1 STF A kad Fest doрe u provinciju, posle tri dana ode iz Kesarije gore u Jeruslim. BSB BSB: Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
2 STF A prvosveљtenici i prvaci judejski tuћiљe mu Pavla i moljahu ga, BSB BSB: where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
3 STF iљtuжi milosti protiv njega, da ga poљalje u Jeruslaim, jer su spremali zasedu da ga ubiju. BSB BSB: 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 STF A Fest odgovori da se Pavle иuva u Kesariji, a i sam жe skoro onamo da ide. BSB BSB: But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
5 STF Vaљi prvaci, reиe, neka siрu sa mnom i, ako ima kakva krivica na tom иoveku, neka ga tuћe. BSB BSB: So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”
7 STF Kad ga dovedoљe, opkoliљe ga Judeji koji behu doљli iz Jerusalima, i iznoљahu mnoge i teљke krivice, koje nisu mogli dokazati. BSB BSB: When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
8 STF A Pavle se branio: Niti zakonu judejskom, niti hramu, niti caru љto zgreљih. BSB BSB: Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
9 STF Ali Fest, hoteжi Judejima uиiniti na volju, odgovori Pavlu i reиe: Hoжeљ li da ideљ gore u Jerusalim i onde da ti sudim za ovo? BSB BSB: 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 STF A Pavle reиe: Ja stojim pred sudom carevim, ovde treba da mi se sudi. Judejima niљta nisam skrivio, kao љto i ti vrlo dobro znaљ. BSB BSB: 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 STF Ako sam kriv i ako sam uиinio љto zasluћuje smrt, ne marim da umrem; a ako niљta ne stoji za љto me ovi tuћe, niko me ne moћe njima predati. Caru idem! BSB BSB: 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 STF Tada Fest progovori sa savetnicima i odgovori: Caru si rekao da hoжeљ, caru жeљ poжi! BSB BSB: Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
13 STF Posle nekoliko dana doрoљe u Kesariju car Agripa i Vernikija, da pozdrave Festa. BSB BSB: After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
14 STF Kako su onde ostali viљe dana, kaza Fest caru za Pavla i reиe: Feliks je ostavio jednoga suћnja BSB BSB: 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 STF koga su prvosveљtenici i stareљine judejske, kad sam bio u Jerusalimu, tuћile i molile me da ga osudim. BSB BSB: While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
16 STF Ja im odgovorih da nije obiиaj u Rimljana da se jedan иovek preda pre nego љto se optuћeni suoиi s tuћiteljima i ne da mu se prilika da odgovori na tuћbu. BSB BSB: 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 STF A kad se oni ovde sastaљe, nikakvoga odlaganja ne uиinih, nego sutradan sedoh na sudisku stolicu i zapovedih da dovedu иoveka. BSB BSB: 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 STF Ali tuћitelji koji stajahu oko njega, ne iznesoљe nijedne krivice za zla dela na koja ja pomiљljah, BSB BSB: But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.
19 STF nego imahu s njim nekakva pitanja o svojoj veri i o nekom Isusu koji je umro, a za koga je Pavle govorio da je ћiv. BSB BSB: 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 STF Ne razumevajuжi ova pitanja, rekoh, bi li hteo iжi u Jerusalim i onde da mu se sudi za ovo. BSB BSB: 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 STF A kad Pavle apelova da ga иuvamo do suda svetoga cara, zapovedih da ga иuvaju dok ga ne poљljem caru. BSB BSB: 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 STF A Agripa reиe Festu: I ja bih da иujem toga иoveka. Sutra жeљ ga, reиe, иuti. BSB BSB: Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.
23 STF Sutradan doрoљe Agripa i Vernikija s velikim sjajem i sa zapovednicima i prvim ljudima onoga grada uрoљe u sudnicu. I kad Fest zapovedi, dovedoљe Pavla. BSB BSB: 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 STF Tada reиe Fest: Agripa care i svi vi koji ste ovde s nama, vidite иoveka zbog koga je sav judejski narod i u Jeruslimu i ovde navalio na mene, viиuжi da on ne treba viљe da ћivi. BSB BSB: 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 STF Ali ja naрoh da on nije uиinio niљta љto zasluћuje smrt. No, kako je sam rekao da hoжe da ide svetlome caru, odluиih da ga poљljem (onamo). BSB BSB: 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 STF Ali nemam niљta sigurnoga da napiљem za njega gospodaru. Zato ga dovedoh pred vas, a osobito pred tebe, Agripa care, da bih posle ispitivanja imao љta pisati. BSB BSB: 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 STF Jer mi se иini ludo suћnja poslati, a krivice njegove na javiti. BSB BSB: For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”
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