Acts 26
1 And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul, having stretched forth his hand, made a defense.
tata AgrippaH paulam avAdIt, nijAM kathAM kathayituM tubhyam anumati rdIyate| tasmAt paulaH karaM prasAryya svasmin uttaram avAdIt|
2 Concerning all things of which I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself blessed, being about to make my defense before thee today.
he AgripparAja yatkAraNAdahaM yihUdIyairapavAdito 'bhavaM tasya vRttAntam adya bhavataH sAkSAn nivedayitumanumatoham idaM svIyaM paramaM bhAgyaM manye;
3 Especially thee, being an expert of all things regarding Jews, both habits and issues. Therefore I beg thee to hear me patiently.
yato yihUdIyalokAnAM madhye yA yA rItiH sUkSmavicArAzca santi teSu bhavAn vijJatamaH; ataeva prArthaye dhairyyamavalambya mama nivedanaM zRNotu|
4 Indeed therefore, my manner of life from youth, having developed from the beginning among my nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know,
ahaM yirUzAlamnagare svadezIyalokAnAM madhye tiSThan A yauvanakAlAd yadrUpam AcaritavAn tad yihUdIyalokAH sarvve vidanti|
5 having known me previously from the beginning, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
asmAkaM sarvvebhyaH zuddhatamaM yat phirUzIyamataM tadavalambI bhUtvAhaM kAlaM yApitavAn ye janA A bAlyakAlAn mAM jAnAnti te etAdRzaM sAkSyaM yadi dadAti tarhi dAtuM zaknuvanti|
6 And now for the hope of the promise made by God to the fathers, I stand being judged,
kintu he AgripparAja Izvaro'smAkaM pUrvvapuruSANAM nikaTe yad aGgIkRtavAn tasya pratyAzAhetoraham idAnIM vicArasthAne daNDAyamAnosmi|
7 to which our twelve tribes, serving in earnestness night and day, hope to attain, about which hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews!
tasyAGgIkArasya phalaM prAptum asmAkaM dvAdazavaMzA divAnizaM mahAyatnAd IzvarasevanaM kRtvA yAM pratyAzAM kurvvanti tasyAH pratyAzAyA hetorahaM yihUdIyairapavAdito'bhavam|
8 Why is it judged incredible with you, if God raises the dead?
Izvaro mRtAn utthApayiSyatIti vAkyaM yuSmAkaM nikaTe'sambhavaM kuto bhavet?
9 Indeed therefore I thought it necessary for myself to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene,
nAsaratIyayIzo rnAmno viruddhaM nAnAprakArapratikUlAcaraNam ucitam ityahaM manasi yathArthaM vijJAya
10 which also I did at Jerusalem. And I locked up many of the sanctified in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests. And when they were killed, I gave a vote against them.
yirUzAlamanagare tadakaravaM phalataH pradhAnayAjakasya nikaTAt kSamatAM prApya bahUn pavitralokAn kArAyAM baddhavAn vizeSatasteSAM hananasamaye teSAM viruddhAM nijAM sammatiM prakAzitavAn|
11 And punishing them often at all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And being extraordinarily furious toward them, I persecuted them even as far as to outside cities.
vAraM vAraM bhajanabhavaneSu tebhyo daNDaM pradattavAn balAt taM dharmmaM nindayitavAMzca punazca tAn prati mahAkrodhAd unmattaH san videzIyanagarANi yAvat tAn tADitavAn|
12 And during which, while going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
itthaM pradhAnayAjakasya samIpAt zaktim AjJApatraJca labdhvA dammeSaknagaraM gatavAn|
13 at midday, O king, I saw on the road a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, which shone around me and those who went with me.
tadAhaM he rAjan mArgamadhye madhyAhnakAle mama madIyasaGginAM lokAnAJca catasRSu dikSu gagaNAt prakAzamAnAM bhAskaratopi tejasvatIM dIptiM dRSTavAn|
14 And when we all fell to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do thou persecute me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.
tasmAd asmAsu sarvveSu bhUmau patiteSu satsu he zaula hai zaula kuto mAM tADayasi? kaNTakAnAM mukhe pAdAhananaM tava duHsAdhyam ibrIyabhASayA gadita etAdRza ekaH zabdo mayA zrutaH|
15 And I said, Who are thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecute.
tadAhaM pRSTavAn he prabho ko bhavAn? tataH sa kathitavAn yaM yIzuM tvaM tADayasi sohaM,
16 But arise, and stand upon thy feet, for I appeared to thee for this, to appoint thee an assistant and a witness both of things that thou saw, and of the things that I will make visible to thee,
kintu samuttiSTha tvaM yad dRSTavAn itaH punaJca yadyat tvAM darzayiSyAmi teSAM sarvveSAM kAryyANAM tvAM sAkSiNaM mama sevakaJca karttum darzanam adAm|
17 delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send thee,
vizeSato yihUdIyalokebhyo bhinnajAtIyebhyazca tvAM manonItaM kRtvA teSAM yathA pApamocanaM bhavati
18 to open their eyes to turn about from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, for them to receive remission of sins and a lot among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.
yathA te mayi vizvasya pavitrIkRtAnAM madhye bhAgaM prApnuvanti tadabhiprAyeNa teSAM jJAnacakSUMSi prasannAni karttuM tathAndhakArAd dIptiM prati zaitAnAdhikArAcca IzvaraM prati matIH parAvarttayituM teSAM samIpaM tvAM preSyAmi|
19 Whereupon, King Agrippa, I did not become disobedient to the heavenly vision,
he AgripparAja etAdRzaM svargIyapratyAdezaM agrAhyam akRtvAhaM
20 but declaring first to those at Damascus and then at Jerusalem, and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, to repent and return to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
prathamato dammeSaknagare tato yirUzAlami sarvvasmin yihUdIyadeze anyeSu dezeSu ca yena lokA matiM parAvarttya IzvaraM prati parAvarttayante, manaHparAvarttanayogyAni karmmANi ca kurvvanti tAdRzam upadezaM pracAritavAn|
21 Because of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, tried to grasp and kill me.
etatkAraNAd yihUdIyA madhyemandiraM mAM dhRtvA hantum udyatAH|
22 Having therefore experienced the help from God, I stand to this day solemnly declaring both to small and great, saying nothing apart from what both the prophets and Moses said was going to happen,
tathApi khrISTo duHkhaM bhuktvA sarvveSAM pUrvvaM zmazAnAd utthAya nijadezIyAnAM bhinnadezIyAnAJca samIpe dIptiM prakAzayiSyati
23 that the suffering Christ, since first from a resurrection of the dead, is going to proclaim light to our people and to the nations.
bhaviSyadvAdigaNo mUsAzca bhAvikAryyasya yadidaM pramANam adaduretad vinAnyAM kathAM na kathayitvA IzvarAd anugrahaM labdhvA mahatAM kSudrANAJca sarvveSAM samIpe pramANaM dattvAdya yAvat tiSThAmi|
24 And while he made a defense by these things, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, thou are mad. Much scholarship is driving thee into madness.
tasyamAM kathAM nizamya phISTa uccaiH svareNa kathitavAn he paula tvam unmattosi bahuvidyAbhyAsena tvaM hatajJAno jAtaH|
25 But Paul says, I am not mad, eminent Festus, but I speak forth sayings of truth and soberness.
sa uktavAn he mahAmahima phISTa nAham unmattaH kintu satyaM vivecanIyaJca vAkyaM prastaumi|
26 For the king knows about these things, before whom I also speak boldly. For I am convinced not any of these things, nothing, to be hidden from him. For this was not done in a corner.
yasya sAkSAd akSobhaH san kathAM kathayAmi sa rAjA tadvRttAntaM jAnAti tasya samIpe kimapi guptaM neti mayA nizcitaM budhyate yatastad vijane na kRtaM|
27 King Agrippa, do thou believe the prophets? I know that thou believe.
he AgripparAja bhavAn kiM bhaviSyadvAdigaNoktAni vAkyAni pratyeti? bhavAn pratyeti tadahaM jAnAmi|
28 And Agrippa said to Paul, By a little thou persuade me to become a Christian.
tata AgrippaH paulam abhihitavAn tvaM pravRttiM janayitvA prAyeNa mAmapi khrISTIyaM karoSi|
29 And Paul said, I ever pray to God, both by little and by much, not only thee, but also all who hear me this day, to become such kind as I also am, apart from these bonds.
tataH so'vAdIt bhavAn ye ye lokAzca mama kathAm adya zRNvanti prAyeNa iti nahi kintvetat zRGkhalabandhanaM vinA sarvvathA te sarvve mAdRzA bhavantvitIzvasya samIpe prArthaye'ham|
30 And when he spoke these things, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
etasyAM kathAyAM kathitAyAM sa rAjA so'dhipati rbarNIkI sabhAsthA lokAzca tasmAd utthAya
31 And having withdrawn, they spoke to each other, saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
gopane parasparaM vivicya kathitavanta eSa jano bandhanArhaM prANahananArhaM vA kimapi karmma nAkarot|
32 And Agrippa said to Festus, This man could have been released, if he had not appealed Caesar.
tata AgrippaH phISTam avadat, yadyeSa mAnuSaH kaisarasya nikaTe vicArito bhavituM na prArthayiSyat tarhi mukto bhavitum azakSyat|
