Travay 25
1 Lè Festis rive nan pwovens lan, sou twa jou li kite Sezare, li ale lavil Jerizalèm.
Festus therefore, being come into the eparchy, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
2 Chèf prèt yo ansanm ak jwif ki te grannèg nan lavil la vin pote plent ba li pou Pòl.
And the chief priests and the chief of the Jews laid informations before him against Paul, and besought him,
3 Yo mande Festis yon favè. Yo mande l' pou l' fè mennen Pòl Jerizalèm. Yo te gen tan fè konplo pou touye l' sou wout la.
asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.
4 Men, Festis reponn yo: Pòl deja nan prizon Sezare. Mwen menm poutèt pa m', mwen pral tounen Sezare talè konsa.
Festus therefore answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to set out shortly.
5 Si Pòl fè kichòy ki mal, se pou chèf nou yo desann ansanm avè m', y'a akize l' laba a.
Let therefore the persons of authority among you, says he, going down too, if there be anything in this man, accuse him.
6 Festis pase wit a dis jou sèlman avèk yo Jerizalèm. Apre sa li tounen Sezare. Nan denmen, li al chita nan tribinal la, li bay lòd pou yo mennen Pòl.
And having remained among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the next day, having sat down on the judgment-seat, commanded Paul to be brought.
7 Lè Pòl rive, jwif ki te soti Jerizalèm yo vin kanpe bò kote l', yo pote anpil gwo akizasyon kont li, men yo pa t' kapab bay okenn prèv.
And when he was come, the Jews who were come down from Jerusalem stood round, bringing many and grievous charges which they were not able to prove:
8 Men sa Pòl di pou defann tèt li: Mwen pa fè anyen ki kont lalwa jwif yo, ni kont tanp lan, ni kont Seza.
Paul answering for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I offended [in] anything.
9 Festis menm ki te vle fè jwif yo plezi mande Pòl: Eske ou pa ta vle al Jerizalèm pou yo ka jije ou devan m' sou zafè sa a?
But Festus, desirous of obliging the Jews, to acquire their favour, answering Paul, said, Art thou willing to go up to Jerusalem, there to be judged before me concerning these things?
10 Pòl reponn li: Se devan tribinal Seza mwen ye, se la pou yo jije mwen. Mwen pa fè jwif yo anyen. Ou konnen sa byen pwòp.
But Paul said, I am standing before the judgment-seat of Caesar, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou also very well knowest.
11 Si m' desobeyi lalwa, si m' fè yon bagay ki merite lanmò, mwen p'ap refize mouri. Men tou, si akizasyon y'ap pote sou mwen yo pa vre, pesonn pa ka lage m' nan men yo. Mwen mande pou Seza tande kòz mwen.
If then I have done any wrong and committed anything worthy of death, I do not deprecate dying; but if there is nothing of those things of which they accuse me, no man can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.
12 Lè sa a, Festis fè yon ti pale ak manm konsèy li yo, epi l' di: Bon. Ou mande pou Seza tande kòz ou, ou pral devan Seza.
Then Festus, having conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed to Caesar. To Caesar shalt thou go.
13 Kèk jou apre sa, wa Agripa ak Berenis rive Sezare. Yo te vin di Festis bonjou.
And when certain days had elapsed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to salute Festus.
14 Yo t'ap pase kèk jou la. Festis pwofite esplike sitiyasyon Pòl la bay wa a, li di li: Feliks te kite yon nonm nan prizon isit la.
And when they had spent many days there, Festus laid before the king the matters relating to Paul, saying, There is a certain man left prisoner by Felix,
15 Lè m' te al Jerizalèm chèf prèt yo ansanm ak chèf fanmi jwif yo te vin pote m' plent pou li, yo mande m' pou m' kondannen li.
concerning whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid informations, requiring judgment against him:
16 Mwen reponn yo: Se pa koutim moun lavil Wòm yo pou yo renmèt yon akize bay lènmi l' konsa san yo pa mete l' fasafas ak moun k'ap akize l' yo anvan. Se pou l' gen chans defann tèt li tou anba akizasyon yo.
to whom I answered, It is not [the] custom of the Romans to give up any man before that the accused have the accusers face to face, and he have got opportunity of defence touching the charge.
17 Se konsa yo vin isit la avèk mwen. Mwen pa t' pèdi tan mwen. Nan denmen m' al chita nan tribinal la, mwen bay lòd pou yo mennen nonm lan.
When therefore they had come together here, without putting it off, I sat the next day on the judgment-seat and commanded the man to be brought:
18 Moun ki t'ap akize l' yo vin parèt tou, men yo pa t' bay okenn move zak li te fè, jan m' te kwè a.
concerning whom the accusers, standing up, brought no such accusation of guilt as I supposed;
19 Se yon diskisyon sèlman yo te gen avè l' sou relijyon yo a ak sou yon nonm yo rele Jezi ki mouri. Men, Pòl sètifye nonm sa a leve, li vivan ankò.
but had against him certain questions of their own system of worship, and concerning a certain Jesus who is dead, whom Paul affirmed to be living.
20 Mwen pa t' konn sa pou m' te fè ankò pou m' te pran enfòmasyon sou keksyon sa yo. Mwen mande Pòl si l' pa ta vle al Jerizalèm pou yo te ka jije l' sou zafè sa a la.
And as I myself was at a loss as to an inquiry into these things, I said, Was he willing to go to Jerusalem and there to be judged concerning these things?
21 Men, Pòl mande pou Seza tande kòz li. Li mande pou yo kenbe l' nan prizon jouk Seza va pran yon desizyon sou ka li. Se konsa mwen bay lòd pou yo pa lage l' jouk m'a ka voye l' bay Seza.
But Paul having appealed to be kept for the cognisance of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I shall send him to Caesar.
22 Agripa di Festis konsa: Mwen ta renmen tande nonm sa a. Festis reponn li: Denmen wa tande li.
And Agrippa [said] to Festus, I myself also would desire to hear the man. To-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
23 Se konsa, nan denmen Agripa ak Berenis vin nan mitan yon gwo kòtèj. Yo antre nan sal odyans lan avèk tout chèf militè yo ansanm ak notab lavil la. Festis bay yon lòd, epi yo mennen Pòl vini.
On the morrow therefore, Agrippa being come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and having entered into the hall of audience, with the chiliarchs and the men of distinction of the city, and Festus having given command, Paul was brought.
24 Apre sa, Festis di: Wa Agripa, nou tout ki isit la avèk nou, men li! Nou wè nonm sa a. Tout jwif yo vin pote m' plent pou li, ni laba Jerizalèm ni isit la. Y'ap plede rele nonm sa a te fèt pou l' mouri deja.
And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye see this person, concerning whom all the multitude of the Jews applied to me both in Jerusalem and here, crying out against [him] that he ought not to live any longer.
25 Mwen menm, pou tèt pa m', mwen wè li pa fè anyen ki merite lanmò. Men, li menm li mande pou Seza tande kòz li. Se poutèt sa, mwen pran desizyon voye l' bay Seza.
But I, having found that he had done nothing worthy of death, and this [man] himself having appealed to Augustus, I have decided to send him;
26 Mwen pa gen anyen ki sèten pou m' ekri sou li. Se poutèt sa mwen fè l' konparèt devan nou, devan ou menm sitou, wa Agripa. Konsa m'a jwenn sa pou m' ekri lè n'a fin poze l' keksyon.
concerning whom I have nothing certain to write to my lord. Wherefore I have brought him before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, so that an examination having been gone into I may have something to write:
27 Pou mwen menm, sa pa gen sans pou espedye yon prizonye konsa san ou pa di egzakteman kisa li fè.
for it seems to me senseless, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.
