Acts 25
1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
anantaraṁ phīṣṭo nijarājyam āgatya dinatrayāt paraṁ kaisariyāto yirūśālamnagaram āgamat|
2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and sought him,
tadā mahāyājako yihūdīyānāṁ pradhānalokāśca tasya samakṣaṁ paulam apāvadanta|
3 And desired favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
bhavān taṁ yirūśālamam ānetum ājñāpayatviti vinīya te tasmād anugrahaṁ vāñchitavantaḥ|
4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.
yataḥ pathimadhye gopanena paulaṁ hantuṁ tai rghātakā niyuktāḥ| phīṣṭa uttaraṁ dattavān paulaḥ kaisariyāyāṁ sthāsyati punaralpadināt param ahaṁ tatra yāsyāmi|
5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
tatastasya mānuṣasya yadi kaścid aparādhastiṣṭhati tarhi yuṣmākaṁ ye śaknuvanti te mayā saha tatra gatvā tamapavadantu sa etāṁ kathāṁ kathitavān|
6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
daśadivasebhyo'dhikaṁ vilambya phīṣṭastasmāt kaisariyānagaraṁ gatvā parasmin divase vicārāsana upadiśya paulam ānetum ājñāpayat|
7 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which 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 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.
tataḥ paulaḥ svasmin uttaramidam uditavān, yihūdīyānāṁ vyavasthāyā mandirasya kaisarasya vā pratikūlaṁ kimapi karmma nāhaṁ kṛtavān|
9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
kintu phīṣṭo yihūdīyān santuṣṭān karttum abhilaṣan paulam abhāṣata tvaṁ kiṁ yirūśālamaṁ gatvāsmin abhiyoge mama sākṣād vicārito bhaviṣyasi?
10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as you very well know.
tataḥ paula uttaraṁ proktavān, yatra mama vicāro bhavituṁ yogyaḥ kaisarasya tatra vicārāsana eva samupasthitosmi; ahaṁ yihūdīyānāṁ kāmapi hāniṁ nākārṣam iti bhavān yathārthato vijānāti|
11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me 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, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Have you appealed to Caesar? to Caesar shall you go.
tadā phīṣṭo mantribhiḥ sārddhaṁ saṁmantrya paulāya kathitavān, kaisarasya nikaṭe kiṁ tava vicāro bhaviṣyati? kaisarasya samīpaṁ gamiṣyasi|
13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to salute Festus.
kiyaddinebhyaḥ param āgripparājā barṇīkī ca phīṣṭaṁ sākṣāt karttuṁ kaisariyānagaram āgatavantau|
14 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul’s cause to the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:
tadā tau bahudināni tatra sthitau tataḥ phīṣṭastaṁ rājānaṁ paulasya kathāṁ vijñāpya kathayitum ārabhata paulanāmānam ekaṁ bandi phīlikṣo baddhaṁ saṁsthāpya gatavān|
15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.
yirūśālami mama sthitikāle mahāyājako yihūdīyānāṁ prācīnalokāśca tam apodya tamprati daṇḍājñāṁ prārthayanta|
16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have license to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
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 Therefore, when they were come here, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.
tatasteṣvatrāgateṣu parasmin divase'ham avilambaṁ vicārāsana upaviśya taṁ mānuṣam ānetum ājñāpayam|
18 Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:
tadanantaraṁ tasyāpavādakā upasthāya yādṛśam ahaṁ cintitavān tādṛśaṁ kañcana mahāpavādaṁ notthāpya
19 But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
sveṣāṁ mate tathā paulo yaṁ sajīvaṁ vadati tasmin yīśunāmani mṛtajane ca tasya viruddhaṁ kathitavantaḥ|
20 And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.
tatohaṁ tādṛgvicāre saṁśayānaḥ san kathitavān tvaṁ yirūśālamaṁ gatvā kiṁ tatra vicārito bhavitum icchasi?
21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved to the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might 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 also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, you shall hear him.
tata āgrippaḥ phīṣṭam uktavān, ahamapi tasya mānuṣasya kathāṁ śrotum abhilaṣāmi| tadā phīṣṭo vyāharat śvastadīyāṁ kathāṁ tvaṁ śroṣyasi|
23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment Paul was brought forth.
parasmin divase āgrippo barṇīkī ca mahāsamāgamaṁ kṛtvā pradhānavāhinīpatibhi rnagarasthapradhānalokaiśca saha militvā rājagṛhamāgatya samupasthitau tadā phīṣṭasyājñayā paula ānīto'bhavat|
24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying 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 when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself has appealed to Augustus, I have determined 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 Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Why I have brought him forth before you, and specially before you, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat 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 to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not with to signify the crimes laid against him.
yato bandipreṣaṇasamaye tasyābhiyogasya kiñcidalekhanam aham ayuktaṁ jānāmi|
