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-na lam aduda lakpa numit humnigi matungda mahakna Caesarea-dagi Jerusalem-da chatlammi.
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].
Mapham aduda athoiba purohitsing amadi Jihudisinggi luchingbasingna mahakki mangda laklaga Paul-gi mathakta wakatsing pukhatlammi.
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-bu Jerusalem-da thabinaba Festus-ki maphamda makhoina thoujal nijarammi. Maramdi makhoina Paul-bu lambida lumlaga hatnanaba sarou ama sillammi.
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.
Festus-na paokhum pirak-i, “Paul-di Caesarea-da phadok ama oina thamli aduga ei isamak mapham aduda thuna hallagani.
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.”
Eihakka loinana Caesarea-da nakhoigi luchingbasingga chattuna mapham aduda nupa aduna karigumba aranba touramba oirabadi mangonda maral sisanu.”
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.
Adudagi Festus-na numit nipani nattraga tarani makhoiga loinana leitharaba matungda Caesarea-da chatlammi. Mathanggi numitta mahakna wayel phambeida phamduna Paul-bu pusilaknaba yathang pirammi.
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].
Paul-na maphamduda thunglabada Jerusalem-dagi lakpa Jihudisingna mahakki akoibada leplammi aduga khudam piba ngamdaba luraba wakat kaya magi maiyokta piba hourammi.
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].”
Adubu Paul-na masa ngakthokchaduna hairak-i, “Jihudisinggi Wayel Yathang nattraga Mapugi Sanglen-gi mayokta nattraga Rome-gi ningthourelgi maiyokta aranba amata eina toukhide.”
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]?”
Adubu Festus-na Jihudisingdagi chanbiba phangba pamlammi. Maram aduna mahakna Paul-da hanglak-i, “Nahakna Jerusalem-da chattuna wakatsing asigidamak mapham aduda eigi mangda wayenba nahak yaningbra?”
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.
Maduda Paul-na khumlak-i, “Eibu wayel tougadaba Ningthourelmakki wayel phambei mamangda ei lepchari. Jihudisingda eina aranba amata toukhide haibasi nahak nasamakna ningthijana khangbiribani.
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].”
Karigumba eina wayel thugaikhiba leiraba amadi sibagi cheirak phangbada matik chaba karigumba ama toukhiba leiramlabadi eihak sibada yadaba toude. Adubu karigumba makhoina eigi ithakta siriba iralsing asi amata chumdrabadi, kana amatana eibu makhoida sinnaba ngamloi. Eina Ningthourelda wakatchari.”
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].”
Adudagi Festus-na mahakki phamnaibasingga wa tanaraga khumlak-i, “Nahakna Ningthourelda wakatchare maram aduna nahak Ningthourelgi maphamda chatlagani.”
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].
Numit khara leiraga Ningthou Agrippa amasung Bernice Caesarea-da Festus-pu makhoigi ikai khumnaba utnaba laklammi.
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].
Mapham aduda numit khara kuina leiraba matungda Festus-na ningthouda Paul-gi phibhamgi maramda sandokna takladuna hairak-i, “Felix-na phadok oina thamlamba mi ama mapham asida lei
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]}.
aduga eina Jerusalem-da chatpa matamda Jihudisinggi athoiba purohitsing amasung ahal lamansingna magi mathakta wakatsing puraktuna amadi mahak maral leire hainaba eingonda haijakhi.
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.
Adubu maral theijillaba mahak aduna maral siribasing aduga maiyoknabagi khudongchaba leiba tai aduga mangonda maral siribasing adugi maiyokta mahakna masa ngakthokchanaba wa ngangbagi khudongchaba phangdringeida mi adubu makhoida pithokpa haibasi eikhoi Rome-gi misinggi chatnabi natte haina eina makhoida hai.
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].
Adudagi makhoina mapham asida lakpa matamda thinthadana mathanggi numitta eina wayel phambeida phamkhi amasung nupa adubu pusillaknaba yathang pirammi.
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].
Mahakki maiyokta maral siribasing aduna lepkhatlaklammi, adubu eina khallubagumna karigumba phattaba amata toukhibagi maral amata makhoina mangonda siramde.
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.’
Adugi mahutta makhoina toukhiba haibabu makhoigi laininggi maramda aduga sikhraba adubu Paul-nadi hingli haiba Jisu kouba nupa amagi maramda makhoiga wa khara yetnakhi.
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]}?’
Hiramsing asigi maramda karamna eina pao phanggadage haiba chamamnarabada eina Paul-da mahak Jerusalem-da chattuna mapham aduda theijilliba maralsing asigi maramda wayenba pambra haina hangkhi.
21 But Paul answered, ‘[No]. I [am not willing to go to Jerusalem]!
Adubu Paul-na mahakpu ngak senduna thambinaba amadi Ningthourelna warep adu tahanbinaba haijarakkhi. Maram aduna eina mahakpu Ningthourelgi maphamda thadriphaoba mahakpu ngak senduna thamnanaba yathang pire.”
22 Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.”
Maduda Agrippa-na Festus-ta hairak-i, “Ei isamak mi asina haiba taning-i.” Festus-na paokhum pirak-i, “Nahakna hayeng mahakki wa tagani.”
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,
Mathanggi numitta Agrippa amasung Bernice achouba sem sabaga loinana miyam tinnapham aduda lanmigi makoksing amadi sahar adugi masak naiba misingga loinana changlakkhi. Aduga Festus-na yathang piduna Paul-bu manungda pusillakkhi.
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-na hairak-i, “Ningthou Agrippa amadi eikhoiga loinana tilliba mi pumnamak: Nakhoina uriba mi asi mapham asida leiba amadi Jerusalem-da leiba Jihudi pumnamakna mahakki mathakta wakat purak-i. Mahak hingbada matik chadre haina makhoina kanna lao-i.
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.
Adubu sibagi cheirak phangba yaba kari amata mahakna toukhide haiba eina khangle. Adubu mahakna mahakki wakat adu Ningthourelda haijaba maramna eina mabu Rome-da thanaba leple.
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].
Magi maramda Ningthourelda inaba areppa wa karisu leitri. Maram aduna mahakki maramda thijillaba matungda karigumba khara i-ba yanaba eina mapham asida nakhoi pumnamakki mangda thoidok hendokna Ningthou Agrippa-gi mamangda mahakpu purakpani.
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.”
Maramdi phadok amabu magi mathakta leiba maral adu haidana Rome-da thaba haibasi maram chade haina eina khalli.”
