Travay 24
1 Apre senk jou, Ananyas, granprèt la, rive Sezare ak yon avoka yo rele Tètilis ansanm ak kèk chèf fanmi. Yo parèt devan gouvènè a; yo te vin pote plent pou Pòl.
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 Yo fè rele Pòl. Lè sa a Tetilis kòmanse pale, li t'ap akize Pòl konsa: Ekselans, se ou ki fè nou gen lapè depi lontan. Se sou gouvènman ou yo fè anpil refòm nesesè pou byen peyi a, tèlman ou gen bon konprann.
and, when the hearing came on, Tertullus began his speech for the prosecution.
3 Pou tou sa w'ap fè depi lontan toupatou, n'ap di ou mèsi anpil ak tout kè nou.
‘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 Mwen pa vle pran twòp tan ou. Men tanpri souple, pran pasyans, koute sa nou gen pou n' di ou la a. Nou p'ap pale anpil.
But – not to be tedious – I beg you, with your accustomed fairness, to listen to a brief statement of our case.
5 Nou fin wè nonm sa a se yon gwo nwizans: l'ap mache fè dezòd nan mitan jwif yo toupatou sou latè. Se chèf gwoup Nazareyen yo li ye.
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 Li menm seye derespekte tanp lan. Lè nou wè sa, nou arete l'. Nou te vle jije l' dapre Lalwa nou an.
He even attempted to desecrate the Temple itself, but we caught him;
7 Men, kòmandan Lizyas antre nan koze a, li aji yon jan brital ak nou, li wete li nan men nou.
8 Apre sa, Lizyas bay moun ki t'ap akize l' yo lòd pou yo vin parèt devan ou. Si ou poze nonm sa a keksyon, wa wè ou menm tou, ki jan sa n'ap di la a se verite tou klè.
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 Tout jwif yo te dakò avèk li, yo t'ap di se konsa bagay la te ye vre.
The Jewish crowd also joined in the attack and bore out his statements.
10 Gouvènè a fè Pòl siy pou l' pale. Pòl di: Mwen konnen w'ap fè jistis nan peyi a depi lontan. Se ak kè poze mwen vin plede kòz mwen devan ou.
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 Ou mèt pran ranseyman, jòdi a fè douz jou depi mwen te moute Jerizalèm pou m' al fè sèvis pou Bondye.
For you can easily verify that it is not more than twelve days ago that I went up to worship at Jerusalem,
12 Jwif yo pa jwenn mwen ap diskite ak pesonn nan tanp lan, yo pa bare m' ap moute tèt pesonn ni nan sinagòg yo ni okenn lòt kote nan lavil la.
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 Moun sa yo pa ka bay okenn prèv pou tou sa yo sot di mwen fè a.
and they cannot establish the charges which they are now making against me.
14 Men, m'ap rekonèt sa devan ou: m'ap sèvi Bondye zansèt nou yo dapre chemen yo pretann di ki pa bon an. Men, mwen kwè tout bagay ki ekri nan lalwa Moyiz la ak nan liv pwofèt yo.
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 Mwen gen espwa sa a, epi mwen konnen yo genyen l' tou; yon jou Bondye gen pou fè tout moun, bon kou mechan, leve soti vivan nan lanmò.
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 Se konsa m'ap fè posib mwen pou m' toujou kenbe konsyans mwen san repwòch devan Bondye ak devan moun.
This being so, I strive at all times to keep my conscience clear before both God and people.
17 Apre mwen fin pase anpil lanne deyò, mwen tounen Jerizalèm. Mwen te vin pote yon ti lajan pou ede pèp mwen an, epi m' tou pwofite fè ofrann bèt pou Bondye.
After some years’ absence I had come to bring charitable gifts to my nation, and to make offerings;
18 Men sa m' t'ap fè lè yo jwenn mwen nan tanp lan. Mwen te fin patisipe nan jou sèvis pou mete moun nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis Bondye. Pa te gen foul moun avè m', pa te gen kras dezòd.
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 Men, te gen kèk jwif ki te soti nan pwovens Lazi, se yo menm ki te dwe la devan ou pou akize m', si yo te gen kichòy kont mwen.
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 Osinon, se pou moun ki isit la di ki move zak yo jwenn mwen te fè lè m' te kanpe devan Gran Konsèy la.
Or else let my opponents here say what they found wrong in me when I was before the Council,
21 Men sèl pawòl mwen te di byen fò lè m' te kanpe devan yo tout la: Se paske mwen kwè mò yo gen pou leve vivan ankò kifè yo rele m' an jijman devan nou jòdi a.
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 Feliks ki te okouran tout bagay sou chemen Bondye a, ranvwaye jijman an pou pita. Li di yo konsa: Lè kòmandan Lizyas va vini, m'a pran yon desizyon sou zafè sa a.
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 Li bay ofisye ki te reskonsab Pòl la lòd pou l' pa lage l', men pou l' ba li kèk ti libète, epi pou kite zanmi l' yo rann li ti sèvis.
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 Kèk jou apre sa, Feliks vini avèk Drisil, madanm li, ki te yon jwif. Li voye rele Pòl, li te vle tande sa Pòl te gen pou l' di sou konfyans nan Jezikri a.
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 Men, lè Pòl pran pale sou jan moun dwe viv byen, sou jan moun dwe kontwole kò yo, sou jou jijman ki gen pou vini an, Feliks soti pè, li di: Bon, koulye a ou mèt ale. Lè m'a gen tan m'a rele ou ankò.
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 Li te mete nan tèt li Pòl ta ka ba li lajan. Se poutèt sa plizyè fwa li te fè l' vin koze avèk li.
He was hoping, too, for a bribe from Paul, and so he used to send for him frequently and talk with him.
27 Dezan pase konsa. Feliks menm ki te vle fè jwif yo plezi te kite Pòl nan prizon tout tan sa a. Apre sa, Pòsiyis Festis vin moute gouvènè nan plas Feliks.
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.
