Acts 25
1 Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
PEJTUJ lao pwarador nan wei, ap kotidalan Ierujalem jan Jajarea ni ran kajilu.
2 Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,
Jamero lapalap o jaumaj akan en Juj oko ap pwara don re a weiweiloke Pauluj o poekipoeki re a,
3 asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him on the way.
O inon ion konekon re a, pwen palian Pauluj, pwe a en wa don Ierujalem i, a re majamajani i, pwen kamele ni a kotikot kodo.
4 However Festus answered that Paul should be kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart shortly.
A Pejtuj majani, me Pauluj pan mimieta Jajarea, a pein i pan madan majel wei.
5 “Let them therefore”, he said, “that are in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him.”
A me lapalap re omail pan kak ian ia kodila o kadede ol o, ma dip a mia.
6 When he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.
A lao kotikot re’rail pon walu pon de naul, ap kotidilan Jajarea o mandan ran o a kaipokedi pon mol en kadeik o majani, Pauluj en wijikedo.
7 When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove,
A lao pwarador, Juj oko, me kodido jan Ierujalem, ap kapil pena i o kadipe i kaualap, ap jota kak kadededa.
8 while he said in his defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all.”
Pwe Pauluj kotin japen majani duen pein i: I jota wiadar dipi on kapun en Juj oko, de on im en kaudok o, de on Jija.
9 But Festus, desiring to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be judged by me there concerning these things?”
A Pejtuj men konekon ren Juj oko, ap japen Pauluj majani: Koe men kodalan Ierujalem, pwen pakadeikada re i waja o?
10 But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.
A Pauluj kotin majani: I mi mon mol en kadeik en Jija, waja me mau on, i en pakadei kada. Jota me japun eu, me i wiai on Juj oko, duen me pein komui mani.
11 For if I have done wrong and have committed anything worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
Ma i wiadar japun eu de mekot me waron kamela, i jota pan kan mela. A ma jo melel, me mepukat kine kin ia, jota me pan kak pan ia lan irail. I dorolan Jija!
12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go.”
Pejtuj lao kalelapok ren momod en kadeik o, ap majani: Koe dorolan Jija, ari koe pan pwarala ren Jija.
13 Now when some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and greeted Festus.
Murin ran akai nanmarki Akripa o Pernije koti don Jajarea, pwen ranamau on Pejtuj.
14 As he stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;
Ira lao kotikot waja o pon loto, Pejtuj ap kaireki nanmarki duen Pauluj majani: Ol jenjal amen mi met, me Pelikj jaliedi ap jamalar.
15 about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a sentence against him.
A jamero lapalap o jaumaj en Juj akan kaire kin ia duen i ni ai potopot Ierujalem inon ion I en kadeikada i.
16 I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction before the accused has met the accusers face to face and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.
A nai japen irail: Kaidin duen tiak en men Rom, en panala aramaj amen, en kamela, mon me panala i kan jaikenta janjal mo a, o a muei on i er, en japen duen me re pan kila i.
17 When therefore they had come together here, I didn’t delay, but on the next day sat on the judgment seat and commanded the man to be brought.
Irail lao pokon don met, a mandan ran o i madan mondi pon mol en kadeik o inda, ol o en wijikedo.
18 When the accusers stood up, they brought no charges against him of such things as I supposed;
A me panala i kan lao pwarado, re jota katitiki mejued kot, duen i kiki on.
19 but had certain questions against him about their own religion and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
A akai peipeidok mia duen pein arail lamalam o duen ol mela amen me ad a Iejuj, me Pauluj kin inda, me dene a memaureta.
20 Being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters.
Nai ari poneponeki duen mepukat, i ap idok re a, ma a jota men kodalan Ierujalem, pwen pakadeikada waja o duen mepukat.
21 But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to be kept until I could send him to Caesar.”
A Pauluj lao dorolan kadeik en Aukujtuj, nai ap inda, ren koledi i, i lao kadarala i ren Jija.
22 Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”
Akripa ap majani on Pejtuj: I pil men roneron aramaj o. A majani: Lakap kom pan ron i.
23 So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and the principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
A mandan ran o Akripa i Pernije lao kotin pwarado ni ar kapwat linan kaualap o kotilon on nan im en kapun, o ol lapalap akan ianaki kaun en kanim o, Pejtuj ap majani, Pauluj en wijikedo.
24 Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man about whom all the multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
A Pejtuj majani: Main nanmarki Akripa o komail ol akan karoj, me ian kit kotikot waja et, komail majani, pweki men et, Juj akan karoj kin poekipoeki re i nan Ierujalem o pil met; ni ar palian i indada, me dene a jowar on memaureta.
25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor, I determined to send him,
A i lao diarada, me jota me a wiadar, me war on kamela o pein i dorolan Aukujtuj, nai ap kileledier me i pan kadarala i.
26 of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him out before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination I may have something to write.
A jota me i aja, en intiniedi won nai jaupeidi. I me i waki don komail i, mo’mui ta main nanmarki Akripa, pwe kapun lao nikier, i en aja, da me i en intinieki wei.
27 For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him.”
Pwe i lamelame, me japun, en kadarala me jalidi amen, ap jota kaireki duen karep en jalidi.
