Acts 2525ActsPaul's arrest and journey to RomeIgbo Contemporary Bible

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1. 1IGBMgbe ụbọchị atọ gasịrị site nʼoge Festọs bịara na mpaghara ọchịchị ya, o sitere Sizaria garuo Jerusalem.BSBBSB: Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
2. 2IGBNʼebe ahụ ka ndịisi nchụaja na ndịisi ndị Juu kọwara ya ihe banyere Pọl.BSBBSB: where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
3. 3IGBHa rịọkwara ya nʼamara ọ ga-emere ha bụ ime ka Pọl bịa na Jerusalem. Nʼihi na ha agbaala izu igbu ya nʼụzọ.BSBBSB: to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
4. 4IGBMa Festọs zara, “Pọl nọ dịka onye mkpọrọ na Sizaria. Ebe ahụ ka mụ onwe m ga-alaghachi na mgbe na-adịghị anya.BSBBSB: But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
5. 5IGBYa mere, ka ndịisi unu ji ikike soro m gaa, boo nwoke ahụ ebubo ma ọ bụrụ na o nwere ihe ọjọọ o mere.”BSBBSB: So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”
6. 6IGBỌ nọnyeere ha ihe dịka ụbọchị asatọ maọbụ ụbọchị iri, tupu ọ laghachi na Sizaria. Nʼụbọchị so ya, ọ nọdụrụ nʼoche ikpe, nye ikike ka a kpọpụta Pọl.BSBBSB: 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.
7. 7IGBMgbe ọ bịaruru, ndị Juu sitere Jerusalem bịa gbara ya gburugburu na-ekwu ọtụtụ ihe megide ya nke ha na-enweghị ike ịkọwa.BSBBSB: When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
8. 8IGBMa Pọl gọọrọ onwe ya, na-asị, “Ọ dịghị ihe ọjọọ ọbụla m mere megide iwu ndị Juu maọbụ ụlọnsọ, maọbụ Siza.”BSBBSB: Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
9. 9IGBMa ebe Festọs na-achọ inwe ihuọma nʼebe ndị Juu nọ, ọ sịrị Pọl, “Ị chọrọ ịga Jerusalem ka m kpee gị ikpe nʼebe ahụ?”BSBBSB: 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?”
10. 10IGBMa Pọl sịrị, “Eguzo m nʼụlọikpe Siza nʼonwe ya, ebe e kwesiri ka a nọdụ kpee m ikpe. Ọ dịghị ihe ọjọọ ọbụla m mere ndị Juu, dịka ị maara nke ọma.BSBBSB: 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.
11. 11IGBỌ bụrụ na ọ dị ihe m mere kwesiri ọnwụ, anaghị m arịọ ka m gbanarị ọnwụ. Ma ọ bụrụ na ọ dịghị eziokwu dị nʼebubo ndị Juu a na-ebo m, mmadụ ọbụla agaghị e were m nyefee nʼaka ha. Ya mere, ọ bụ Siza ka m na-akpọku.”BSBBSB: 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!”
12. 12IGBYa mere, mgbe Festọs na ndị na-adụ ya ọdụ gbara izu, ọ zara, “Ị kpọkuola Siza, ọ bụkwa Siza ka ị ga-agakwuru.”BSBBSB: Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
13. 13IGBMgbe ụbọchị ole na ole gasịrị, eze Agripa na Benaisi bịara Sizaria ịnabata Festọs.BSBBSB: After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
14. 14IGBMgbe ha nọrọ ọtụtụ ụbọchị nʼebe ahụ, Festọs kọwara eze a ọnọdụ Pọl sị, “Ọ dị nwoke Feliks hapụrụ nʼụlọ mkpọrọ nʼebe a.BSBBSB: 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.
15. 15IGBMgbe m gara Jerusalem, ndịisi nchụaja na ndị okenye ndị Juu gwara m banyere ya. Ha rịọkwara ka m maa ya ikpe.BSBBSB: While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
16. 16IGB“Ma emere m ka ha ghọta na o megidere iwu ndị Rom ịrara mmadụ ọbụla nye tupu ekpee ya ikpe nyekwa ya ohere ịgọrọ onwe ya nʼihu ndị na-ebo ya ebubo.BSBBSB: 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.
17. 17IGBNʼihi nke a, mgbe ha bịara nʼebe a, atụfughị m oge ọbụla, kama nʼụbọchị nke ọzọ ya, anọdụrụ m nʼoche ikpe, nye ikike ka a kpọbata nwoke ahụ.BSBBSB: 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.
18. 18IGBMgbe ndị na-ebo ya ebubo biliri, ọ dịghị otu nʼime ụrụ ala ndị m chere ha ga-akpọ aha nke ha gụpụtara na o mere.BSBBSB: But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.
19. 19IGBOkwu ha niile bụ ịrụ ụka banyere okpukpe ha, na banyere otu onye ọzọ a na-akpọ Jisọs onye nwụrụ, onye Pọl na-ekwusịkwa ike na ọ dị ndụ.BSBBSB: 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.
20. 20IGBỌ rara m ahụ imedo okwu dị otu a. Nʼihi ya, a jụrụ m ya ma ọ ga-amasị ya ị ga nʼụlọikpe dị na Jerusalem ka ọ nọrọ nʼebe ahụ gọrọ onwe ya.BSBBSB: 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.
21. 21IGBMa Pọl rịọrọ ka e debe ya nʼụlọ mkpọrọ ruo mgbe Siza nʼonwe ya ga-ekpebi ikpe ya. Ya mere, ezighachiri m ya nʼụlọ mkpọrọ tutu ruo mgbe m jikeere izigara ya Siza.”BSBBSB: 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.”
22. 22IGBAgripa gwara Festọs, “Achọrọ m ịnụ okwu site nʼọnụ nwoke a nʼonwe ya.” Ọ sịrị, “Ị ga-anụ ya echi.”BSBBSB: Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.
23. 23IGBYa mere, nʼechi ya, Agripa na Benaisi rutere nʼụlọ ọha na-anọ anụ ikpe nʼoke nganga. Ọtụtụ ndịisi agha na ndị a maara aha ha nʼobodo a sooro ha. Festọs nyere iwu ka a kpọbata Pọl.BSBBSB: 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.
24. 24IGBFestọs sịrị, “Eze Agripa na ndị niile soro anyị nọrọ nʼebe a, unu ahụla nwoke a onye ọha ndị Juu niile, ma ndị nọ nʼebe a ma ndị nọ na Jerusalem, wetara ikpe ya nʼaka m na-eti mkpu na o kwesighị ịdị ndụ ọzọ.BSBBSB: 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.
25. 25IGBMa achọpụtaghị m ihe ọjọọ o mere nke kwesiri ka ọ nwụọ. Ma ebe ọ rịọrọ ka Siza lenye ikpe ya anya, ekpebiri m iziga ya.BSBBSB: But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
26. 26IGBMa enweghị m ihe ọbụla doro anya m ga-edegara Siza banyere ya. Ya mere m jiri kpọpụta ya nʼihu unu niile, ma karịsịa nʼihu gị onwe gị eze Agripa, ka ọ ga-abụ anyị tulesịa ihe banyere ya, ka m nwee ihe m ga-ede.BSBBSB: 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.
27. 27IGBNʼihi na ọ bụ ihe na-ezighị ezi na m ga-ezipụ onye mkpọrọ na-egosighị nʼebubo e boro ya.”BSBBSB: For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”