Acts 26
1 And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence:
tata āgrippaḥ paulam avādīt, nijāṁ kathāṁ kathayituṁ tubhyam anumati rdīyate| tasmāt paulaḥ karaṁ prasāryya svasmin uttaram avādīt|
2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defence before thee this day touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews:
he āgripparāja yatkāraṇādahaṁ yihūdīyairapavādito 'bhavaṁ tasya vṛttāntam adya bhavataḥ sākṣān nivedayitumanumatoham idaṁ svīyaṁ paramaṁ bhāgyaṁ manye;
3 especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
yato yihūdīyalokānāṁ madhye yā yā rītiḥ sūkṣmavicārāśca santi teṣu bhavān vijñatamaḥ; ataeva prārthaye dhairyyamavalambya mama nivedanaṁ śṛṇotu|
4 My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
ahaṁ yirūśālamnagare svadeśīyalokānāṁ madhye tiṣṭhan ā yauvanakālād yadrūpam ācaritavān tad yihūdīyalokāḥ sarvve vidanti|
5 having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
asmākaṁ sarvvebhyaḥ śuddhatamaṁ yat phirūśīyamataṁ tadavalambī bhūtvāhaṁ kālaṁ yāpitavān ye janā ā bālyakālān māṁ jānānti te etādṛśaṁ sākṣyaṁ yadi dadāti tarhi dātuṁ śaknuvanti|
6 And now I stand [here] to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;
kintu he āgripparāja īśvaro'smākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣāṇāṁ nikaṭe yad aṅgīkṛtavān tasya pratyāśāhetoraham idānīṁ vicārasthāne daṇḍāyamānosmi|
7 unto which [promise] our twelve tribes, earnestly serving [God] night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!
tasyāṅgīkārasya phalaṁ prāptum asmākaṁ dvādaśavaṁśā divāniśaṁ mahāyatnād īśvarasevanaṁ kṛtvā yāṁ pratyāśāṁ kurvvanti tasyāḥ pratyāśāyā hetorahaṁ yihūdīyairapavādito'bhavam|
8 Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?
īśvaro mṛtān utthāpayiṣyatīti vākyaṁ yuṣmākaṁ nikaṭe'sambhavaṁ kuto bhavet?
9 I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
nāsaratīyayīśo rnāmno viruddhaṁ nānāprakārapratikūlācaraṇam ucitam ityahaṁ manasi yathārthaṁ vijñāya
10 And this I also did in Jerusalem: and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
yirūśālamanagare tadakaravaṁ phalataḥ pradhānayājakasya nikaṭāt kṣamatāṁ prāpya bahūn pavitralokān kārāyāṁ baddhavān viśeṣatasteṣāṁ hananasamaye teṣāṁ viruddhāṁ nijāṁ sammatiṁ prakāśitavān|
11 And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.
vāraṁ vāraṁ bhajanabhavaneṣu tebhyo daṇḍaṁ pradattavān balāt taṁ dharmmaṁ nindayitavāṁśca punaśca tān prati mahākrodhād unmattaḥ san videśīyanagarāṇi yāvat tān tāḍitavān|
12 Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
itthaṁ pradhānayājakasya samīpāt śaktim ājñāpatrañca labdhvā dammeṣaknagaraṁ gatavān|
13 at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me.
tadāhaṁ he rājan mārgamadhye madhyāhnakāle mama madīyasaṅgināṁ lokānāñca catasṛṣu dikṣu gagaṇāt prakāśamānāṁ bhāskaratopi tejasvatīṁ dīptiṁ dṛṣṭavān|
14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.
tasmād asmāsu sarvveṣu bhūmau patiteṣu satsu he śaula hai śaula kuto māṁ tāḍayasi? kaṇṭakānāṁ mukhe pādāhananaṁ tava duḥsādhyam ibrīyabhāṣayā gadita etādṛśa ekaḥ śabdo mayā śrutaḥ|
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
tadāhaṁ pṛṣṭavān he prabho ko bhavān? tataḥ sa kathitavān yaṁ yīśuṁ tvaṁ tāḍayasi sohaṁ,
16 But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;
kintu samuttiṣṭha tvaṁ yad dṛṣṭavān itaḥ punañca yadyat tvāṁ darśayiṣyāmi teṣāṁ sarvveṣāṁ kāryyāṇāṁ tvāṁ sākṣiṇaṁ mama sevakañca karttum darśanam adām|
17 delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,
viśeṣato yihūdīyalokebhyo bhinnajātīyebhyaśca tvāṁ manonītaṁ kṛtvā teṣāṁ yathā pāpamocanaṁ bhavati
18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
yathā te mayi viśvasya pavitrīkṛtānāṁ madhye bhāgaṁ prāpnuvanti tadabhiprāyeṇa teṣāṁ jñānacakṣūṁṣi prasannāni karttuṁ tathāndhakārād dīptiṁ prati śaitānādhikārācca īśvaraṁ prati matīḥ parāvarttayituṁ teṣāṁ samīpaṁ tvāṁ preṣyāmi|
19 Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
he āgripparāja etādṛśaṁ svargīyapratyādeśaṁ agrāhyam akṛtvāhaṁ
20 but declared both to them of Damascus first, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judæa, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
prathamato dammeṣaknagare tato yirūśālami sarvvasmin yihūdīyadeśe anyeṣu deśeṣu ca yena lokā matiṁ parāvarttya īśvaraṁ prati parāvarttayante, manaḥparāvarttanayogyāni karmmāṇi ca kurvvanti tādṛśam upadeśaṁ pracāritavān|
21 For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.
etatkāraṇād yihūdīyā madhyemandiraṁ māṁ dhṛtvā hantum udyatāḥ|
22 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come;
tathāpi khrīṣṭo duḥkhaṁ bhuktvā sarvveṣāṁ pūrvvaṁ śmaśānād utthāya nijadeśīyānāṁ bhinnadeśīyānāñca samīpe dīptiṁ prakāśayiṣyati
23 how that the Christ must suffer, [and] how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.
bhaviṣyadvādigaṇo mūsāśca bhāvikāryyasya yadidaṁ pramāṇam adaduretad vinānyāṁ kathāṁ na kathayitvā īśvarād anugrahaṁ labdhvā mahatāṁ kṣudrāṇāñca sarvveṣāṁ samīpe pramāṇaṁ dattvādya yāvat tiṣṭhāmi|
24 And as he thus made his defence, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad.
tasyamāṁ kathāṁ niśamya phīṣṭa uccaiḥ svareṇa kathitavān he paula tvam unmattosi bahuvidyābhyāsena tvaṁ hatajñāno jātaḥ|
25 But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.
sa uktavān he mahāmahima phīṣṭa nāham unmattaḥ kintu satyaṁ vivecanīyañca vākyaṁ prastaumi|
26 For the king knoweth of these things, unto whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him; for this hath not been done in a corner.
yasya sākṣād akṣobhaḥ san kathāṁ kathayāmi sa rājā tadvṛttāntaṁ jānāti tasya samīpe kimapi guptaṁ neti mayā niścitaṁ budhyate yatastad vijane na kṛtaṁ|
27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
he āgripparāja bhavān kiṁ bhaviṣyadvādigaṇoktāni vākyāni pratyeti? bhavān pratyeti tadahaṁ jānāmi|
28 And Agrippa [said] unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.
tata āgrippaḥ paulam abhihitavān tvaṁ pravṛttiṁ janayitvā prāyeṇa māmapi khrīṣṭīyaṁ karoṣi|
29 And Paul [said], I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.
tataḥ so'vādīt bhavān ye ye lokāśca mama kathām adya śṛṇvanti prāyeṇa iti nahi kintvetat śṛṅkhalabandhanaṁ vinā sarvvathā te sarvve mādṛśā bhavantvitīśvasya samīpe prārthaye'ham|
30 And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
etasyāṁ kathāyāṁ kathitāyāṁ sa rājā so'dhipati rbarṇīkī sabhāsthā lokāśca tasmād utthāya
31 and when they had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
gopane parasparaṁ vivicya kathitavanta eṣa jano bandhanārhaṁ prāṇahananārhaṁ vā kimapi karmma nākarot|
32 And Agrippa said unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cæsar.
tata āgrippaḥ phīṣṭam avadat, yadyeṣa mānuṣaḥ kaisarasya nikaṭe vicārito bhavituṁ na prārthayiṣyat tarhi mukto bhavitum aśakṣyat|
