Asan'ny Apostoly 23
1 Nitalatse amy Sinedrionay t’i Paoly, nanao ty hoe: Ry roahalahiko, fa mpiaiñe an-kazavan-troke añatrefan’ Añahare iraho ampara’ ty andro toy.
THEN Paul, looking earnestly at the sanhedrim, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience unto God even to this day.
2 Aa le linili’ i Ananiasy mpisorom-bey o narine azeo ty hitampify aze am-palie’e.
Then the high-priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
3 Le hoe t’i Paoly ama’e: Ho tampifien’ Añahare irehe, ty rìndri-foty tia. Ihe miambesatse ey handily ahy amy Hake te mone mañota Hake amy nandilia’o ho tampifieñey.
Then said Paul unto him, God is ready to smite thee, thou whited wall: for art thou sitting to judge me according to the law, and violating that law, commandest me to be smitten?
4 Hoe ty asa’ o narineo: Mañondritse i talèm-pisoron’ Añaharey v’iheo?
Then they who stood by, said, Revilest thou God’s high-priest?
5 Aa hoe t’i Paoly, Ry rahalahio, tsy nirendreko t’ie talèm-pisoroñe, fa pinatetse ty hoe: Ko injè’o ty mpifehe ondati’oo.
And Paul said, I had not observed, brethren, that he was high-priest: for it is written, “Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.”
6 Ie nifohi’ i Paoly te Tsadoke ty ila’ iareo vaho Fariseo ty ila’e, le hoe ty koi’e amy fivoriy: Ry roahalahio, Fariseo iraho, ana’ ty Fariseo. Mijohañ’ etoan-draho hizakañe amy fitamañe te hitroatse o mihomakeo.
Now when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried in the sanhedrim, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: for the hope and resurrection of the dead am I brought to this bar.
7 Amy fipaza’ey, le nifanointoiñe o Fariseoo naho o Tsadokeo vaho nifanarake i fivoriy.
So when he had said this, a great dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
8 (Liere’ o Tsadokeo ty fivañonam-beloñe, naho anjely, vaho arofo, f’ie fonga ifahara’ o Fariseoo.)
For the Sadducees say indeed, that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
9 Nipoñak’ amy zao ty hozakozake, le niongake vaho nimanea’ ty Fariseo mpañoke Hake lietse ami’ty hoe: Tsy oni’ay ty hila’ ondatio. Ke tsinara’ ty fañahy he ty anjely?
And a great clamour arose: and the scribes rising up who were of the party of the Pharisees, contended stoutly, saying, We find no fault in this man: but if a spirit have spoken to him, or an angel, let us not fight against God.
10 Niindra i hotakotakey, le nihakahaka i talè, hera ho rifodrifoteñe t’i Paoly, le linili’e o lahin-defo’eo ty hizotso mb’eo hanintak’ aze an-kaozarañe, hampoly aze mb’añ’akiba añe.
Then a great tumult arising, the tribune, apprehensive that Paul might be pulled in pieces by them, commanded the guard to go down, and take him by force from the midst of them, and bring him into the fortress.
11 Ie haleñe, le nijohañe añ’ila’eo t’i Talè nanao ty hoe: Mireareà! Fa hambañe ami’ty nitaroña’o ahy e Ierosaleme ao, ty ho taroñe’o e Roma añe.
And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good courage, Paul: for as thou hast borne testimony of the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou bear a testimony at Rome also.
12 Amy loak’ àndroy le nifañosoñe hikitrok’ aze o Tehodao, nifamehe am-panta te tsy hikama ndra hinoñe ampara’ te havetra’ iareo t’i Paoly.
Then as soon as it was day, some of the Jews forming a conspiracy, bound themselves under the direst imprecation, declaring that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
13 Mandikoatse ty efa-polo i nikilily rey.
Now there were more than forty who had on oath formed this conspiracy.
14 Niheo mb’ amo beim-pisoroñeo naho o roaeo iereo nanao ty hoe: Nifamehe am-panta mijadoñe zahay te tsy hitsope-draha ampara’ te vonoe’ay t’i Paoly.
So they came to the high-priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves by the direst imprecation, to taste nothing till we have killed Paul.
15 Ie amy zao, ry amo Sinedrionaio, Ehe mihalalia amy talèy ty hanjotsoañe aze ama’ areo mintse hamotopotorañe aze, fa veka’e hanjevoñ’ aze zahay aolo’ t’ie mitotoke.
Now therefore do ye with the sanhedrim give notice to the military tribune, that to-morrow he bring him down to you, as if intending to make more accurate inquiries into the things concerning him: but we, ere he come nigh, are ready to kill him.
16 Fe tsinano’ ty ana-drahavave’ i Paoly i famandroñañey le nimb’eo nizilik’ añ’anjomba’ o lahin-defoñeo nitalily amy Paoly.
Now Paul’s sister’s son having heard of their lying in wait, came, and entering into the fortress told Paul.
17 Kinanji’ i Paoly ty mpifehe zato, le hoe re: Endeso mb’amy talè ao ty ajalahy toy, fa aman-ko volañe’e.
Then Paul calling to him one of the centurions, said, Carry this young man to the tribune: for he hath something to communicate to him.
18 Aa le nente’e naho nasese amy talèy, nanao ty hoe: Nitok’ ahy t’i Paoly mpirohy, nihalaly te hendeseñe ama’o ty ajalahy toy fa aman’ entañe.
Then he took him, and brought him to the tribune, and said, The prisoner Paul calling me to him, entreated me to bring this young man to thee, having something to say to thee.
19 Rinambe’ i talèy an-taña’e i ajalahiy le natola’e vaho nañontanea’e ty hoe: Ino ty enta’o ho ahiko?
Hereupon the tribune taking him by the hand, and leading him aside, inquired, What is it that thou hast to communicate to me?
20 Hoe re: Fa nilahatse hihalaly ama’o o Tehodao ty haneseañe i Paoly mb’amy fivoriy ao hamaray, hanao sare hañotsohotso aze.
And he said, The Jews have agreed together to entreat thee that to-morrow thou wouldest bring down Paul into the sanhedrim, as about to make some more accurate inquiry concerning him.
21 Ko no’o, amy te amandroña’ ty mandako ty efa-polo nifanta te tsy hikama ndra hinoñe ampara’ t’ie vinono; fa veka’e henaneo iereo, mandiñe ty fampitamà’o.
But do not thou consent to them: for more than forty men of them are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves under an anathema, neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now they are in readiness, waiting only to procure the promise from thee.
22 Aa le napo’ i talèy hiavotse i ajalahiy, ie fa nitoroa’e ty hoe: Ko mivolañe ama’ iaia i nitalilie’oy.
Hereupon the tribune dismissed the youth, with an injunction, not to mention it to any body that thou hast discovered these things to me.
23 Kinanji’e ty mpifehe zato roe le natà’e ty hoe: Añajario lahin-defo roan-jato hikatsakatsake mb’e Kaisaria añe, naho mpiningi-tsoavala fitom-polo vaho mpitàm-pìletse roan-jato amy ora faha-telo’ i haleñeiy.
And calling to him two certain persons of the centurions, he said, Get ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night;
24 Toloro soavala hiningira’ i Paoly, le aseseo mb’am-pitsolohañe amy Ragova Feliksa añe.
and provide beasts, that setting Paul thereon, you may convey him safely to Felix the governor.
25 Nanokira’e taratasy hoe zao:
And he wrote a letter containing this form of words:
26 Klaodio Lisia: Ho an-dRagova Feliksa, foloaingitroke, Fañanintsiñe!
Claudius Lysias to his excellence the governor Felix, greeting.
27 Ingo t’indaty tsinepa’ o Tehodao, le didý tsy ho vinono’ iereo, f’ie nivotrake eo reketse lahin-defoñe nandrombak’ aze, ie nirendreko te nte-Roma.
This person had been seized by the Jews, and was ready to be slain by them: but coming on them with the guard, I rescued him out of their hands, having understood that he was a Roman citizen.
28 Aa izaho te hahafohiñe ty talin-kitomboha’ iareo aze, le naseseko mb’amy Sinedriona’ iareoy,
And desirous of knowing the crime of which they accused him, I brought him down into their sanhedrim
29 fe nizoeko te ontane amo lili’ iareoo ty nanisíañe aze, le tsy amo sisì’eo ty mañeva hamonoañe ndra handrohizañe aze.
and found him accused of some disputed points of their law; but to have no charge laid against him worthy of death or of bonds.
30 Ie nampaharendreheñe te nikililieñe indatiy, le nahitriko mb’ama’o mb’eo amy zao, vaho liniliko o mpanisý azeo te haseseke añatrefa’o ty talin-tsisì’ iareo.
But it being discovered to me that a design was forming against the man’s life by the Jews, immediately I sent him to thee, commanding his accusers also to produce what they have against him before thee. Farewel.
31 Aa ie namantohañe, le nendese’ o lahin-defoñeo t’i Paoly naho nasese mb’e Antipatria mb’eo amy haleñey.
Hereupon then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night unto Antipatris.
32 Amy loak’ àndroy le nampindrezeñe ama’e o mpiningi-tsoavalao vaho nimpoly mb’an-tobe mb’eo ty ila’e.
And on the morrow, leaving the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the fortress.
33 Ie nipotìtse e Kaisaria añe, le natolotse amy Ragovay i taratasiy le nasese ama’e ka t’i Paoly.
So when they came to Caesarea, and had delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also to him.
34 Vinaki’ i ragovay i taratasiy vaho nañontanea’e ty faritse nihirifa’e. Ie rendre’e te nte Kilkia,
Then when the governor had read it, and asked of what province he was, and understood he was of Cilicia;
35 le hoe re: Hitsanoñako naho avy o mpanisý azoo, le linili’e te hambenañe añ’ anjombam-pizakà’ i Heroda ao.
I will give thee a thorough hearing, said he, when thy accusers are also come hither. And he commanded them to be kept under guard in Herod’s praetorium.
