Acts 25

1 Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,

1 非斯都上任三天后，便从凯撒利亚启程上耶路撒冷。

2 where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus

2 祭司长和犹太人的首领向他控告保罗，

3 to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

3 恳求他将保罗押回耶路撒冷，他们想在路上埋伏杀害保罗。

4 But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.

4 非斯都却说：“保罗现在关押在凯撒利亚，我很快会回到那里。

5 So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”

5 让你们的首领跟我一起去吧，如果那人有什么过犯，可以在那里告他。”

6 After 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.

6 非斯都在耶路撒冷只逗留了十天八天，便返回了凯撒利亚。第二天，他开庭审讯，命人将保罗带上来。

7 When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.

7 保罗被带来后，那些从耶路撒冷下来的犹太人站在他周围，控告他犯了许多重罪，但是都没有证据。

8 Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

8 保罗为自己辩护说：“我从来没有违背犹太律法、亵渎圣殿或反叛凯撒！”

9 But 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?”

9 非斯都为了讨好犹太人，就对保罗说：“你是否愿意回耶路撒冷接受我的审讯？”

10 Paul 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.

10 保罗说：“我此刻正站在凯撒的法庭上，这就是我应该受审的地方。你很清楚，我并没有做过什么对不起犹太人的事。

11 If, 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!”

11 我如果做错了，犯了该死的罪，决不逃避！但他们对我的控告毫无根据，谁也不能把我交给他们。我要向凯撒上诉！”

12 Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”

12 非斯都和议会商讨后，说：“你说要上诉凯撒，就去见凯撒吧！”

13 After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

13 过了几天，亚基帕王和百妮姬一起到凯撒利亚问候非斯都。

14 Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.

14 他们在那里住了多日，非斯都对王提起保罗的案子，说：“我这里有一个囚犯，是腓利斯留下来的。

15 While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.

15 上次我去耶路撒冷的时候，犹太人的祭司长和长老控告他，要求我定他的罪。

16 I 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.

16 我告诉他们，按照罗马人的规矩，被告还没有跟原告对质和自辩之前，不能定他的罪。

17 So 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.

17 后来他们跟我一起来到这里，我没有耽误，第二天就开庭，吩咐把那人带出来审讯。

18 But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.

18 他们都站起来当面控告他，但所告的并非我料想的罪行，

19 They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

19 不过是关于他们的宗教和一个叫耶稣的人的一些争论。耶稣已经死了，保罗却说他仍然活着。

20 Since 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.

20 我不知如何审理这些事情，就问被告是否愿意上耶路撒冷受审。

21 But 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.”

21 但保罗请求留下来，听皇帝定夺，所以我下令仍然扣押他，等着送交凯撒。”

22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.

22 亚基帕对非斯都说：“我想亲自听听他的申诉。” 非斯都说：“你明天就会听到。”

23 The 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.

23 第二天，亚基帕和百妮姬在众千夫长和城中达官贵人的陪同下，声势浩大地进了法庭。非斯都下令把保罗带上来后，

24 Then 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.

24 说：“亚基帕王和在座的各位，你们看，就是这个人，所有的犹太人，不管是在这里还是耶路撒冷，都高声呼吁我处死他。

25 But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

25 但我发现他并没有犯什么该死的罪。既然他要向皇帝上诉，我决定把他押去。

26 I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign 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.

26 只是关于这个人，我没有确切的事由可以奏明皇帝 。所以，我把他带到各位面前，特别是亚基帕王面前，以便在审讯之后，我可以有所陈奏。

27 For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”

27 因为在我看来，解送犯人却不奏明罪状不合情理。”