Actes 25
1 Festus donc, étant arrivé dans la province, monta, trois jours après, de Césarée à Jérusalem.
Festus, [who was now the governor] of the province, arrived in Caesarea, and three days later he went up to Jerusalem.
2 Et les princes des prêtres et les premiers d’entre les Juifs vinrent vers lui pour accuser Paul, et ils le priaient,
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].
3 Demandant en grâce, qu’il le fit amener à Jérusalem, ayant préparé des embûches pour le tuer en chemin.
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].
4 Mais Festus répondit que Paul était gardé à Césarée, et que lui-même partirait bientôt.
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.
5 Que les principaux donc d’entre vous (dit-il) descendent ensemble, et, s’il y a quelque crime en cet homme, qu’ils l’accusent.
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.”
6 Or, après avoir passé huit ou dix jours parmi eux, il descendit à Césarée; et le jour suivant, il s’assit sur son tribunal, et ordonna d’amener Paul.
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.
7 Lorsqu’on l’eut amené, les Juifs qui étaient descendus de Jérusalem l’entourèrent, l’accusant de beaucoup de crimes graves, qu’ils ne pouvaient prouver,
[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].
8 Paul se défendant ainsi: Je n’ai rien fait, ni contre la loi des Juifs, ni contre le temple, ni contre César.
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].”
9 Mais Festus, qui voulait faire plaisir aux Juifs, répondant à Paul, dit: Veux-tu monter à Jérusalem, et y être jugé sur ces choses devant moi?
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]?”
10 Mais Paul répondit: C’est devant le tribunal de César que je suis: c’est là qu’il faut que je sois jugé. Je n’ai nui en rien aux Juifs, comme vous-même le savez fort bien.
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.
11 Car si j’ai nui à quelqu’un ou si j’ai fait quelque chose qui mérite la mort, je ne refuse point de mourir; mais s’il n’en est rien des choses dont ils m’accusent, personne ne peut me livrer à eux. J’en appelle à César.
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].”
12 Alors Festus, ayant conféré avec le conseil, répondit: C’est à César que tu en as appelé, c’est devant César que tu iras.
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].”
13 Quelques jours après, le roi Agrippa et Bérénice descendirent à Césarée pour saluer Festus,
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].
14 Et comme ils demeurèrent plusieurs jours, Festus parla de Paul au roi, disant: Un certain homme a été laissé ici par Félix comme prisonnier;
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].
15 À son sujet, lorsque j’étais à Jérusalem, les princes des prêtres et les anciens des Juifs sont venus vers moi, demandant une condamnation contre lui.
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]}.
16 Je leur ai répondu: Ce n’est pas la coutume des Romains de condamner un homme avant que l’accusé ait ses accusateurs présents, et qu’on lui ait donné lieu de se défendre, pour se laver de l’accusation.
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.
17 Après donc qu’ils furent venus ici sans aucun délai, le jour suivant, siégeant sur mon tribunal, j’ordonnai d’y amener cet homme.
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].
18 Ses accusateurs s’étant présentés, ne lui reprochaient aucun des crimes dont je le soupçonnais coupable;
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].
19 Mais ils agitaient contre lui quelques questions touchant leur superstition, et un certain Jésus, mort, que Paul affirmait être vivant.
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.’
20 Pour moi, hésitant à l’égard d’une question de cette sorte, je lui demandais s’il voulait aller à Jérusalem pour être jugé sur ces choses.
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]}?’
21 Mais Paul en ayant appelé, pour que sa cause fût réservée à la connaissance d’Auguste, j’ai ordonné qu’on le gardât jusqu’à ce que je l’envoie à César.
But Paul answered, ‘[No]. I [am not willing to go to Jerusalem]!
22 Agrippa dit alors à Festus: Je voulais, moi aussi, entendre cet homme. Demain, répondit Festus, vous l’entendrez.
Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.”
23 Le lendemain donc, Agrippa et Bérénice étant venus en grande pompe, et étant entrés dans la salle des audiences avec les tribuns et les principaux de la ville, Paul fut amené par ordre de Festus.
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,
24 Et Festus dit: Roi Agrippa, et vous tous qui êtes ici réunis avec nous, vous voyez cet homme, au sujet de qui toute la multitude des Juifs m’a interpellé à Jérusalem, représentant et criant qu’il ne devait pas vivre plus longtemps
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.
25 Pour moi, j’ai reconnu qu’il n’avait rien fait qui méritât la mort; cependant lui-même en ayant appelé à Auguste, j’ai décidé de l’y envoyer.
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.
26 Et n’ayant rien de certain à écrire de lui à l’Empereur, je l’ai fait venir devant vous tous, mais principalement devant vous, roi Agrippa, afin que, l’interrogation faite, j’aie quelque chose à écrire.
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].
27 Car il me semble hors de raison d’envoyer un homme chargé de liens, et de ne pas en faire connaître la cause.
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.”
