Ditiro 25
1 Erile morago ga malatsi a mararo Feseto a sena go goroga kwa Kaesarea go tsaya maemo a gagwe a masha, a ya Jerusalema,
Festus therefore having come into the province, after three days went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
2 kwa baperesiti ba bagolo le bangwe bagolwane ba Bajuta ba neng ba mo fitlhela teng ba bo ba mmolelela polelo ya bone ka ga Paulo.
And the chief priests and the leaders of the Jews brought a complaint before him against Paul, and besought him,
3 Ba mo kopa go tlisa Paulo ka bonako kwa Jerusalema. (Leano la bone e ne e le go mo lalela mo tseleng ba mmolaya).
asking for themselves a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, intending to place men in wait to kill him on the road.
4 Mme Feseto a ba fetola a re, “E re ka Paulo a le kwa Kaesarea, le ene ka boene a ne a boela teng ka bofefo,
But Festus answered that Paul was in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was going thither shortly.
5 ba ba nang le thata mo puong e ba tshwanetse go boela le ene kwa tshekong.”
Let those therefore, said he, who have authority among you, go down with me and accuse this man, if he is guilty of anything.
6 Erile morago ga malatsi a robabobedi kgotsa a le some a boela kwa Kaesarea. Mme letsatsi le le latelang a rebola gore tsheko ya ga Paulo e tsene.
And having tarried among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the morrow, sitting on the judgment-seat, ordered Paul to be brought.
7 Mme erile fa Paulo a goroga mo kgotleng Bajuta ba ba tswang Jerusalema ba phuthega, ba mo pega melato e mentsi e ba neng ba sena bosupi mo go yone.
And when he had come, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood around, bringing many and heavy charges which they could not prove;
8 Mme Paulo a itatola melato ya bone a re, “Ga ke molato, ga ke ise ke ko ke ganetse melao ya Sejuta le fa e le go nyatsa Tempele ya Sejuta kgotsa go tsogologela mmuso wa Seroma.”
while Paul said in his defence, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I committed any offence.
9 Mme erile ka Feseto a batla go itumedisa Bajuta, a mmotsa a re, “A o batla go ya Jerusalema go ya go sekisiwa ke nna?”
But Festus, wishing to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, Art thou willing to go up to Jerusalem, and there be tried on these charges before me?
10 Mme Paulo a fetola a re, “Nnyaa! Ke batla go utlwa katlholo ya me fa pele ga Kgosi e kgolo ka bo yone. O itse sentle gore ga ke molato. Fa ke dirile sengwe se se tshwanetseng loso, ga ke tshabe go swa! Mme fa ke se na molato, lefa e le wena kgotsa mongwe fela ga a na thata ya go nneela banna ba gore ba mpolaye. Ke ikuela mo go Kaesara!”
But Paul said, I stand at the judgment-seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as thou also very well knowest.
If indeed I am an offender, and have done anything deserving death, I refuse not to die; but if there be nothing in the charges which they bring against me, no man can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.
12 Mme Feseto a buisanya le bagakolodi ba gagwe a fetola jaana, “Go siame! o ikuetse mo go Kaesara, mme o tlaa ya kwa go Kaesara!”
Then Festus having conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed to Caesar; to Caesar shalt thou go.
13 Mme erile morago ga malatsinyana Kgosi Ageripa a goroga le Berenise mo Kaesarea a etetse Feseto.
And after some days Agrippa the king and Bernice came to Caesarea to greet Festus.
14 Erile ba ntse ba le mo malatsing a bone a loeto Feseto a tlotlela Kgosi ka tsheko ya ga Paulo. A mo raya a re, “Go na le legolegwa lengwe fano le tsheko ya lone ke e tlogeletsweng ke Felise.
And while they were making a stay of some days there, Festus laid the case of Paul before the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix,
15 Erile fa ke le kwa Jerusalema, baperesiti ba bagolo le bangwe bagolwane ba Bajuta ba mpolelela bontlha-bongwe jwa polelo ya bone kaga Paulo mme ba nkopa gore ke mo atlhole gore a bolawe.
against whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought a complaint, asking for judgment against him.
16 Mme ruri ke ne ka ba bolelela ka bonako gore molao wa Roma ga o tshwae motho phoso a ise a sekisiwe. O neelwa sebaka sa go re a iphemele a lebaganye le basekisi ba gagwe.
To whom I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man on a charge, before the accused hath the accusers face to face, and hath opportunity to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
17 “Erile fa ba tla kwano ba tlela tsheko, ka bitsa kgang e ka letsatsi le le latelang mme ka laola gore Paulo a tlisiwe.
When therefore they had come together here, without any delay I sat on the judgment-seat on the day after, and ordered the man to be brought forward.
18 Mme melato e o neng a e bonwa e ne e se yone tota e ke neng ke e solofetse.
And his accusers standing around him brought no accusation of such things as I had conjectured,
19 E ne e le sengwe kaga tumelo ya bone, le kaga mongwe yo o bidiwang Jesu yo o neng a swa, mme Paulo ene o ne a tswelela a bolela gore o tshedile!
but had against him certain questions of their own religion, and of one Jesus that was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
20 Ke ne ke eme tlhogo ke sa itse gore ke ka atlhola tsheko ya mofuta o jang mme ka mmotsa gore a o ka rata go ya go sekisediwa kwa Jerusalema.
And I being at a loss about such questions, asked him if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be put on trial for these matters.
21 Mme Paulo a ikuela kwa go Kaesara! Mme ka mmusetsa mo kgolegelong go fitlhelela ke rulaganya gore a ye kwa Kgosing e kgolo.”
But Paul having appealed to be kept in custody for the judgment of Augustus, I ordered him to be kept till I should send him up to Caesar.
22 Ageripa a fetola a re, “Ke batla go utlwa monna yoo ka bonna.” Mme Feseto a fetola a re, “O tlaa mo utlwa ka moso!”
Then Agrippa said to Festus, I should like to hear the man myself. Tomorrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
23 Mme erile letsatsi le le latelang, morago ga Kgosi le Berenise ba goroga mo Kgotleng ka boitlotlomatso jo bogolo, ba patilwe ke matona a masole le banna ba ba tlotlegang ba motse, Feseto a laola gore Paulo a leriwe mo teng.
Accordingly on the morrow Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains and principal men of the city, and at the order of Festus Paul was brought forward.
24 Mme Feseto a buisa bareetsi jaana: “Kgosi Ageripa le ba ba teng botlhe, monna yo ke ene yo loso lwa gagwe lo batlwang ke Bajuta botlhe; ba mono le ba ba kwa Jerusalema!
And Festus said: King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us! Ye see this man about whom the whole multitude of the Jews applied to me both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that he ought no longer to live.
25 Mme mo mogopolong wa me ga a dira sepe se se tshwanetseng loso. Legale, o ikuetse mo go Kaesara, mme nna ga go na se ke ka se dirang fa e se go mo romela kwa go ene.
But having found that he had done nothing deserving death, and he himself having appealed to Augustus, I determined to send him;
26 Mme ke tlaa kwalela kgosi-kgolo ke mo raya ke reng? Gonne ga go na molato ope o o bonalang mo go ene! Mme ke mo tlisitse fa pele ga lona lotlhe, bogolo jang wena Kgosi Ageripa, go mo tlhotlhomisa sentle o bo o mpolelela se ke ka se kwalang.
and as I have nothing certain to write about him to the emperor, I have brought him forward before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, that when the examination hath been made, I may have something to write.
27 Gonne ga go lebege go utlwala sentle go romela legolegwa kwa kgosing e kgolo go sena molato o o bonwang mo go lone!”
For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner and not signify the charges against him;
