Acts 25

1 Festus, [who was now the governor] of the province, arrived in Caesarea, and three days later he went up to Jerusalem.

Festus sia tua ngamkhen sung a thet zawk ni thum ciang in, Caesarea pan Jerusalem ah paito hi.

2 In Jerusalem, the chief priests and [other] Jewish leaders formally told [Festus] about [the things that they said] that Paul [had done that were wrong].

Tua zawkciang in thiampi sang le Judah mi makai te in Paul langpan na thu son in, thum uh hi.

3 They urgently asked Festus to do something for them. [They asked him to command soldiers] to bring Paul to Jerusalem, [so that Festus could put him on trial there]. But they were planning that some [of them] would hide [near the road] and wait [for Paul] and kill him when he was traveling [to Jerusalem].

Paul sia lamkal pan suam tu in pang uh a, a thalup nop uh hu in, Jerusalem ah puak tu in ngen uh hi.

4 But Festus replied, “Paul is in Caesarea, and is being guarded {[soldiers] are guarding him} [there]. I myself will go down to Caesarea in a few days.

Ahihang Festus in, Paul sia Caesarea ah kepcing tu a hihi, ci in zo hi, taciang ama zong hai ngawl in Caesarea ah pai sawm hi.

5 Choose some of your leaders to go there with me. [While they are there], they can accuse Paul of the wrong things that you say that he has done.”

Tua ahikom note sung pan a pai thei tu te keima taw hongpai tavun a, Paul in phat ngawlna nei ahile mawsiat vun, ci hi.

6 After Festus had been [in Jerusalem] eight or ten days, he went back down to Caesarea. [Several of the Jewish leaders also went there]. The next day Festus [commanded] that Paul be brought {someone to bring Paul} to him [in the assembly hall] so that he could judge him.

Festus sia amate sung ah ni sawm val taam a, Caesarea pai hi; taciang a zingciang in thukhenna tokhum tung ah to a, Paul paipui tu in thupia hi.

7 [After] Paul was brought to [the assembly hall], the Jewish [leaders] from Jerusalem gathered around him [to accuse him]. They told [Festus] that Paul had committed many crimes. But they could not prove [that Paul had done the things about which they accused him].

Taciang Paul a thet ciang in, Jerusalem pan hongpai Judah mite a kimkot ah ding uh a, Paul tung ah tetti a lak thei ngawl uh, thuak zawk a hi ngawl mawsiatna tampi suan uh hi.

8 Then Paul [spoke] to defend himself. He said to Festus, “I have done nothing wrong against the laws of us [(exc)] Jews, and I have not disobeyed the rules concerning our Temple. I have also done nothing wrong against your government [MTY].”

Paul in Judah mite thukham langpan in ahizong, biakinn langpan in ahizong, taciang Caesar langpan in ahizong, ka vawtkhial khat zong om ngawl hi, ci in zo hi.

9 But Festus wanted to please the Jewish [leaders, so] he asked Paul, “Are you [(sg)] willing to go up to Jerusalem so that I can listen as these men accuse you [there]?”

Ahihang Festus in Judah mite lungkimsak nuam ahikom, Paul kam zo kik a, Jerusalem ah pai in ka mai ah hi thu te taw kisai thukhen tu na uk ziam? ci hi.

10 But Paul [did not want to do that. So] he said [to Festus], “[No], I [am not willing to go to Jerusalem]! I am [now] standing before you, and you [(sg)] are the judge [whom the Roman] Emperor [MTY] [has authorized. This is the place] where I should be judged {where you should judge me}. I have not wronged the Jewish people [at all], as you know very well.

Tasia ciang Paul in, keima thu hong khensak tu a kilawm Caesar thukhenna tokhum ah ka ding hi: nangma in a thiangtak in na heaksa bangma in Judah mite tung ah bangma a man ngawl vawt ngawl khi hi.

11 If I had done something bad [for which I] should be executed {[concerning which the law said that they] should execute me}, I would not plead [with them that they] not kill me. But none of these things about which they accuse me is [true, so] no one can [legally] surrender me to [these Jews]. So I formally request that the emperor [MTY] [should judge me at Rome].”

Banghangziam cile keima sia thukham paltan, a hibale, thi tu kilawm mawna vawt ka hile, thi tu ka nial bua hi: ahihang hi mite i hong mawsiatna khat zong a man om ngawl ahile, kuama in amate tung ah hong ap thei ngawl tu hi. Caesar tung ah thusungkik tu khi hi, ci hi.

12 Then after Festus conferred with the [men who regularly] advised him, he replied to Paul, “You [(sg)] have formally requested [that I should send you] to the emperor [in Rome. So I will arrange for] you to go there [in order that he can judge you].”

Festus in sanhedrin te taw a kikup zawkciang in, Caesar kung ah thusungkik tu ni ziam? Caesar kung ah pai tu ni hi, ci in zo hi.

13 After several days, King [Herod] Agrippa arrived at Caesarea, along with [his younger sister] Bernice. They had come to [formally] welcome Festus [as the new Governor of the province].

Ni pawlkhat sung a ngei zawkciang in kumpipa Agrippa le Bernice te Caesarea ah Festus nukset tu in hongpai uh hi.

14 King Agrippa and Bernice stayed many days in Caesarea. While [they were] there, Festus told Agrippa about Paul. He said to the king, “There is a man here whom Felix kept in prison [while he was governor]. He left him [there when his time as governor ended].

Taciang amate Caesarea ah ni tampi a om zawk uh ciang in, Festus in kumpipa tung ah, Felix in thong a taksak khat om hi, ci in Paul thu pualak a:

15 When I went to Jerusalem, the chief priests and [the other] Jewish elders told me that this man had done many things [against their laws]. They asked me to condemn him [to be executed] {judge him [so that people could kill him]}.

Jerusalem ah ka pai lai in, thiampi lian te le Judah mi ulian te in Paul i thu hong son uh a, ama thukhen tu in hong ngen uh hi.

16 But I told them that when someone has been accused [of a crime, we] Romans do not immediately (condemn that person/declare that person to be guilty). First, we [command] him to stand before the people who are accusing him and to say whether or not he has done those things. [After that, the judge will decide what to do with] him.

Amate kung ah, mawsiatna a thuak pa sia a mawsiat te taw maitang kisi tu in, amate i mawsiatna thu taw kisai, ama atu thuson hun pia masa ngawl in, mi khatpo that tu in piak tu sia Rome mite i ngeina hi ngawl hi, ci in ka zo hi.

17 So those Jews came [here to Caesarea] when I came. I did not delay. The day after [we(exc) arrived], after I sat down at the place where I make decisions, I [commanded] that Paul be brought {[soldiers] to bring Paul} into [the courtroom].

Tua ahikom amate in hi mun ah hongpai uh ciang in, a zingciang khangkhan ngawl in thukhenna tokhum tung ah ka to a, hisia pa hong paipui natu in thu ka pia hi.

18 The Jewish leaders did accuse him, but the things about which they accused him were not any of the [evil] crimes about which I thought [they would accuse him].

Ama a mawsiat te a din uh ciang in, ka ngaisut bang in mawsiatna bangma a son bua uh hi:

19 Instead, what they argued about with him were some teachings that [some] Jews believe [and others do not believe. They argued] about a man whose name was Jesus who had died, [but the man they were accusing, whose name is] Paul, kept saying, ‘Jesus is alive again.’

Ahihang amate biakinn taw kisai in thudokna te, taciang Jesus a kici mi khat thi zo a, Paul in tua pa sia nungta hi, ci hi.

20 I did not know what questions to ask [them, and I did not know how to judge] concerning their dispute. So I asked Paul, ‘Are you [(sg)] willing to go [back] to Jerusalem and have the dispute [between you and these Jews] judged there {and [let me] judge there the dispute [between you and these Jews]}?’

Taciang tabang thudokna te um ngawl ka hikom, hi thu te hang in thukhen na thuak tu in Jerusalem ah na pai tu ziam, ci ka dong hi.

21 But Paul answered, ‘[No]. I [am not willing to go to Jerusalem]!

Ahihang Paul in Augustus mai ah thusung kik tu in hong ngen ahikom, Caesar kung ah ka puak mateng keamcing tu in thu pia khi hi, ci hi.

22 Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.”

Tasia ciang Agrippa in Festus tung ah, tua pa thu sia keima vateak zong in ka ngai tu hi, ci hi. Taciang Festus in zingciang in na ngai tu hi, ci hi.

23 The next day Agrippa and Bernice came very ceremoniously to the assembly hall. Some [Roman] commanders and prominent men in [Caesarea] came with them. Then, Festus told an officer to bring Paul. So after the officer [went to the prison and] brought him,

A zingciang in, Agrippa le Bernice te sia thupitak in hongpai khawm uh hi, taciang tulkhat uk ngalkap mang te le khuapi sung ah mi thupi te taw thu kikup ngai na mun inndoi sung ah hong tum khawm uh a, Festus thupiakna bang in Paul paipui uh hi.

24 Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all [the rest of you] who are here, you see this man. Many [HYP] Jews in Jerusalem and also those here [in Caesarea] appealed to me, screaming that we [(exc)] should not let him live any longer.

Taciang Festus in, kumpipa Agrippa le hi mun ka kung a om mi theampo awng, hisia pa en vun, ama sia Jerusalem le hi mun ah om Judah mihonpi theampo in ka kung ah a thu hong then uh a, ama sia a nungta tu kilawm ngawl hi, ci au uh hi.

25 But [when I asked them to tell me what he had done, and they told me], I found out that he had not done anything for which he should be executed {[anyone should] execute him}. However, he has asked that our emperor [should judge his case], so I have decided to send him to Rome.

Ahihang ama in thi tu kilawm zadong a vawt bangma ka mu ngawl ciang in, ama in zong Augustus kung ah thusungkik tu hong nget hu in, ama puak tu in thu ka khensat zo hi.

26 But I do not know what specifically I should write to the emperor concerning him. That is why I have brought him here. I [want] you all [to hear him speak], and I especially want you [(sg)], King Agrippa, to hear him. Then, after we [(inc)] have questioned him, I may know what I should write [to the emperor about him].

Ahihang ka topa kung ah bangma at tu ka nei bua hi, Tua ahikom ama sia note i mai ah kong paipui hi, a tuan in kumpipa Agrippa awng, thu na dok zawkciang in, at tu nei thei tha tu khi hi.

27 It seems to me [that it would be] unreasonable to send a prisoner [to the emperor in Rome without my] specifying the [things about which people] are accusing him.”

Banghangziam cile thongtak khat sia ama langpan in mawsiatna bangma kilang ngawlpi in puak tu sia pha ngawl tu in ka ngaisun hi, ci hi.