Acts 28
1 Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
itthaṁ sarvveṣu rakṣāṁ prāpteṣu tatratyopadvīpasya nāma milīteti te jñātavantaḥ|
2 The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
asabhyalokā yatheṣṭam anukampāṁ kṛtvā varttamānavṛṣṭeḥ śītācca vahniṁ prajjvālyāsmākam ātithyam akurvvan|
3 Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.
kintu paula indhanāni saṁgṛhya yadā tasmin agrau nirakṣipat, tadā vahneḥ pratāpāt ekaḥ kṛṣṇasarpo nirgatya tasya haste draṣṭavān|
4 When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
te'sabhyalokāstasya haste sarpam avalambamānaṁ dṛṣṭvā parasparam uktavanta eṣa jano'vaśyaṁ narahā bhaviṣyati, yato yadyapi jaladhe rakṣāṁ prāptavān tathāpi pratiphaladāyaka enaṁ jīvituṁ na dadāti|
5 But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
kintu sa hastaṁ vidhunvan taṁ sarpam agnimadhye nikṣipya kāmapi pīḍāṁ nāptavān|
6 The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
tato viṣajvālayā etasya śarīraṁ sphītaṁ bhaviṣyati yadvā haṭhādayaṁ prāṇān tyakṣyatīti niścitya lokā bahukṣaṇāni yāvat tad draṣṭuṁ sthitavantaḥ kintu tasya kasyāścid vipado'ghaṭanāt te tadviparītaṁ vijñāya bhāṣitavanta eṣa kaścid devo bhavet|
7 Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
publiyanāmā jana ekastasyopadvīpasyādhipatirāsīt tatra tasya bhūmyādi ca sthitaṁ| sa jano'smān nijagṛhaṁ nītvā saujanyaṁ prakāśya dinatrayaṁ yāvad asmākaṁ ātithyam akarot|
8 The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.
tadā tasya publiyasya pitā jvarātisāreṇa pīḍyamānaḥ san śayyāyām āsīt; tataḥ paulastasya samīpaṁ gatvā prārthanāṁ kṛtvā tasya gātre hastaṁ samarpya taṁ svasthaṁ kṛtavān|
9 After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.
itthaṁ bhūte tadvīpanivāsina itarepi rogilokā āgatya nirāmayā abhavan|
10 The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied our needs when we were ready to sail.
tasmātte'smākam atīva satkāraṁ kṛtavantaḥ, viśeṣataḥ prasthānasamaye prayojanīyāni nānadravyāṇi dattavantaḥ|
11 After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
itthaṁ tatra triṣu māseṣu gateṣu yasya cihnaṁ diyaskūrī tādṛśa ekaḥ sikandarīyanagarasya potaḥ śītakālaṁ yāpayan tasmin upadvīpe 'tiṣṭhat tameva potaṁ vayam āruhya yātrām akurmma|
12 Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
tataḥ prathamataḥ surākūsanagaram upasthāya tatra trīṇi dināni sthitavantaḥ|
13 From there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.
tasmād āvṛtya rīgiyanagaram upasthitāḥ dinaikasmāt paraṁ dakṣiṇavayau sānukūlye sati parasmin divase patiyalīnagaram upātiṣṭhāma|
14 There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
tato'smāsu tatratyaṁ bhrātṛgaṇaṁ prāpteṣu te svaiḥ sārddham asmān sapta dināni sthāpayitum ayatanta, itthaṁ vayaṁ romānagaram pratyagacchāma|
15 The brothers there had heard about us and traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and gave thanks to God.
tasmāt tatratyāḥ bhrātaro'smākam āgamanavārttāṁ śrutvā āppiyapharaṁ triṣṭāvarṇīñca yāvad agresarāḥ santosmān sākṣāt karttum āgaman; teṣāṁ darśanāt paula īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ vadan āśvāsam āptavān|
16 When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
asmāsu romānagaraṁ gateṣu śatasenāpatiḥ sarvvān bandīn pradhānasenāpateḥ samīpe samārpayat kintu paulāya svarakṣakapadātinā saha pṛthag vastum anumatiṁ dattavān|
17 After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
dinatrayāt paraṁ paulastaddeśasthān pradhānayihūdina āhūtavān tatasteṣu samupasthiteṣu sa kathitavān, he bhrātṛgaṇa nijalokānāṁ pūrvvapuruṣāṇāṁ vā rīte rviparītaṁ kiñcana karmmāhaṁ nākaravaṁ tathāpi yirūśālamanivāsino lokā māṁ bandiṁ kṛtvā romilokānāṁ hasteṣu samarpitavantaḥ|
18 They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
romilokā vicāryya mama prāṇahananārhaṁ kimapi kāraṇaṁ na prāpya māṁ mocayitum aicchan;
19 But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.
kintu yihūdilokānām āpattyā mayā kaisararājasya samīpe vicārasya prārthanā karttavyā jātā nocet nijadeśīyalokān prati mama kopyabhiyogo nāsti|
20 So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
etatkāraṇād ahaṁ yuṣmān draṣṭuṁ saṁlapituñcāhūyam isrāyelvaśīyānāṁ pratyāśāhetoham etena śuṅkhalena baddho'bhavam|
21 The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.
tadā te tam avādiṣuḥ, yihūdīyadeśād vayaṁ tvāmadhi kimapi patraṁ na prāptā ye bhrātaraḥ samāyātāsteṣāṁ kopi tava kāmapi vārttāṁ nāvadat abhadramapi nākathayacca|
22 But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
tava mataṁ kimiti vayaṁ tvattaḥ śrotumicchāmaḥ| yad idaṁ navīnaṁ matamutthitaṁ tat sarvvatra sarvveṣāṁ nikaṭe ninditaṁ jātama iti vayaṁ jānīmaḥ|
23 So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
taistadartham ekasmin dine nirūpite tasmin dine bahava ekatra militvā paulasya vāsagṛham āgacchan tasmāt paula ā prātaḥkālāt sandhyākālaṁ yāvan mūsāvyavasthāgranthād bhaviṣyadvādināṁ granthebhyaśca yīśoḥ kathām utthāpya īśvarasya rājye pramāṇaṁ datvā teṣāṁ pravṛttiṁ janayituṁ ceṣṭitavān|
24 Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.
kecittu tasya kathāṁ pratyāyan kecittu na pratyāyan;
25 They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
etatkāraṇāt teṣāṁ parasparam anaikyāt sarvve calitavantaḥ; tathāpi paula etāṁ kathāmekāṁ kathitavān pavitra ātmā yiśayiyasya bhaviṣyadvaktu rvadanād asmākaṁ pitṛpuruṣebhya etāṁ kathāṁ bhadraṁ kathayāmāsa, yathā,
26 ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
"upagatya janānetān tvaṁ bhāṣasva vacastvidaṁ| karṇaiḥ śroṣyatha yūyaṁ hi kintu yūyaṁ na bhotsyatha| netrai rdrakṣyatha yūyañca jñātuṁ yūyaṁ na śakṣyatha|
27 For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
te mānuṣā yathā netraiḥ paripaśyanti naiva hi| karṇaiḥ ryathā na śṛṇvanti budhyante na ca mānasaiḥ| vyāvarttayatsu cittāni kāle kutrāpi teṣu vai| mattaste manujāḥ svasthā yathā naiva bhavanti ca| tathā teṣāṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ santi sthūlā hi buddhayaḥ| badhirībhūtakarṇāśca jātāśca mudritā dṛśaḥ||
28 Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
ata īśvarād yat paritrāṇaṁ tasya vārttā bhinnadeśīyānāṁ samīpaṁ preṣitā taeva tāṁ grahīṣyantīti yūyaṁ jānīta|
etādṛśyāṁ kathāyāṁ kathitāyāṁ satyāṁ yihūdinaḥ parasparaṁ bahuvicāraṁ kurvvanto gatavantaḥ|
30 Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.
itthaṁ paulaḥ sampūrṇaṁ vatsaradvayaṁ yāvad bhāṭakīye vāsagṛhe vasan ye lokāstasya sannidhim āgacchanti tān sarvvāneva parigṛhlan,
31 Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
nirvighnam atiśayaniḥkṣobham īśvarīyarājatvasya kathāṁ pracārayan prabhau yīśau khrīṣṭe kathāḥ samupādiśat| iti||
