Acts 25
1 Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
Fest torej, ko je bil prišel v deželo, izšel je črez tri dnî iz Cezareje v Jeruzalem.
2 Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,
In prišli so k njemu véliki duhovni in prvaki Judovski zoper Pavla, in prosili so ga,
3 asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him on the way.
Iskajoč milosti zoper njega, da bi ga poslal v Jeruzalem, in zalezovali so, da bi ga umorili na poti.
4 However Festus answered that Paul should be kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart shortly.
Fest pa odgovorí, da se Pavel varuje v Cezareji, in da on sam kmalu pojde tje.
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.”
Kteri torej od vas morejo, reče, naj z menoj snidejo, in če je kakošna krivica na tem možu, naj ga tožijo.
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.
In prebivši med njimi ne več kakor deset dnî, snide v Cezarejo, in drugi dan sede na sodišče, in ukaže Pavla pripeljati.
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,
Ko ga pa pripeljejo, obstopijo ga Judje, kteri so prišli iz Jeruzalema, in prinašali so zoper Pavla mnoge in težke krivice, kterih niso mogli izkazati,
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.”
Ko se je Pavel zagovarjal: Nič se nisem pregrešil ne zoper postavo Judovsko, ne zoper tempelj, ne zoper cesarja.
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?”
Fest pa, hoteč Judom ugoditi, odgovorí Pavlu in reče: Hočeš iti gor v Jeruzalem, da te tam sodim za to?
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.
Pavel pa reče: Na cesarjevem sodišči stojim, kjer me je treba soditi; Judom nisem nobene krivice storil, kakor tudi ti dobro veš.
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!”
Kajti če sem kriv, in sem kaj smrti vrednega storil, ne branim se umreti; če pa nič tega ni, česar me dolžé, ne more me nihče njim izdati. Na cesarja se sklicujem.
12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go.”
Tedaj Fest, pogovorivši se z zborom, reče: Na cesarja si se sklical, k cesarju pojdeš.
13 Now when some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and greeted Festus.
Ko je pa minilo nekoliko dnî, prideta Agripa kralj in Bernika v Cezarejo pozdravljat Festa.
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;
Ko sta se pa več dnî tam mudila, pové Fest kralju zadevo Pavlovo, govoreč: Nekega moža je pustil Feliks v ječi,
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.
Za voljo kterega so, ko sem bil v Jeruzalemu, prišli k meni véliki duhovni in starešine Judovski, proseč, naj ga obsodim;
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.
Kterim sem odgovoril, da ni navada pri Rimljanih, da bi se izdal kakošen človek na smrt; dokler obtoženi nima pred licem tožnikov, in ne prejme mesta, da se zagovarja za krivico.
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.
Ko so se torej tu sešli, sedel sem brez vsega odlašanja drugi dan na sodišče, in ukazal sem moža pripeljati;
18 When the accusers stood up, they brought no charges against him of such things as I supposed;
Kogar tožniki stoječ tam, niso nobene takošne krivice očitali, kakoršnih sem pričakoval jaz;
19 but had certain questions against him about their own religion and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
Nego nekošna vprašanja o svojej praznej veri so imeli zoper njega, in o nekošnem Jezusu, kteri je umrl, za kogar je Pavel trdil, da živí.
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.
Jaz pa, ne vedoč, kaj bi na to vprašanje odgovoril, rekel sem, ako bi hotel iti v Jeruzalem, in tam sojen biti za to,
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.”
Ko se je pa Pavel oglasil, da naj ga varujemo do Avgustove sodbe, ukazal sem ga varovati, dokler ga ne pošljem k cesarju.
22 Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”
Agripa pa Festu reče: Rad bi tudi jaz tega človeka slišal. On pa: Jutri, reče, ga boš slišal.
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.
Drugi dan pa, ko je prišel Agripa in Bernika z veliko slavo, in sta vstopila v sodnišnico, z jezerniki in najimenitnijimi mestnimi možmi, in je bil Fest ukazal, pripeljejo Pavla.
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.
In Fest reče: Agripa kralj, in vsi možjé, kteri ste tu z nami! vidite tega, za voljo kterega me je vsa množica Judov nadlegovala v Jeruzalemu in tu, kričeč, da ne sme več živeti.
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,
Jaz pa, ko sem spoznal, da ni nič smrti vrednega storil, in se je tudi on sam sklical na cesarja, sklenil sem ga poslati;
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.
Za kterega nimam kaj gotovega pisati gospodarju: za to sem ga pripeljal pred vas, in zlasti pred tebe, kralj Agripa, da bom, ko se izpraša, imel kaj pisati.
27 For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him.”
Kajti neumno mi se zdí poslati zvezanega, krivice pa njegove ne naznaniti.
