Acts 25
1 Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
anantaraṁ phīṣṭō nijarājyam āgatya dinatrayāt paraṁ kaisariyātō yirūśālamnagaram āgamat|
2 where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
tadā mahāyājakō yihūdīyānāṁ pradhānalōkāśca 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 ānētum ājñāpayatviti vinīya tē tasmād anugrahaṁ vāñchitavantaḥ|
4 But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
yataḥ pathimadhyē gōpanēna 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 yē śaknuvanti tē mayā saha tatra gatvā tamapavadantu sa ētāṁ 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.
daśadivasēbhyō'dhikaṁ vilambya phīṣṭastasmāt kaisariyānagaraṁ gatvā parasmin divasē vicārāsana upadiśya paulam ānētum 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.
paulē samupasthitē sati yirūśālamnagarād āgatā yihūdīyalōkāstaṁ caturdiśi saṁvēṣṭya tasya viruddhaṁ bahūn mahādōṣān utthāpitavantaḥ kintu tēṣāṁ 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 kr̥tavān|
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 phīṣṭō yihūdīyān santuṣṭān karttum abhilaṣan paulam abhāṣata tvaṁ kiṁ yirūśālamaṁ gatvāsmin abhiyōgē mama sākṣād vicāritō 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 prōktavān, yatra mama vicārō bhavituṁ yōgyaḥ kaisarasya tatra vicārāsana ēva samupasthitōsmi; ahaṁ yihūdīyānāṁ kāmapi hāniṁ nākārṣam iti bhavān yathārthatō 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 bhōktum udyatō'bhaviṣyaṁ, kintu tē mama samapavādaṁ kurvvanti sa yadi kalpitamātrō bhavati tarhi tēṣāṁ karēṣu māṁ samarpayituṁ kasyāpyadhikārō nāsti, kaisarasya nikaṭē mama vicārō bhavatu|
12 Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
tadā phīṣṭō mantribhiḥ sārddhaṁ saṁmantrya paulāya kathitavān, kaisarasya nikaṭē kiṁ tava vicārō bhaviṣyati? kaisarasya samīpaṁ gamiṣyasi|
13 After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
kiyaddinēbhyaḥ 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 ēkaṁ bandi phīlikṣō 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 sthitikālē mahāyājakō yihūdīyānāṁ prācīnalōkāśca tam apōdya 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.
tatōham ityuttaram avadaṁ yāvad apōditō janaḥ svāpavādakān sākṣāt kr̥tvā svasmin yō'parādha ārōpitastasya pratyuttaraṁ dātuṁ suyōgaṁ na prāpnōti, tāvatkālaṁ kasyāpi mānuṣasya prāṇanāśājñāpanaṁ rōmilōkānāṁ 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.
tatastēṣvatrāgatēṣu parasmin divasē'ham avilambaṁ vicārāsana upaviśya taṁ mānuṣam ānētum 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 yādr̥śam ahaṁ cintitavān tādr̥śaṁ kañcana mahāpavādaṁ nōtthāpya
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.
svēṣāṁ matē tathā paulō yaṁ sajīvaṁ vadati tasmin yīśunāmani mr̥tajanē 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.
tatōhaṁ tādr̥gvicārē saṁśayānaḥ san kathitavān tvaṁ yirūśālamaṁ gatvā kiṁ tatra vicāritō 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 paulō mahārājasya nikaṭē vicāritō bhavituṁ prārthayata, tasmād yāvatkālaṁ taṁ kaisarasya samīpaṁ prēṣayituṁ na śaknōmi 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 śrōtum abhilaṣāmi| tadā phīṣṭō vyāharat śvastadīyāṁ kathāṁ tvaṁ śrōṣyasi|
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 divasē āgrippō barṇīkī ca mahāsamāgamaṁ kr̥tvā pradhānavāhinīpatibhi rnagarasthapradhānalōkaiśca saha militvā rājagr̥hamāgatya samupasthitau tadā phīṣṭasyājñayā paula ānītō'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 hē rājan āgrippa hē upasthitāḥ sarvvē lōkā yirūśālamnagarē yihūdīyalōkasamūhō yasmin mānuṣē mama samīpē nivēdanaṁ kr̥tvā prōccaiḥ kathāmimāṁ kathitavān punaralpakālamapi tasya jīvanaṁ nōcitaṁ tamētaṁ 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.
kintvēṣa janaḥ prāṇanāśarhaṁ kimapi karmma na kr̥tavān ityajānāṁ tathāpi sa mahārājasya sannidhau vicāritō bhavituṁ prārthayata tasmāt tasya samīpaṁ taṁ prēṣayituṁ 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 ētasmin kiṁ lēkhanīyam ityasya kasyacin nirṇayasya na jātatvād ētasya vicārē sati yathāhaṁ lēkhituṁ kiñcana niścitaṁ prāpnōmi tadarthaṁ yuṣmākaṁ samakṣaṁ viśēṣatō hē āgripparāja bhavataḥ samakṣam ētam ānayē|
27 For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”
yatō bandiprēṣaṇasamayē tasyābhiyōgasya kiñcidalēkhanam aham ayuktaṁ jānāmi|
