Деяния святых апостолов 25
1 Фист же убо приимь власть, по триех днех взыде во Иерусалим от Кесарии.
Festus, [who was now the governor] of the province, arrived in Caesarea, and three days later he went up to Jerusalem.
2 Сказаша же ему архиерее и первии от Иудей на Павла и моляху его,
In Jerusalem, the chief priests and [other] Jewish leaders formally told [Festus] about [the things that they said] that Paul [had done that were wrong].
3 просяще благодати нань, яко да послет его во Иерусалим, ков творяще, яко да убиют его на пути.
They urgently asked Festus to do something for them. [They asked him to command soldiers] to bring Paul to Jerusalem, [so that Festus could put him on trial there]. But they were planning that some [of them] would hide [near the road] and wait [for Paul] and kill him when he was traveling [to Jerusalem].
4 Фист же повеле Павла стрещи в Кесарии, сам тамо хотя вскоре изыти:
But Festus replied, “Paul is in Caesarea, and is being guarded {[soldiers] are guarding him} [there]. I myself will go down to Caesarea in a few days.
5 иже убо сильнии в вас, рече, со мною шедше, аще есть кая неправда в мужи сем, да глаголют нань.
Choose some of your leaders to go there with me. [While they are there], they can accuse Paul of the wrong things that you say that he has done.”
6 Пребыв же у них не множае десяти дний, сниде в Кесарию: на утрие сед на судищи, повеле Павла привести.
After Festus had been [in Jerusalem] eight or ten days, he went back down to Caesarea. [Several of the Jewish leaders also went there]. The next day Festus [commanded] that Paul be brought {someone to bring Paul} to him [in the assembly hall] so that he could judge him.
7 Приведену же бывшу ему, окрест сташа иже от Иерусалима сшедшии Иудее, многи и тяжки вины приносяще на Павла, ихже не можаху изявити:
[After] Paul was brought to [the assembly hall], the Jewish [leaders] from Jerusalem gathered around him [to accuse him]. They told [Festus] that Paul had committed many crimes. But they could not prove [that Paul had done the things about which they accused him].
8 отвещавающу ему, яко ни на закон Иудейский, ни на церковь, ни на кесаря что согреших.
Then Paul [spoke] to defend himself. He said to Festus, “I have done nothing wrong against the laws of us [(exc)] Jews, and I have not disobeyed the rules concerning our Temple. I have also done nothing wrong against your government [MTY].”
9 Фист же хотя угодное Иудеем сотворити, отвещав Павлови рече: хощеши ли, во Иерусалим возшед, тамо о сих суд прияти от мене?
But Festus wanted to please the Jewish [leaders, so] he asked Paul, “Are you [(sg)] willing to go up to Jerusalem so that I can listen as these men accuse you [there]?”
10 Рече же Павел: на судищи кесареве стоя есмь, идеже ми достоит суд прияти: Иудей ни чимже обидех, якоже и ты добре веси:
But Paul [did not want to do that. So] he said [to Festus], “[No], I [am not willing to go to Jerusalem]! I am [now] standing before you, and you [(sg)] are the judge [whom the Roman] Emperor [MTY] [has authorized. This is the place] where I should be judged {where you should judge me}. I have not wronged the Jewish people [at all], as you know very well.
11 аще бо неправдую или достойно смерти сотворих что, не отмещуся умрети: аще ли же ничтоже есть во мне, еже сии на мя клевещут, никтоже мя может тем выдати: кесаря нарицаю.
If I had done something bad [for which I] should be executed {[concerning which the law said that they] should execute me}, I would not plead [with them that they] not kill me. But none of these things about which they accuse me is [true, so] no one can [legally] surrender me to [these Jews]. So I formally request that the emperor [MTY] [should judge me at Rome].”
12 Тогда Фист состязався с советники, отвеща: кесаря ли нарекл еси? К кесарю пойдеши.
Then after Festus conferred with the [men who regularly] advised him, he replied to Paul, “You [(sg)] have formally requested [that I should send you] to the emperor [in Rome. So I will arrange for] you to go there [in order that he can judge you].”
13 Днем же минувшым неким, Агриппа царь и Верникиа снидоста в Кесарию целовати Фиста.
After several days, King [Herod] Agrippa arrived at Caesarea, along with [his younger sister] Bernice. They had come to [formally] welcome Festus [as the new Governor of the province].
14 И якоже многи дни пребыста ту, Фист сказа царю яже о Павле, глаголя: муж некий есть оставлен от Филикса узник,
King Agrippa and Bernice stayed many days in Caesarea. While [they were] there, Festus told Agrippa about Paul. He said to the king, “There is a man here whom Felix kept in prison [while he was governor]. He left him [there when his time as governor ended].
15 о немже, бывшу ми во Иерусалиме, явиша архиерее и старцы Иудейстии, просяще нань суда.
When I went to Jerusalem, the chief priests and [the other] Jewish elders told me that this man had done many things [against their laws]. They asked me to condemn him [to be executed] {judge him [so that people could kill him]}.
16 К нимже отвещах, яко несть обычай Римляном выдати человека коего на погибель, прежде даже оклеветаемый не имать пред лицем клевещущих его и место ответа приимет о своем согрешении.
But I told them that when someone has been accused [of a crime, we] Romans do not immediately (condemn that person/declare that person to be guilty). First, we [command] him to stand before the people who are accusing him and to say whether or not he has done those things. [After that, the judge will decide what to do with] him.
17 Сшедшымся же им зде, закоснение ни едино сотворь, на утрие сед на судищи, повелех привести мужа.
So those Jews came [here to Caesarea] when I came. I did not delay. The day after [we(exc) arrived], after I sat down at the place where I make decisions, I [commanded] that Paul be brought {[soldiers] to bring Paul} into [the courtroom].
18 Окрест же его ставше клеветницы, ни едину вину, яже аз непщевах, нанесоша:
The Jewish leaders did accuse him, but the things about which they accused him were not any of the [evil] crimes about which I thought [they would accuse him].
19 стязания же некая о своей различней вере имяху к нему и о некоем Иисусе умершем, Егоже глаголаше Павел жива быти.
Instead, what they argued about with him were some teachings that [some] Jews believe [and others do not believe. They argued] about a man whose name was Jesus who had died, [but the man they were accusing, whose name is] Paul, kept saying, ‘Jesus is alive again.’
20 Недоумеяся же аз о взыскании сих, глаголах, аще хощет ити во Иерусалим и тамо суд прияти о сих.
I did not know what questions to ask [them, and I did not know how to judge] concerning their dispute. So I asked Paul, ‘Are you [(sg)] willing to go [back] to Jerusalem and have the dispute [between you and these Jews] judged there {and [let me] judge there the dispute [between you and these Jews]}?’
21 Павлу же нарекшу блюдену быти ему до разсуждения Августа, повелех блюсти его, дондеже послю его к кесарю.
But Paul answered, ‘[No]. I [am not willing to go to Jerusalem]!
22 Агриппа же к Фисту рече: хотел бых и сам человека сего слышати. Он же рече: утре услышиши его.
Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.”
23 На утрие же пришедшу Агриппе и Верникии со многою гордостию и вшедшым в судебную палату с тысящники и с нарочитыми мужи града, и повелевшу Фисту, приведен бысть Павел.
The next day Agrippa and Bernice came very ceremoniously to the assembly hall. Some [Roman] commanders and prominent men in [Caesarea] came with them. Then, Festus told an officer to bring Paul. So after the officer [went to the prison and] brought him,
24 И рече Фист: Агриппо царю и вси сущии с нами мужие, видите сего, о немже все множество Иудей стужаху ми во Иерусалиме же и зде, вопиюще, яко не подобает жити ему ктому:
Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all [the rest of you] who are here, you see this man. Many [HYP] Jews in Jerusalem and also those here [in Caesarea] appealed to me, screaming that we [(exc)] should not let him live any longer.
25 аз же разумев ничтоже достойно смерти сотворша его, и самому же сему нарекшу Севаста, судих послати его:
But [when I asked them to tell me what he had done, and they told me], I found out that he had not done anything for which he should be executed {[anyone should] execute him}. However, he has asked that our emperor [should judge his case], so I have decided to send him to Rome.
26 о немже известное что писати господину не имам: темже и приведох его пред вас, наипаче же пред тя, Агриппо царю, яко да разсуждению бывшу имам что писати:
But I do not know what specifically I should write to the emperor concerning him. That is why I have brought him here. I [want] you all [to hear him speak], and I especially want you [(sg)], King Agrippa, to hear him. Then, after we [(inc)] have questioned him, I may know what I should write [to the emperor about him].
27 безсловесно бо мнится ми, посылающу юзника, а вины, яже нань, не сказати.
It seems to me [that it would be] unreasonable to send a prisoner [to the emperor in Rome without my] specifying the [things about which people] are accusing him.”
