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25:1
ወበጺሖፊስጦስቂሳርያጐንደየሠሉሰመዋዕለወእምዝዐርገኢየሩሳሌም።
Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
非斯都到了任,過了三天,就從凱撒利亞上耶路撒冷去。
25:2
ወዖድዎሊቃነካህናትወዐበይተአይሁድወነገርዎበእንተጳውሎስ።
Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,
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.
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,
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?”
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!”
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.
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.
這些事當怎樣究問,我心裏作難,所以問他說:『你願意上耶路撒冷去,在那裏為這些事聽審嗎?』
25:21
ወአበየውእቱሰወተዘመረመድኀኒቶኀበንጉሥወእምዝአዘዝኩይዕቀብዎእስከእፌንዎኀበቄሣር።
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.”
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.
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.
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.