Acts 25
1 Festus therefore, being come into the eparchy, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
Patapita masiku atatu Festo atafika mʼdera lake, anachoka ku Kaisareya ndi kupita ku Yerusalemu.
2 And the chief priests and the chief of the Jews laid informations before him against Paul, and besought him,
Kumeneko akulu a ansembe ndi atsogoleri a Chiyuda anabwera kwa iye ndi kumufotokozera mlandu wa Paulo.
3 asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.
Iwo anamupempha Festo kuti awakomere mtima potumiza Paulo ku Yerusalemu, pakuti anali atakonzekera chiwembu kuti amuphe Pauloyo pa njira.
4 Festus therefore answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to set out shortly.
Festo anayankha kuti, “Paulo akusungidwa ku Kaisareya, ndipo ndipita kumeneko posachedwa.
5 Let therefore the persons of authority among you, says he, going down too, if there be anything in this man, accuse him.
Ena mwa atsogoleri anu apite nane kumeneko, kuti akafotokoze mlandu wa munthuyu, ngati anachita kanthu kalikonse kolakwika.”
6 And having remained among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the next day, having sat down on the judgment-seat, commanded Paul to be brought.
Festo atakhala nawo masiku asanu ndi atatu kapena khumi iye anapita ku Kaisareya, ndipo mmawa mwake anayitanitsa bwalo nalamula kuti abweretse Paulo pamaso pake.
7 And when he was come, the Jews who were come down from Jerusalem stood round, bringing many and grievous charges which they were not able to prove:
Paulo atafika, Ayuda amene anafika kuchokera ku Yerusalemu anayima momuzungulira. Iwo anamunenera zinthu zoopsa zambiri zimene sakanatha kubweretsa umboni wake.
8 Paul answering for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I offended [in] anything.
Kenaka Paulo ananena mawu ake odziteteza kuti, “Ine sindinalakwirepo lamulo la Ayuda, kapena Nyumba ya Mulungu kapenanso Kaisara.”
9 But Festus, desirous of obliging the Jews, to acquire their favour, answering Paul, said, Art thou willing to go up to Jerusalem, there to be judged before me concerning these things?
Festo, pofuna kuti Ayuda amukonde anafunsa Paulo kuti, “Kodi iwe ukufuna kupita ku Yerusalemu, kuti kumeneko ukafotokoze mlandu wako pamaso panga?”
10 But Paul said, I am standing before the judgment-seat of Caesar, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou also very well knowest.
Paulo anayankha kuti, “Ine tsopano ndayima pamaso pa bwalo la milandu la Kaisara, ndiko kumene ayenera kundiweruza. Ine sindinalakwire Ayuda, monga inu mukudziwa bwino.
11 If then I have done any wrong and committed anything worthy of death, I do not deprecate dying; but if there is nothing of those things of which they accuse me, no man can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.
Koma ngati ndili wolakwa, ngati ndachita kanthu koyenera kuphedwa, ine sindikukana kufa. Koma ngati mlandu umene abweretsa Ayudawa siwoona, palibe munthu angathe kundipereka mʼmanja mwawo. Ndikupempha kuti ndikaweruzidwe ndi Kaisara!”
12 Then Festus, having conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed to Caesar. To Caesar shalt thou go.
Festo atakambirana ndi akuluakulu abwalo lake, anati, “Popeza wapempha kupita kwa Kaisara, kwa Kaisara udzapitadi!”
13 And when certain days had elapsed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to salute Festus.
Patapita masiku ochepa mfumu Agripa pamodzi ndi Bernisi anabwera ku Kaisareya kudzalonjera Festo.
14 And when they had spent many days there, Festus laid before the king the matters relating to Paul, saying, There is a certain man left prisoner by Felix,
Atakhala kumeneko masiku angapo, Festo anafotokozera mfumuyo za mlandu wa Paulo. Iye anati, “Kuli munthu wina kuno amene Felike anamusiya mʼndende.
15 concerning whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid informations, requiring judgment against him:
Nditapita ku Yerusalemu akulu a ansembe ndi akuluakulu a Ayuda anandifotokozera mlandu wake ndipo anandipempha kuti ndigamule kuti ndi wolakwa.
16 to whom I answered, It is not [the] custom of the Romans to give up any man before that the accused have the accusers face to face, and he have got opportunity of defence touching the charge.
“Ine ndinawayankha kuti si mwambo wa Aroma kungomupereka munthu ayi. Munthu woyimbidwa mlanduyo amayenera kukumana nawo omunenezawo, kuti iye akhale ndi mwayi woyankhapo pa zimene akumuyimba mlanduzo.
17 When therefore they had come together here, without putting it off, I sat the next day on the judgment-seat and commanded the man to be brought:
Atabwera kuno pamodzi ndi ine, sindinachedwetse mlanduwo, koma ndinayitanitsa bwalo mmawa mwake ndi kulamula kuti amubweretse munthuyo.
18 concerning whom the accusers, standing up, brought no such accusation of guilt as I supposed;
Omuyimba mlandu aja atayimirira kuti ayankhule, iwo sananene cholakwa chilichonse chimene ndimayembekezera.
19 but had against him certain questions of their own system of worship, and concerning a certain Jesus who is dead, whom Paul affirmed to be living.
Mʼmalo mwake, anatsutsana naye pa fundo zina za chipembedzo chawo ndi za munthu wakufa, dzina lake Yesu, amene Paulo akuti ali moyo.
20 And as I myself was at a loss as to an inquiry into these things, I said, Was he willing to go to Jerusalem and there to be judged concerning these things?
Ine ndinathedwa nzeru wosadziwa momwe ndikanafufuzira nkhaniyi; kotero ndinafunsa ngati akanafuna kupita ku Yerusalemu kuti akaweruzidwe kumeneko.
21 But Paul having appealed to be kept for the cognisance of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I shall send him to Caesar.
Koma Paulo anapempha kuti akaonekere pamaso pa mfumu ya Chiroma, ndipo ndinalamula kuti asungidwe mpaka pamene ndidzamutumize kwa Kaisara.”
22 And Agrippa [said] to Festus, I myself also would desire to hear the man. To-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
Ndipo Agripa anati kwa Festo, “Ine ndikufuna ndimumve ndekha munthu ameneyu.” Iye anayankha kuti, “Mudzamumva mawa.”
23 On the morrow therefore, Agrippa being come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and having entered into the hall of audience, with the chiliarchs and the men of distinction of the city, and Festus having given command, Paul was brought.
Mmawa mwake Agripa ndi Bernisi anabwera mwaulemu waukulu waufumu nalowa mʼbwalo la milandu pamodzi ndi akulu a asilikali ndiponso akuluakulu a mu mzindawo. Atalamula Festo kuti Paulo abwere, anabweradi.
24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye see this person, concerning whom all the multitude of the Jews applied to me both in Jerusalem and here, crying out against [him] that he ought not to live any longer.
Festo anati, “Mfumu Agripa, ndi onse amene muli nafe pano, mukumuona munthu uyu! Ayuda onse anandipempha ine za uyu ku Yerusalemu ndiponso kuno ku Kaisareya, mofuwula kuti, ameneyu sayenera kukhala ndi moyo.
25 But I, having found that he had done nothing worthy of death, and this [man] himself having appealed to Augustus, I have decided to send him;
Ine ndinapeza kuti iyeyu sanachite kanthu koyenera kufa, koma popeza anapempha kuti apite kwa mfumu ya Chiroma, ine ndinatsimikiza zomutumiza ku Roma.
26 concerning whom I have nothing certain to write to my lord. Wherefore I have brought him before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, so that an examination having been gone into I may have something to write:
Koma ndilibe kanthu kenikeni koti ndilembere Wolemekezekayo za iyeyu. Nʼchifukwa chake ndabwera naye pamaso pa nonsenu, makamaka kwa inuyo mfumu Agripa, kuti mwina mukamufunsitsa ndikhale ndi choti ndilembe.
27 for it seems to me senseless, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.
Pakuti ine ndikuganiza kuti ndi chinthu chopanda nzeru kutumiza wamʼndende popanda kutchula zifukwa zenizeni za mlandu wake.”
