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 siangpahrang teh, hote ram dawk a pha teh hnin thum touh ao hnukkhu Kaisarea khopui hoi Jerusalem kho lah a luen takhang.
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].
Hahoi vaihma kacue hoi Judahnaw thung dawk e a lungkahanaw ni Pawl teh a toe awh.
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].
Ahnimouh ni kaimouh na pahrennae lah, Pawl hah Jerusalem lah na thak pouh loe telah a kâhei awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Pawl hah lam vah pawp vaiteh thei awh han telah sut a kâcai awh dawk doeh.
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.
Hatnavah Festus siangpahrang ni Pawl hateh, Kaisarea khovah thongim thung ao. Hote kho dawk nâsittouh o hoehnahlan, kama roeroe ka cei han.
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.”
Hatdawkvah nangmouh thung dawk, kâtawnnae ka tawn e taminaw hah kai koe kâbang awh nateh, ahni yon pen hane awm pawiteh pen awh atipouh.
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.
Hahoi hnin taroe, hnin hra touh ao hnukkhu vah Kaisarea kho a cei teh, lawkcengnae tungkhung dawk a tahung teh Pawl hah kaw hanelah kâ a poe.
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].
Pawl a tho torei teh Jerusalem lahoi ka tho e Judahnaw ni Pawl hah khik a ven awh. Yon a pen awh e pueng a tang e buet touh hai awmhoeh.
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].”
Pawl ni vah Judah phung thoseh, bawkim thoseh, Sizar siangpahrang thoseh, ka payon hoeh telah a pathung.
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]?”
Festus siangpahrang ni Judahnaw hah tang sak a ngai dawkvah Pawl hanelah, nang heh Jerusalem cei vaiteh kaie hmalah hete lai heh akungkhei hane na ngai maw telah a pacei.
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.
Hatei Pawl ni kai heh Sizar siangpahrang e lawkcengnae tungkhung hmalah ka kangdue dawkvah, hote hmuen koe kai heh akung na khei pawiteh a kamcu doeh. Nang ni kacailah na panue e patetlah Judahnaw koe yonnae khoeroe ka sak hoeh.
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].”
Koe ka payon boilah duekhai kawi yonnae buetbuet touh koe ka sak pawiteh, due hane kangek hoeh. Hateiteh ahnimouh ni yonpen awh e naw heh buet touh hai tueng hoehpawiteh apinihai ahnimae kut dawk na phat sak mahoeh. Sizar siangpahrang koe doeh nganga ka cei han atipouh.
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].”
Hattoteh Festus siangpahrang teh thaw rei ka tawk huinaw hoi a kâpan awh teh, nang teh Sizar siangpahrang koe nganga ka cei han na ti dawkvah Siangpahrang Sizar koe na cei han atipouh awh.
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].
Hathnukkhu hnin youn touh ao hoiyah Agrippa siangpahrang hoi a yu Bernike teh, Festus hoi kâhmo hanelah, Kaisarea kho a tho roi.
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].
Hnin hni, hnin thum ao roi hoiyah, Festus ni Pawl e lai hah siangpahrang koe hettelah be a dei pouh. Hivah Felik ni thongim a pabo e tami buet touh ao.
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 ka pha navah, vaihma bawinaw hoi Judah kacuenaw ni ahni hah a toe awh teh rek hanelah a kâhei awh.
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.
Hatei, yon pen lah kaawm e tami buet touh heh, yon kapenkung hoi minhmai kâhmo teh yon kâpen e hoi kâkuen lah, bout pathungnae ao hoehnahlan ahni hah alouklah thak pawiteh Romnaw e phung nahoeh telah Judahnaw koe ka dei pouh.
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].
Hatdawkvah, ahnimouh teh hete khopui dawk a pha awh toteh, pouk laipalah atangtho vah lawkcengnae tungkhung dawk ka tahung teh, ahni hah kaw hanlah kâ ka poe.
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].
Pawl yon ka pen e naw a kangdue awh toteh, ka pouk e patetlah kathoute yonnae hah pen awh hoeh.
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.’
Ahnimae kamcan teh amamae phung lawk hoi ka kâkuen e hoi, yo kadout tangcoung e Jisuh teh bout a hring telah Pawl ni a dei e patetnaw hah doeh.
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]}?’
Kai teh het patetlah e kâounkhai e naw heh ka pouk panuek lounglang hoeh dawkvah, Pawl hah Jerusalem vah cei vaiteh hawvah, hete lai heh akungkhei hanelah na ngai ou telah ka pacei.
21 But Paul answered, ‘[No]. I [am not willing to go to Jerusalem]!
Hatei Pawl ni siangpahrang ni lawkceng e totouh na hrueng awh ei telah a kâhei dawkvah, Sizar Siangpahrang koe thak hoehroukrak paung hanelah kâ ka poe toe telah a dei.
22 Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.”
Agrippa bawi ni Festus bawi hanlah kama roeroe ni a lawk thai han ka ngai atipouh teh Festus ni tangtho to thai lawih atipouh.
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 tangtho vah Agrippa siangpahrang hoi a yu Bernike teh puenghoi a kamthoup teh, ransa bawinaw, hote khothung e alawkpui lah kaawm e taminaw hoi rei a tho awh teh, impui thung a kâen awh. Hatnavah Festus siangpahrang ni kâ a poe teh Pawl hah a hrawi pouh awh.
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.
Festus siangpahrang ni, Agrippa siangpahrang hoi hie kaawm tongpanaw, nangmouh ni na hmu awh e hete tami hoi kâkuen lah, Judahnaw pueng niyah, hete tami heh hring sak kawi nahoeh telah a hramki awh teh, Jerusalem kho thung hai thoseh, hi khothung hai thoseh, kai koe a kâhei awh.
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.
Hateiteh, ahni ni duekhai kawi bang buet touh boehai sak hoeh tie hah ka panue. Hatei, ama ni Sizar bawi koe nganga ka cei han ati dawkvah, hawvah thak hanelah ka kâcai toe.
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].
Ahnie a kong teh thut vaiteh siangpahrang nang koe poe hanelah kamceng e a kong buet touh boehai yah kai dawkvah awmhoeh. Hatdawkvah yon pennae buetbuet touh ka thut hane ao nahanelah, nang ni ahni hah akungkhei thai nahan nang na hmalah ka tâcokhai.
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.”
Bangkongtetpawiteh, thongkabawt e tami buet touh heh a yonnae panuek laipalah patoun pawiteh kamcu mahoeh atipouh.
