Travay 23
1 Pòl fikse je l' sou manm Gran Konsèy yo, li di: Frè m' yo, depi tout tan mwen toujou viv san repwòch devan Bondye jouk jounen jòdi a.
Paul fixed his eyes on the Council, and began: ‘Brothers, for my part, I have always ordered my life before God, with a clear conscience, up to this very day.’
2 Ananyas, granprèt la, bay moun ki toupre Pòl yo lòd pou yo ba l' yon souflèt.
At this, the high priest Ananias ordered the men standing near to strike him on the mouth;
3 Lè sa a Pòl di li: Ou pòtre yon miray blanchi ak lacho! Se Bondye ki va frape ou. Ou chita la pou jije m' dapre Lalwa Bondye a. Men, se ou menm k'ap dezobeyi Lalwa Bondye a lè ou bay lòd frape m' lan.
Paul turned to him and said: ‘God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting there to try me in accordance with law, and yet, in defiance of law, order me to be struck?’
4 Moun ki te toupre Pòl yo di li: Apa w'ap joure granprèt Bondye a?
The people standing near said to Paul, ‘Do you know that you are insulting God’s high priest?’
5 Pòl reponn: Eskize m', frè m'. Mwen pa t' konnen se granprèt msye te ye. Paske, men sa yo di nan Liv la: Piga ou pale chèf pèp ou a mal.
‘I did not know, brothers, that it was the high priest,’ said Paul, ‘for scripture says – “Of the ruler of your people you should speak no ill”.’
6 Pòl konnen te gen sadiseyen yon bò ak farizyen yon lòt bò nan Gran Konsèy la. Se poutèt sa li pran pale byen fò devan yo, li di: Frè m' yo, se yon farizyen mwen ye, pitit pitit farizyen. Se paske mwen gen espwa mò yo gen pou yo leve vivan ankò ki fè yo rele m' an jijman devan nou.
Noticing that some of those present were Sadducees and others Pharisees, Paul called out in the Council, ‘Brothers, I am a Pharisee and a son of Pharisees. It is on the question of hope for the dead and of their resurrection that I am on my trial.’
7 Lè l' di sa, farizyen yo pran diskite ak sadiseyen yo; asanble a fè de kan.
As soon as he said this, a dispute arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and there was a sharp division of opinion among those present.
8 (Sadiseyen yo t'ap di moun mouri pa leve, pa gen zanj, pa gen lespri. Farizyen yo, bò pa yo, te kwè nan tou sa.)
(For Sadducees say there is no such thing as a resurrection, and that there is neither angel nor spirit, while Pharisees believe in both.)
9 Moun yo t'ap rele pi fò toujou. Kèk dirèktè lalwa, ki te patizan farizyen yo, leve kanpe, yo antre nan yon diskisyon byen cho, yo t'ap di: Nou pa jwenn anyen ki mal nan nonm sa a. Se dwe yon zanj Bondye osinon yon lespri ki pale avè li.
So a great uproar ensued, and some of the Teachers of the Law belonging to the Pharisees’ party stood up and hotly protested, ‘We find nothing whatever wrong in this man. Suppose a spirit did speak to him, or an angel…’
10 Diskisyon an te vin sitèlman cho kòmandan an te pè pou yo pa t' dechèpiye Pòl. Li bay sòlda yo lòd desann nan asanble a, al wete Pòl nan mitan yo, mennen l' tounen nan kazèn lan.
The dispute was becoming so violent, that the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces between them, ordered the Guard to go down and rescue him from them, and take him into the Fort.
11 Jou lannwit sa a, Pòl wè Seyè a ki di li: Kouraj! Menm jan ou kanpe bay verite a pou mwen isit la lavil Jerizalèm, se konsa tou ou gen pou ou al kanpe bay verite a pou mwen lavil Wòm.
That night the Lord came and stood by Paul, and said, ‘Courage! You have borne witness for me in Jerusalem and you must bear witness in Rome also.’
12 Nan denmen maten, jwif yo fè yon konplo. Yo sèmante sou tèt yo yo p'ap mete anyen nan bouch yo toutotan yo pa touye Pòl.
In the morning some Jewish men combined together, and took an oath that they would not eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
13 Te gen karant moun pou pi piti nan konplo a.
There were more than forty in the plot;
14 Y' al jwenn chèf prèt yo ak chèf fanmi yo, yo di yo: Nou sèmante sou tèt nou, nou p'ap manje anyen toutotan nou pa touye Pòl.
and they went to the chief priests and the elders, and said, ‘We have taken a solemn oath not to touch food until we have killed Paul.
15 Koulye a, nou menm ansanm ak tout Gran Konsèy la, mande kòmandan an pou l' mennen Pòl ban nou, tankou si nou ta renmen egzaminen ka li a pi byen. Nou menm, bò pa nou, nou tou pare pou n' touye l' anvan l' gen tan rive isit.
So we want you now, with the consent of the Council, to suggest to the commanding officer that he should bring Paul down before you, as though you intended to go more fully into his case; but, before he comes here, we will be ready to make away with him.’
16 Men, pitit gason sè Pòl la pran nouvèl konplo a. li al nan kazèn lan, li antre, li avèti Pòl.
However, the son of Paul’s sister, hearing of the plot, went to the Fort, and on being admitted, told Paul about it.
17 Pòl rele yonn nan ofisye yo, li di li: Mennen jenn gason sa a bò kot kòmandan an: li gen kichòy pou l' di li.
Paul called one of the garrison centurion and asked him to take the lad to the commanding officer, as he had something to tell him.
18 Ofisye a pran jenn gason an avè l', li mennen l' bay kòmandan an, li di: Prizonye yo rele Pòl la rele m', li mande m' pou mennen jenn gason sa a ba ou. Li bezwen di ou kichòy.
The centurion went with the lad to the commanding officer, and said, ‘The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this lad to you, as he has something to tell you.’
19 Kòmandan an pran men jenn gason an, li mennen l' sou kote, li mande li: Kisa ou gen pou di mwen?
The commanding officer took the lad by the hand, and, stepping aside, asked what it was he had to tell him.
20 Li reponn: Jwif yo ranje yon konplo. Y'ap mande ou mennen Pòl denmen devan Gran Konsèy la. Y'ap di ou yo ta renmen egzaminen ka msye pi byen.
‘Some men have agreed,’ answered the lad, ‘to ask you to bring Paul down before the Council tomorrow, on the plea of your making further inquiry into his case.
21 Pa koute yo. Gen karant moun pou pi piti ki pare pou yo pran li. Yo sèmante sou lavi yo, yo p'ap mete anyen nan bouch yo toutotan yo pa touye li. Koulye a yo fin pare nèt, se respons ou ase y'ap tann.
But do not let them persuade you, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, who have taken an oath that they will not eat or drink, until they have made away with him; and they are at this very moment in readiness, counting on your promise.’
22 Kòmandan an di l' konsa: Pa kite pesonn konnen ou te vin di m' sa. Epi li voye jenn gason an al fè wout li.
The commanding officer then dismissed the lad, cautioning him not to mention to anybody that he had given him that information.
23 Apre sa, kòmandan an rele de nan ofisye l' yo, li di yo: Sanble desan (200) sòlda, swasanndis kavalye ak desan (200) zòm ame ak pikèt. Se pou nou tout pare pou n' pati pou Sezare aswè a, vè nevè.
Then he called two Captains, and ordered them to have two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea, as well as seventy troopers and two hundred lancers, by nine o’clock that night,
24 Pare yon chwal pou Pòl tou. Mennen l' ale bay gouvènè Feliks an byen, san okenn danje, san okenn malè.
and to have horses ready for Paul to ride, so that they might take him safely to Felix, the Governor.
25 Epi li ekri lèt sa a:
He also wrote a letter along these lines:
26 Klòd Lizyas voye bonjou ak tout respe l' pou chèf li, gouvènè Feliks.
“Claudius Lysias sends his compliments to His Excellency Felix the Governor.
27 Jwif yo te mete men sou nonm sa a, yo tapral touye l' lè m' vin konnen se yon sitwayen women li ye. Lè sa a, mwen rive avèk sòlda m' yo, mwen delivre li.
The man whom I send with this had been seized by some Jews, and was on the point of being killed by them, when I came upon them with the force under my command, and rescued him, as I learned that he was a Roman citizen.
28 Mwen mennen l' devan Gran Konsèy jwif yo, paske mwen te vle konnen kisa jwif yo t'ap di sou li konsa.
Wanting to know exactly the ground of the charges they made against him, I brought him before their Council,
29 Mwen wè li pa t' fè anyen ki pou ta fè yo touye l' ni pou yo mete l' nan prizon. Yo t'ap akize l' dèske li fè yon bann bagay ki gen rapò ak Lalwa yo a.
when I found that their charges were connected with questions of their own Law, and that there was nothing alleged involving either death or imprisonment.
30 Lè m' vin konnen jwif yo t'ap fè konplo pou touye l', mwen pran desizyon voye l' ba ou. Epi mwen mande moun ki t'ap akize l' yo pou yo vin pote plent pou li devan ou.
Having, however, information of a plot against the man, which was about to be put into execution, I am sending him to you at once, and I have also directed his accusers to prosecute him before you.”
31 Sòlda yo fè tou sa Lizyas te ba yo lòd fè: yo pran Pòl, yo mennen li jouk Antipatris lannwit la menm.
The soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took charge of Paul and conducted him by night to Antipatris;
32 Nan denmen, sòlda ki t'ap mache apye yo tounen nan kazèn lan, yo kite kavalye yo fè rès vwayaj la avèk Pòl.
and on the next day, leaving the troopers to go on with him, they returned to the Fort.
33 Rive yo rive Sezare, kavalye yo renmèt gouvènè a lèt la, epi yo renmèt Pòl nan men li.
On arriving at Caesarea, the troopers delivered the letter to the Governor, and brought Paul before him.
34 Gouvènè a li lèt la, li mande Pòl moun ki pwovens li ye. Lè l' vin konnen se moun Silisi li ye, li di li:
As soon as Felix had read the letter, he enquired to what province Paul belonged, and, learning that he came from Cilicia, he said,
35 Lè moun k'ap akize ou yo va vini, m'a tande sa ou gen pou di. Epi li bay lòd pou yo mete Pòl sou bon gad nan gwo palè Ewòd la.
‘I will hear all you have to say as soon as your accusers have arrived.’ And he ordered Paul to be kept under guard in Herod’s Government house.
