Waiwa 25
Kadede Kap (Pohnpeian New Testament and Psalms)
Berean Standard Bible
1PEJTUJ lao pwarador nan wei, ap kotidalan Ierujalem jan Jajarea ni ran kajilu.
1Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
2Jamero lapalap o jaumaj akan en Juj oko ap pwara don re a weiweiloke Pauluj o poekipoeki re a,
2where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
3O inon ion konekon re a, pwen palian Pauluj, pwe a en wa don Ierujalem i, a re majamajani i, pwen kamele ni a kotikot kodo.
3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
4A Pejtuj majani, me Pauluj pan mimieta Jajarea, a pein i pan madan majel wei.
4But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
5A me lapalap re omail pan kak ian ia kodila o kadede ol o, ma dip a mia.
5So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”
6A lao kotikot re ’rail pon walu pon de naul, ap kotidilan Jajarea o mandan ran o a kaipokedi pon mol en kadeik o majani, Pauluj en wijikedo.
6After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.
7A lao pwarador, Juj oko, me kodido jan Ierujalem, ap kapil pena i o kadipe i kaualap, ap jota kak kadededa.
7When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
8Pwe Pauluj kotin japen majani duen pein i: I jota wiadar dipi on kapun en Juj oko, de on im en kaudok o, de on Jija.
8Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
9A Pejtuj men konekon ren Juj oko, ap japen Pauluj majani: Koe men kodalan Ierujalem, pwen pakadeikada re i waja o?
9But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”
10A Pauluj kotin majani: I mi mon mol en kadeik en Jija, waja me mau on, i en pakadei kada. Jota me japun eu, me i wiai on Juj oko, duen me pein komui mani.
10Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
11Ma i wiadar japun eu de mekot me waron kamela, i jota pan kan mela. A ma jo melel, me mepukat kine kin ia, jota me pan kak pan ia lan irail. I dorolan Jija!
11If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
12Pejtuj lao kalelapok ren momod en kadeik o, ap majani: Koe dorolan Jija, ari koe pan pwarala ren Jija.
12Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
13Murin ran akai nanmarki Akripa o Pernije koti don Jajarea, pwen ranamau on Pejtuj.
13After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
14Ira lao kotikot waja o pon loto, Pejtuj ap kaireki nanmarki duen Pauluj majani: Ol jenjal amen mi met, me Pelikj jaliedi ap jamalar.
14Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.
15A jamero lapalap o jaumaj en Juj akan kaire kin ia duen i ni ai potopot Ierujalem inon ion I en kadeikada i.
15While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
16A nai japen irail: Kaidin duen tiak en men Rom, en panala aramaj amen, en kamela, mon me panala i kan jaikenta janjal mo a, o a muei on i er, en japen duen me re pan kila i.
16I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
17Irail lao pokon don met, a mandan ran o i madan mondi pon mol en kadeik o inda, ol o en wijikedo.
17So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.
18A me panala i kan lao pwarado, re jota katitiki mejued kot, duen i kiki on.
18But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.
19A akai peipeidok mia duen pein arail lamalam o duen ol mela amen me ad a Iejuj, me Pauluj kin inda, me dene a memaureta.
19They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
20Nai ari poneponeki duen mepukat, i ap idok re a, ma a jota men kodalan Ierujalem, pwen pakadeikada waja o duen mepukat.
20Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
21A Pauluj lao dorolan kadeik en Aukujtuj, nai ap inda, ren koledi i, i lao kadarala i ren Jija.
21But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”
22Akripa ap majani on Pejtuj: I pil men roneron aramaj o. A majani: Lakap kom pan ron i.
22Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.
23A mandan ran o Akripa i Pernije lao kotin pwarado ni ar kapwat linan kaualap o kotilon on nan im en kapun, o ol lapalap akan ianaki kaun en kanim o, Pejtuj ap majani, Pauluj en wijikedo.
23The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
24A Pejtuj majani: Main nanmarki Akripa o komail ol akan karoj, me ian kit kotikot waja et, komail majani, pweki men et, Juj akan karoj kin poekipoeki re i nan Ierujalem o pil met; ni ar palian i indada, me dene a jowar on memaureta.
24Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.
25A i lao diarada, me jota me a wiadar, me war on kamela o pein i dorolan Aukujtuj, nai ap kileledier me i pan kadarala i.
25But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
26A jota me i aja, en intiniedi won nai jaupeidi. I me i waki don komail i, mo ’mui ta main nanmarki Akripa, pwe kapun lao nikier, i en aja, da me i en intinieki wei.
26I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign one about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write.
27Pwe i lamelame, me japun, en kadarala me jalidi amen, ap jota kaireki duen karep en jalidi.
27For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”
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