Acts 6
1 Now in those days, the disciples being multiplied, there developed a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily assistance.
tasmin samaye śiṣyāṇāṁ bāhulyāt prātyahikadānasya viśrāṇanai rbhinnadeśīyānāṁ vidhavāstrīgaṇa upekṣite sati ibrīyalokaiḥ sahānyadeśīyānāṁ vivāda upātiṣṭhat|
2 And the twelve, having summoned the multitude of the disciples, they said, It is not right for us, having left the word of God behind, to serve tables.
tadā dvādaśapreritāḥ sarvvān śiṣyān saṁgṛhyākathayan īśvarasya kathāpracāraṁ parityajya bhojanagaveṣaṇam asmākam ucitaṁ nahi|
3 Therefore, brothers, seek ye out seven men from you being well reported, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this need.
ato he bhrātṛgaṇa vayam etatkarmmaṇo bhāraṁ yebhyo dātuṁ śaknuma etādṛśān sukhyātyāpannān pavitreṇātmanā jñānena ca pūrṇān sapprajanān yūyaṁ sveṣāṁ madhye manonītān kuruta,
4 But we will continue steadfastly in prayer, and in the service of the word.
kintu vayaṁ prārthanāyāṁ kathāpracārakarmmaṇi ca nityapravṛttāḥ sthāsyāmaḥ|
5 And the word was pleasing before all the multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte, a citizen of Antioch,
etasyāṁ kathāyāṁ sarvve lokāḥ santuṣṭāḥ santaḥ sveṣāṁ madhyāt stiphānaḥ philipaḥ prakharo nikānor tīman parmmiṇā yihūdimatagrāhī-āntiyakhiyānagarīyo nikalā etān paramabhaktān pavitreṇātmanā paripūrṇān sapta janān
6 men whom they placed before the apostles. And having prayed, they laid hands upon them.
preritānāṁ samakṣam ānayan, tataste prārthanāṁ kṛtvā teṣāṁ śiraḥsu hastān ārpayan|
7 And the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a large company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
aparañca īśvarasya kathā deśaṁ vyāpnot viśeṣato yirūśālami nagare śiṣyāṇāṁ saṁkhyā prabhūtarūpeṇāvarddhata yājakānāṁ madhyepi bahavaḥ khrīṣṭamatagrāhiṇo'bhavan|
8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
stiphāno viśvāsena parākrameṇa ca paripūrṇaḥ san lokānāṁ madhye bahuvidham adbhutam āścaryyaṁ karmmākarot|
9 But some of those from the synagogue called Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up disputing with Stephen.
tena libarttinīyanāmnā vikhyātasaṅghasya katipayajanāḥ kurīṇīyasikandarīya-kilikīyāśīyādeśīyāḥ kiyanto janāścotthāya stiphānena sārddhaṁ vyavadanta|
10 And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke.
kintu stiphāno jñānena pavitreṇātmanā ca īdṛśīṁ kathāṁ kathitavān yasyāste āpattiṁ karttuṁ nāśaknuvan|
11 Then they instigated men who said, We have heard him speaking blasphemous sayings against Moses and God.
paścāt tai rlobhitāḥ katipayajanāḥ kathāmenām akathayan, vayaṁ tasya mukhato mūsā īśvarasya ca nindāvākyam aśrauṣma|
12 And they incited the people, and the elders, and the scholars. And after approaching, they seized him, and brought him to the council.
te lokānāṁ lokaprācīnānām adhyāpakānāñca pravṛttiṁ janayitvā stiphānasya sannidhim āgatya taṁ dhṛtvā mahāsabhāmadhyam ānayan|
13 And they put forward false witnesses who said, This man does not cease speaking blasphemous sayings against the holy place, and the law.
tadanantaraṁ katipayajaneṣu mithyāsākṣiṣu samānīteṣu te'kathayan eṣa jana etatpuṇyasthānavyavasthayo rnindātaḥ kadāpi na nivarttate|
14 For we have heard him saying that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us.
phalato nāsaratīyayīśuḥ sthānametad ucchinnaṁ kariṣyati mūsāsamarpitam asmākaṁ vyavaharaṇam anyarūpaṁ kariṣyati tasyaitādṛśīṁ kathāṁ vayam aśṛṇuma|
15 And all who sat in the council, having gazed upon him, saw his face like a face of an agent.
tadā mahāsabhāsthāḥ sarvve taṁ prati sthirāṁ dṛṣṭiṁ kṛtvā svargadūtamukhasadṛśaṁ tasya mukham apaśyan|
