Atos 25

1 Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. 2 Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him, 3 asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him on the way. 4 However Festus answered that Paul should be kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart shortly. 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."

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. 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, 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."

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?"

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. 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!"

12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, "You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go."

13 Now when some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and greeted Festus. 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; 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. 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. 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. 18 When the accusers stood up, they brought no charges against him of such things as I supposed; 19 but had certain questions against him about their own religion and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. 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. 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."

22 Agrippa said to Festus, "I also would like to hear the man myself."

"Tomorrow," he said, "you shall hear him."

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. 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. 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, 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. 27 For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him."

Ka Īnoi a Pāora ki te Emepara

1 Nō te taenga mai o Petuha ki te kāwanatanga, ka toru ngā rā, ka haere atu ia i Hiharia ki Hiruhārama. 2 Nā, ka kōrero te tohunga nui me ngā rangatira o ngā Hūrai ki a ia mō Pāora, ka tohe ki a ia, 3 kia whakaaetia tā rātou mōna, kia tīkina atu ia ki Hiruhārama, he whanga hoki tō rātou mōna kia whakamatea ki te ara. 4 Otirā, ka whakahokia e Petuha, kei Hiharia a Pāora e pupuri ana, ā, tērā e hohoro tōna haere ki reira. 5 I mea anō ia, "Me haere tahi anō i ahau ki raro ngā mea ō koutou e whai mana ana, ki te whakawā i taua tangata, ki te mea he kino tōna."

6 Ā, ka noho ia i a rātou mō ngā rā e waru, ngahuru rānei, nā, ka haere ki Hiharia; ao ake te rā ka noho ki te nohoanga whakawā, ā, ka mea kia ārahina mai a Pāora. 7 Ā, nō tōna taenga atu, e tū ana tērā ngā Hūrai i haere mai i Hiruhārama, he maha, he nui ngā hē i whakapāngia e rātou ki a Pāora; heoi kīhai i ū tā rātou.

8 Ā, ka utua e Pāora, "Kāhore rawa ōku hara ki te ture a ngā Hūrai, kāhore hoki ki te temepara, kāhore anō ki a Hīhā."

9 Heoi, ka mea a Petuha ki a Pāora, i tōna hiahia kia paingia e ngā Hūrai, "E pai ana rānei koe kia haere ki Hiruhārama, ki reira whakawākia ai mō ēnei mea ki tōku aroaro?"

10 Anō rā ko Pāora, "E tū ana ahau ki te nohoanga whakawā o Hīhā, hei reira tonu ahau whakawākia ai; kāhore ōku hē ki ngā Hūrai, kua tino kitea nā hoki e koe. 11 Me he hē tōku, kua meinga rānei e ahau tētahi mea e tika ai te mate, e kore ahau e kino kia mate; tēnā ko tēnei, he teka ngā mea e whakapāngia nei e rātou ki ahau, e kore e āhei kia tukua ahau e tētahi ki a rātou. He karanga tēnei nāku ki a Hīhā."

12 Nā, ka kōrerorero a Petuha ki te rūnanga, ā, ka mea, "Kua karanga koe ki a Hīhā; nā me haere koe ki a Hīhā."

Ka Kōrero a Pāora ki a Akaripa me Perenika

13 Ā muri iho i ētahi rā, ka tae atu a Kīngi Akaripa, rāua ko Pereniki ki Hiharia, ā, ka oha ki a Petuha. 14 Ā, ka pō maha rāua e noho ana i reira, ka kōrerotia e Petuha ki te kīngi te take mō Pāora, ka mea, "Tēnei tētahi tangata i waiho iho e Pirika e here ana. 15 Ā, i ahau i Hiruhārama, ka kōrerotia mai ia ki ahau e ngā tohunga nui, e ngā kaumātua o ngā Hūrai, ka tono rātou kia whakawākia ia.

16 "Nā, ko tāku whakahokinga atu ki a rātou, ‘Ehara i te ritenga nā ngā tāngata o Rōma kia tukua he tangata kia mate i te mea kīanō i tūtataki noa te tangata e whakawākia ana ki ngā kaiwhakapae, i whai wāhi rānei ki te whakahoki kupu ki te kupu whakawā mōna.’ 17 Nō reira, i tō rātou minenga mai ki konei, kīhai ahau i whakaroa; ao ake te rā ka noho ahau ki te nohoanga whakawā, ka mea kia ārahina mai taua tangata. 18 Ā, i te tūranga o ngā kaiwhakapae, kīhai tētahi hē o āku i whakaaro ai i kōrerotia e rātou mōna. 19 Heoi, he kupu tautohetohe nō tā rātou karakia tā rātou i mea ai ki a ia, ko tētahi Īhu anō i mate, e kīia ana hoki e Pāora kei te ora. 20 Heoi, pōhewa noa iho ahau ki taua tautohe, ka mea hoki me kore ia e pai kia haere ki Hiruhārama, ki reira whakawākia ai mō aua mea. 21 Nō te karangatanga a Pāora kia waiho ia kia whakarangona tāna e te emepara, ka whakahaua e ahau kia puritia ia, kia tukua rā anō ia e ahau ki a Hīhā."

22 Ka mea a Akaripa ki a Petuha, "E hiahia ana anō ahau kia rongo i taua tangata."

Ka mea ia, "Ko āpōpō koe rongo ai ki a ia."

23 Heoi, i te aonga ake, ka tae atu a Akaripa rāua ko Pereniki, me ngā whakapaipai maha, ā, tomo ana ki te whare whakarongo, rātou ko ngā rangatira mano, ko ngā tāngata nunui o te pā, ā, ka whakahaua e Petuha, ka mauria mai a Pāora. 24 Nā, ka mea a Petuha, "E Kīngi Akaripa, e ngā tāngata katoa hoki e noho nei tātou, ka kite koutou i tēnei tangata, i tohe mai ai ki ahau te huihui katoa o ngā Hūrai i Hiruhārama, i konei anō hoki, i karanga ai, ehara rawa i te tika kia waiho ia kia ora ana. 25 Otirā, i kite ahau, kāhore āna mahi e tika ai te mate; ā, i te mea nāna anō i karanga ki te emepara, ka mea ahau kia ungā atu ia. 26 Kāhore ia āku tino mea e tuhituhi atu ai ahau mōna ki tōku ariki. Koia ahau ka ārahi mai nei i a ia ki a koutou, ki a koe rawa anō, e Kīngi Akaripa, kia whai mea ai ahau hei tuhituhinga atu, ua mutu te uiui. 27 Ki tāku hoki he mea hē kia ungā atu he herehere, ā, kia kaua hoki e kōrerotia te mea i whakawākia ai ia."