesile kwaula ku Yelusalemu.
Festus, [who was now the governor] of the province, arrived in Caesarea, and three days later he went up to Jerusalem.
2 Kweleko achakulu ŵambopesi pamo ni ilongola ŵa Ŵayahudi ŵansalile che Festo magambo ga che Paolo.
In Jerusalem, the chief priests and [other] Jewish leaders formally told [Festus] about [the things that they said] that Paul [had done that were wrong].
3 Ŵachondelele che Festo kuti ŵasalalisye ntima kwa kwaikanawo che Paolo ku Yelusalemu kuti ŵajuŵilile petala ni kwaulaga.
They urgently asked Festus to do something for them. [They asked him to command soldiers] to bring Paul to Jerusalem, [so that Festus could put him on trial there]. But they were planning that some [of them] would hide [near the road] and wait [for Paul] and kill him when he was traveling [to Jerusalem].
4 Nambo che Festo ŵaajanjile, “Che Paolo ali mu nyuumba jakutaŵilwa ku Kaisalia ni nansyene chinyaule kukoko pangakaŵa.
But Festus replied, “Paul is in Caesarea, and is being guarded {[soldiers] are guarding him} [there]. I myself will go down to Caesarea in a few days.
5 Mwaleche ilongola ŵenu ajaulangane pamo ni une kweleko akaaŵechetele naga atesile yangalumbana.”
Choose some of your leaders to go there with me. [While they are there], they can accuse Paul of the wrong things that you say that he has done.”
6 Che Festo ŵatemi nawo kwa moŵa nane pane likumi, nipele ŵaujile ku Kaisalia. Malaŵi jakwe ŵajawile ni kutama pa chitengu cha ulamusi, ŵalamwile kuti ŵaichenawo che Paolo.
After Festus had been [in Jerusalem] eight or ten days, he went back down to Caesarea. [Several of the Jewish leaders also went there]. The next day Festus [commanded] that Paul be brought {someone to bring Paul} to him [in the assembly hall] so that he could judge him.
7 Paŵaiche che Paolo, Ŵayahudi ŵaŵakopochele ku Yelusalemu ŵansyungwile ni kutanda kwaŵechetela yejinji yakutopa ni nganakombolanga kuisalichisya.
[After] Paul was brought to [the assembly hall], the Jewish [leaders] from Jerusalem gathered around him [to accuse him]. They told [Festus] that Paul had committed many crimes. But they could not prove [that Paul had done the things about which they accused him].
8 Nkulichenjela, che Paolo ŵatite, “Uneji nganimbanganya magambo gagaligose gankati malajisyo ga Ŵayahudi pane nkati Nyuumba ja Akunnungu natamuno kwa Mwenye jwa ku Loma.”
Then Paul [spoke] to defend himself. He said to Festus, “I have done nothing wrong against the laws of us [(exc)] Jews, and I have not disobeyed the rules concerning our Temple. I have also done nothing wrong against your government [MTY].”
9 Nambo che Festo ŵasachile kulinonyelesya kwa Ŵayahudi ni ŵambusisye che Paolo, “Ana nkusaka kwaula ku Yelusalemu nkalamulikwe kweleko yankati magambo ga paujo pangu?”
But Festus wanted to please the Jewish [leaders, so] he asked Paul, “Are you [(sg)] willing to go up to Jerusalem so that I can listen as these men accuse you [there]?”
10 Nambo che Paolo ŵatite, “Ngwima paujo pa nkungulu wa Mwenye jwa ku Loma, pelepa ni panguŵajilwa kulamulikwa. Alakwe mwasyene nkumanyilila uchenene, uneji nganinaapanganichisya Ŵayahudi changalumbana chachili chose.
But Paul [did not want to do that. So] he said [to Festus], “[No], I [am not willing to go to Jerusalem]! I am [now] standing before you, and you [(sg)] are the judge [whom the Roman] Emperor [MTY] [has authorized. This is the place] where I should be judged {where you should judge me}. I have not wronged the Jewish people [at all], as you know very well.
11 Nipele iŵaga ngwete magambo pane ndesile yangalumbana yakuŵajilwa kuulajikwa, ngangukana kuwa. Nambo iŵaga ngapagwa usyene wa magambo gakumechetela une ŵandu ŵa, ngapagwa mundu juchakombole kuundaga mmakono mwa ŵanyawo. Ngusaka mumbeleche kwa Mwenye jwa ku Loma.”
If I had done something bad [for which I] should be executed {[concerning which the law said that they] should execute me}, I would not plead [with them that they] not kill me. But none of these things about which they accuse me is [true, so] no one can [legally] surrender me to [these Jews]. So I formally request that the emperor [MTY] [should judge me at Rome].”
12 Nipele che Festo paŵamasile kuŵecheta ni ŵandu ŵa nkungulu ŵansalile che Paolo, “Nkusaka kunjausya kwa Mwenye jwa ku Loma, ayaga, chinjaule kwa Mwenye jwa ku Loma.”
Then after Festus conferred with the [men who regularly] advised him, he replied to Paul, “You [(sg)] have formally requested [that I should send you] to the emperor [in Rome. So I will arrange for] you to go there [in order that he can judge you].”
13 Gali gapite moŵa gampepe, mwenye che Agilipa ni che Belinike nlumbugwe, ŵaiche ku Kaisalia kukwakomasya che Festo.
After several days, King [Herod] Agrippa arrived at Caesarea, along with [his younger sister] Bernice. They had come to [formally] welcome Festus [as the new Governor of the province].
14 Ni ŵatemi kweleko moŵa gampepe ni che Festo nombe ŵansalile mwenye ngani ja magambo ga che Paolo achitiji, “Kwana mundu jumo pelepa juŵannesile che Felikisi ali mu nyuumba jakutaŵilwa.
King Agrippa and Bernice stayed many days in Caesarea. While [they were] there, Festus told Agrippa about Paul. He said to the king, “There is a man here whom Felix kept in prison [while he was governor]. He left him [there when his time as governor ended].
15 Panajawile ku Yelusalemu achakulu ŵambopesi pamo ni achachekulu ŵa Ŵayahudi ŵambechetele mundu jo ni kuunjondelela kuti naalamule ni kwajamuka.
When I went to Jerusalem, the chief priests and [the other] Jewish elders told me that this man had done many things [against their laws]. They asked me to condemn him [to be executed] {judge him [so that people could kill him]}.
16 Nambo uneji naasalile kuti Ŵaloma nganakola masyoŵelo go ga kuntyosya mundu alamulikwe akanaŵe kuchingangana ni ŵandu ŵakumbechetela meeso ni meeso, ni kwapa lipesa lya kulichenjela kwa iŵambechetele yo.
But I told them that when someone has been accused [of a crime, we] Romans do not immediately (condemn that person/declare that person to be guilty). First, we [command] him to stand before the people who are accusing him and to say whether or not he has done those things. [After that, the judge will decide what to do with] him.
17 Nipele, paŵasongangene apano, nganingaŵa, malaŵi jakwe natemi pachitengu changu cha ulamusi ni kulajisya annyichenawo mundu jo.
So those Jews came [here to Caesarea] when I came. I did not delay. The day after [we(exc) arrived], after I sat down at the place where I make decisions, I [commanded] that Paul be brought {[soldiers] to bring Paul} into [the courtroom].
18 Ŵakumbechetela ŵakwe paŵajimi, nganakoposya magambo ga yangalumbana mpela inaganisyaga.
The Jewish leaders did accuse him, but the things about which they accused him were not any of the [evil] crimes about which I thought [they would accuse him].
19 Nambo ŵakanilanaga ine pe yankati dini jao ni yankati mundu jumo jwakuŵilanjikwa Che Yesu jwaŵawile nambo che Paolo akulimbila kuti ali ŵajumi.
Instead, what they argued about with him were some teachings that [some] Jews believe [and others do not believe. They argued] about a man whose name was Jesus who had died, [but the man they were accusing, whose name is] Paul, kept saying, ‘Jesus is alive again.’
20 Nganinaimanyilila chakutenda nkati magambo ga. Nipele, nambusisye che Paolo iŵaga chasache kwaula ku Yelusalemu kukulamulikwa kweleko magambo ga.
I did not know what questions to ask [them, and I did not know how to judge] concerning their dispute. So I asked Paul, ‘Are you [(sg)] willing to go [back] to Jerusalem and have the dispute [between you and these Jews] judged there {and [let me] judge there the dispute [between you and these Jews]}?’
21 Nambo che Paolo ŵasachile kulamulikwa ni Mwenye jwa ku Loma, nalamwile kuti angose mu nyuumba jakutaŵilwa mpaka pachinaapeleche kwa Mwenye jwa ku Loma.”
But Paul answered, ‘[No]. I [am not willing to go to Jerusalem]!
22 Che Agilipa ŵane juŵaliji mwenye jwa liuto liine ŵansalile che Festo, “None ngusaka kumpilikanila nansyene mundu jo.” Che Festo ŵatite, “Chimumpikanile malaŵi.”
Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.”
23 Malaŵi jakwe che Agilipa ni che Belinike ŵaiche ali nkusangalala pa nkungulu ali alongene ni achakulu ŵa ŵangondo ni achakulu ŵa musi. Che Festo ŵalamwile kuti ŵaichenawo che Paolo.
The next day Agrippa and Bernice came very ceremoniously to the assembly hall. Some [Roman] commanders and prominent men in [Caesarea] came with them. Then, Festus told an officer to bring Paul. So after the officer [went to the prison and] brought him,
24 Che Festo ŵatite, “Mwenye che Agilipa ni ŵanawose ŵantemi apano pamo ni uweji! Ŵayahudi wose ŵa pelepa ni ŵa ku Yelusalemu akummechetela mundu ju kukwangu ni akusaka aulajikwe.
Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all [the rest of you] who are here, you see this man. Many [HYP] Jews in Jerusalem and also those here [in Caesarea] appealed to me, screaming that we [(exc)] should not let him live any longer.
25 Nambo uneji nganinagawona magambo gagaligose gakwaŵajila kuulajikwa. Ni pakuŵa che Paolo nsyene ŵasachile alamulikwe ni Mwenye jwa ku Loma, noneji najitichisye kunjausya ku Loma.
But [when I asked them to tell me what he had done, and they told me], I found out that he had not done anything for which he should be executed {[anyone should] execute him}. However, he has asked that our emperor [should judge his case], so I have decided to send him to Rome.
26 Kwa uneji nganingola usyene wankati ŵelewo wakunlembela Mwenye jwa ku Loma. Kwa ligongo lyo nannyichenawo paujo penu nnopennope kukwenu achimwene mwenye che Agilipa, mwamalaga kumbusyausya mbate chakulemba.
But I do not know what specifically I should write to the emperor concerning him. That is why I have brought him here. I [want] you all [to hear him speak], and I especially want you [(sg)], King Agrippa, to hear him. Then, after we [(inc)] have questioned him, I may know what I should write [to the emperor about him].
27 Pakuŵa nguwona chiiŵe yakusekasya kwajauchisya jwantawe pangasala uchenene yakwaŵechetela yo.”
It seems to me [that it would be] unreasonable to send a prisoner [to the emperor in Rome without my] specifying the [things about which people] are accusing him.”
