Atos 23

1 Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, "Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today."

2 The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

3 Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?"

4 Those who stood by said, "Do you malign God’s high priest?"

5 Paul said, "I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’"✝23:5 Exodus 22:28

6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!"

7 When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the crowd was divided. 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these. 9 A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, "We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!"

10 When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the barracks.

11 The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, "Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome."

12 When it was day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy. 14 They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, "We have bound ourselves under a great curse to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. 15 Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near."

16 But Paul’s sister’s son heard they were lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Paul. 17 Paul summoned one of the centurions and said, "Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him."

18 So he took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said, "Paul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you."

19 The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?"

20 He said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him. 21 Therefore don’t yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse to neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you."

22 So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, "Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me."

23 He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, "Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night."*23:23 about 9:00 p.m. 24 He asked them to provide mounts, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor. 25 He wrote a letter like this:

26 "Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.

27 "This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them when I came with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman. 28 Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council. 29 I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment. 30 When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell."

31 So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. 32 But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks. 33 When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him. 34 When the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. When he understood that he was from Cilicia, he said, 35 "I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive." He commanded that he be kept in Herod’s palace.

1 Nā, ka titiro pū a Pāora ki te rūnanga, ka mea, "E ōku tuākana, tika tonu ki tōku mahara tāku whakahaere i te aroaro o te Atua, ā taea noatia tēnei rā." 2 Nā, ka mea a Anania tohunga nui ki te hunga e tū ana i tōna taha, kia pākia tōna māngai. 3 Anō rā, ko Pāora ki a ia, "Tēnei ake ka papaki te Atua i a koe, e te pakitara kua oti te pani ki te paru mā! Ā, ka noho mai koe hei whakawā i ahau i tā te ture i whakatakoto ai, me te whakahau anō kia pākia ahau, e hē nei tēnā ki te ture?"

4 Nā, ka mea te hunga e tū tata ana, "E whakamanumanu ana koe ki te tohunga nui a te Atua?"

5 Anō rā ko Pāora, "Kīhai ahau i mātau, e ōku tuākana, ko ia te tohunga nui; kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, ‘Aua e kōrerotia kinotia te rangatira o tōu iwi.’ "

6 Ā, nō ka kite a Pāora nō ngā Haruki ētahi, ko ētahi nō ngā Parihi, ka karanga ia i roto i te rūnanga, "E ōku tuākana, he Parihi ahau, he tama nā ngā Parihi. Ko te aranga o te hunga mate e tūmanakohia nei te mea e whakawākia nei ahau."

7 Ā, nō tāna kōrerotanga i tēnei, ka tohetohe ngā Parihi rātou ko ngā Haruki; ka wahirua hoki te huihui. 8 E mea ana hoki ngā Haruki, kāhore he aranga, kāhore he anahera, he wairua rānei; ko ngā Parihi ia e whakaae ana ki aua mea e rua. 9 Ā, ka nui te ngangare; ka whakatika ētahi o ngā karaipi o tō ngā Parihi taha, ka totohe, ka mea, "Kāhore anō i mau i a mātou te hē o tēnei tangata. Tēnā, ka pēhea, mehemea kua kōrero tētahi wairua ki a ia, tētahi anahera rānei?"

10 Ā, nō ka nui te ngangau, ka mataku te rangatira mano kei motumotuhia a Pāora e rātou, nā, ungā ana e ia ngā hōia kia heke atu, ki te tango mai i a ia i roto i a rātou, kia ārahina hoki ki te pā.

11 Ā, i taua pō ka tū te Ariki ki tōna taha, ka mea, "Kia māia! Kia pēnā i a koe i whakaatu nā mōku i Hiruhārama, tāu whakaatu hoki ki Rōma."

Te Whakangārahu ki a Pāora

12 Ao ake te rā, ka huihui ētahi o ngā Hūrai, ka maka oati ki a rātou anō, ka mea, kia kaua rātou e kai, kia kaua e inu, kia whakamatea rā anō e rātou a Pāora. 13 Ā, e whā tekau ngahoro ngā tāngata nāna tēnei oatitanga. 14 Nā, ka haere rātou ki ngā tohunga nui rātou ko ngā kaumātua, ka mea, "Kua oati mātou i tētahi oati nui, kia kaua e pā kai, kia mate rā anō a Pāora i a mātou. 15 Nā, mā koutou tahi ko te rūnanga e kī atu ki te rangatira mano kia ārahina iho ia ki a koutou āpōpō, me te mea nei e mea ana koutou kia āta mōhiotia te take ki a ia. Ko mātou ia, i te mea kīanō ia i tata noa, ka noho rite ki te whakamate i a ia."

16 Otirā, ka rongo te tama a te tuahine o Pāora ki tō rātou whakaaro whakapapa, ka haere ia, ka tomo ki te pā, ka kōrero ki a Pāora.

17 Kātahi, ka karanga a Pāora ki tētahi keneturio, ka mea, "Ārahina atu te tamaiti nei ki te rangatira mano; he kōrero hoki tāna ki a ia." 18 Nā, ka mau ia ki a ia, ka ārahi i a ia ki te rangatira mano, ka mea, "I karanga te herehere, a Pāora, i ahau, i mea kia ārahina mai tēnei tamaiti ki a koe, he kōrero hoki tāna ki a koe."

19 Nā, ka mau te rangatira mano ki tōna ringa, ka haere ki tahaki, ka ui atu, "He aha tāu mea hei kōrero ki ahau?"

20 Anō rā ko tērā, "Kua whakatakoto whakaaro ngā Hūrai kia mea ki a koe kia ārahina iho a Pāora āpōpō ki te rūnanga, ānō e āta uia anō e koe tētahi atu mea mōna. 21 Nā, aua koe e rongo ki a rātou; e whā hoki tekau ngahoro tāngata o rātou e whanga ana ki a ia. Kua puaki tā rātou oati, kia kaua e kai, kia kaua e inu, kia mate rā anō ia i a rātou. Nā, kua rite tēnei rātou, e tatari ana ki te kupu whakaae i a koe."

22 Kātahi, ka tukua atu taua tamaiti e te rangatira mano, ka mea ia, "Kaua e kōrerotia ki tētahi tāu whakaaturanga mai i ēnei mea ki ahau."

Te Mauranga i a Pāora ki a Pirika te Kāwana

23 Nā, tokorua ngā keneturio i karangatia e ia; i mea ia, "Kia rite mai ētahi hōia kia rua rau hei haere ki Hiharia, me ētahi hōia eke hōiho kia whitu tekau, me tētahi hunga mau mātia kia rua rau, i te toru o ngā hāora o te pō. 24 Ā, ka whakahau ia ki a rāua, kia whakaritea mai he kararehe, hei whakanohoanga iho mō Pāora ki runga, kia kawea oratia ai ia ki a Pirika, ki te kāwana."

25 Ā, i tuhituhia e ia he pukapuka, ka pēnei:

26 "Nā Karauria Raihia ki a Pirika, ki te kāwana pai rawa: Tēnā koe.

27 "I hopukia tēnei tangata e ngā Hūrai, ā, i a ia ka tata te whakamatea e rātou, ka puta atu ahau me ngā hōia, ā, tangohia mai ana ia; i rongo hoki ahau nō Rōma ia. 28 I mea anō ahau kia rongo i te take i whakawākia ai ia e rātou, ā ārahina ana ia e ahau ki tō rātou rūnanga. 29 Nā, ka kite ahau he kupu tautohe nō tō rātou ture i whakawākia ai ia, kāhore hoki ōna hē i tika ai te mate, te here rānei. 30 Ā, nō te whakaaturanga mai ki ahau, kei te whakapapatia he mate mō te tangata nei, tonoa tonutia ia e ahau ki a koe, i mea hoki ahau ki ōna kaiwhakapae, kia kōrerotia ki a koe ngā mea mōna."

31 Nā, ka mau ngā hōia ki a Pāora, ka pērā me te mea i kōrerotia ki a rātou, ā, ārahina ana ia i te pō ki Anatipatari. 32 Ao ake te rā ka tukua atu ngā tāngata eke hōiho hei hoa haere mōna, ā, hoki ana rātou ki te pā. 33 Ā, nō te taenga o ērā ki Hiharia, ka hoatu te pukapuka ki te kāwana, ā, whakatūria ana a Pāora ki tōna aroaro. 34 Ā, nō te tirohanga iho o te kāwana, ka ui, nō tēhea kāwanatanga ia; ā, i tōna rongonga nō Kirikia ia, 35 ka mea ia, "Ka whakarongo ahau ki a koe, ina tae mai anō hoki ōu kaiwhakapae." Ā, i whakahau ia, kia tiakina ia i roto i te whare whakawā o Herora.