Acts 10
1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
kaisariyAnagara itAliyAkhyasainyAntargataH karNIliyanAmA sEnApatirAsIt
2 He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
sa saparivArO bhakta IzvaraparAyaNazcAsIt; lOkEbhyO bahUni dAnAdIni datvA nirantaram IzvarE prArthayAnjcakrE|
3 One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
EkadA tRtIyapraharavElAyAM sa dRSTavAn IzvarasyaikO dUtaH saprakAzaM tatsamIpam Agatya kathitavAn, hE karNIliya|
4 Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
kintu sa taM dRSTvA bhItO'kathayat, hE prabhO kiM? tadA tamavadat tava prArthanA dAnAdi ca sAkSisvarUpaM bhUtvEzvarasya gOcaramabhavat|
5 Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.
idAnIM yAphOnagaraM prati lOkAn prESya samudratIrE zimOnnAmnazcarmmakArasya gRhE pravAsakArI pitaranAmnA vikhyAtO yaH zimOn tam AhvAyaya;
6 He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
tasmAt tvayA yadyat karttavyaM tattat sa vadiSyati|
7 When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
ityupadizya dUtE prasthitE sati karNIliyaH svagRhasthAnAM dAsAnAM dvau janau nityaM svasagginAM sainyAnAm EkAM bhaktasEnAnjcAhUya
8 He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.
sakalamEtaM vRttAntaM vijnjApya yAphOnagaraM tAn prAhiNOt|
9 The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
parasmin dinE tE yAtrAM kRtvA yadA nagarasya samIpa upAtiSThan, tadA pitarO dvitIyapraharavElAyAM prArthayituM gRhapRSTham ArOhat|
10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
Etasmin samayE kSudhArttaH san kinjcid bhOktum aicchat kintu tESAm annAsAdanasamayE sa mUrcchitaH sannapatat|
11 He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
tatO mEghadvAraM muktaM caturbhiH kONai rlambitaM bRhadvastramiva kinjcana bhAjanam AkAzAt pRthivIm avArOhatIti dRSTavAn|
12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.
tanmadhyE nAnaprakArA grAmyavanyapazavaH khEcarOrOgAmiprabhRtayO jantavazcAsan|
13 Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”
anantaraM hE pitara utthAya hatvA bhuMkSva tampratIyaM gagaNIyA vANI jAtA|
14 “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
tadA pitaraH pratyavadat, hE prabhO IdRzaM mA bhavatu, aham Etat kAlaM yAvat niSiddham azuci vA dravyaM kinjcidapi na bhuktavAn|
15 The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
tataH punarapi tAdRzI vihayasIyA vANI jAtA yad IzvaraH zuci kRtavAn tat tvaM niSiddhaM na jAnIhi|
16 This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.
itthaM triH sati tat pAtraM punarAkRSTaM AkAzam agacchat|
17 While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
tataH paraM yad darzanaM prAptavAn tasya kO bhAva ityatra pitarO manasA sandEgdhi, Etasmin samayE karNIliyasya tE prESitA manuSyA dvArasya sannidhAvupasthAya,
18 They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.
zimOnO gRhamanvicchantaH sampRchyAhUya kathitavantaH pitaranAmnA vikhyAtO yaH zimOn sa kimatra pravasati?
19 As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
yadA pitarastaddarzanasya bhAvaM manasAndOlayati tadAtmA tamavadat, pazya trayO janAstvAM mRgayantE|
20 So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”
tvam utthAyAvaruhya niHsandEhaM taiH saha gaccha mayaiva tE prESitAH|
21 So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”
tasmAt pitarO'varuhya karNIliyaprEritalOkAnAM nikaTamAgatya kathitavAn pazyata yUyaM yaM mRgayadhvE sa janOhaM, yUyaM kinnimittam AgatAH?
22 “Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
tatastE pratyavadan karNIliyanAmA zuddhasattva IzvaraparAyaNO yihUdIyadEzasthAnAM sarvvESAM sannidhau sukhyAtyApanna EkaH sEnApati rnijagRhaM tvAmAhUya nEtuM tvattaH kathA zrOtunjca pavitradUtEna samAdiSTaH|
23 So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.
tadA pitarastAnabhyantaraM nItvA tESAmAtithyaM kRtavAn, parE'hani taiH sArddhaM yAtrAmakarOt, yAphOnivAsinAM bhrAtRNAM kiyantO janAzca tEna saha gatAH|
24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
parasmin divasE kaisariyAnagaramadhyapravEzasamayE karNIliyO jnjAtibandhUn AhUyAnIya tAn apEkSya sthitaH|
25 As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
pitarE gRha upasthitE karNIliyastaM sAkSAtkRtya caraNayOH patitvA prANamat|
26 But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”
pitarastamutthApya kathitavAn, uttiSThAhamapi mAnuSaH|
27 As Peter talked with him, he went inside and found many people gathered together.
tadA karNIliyEna sAkam Alapan gRhaM prAvizat tanmadhyE ca bahulOkAnAM samAgamaM dRSTvA tAn avadat,
28 He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
anyajAtIyalOkaiH mahAlapanaM vA tESAM gRhamadhyE pravEzanaM yihUdIyAnAM niSiddham astIti yUyam avagacchatha; kintu kamapi mAnuSam avyavahAryyam azuciM vA jnjAtuM mama nOcitam iti paramEzvarO mAM jnjApitavAn|
29 So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”
iti hEtOrAhvAnazravaNamAtrAt kAnjcanApattim akRtvA yuSmAkaM samIpam AgatOsmi; pRcchAmi yUyaM kinnimittaM mAm AhUyata?
30 Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
tadA karNIliyaH kathitavAn, adya catvAri dinAni jAtAni EtAvadvElAM yAvad aham anAhAra Asan tatastRtIyapraharE sati gRhE prArthanasamayE tEjOmayavastrabhRd EkO janO mama samakSaM tiSThan EtAM kathAm akathayat,
31 and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
hE karNIliya tvadIyA prArthanA Izvarasya karNagOcarIbhUtA tava dAnAdi ca sAkSisvarUpaM bhUtvA tasya dRSTigOcaramabhavat|
32 Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’
atO yAphOnagaraM prati lOkAn prahitya tatra samudratIrE zimOnnAmnaH kasyaciccarmmakArasya gRhE pravAsakArI pitaranAmnA vikhyAtO yaH zimOn tamAhUyaya; tataH sa Agatya tvAm upadEkSyati|
33 So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
iti kAraNAt tatkSaNAt tava nikaTE lOkAn prESitavAn, tvamAgatavAn iti bhadraM kRtavAn| IzvarO yAnyAkhyAnAni kathayitum Adizat tAni zrOtuM vayaM sarvvE sAmpratam Izvarasya sAkSAd upasthitAH smaH|
34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,
tadA pitara imAM kathAM kathayitum ArabdhavAn, IzvarO manuSyANAm apakSapAtI san
35 but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.
yasya kasyacid dEzasya yO lOkAstasmAdbhItvA satkarmma karOti sa tasya grAhyO bhavati, Etasya nizcayam upalabdhavAnaham|
36 He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
sarvvESAM prabhu ryO yIzukhrISTastEna Izvara isrAyElvaMzAnAM nikaTE susaMvAdaM prESya sammElanasya yaM saMvAdaM prAcArayat taM saMvAdaM yUyaM zrutavantaH|
37 You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:
yatO yOhanA majjanE pracAritE sati sa gAlIladEzamArabhya samastayihUdIyadEzaM vyApnOt;
38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
phalata IzvarENa pavitrENAtmanA zaktyA cAbhiSiktO nAsaratIyayIzuH sthAnE sthAnE bhraman sukriyAM kurvvan zaitAnA kliSTAn sarvvalOkAn svasthAn akarOt, yata Izvarastasya sahAya AsIt;
39 We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
vayanjca yihUdIyadEzE yirUzAlamnagarE ca tEna kRtAnAM sarvvESAM karmmaNAM sAkSiNO bhavAmaH| lOkAstaM kruzE viddhvA hatavantaH,
40 God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—
kintu tRtIyadivasE IzvarastamutthApya saprakAzam adarzayat|
41 not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.
sarvvalOkAnAM nikaTa iti na hi, kintu tasmin zmazAnAdutthitE sati tEna sArddhaM bhOjanaM pAnanjca kRtavanta EtAdRzA Izvarasya manOnItAH sAkSiNO yE vayam asmAkaM nikaTE tamadarzayat|
42 And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.
jIvitamRtObhayalOkAnAM vicAraM karttum IzvarO yaM niyuktavAn sa Eva sa janaH, imAM kathAM pracArayituM tasmin pramANaM dAtunjca sO'smAn AjnjApayat|
43 All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
yastasmin vizvasiti sa tasya nAmnA pApAnmuktO bhaviSyati tasmin sarvvE bhaviSyadvAdinOpi EtAdRzaM sAkSyaM dadati|
44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.
pitarasyaitatkathAkathanakAlE sarvvESAM zrOtRNAmupari pavitra AtmAvArOhat|
45 All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
tataH pitarENa sArddham AgatAstvakchEdinO vizvAsinO lOkA anyadEzIyEbhyaH pavitra Atmani dattE sati
46 For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,
tE nAnAjAtIyabhASAbhiH kathAM kathayanta IzvaraM prazaMsanti, iti dRSTvA zrutvA ca vismayam Apadyanta|
47 “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”
tadA pitaraH kathitavAn, vayamiva yE pavitram AtmAnaM prAptAstESAM jalamajjanaM kiM kOpi niSEddhuM zaknOti?
48 So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.
tataH prabhO rnAmnA majjitA bhavatEti tAnAjnjApayat| anantaraM tE svaiH sArddhaM katipayadinAni sthAtuM prArthayanta|
