Acts 5
1 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
tadā anāniyanāmaka eko jano yasya bhāryyāyā nāma saphīrā sa svādhikāraṁ vikrīya
2 With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
svabhāryyāṁ jñāpayitvā tanmūlyasyaikāṁśaṁ saṅgopya sthāpayitvā tadanyāṁśamātramānīya preritānāṁ caraṇeṣu samarpitavān|
3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
tasmāt pitarokathayat he anāniya bhūme rmūlyaṁ kiñcit saṅgopya sthāpayituṁ pavitrasyātmanaḥ sannidhau mṛṣāvākyaṁ kathayituñca śaitān kutastavāntaḥkaraṇe pravṛttimajanayat?
4 Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”
sā bhūmi ryadā tava hastagatā tadā kiṁ tava svīyā nāsīt? tarhi svāntaḥkaraṇe kuta etādṛśī kukalpanā tvayā kṛtā? tvaṁ kevalamanuṣyasya nikaṭe mṛṣāvākyaṁ nāvādīḥ kintvīśvarasya nikaṭe'pi|
5 On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.
etāṁ kathāṁ śrutvaiva so'nāniyo bhūmau patan prāṇān atyajat, tadvṛttāntaṁ yāvanto lokā aśṛṇvan teṣāṁ sarvveṣāṁ mahābhayam ajāyat|
6 Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.
tadā yuvalokāstaṁ vastreṇācchādya bahi rnītvā śmaśāne'sthāpayan|
7 About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.
tataḥ praharaikānantaraṁ kiṁ vṛttaṁ tannāvagatya tasya bhāryyāpi tatra samupasthitā|
8 “Tell me,” said Peter, “is this the price you and your husband got for the land?” “Yes,” she answered, “that is the price.”
tataḥ pitarastām apṛcchat, yuvābhyām etāvanmudrābhyo bhūmi rvikrītā na vā? etatvaṁ vada; tadā sā pratyavādīt satyam etāvadbhyo mudrābhya eva|
9 “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”
tataḥ pitarokathayat yuvāṁ kathaṁ parameśvarasyātmānaṁ parīkṣitum ekamantraṇāvabhavatāṁ? paśya ye tava patiṁ śmaśāne sthāpitavantaste dvārasya samīpe samupatiṣṭhanti tvāmapi bahirneṣyanti|
10 At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
tataḥ sāpi tasya caraṇasannidhau patitvā prāṇān atyākṣīt| paścāt te yuvāno'bhyantaram āgatya tāmapi mṛtāṁ dṛṣṭvā bahi rnītvā tasyāḥ patyuḥ pārśve śmaśāne sthāpitavantaḥ|
11 And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.
tasmāt maṇḍalyāḥ sarvve lokā anyalokāśca tāṁ vārttāṁ śrutvā sādhvasaṁ gatāḥ|
12 The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
tataḥ paraṁ preritānāṁ hastai rlokānāṁ madhye bahvāścaryyāṇyadbhutāni karmmāṇyakriyanta; tadā śiṣyāḥ sarvva ekacittībhūya sulemāno 'linde sambhūyāsan|
13 Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.
teṣāṁ saṅghāntargo bhavituṁ kopi pragalbhatāṁ nāgamat kintu lokāstān samādriyanta|
14 Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.
striyaḥ puruṣāśca bahavo lokā viśvāsya prabhuṁ śaraṇamāpannāḥ|
15 As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
pitarasya gamanāgamanābhyāṁ kenāpi prakāreṇa tasya chāyā kasmiṁścijjane lagiṣyatītyāśayā lokā rogiṇaḥ śivikayā khaṭvayā cānīya pathi pathi sthāpitavantaḥ|
16 Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.
caturdiksthanagarebhyo bahavo lokāḥ sambhūya rogiṇo'pavitrabhutagrastāṁśca yirūśālamam ānayan tataḥ sarvve svasthā akriyanta|
17 Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
anantaraṁ mahāyājakaḥ sidūkināṁ matagrāhiṇasteṣāṁ sahacarāśca
18 and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
mahākrodhāntvitāḥ santaḥ preritān dhṛtvā nīcalokānāṁ kārāyāṁ baddhvā sthāpitavantaḥ|
19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
kintu rātrau parameśvarasya dūtaḥ kārāyā dvāraṁ mocayitvā tān bahirānīyākathayat,
20 “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
yūyaṁ gatvā mandire daṇḍāyamānāḥ santo lokān pratīmāṁ jīvanadāyikāṁ sarvvāṁ kathāṁ pracārayata|
21 At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.
iti śrutvā te pratyūṣe mandira upasthāya upadiṣṭavantaḥ| tadā sahacaragaṇena sahito mahāyājaka āgatya mantrigaṇam isrāyelvaṁśasya sarvvān rājasabhāsadaḥ sabhāsthān kṛtvā kārāyāstān āpayituṁ padātigaṇaṁ preritavān|
22 But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:
tataste gatvā kārāyāṁ tān aprāpya pratyāgatya iti vārttām avādiṣuḥ,
23 “We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
vayaṁ tatra gatvā nirvvighnaṁ kārāyā dvāraṁ ruddhaṁ rakṣakāṁśca dvārasya bahirdaṇḍāyamānān adarśāma eva kintu dvāraṁ mocayitvā tanmadhye kamapi draṣṭuṁ na prāptāḥ|
24 When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
etāṁ kathāṁ śrutvā mahāyājako mandirasya senāpatiḥ pradhānayājakāśca, ita paraṁ kimaparaṁ bhaviṣyatīti cintayitvā sandigdhacittā abhavan|
25 Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”
etasminneva samaye kaścit jana āgatya vārttāmetām avadat paśyata yūyaṁ yān mānavān kārāyām asthāpayata te mandire tiṣṭhanto lokān upadiśanti|
26 At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
tadā mandirasya senāpatiḥ padātayaśca tatra gatvā cellokāḥ pāṣāṇān nikṣipyāsmān mārayantīti bhiyā vinatyācāraṁ tān ānayan|
27 They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.
te mahāsabhāyā madhye tān asthāpayan tataḥ paraṁ mahāyājakastān apṛcchat,
28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
anena nāmnā samupadeṣṭuṁ vayaṁ kiṁ dṛḍhaṁ na nyaṣedhāma? tathāpi paśyata yūyaṁ sveṣāṁ tenopadeśene yirūśālamaṁ paripūrṇaṁ kṛtvā tasya janasya raktapātajanitāparādham asmān pratyānetuṁ ceṣṭadhve|
29 But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
tataḥ pitaronyapreritāśca pratyavadan mānuṣasyājñāgrahaṇād īśvarasyājñāgrahaṇam asmākamucitam|
30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
yaṁ yīśuṁ yūyaṁ kruśe vedhitvāhata tam asmākaṁ paitṛka īśvara utthāpya
31 God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
isrāyelvaṁśānāṁ manaḥparivarttanaṁ pāpakṣamāñca karttuṁ rājānaṁ paritrātārañca kṛtvā svadakṣiṇapārśve tasyānnatim akarot|
32 We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”
etasmin vayamapi sākṣiṇa āsmahe, tat kevalaṁ nahi, īśvara ājñāgrāhibhyo yaṁ pavitram ātmanaṁ dattavān sopi sākṣyasti|
33 When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
etadvākye śrute teṣāṁ hṛdayāni viddhānyabhavan tataste tān hantuṁ mantritavantaḥ|
34 But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.
etasminneva samaye tatsabhāsthānāṁ sarvvalokānāṁ madhye sukhyāto gamilīyelnāmaka eko jano vyavasthāpakaḥ phirūśiloka utthāya preritān kṣaṇārthaṁ sthānāntaraṁ gantum ādiśya kathitavān,
35 “Men of Israel,” he said, “consider carefully what you are about to do to these men.
he isrāyelvaṁśīyāḥ sarvve yūyam etān mānuṣān prati yat karttum udyatāstasmin sāvadhānā bhavata|
36 Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
itaḥ pūrvvaṁ thūdānāmaiko jana upasthāya svaṁ kamapi mahāpuruṣam avadat, tataḥ prāyeṇa catuḥśatalokāstasya matagrāhiṇobhavan paścāt sa hatobhavat tasyājñāgrāhiṇo yāvanto lokāste sarvve virkīrṇāḥ santo 'kṛtakāryyā abhavan|
37 After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
tasmājjanāt paraṁ nāmalekhanasamaye gālīlīyayihūdānāmaiko jana upasthāya bahūllokān svamataṁ grāhītavān tataḥ sopi vyanaśyat tasyājñāgrāhiṇo yāvanto lokā āsan te sarvve vikīrṇā abhavan|
38 So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.
adhunā vadāmi, yūyam etān manuṣyān prati kimapi na kṛtvā kṣāntā bhavata, yata eṣa saṅkalpa etat karmma ca yadi manuṣyādabhavat tarhi viphalaṁ bhaviṣyati|
39 But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
yadīśvarādabhavat tarhi yūyaṁ tasyānyathā karttuṁ na śakṣyatha, varam īśvararodhakā bhaviṣyatha|
40 At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
tadā tasya mantraṇāṁ svīkṛtya te preritān āhūya prahṛtya yīśo rnāmnā kāmapi kathāṁ kathayituṁ niṣidhya vyasarjan|
41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
kintu tasya nāmārthaṁ vayaṁ lajjābhogasya yogyatvena gaṇitā ityatra te sānandāḥ santaḥ sabhāsthānāṁ sākṣād agacchan|
42 Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
tataḥ paraṁ pratidinaṁ mandire gṛhe gṛhe cāviśrāmam upadiśya yīśukhrīṣṭasya susaṁvādaṁ pracāritavantaḥ|
