Acts 25
1 Festus, [who was now the governor] of the province, arrived in Caesarea, and three days later he went up to Jerusalem.
Tiga hari sesudah Gubernur Festus tiba di Kaisarea, dia pergi ke Yerusalem.
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].
Di sana, imam besar dan para pemimpin orang Yahudi datang kepadanya untuk menyampaikan berbagai tuduhan terhadap Paulus.
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].
Mereka memohon dengan sangat supaya Paulus dikirim kembali ke Yerusalem. Karena diam-diam mereka sudah berencana untuk membunuhnya dalam perjalanan.
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.
Tetapi Festus menjawab, “Paulus ditahan di Kaisarea, dan saya sendiri akan segera pergi ke sana.
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.”
Jadi biarlah beberapa orang dari pemimpin kalian ikut dengan saya ke sana. Kalau memang Paulus berbuat salah, merekalah yang akan mengadukan dia di sana.”
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.
Sesudah Festus tinggal di Yerusalem sepuluh hari lebih, dia kembali ke Kaisarea. Hari berikutnya dia mengadakan sidang pengadilan dan memerintahkan agar Paulus dibawa menghadapnya.
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].
Waktu Paulus masuk ke ruangan itu, orang-orang Yahudi yang datang dari Yerusalem berdiri mengelilingi dia. Mereka mengajukan banyak tuduhan berat terhadapnya, tetapi mereka tidak bisa membuktikan bahwa tuduhan itu benar.
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].”
Kemudian Paulus membela diri dengan berkata, “Saya tidak pernah melanggar hukum Taurat orang Yahudi. Saya juga tidak melakukan kesalahan terhadap rumah Allah, apalagi melawan raja Romawi.”
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]?”
Tetapi karena Festus ingin mengambil hati orang Yahudi, dia bertanya kepada Paulus, “Maukah kamu pergi ke Yerusalem untuk diadili di sana di hadapan saya tentang semua tuduhan ini?”
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.
Jawab Paulus, “Saya sekarang berdiri di hadapan pengadilan raja Romawi, dan di sinilah sepantasnya saya diadili. Saya tidak bersalah terhadap umat Yahudi, seperti yang engkau sendiri ketahui.
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].”
Kalau saya terbukti melakukan kejahatan yang membuat saya pantas dihukum mati, saya rela menerimanya. Tetapi karena apa yang mereka tuduhkan terhadap saya tidak benar, maka tidak seorang pun berhak menyerahkan saya kepada mereka. Saya minta supaya raja Romawi sendiri yang mengadili perkara saya.”
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].”
Lalu, sesudah Festus membicarakan hal itu dengan dewan sidang, dia menjawab, “Baiklah. Sesuai permohonanmu untuk diadili oleh baginda raja, kamu akan pergi ke Roma untuk menghadap beliau.”
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].
Beberapa hari kemudian, Raja Agripa dan adik perempuannya bernama Bernike tiba di Kaisarea untuk mengunjungi Gubernur Festus.
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].
Sesudah beberapa hari mereka tinggal di sana, Festus menceritakan tentang persoalan Paulus kepada Agripa, “Di sini ada seorang tahanan yang ditinggalkan oleh Feliks di dalam penjara.
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]}.
Waktu saya di Yerusalem, para imam kepala dan pemimpin Yahudi menyampaikan bahwa orang ini sudah melakukan banyak kejahatan. Mereka meminta saya supaya dia dihukum mati.
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.
Tetapi saya menjawab mereka bahwa menurut hukum Romawi, seorang tertuduh tidak bisa sembarangan dihukum mati. Sebelumnya dia harus diberi kesempatan untuk membela diri di hadapan para penuduhnya.
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].
Jadi, waktu mereka datang ke sini bersama saya, saya tidak menunda untuk mengurus masalah itu. Besoknya saya langsung mengadakan sidang pengadilan dan menyuruh supaya tahanan itu dibawa menghadap saya.
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].
Tetapi ketika orang-orang yang memusuhinya menyampaikan tuduhan-tuduhan terhadap dia, mereka tidak menunjukkan adanya kesalahan berat yang dia perbuat, seperti yang sudah saya sangka.
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.’
Masalahnya hanya perbedaan pendapat tentang ajaran agama mereka, dan tentang seseorang yang sudah mati yang bernama Yesus, sebab Paulus bersikeras bahwa orang itu hidup kembali.
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]}?’
Saya bingung bagaimana harus menyelidiki masalah ini. Itu sebabnya saya menanyai Paulus apakah dia mau diadili tentang tuduhan-tuduhan itu di Yerusalem.
21 But Paul answered, ‘[No]. I [am not willing to go to Jerusalem]!
Tetapi Paulus sendiri meminta supaya perkaranya diadili langsung oleh baginda raja Romawi. Jadi saya memerintahkan supaya dia tetap ditahan sampai saya mendapat kesempatan untuk mengirimnya kepada raja kita.”
22 Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.”
Lalu jawab Agripa kepada Festus, “Saya sendiri juga ingin mendengar orang itu berbicara.” Kata Festus, “Kalau begitu, saya akan mengatur waktu supaya Tuan mendapat kesempatan untuk mendengarkan dia besok.”
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,
Keesokan harinya, Agripa bersama Bernike datang dan disambut dengan upacara penghormatan yang meriah. Mereka masuk ke ruang sidang pengadilan bersama-sama dengan para komandan tentara dan orang-orang penting di kota itu. Lalu Festus memberi perintah supaya Paulus dibawa masuk.
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.
Kemudian Festus berkata, “Raja Agripa dan semua yang berkumpul di sini, kalian lihat orang ini. Semua orang Yahudi— baik yang di Yerusalem maupun yang ada di sini— sudah menuntut saya dengan berteriak-teriak bahwa orang ini tidak boleh dibiarkan hidup.
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.
Tetapi waktu saya memeriksa perkaranya, saya tidak menemukan satu kesalahan pun yang membuat dia pantas dihukum mati. Jadi ketika dia minta supaya masalahnya diadili oleh baginda raja, saya pun memutuskan untuk mengirim dia ke Roma.
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].
Tetapi saya tidak mempunyai pernyataan yang masuk akal untuk bisa ditulis dalam surat keterangan kepada baginda raja. Karena itu, saya membawa dia menghadap kalian, terutama kepada Tuan, Raja Agripa, supaya melalui pemeriksaan ini, apa yang harus saya tulis menjadi jelas.
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.”
Karena menurut pendapat saya, tidak pantas membawa seorang tahanan menghadap baginda raja tanpa disertai surat keterangan yang menjelaskan tuntutan terhadapnya.”
