Acts 25

1 Lẹ́yìn ọjọ́ mẹ́ta tí ó dé sí ilẹ̀ náà, Festu gòkè láti Kesarea lọ sì Jerusalẹmu,

And so, when Festus had arrived in the province, after three days, he ascended to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

2 ní ibi tí àwọn olórí àlùfáà àti àwọn ènìyàn pàtàkì nínú àwọn Júù ti gbé ẹ̀sùn tí wọ́n fi kan Paulu wá, wọ́n sì bẹ̀ ẹ́.

And the leaders of the priests, and those first among the Jews, went to him against Paul. And they were petitioning him,

3 Wọ́n tọrọ lọ́wọ́ Festu, kí ó bá le ṣe ojúrere fún wọn, kí ó bá à lè jẹ́ kí wọn mú Paulu wá sí Jerusalẹmu, wọn ń gbìmọ̀ láti dènà dè é, kí wọn sì pa á ní ọ̀nà.

asking for favor against him, so that he would order him to be led to Jerusalem, where they were maintaining an ambush in order to kill him along the way.

4 Ṣùgbọ́n Festu dáhùn pé, “A pa Paulu mọ́ ní Kesarea, àti pé òun tìkára òun ń múra àti padà lọ ní lọ́ọ́lọ́ọ́ yìí.

But Festus responded that Paul was to be kept in Caesarea, and that he himself would soon go there.

5 Ẹ jẹ́ kí díẹ̀ nínú àwọn olórí yín bá mi sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ láti fi ìdí ẹ̀sùn tí ẹ fi sun ọkùnrin náà múlẹ̀ níbẹ̀, bí ó bá ní ohun búburú kan tí ó wà lọ́wọ́ rẹ̀.”

“Therefore,” he said, “let those among you who are able, descend at the same time, and if there is any guilt in the man, they may accuse him.”

6 Lẹ́yìn tí ó sì ti gbé níwọ̀n ọjọ́ mẹ́jọ tàbí mẹ́wàá pẹ̀lú wọn, ó sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sì Kesarea, ni ọjọ́ kejì ó jókòó lórí ìtẹ́ ìdájọ́, ó sì pàṣẹ pé ki a mú Paulu wá síwájú òun.

Then, having stayed among them no more than eight or ten days, he descended to Caesarea. And on the next day, he sat in the judgment seat, and he ordered Paul to be led in.

7 Nígbà tí Paulu sì dé, àwọn Júù tí o tí Jerusalẹmu sọ̀kalẹ̀ wá dúró yí i ká, wọ́n ǹ ka ọ̀ràn púpọ̀ tí ó sì burú sí Paulu lọ́rùn, tí wọn kò lè fi ìdí rẹ̀ múlẹ̀.

And when he had been brought, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, throwing out many serious accusations, none of which they were able to prove.

8 Paulu si wí tí ẹnu rẹ̀ pé, “Èmi kò ṣẹ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀kẹ́ṣẹ̀ kan sì òfin àwọn Júù, tàbí tẹmpili, tàbí sí Kesari.”

Paul offered this defense: “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I offended in any matter.”

9 Ṣùgbọ́n Festu ń fẹ́ láti ní ojúrere lọ́dọ̀ àwọn Júù, ó sì dá Paulu lóhùn, wí pe, “Ìwọ ń fẹ́ gòkè lọ sì Jerusalẹmu, kí a sì ṣe ẹjọ́ nǹkan wọ̀nyí níbẹ̀ níwájú mi bí?”

But Festus, wanting to show greater favor to the Jews, responded to Paul by saying: “Are you willing to ascend to Jerusalem and to be judged there about these things before me?”

10 Paulu sì wí pé, “Mo dúró níwájú ìtẹ́ ìdájọ́ Kesari níbi tí ó yẹ kí a ṣe ẹjọ́ mí: èmi kò ṣẹ àwọn Júù, bí ìwọ pẹ̀lú ti mọ̀ dájú.

But Paul said: “I stand in Caesar’s tribunal, which is where I ought to be judged. I have done no harm to the Jews, as you well know.

11 Ǹjẹ́ bí mo bá ṣẹ̀, tí ó ṣe pe mo sì ṣe ohun kan tí ó yẹ fún ikú, èmi kò kọ̀ láti kú, ṣùgbọ́n bí kò bá sí òtítọ́ kan nínú ẹ̀sùn tí àwọn Júù yìí fi mi sùn sí, ẹnìkan kò lẹ́tọ̀ọ́ láti fà mí lé wọn lọ́wọ́. Mo fi ọ̀ràn mi lọ Kesari.”

For if I have harmed them, or if I have done anything deserving of death, I do not object to dying. But if there is nothing to these things about which they accuse me, no one is able to deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.”

12 Lẹ́yìn tí Festu ti bá àjọ ìgbìmọ̀ sọ̀rọ̀, ó dáhùn pe, “Ìwọ ti fi ọ̀ràn rẹ lọ Kesari. Ní ọ̀dọ̀ Kesari ni ìwọ ó lọ!”

Then Festus, having spoken with the council, responded: “You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go.”

13 Lẹ́yìn ọjọ́ mélòó kan, Agrippa ọba, àti Bernike sọ̀kalẹ̀ wá sì Kesarea láti kí Festu.

And when some days had passed, king Agrippa and Bernice descended to Caesarea, to greet Festus.

14 Bí wọ́n sì tí wà níbẹ̀ lọ́jọ́ púpọ̀, Festu mú ọ̀ràn Paulu wá síwájú ọba, wí pé, “Feliksi fi ọkùnrin kan sílẹ̀ nínú túbú.

And since they remained there for many days, Festus spoke to the king about Paul, saying: “A certain man was left behind as a prisoner by Felix.

15 Ẹni tí àwọn olórí àlùfáà àti àwọn àgbàgbà àwọn Júù fi sùn nígbà tí mo wà ni Jerusalẹmu, wọ́n ń fẹ́ kí èmi ó dá a lẹ́bi ikú.

When I was at Jerusalem, the leaders of the priests and the elders of the Jews came to me about him, asking for condemnation against him.

16 “Àwọn ẹni tí mo sì dá lóhùn pé, kì í ṣe àṣà àwọn ará Romu láti dá ẹnikẹ́ni lẹ́bi, kí ẹni tí a fi sùn náà tó ko àwọn olùfisùn rẹ̀ lójú, láti lè ri ààyè wí tí ẹnu rẹ̀, nítorí ọ̀ràn tí a kà sí i lọ́rùn.

I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to condemn any man, before he who is being accused has been confronted by his accusers and has received the opportunity to defend himself, so as to clear himself of the charges.

17 Nítorí náà nígbà tí wọ́n jùmọ̀ wá sí ìhín yìí, èmi kò fi ọ̀rọ̀ náà falẹ̀ rara, níjọ́ kejì mo jókòó lórí ìtẹ́ ìdájọ́, mo sì pàṣẹ pé kí a mú ọkùnrin náà wá.

Therefore, when they had arrived here, without any delay, on the following day, sitting in the judgment seat, I ordered the man to be brought.

18 Nígbà tí àwọn olùfisùn náà dìde, wọn kò ka ọ̀ràn búburú irú èyí tí mo rò sí i lọ́rùn.

But when the accusers had stood up, they did not present any accusation about him from which I would suspect evil.

19 Ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n ní ọ̀ràn kan sí i, ní ti ìsìn wọn, àti ní ti Jesu kan tí o tí kú, tí Paulu tẹnumọ́ pé ó wà láààyè.

Instead, they brought against him certain disputes about their own superstition and about a certain Jesus, who had died, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.

20 Bí èmi kò sì tí mọ̀ bí a tí ń ṣe ìwádìí nǹkan wọ̀nyí, mo bí i lérè pé ṣe ó ń fẹ́ lọ sì Jerusalẹmu, kí a sì ṣe ẹjọ́ nǹkan wọ̀nyí níbẹ̀.

Therefore, being in doubt about this kind of question, I asked him if he was willing go to Jerusalem and to be judged there about these things.

21 Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí Paulu fi ọ̀ràn rẹ lọ Augustu, pé kí a pa òun mọ́ fún ìdájọ́ rẹ̀, mo pàṣẹ pe kí a pa á mọ́ títí èmi o fi lè rán an lọ sọ́dọ̀ Kesari.”

But since Paul was appealing to be kept for a decision before Augustus, I ordered him to be kept, until I might send him to Caesar.”

22 Agrippa wí fún Festu pé, “Èmi pẹ̀lú fẹ́ láti gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ ọkùnrin náà tìkára mi.” Ó sì wí pé, “Ní ọ̀la ìwọ ó gbọ́ ọ.”

Then Agrippa said to Festus: “I myself also want to hear the man.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”

23 Ní ọjọ́ kejì, tí Agrippa àti Bernike wọ ilé ẹjọ́ ti àwọn ti ẹ̀ṣọ́ púpọ̀ pẹ̀lú àwọn olórí ogun àti àwọn ènìyàn ńlá ní ìlú, Festu pàṣẹ, wọ́n sì mú Paulu jáde.

And on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had arrived with great ostentation and had entered into the auditorium with the tribunes and the principal men of the city, Paul was brought in, at the order of Festus.

24 Festu sì wí pé, “Agrippa ọba, àti gbogbo ẹ̀yin ènìyàn tí ó wà níhìn-ín pẹ̀lú wa, ẹ̀yin rí ọkùnrin yìí, nítorí ẹni tí gbogbo ìjọ àwọn Júù tí fi ẹ̀bẹ̀ béèrè lọ́wọ́ mi ni Jerusalẹmu àti Kesarea níhìn-ín yìí, tí wọ́n ń kígbe pé, kò yẹ fún un láti wà láààyè mọ́.

And Festus said: “King Agrippa, and all who are present together with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews disturbed me at Jerusalem, petitioning and clamoring that he should not be allowed to live any longer.

25 Ṣùgbọ́n èmi rí i pe, kò ṣe ohun kan tí ó yẹ sí ikú, bí òun tìkára rẹ̀ sí tí fi ọ̀ràn rẹ̀ lọ Augustu, mo tí pinnu láti rán an lọ.

Truly, I have discovered nothing brought forth against him that is worthy of death. But since he himself has appealed to Augustus, it was my judgment to send him.

26 Ṣùgbọ́n èmi kò ri ohun kan dájúdájú láti kọ̀wé sí olúwa mi. Nítorí náà ni mo ṣe mú un jáde wá síwájú yín, àní síwájú rẹ ọba Agrippa, kí o fi jẹ́ pé lẹ́yìn tí a ba tí ṣe ìwádìí rẹ̀, èmi yóò lè rí ohun tí èmi yóò kọ.

But I have not determined what to write to the emperor about him. Because of this, I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, O king Agrippa, so that, once an inquiry has occurred, I may have something to write.

27 Nítorí tí kò tọ́ ní ojú mi láti rán òǹdè, kí a má sì sọ ọ̀ràn tí a kà sí i lọ́rùn.”

For it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner and not to indicate the accusations set against him.”