प्रेरित 25
1 अब, फेस्तस त्यस प्रान्तमा प्रवेश गरेको तीन दिनपछि, उनी कैसरियाबाट यरूशलेमस पुगे ।
Three days after Festus had arrived in his province, he left Caesarea and went up to Jerusalem.
2 प्रधान पूजाहारी र विशिष्ट यहूदीहरूले फेस्तसकहाँ पावलका विरुद्ध अभियोगहरू प्रस्तुत गरे, र तिनीहरूले फेस्तससँग कडा रूपमा कुरा गरे ।
There the chief priests and the leading men among the Jews laid an information before him against Paul,
3 र तिनीहरूले पावलको विषयमा सहायताको निम्ति फेस्तससँग अनुरोध गरे, कि तिनले उनलाई यरूशलेममा बोलाउन्, ताकि तिनीहरूले उनलाई बाटोमा नै मर्न सकून् ।
and asked a favour of him, to Paul’s injury – to have Paul brought to Jerusalem. All the while they were plotting to make away with him on the road.
4 तर पावल कैसरियाको कैदी थिए, र तिनी आफैँ पनि चाँडै त्यहाँ फर्कनु थियो भनी फेस्तसले जवाफ दिए ।
But Festus answered that Paul was in prison at Caesarea, and that he himself would be leaving for that place shortly.
5 उनले भने “यसकारण जान सक्नेहरू हामीसँगै जानुपर्छ । यदि त्यो मनिसमा कुनै गल्ती छन् भने, तिमीहरूले दोष लगाउनुपर्छ ।”
‘So let the influential men among you,’ he said, ‘go down with me, and if there is anything amiss in the man, charge him formally with it.’
6 आठ वा दश दिन अझ बसेपछि फेस्तस कैसरियातिर गए । र अर्को दिन उनी न्यायको आसनमा बसे र पावललाई तिनीकहाँ ल्याइयोस् भनी आदेश दिए ।
After staying among them some eight or ten days, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he took his seat on the Bench, and ordered Paul to be brought before him.
7 जब उनी आइपुगे यरूशलेमका यहूदीहरू नजिकै उभिए र तिनीहरूले साबित नै गर्न नसक्ने गम्भीर अभियोगहरू ल्याए ।
On Paul’s appearance, the Jewish leaders who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him, and made many serious charges, which they failed to establish.
8 पावलले आफ्नो बचाउ गरे र भने, “यहूदीहरूको नामको विरुद्ध होइन, नत कुनै मन्दिरको विरुद्धमा र न त कैसरको विरुद्धमा, मैले कसैको विरुद्धमा गल्ति गरेको छैनँ ।”
Paul’s answer to the charge was – “I have not committed any offence against the Jewish Law, or the Temple, or the Emperor.”
9 तर फेस्तसले यहूदीको समर्थन पाउन चाहन्थे र उनले पावललाई जवाफ दिए र भने, “के तिमी यरूशलेम गएर यी कुराहरूको इन्साफ मद्वारा गरिएको चाहन्छौ?”
But, as Festus wished to gain popularity with the Jews, he interrupted Paul with the question, ‘Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried on these charges before me there?’
10 पावलले भने, “म कैसरको न्यायको आसनको सामु खडा छु, जहाँ मेरो इन्साफ गरिनुपर्छ । जसरी तपाईंलाई पनि थाहा छ कि मैले कुनै पनि यहूदीलाई खराबी गरेको छैनँ ।
‘No,’ replied Paul, ‘I am standing at the Emperor’s court, where I ought to be tried. I have not wronged the Jews, as you yourself are well aware.
11 तैपनि यदि मैले गल्ती गरेको छु र यदि मैले मृत्युको योग्य केही कुरा गरेको छु भने, म मर्नलाई इन्कार गर्दिनँ । तर यदि तिनीहरूका आरोपहरू केही पनि छैनन् भने, कसैले पनि मलाई तिनीहरूको हातमा सुम्पन सक्दैन । म कैसरलाई गुहार्छु ।
If, however, I am breaking the law and have committed any offence deserving death, I do not ask to escape the penalty; but, if there is nothing in the accusations of these people, no one has the power to give me up to them. I appeal to the Emperor.’
12 त्यसपछि फेस्तसले परिषद्मा कुरा गरे र जवाफ दिए, “तिमीले कैसरसँग गुहार माग्यौ; तिमी कैसरकहाँ नै जानेछौ ।”
Festus, after conferring with his Council, answered, ‘You have appealed to the Emperor; to the Emperor you will go.’
13 अब केही दिनपछि राजा अग्रिपा र बर्निकी कैसरियामा फेस्तसलाई कामकाजी भेटघाट गर्न आइपुगे ।
Some days later King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea, and paid a visit of congratulation to Festus;
14 उनी त्यहाँ धेरै दिनसम्म बसेपछि, फेस्तसले पावलका मुद्दाहरू राजाका अघि प्रस्तुत गरे । तिनले भने, “फेलिक्सले एक जना मानिसलाई कैदीको रूपमा छोडेका थिए ।
and, as they were staying there for several days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king. ‘There is a man here,’ he said, ‘left a prisoner by Felix,
15 जब म यरूशलेममा थिएँ, मुख्य पूजाहारी र यहूदीहरूका अगुवाहरूले यो मानिसको विरुद्ध मकहाँ आरोपहरू ल्याए, र तिनीहरूले उसको विरुद्ध दण्डको लागि अनुरोध गरे ।
about whom, when I came to Jerusalem, the Jewish chief priest and the elders laid an information, demanding judgment against him.
16 यसमा मैले यस्तो जवाफ दिएँ, “एउटा मानिसलाई कृपाको रूपमा कसैलाई सुम्पने रोमी प्रचलन छैन, बरु, दोष लगाइएको मानिसले उसलाई दोष लगाउनेहरूको सामना गर्न र आरोपहरूको विरुद्ध बचाउ गर्ने मौका पाउनु पर्छ ।”
My answer to them was, that it was not the practice of Romans to give up anyone to their accusers until the accused had met them face to face, and had also had an opportunity of answering the charges brought against them.
17 यसकारण जब तिनीहरू सँगै यहाँ आए, मैले पर्खिनँ, अर्को दिन म न्याय आसनमा बसेँ र त्यो मानिसलाई भित्र ल्याउने आदेश दिएँ ।
So they met here, and without loss of time I took my seat on the Bench the very next day, and ordered the man to be brought before me.
18 जब अभियोक्ताहरू उठे र अभियोग लगाए, तिनीहरूले ऊसको विरुद्ध लागाएको कुनै पनि आभियोगहरू मलाई गम्भीर लागेन ।
But, when his accusers came forward, they brought no charge of wrongdoing such as I had expected;
19 यसको सट्टामा, तिनीहरूको आफ्नै धर्म सम्बन्धी र मरेको कोही येशूको बारे तिनीहरूको विवाद थियो जसलाई पावलले जीवित छन् भनी दावी गर्थ्यो ।
but I found that there were certain questions in dispute between them about their own religion, and about some dead man called Jesus, whom Paul declared to be alive.
20 म यो कुरामा कसरी अनुसन्धान गर्ने भनी अन्योलमा परेँ, र यी कुराहरूको बारेमा इन्साफ गरिनको निम्ति ऊ यरूशलेम जान्छ कि भनी मैले उसलाई सोधेँ ।
And, as I was at a loss how to enquire into questions of this kind, I asked Paul if he were willing to go up to Jerusalem, and be put on trial there.
21 तर पावलले सम्राटको फैसलाको निम्ति सुरक्षा पहरामा राखिनलाई इच्छा गरेपछि, मैले उसलाई कैसरकहाँ नपठाएसम्म राख्नलाई आदेश दिएँ ।”
Paul, however, appealed to have his case reserved for the consideration of his August Majesty, so I ordered him to be detained in custody, until I could send him to the Emperor.’
22 अग्रिप्पाले फेस्तससँग भने, “म पनि यो मानिसका कुराहरू सुन्न चाहन्छु ।” फेस्तसले भने, “उसको कुरा तपाईंले भोलि सुन्नुहुनेछ ।”
‘I should like to hear this man myself,’ Agrippa said to Festus. ‘You will hear him tomorrow,’ Festus answered.
23 यसरी अर्को दिन अग्रिप्पा र बर्निकी भव्य समारोहसँग आए; उनीहरू भवनभित्र सैनिक अधिकृतहरू र सहरका विशिष्ट व्यक्तिहरूसँग आए । र फेस्तसले आदेश दिएपछि पावललाई तिनीहरूकहाँ ल्याइयो ।
So the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come in full state and had entered the Audience Chamber, with the superior officers and the principal people of the city, by the order of Festus Paul was brought before them.
24 फेस्तसले भने, “राजा अग्रिप्पा, यहाँ हामीसँग हुनुभएका सबै मानिसहरू, तपाईंले यो मानिसलाई देख्नु हुन्छ; यरूशलेममा र यहाँ पनि कैयौँ यहूदीहरूले मसँग छलफल गरे, र ऊ जीवित रहनु हुँदैन भनी मसँग कराए ।
Then Festus said, ‘King Agrippa, and all here present, you see before you the man about whom the whole Jewish people have applied to me, both at Jerusalem and here, loudly asserting that he ought not to be allowed to live.
25 तर मैले थाहा पाएँ कि यो मानिसले मृत्युको लायकको त्यस्तो कुनै गल्ती गरेका छैन; तर उसले सम्राटकहाँ जाने अपिल गरेकाले, मैले उसलाई पठाउने निर्णय गरेँ ।
I found, however, that he had not done anything deserving death; so, as he had himself appealed to his August Majesty, I decided to send him.
26 तर मसँग सम्राटलाई लेख्ने कुनै निश्चित कुराहरू छैन । यसकारण मैले उसलाई तपाईंहरूकहाँ ल्याएको छु, विशेषगरी राजा अग्रिप्पाकहाँ, ताकि मसँग मुद्दाको बारेमा लेख्ने केही कुराहरू होस् ।
But I have nothing definite to write about him to my Imperial Master; and for that reason I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examining him, I may have something to write.
27 किनभने एउटा कैदीलाई पठाउनु र उसको विरुद्धको आरोपहरू उल्लेख नगर्नु मलाई अनुपयुक्त जस्तो लाग्छ ।”
For it seems to me absurd to send a prisoner, without at the same time stating the charges made against him.’
