Acts 25
1 Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
anantaraṁ phīṣṭo nijarājyam āgatya dinatrayāt paraṁ kaisariyāto yirūśālamnagaram āgamat|
2 where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
tadā mahāyājako yihūdīyānāṁ pradhānalokāśca tasya samakṣaṁ paulam apāvadanta|
3 to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
bhavān taṁ yirūśālamam ānetum ājñāpayatviti vinīya te tasmād anugrahaṁ vāñchitavantaḥ|
4 But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
yataḥ pathimadhye gopanena paulaṁ hantuṁ tai rghātakā niyuktāḥ| phīṣṭa uttaraṁ dattavān paulaḥ kaisariyāyāṁ sthāsyati punaralpadināt param ahaṁ tatra yāsyāmi|
5 So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”
tatastasya mānuṣasya yadi kaścid aparādhastiṣṭhati tarhi yuṣmākaṁ ye śaknuvanti te mayā saha tatra gatvā tamapavadantu sa etāṁ kathāṁ kathitavān|
6 After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.
daśadivasebhyo'dhikaṁ vilambya phīṣṭastasmāt kaisariyānagaraṁ gatvā parasmin divase vicārāsana upadiśya paulam ānetum ājñāpayat|
7 When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
paule samupasthite sati yirūśālamnagarād āgatā yihūdīyalokāstaṁ caturdiśi saṁveṣṭya tasya viruddhaṁ bahūn mahādoṣān utthāpitavantaḥ kintu teṣāṁ kimapi pramāṇaṁ dātuṁ na śaknuvantaḥ|
8 Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
tataḥ paulaḥ svasmin uttaramidam uditavān, yihūdīyānāṁ vyavasthāyā mandirasya kaisarasya vā pratikūlaṁ kimapi karmma nāhaṁ kṛtavān|
9 But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”
kintu phīṣṭo yihūdīyān santuṣṭān karttum abhilaṣan paulam abhāṣata tvaṁ kiṁ yirūśālamaṁ gatvāsmin abhiyoge mama sākṣād vicārito bhaviṣyasi?
10 Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
tataḥ paula uttaraṁ proktavān, yatra mama vicāro bhavituṁ yogyaḥ kaisarasya tatra vicārāsana eva samupasthitosmi; ahaṁ yihūdīyānāṁ kāmapi hāniṁ nākārṣam iti bhavān yathārthato vijānāti|
11 If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
kañcidaparādhaṁ kiñcana vadhārhaṁ karmma vā yadyaham akariṣyaṁ tarhi prāṇahananadaṇḍamapi bhoktum udyato'bhaviṣyaṁ, kintu te mama samapavādaṁ kurvvanti sa yadi kalpitamātro bhavati tarhi teṣāṁ kareṣu māṁ samarpayituṁ kasyāpyadhikāro nāsti, kaisarasya nikaṭe mama vicāro bhavatu|
12 Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
tadā phīṣṭo mantribhiḥ sārddhaṁ saṁmantrya paulāya kathitavān, kaisarasya nikaṭe kiṁ tava vicāro bhaviṣyati? kaisarasya samīpaṁ gamiṣyasi|
13 After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
kiyaddinebhyaḥ param āgripparājā barṇīkī ca phīṣṭaṁ sākṣāt karttuṁ kaisariyānagaram āgatavantau|
14 Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.
tadā tau bahudināni tatra sthitau tataḥ phīṣṭastaṁ rājānaṁ paulasya kathāṁ vijñāpya kathayitum ārabhata paulanāmānam ekaṁ bandi phīlikṣo baddhaṁ saṁsthāpya gatavān|
15 While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
yirūśālami mama sthitikāle mahāyājako yihūdīyānāṁ prācīnalokāśca tam apodya tamprati daṇḍājñāṁ prārthayanta|
16 I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
tatoham ityuttaram avadaṁ yāvad apodito janaḥ svāpavādakān sākṣāt kṛtvā svasmin yo'parādha āropitastasya pratyuttaraṁ dātuṁ suyogaṁ na prāpnoti, tāvatkālaṁ kasyāpi mānuṣasya prāṇanāśājñāpanaṁ romilokānāṁ rīti rnahi|
17 So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.
tatasteṣvatrāgateṣu parasmin divase'ham avilambaṁ vicārāsana upaviśya taṁ mānuṣam ānetum ājñāpayam|
18 But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.
tadanantaraṁ tasyāpavādakā upasthāya yādṛśam ahaṁ cintitavān tādṛśaṁ kañcana mahāpavādaṁ notthāpya
19 They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
sveṣāṁ mate tathā paulo yaṁ sajīvaṁ vadati tasmin yīśunāmani mṛtajane ca tasya viruddhaṁ kathitavantaḥ|
20 Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
tatohaṁ tādṛgvicāre saṁśayānaḥ san kathitavān tvaṁ yirūśālamaṁ gatvā kiṁ tatra vicārito bhavitum icchasi?
21 But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”
tadā paulo mahārājasya nikaṭe vicārito bhavituṁ prārthayata, tasmād yāvatkālaṁ taṁ kaisarasya samīpaṁ preṣayituṁ na śaknomi tāvatkālaṁ tamatra sthāpayitum ādiṣṭavān|
22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.
tata āgrippaḥ phīṣṭam uktavān, ahamapi tasya mānuṣasya kathāṁ śrotum abhilaṣāmi| tadā phīṣṭo vyāharat śvastadīyāṁ kathāṁ tvaṁ śroṣyasi|
23 The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
parasmin divase āgrippo barṇīkī ca mahāsamāgamaṁ kṛtvā pradhānavāhinīpatibhi rnagarasthapradhānalokaiśca saha militvā rājagṛhamāgatya samupasthitau tadā phīṣṭasyājñayā paula ānīto'bhavat|
24 Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.
tadā phīṣṭaḥ kathitavān he rājan āgrippa he upasthitāḥ sarvve lokā yirūśālamnagare yihūdīyalokasamūho yasmin mānuṣe mama samīpe nivedanaṁ kṛtvā proccaiḥ kathāmimāṁ kathitavān punaralpakālamapi tasya jīvanaṁ nocitaṁ tametaṁ mānuṣaṁ paśyata|
25 But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
kintveṣa janaḥ prāṇanāśarhaṁ kimapi karmma na kṛtavān ityajānāṁ tathāpi sa mahārājasya sannidhau vicārito bhavituṁ prārthayata tasmāt tasya samīpaṁ taṁ preṣayituṁ matimakaravam|
26 I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign one about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write.
kintu śrīyuktasya samīpam etasmin kiṁ lekhanīyam ityasya kasyacin nirṇayasya na jātatvād etasya vicāre sati yathāhaṁ lekhituṁ kiñcana niścitaṁ prāpnomi tadarthaṁ yuṣmākaṁ samakṣaṁ viśeṣato he āgripparāja bhavataḥ samakṣam etam ānaye|
27 For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”
yato bandipreṣaṇasamaye tasyābhiyogasya kiñcidalekhanam aham ayuktaṁ jānāmi|
