使徒の働き 25
1 第八項 パウロ、フェストの法廷に出頭す フェスト赴任して三日の後、カイザリアよりエルザレムに上りければ、
Festus, therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea,
2 司祭長等及びユデア人の重立ちたる者、パウロを訴へんとて其許に至り、
and the chief priest and the principal men of the Jews made manifest to him [the things] against Paul, and were calling on him,
3 御恵には命じてパウロをエルザレムに連行かしめ給へ、と願へり。是途中に待伏して、彼を殺さんとすればなり。
asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.
4 フェスト答へて、パウロは守られてカイザリアに在り、我程なく出立すべければ、
Then, indeed, Festus answered that Paul is kept in Caesarea, and himself is about speedily to go on thither,
5 若彼人に罪あらば、汝等の中の然るべき人々、我と共に下りて之を訴ふべし、と言へり。
'Therefore those able among you — saith he — having come down together, if there be anything in this man — let them accuse him;'
6 斯てフェストは、八日か十日ばかり彼等の中に滞在してカイザリアに下り、翌日法廷に坐し、命じてパウロを引出させしが、
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;
7 パウロ召出されければ、エルザレムより下りたるユデア人等之を取圍みて、種々の重罪を負はせたれど、之を證する事能はざりき。
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,
8 パウロは自ら弁解して、我ユデア人の律法に對しても、神殿に對しても、セザルに對しても、何らの罪を犯したる事なし、と言へり。
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.'
9 フェストユデア人を喜ばせんとて、パウロに答へて、汝エルザレムに上り、彼處にて我前に裁判を受けん事を欲するか、と云ひしかば、
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?'
10 パウロ云ひけるは、我はセザルの法廷に立てり、此處にて裁判せらるべし。汝の能く知れるが如く、我はユデア人に害を加へたる事なし、
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;
11 若害を加へたるか、或は死刑に當る何事をか為したらんには、我死を辞せず、然れど彼等が我に負はする事一も立たずば、誰も我を彼等に交付し得べからず、我セザルに上告す、と。
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!'
12 是に於てフェスト、陪席と談じて後答へけるは、汝セザルに上告したればセザルの許に往くべし、と。
then Festus, having communed with the council, answered, 'To Caesar thou hast appealed; to Caesar thou shalt go.'
13 數日を経てアグリッパ王及びベルニケは、フェストの安否を問はんとてカイザリアに下り、
And certain days having passed, Agrippa the king, and Bernice, came down to Caesarea saluting Festus,
14 數日間滞在しければ、フェストパウロの事を王に告げて云ひけるは、茲にフェリクスより遺し置かれたる一人の囚人あり、
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,
15 我エルザレムに居りし時、司祭長、ユデア人の長老等、我許に來りて、之が宣告を願ひしかど、
about whom, in my being at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid information, asking a decision against him,
16 我、何人にもあれ、被告人が原告人と對面して罪を弁解する機を得ざる中に、之を刑罰するは、ロマ人の慣例に非ず、と答へたり。
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].
17 是に由て彼等、時を移さず此處に集來りたれば。翌日我法廷に坐し、命じて彼人を引出さしめ、
'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,
18 原告人等之に立會ひしに、我が嫌疑を懸けたる如き罪をば一點も負はせず、
concerning whom the accusers, having stood up, were bringing against [him] no accusation of the things I was thinking of,
19 己が宗教及び活き居れりとパウロが断言せる一人の死者イエズスに関する問題を提出したるのみ、
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;
20 我斯る問題には當惑したれば彼人に向ひて、汝エルザレムに至り、是に就きて裁判を受くる事を望むか、と云ひしに、
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 —
21 パウロはオグストの裁判に保留せらるる様上告せしかば、我命じて、セザルの許に送るまで守らせ置けり、と。
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.'
22 アグリッパ、我も彼人に聞きたし、とフェストに謂ひしかば、汝明日之に聞くべし、と云へり。
And Agrippa said unto Festus, 'I was wishing also myself to hear the man;' and he said, 'To-morrow thou shalt hear him;'
23 翌日アグリッパとベルニケと華美を盡して來り、千夫長及び市の重立ちたる人々と共に公判廷に入りしかば、フェストの命令の下にパウロ引出されたり。
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.
24 斯てフェスト云ひけるは、アグリッパ王及び此處に我等と列席せる人等よ、汝等の見る此人は、ユデア人の群衆挙りて我に訴へ、最早活くべき者に非ず、と叫びつつ願ひし者なり。
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;
25 然して我は死に値する何等の罪なき事を彼に認めたれど、彼オグストに上告せしにより、之を送付すべしと決せり。
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,
26 我君に上書せんとするに確乎なる事實なきを以て、之を汝等の前、殊にアグリッパ王よ、御前に引出し、尋問して上書すべき事柄を得んとす、
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;
27 其は囚人を送りて其罪案を書添へざる事の無理なるを惟へばなり、と。
for it doth seem to me irrational, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.'
