Acts 25
1 Lẹ́yìn ọjọ́ mẹ́ta tí ó dé sí ilẹ̀ náà, Festu gòkè láti Kesarea lọ sì Jerusalẹmu,
Festus, therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up 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 chief priest and the principal men of the Jews disclosed to him [the things] against Paul, and were calling on 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 favor against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in 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.
Then, indeed, Festus answered that Paul is kept in Caesarea, and is himself about to go forth speedily,
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 those able among you,” he says, “having come down together, if there be anything in this man—let them 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.
and having tarried among them more than ten days, having gone down to Caesarea, on the next day having sat on the judgment seat, he commanded Paul to be brought;
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 he having come, there stood around the Jews who have come down from Jerusalem—many and weighty charges they are bringing against Paul, which they were not 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.”
he making defense, [said, ] “Neither in regard to the Law of the Jews, nor in regard to the temple, nor in regard to Caesar—did I commit any sin.”
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?”
And Festus willing to lay on the Jews a favor, answering Paul, said, “Are you willing, having gone up to Jerusalem, to be judged before me there concerning these things?”
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.
And Paul said, “At the judgment seat of Caesar I am standing, where it is necessary for me to be judged; I did no unrighteousness to Jews, as you also very 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 am indeed unrighteous, and have done anything worthy of death, I do not deprecate to die; and if there is none of the things of which these accuse me, no one is able to make a favor of 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 communed with the council, answered, “To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you will go.”
13 Lẹ́yìn ọjọ́ mélòó kan, Agrippa ọba, àti Bernike sọ̀kalẹ̀ wá sì Kesarea láti kí Festu.
And certain days having passed, Agrippa the king, and Bernice, came down to Caesarea greeting 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 as they were continuing there more days, Festus submitted to the king the things concerning Paul, saying, “There is a certain man, left by Felix, a prisoner,
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.
about whom, in my being at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid information, asking a decision 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.
to whom I answered, that it is not a custom of Romans to make a favor of any man to die, before that he who is accused may have the accusers face to face, and may receive place of defense in regard to the charge laid against [him].
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.
They, therefore, having come together—I, making no delay, on the succeeding [day] having sat on the judgment seat, commanded 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.
concerning whom the accusers, having stood up, were bringing against [him] no accusation of the things I was thinking of,
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.
but certain questions concerning their own religion they had against him, and concerning a certain Jesus who was dead, whom Paul affirmed 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.
and I, doubting in regard to the question concerning this, asked if he was willing to go on to Jerusalem, and to be judged there concerning 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 Paul having appealed to be kept to the hearing of Sebastus, I commanded 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.”
And Agrippa said to Festus, “I was also intending to hear the man myself”; and he said, “Tomorrow you will 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.
on the next day, therefore—on the coming of Agrippa and Bernice with much display, and they having entered into the audience chamber, with the chief captains also, and the principal men of the city, and Festus having ordered—Paul was brought forth.
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 men who are present with us, you see this one, about whom all the multitude of the Jews dealt with me, both in Jerusalem and here, crying out, He ought not 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.
and I, having found him to have done nothing worthy of death, and he also himself having appealed to Sebastus, I decided 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.
concerning whom I have no certain thing to write to [my] lord, for what reason I brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that the examination having been made, 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 irrational, sending a prisoner, not to also signify the charges against him.”
