Acts 21
1 After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
tai rvisṛṣṭāḥ santo vayaṁ potaṁ bāhayitvā ṛjumārgeṇa koṣam upadvīpam āgatya pare'hani rodiyopadvīpam āgacchāma tatastasmāt pātārāyām upātiṣṭhāma|
2 Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded it and set sail.
tatra phainīkiyādeśagāminam potamekaṁ prāpya tamāruhya gatavantaḥ|
3 After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.
kupropadvīpaṁ dṛṣṭvā taṁ savyadiśi sthāpayitvā suriyādeśaṁ gatvā potasthadravyāṇyavarohayituṁ soranagare lāgitavantaḥ|
4 We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
tatra śiṣyagaṇasya sākṣātkaraṇāya vayaṁ tatra saptadināni sthitavantaḥ paścātte pavitreṇātmanā paulaṁ vyāharan tvaṁ yirūśālamnagaraṁ mā gamaḥ|
5 But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
tatasteṣu saptasu dineṣu yāpiteṣu satsu vayaṁ tasmāt sthānāt nijavartmanā gatavantaḥ, tasmāt te sabālavṛddhavanitā asmābhiḥ saha nagarasya parisaraparyyantam āgatāḥ paścādvayaṁ jaladhitaṭe jānupātaṁ prārthayāmahi|
6 And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
tataḥ parasparaṁ visṛṣṭāḥ santo vayaṁ potaṁ gatāste tu svasvagṛhaṁ pratyāgatavantaḥ|
7 When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.
vayaṁ soranagarāt nāvā prasthāya talimāyinagaram upātiṣṭhāma tatrāsmākaṁ samudrīyamārgasyānto'bhavat tatra bhrātṛgaṇaṁ namaskṛtya dinamekaṁ taiḥ sārddham uṣatavantaḥ|
8 Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.
pare 'hani paulastasya saṅgino vayañca pratiṣṭhamānāḥ kaisariyānagaram āgatya susaṁvādapracārakānāṁ saptajanānāṁ philipanāmna ekasya gṛhaṁ praviśyāvatiṣṭhāma|
9 He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
tasya catasro duhitaro'nūḍhā bhaviṣyadvādinya āsan|
10 After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
tatrāsmāsu bahudināni proṣiteṣu yihūdīyadeśād āgatyāgābanāmā bhaviṣyadvādī samupasthitavān|
11 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
sosmākaṁ samīpametya paulasya kaṭibandhanaṁ gṛhītvā nijahastāpādān baddhvā bhāṣitavān yasyedaṁ kaṭibandhanaṁ taṁ yihūdīyalokā yirūśālamanagara itthaṁ baddhvā bhinnadeśīyānāṁ kareṣu samarpayiṣyantīti vākyaṁ pavitra ātmā kathayati|
12 When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
etādṛśīṁ kathāṁ śrutvā vayaṁ tannagaravāsino bhrātaraśca yirūśālamaṁ na yātuṁ paulaṁ vyanayāmahi;
13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
kintu sa pratyāvādīt, yūyaṁ kiṁ kurutha? kiṁ krandanena mamāntaḥkaraṇaṁ vidīrṇaṁ kariṣyatha? prabho ryīśo rnāmno nimittaṁ yirūśālami baddho bhavituṁ kevala tanna prāṇān dātumapi sasajjosmi|
14 When he would not be dissuaded, we fell silent and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
tenāsmākaṁ kathāyām agṛhītāyām īśvarasya yathecchā tathaiva bhavatvityuktvā vayaṁ nirasyāma|
15 After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem.
pare'hani pātheyadravyāṇi gṛhītvā yirūśālamaṁ prati yātrām akurmma|
16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.
tataḥ kaisariyānagaranivāsinaḥ katipayāḥ śiṣyā asmābhiḥ sārddham itvā kṛprīyena mnāsannāmnā yena prācīnaśiṣyena sārddham asmābhi rvastavyaṁ tasya samīpam asmān nītavantaḥ|
17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us joyfully.
asmāsu yirūśālamyupasthiteṣu tatrasthabhrātṛgaṇo'smān āhlādena gṛhītavān|
18 The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.
parasmin divase paule'smābhiḥ saha yākūbo gṛhaṁ praviṣṭe lokaprācīnāḥ sarvve tatra pariṣadi saṁsthitāḥ|
19 Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
anantaraṁ sa tān natvā svīyapracāraṇena bhinnadeśīyān pratīśvaro yāni karmmāṇi sādhitavān tadīyāṁ kathām anukramāt kathitavān|
20 When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
iti śrutvā te prabhuṁ dhanyaṁ procya vākyamidam abhāṣanta, he bhrāta ryihūdīyānāṁ madhye bahusahasrāṇi lokā viśvāsina āsate kintu te sarvve vyavasthāmatācāriṇa etat pratyakṣaṁ paśyasi|
21 But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.
śiśūnāṁ tvakchedanādyācaraṇaṁ pratiṣidhya tvaṁ bhinnadeśanivāsino yihūdīyalokān mūsāvākyam aśraddhātum upadiśasīti taiḥ śrutamasti|
22 What then should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.
tvamatrāgatosīti vārttāṁ samākarṇya jananivaho militvāvaśyamevāgamiṣyati; ataeva kiṁ karaṇīyam? atra vayaṁ mantrayitvā samupāyaṁ tvāṁ vadāmastaṁ tvamācara|
23 Therefore do what we advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a vow.
vrataṁ karttuṁ kṛtasaṅkalpā ye'smāṁka catvāro mānavāḥ santi
24 Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.
tān gṛhītvā taiḥ sahitaḥ svaṁ śuciṁ kuru tathā teṣāṁ śiromuṇḍane yo vyayo bhavati taṁ tvaṁ dehi| tathā kṛte tvadīyācāre yā janaśruti rjāyate sālīkā kintu tvaṁ vidhiṁ pālayan vyavasthānusāreṇevācarasīti te bhotsante|
25 As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
bhinnadeśīyānāṁ viśvāsilokānāṁ nikaṭe vayaṁ patraṁ likhitvetthaṁ sthirīkṛtavantaḥ, devaprasādabhojanaṁ raktaṁ galapīḍanamāritaprāṇibhojanaṁ vyabhicāraścaitebhyaḥ svarakṣaṇavyatirekeṇa teṣāmanyavidhipālanaṁ karaṇīyaṁ na|
26 So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.
tataḥ paulastān mānuṣānādāya parasmin divase taiḥ saha śuci rbhūtvā mandiraṁ gatvā śaucakarmmaṇo dineṣu sampūrṇeṣu teṣām ekaikārthaṁ naivedyādyutsargo bhaviṣyatīti jñāpitavān|
27 When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
teṣu saptasu dineṣu samāptakalpeṣu āśiyādeśanivāsino yihūdīyāstaṁ madhyemandiraṁ vilokya jananivahasya manaḥsu kupravṛttiṁ janayitvā taṁ dhṛtvā
28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
proccaiḥ prāvocan, he isrāyellokāḥ sarvve sāhāyyaṁ kuruta| yo manuja eteṣāṁ lokānāṁ mūsāvyavasthāyā etasya sthānasyāpi viparītaṁ sarvvatra sarvvān śikṣayati sa eṣaḥ; viśeṣataḥ sa bhinnadeśīyalokān mandiram ānīya pavitrasthānametad apavitramakarot|
29 For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
pūrvvaṁ te madhyenagaram iphiṣanagarīyaṁ traphimaṁ paulena sahitaṁ dṛṣṭavanta etasmāt paulastaṁ mandiramadhyam ānayad ityanvamimata|
30 The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
ataeva sarvvasmin nagare kalahotpannatvāt dhāvanto lokā āgatya paulaṁ dhṛtvā mandirasya bahirākṛṣyānayan tatkṣaṇād dvārāṇi sarvvāṇi ca ruddhāni|
31 While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
teṣu taṁ hantumudyateṣu yirūśālamnagare mahānupadravo jāta iti vārttāyāṁ sahasrasenāpateḥ karṇagocarībhūtāyāṁ satyāṁ sa tatkṣaṇāt sainyāni senāpatigaṇañca gṛhītvā javenāgatavān|
32 Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
tato lokāḥ senāgaṇena saha sahasrasenāpatim āgacchantaṁ dṛṣṭvā paulatāḍanāto nyavarttanta|
33 The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
sa sahasrasenāpatiḥ sannidhāvāgamya paulaṁ dhṛtvā śṛṅkhaladvayena baddham ādiśya tān pṛṣṭavān eṣa kaḥ? kiṁ karmma cāyaṁ kṛtavān?
34 Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.
tato janasamūhasya kaścid ekaprakāraṁ kaścid anyaprakāraṁ vākyam araut sa tatra satyaṁ jñātum kalahakāraṇād aśaktaḥ san taṁ durgaṁ netum ājñāpayat|
35 When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.
teṣu sopānasyopari prāpteṣu lokānāṁ sāhasakāraṇāt senāgaṇaḥ paulamuttolya nītavān|
36 For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”
tataḥ sarvve lokāḥ paścādgāminaḥ santa enaṁ durīkuruteti vākyam uccairavadan|
37 As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
paulasya durgānayanasamaye sa tasmai sahasrasenāpataye kathitavān, bhavataḥ purastāt kathāṁ kathayituṁ kim anumanyate? sa tamapṛcchat tvaṁ kiṁ yūnānīyāṁ bhāṣāṁ jānāsi?
38 “Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the ‘Assassins’ into the wilderness?”
yo misarīyo janaḥ pūrvvaṁ virodhaṁ kṛtvā catvāri sahasrāṇi ghātakān saṅginaḥ kṛtvā vipinaṁ gatavān tvaṁ kiṁ saeva na bhavasi?
39 But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”
tadā paulo'kathayat ahaṁ kilikiyādeśasya tārṣanagarīyo yihūdīyo, nāhaṁ sāmānyanagarīyo mānavaḥ; ataeva vinaye'haṁ lākānāṁ samakṣaṁ kathāṁ kathayituṁ māmanujānīṣva|
40 Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:
tenānujñātaḥ paulaḥ sopānopari tiṣṭhan hasteneṅgitaṁ kṛtavān, tasmāt sarvve susthirā abhavan| tadā paula ibrīyabhāṣayā kathayitum ārabhata,
