Wiawia 23
1 A PAULUJ kotin aupwil jili nan kapun o ap majani: Ri ai ko, i dadaurata me mau on Kot lao lel ran wet.
And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.
2 A jamero lapalap Ananiaj majani on men impa, ren pikir au a.
And the high priest, Ananias, gave orders to those who were near him to give him a blow on the mouth.
3 Pauluj ap majani on i: Kot pan kotin pikir uk malaun men koe, pwe koe momod waja en, en kadeik ia da duen kapun o, ap tiakedi kapun o ni om indada, ren pikir ia.
Then Paul said to him, God will give blows to you, you whitewashed wall: are you here to be my judge by law, and by your orders am I given blows against the law?
4 A men impa indada: Koe pan lalaue japwilim en Kot a jamero lapalap?
And those who were near said, Do you say such words against God's high priest?
5 Pauluj ap majanier: Ri ai ko, i jaja, me i jamero lapalap o, pwe a intinidier: Koe der nan au jued duen omail kaun lapalap o!
And Paul said, Brother, I had no idea that he was the high priest: for it has been said, You may not say evil about the ruler of your people.
6 A Pauluj lao diaradar, me akai irail Jadujar, a akai Parijar, ap kapitie laud nan kapun o majani: Ri ai ko, nai Parijar amen o nain Parijar amen, ai kaporopor en me melar akan ar pan maureda, i me i pan paka deikada.
But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.
7 A lao majanier met, Parijar o Jadujar akan ap akamai pena; ari momod o muei pajan.
And when he had said this, there was an argument between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and a division in the meeting.
8 Pwe Jadujar kin inda, me dene jota me pan maureda, o pil dene jota tounlan, pil jo nen, a Parijar kin kamelele karoj.
For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these.
9 A weriwer laud wiauier. A jaunkawewe kan, me kijan Parijar kajinenda kaparok katitiki: Jota me jued kot en aramaj men et, me je diar. A ma nen eu de tounlan amen majani on i, kitail der palian Kot!
And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?
10 A lao moromoron kaualap, kaun lapalap o ap majak, me Pauluj pan dapenok pajan, ap majani, me jaunpei kai en kodilan koledi i, wado jan nan pun ar o wa don nan im en jaunpei.
And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.
11 A pon pena jan ran o kaun o kotikot re a majani: Kaporopor mau, pwe duen om kadede ia nan Ierujalem, iduen koe pil pan kadede ia nan Rom.
And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.
12 A lao ran pajan, Juj akai ap inauki pena o kaukila, me re pan jolar kan o nim meakot, re lao kamelar Pauluj.
And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.
13 A irail, me wiadar inau wet, me paek jama.
And more than forty of them took this oath.
14 Irail kodo ren jamero lapalap o jaumaj akan katitiki: Je inauki pena o kaukila, me je jolar pan kan o nim meakot, je lao kamelar Pauluj.
And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to death
15 Komail o toun kapun ari poeki ren kaun lapalap o, a en kadara don komail i. Dene komail pan raparapaki melel re a, a kit pan majamajan kamela i, mon a pan pwara don komail.
So now, will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military authorities to have him sent down to you, as if you were desiring to go into the business in greater detail; and we, before ever he gets to you, will be waiting to put him to death.
16 A wawan Pauluj jeri amen lao roner ar ruki i, ap pedelon on im en jaunpei kai kaireki Pauluj.
But Paul's sister's son had word of their design, and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul.
17 Pauluj ap ekeredo kaun amen, majani on i: Kare won manakap men et ren kaun lapalap o, pwe meakot mia, me a men kaireki i.
And Paul sent for a captain and said, Take this young man to your chief, for he has news for him.
18 I ari ukada i kare won i ren kaun lapalap o indada: Pauluj me jalidi, eker ia don i o poeki re i, i en wa don komui manakap men et, pwe meakot mia, me a men kaire kin komui.
So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you.
19 Kaun lapalap ap koledi pa a o koieila waja rir kalelapok: Da me koe men kaire kin ia?
And the chief took him by the hand and, going on one side, said to him privately, What is it you have to say to me?
20 I ari katitiki: Juj akai inauki pena, en poeki re omui, en kadara don kapun Pauluj lakap, dene komui men pur on raparapaki mau due.
And he said, The Jews are in agreement together to make a request to you for Paul to be taken, on the day after this, into the Sanhedrin, to be questioned in greater detail.
21 A komui der duki on irail, pwe ol paek jama, me rukiruki i, me inauki pena o kaukilar, me re jolar pan kan o nim re lao kamela i. A irail auiaui anjau wet, me komui en mueid on irail i.
But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order.
22 Kaun lapalap o ap kadarala manakap o majani on i: Der indan meamen, me koe kaire kin ia met!
So the chief captain let the young man go, saying to him, Do not say to anyone that you have given me word of these things.
23 A lao ekeredor kaun riamen, ap majani: Kaonopada jaunpei riepuki, pwen kola Jajarea, o pil me dake oj ijiakan, o me wa katieu riepuki jan ni klok duau en ponpon wet.
And he sent for two captains and said, Make ready two hundred men, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, to go to Caesarea, at the third hour of the night:
24 O pil kaonopada man akai, me re en kida poa Pauluj, o ren kanakanai on walan i ren kopina Peliki.
And get beasts so that they may put Paul on them, and take him safely to Felix, the ruler.
25 A pil intiniedier kij in likau duen met:
And he sent a letter in these words:
26 Nai Klaudiuj Lijiaj kadar won komui main kopina Pelikj ai ranamau.
Claudius Lysias, to the most noble ruler, Felix, peace be with you.
27 Ol men et, me Juj oko jaikidier, o metar kij a pan kamela re’rail. A nai ukada jaunpei kei dorela i ni ai ronada, me i men Rom amen.
This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be put to death by them, when I came on them with the army and took him out of danger, having knowledge that he was a Roman.
28 A ni ai men kalelapok, da me re weiweilokedi i, i ap wadila ren ar kapun o.
And, desiring to get at the reason for their attack on him, I took him down to their Sanhedrin:
29 Nai ari diaradar, me a panapanla pweki peidok en ar kapun. A jota me i diar, me a pun kak kame kila de jalikidi.
Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law, and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death.
30 I lao ajadar, me Juj oko rukiruki ol o, i ap madan kadar won komui i, o i kakaliki on me panala i kai, en kaireki won komui duen i. Ran kajelel!
And when news was given to me that a secret design was being made against the man, I sent him straight away to you, giving orders to those who are against him to make their statements before you.
31 Jaunpei ko ap ukada Pauluj kalua i Antipatrij ni pon o duen a kawad kin irail.
So the armed men, as they were ordered, took Paul and came by night to Antipatris.
32 Mandan ran o re ki on me dake oj akan, ren wala i, ap purelan im en jaunpei.
But on the day after, they sent the horsemen on with him, and went back to their place:
33 Mepukat lao lel on Jajarea, ap ki on kijin likau ren kopina, o pil kajale on i Pauluj.
And they, when they came to Caesarea, gave the letter to the ruler, and took Paul before him.
34 A lao wadoker o idok, menia i, o manier, me a kijan men Jilijia, ap majani:
And after reading it, he said, What part of the country do you come from? And, hearing that he was from Cilicia,
35 I pan ron uk, lao me pan uk ala pil pwarador. I ari majani, i en nekinek nan tanpaj en Erodej.
I will give hearing to your cause, he said, when those who are against you have come. And he gave orders for him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.
