Acts 24
1 Lẹ́yìn ọjọ́ márùn-ún Anania olórí àlùfáà náà sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ pẹ̀lú àwọn alàgbà àti ẹnìkan, Tertulu agbẹjọ́rò, ẹni tí ó sọ̀rọ̀ ẹjọ́ Paulu fún baálẹ̀.
Five days afterwards the High Priest Ananias came down with some of the Councillors and a barrister named Tertullus. They laid an information with the Governor against Paul;
2 Nígbà tí a sí tí pè Paulu jáde, Tertulu gbé ẹjọ́ rẹ̀ kalẹ̀ níwájú Feliksi ó wí pé, “Àwa ti wà ní àlàáfíà ní abẹ́ ìjọba rẹ láti ìgbà pípẹ́ wá, àti pé ìfojúsùn rẹ ti mú àyípadà rere bá orílẹ̀-èdè yìí.
and, when the hearing came on, Tertullus began his speech for the prosecution.
3 Ní ibi gbogbo àti ní ọ̀nà gbogbo, Feliksi ọlọ́lá jùlọ, ní àwa ń tẹ́wọ́gbà á pẹ̀lú ọpẹ́ gbogbo.
“We owe it to your Excellency,” he said, “that we are enjoying profound peace, and we owe it to your foresight that this nation is constantly securing reforms — advantages which we very gratefully accept at all times and places.
4 Ṣùgbọ́n kí èmi má ba á dá ọ dúró pẹ́ títí, mo bẹ̀ ọ́ kí o fi ìyọ́nú rẹ gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ díẹ̀ lẹ́nu wa.
But — not to be tedious — I beg you, with your accustomed fairness, to listen to a brief statement of our case.
5 “Nítorí àwa rí ọkùnrin yìí, ó jẹ́ oníjàngbàn ènìyàn, ẹni tí ó ń dá rúkèrúdò sílẹ̀ láàrín gbogbo àwọn Júù tí ó wà ní gbogbo ayé. Òun ni aṣáájú búburú kan nínú ẹ̀yà àwọn Nasarene,
We have found this man a public pest; he is one who stirs up disputes among the Jews all the world over, and is a ringleader of the Nazarene heretics.
6 ẹni tí ó gbìyànjú láti ba tẹmpili jẹ́.
He even attempted to desecrate the Temple itself, but we caught him;
8 Nígbà tí ìwọ fúnra rẹ̀ bá wádìí ọ̀rọ̀ fínní fínní lẹ́nu rẹ̀, ìwọ ó lè ní òye òtítọ́ gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí tí àwa fi ẹ̀sùn rẹ̀ kàn án.”
and you will be able, by examining him on all these points, to satisfy yourself as to the charges which we are bringing against him.”
9 Àwọn Júù pẹ̀lú sì fi ohùn sí i wí pé, ní òtítọ́ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni nǹkan wọ̀nyí rí.
The Jews also joined in the attack and bore out his statements.
10 Nígbà tí baálẹ̀ ṣẹ́wọ́ sì i pé kí ó sọ̀rọ̀, Paulu sì dáhùn wí pe, “Bí mo tí mọ̀ pé láti ọdún mélòó yìí wá, ní ìwọ tí ṣe onídàájọ́ orílẹ̀-èdè yìí, nítorí náà mo fi tayọ̀tayọ̀ wí tí ẹnu mi.
On a sign from the Governor, Paul made this reply: “Knowing, as I do, for how many years you have acted as Judge to this nation, it is with confidence that I undertake my own defence.
11 Ìwọ pẹ̀lú sì ní òye rẹ̀ pé, ìjejìlá ni mo lọ sí Jerusalẹmu láti lọ jọ́sìn.
For you can easily ascertain that it is not more than twelve days ago that I went up to worship at Jerusalem,
12 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn olùfisùn mi kò rí mi kí ń máa bá ẹnikẹ́ni jiyàn nínú tẹmpili, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kò ru àwọn ènìyàn sókè nínú Sinagọgu tàbí ní ibikíbi nínú ìlú.
where my prosecutors never found me holding discussions with any one, or causing a crowd to collect — either in the Temple, or in the Synagogues, or about the city;
13 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọ́n kò lè fi ìdí ẹ̀sùn múlẹ̀ níwájú rẹ, èyí tí wọn fi mí sùn sí nísinsin yìí.
and they cannot establish the charges which they are now making against me.
14 Ṣùgbọ́n, èmí jẹ́wọ́ fún ọ pé, èmi ń sin Ọlọ́run àwọn baba wa gẹ́gẹ́ bí èmi ti ń tẹ̀lé ọ̀nà tí wọ́n ń pè ni ìyapa ìsìn. Èmi ń gbá gbogbo nǹkan ti a kọ sínú ìwé òfin gbọ́, àti tí a kọ sínú ìwé àwọn wòlíì,
This, however, I do acknowledge to you, that it is as a believer in the Cause which they call heretical, that I worship the God of my ancestors. At the same time, I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the prophets;
15 mo sí ní ìrètí kan náà nínú Ọlọ́run gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn tìkára wọn jẹ́wọ́ pẹ̀lú, wí pé àjíǹde òkú ń bọ̀, àti tí olóòtítọ́, àti tí aláìṣòótọ́.
and I have a hope that rests in God — a hope which they also cherish — that there will one day be a resurrection of good and bad alike.
16 Nínú èyí ni èmi sì ti ń gbìyànjú láti ní ẹ̀rí ọkàn tí kò lẹ́sẹ̀ sí Ọlọ́run, àti sí ènìyàn nígbà gbogbo.
This being so, I strive at all times to keep my conscience clear before both God and man.
17 “Ṣùgbọ́n lẹ́yìn ọdún púpọ̀, mo wá sí Jerusalẹmu láti mu ẹ̀bùn wá fún àwọn ènìyàn mi fún aláìní àti láti fi ọrẹ lélẹ̀.
After some years’ absence I had come to bring charitable gifts to my nation, and to make offerings;
18 Nínú ṣíṣe nǹkan wọ̀nyí, wọ́n rí mí nínú ìyẹ̀wù tẹmpili, bí mo ti ń parí ètò ìwẹ̀nù, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kì í ṣe ní àárín àwùjọ ènìyàn, tàbí pẹ̀lú ariwo.
and it was while engaged in this that they found me in the Temple, after completing a period of purification, but not with any crowd or disorder.
19 Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn Júù kan láti ẹkùn Asia wà níbẹ̀, àwọn tí ìbá wà níhìn-ín yìí níwájú rẹ, kí wọn já mi nírọ́, bí wọ́n bá ní ohunkóhun sí mi.
There were, however, some Jews from Roman Asia who ought to have been here before you, and to have made any charge that they may have against me —
20 Bí kò ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, jẹ́ kí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí tìkára wọn sọ iṣẹ́ búburú tí wọ́n rí lọ́wọ́ mi, nígbà tí mo dúró níwájú àjọ ìgbìmọ̀.
Or else let my opponents here say what they found wrong in me when I was before the Council,
21 Bí kò ṣe tí gbólóhùn kan yìí, tí mo kégbe rẹ̀ síta nígbà tí mo dúró láàrín wọn: ‘Èyí ni tìtorí àjíǹde òkú ni a ṣe ba mi wíjọ́ lọ́dọ̀ yín ló ni yìí!’”
except as to the one sentence that I shouted out as I stood among them — ‘It is about the resurrection of the dead that I am on my trial before you to-day’.”
22 Nígbà tí Feliksi gbọ́ nǹkan wọ̀nyí, òye sá à ye é ní àyétán nípa ọ̀nà náà; ó tú wọn ká ná, ó ní, “Nígbà tí Lisia olórí ogun bá sọ̀kalẹ̀ wá, èmi ó wádìí ọ̀ràn yín dájú.”
Felix, however, adjourned the case — though he had a fairly accurate knowledge of all that concerned the Cause — with the promise: “When Lysias, the commanding Officer, comes down, I will give my decision in your case.”
23 Ó sì pàṣẹ fún balógun ọ̀run kan kí ó máa ṣe ìtọ́jú Paulu, kí ó fún un ní ààyè, àti pé kí ó má ṣe dá àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ̀ lẹ́kun láti máa ṣe ìránṣẹ́ fún un.
So he gave orders to the Captain in charge of Paul to keep him in custody, but to relax the regulations, and not to prevent any of his personal friends from attending to his wants.
24 Lẹ́yìn ọjọ́ mélòó kan Feliksi pẹ̀lú Drusilla ìyàwó rẹ̀ dé, obìnrin tí í ṣe Júù. Ó ránṣẹ́ pé Paulu, ó sì gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ lẹ́nu rẹ̀ nípa ìgbàgbọ́ nínú Kristi Jesu.
Some days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was herself a Jewess, and, sending for Paul, listened to what he had to say about faith in Christ Jesus.
25 Bí Paulu sì tí ń sọ àsọyé nípa tí òdodo àti àìrékọjá àti ìdájọ́ tí ń bọ̀, ẹ̀rù ba Feliksi, ó dáhùn wí pé, “Èyí tí o sọ nì tó ná! Máa lọ nísinsin yìí ná. Nígbà tí mo bá sì ní àkókò tí ó wọ̀, èmi ó ránṣẹ́ pè ọ́.”
But, while Paul was speaking at length about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became terrified, and interrupted him — “Go for the present, but, when I find an opportunity, I will send for you again.”
26 Ní àkókò yìí kan náà, ó ń retí pẹ̀lú pé Paulu yóò mú owó ẹ̀yìn wá fún òun, kí òun ba à lè dá a sílẹ̀, nítorí náà a sì máa ránṣẹ́ sì í nígbàkígbà, a máa bá a sọ̀rọ̀.
He was hoping, too, for a bribe from Paul, and so he used to send for him frequently and talk with him.
27 Lẹ́yìn ọdún méjì, Porkiu Festu rọ́pò Feliksi, Feliksi sì ń fẹ́ ṣe ojúrere fún àwọn Júù, ó fi Paulu sílẹ̀ nínú túbú.
But, after the lapse of two years, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and, wishing to gain popularity with the Jews, he left Paul a prisoner.
