Djela apostolska 25
1 Fest dakle tri dana nakon dolaska u provinciju uziđe iz Cezareje u Jeruzalem.
Three days after Festus entered his province, he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
2 Veliki mu svećenici i prvaci židovski izniješe tužbu protiv Pavla te ga zaklinjahu
The high priest and the Jewish leaders laid charges against Paul before him.
3 ištući milost protiv Pavla: da ga pošalje u Jeruzalem. Jer spremali su zasjedu da ga putom smaknu.
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 Ali Fest odvrati kako Pavao treba da ostane zatvoren u Cezareji, a i on da će uskoro onamo.
But Festus answered that Paul was in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there soon.
5 “Ovlašteni dakle među vama, reče, neka sa mnom siđu pa ako na tom čovjeku ima krivnje, neka ga tuže.”
"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 Pošto se u njih zadrži najviše osam ili deset dana, siđe u Cezareju. Sutradan sjede na sudačku stolicu i zapovjedi da se dovede Pavao.
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 Kad se on pojavi, okružiše ga Židovi koji su sišli iz Jeruzalema i izniješe protiv njega mnoge i teške optužbe kojih ne mogahu dokazati.
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 Pavao se branio: “Ničim se nisam ogriješio ni o židovski Zakon, ni o Hram, ni o cara.”
Paul said in his defense, "I have committed no crime against the Law of the Jews, against the Temple, or against Caesar."
9 Nato Fest hoteći ugoditi Židovima, odvrati Pavlu: “Hoćeš li u Jeruzalem da ti se ondje za to sudi preda mnom?”
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 A Pavao će: “Stojim pred sudom carevim, gdje treba da mi se sudi. Židovima ništa ne skrivih, kao što i ti veoma dobro znaš.
"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 Ako sam pak doista što skrivio i učinio štogod što zavređuje smrt, ne izmičem smrti; ako li pak ne stoji ono za što me ovi tuže, nitko me ne može njima izručiti. Na cara se prizivljem!”
"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 Tada se Fest posavjetova s vijećem pa odgovori: “Na cara si se prizvao, pred cara ćeš ići!”
Then Festus, after conferring with the council, answered. "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go."
13 Nekoliko dana poslije dođu kralj Agripa i Berenika u Cezareju da pozdrave Festa.
A short time after this King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
14 Kako se ondje zadržaše nekoliko dana, izloži Fest kralju to o Pavlu: “Ima neki čovjek, reče, što ga je Feliks ostavio uznikom.
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 Kad bijah u Jeruzalemu, izniješe veliki svećenici i starješine protiv njega tužbu i zatražiše osudu.
"The chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, when I was at Jerusalem, demanding a sentence against him.
16 Odgovorih im da u Rimljana nije običaj izručivati kojega čovjeka prije negoli se, optužen, suoči s tužiteljima i dobije prigodu da se brani od optužbe.
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 Pošto zajedno dođosmo ovamo, bez ikakva odgađanja sjedoh ja sutradan na sudačku stolicu i zapovjedih dovesti toga čovjeka.
"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 Tužitelji ga okružiše, ali ne izniješe tužbe ni za jedno od zlodjela koja sam ja naslućivao,
"But when his accusers stood up, they did not begin charging him with any of the crimes that I was expecting,
19 nego su protiv njega imali nešto prijeporno o svojoj vjeri i o nekom Isusu koji je umro, a Pavao tvrdi da je živ.
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 Ne snalazeći se u takvoj raspravi, upitah bi li htio u Jeruzalem da mu se ondje za to sudi.
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 Budući da se Pavao prizivom podložio presudi njegova Veličanstva, zapovjedih da ga čuvaju dok ga ne pošaljem caru.”
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 Na to će Agripa Festu: “Htio bih i ja čuti toga čovjeka.” “Sutra ćeš ga, reče, čuti.”
"I should like to hear the man, myself," said Agrippa to Festus. Festus answered, "You shall hear him tomorrow."
23 Sutradan dakle dođu Agripa i Berenika s velikim sjajem te uđu u dvoranu zajedno s tisućnicima i najuglednijim gradskim muževima. Kad na zapovijed Festovu dovedu Pavla,
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 reče Fest: “Agripa, kralju, i vi svi ovdje s nama nazočni, gledajte ovoga čovjeka! Zbog njega me sav narod židovski salijetao i u Jeruzalemu i ovdje vičući da on ne smije više živjeti.
"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 Ali ja nađoh da nije učinio ništa čime bi zaslužio smrt pa kad se on sam prizvao na njegovo Veličanstvo, odlučih poslati mu ga.
"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 Ja nemam ništa pouzdano o njemu napisati Gospodaru. Zato ga izvedoh pred vas, ponajpače preda te, kralju Agripa, da bih nakon ove istrage imao što napisati.
"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 Čini mi se doista besmislenim poslati uznika, a ne naznačiti optužbu protiv njega.”
"For it does seem to me unreasonable to send a person without signifying the charges against him."
