Acts 17
1 When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
paulasIlau AmphipalyApallOniyAnagarAbhyAM gatvA yatra yihUdIyAnAM bhajanabhavanamEkam AstE tatra thiSalanIkInagara upasthitau|
2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
tadA paulaH svAcArAnusArENa tESAM samIpaM gatvA vizrAmavAratrayE taiH sArddhaM dharmmapustakIyakathAyA vicAraM kRtavAn|
3 explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.
phalataH khrISTEna duHkhabhOgaH karttavyaH zmazAnadutthAnanjca karttavyaM yuSmAkaM sannidhau yasya yIzOH prastAvaM karOmi sa IzvarENAbhiSiktaH sa EtAH kathAH prakAzya pramANaM datvA sthirIkRtavAn|
4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.
tasmAt tESAM katipayajanA anyadEzIyA bahavO bhaktalOkA bahyaH pradhAnanAryyazca vizvasya paulasIlayOH pazcAdgAminO jAtAH|
5 The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.
kintu vizvAsahInA yihUdIyalOkA IrSyayA paripUrNAH santO haTaTsya katinayalampaTalOkAn sagginaH kRtvA janatayA nagaramadhyE mahAkalahaM kRtvA yAsOnO gRham Akramya prEritAn dhRtvA lOkanivahasya samIpam AnEtuM cESTitavantaH|
6 But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,
tESAmuddEzam aprApya ca yAsOnaM katipayAn bhrAtRMzca dhRtvA nagarAdhipatInAM nikaTamAnIya prOccaiH kathitavantO yE manuSyA jagadudvATitavantastE 'trApyupasthitAH santi,
7 and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”
ESa yAsOn AtithyaM kRtvA tAn gRhItavAn| yIzunAmaka EkO rAjastIti kathayantastE kaisarasyAjnjAviruddhaM karmma kurvvati|
8 On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.
tESAM kathAmimAM zrutvA lOkanivahO nagarAdhipatayazca samudvignA abhavan|
9 And they collected bond from Jason and the others, and then released them.
tadA yAsOnastadanyESAnjca dhanadaNPaM gRhItvA tAn parityaktavantaH|
10 As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
tataH paraM bhrAtRgaNO rajanyAM paulasIlau zIghraM birayAnagaraM prESitavAn tau tatrOpasthAya yihUdIyAnAM bhajanabhavanaM gatavantau|
11 Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
tatrasthA lOkAH thiSalanIkIsthalOkEbhyO mahAtmAna Asan yata itthaM bhavati na vEti jnjAtuM dinE dinE dharmmagranthasyAlOcanAM kRtvA svairaM kathAm agRhlan|
12 As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.
tasmAd anEkE yihUdIyA anyadEzIyAnAM mAnyA striyaH puruSAzcAnEkE vyazvasan|
13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
kintu birayAnagarE paulEnEzvarIyA kathA pracAryyata iti thiSalanIkIsthA yihUdIyA jnjAtvA tatsthAnamapyAgatya lOkAnAM kupravRttim ajanayan|
14 The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
ataEva tasmAt sthAnAt samudrENa yAntIti darzayitvA bhrAtaraH kSipraM paulaM prAhiNvan kintu sIlatImathiyau tatra sthitavantau|
15 Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
tataH paraM paulasya mArgadarzakAstam AthInInagara upasthApayan pazcAd yuvAM tUrNam Etat sthAnaM AgamiSyathaH sIlatImathiyau pratImAm AjnjAM prApya tE pratyAgatAH|
16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.
paula AthInInagarE tAvapEkSya tiSThan tannagaraM pratimAbhiH paripUrNaM dRSTvA santaptahRdayO 'bhavat|
17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.
tataH sa bhajanabhavanE yAn yihUdIyAn bhaktalOkAMzca haTTE ca yAn apazyat taiH saha pratidinaM vicAritavAn|
18 Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
kintvipikUrIyamatagrahiNaH stOyikIyamatagrAhiNazca kiyantO janAstEna sArddhaM vyavadanta| tatra kEcid akathayan ESa vAcAlaH kiM vaktum icchati? aparE kEcid ESa janaH kESAnjcid vidEzIyadEvAnAM pracAraka ityanumIyatE yataH sa yIzum utthitinjca pracArayat|
19 So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
tE tam arEyapAganAma vicArasthAnam AnIya prAvOcan idaM yannavInaM mataM tvaM prAcIkaza idaM kIdRzaM Etad asmAn zrAvaya;
20 For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”
yAmimAm asambhavakathAm asmAkaM karNagOcarIkRtavAn asyA bhAvArthaH ka iti vayaM jnjAtum icchAmaH|
21 Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
tadAthInInivAsinastannagarapravAsinazca kEvalaM kasyAzcana navInakathAyAH zravaNEna pracAraNEna ca kAlam ayApayan|
22 Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.
paulO'rEyapAgasya madhyE tiSThan EtAM kathAM pracAritavAn, hE AthInIyalOkA yUyaM sarvvathA dEvapUjAyAm AsaktA ityaha pratyakSaM pazyAmi|
23 For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.
yataH paryyaTanakAlE yuSmAkaM pUjanIyAni pazyan ‘avijnjAtEzvarAya` EtallipiyuktAM yajnjavEdImEkAM dRSTavAn; atO na viditvA yaM pUjayadhvE tasyaiva tatvaM yuSmAn prati pracArayAmi|
24 The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
jagatO jagatsthAnAM sarvvavastUnAnjca sraSTA ya IzvaraH sa svargapRthivyOrEkAdhipatiH san karanirmmitamandirESu na nivasati;
25 Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
sa Eva sarvvEbhyO jIvanaM prANAn sarvvasAmagrIzca pradadAti; ataEva sa kasyAzcit sAmagyrA abhAvahEtO rmanuSyANAM hastaiH sEvitO bhavatIti na|
26 From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
sa bhUmaNPalE nivAsArtham EkasmAt zONitAt sarvvAn manuSyAn sRSTvA tESAM pUrvvanirUpitasamayaM vasatisImAnjca niracinOt;
27 God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.
tasmAt lOkaiH kEnApi prakArENa mRgayitvA paramEzvarasya tatvaM prAptuM tasya gavESaNaM karaNIyam|
28 ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
kintu sO'smAkaM kasmAccidapi dUrE tiSThatIti nahi, vayaM tEna nizvasanaprazvasanagamanAgamanaprANadhAraNAni kurmmaH, punazca yuSmAkamEva katipayAH kavayaH kathayanti ‘tasya vaMzA vayaM smO hi` iti|
29 Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.
ataEva yadi vayam Izvarasya vaMzA bhavAmastarhi manuSyai rvidyayA kauzalEna ca takSitaM svarNaM rUpyaM dRSad vaitESAmIzvaratvam asmAbhi rna jnjAtavyaM|
30 Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
tESAM pUrvvIyalOkAnAm ajnjAnatAM pratIzvarO yadyapi nAvAdhatta tathApIdAnIM sarvvatra sarvvAn manaH parivarttayitum AjnjApayati,
31 For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
yataH svaniyuktEna puruSENa yadA sa pRthivIsthAnAM sarvvalOkAnAM vicAraM kariSyati taddinaM nyarUpayat; tasya zmazAnOtthApanEna tasmin sarvvEbhyaH pramANaM prAdAt|
32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”
tadA zmazAnAd utthAnasya kathAM zrutvA kEcid upAhaman, kEcidavadan EnAM kathAM punarapi tvattaH zrOSyAmaH|
33 At that, Paul left the Areopagus.
tataH paulastESAM samIpAt prasthitavAn|
34 But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.
tathApi kEcillOkAstEna sArddhaM militvA vyazvasan tESAM madhyE 'rEyapAgIyadiyanusiyO dAmArInAmA kAcinnArI kiyantO narAzcAsan|
