Acts 25
1 Festus, [who was now the governor] of the province, arrived in Caesarea, and three days later he went up to Jerusalem.
Uugwa uFesto nai wakingila mukati i jimbo nilanso hangi ze yakilaa mahiku ataatu akalongola kupuma ku Kaisaria kupikiila ku Yerusalemu.
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].
uKuhani nu mukulu ni Ayahudi ni asanigwe ai aletile usemelwa kutula Paulo kung'wa Festo. hangi ai aligitilye ku ngulu kung'wa Festo.
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].
Hangi ai amulompile uFesto Fadhili migulya a makani ang'wa Paulo alije kumitanga ku Yerusalemu iti ahume kumubulaga mu nzila.
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.
Kuiti uFesto ai usukiiye kina uPaulo ai watulaa mutungwa mu Kaisaria, ni kina ung'wenso mukola ukukaya kusuka kung'wanso.
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.”
Ai uligitilye, “Kululo, awo naza ahumile, ahumile kulongola uko nu sese. Anga ize kikoli kintu kibibi ku muntu uyu, mutakiwe kumusemela.”
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.
Ze yakilaa ki kie mahiku mu nana ang'wi ikumi ni ikilo, wikasuka ku Kaisaria. Nu luhiku nai lutyatile wakikie mi ituntu nila ulamuli nu kulagiilya uPaulo waletwe kitalakwe.
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].
Nai wakapika, Ayahudi kupuma ku Yerusalemu akimika pakupi, Akapumya usemelwa widu ulito naiza shanga ikahuma ku ukaminkiilya.
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].”
uPaulo ai witambuiye nu kuligitya, 'Shanga ku lina nila Ayahudi, shanga migulya itekeelo, ni shanga migulya ang'wa Kaisari, nitumile u ubi.'
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]?”
Kuiti uFesto ai uloilwe kielya ku Ayahudi, ni lulo aka musukiilya uPaulo ku kuligitya, 'Itii, uloilwe kulongola ku Yerusalemu nu kulamulwa nu nene kutula i makani aya kuko?'
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.
uPaulo ai uligitilye, 'nimekile ntongeela i ituntu nila ulamuli ni lang'wa Kaisari naiza ntakiwe kulamulwa. Shanga nia tumuie i Ayahudi, anga u ewe nulingile ibahu.
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].”
Anga itule ntumue hangi anga itule nitumile ni ashanga inonee insha, shanga nihitile kusha. Kuiti anga u usemelwa nuao shanga kintu, kutili u muntu nuhumile kuninkiilya kitalao. Kumulompa uKaisari.'
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].”
Ze yakilaa u Festo kuligitya ni i anza akasukiilya, “ukumulompa u Kaisari; ukulongola kung'wa Kaisari.”
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].
Ze yakilaa mahiku kituunga, u mutemi u Agripa nu Bemike ai apikile ku Kaisaria kituma wiumbaumbi kung'wa Festo.
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].
Ze yakilaa kikie papo ku mahiku idu, uFesto ai winkiiye usemelwa nuang'wa Paulo ku mutemi; Akaligitya, 'Muntu ung'wi aza ulekilwe papa nu Feliki anga mutungwa.
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]}.
Naza natula ku Yerusalemu akuhani ni akulu ni anyampala a Ayahudi ai aletile usemelwa migulya a muntu uyu kitalane, ni enso ai akoiye migulya a ulamulwa ku ng'waakwe.
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.
Ku ili unene aza niasukiiye kina ku ntendo nia a Roma kumupumya muntu ku kielya badala akwe, u musemelwa utakiwe kutula ni lyoma nila ku gugana ni asemi akwe nu kitambuilya ku usemelwa nuanso.
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].
Ku lulo, nai akiza palung'wi apa, shanga ai nihumile kulindiila, kuiti luhiku nai lutyatile ai nikie mi tuntu nila ulamuli nu kulagiilya u muntu nuanso waletwe mukati.
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].
Itungo i asemi naza imikile nu kumusemela, nikasiga kina kutili u usemelwa nu ukulu nu uletilwe kitalakwe.
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.’
Badala akwe ai akete u wikungumi nua kituunga palung'wi nu ng'wenso kutula kizindaalo ni kao ni kutula uYesu naiza ai watulaa wakule, kuiti uPaulo ukudaya kina ukoli upanga.
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]}?’
Ai natulaa nkunikiwe kinya kudumiila ikolyo ili, hangi nikamukolya anga ize ukulongola ku Yerusalemu kulamulwa kutula makani aya.
21 But Paul answered, ‘[No]. I [am not willing to go to Jerusalem]!
Kuiti uPaulo nai wakitangwa waikwe pihi a usunja ku nsoko a ulamuli nua mutemi, ai ndagiiye waikwe ga ni nikamutwala kung'wa Kaisari.
22 Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.”
uAgripa ai witambuie nu Festo, “aza nzeelowa ga nu kumutegeelya u muntu uyu.” “uFesto, akaligitya, “mudau ukumutegeelya.”
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,
Iti gwa mudau akwe, uAgripa nu Bernike ai apikile ni sherehe idu; ai apikile mi itando ni a afisa ni idale, ni antu nia asanigwe mu kisali. Nu Festo ai upumilye ilagiilyo, uPaulo waletwe kitalao.
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.
uFesto akaligitya, “Mutemi Agripa, ni antu ihi naza amoli apa palung'wi nu sese, mu mihengile u muntu uyu; muhangu wihi nua Ayahudi uko ku Yerusalemu ni apa iti ga aloilwe ni asije, ni enso ikazogolya kitalane kina waleke kikie.
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.
Ai nihengile kina shanga ai witumile lihi nilinonee insha; kuiti ku nsoko wamitangaa u mutemi, ai namue kumutwala kitalakwe.
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].
Kuiti nimugila i kintu ni kikaminkiie nika kukilisa ku mutemi. Ku nsoko ili, numuletile kitalako Agripa, iti nihume kutula ni kintu nika kukilisa kutula usemelwa.
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.”
Ku nsoko kihenga kigila i ndogoelyo kumutwala u mutungwa hangi bila kulagiila u usemelwa nu umukinyiie.
