Acts 24
1 And after five days came down the chief priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator — Tertullus, and they made manifest to the governor [the things] against Paul;
Post quinque autem dies descendit princeps sacerdotum Ananias, cum senioribus quibusdam, et Tertullo quodam oratore, qui adierunt præsidem adversus Paulum.
2 and he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse [him], saying, 'Much peace enjoying through thee, and worthy deeds being done to this nation through thy forethought,
Et citato Paulo cœpit accusare Tertullus, dicens: Cum in multa pace agamus per te, et multa corrigantur per tuam providentiam,
3 always, also, and everywhere we receive it, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness;
semper et ubique suscipimus, optime Felix, cum omni gratiarum actione.
4 and that I may not be further tedious to thee, I pray thee to hear us concisely in thy gentleness;
Ne diutius autem te protraham, oro, breviter audias nos pro tua clementia.
5 for having found this man a pestilence, and moving a dissension to all the Jews through the world — a ringleader also of the sect of the Nazarenes —
Invenimus hunc hominem pestiferum, et concitantem seditiones omnibus Judæis in universo orbe, et auctorem seditionis sectæ Nazarenorum:
6 who also the temple did try to profane, whom also we took, and according to our law did wish to judge,
qui etiam templum violare conatus est, quem et apprehensum voluimus secundum legem nostram judicare.
7 and Lysias the chief captain having come near, with much violence, out of our hands did take away,
Superveniens autem tribunus Lysias, cum vi magna eripuit eum de manibus nostris,
8 having commanded his accusers to come to thee, from whom thou mayest be able, thyself having examined, to know concerning all these things of which we accuse him;'
jubens accusatores ejus ad te venire: a quo poteris ipse judicans, de omnibus istis cognoscere, de quibus nos accusamus eum.
9 and the Jews also agreed, professing these things to be so.
Adjecerunt autem et Judæi, dicentes hæc ita se habere.
10 And Paul answered — the governor having beckoned to him to speak — 'Knowing [that] for many years thou hast been a judge to this nation, the more cheerfully the things concerning myself I do answer;
Respondit autem Paulus (annuente sibi præside dicere): Ex multis annis te esse judicem genti huic sciens, bono animo pro me satisfaciam.
11 thou being able to know that it is not more than twelve days to me since I went up to worship in Jerusalem,
Potes enim cognoscere quia non plus sunt mihi dies quam duodecim, ex quo ascendi adorare in Jerusalem:
12 and neither in the temple did they find me reasoning with any one, or making a dissension of the multitude, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;
et neque in templo invenerunt me cum aliquo disputantem, aut concursum facientem turbæ, neque in synagogis, neque in civitate:
13 nor are they able to prove against me the things concerning which they now accuse me.
neque probare possunt tibi de quibus nunc me accusant.
14 'And I confess this to thee, that, according to the way that they call a sect, so serve I the God of the fathers, believing all things that in the law and the prophets have been written,
Confiteor autem hoc tibi, quod secundum sectam quam dicunt hæresim, sic deservio Patri et Deo meo, credens omnibus quæ in lege et prophetis scripta sunt:
15 having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, [that] there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;
spem habens in Deum, quam et hi ipsi exspectant, resurrectionem futuram justorum et iniquorum.
16 and in this I do exercise myself, to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.
In hoc et ipse studeo sine offendiculo conscientiam habere ad Deum et ad homines semper.
17 'And after many years I came, about to do kind acts to my nation, and offerings,
Post annos autem plures eleemosynas facturus in gentem meam, veni, et oblationes, et vota,
18 in which certain Jews from Asia did find me purified in the temple, not with multitude, nor with tumult,
in quibus invenerunt me purificatum in templo: non cum turba, neque cum tumultu.
19 whom it behoveth to be present before thee, and to accuse, if they had anything against me,
Quidam autem ex Asia Judæi, quos oportebat apud te præsto esse, et accusare si quid haberent adversum me:
20 or let these same say if they found any unrighteousness in me in my standing before the sanhedrim,
aut hi ipsi dicant si quid invenerunt in me iniquitatis cum stem in concilio,
21 except concerning this one voice, in which I cried, standing among them — Concerning a rising again of the dead I am judged to-day by you.'
nisi de una hac solummodo voce qua clamavi inter eos stans: Quoniam de resurrectione mortuorum ego judicor hodie a vobis.
22 And having heard these things, Felix delayed them — having known more exactly of the things concerning the way — saying, 'When Lysias the chief captain may come down, I will know fully the things concerning you;'
Distulit autem illos Felix, certissime sciens de via hac, dicens: Cum tribunus Lysias descenderit, audiam vos.
23 having given also a direction to the centurion to keep Paul, to let [him] also have liberty, and to forbid none of his own friends to minister or to come near to him.
Jussitque centurioni custodire eum, et habere requiem, nec quemquam de suis prohibere ministrare ei.
24 And after certain days, Felix having come with Drusilla his wife, being a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith toward Christ,
Post aliquot autem dies veniens Felix cum Drusilla uxore sua, quæ erat Judæa, vocavit Paulum, et audivit ab eo fidem quæ est in Christum Jesum.
25 and he reasoning concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment that is about to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, 'For the present be going, and having got time, I will call for thee;'
Disputante autem illo de justitia, et castitate, et de judicio futuro, tremefactus Felix, respondit: Quod nunc attinet, vade: tempore autem opportuno accersam te:
26 and at the same time also hoping that money shall be given to him by Paul, that he may release him, therefore, also sending for him the oftener, he was conversing with him;
simul et sperans quod pecunia ei daretur a Paulo, propter quod et frequenter accersens eum, loquebatur cum eo.
27 and two years having been fulfilled, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus; Felix also willing to lay a favour on the Jews, left Paul bound.
Biennio autem expleto, accepit successorem Felix Portium Festum. Volens autem gratiam præstare Judæis Felix, reliquit Paulum vinctum.
