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OET (OET-LV) And as they_were_staying there more days, the Faʸstos placed_before before_the king the things concerning the Paulos saying, certain a_man There_is, a_prisoner having_been_left by Faʸlix,
OET (OET-RV) As they had planned to stay on for a few days, Festus mentioned about Paul to the king, telling him, “There’s a prisoner here that Felix left behind.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἀνήρ τὶς ἐστιν καταλελειμμένος ὑπὸ Φήλικος δέσμιος
/a/_man (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὡς δὲ πλείους ἡμέρας διέτριβον ἐκεῖ ὁ Φῆστος τῷ βασιλεῖ ἀνέθετο τὰ κατὰ τὸν Παῦλον λέγων ἀνήρ τίς ἐστιν καταλελειμμένος ὑπὸ Φήλικος δέσμιος)
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [Felix has left a certain man a prisoner]
Note 2 topic: writing-participants
ἀνήρ τὶς ἐστιν καταλελειμμένος ὑπὸ Φήλικος δέσμιος
/a/_man (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὡς δὲ πλείους ἡμέρας διέτριβον ἐκεῖ ὁ Φῆστος τῷ βασιλεῖ ἀνέθετο τὰ κατὰ τὸν Παῦλον λέγων ἀνήρ τίς ἐστιν καταλελειμμένος ὑπὸ Φήλικος δέσμιος)
Festus is using the phrase A certain man to introduce Paul to Agrippa and Bernice. If your language has its own way of introducing people and their stories, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: [There is a man named Paul whom Felix left as a prisoner]
25:13-22 Festus discussed Paul’s case with Herod Agrippa II (ruled AD 50–100), who had come to Caesarea to make a courtesy call on the new governor.
OET (OET-LV) And as they_were_staying there more days, the Faʸstos placed_before before_the king the things concerning the Paulos saying, certain a_man There_is, a_prisoner having_been_left by Faʸlix,
OET (OET-RV) As they had planned to stay on for a few days, Festus mentioned about Paul to the king, telling him, “There’s a prisoner here that Felix left behind.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.