Actes 25
Louis Segond
25 Festus, étant arrivé dans la province, monta trois jours après de Césarée à Jérusalem.
2 Les principaux sacrificateurs et les principaux d'entre les Juifs lui portèrent plainte contre Paul. Ils firent des instances auprès de lui, et, dans des vues hostiles,
3 lui demandèrent comme une faveur qu'il le fît venir à Jérusalem. Ils préparaient un guet-apens, pour le tuer en chemin.
4 Festus répondit que Paul était gardé à Césarée, et que lui-même devait partir sous peu.
5 Que les principaux d'entre vous descendent avec moi, dit-il, et s'il y a quelque chose de coupable en cet homme, qu'ils l'accusent.
6 Festus ne passa que huit à dix jours parmi eux, puis il descendit à Césarée. Le lendemain, s'étant assis sur son tribunal, il donna l'ordre qu'on amenât Paul.
7 Quand il fut arrivé, les Juifs qui étaient venus de Jérusalem l'entourèrent, et portèrent contre lui de nombreuses et graves accusations, qu'ils n'étaient pas en état de prouver.
8 Paul entreprit sa défense, en disant: Je n'ai rien fait de coupable, ni contre la loi des Juifs, ni contre le temple, ni contre César.
9 Festus, désirant plaire aux Juifs, répondit à Paul: Veux-tu monter à Jérusalem, et y être jugé sur ces choses en ma présence?
10 Paul dit: C'est devant le tribunal de César que je comparais, c'est là que je dois être jugé. Je n'ai fait aucun tort aux Juifs, comme tu le sais fort bien.
11 Si j'ai commis quelque injustice, ou quelque crime digne de mort, je ne refuse pas de mourir; mais, si les choses dont ils m'accusent sont fausses, personne n'a le droit de me livrer à eux. J'en appelle à César.
12 Alors Festus, après avoir délibéré avec le conseil, répondit: Tu en as appelé à César; tu iras devant César.
13 Quelques jours après, le roi Agrippa et Bérénice arrivèrent à Césarée, pour saluer Festus.
14 Comme ils passèrent là plusieurs jours, Festus exposa au roi l'affaire de Paul, et dit: Félix a laissé prisonnier un homme
15 contre lequel, lorsque j'étais à Jérusalem, les principaux sacrificateurs et les anciens des Juifs ont porté plainte, en demandant sa condamnation.
16 Je leur ai répondu que ce n'est pas la coutume des Romains de livrer un homme avant que l'inculpé ait été mis en présence de ses accusateurs, et qu'il ait eu la faculté de se défendre sur les choses dont on l'accuse.
17 Ils sont donc venus ici, et, sans différer, je m'assis le lendemain sur mon tribunal, et je donnai l'ordre qu'on amenât cet homme.
18 Les accusateurs, s'étant présentés, ne lui imputèrent rien de ce que je supposais;
19 ils avaient avec lui des discussions relatives à leur religion particulière, et à un certain Jésus qui est mort, et que Paul affirmait être vivant.
20 Ne sachant quel parti prendre dans ce débat, je lui demandai s'il voulait aller à Jérusalem, et y être jugé sur ces choses.
21 Mais Paul en ayant appelé, pour que sa cause fût réservée à la connaissance de l'empereur, j'ai ordonné qu'on le gardât jusqu'à ce que je l'envoyasse à César.
22 Agrippa dit à Festus: Je voudrais aussi entendre cet homme. Demain, répondit Festus, tu l'entendras.
23 Le lendemain donc, Agrippa et Bérénice vinrent en grande pompe, et entrèrent dans le lieu de l'audience avec les tribuns et les principaux de la ville. Sur l'ordre de Festus, Paul fut amené.
24 Alors Festus dit: Roi Agrippa, et vous tous qui êtes présents avec nous, vous voyez cet homme au sujet duquel toute la multitude des Juifs s'est adressée à moi, soit à Jérusalem, soit ici, en s'écriant qu'il ne devait plus vivre.
25 Pour moi, ayant reconnu qu'il n'a rien fait qui mérite la mort, et lui-même en ayant appelé à l'empereur, j'ai résolu de le faire partir.
26 Je n'ai rien de certain à écrire à l'empereur sur son compte; c'est pourquoi je l'ai fait paraître devant vous, et surtout devant toi, roi Agrippa, afin de savoir qu'écrire, après qu'il aura été examiné.
27 Car il me semble absurde d'envoyer un prisonnier sans indiquer de quoi on l'accuse.
Apostelenes gerninger 25
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Jøderne forsøger igen at få Paulus myrdet, men han appellerer til kejseren
25 Tre dage efter at Festus havde overtaget sit nye embede som provinsguvernør, rejste han fra Cæsarea til Jerusalem. 2-3 Der mødtes ypperstepræsterne og de andre jødiske ledere med ham for at forklare ham, hvad anklagen mod Paulus gik ud på. De lagde pres på ham for at få ham til at overføre Paulus til Jerusalem. De tænkte på at lægge sig i baghold og slå Paulus ihjel, mens han var undervejs. 4 Men Festus svarede, at Paulus skulle blive i Cæsarea, og at han selv havde til hensigt at tage tilbage dertil så hurtigt som muligt. 5 „Hvis manden har gjort noget galt,” tilføjede han, „så kan nogle af jeres ledere tage derned sammen med mig og komme frem med deres anklager der.”
6 Guvernørens ophold i Jerusalem strakte sig over højst otte-ti dage. Så rejste han tilbage til Cæsarea, og dagen efter ankomsten satte han sig på dommersædet og gav ordre til, at Paulus skulle føres for retten.
7 Så snart Paulus var kommet ind i retslokalet, blev han omringet af de jøder, som var fulgt med guvernøren fra Jerusalem, og de bombarderede ham med mange alvorlige anklager, som de dog ikke kunne bevise. 8 Paulus forsvarede sig med ordene: „Jeg har ikke gjort oprør mod den jødiske lov, jeg har ikke vanhelliget templet, og jeg har heller ikke sat mig op mod de romerske myndigheder.”
9 Festus ville gerne stå sig godt med jøderne, så han spurgte Paulus: „Er du villig til at tage til Jerusalem, så jeg kan afgøre sagen der?” 10 „Nej,” svarede Paulus, „min sag er bragt frem for en romersk domstol, og dér bør den gå sin gang. Jeg har ikke gjort noget galt over for jøderne, og det ved du godt. 11 Hvis jeg havde gjort noget, der var dødsstraf for, ville jeg være parat til at dø. Men da deres beskyldninger ikke har noget på sig, er der ingen, der har ret til at prisgive mig til dem. Jeg appellerer min sag til den kejserlige domstol!” 12 Festus forhandlede derpå med sine rådgivere og svarede: „Godt, når du har appelleret til den kejserlige domstol, skal vi sørge for, at du bliver sendt til Rom.”
Paulus forsvarer sig over for Kong Agrippa II
13 Nogen tid efter kom Kong Agrippa og Berenike[a] til Cæsarea for at byde Festus velkommen. 14 Besøget varede i adskillige dage, og på et tidspunkt sagde Festus til kongen: „Der er en fange her, hvis sag Felix har overladt til mig. 15 Da jeg var i Jerusalem, kom ypperstepræsterne og en del andre jødiske ledere for at forklare mig, hvad sagen drejede sig om, og de forlangte, at jeg skulle dømme ham. 16 Jeg gjorde dem opmærksom på, at man ifølge romersk lov ikke dømmer en mand, før hans sag har været for retten. Han skal have lov til at møde sine anklagere ansigt til ansigt, så han kan forsvare sig. 17 Da de så kom herned for at få sagen genoptaget, sørgede jeg for allerede dagen efter at få retten sat og Paulus ført frem. 18 Jeg havde ventet, at de ville anklage ham for en eller anden forbrydelse, men det gjorde de ikke. 19 Deres anklager vedrørte nogle af deres religiøse stridsspørgsmål. Og de var uenige med hensyn til en mand ved navn Jesus, som er død, men som Paulus påstår er i live. 20 Da jeg ikke vidste, hvad jeg skulle stille op med den slags religiøse stridigheder, spurgte jeg, om han så ville lade sin sag prøve hos jøderne i Jerusalem. 21 Men det fik ham til at appellere til kejseren. Derfor holder jeg ham fængslet, indtil jeg kan få ham overført til Rom.”
22 „Jeg kunne godt selv tænke mig at høre den mand,” sagde Agrippa. „Det kan du få lov til allerede i morgen,” svarede Festus.
23 Næste morgen mødte Agrippa og Berenike op i deres fineste skrud, og sammen med de højeste officerer og de mest fremtrædende mænd i byen trådte de ind i retssalen. Festus gav så ordre til, at Paulus skulle føres ind. 24 Festus begyndte med at sige: „Kong Agrippa! Ærede tilhørere! Foran jer står nu den mand, som alle de jødiske ledere har tryglet mig om at dømme til døden, både da jeg var i Jerusalem, og da de kom herhen. 25 Men jeg har ikke kunnet finde noget, som han kan straffes med døden for. Eftersom han nu selv har appelleret sin sag til Hans Majestæt, har jeg truffet den afgørelse, at han skal sendes til Rom. 26 Men jeg har ikke nogen reel anklage, jeg kan sende med til Majestæten. Det er grunden til, at jeg i dag har ført ham frem for jer alle og særlig for dig, Kong Agrippa, for at jeg efter forhøret kan vide, hvad jeg skal skrive. 27 Jeg synes nemlig, det er urimeligt at sende en fange af sted uden klart at angive, hvad han sigtes for.”
Footnotes
- 25,13 Berenike var datter af Herodes Agrippa I og levede sammen med sin bror, Agrippa II. Hun var søster til Felix’ kone, Drusilla.
Acts 25
New King James Version
Paul Appeals to Caesar
25 Now when Festus had come to the province, after three days he went up from (A)Caesarea to Jerusalem. 2 (B)Then the [a]high priest and the chief men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they petitioned him, 3 asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem—(C)while they lay in ambush along the road to kill him. 4 But Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there shortly. 5 “Therefore,” he said, “let those who have authority among you go down with me and accuse this man, to see (D)if there is any fault in him.”
6 And when he had remained among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, he commanded Paul to be brought. 7 When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood about (E)and laid many serious complaints against Paul, which they could not prove, 8 while he answered for himself, (F)“Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I offended in anything at all.”
9 But Festus, (G)wanting to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, (H)“Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and there be judged before me concerning these things?”
10 So Paul said, “I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you very well know. 11 (I)For if I am an offender, or have committed anything deserving of death, I do not object to dying; but if there is nothing in these things of which these men accuse me, no one can deliver me to them. (J)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!”
Paul Before Agrippa
13 And after some days King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to greet Festus. 14 When they had been there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying: (K)“There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix, 15 (L)about whom the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, when I was in Jerusalem, asking for a judgment against him. 16 (M)To them I answered, ‘It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man [b]to destruction before the accused meets the accusers face to face, and has opportunity to answer for himself concerning the charge against him.’ 17 Therefore when they had come together, (N)without any delay, the next day I sat on the judgment seat and commanded the man to be brought in. 18 When the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation against him of such things as I [c]supposed, 19 (O)but had some questions against him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who had died, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. 20 And because I was uncertain of such questions, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters. 21 But when Paul (P)appealed to be reserved for the decision of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I could send him to Caesar.”
22 Then (Q)Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.”
“Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”
23 So the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great [d]pomp, and had entered the auditorium with the commanders and the prominent men of the city, at Festus’ command (R)Paul was brought in. 24 And Festus said: “King Agrippa and all the men who are here present with us, you see this man about whom (S)the whole assembly of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that he was (T)not fit to live any longer. 25 But when I found that (U)he had committed nothing deserving of death, (V)and that he himself had appealed to Augustus, I decided to send him. 26 I have nothing certain to write to my lord concerning him. Therefore I have brought him out before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the examination has taken place I may have something to write. 27 For it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner and not to specify the charges against him.”
Footnotes
- Acts 25:2 NU chief priests
- Acts 25:16 NU omits to destruction, although it is implied
- Acts 25:18 suspected
- Acts 25:23 pageantry
Acts 25
New International Version
Paul’s Trial Before Festus
25 Three days after arriving in the province, Festus(A) went up from Caesarea(B) to Jerusalem, 2 where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul.(C) 3 They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.(D) 4 Festus answered, “Paul is being held(E) at Caesarea,(F) and I myself am going there soon. 5 Let some of your leaders come with me, and if the man has done anything wrong, they can press charges against him there.”
6 After spending eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he convened the court(G) and ordered that Paul be brought before him.(H) 7 When Paul came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him. They brought many serious charges against him,(I) but they could not prove them.(J)
8 Then Paul made his defense: “I have done nothing wrong against the Jewish law or against the temple(K) or against Caesar.”
9 Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor,(L) said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there on these charges?”(M)
10 Paul answered: “I am now standing before Caesar’s court, where I ought to be tried. I have not done any wrong to the Jews,(N) as you yourself know very well. 11 If, however, I am guilty of doing anything deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”(O)
12 After Festus had conferred with his council, he declared: “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
Festus Consults King Agrippa
13 A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea(P) to pay their respects to Festus. 14 Since they were spending many days there, Festus discussed Paul’s case with the king. He said: “There is a man here whom Felix left as a prisoner.(Q) 15 When I went to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him(R) and asked that he be condemned.
16 “I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand over anyone before they have faced their accusers and have had an opportunity to defend themselves against the charges.(S) 17 When they came here with me, I did not delay the case, but convened the court the next day and ordered the man to be brought in.(T) 18 When his accusers got up to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected. 19 Instead, they had some points of dispute(U) with him about their own religion(V) and about a dead man named Jesus who Paul claimed was alive. 20 I was at a loss how to investigate such matters; so I asked if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial there on these charges.(W) 21 But when Paul made his appeal to be held over for the Emperor’s decision, I ordered him held until I could send him to Caesar.”(X)
22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.”
He replied, “Tomorrow you will hear him.”(Y)
Paul Before Agrippa(Z)
23 The next day Agrippa and Bernice(AA) came with great pomp and entered the audience room with the high-ranking military officers and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. 24 Festus said: “King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, you see this man! The whole Jewish community(AB) has petitioned me about him in Jerusalem and here in Caesarea, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.(AC) 25 I found he had done nothing deserving of death,(AD) but because he made his appeal to the Emperor(AE) I decided to send him to Rome. 26 But I have nothing definite to write to His Majesty about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that as a result of this investigation I may have something to write. 27 For I think it is unreasonable to send a prisoner on to Rome without specifying the charges against him.”
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