Act 25:1Fēstus ergō cum vēnisset in prōvinciam, post trīduum ascendit Jerosolymam ā Caesarēā.Festus, therefore, when he had come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. Act 25:2Adiēruntque eum prīncipēs sacerdōtum et prīmī Jūdaeōrum adversus Paulum: et rogābant eum, postulantēs grātiam adversus eum, ut jubēret perdūcī eum in Jerūsalem, īnsidiās tendentēs ut interficerent eum in viā.And the chiefs of the priests and the first men of the Jews went to him against Paul: and they were asking him, requesting a favour against him, that he would order him to be brought to Jerusalem, laying an ambush to kill him on the way. Act 25:4Fēstus autem respondit servārī Paulum in Caesarēā: sē autem mātūrius profectūrum.But Festus answered that Paul was being kept in Caesarea: and that he himself would set out shortly. Act 25:5Quī ergō in vōbīs, ait, potentēs sunt, dēscendentēs simul, sī quod est in virō crīmen, accūsent eum."Let those, therefore, among you," he said, "who are able, going down together, accuse him, if there is any crime in the man." Act 25:6Dēmorātus autem inter eōs diēs nōn amplius quam octō aut decem, dēscendit Caesarēam, et alterā diē sēdit prō tribūnālī, et jussit Paulum addūcī.And having stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the tribunal, and ordered Paul to be brought.
Act 25:7Quī cum perductus esset, circumstetērunt eum, quī ab Jerosolyma dēscenderant Jūdaeī, multās et gravēs causās objicientēs, quās nōn poterant probāre: Paulō ratiōnem reddente: Quoniam neque in lēgem Jūdaeōrum, neque in templum, neque in Caesarem quidquam peccāvī.Who, when he had been brought, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood round him, bringing many and grave charges, which they could not prove: Paul giving his account: "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I sinned in anything." Act 25:9Fēstus autem volēns grātiam praestāre Jūdaeīs, respondēns Paulō, dīxit: Vīs Jerosolymam ascendere, et ibi dē hīs jūdicārī apud mē?But Festus, wishing to show favour to the Jews, answering Paul, said: "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged about these things before me?" Act 25:10Dīxit autem Paulus: Ad tribūnal Caesaris stō: ibi mē oportet jūdicārī: Jūdaeīs nōn nocuī, sīcut tū melius nōstī.And Paul said: "I stand at the tribunal of Caesar: there I ought to be judged: to the Jews I have done no harm, as you yourself know better. Act 25:11Sī enim nocuī, aut dignum morte aliquid fēcī, nōn recūsō morī: sī vērō nihil est eōrum quae hī accūsant mē, nēmō potest mē illīs dōnāre.For if I have done harm, or have done anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die: but if there is nothing in the things of which these men accuse me, no one can hand me over to them.
Act 25:11Caesarem appellō.I appeal to Caesar." Act 25:12Tunc Fēstus cum conciliō locūtus, respondit: Caesarem appellāstī?Then Festus, having spoken with the council, answered: "You have appealed to Caesar? Act 25:12Ad Caesarem ībis.To Caesar you shall go." Act 25:13Et cum diēs aliquot trānsāctī essent, Agrippa rēx et Bernīcē dēscendērunt Caesarēam ad salūtandum Fēstum.And when some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to greet Festus. Act 25:14Et cum diēs plūrēs ibi dēmorārentur, Fēstus rēgī indicāvit dē Paulō, dīcēns: Vir quīdam est dērelictus ā Fēlīce vinctus, dē quō cum essem Jerosolymīs, adiērunt mē prīncipēs sacerdōtum et seniōrēs Jūdaeōrum, postulantēs adversus illum damnātiōnem.And when they were staying there many days, Festus laid before the king the matter of Paul, saying: "There is a certain man left behind by Felix as a prisoner, about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chiefs of the priests and the elders of the Jews came to me, asking for condemnation against him. Act 25:16Ad quōs respondī: Quia nōn est Rōmānīs cōnsuētūdō damnāre aliquem hominem priusquam is quī accūsātur praesentēs habeat accūsātōrēs, locumque dēfendendī accipiat ad abluenda crīmina.To them I answered: 'It is not the custom for Romans to condemn any man before he who is accused has his accusers present, and receives the opportunity of defending himself to wash away the charges.' Act 25:17Cum ergō hūc convēnissent sine ūllā dīlātiōne, sequentī diē sedēns prō tribūnālī, jussī addūcī virum.When therefore they had come together here without any delay, on the following day, sitting on the tribunal, I ordered the man to be brought.
Act 25:18Dē quō, cum stetissent accūsātōrēs, nūllam causam dēferēbant, dē quibus ego suspicābar malum.About whom, when the accusers had stood up, they brought no charge of the things of which I suspected evil. Act 25:19Quaestiōnēs vērō quāsdam dē suā superstitiōne habēbant adversus eum, et dē quōdam Jēsū dēfūnctō, quem affirmābat Paulus vīvere.But they had certain questions against him about their own superstition, and about a certain Jesus, who had died, whom Paul was affirming to be alive. Act 25:20Haesitāns autem ego dē hujusmodī quaestiōne, dīcēbam sī vellet īre Jerosolymam, et ibi jūdicārī dē istīs.And I, being uncertain about a question of this kind, was asking whether he would be willing to go to Jerusalem, and there be judged about these things. Act 25:21Paulō autem appellante ut servārētur ad Augustī cognitiōnem, jussī servārī eum, dōnec mittam eum ad Caesarem.But when Paul appealed to be kept for the hearing of Augustus, I ordered him to be kept, until I send him to Caesar." Act 25:22Agrippa autem dīxit ad Fēstum: Volēbam et ipse hominem audīre.And Agrippa said to Festus: "I too was wishing to hear the man myself."
Act 25:22Crās, inquit, audiēs eum."Tomorrow," he said, "you shall hear him." Act 25:23Alterā autem diē cum vēnisset Agrippa et Bernīcē cum multā ambitiōne, et introīssent in audītōrium cum tribūnīs et virīs prīncipālibus cīvitātis, jubente Fēstō, adductus est Paulus.And on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with much pomp, and had gone into the audience hall with the tribunes and the principal men of the city, at Festus' order Paul was brought in. Act 25:24Et dīcit Fēstus: Agrippa rēx, et omnēs quī simul adestis nōbīscum virī, vidētis hunc dē quō omnis multitūdō Jūdaeōrum interpellāvit mē Jerosolymīs, petentēs et acclāmantēs nōn oportēre eum vīvere amplius.And Festus says: "King Agrippa, and all you men who are present together with us, you see this man about whom the whole multitude of the Jews petitioned me at Jerusalem, asking and crying out that he ought not to live any longer. Act 25:25Ego vērē comperī nihil dignum morte eum admīsisse.I truly found that he had committed nothing worthy of death. Act 25:25Ipsō autem hōc appellante ad Augustum, jūdicāvī mittere.But since he himself appealed to Augustus, I decided to send him.
Act 25:26Dē quō quid certum scrībam dominō, nōn habeō.About whom I have nothing certain to write to my lord. Act 25:26Propter quod prōdūxī eum ad vōs, et maximē ad tē, rēx Agrippa, ut interrogātiōne factā habeam quid scrībam.For which reason I have brought him out before you, and most of all before you, King Agrippa, so that, an examination having been made, I may have something to write. Act 25:27Sine ratiōne enim mihi vidētur mittere vinctum, et causās ejus nōn significāre.For it seems to me without reason to send a prisoner, and not to signify the charges against him."