Y Checho Y Apostoles Sija 24
1 YA anae malofan sinco na jaane, si Ananias y mas magas na pale tumunog yan y manamco, yan un gacumuentos na naanña si Tertulo; mamacuentos gui magalaje contra si Pablo.
Five days afterwards the high priest Ananias came down with some of the elders and a barrister named Tertullus. They laid an information with the Governor against Paul;
2 Ya anae janamaagange si Tertulo, jatutujon famaaela, ilegña: Liija na pot jago na mansenmagofjam ni y dinangculon pas, yan mansenmauleg na chocho y manmachogüe güine na nasion pot y minaulegmo,
and, when the hearing came on, Tertullus began his speech for the prosecution.
3 Ya inresisibeja siempre gui todo y lugat sija contodo y minegae y grasia, O gosmauleg Felix.
‘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 Ya pot ti junasaga jao laapmam, jutayuyut jao na unecungogjam pot y minauleg y didide na finomo.
But – not to be tedious – I beg you, with your accustomed fairness, to listen to a brief statement of our case.
5 Sa inseda este na taotao na case, yan numanafanenbeste gui entalo y Judios todo y tano; yan y magas y secta y Nasareno sija;
We have found this man a public pest; he is one who stirs up disputes among our people all the world over, and is a ringleader of the Nazarene heretics.
6 Güiya locue jumajanao, ya janafanataelaye y guimayuus: ya inquene güe sa manmalagojam na injisga jaftaemanoja y layta.
He even attempted to desecrate the Temple itself, but we caught him;
7 Lao y mas magas y inetnon as Lysias mato guiya jame, yan y dangculon linalaloña ya jacone gui canaemame;
8 Ya jatago y fumaaela na ufanmato guiya jago ya jagoja siña unegsamina ya untungo todo este sija na güinaja ni y infaaela güe.
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 Ya y Judios locue, jaconsienteja este na güinaja na utaegüine.
The Jewish crowd also joined in the attack and bore out his statements.
10 Ayonae si Pablo, anae sineñas ni y magalaje na ucuentos; manope ilegña: Pot y jutungo na jago guinin jues megae na anos güine na nasion, juguesfanope pot guajoja;
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 Para untungo na taya trabia mas di dose años, desde qui cajuloyo Jerusalem para jufanadora.
For you can easily verify that it is not more than twelve days ago that I went up to worship at Jerusalem,
12 Ya taya nae masodayo gui templo juaguaguaguate ni jaye na taotao, ni junafangalamten y taotao sija; ni y sinagoga, ni mano na siuda;
where my prosecutors never found me holding discussions with anyone, or causing a crowd to collect – either in the Temple, or in the synagogues, or about the city;
13 Ya ti siña ujaaprueba y güinaja ni y mafaaelajo pago.
and they cannot establish the charges which they are now making against me.
14 Lao este juconfesatñaejon guiya jago, na y jinanao ni y mafananaan un Secta, taegüenao nae jusesetbe si Yuus mañaenata; jujonggue todo y güinaja ni y manmatugue gui Lay yan y profeta sija.
This, however, I do acknowledge to you, that it is as a believer in the Way 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 Ya guaja ninanggaco as Yuus, taegüije iya sija locue, na uguaja quinajulo guinin manmatae; parejoja y manmauleg yan y manaelaye.
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 Ya pot este na juprocucura, na uguaja siempre gui jinasoco na chajo umofefende si Yuus, ni y taotao sija.
This being so, I strive at all times to keep my conscience clear before both God and people.
17 Ya pago megae esta na años manmalofan matoyo para juchulie limosna y nasionjo, yan inefrese sija:
After some years’ absence I had come to bring charitable gifts to my nation, and to make offerings;
18 Masodayo yan estesija, gasgas gui jalom y guimayuus, ya taya linajyan taotao, ni atboroto; lao guaja palo Judios ni y manguinin Asia:
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 Ya sija, mannesesita ufangaegue güine gui menamo, ya ujasangan cao guaja jafa contra guajo.
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 Patseno, sotta este y mangaegue güine ya ujasangan, yaguin manmañoda taelaye na finatinas guiya guajo, mientras tumotojgueyo gui menan y inetnon,
Or else let my opponents here say what they found wrong in me when I was before the Council,
21 Ya pot esteja y un inagang, anae estabayo gui entaloñija, ya umagangyo: Pot y quinajulo guinin y manmatae na jumafaesen pago na jaane pot jamyo.
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 today”.’
22 Lao si Felix, pot guaja mas magajet tiningoña ni ayo na jinanao, janafanmadetiene sija ya ilegña: Yaguin tumunog y mas magas y inetnon as Lysias, jutungo tododoja este y chechomiyo.
Felix, however, adjourned the case – though he had a fairly accurate knowledge of all that concerned the Way – with the promise, ‘When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will give my decision in your case.’
23 Ya jatago un senturion na uadaje si Pablo, yan unae linibre ya chaña chumochoma y manatungoña na ufanmato guiya güiya, pat umasetbe.
So he gave orders to the centurion 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 Ya malofan unos cuantos na jaane, mato si Felix yan y asaguaña as Drusila na Judia, ya janamaagange si Pablo, ya majungog guiya güiya pot y jinenggue as Jesucristo.
Some days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, and, sending for Paul, listened to what he had to say about faith in Christ Jesus.
25 Ya anae jaadingane pot y tininas, yan y minauleg, yan y jinisga ni ufato, ninamaañao si Felix, ya manope ilegña: Janao unjanao pago, ya yaguin guaja mauleg na lugat junamaagagange jao.
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 Ya jananangga locue na uninae as Pablo salape para usinetta; enaomina jatago na ufafato cada rato, ya ujaatungo.
He was hoping, too, for a bribe from Paul, and so he used to send for him frequently and talk with him.
27 Lao anae malofan dos años, si Porcio Festo mato gui cuatton Felix: ya si Felix malago na ufanue y Judios minagof, japolo si Pablo na umapreso.
But, after the lapse of two years, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and, wishing to gain popularity with the Jewish leaders, he left Paul a prisoner.
