Деяния 25
Библия, синодално издание
25 А Фест, като дойде в областта, след три дни възлезе от Кесария в Иерусалим.
2 Тогава първосвещеникът и първенците иудейски му явиха обвиненията си против Павла
3 и, търсейки милост за себе си против него, молеха го да го повика в Иерусалим; а те крояха засада да го убият по пътя.
4 Но Фест отговори, че Павел се пази под стража в Кесария и сам той скоро ще отпътува за там.
5 И тъй, каза той, влиятелните между вас нека дойдат с мене и, ако има нещо у тоя човек, нека го обвинят.
6 И след като прекара у тях не повече от десет дена, слезе в Кесария, а на другия ден седна на съдището и заповяда да доведат Павла.
7 Когато се яви той, заобиколиха го слезлите от Иерусалим иудеи, като навеждаха против Павла много и тежки обвинения, които не можеха да докажат;
8 (A)а той, като се защищаваше, рече: с нищо не съм съгрешил ни против иудейския закон, ни против храма, ни против кесаря.
9 Но Фест, като искаше да угоди на иудеите, отговори на Павла и рече: искаш ли да идеш в Иерусалим и да бъдеш там за това съден пред мене.
10 Павел отговори: аз стоя пред кесарево съдище, дето и трябва да бъда съден. Иудеи не съм обиждал с нищо, както и ти твърде добре знаеш.
11 (B)Защото, ако съм крив и съм сторил нещо достойно за смърт, аз се не отказвам да умра; но, ако няма нищо от това, в каквото ме обвиняват тия, никой не може да ме предаде тям. Кесарев съд искам.
12 Тогава Фест, като поговори със съвета, отговори: кесарев съд си поискал, при кесаря и ще идеш.
13 След няколко дни цар Агрипа и Вереника дойдоха в Кесария, за да поздравят Феста.
14 И като престояха там много дни, Фест представи на царя Павловото дело, като каза: има един човек, оставен от Феликса в окови,
15 (C)за когото първосвещениците и стареите иудейски, когато аз бях в Иерусалим, представиха обвинения, и искаха да бъде осъден.
16 Аз им отговорих, че у римляните не е обичай да предават човека на смърт, преди обвиненият да има обвинителите си налице и да му се позволи да се защити от обвинението.
17 И когато те се събраха тук, аз на другия ден, без никакво отлагане, седнах на съдището и заповядах да доведат човека;
18 обвинителите, като се изправиха, не представиха за него ни едно такова обвинение, каквото предполагах аз;
19 (D)те имаха някакви препирни с него върху тяхното суеверие и за някого си Иисуса, Който бил умрял и за Когото Павел казваше, че е жив.
20 Понеже бях в недоумение, как да реша тоя въпрос, аз казах: иска ли той да иде в Иерусалим и там да бъде съден за това?
21 Но, понеже Павел поиска да бъде оставен за августово разследване, заповядах да го държат под стража, докато го пратя при кесаря.
22 Тогава Агрипа каза на Феста: желал бих и сам аз да изслушам тоя човек. А той отговори: утре ще го изслушаш.
23 На сутринта, когато Агрипа и Вереника дойдоха с голям блясък и влязоха в съдебната палата заедно с хилядниците и най-първите граждани, по заповед на Феста доведоха Павла.
24 (E)И Фест рече: царю Агрипа и всички вие мъже, които сте с нас тука! Виждате тогова, за когото цялото множество иудеи дойдоха при мене, и в Иерусалим и тук, и викаха, че той не бива повече да живее.
25 (F)Но аз, като разбрах, че той не е сторил нищо достойно за смърт, и понеже той сам поиска съд пред августа, реших да го пратя нему.
26 Обаче за него не мога нищо вярно да напиша на господаря; затова го изведох пред вас, и особено пред тебе, царю Агрипа, щото след разследването да имам какво да напиша.
27 Защото безсмислено ми се струва да препращам окованик, без да означа и обвиненията против него.
Acts 25
Contemporary English Version
Paul Asks To Be Tried by the Roman Emperor
25 Three days after Festus had become governor, he went from Caesarea to Jerusalem. 2 There the chief priests and some Jewish leaders told him about their charges against Paul. They also asked Festus 3 if he would be willing to bring Paul to Jerusalem. They begged him to do this because they were planning to attack and kill Paul on the way. 4 But Festus told them, “Paul will be kept in Caesarea, and I am soon going there myself. 5 If he has done anything wrong, let your leaders go with me and bring charges against him there.”
6 Festus stayed in Jerusalem for eight or ten more days before going to Caesarea. Then the next day he took his place as judge and had Paul brought into court. 7 As soon as Paul came in, the leaders from Jerusalem crowded around him and said he was guilty of many serious crimes. But they could not prove anything. 8 Then Paul spoke in his own defense, “I have not broken the Law of my people. And I have not done anything against either the temple or the Emperor.”
9 Festus wanted to please the leaders. So he asked Paul, “Are you willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried by me on these charges?”
10 Paul replied, “I am on trial in the Emperor's court, and that's where I should be tried. You know very well I have not done anything to harm the Jewish nation. 11 If I had done something deserving death, I would not ask to escape the death penalty. But I am not guilty of any of these crimes, and no one has the right to hand me over to these people. I now ask to be tried by the Emperor himself.”
12 After Festus had talked this over with members of his council, he told Paul, “You have asked to be tried by the Emperor, and to the Emperor you will go!”
Paul Speaks to Agrippa and Bernice
13 A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to visit Festus. 14 They had been there for several days, when Festus told the king about the charges against Paul. He said:
Felix left a man here in jail, 15 and when I went to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the Jewish leaders came and asked me to find him guilty. 16 I told them it isn't the Roman custom to hand a man over to people who are bringing charges against him. He must first have the chance to meet them face to face and to defend himself against their charges.
17 So when they came here with me, I wasted no time. On the very next day I took my place on the judge's bench and ordered him to be brought in. 18 But when the men stood up to make their charges against him, they did not accuse him of any of the crimes that I thought they would. 19 Instead, they argued with him about some of their beliefs and about a dead man named Jesus, who Paul said was alive.
20 Since I did not know how to find out the truth about all this, I asked Paul if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem and be put on trial there. 21 But Paul asked to be kept in jail until the Emperor could decide his case. So I ordered him to be kept here until I could send him to the Emperor.
22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would also like to hear what this man has to say.”
Festus answered, “You can hear him tomorrow.”
23 The next day Agrippa and Bernice made a big show as they came into the meeting room. High ranking army officers and leading citizens of the town were also there. Festus then ordered Paul to be brought in 24 and said:
King Agrippa and other guests, look at this man! Every Jew from Jerusalem and Caesarea has come to me, demanding for him to be put to death. 25 I have not found him guilty of any crime deserving death. But because he has asked to be judged by the Emperor, I have decided to send him to Rome.
26 I have to write some facts about this man to the Emperor. So I have brought him before all of you, but especially before you, King Agrippa. After we have talked about his case, I will then have something to write. 27 It makes no sense to send a prisoner to the Emperor without stating the charges against him.
Acts 25
King James Version
25 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.
5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
7 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.
9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.
13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.
14 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:
15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.
16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.
18 Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:
19 But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
20 And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.
21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.
22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
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