Acts 25

1 Festus, therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea,

Torej ko je Fest prišel v provinco, se je po treh dneh povzpel iz Cezareje v Jeruzalem.

2 and the chief priest and the principal men of the Jews made manifest to him [the things] against Paul, and were calling on him,

Potem sta ga véliki duhovnik in judovski voditelj poučila zoper Pavla in ga rotila

3 asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.

ter zoper njega želela naklonjenosti, da bi ga dal poslati v Jeruzalem, prežeč na poti, da ga ubijejo.

4 Then, indeed, Festus answered that Paul is kept in Caesarea, and himself is about speedily to go on thither,

Toda Fest je odgovoril, da naj bo Pavel čuvan v Cezareji in da bo sam v kratkem odšel tja.

5 'Therefore those able among you — saith he — having come down together, if there be anything in this man — let them accuse him;'

»Naj torej tisti, « je rekel, »ki so med vami zmožni, odidejo z menoj dol in tega moža obtožijo, če je v njem kakršnakoli zlobnost.«

6 and having tarried among them more than ten days, having gone down to Caesarea, on the morrow having sat upon the tribunal, he commanded Paul to be brought;

In ko se je med njimi mudil več kot deset dni, je odšel dol v Cezarejo; in naslednji dan je sedeč na sodnem stolu zapovedal, naj pripeljejo Pavla.

7 and he having come, there stood round about the Jews who have come down from Jerusalem — many and weighty charges they are bringing against Paul, which they were not able to prove,

In ko je ta prišel, so naokoli stali Judje, ki so prišli dol iz Jeruzalema in zoper Pavla vložili mnoge in boleče ovadbe, ki jih niso mogli dokazati.

8 he making defence — 'Neither in regard to the law of the Jews, nor in regard to the temple, nor in regard to Caesar — did I commit any sin.'

Medtem se je zagovarjal: »Niti zoper judovsko postavo, niti zoper tempelj, niti zoper cesarja nisem čisto nič zagrešil.«

9 And Festus willing to lay on the Jews a favour, answering Paul, said, 'Art thou willing, to Jerusalem having gone up, there concerning these things to be judged before me?'

Toda Fest je, voljan ustreči Judom, Pavlu odgovoril in rekel: »Hočeš iti gor v Jeruzalem in biti tam, pred menoj, sojen o teh stvareh?«

10 and Paul said, 'At the tribunal of Caesar I am standing, where it behoveth me to be judged; to Jews I did no unrighteousness, as thou dost also very well know;

Potem je Pavel rekel: »Pred cesarskim sodnim stolom stojim, kjer moram biti sojen. Judom nisem storil nobene krivice, kakor ti zelo dobro veš.

11 for if indeed I am unrighteous, and anything worthy of death have done, I deprecate not to die; and if there is none of the things of which these accuse me, no one is able to make a favour of me to them; to Caesar I appeal!'

Kajti če sem prestopnik ali sem zagrešil karkoli vrednega smrti, se ne branim umreti, toda če ni nobene od teh stvari, za katere me ti tožijo, me noben človek ne more izročiti njim. Na cesarja se sklicujem.«

12 then Festus, having communed with the council, answered, 'To Caesar thou hast appealed; to Caesar thou shalt go.'

Tedaj je Fest, ko se je posvetoval z zborom, odgovoril: »Na cesarja si se skliceval? K cesarju pojdeš.«

13 And certain days having passed, Agrippa the king, and Bernice, came down to Caesarea saluting Festus,

In po nekaj dneh sta v Cezarejo prišla kralj Agripa in Bereníka, da pozdravita Festa.

14 and as they were continuing there more days, Festus submitted to the king the things concerning Paul, saying, 'There is a certain man, left by Felix, a prisoner,

In ko sta bila tam mnogo dni, je Fest kralju razodel Pavlovo zadevo, rekoč: »Tukaj je nek mož, ki ga je Feliks pustil v vezeh,

15 about whom, in my being at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid information, asking a decision against him,

o katerem so me, ko sem bil v Jeruzalemu, visoki duhovniki in judovski starešine obvestili, ker so proti njemu želeli imeti sodbo.

16 unto whom I answered, that it is not a custom of Romans to make a favour of any man to die, before that he who is accused may have the accusers face to face, and may receive place of defence in regard to the charge laid against [him].

Katerim sem odgovoril: ›Rimljani nimajo navade kateregakoli človeka izročiti, da umre, preden se ta, ki je obtožen, ne sooči s tožniki in ima dovoljenje, da se brani glede zločina, vloženega zoper njega.‹

17 'They, therefore, having come together — I, making no delay, on the succeeding [day] having sat upon the tribunal, did command the man to be brought,

Torej ko so prišli sèm, sem brez kakršnegakoli odlašanja naslednji dan sédel na sodni stol in ukazal, da moža privedejo.

18 concerning whom the accusers, having stood up, were bringing against [him] no accusation of the things I was thinking of,

Proti kateremu, ko so tožniki vstali, niso prinesli nobene obtožbe o takšnih stvareh, kakor sem predpostavljal,

19 but certain questions concerning their own religion they had against him, and concerning a certain Jesus who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive;

temveč so imeli zoper njega neka vprašanja o njihovem lastnem praznoverju in o nekem Jezusu, ki je bil mrtev, o katerem je Pavel trdil, da živi.

20 and I, doubting in regard to the question concerning this, said, If he would wish to go on to Jerusalem, and there to be judged concerning these things —

In ker sem dvomil o takšnem načinu zaslišanj, sem ga vprašal, ali bi odšel v Jeruzalem in bi bil tam sojen o teh stvareh.

21 but Paul having appealed to be kept to the hearing of Sebastus, I did command him to be kept till I might send him unto Caesar.'

Toda ko se je Pavel skliceval, da se zadrži za Avgustovo zaslišanje, sem ukazal, da ga stražijo, dokler ga ne pošljem k cesarju.«

22 And Agrippa said unto Festus, 'I was wishing also myself to hear the man;' and he said, 'To-morrow thou shalt hear him;'

Potem je Agripa rekel Festu: »Tudi sam bi rad slišal tega človeka.« »Naslednji dan, « je rekel, »ga boš slišal.«

23 on the morrow, therefore — on the coming of Agrippa and Bernice with much display, and they having entered into the audience chamber, with the chief captains also, and the principal men of the city, and Festus having ordered — Paul was brought forth.

In naslednji dan, ko sta z velikim pompom prišla Agripa in Bereníka in vstopila na kraj zaslišanja z vrhovnimi poveljniki ter glavnimi možmi mesta, je bil na Festovo zapoved priveden Pavel.

24 And Festus said, 'King Agrippa, and all men who are present with us, ye see this one, about whom all the multitude of the Jews did deal with me, both in Jerusalem and here, crying out, He ought not to live any longer;

In Fest je rekel: »Kralj Agripa in vsi ljudje, ki ste z nami tukaj prisotni, vidite tega človeka, glede katerega se je vsa množica Judov pogajala z menoj, tako v Jeruzalemu kakor tudi tukaj in kričala, da ne bi smel več živeti.

25 and I, having found him to have done nothing worthy of death, and he also himself having appealed to Sebastus, I decided to send him,

Toda ko sem spoznal, da ni zagrešil ničesar vrednega smrti in da se je on sam skliceval na Avgusta, sem določil, da ga pošljem.

26 concerning whom I have no certain thing to write to [my] lord, wherefore I brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, that the examination having been made, I may have something to write;

O katerem ne vem nobene zanesljive stvari, da napišem svojemu gospodu. In zato sem ga privedel pred vas in zlasti predte, oh kralj Agripa, da bi po zaslišanju lahko imel kaj napisati.

27 for it doth seem to me irrational, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.'

Kajti zdi se mi nerazumno poslati jetnika in istočasno ne naznaniti zločinov, vloženih zoper njega.«