使徒の働き 25
1 フェスト任國にいたりて三日の後、カイザリヤよりエルサレムに上りたれば、
Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea,
2 祭司長ら及びユダヤ人の重立ちたる者ども、パウロを訴へ之を害はんとして、
where the high priest and prominent Jewish men presented their case against Paul.
3 フェストの好意にて彼をエルサレムに召し出されんことを願ふ。斯くして道に待伏し、之を殺さんと思へるなり。
Asking for a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, because they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way.
4 然るにフェスト答へて、パウロのカイザリヤに囚はれ在ることと、己が程なく歸るべき事とを告げ、
But Festus replied that Paul was being kept in custody in Caesarea, and that he himself was about to go there shortly.
5 『もし彼に不 善あらんには、汝 等のうち然るべき者ども我とともに下りて訴ふべし』と言ふ。
“So,” he said, “let those among you who are influential go down with me, and if there is any fault in this man, they can bring charges against him.”
6 かくて彼處に八日 十日ばかり居りてカイザリヤに下り、明くる日、審判の座に坐し、命じてパウロを引出さしむ。
After staying among them for more than ten days, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought in.
7 その出で來りし時、エルサレムより下りしユダヤ人ら、これを取圍みて樣々の重き罪を言ひ立てて訴ふれども、證すること能はず。
When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him that they could not prove.
8 パウロは辯明して言ふ『我はユダヤ人の律法に對しても、宮に對しても、カイザルに對しても、罪を犯したる事なし』
Then Paul said in his own defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I committed any offense.”
9 フェスト、ユダヤ人の意を迎へんとしてパウロに答へて言ふ『なんぢエルサレムに上り、彼處にて我が前に審かるることを諾ふか』
But Festus, wishing to gain favor with the Jews, responded to Paul, “Are yoʋ willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there on these charges?”
10 パウロ言ふ『我はわが審かるべきカイザルの審判の座の前に立ちをるなり。汝の能く知るごとく、我はユダヤ人を害ひしことなし。
Paul said, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to stand trial. I have done the Jews no wrong, as yoʋ yoʋrself know very well.
11 若しも罪を犯して死に當るべき事をなしたらんには、死ぬるを厭はじ。然れど此の人々の訴ふること實ならずば、誰も我を彼らに付すことを得じ、我はカイザルに上訴せん』
If I am in the wrong and have done something that deserves death, I do not seek to escape death. But if none of the things these men accuse me of is true, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.”
12 ここにフェスト陪席の者と相 議りて答ふ『なんぢカイザルに上訴せんとす、カイザルの許に往くべし』
After conferring with the council, Festus answered, “Yoʋ have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar yoʋ shall go.”
13 數日を經て後、アグリッパ王とベルニケとカイザリヤに到りてフェストの安否を問ふ。
After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and greeted Festus.
14 多くの日 留りゐたれば、フェスト、パウロのことを王に告げて言ふ『ここにペリクスが囚人として遺しおきたる一人の人あり、
Since the king was staying there for several days, Festus presented Paul's case to him, saying, “There is a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix.
15 我エルサレムに居りしとき、ユダヤ人の祭司長・長老ら之を訴へて罪に定めんことを願ひしが、
When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews presented their case and asked for a judgment against him.
16 我は答へて、訴へらるる者の未だ訴ふる者の面前にて辯明する機を與へられぬ前に付すは、ロマ人の慣例にあらぬ事を告げたり。
I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand anyone over for destruction before the accused faces his accusers and has an opportunity to make his defense concerning the charges.
17 この故に彼 等ここに集りたれば、時を延さず次の日 審判の座に坐し、命じてかの者を引出さしむ。
So when they had assembled here, I did not postpone the case, but on the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought in.
18 訴ふる者かれを圍みて立ちしが、思ひしごとき惡しき事は一つも陳ぶる所なし。
When his accusers stood up, they brought no charge against him of the sort I was expecting.
19 ただ己らの宗教、またはイエスと云ふ者の死にたるを活きたりと、パウロが主張するなどに關する問題のみなれば、
Instead they had certain points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a man named Jesus who was dead, but whom Paul claimed was alive.
20 かかる審理には我も當惑せし故、かの人に「なんぢエルサレムに往き彼處にて審かるる事を好むか」と問ひしに、
Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate this matter, I asked if he might be willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial there on these charges.
21 パウロは上訴して皇帝の判決を受けん爲に守られんことを願ひしにより、命じて之をカイザルに送るまで守らせ置けり』
But Paul appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, so I ordered him to be held until I could send him to Caesar.”
22 アグリッパ、フェストに言ふ『我もその人に聽かんと欲す』フェスト言ふ『なんぢ明日かれに聽くべし』
Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.” Festus said, “Tomorrow yoʋ will hear him.”
23 明くる日アグリッパとベルニケと大に威儀を整へてきたり、千卒長ら及び市の重立ちたる者どもと共に訊問所に入りたれば、フェストの命によりてパウロ引出さる。
So the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium along with the military commanders and the distinguished men of the city. Then Festus gave the command, and Paul was brought in.
24 フェスト言ふ『アグリッパ王、竝びに此處に居る凡ての者よ、汝らの見るこの人は、ユダヤの民衆が擧りて生かしおくべきにあらずと呼はりて、エルサレムにても此處にても我に訴へし者なり。
Festus said, “King Agrippa and all you men who are present with us, you see this man, concerning whom the entire Jewish community has appealed to me, both in Jerusalem and here in this place, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.
25 然るに我はその死に當るべき惡しき事を一つだに犯したるを認めねば、彼の自ら皇帝に上訴せんとする隨にその許に送らんと決めたり。
But when I found that he had done nothing deserving death, and since he himself appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.
26 而して彼につきて我が主に上書すべき實 情を得ず。この故に汝 等のまへ、特にアグリッパ王よ、なんぢの前に引出し、訊問をなしてのち、上書すべき箇條を得んと思へり。
Yet I have nothing definite to write to my lord about this man. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before yoʋ, King Agrippa, so that after we have had this preliminary hearing, I may have something to write.
27 囚人を送るに訴訟の次第を陳べざるは道理ならずと思ふ故なり』
For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without indicating the charges against him.”
