Acts 24
1 Five days afterwards the High Priest Ananias came down with some of the Councillors and a barrister named Tertullus. They laid an information with the Governor against Paul;
Len limekosr toko, Mwet Tol Fulat Ananias el som nu Caesarea wi kutu mwet matu lun mwet Jew oayapa Tertullus, sie mwet sasla ke ma sap lun mwet Rome. Elos utyak ye mutal Governor Felix ac oru tukak lalos lainul Paul.
2 and, when the hearing came on, Tertullus began his speech for the prosecution.
Na pangyak Paul, ac Tertullus el mutawauk in sramsram lainul, ac pa inge ma el fahk uh: “Governor Fulatlana, woiyen kol lom uh ase moul in misla nu sesr ke lusen pacl na loes se, ac ouiya puspis ma enenu in ikilyukla in akwoye facl sesr uh orekla tari.
3 “We owe it to your Excellency,” he said, “that we are enjoying profound peace, and we owe it to your foresight that this nation is constantly securing reforms — advantages which we very gratefully accept at all times and places.
Kut insewowo ke ma inge yen nukewa ac ke pacl nukewa, ac kut arulana kulo nu sum kac.
4 But — not to be tedious — I beg you, with your accustomed fairness, to listen to a brief statement of our case.
Nga tia lungse eisla pacl lom, tusruktu nga siyuk kom in nunak munas porongo kas fototo ma kut ac fahk inge.
5 We have found this man a public pest; he is one who stirs up disputes among the Jews all the world over, and is a ringleader of the Nazarene heretics.
Kut konauk tuh na mwet se inge mwet na sensen se, su purakak lokoalok lulap inmasrlon mwet Jew in acn nukewa fin faclu, ac el mwet kol se lun u se pangpang Nazarene.
6 He even attempted to desecrate the Temple itself, but we caught him;
El oayapa srike in aktaekye Tempul, ac kut sruokilya.
8 and you will be able, by examining him on all these points, to satisfy yourself as to the charges which we are bringing against him.”
Kom fin kusen siyuk sin mwet se inge, kom ac fah ku in sifacna etu ma nukewa sel ke ma kut tukakunul kac uh.”
9 The Jews also joined in the attack and bore out his statements.
Mwet Jew elos akkalemye lah elos insese nu ke kas in tukak inge nukewa.
10 On a sign from the Governor, Paul made this reply: “Knowing, as I do, for how many years you have acted as Judge to this nation, it is with confidence that I undertake my own defence.
Na Governor el srisrsrisr nu sel Paul elan sramsram, na Paul el fahk, “Nga etu lah kom pa nununku mutunfacl se inge ke yac na pus, ouinge nga insewowo in sifacna loangeyu ye motom.
11 For you can easily ascertain that it is not more than twelve days ago that I went up to worship at Jerusalem,
Kom ku in sifacna akpwayeye lah len na singoul luo somla pa nga tuh som nu Jerusalem in alu.
12 where my prosecutors never found me holding discussions with any one, or causing a crowd to collect — either in the Temple, or in the Synagogues, or about the city;
Mwet Jew uh tiana liye ngan akukuin nu sin kutena mwet in Tempul, ac elos tia pacna liye ngan purakak mwet uh — tia in iwen lolngok ku kutena acn saya in siti uh.
13 and they cannot establish the charges which they are now making against me.
Ac elos tia pac ku in akpwayei nu sum ke ma elos tukakinyu kac inge.
14 This, however, I do acknowledge to you, that it is as a believer in the Cause which they call heretical, that I worship the God of my ancestors. At the same time, I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the prophets;
Nga ku in fahk nu sum lah pwaye nga alu nu sin God lun mwet matu lasr uh ke nga fahsr ke Inkanek lun Leum — Inkanek se ma elos inge fahk mu ma kikiap. Tusruktu nga wi lulalfongi ma nukewa simla in Ma Sap lal Moses ac book lun mwet palu uh.
15 and I have a hope that rests in God — a hope which they also cherish — that there will one day be a resurrection of good and bad alike.
Finsrak luk in God oapana finsrak lalos uh, aok finsrak se ma fahk mu mwet nukewa — mwet suwohs ac mwet sesuwos — ac fah moulyak liki misa.
16 This being so, I strive at all times to keep my conscience clear before both God and man.
Ke ma inge, in pacl nukewa nga sang kuiyuk nufon tuh in nasnas insiuk ye mutun God ac ye mutun mwet uh.
17 After some years’ absence I had come to bring charitable gifts to my nation, and to make offerings;
“Tukun nga muta sayen Jerusalem ke kutu yac, nga tuh folokla nu we in us kutu mani in kasru mwet Jew wiuk, ac in tuh orek kisa.
18 and it was while engaged in this that they found me in the Temple, after completing a period of purification, but not with any crowd or disorder.
Pacl se ma nga tuh oru ma inge pa elos koneyuyak in Tempul, tukun nga aksafyela alu in aknasnas luk ah. Wangin un mwet wiyu, ac wangin pac fohs.
19 There were, however, some Jews from Roman Asia who ought to have been here before you, and to have made any charge that they may have against me —
Tusruktu oasr kutu mwet Jew su tuku Asia me wi muta we in pacl sac. Elos pa enenu in oru tukak lalos nu sum, fin oasr ma elos ac fahk in lainyu.
20 Or else let my opponents here say what they found wrong in me when I was before the Council,
Ku, kom ku in sap mwet inge in fahk nu sum lah mea elos liye mu nga sutuela kac ke nga tuh tu ye mutun Un Mwet Pwapa Fulat ah —
21 except as to the one sentence that I shouted out as I stood among them — ‘It is about the resurrection of the dead that I am on my trial before you to-day’.”
sayen kas sefanna nga tuh wowoyak ac fahk ke nga tu ye mutalos: ‘Nununkeyuk nga ye motowos misenge mweyen nga lulalfongi mu mwet misa uh ac fah sifil moulyak.’”
22 Felix, however, adjourned the case — though he had a fairly accurate knowledge of all that concerned the Cause — with the promise: “When Lysias, the commanding Officer, comes down, I will give my decision in your case.”
Na Felix, su yohk etu lal ke Inkanek lun Leum, el aksafyela lohngyuk sac. Ac el fahk, “Nga fah wotela ma ac orek ke lohngyuk se inge ke pacl Lysias, leum fulat lun un mwet mweun uh, el tuku.”
23 So he gave orders to the Captain in charge of Paul to keep him in custody, but to relax the regulations, and not to prevent any of his personal friends from attending to his wants.
El sap mwet mweun ma taranul Paul in liyalang na, tusruk in sang kutu pacl sukosok lal, ac fuhlela mwet kawuk lal in kasrel ac in sang kutena enenu lal uh.
24 Some days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was herself a Jewess, and, sending for Paul, listened to what he had to say about faith in Christ Jesus.
Tukun kutu len, Felix el usal Drusilla, mutan kial, tuku. Mutan se inge mwet Jew. Felix el solalma Paul, in lohng ke el sramsram ke ouiyen lulalfongi lal ke Christ Jesus.
25 But, while Paul was speaking at length about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became terrified, and interrupted him — “Go for the present, but, when I find an opportunity, I will send for you again.”
Tuh ke Paul el srumun ke ouiyen moul suwohs, oayapa ke sifacna leum fac, ac ke Len in Nununku se su ac fah tuku, Felix el sangeng ac fahk, “Kom ku in tari som. Nga fah sifil pangon kom fin oasr pacl luk.”
26 He was hoping, too, for a bribe from Paul, and so he used to send for him frequently and talk with him.
El tuh finsrak mu Paul el ac sang mani nu sel, ac ke sripa se inge el solal pacl pus in sramsram nu sel.
27 But, after the lapse of two years, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and, wishing to gain popularity with the Jews, he left Paul a prisoner.
Tukun yac luo, Porcius Festus el aolulla Felix in governor. Felix el lungse akinsewowoye insien mwet Jew, ouinge el fililyana Paul in presin.
