Acts 19
1 And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples,
karinthanagara āpallasaḥ sthitikāle paula uttarapradeśairāgacchan iphiṣanagaram upasthitavān| tatra katipayaśiṣyān sākṣat prāpya tān apṛcchat,
2 he said to them, Did ye receive [the] Holy Spirit when ye had believed? And they [said] to him, We did not even hear if [the] Holy Spirit was [come].
yūyaṁ viśvasya pavitramātmānaṁ prāptā na vā? tataste pratyavadan pavitra ātmā dīyate ityasmābhiḥ śrutamapi nahi|
3 And he said, To what then were ye baptised? And they said, To the baptism of John.
tadā sā'vadat tarhi yūyaṁ kena majjitā abhavata? te'kathayan yohano majjanena|
4 And Paul said, John indeed baptised [with] the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.
tadā paula uktavān itaḥ paraṁ ya upasthāsyati tasmin arthata yīśukhrīṣṭe viśvasitavyamityuktvā yohan manaḥparivarttanasūcakena majjanena jale lokān amajjayat|
5 And when they heard that, they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.
tādṛśīṁ kathāṁ śrutvā te prabho ryīśukhrīṣṭasya nāmnā majjitā abhavan|
6 And Paul having laid [his] hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
tataḥ paulena teṣāṁ gātreṣu kare'rpite teṣāmupari pavitra ātmāvarūḍhavān, tasmāt te nānādeśīyā bhāṣā bhaviṣyatkathāśca kathitavantaḥ|
7 And all the men were about twelve.
te prāyeṇa dvādaśajanā āsan|
8 And entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly during three months, reasoning and persuading [the things] concerning the kingdom of God.
paulo bhajanabhavanaṁ gatvā prāyeṇa māsatrayam īśvarasya rājyasya vicāraṁ kṛtvā lokān pravartya sāhasena kathāmakathayat|
9 But when some were hardened and disbelieved, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he left them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
kintu kaṭhināntaḥkaraṇatvāt kiyanto janā na viśvasya sarvveṣāṁ samakṣam etatpathasya nindāṁ karttuṁ pravṛttāḥ, ataḥ paulasteṣāṁ samīpāt prasthāya śiṣyagaṇaṁ pṛthakkṛtvā pratyahaṁ turānnanāmnaḥ kasyacit janasya pāṭhaśālāyāṁ vicāraṁ kṛtavān|
10 And this took place for two years, so that all that inhabited Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
itthaṁ vatsaradvayaṁ gataṁ tasmād āśiyādeśanivāsinaḥ sarvve yihūdīyā anyadeśīyalokāśca prabho ryīśoḥ kathām aśrauṣan|
11 And God wrought no ordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
paulena ca īśvara etādṛśānyadbhutāni karmmāṇi kṛtavān
12 so that even napkins or aprons were brought from his body [and put] upon the sick, and the diseases left them, and the wicked spirits went out.
yat paridheye gātramārjanavastre vā tasya dehāt pīḍitalokānām samīpam ānīte te nirāmayā jātā apavitrā bhūtāśca tebhyo bahirgatavantaḥ|
13 And certain of the Jewish exorcists also, who went about, took in hand to call upon those who had wicked spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.
tadā deśāṭanakāriṇaḥ kiyanto yihūdīyā bhūtāpasāriṇo bhūtagrastanokānāṁ sannidhau prabhe ryīśo rnāma japtvā vākyamidam avadan, yasya kathāṁ paulaḥ pracārayati tasya yīśo rnāmnā yuṣmān ājñāpayāmaḥ|
14 And there were certain [men], seven sons of Sceva, Jewish high priest, who were doing this.
skivanāmno yihūdīyānāṁ pradhānayājakasya saptabhiḥ puttaistathā kṛte sati
15 But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but ye, who are ye?
kaścid apavitro bhūtaḥ pratyuditavān, yīśuṁ jānāmi paulañca paricinomi kintu ke yūyaṁ?
16 And the man in whom the wicked spirit was leaped upon them, and having mastered both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
ityuktvā sopavitrabhūtagrasto manuṣyo lamphaṁ kṛtvā teṣāmupari patitvā balena tān jitavān, tasmātte nagnāḥ kṣatāṅgāśca santastasmād gehāt palāyanta|
17 And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who inhabited Ephesus, and fear fell upon all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
sā vāg iphiṣanagaranivāsinasaṁ sarvveṣāṁ yihūdīyānāṁ bhinnadeśīyānāṁ lokānāñca śravogocarībhūtā; tataḥ sarvve bhayaṁ gatāḥ prabho ryīśo rnāmno yaśo 'varddhata|
18 And many of those that believed came confessing and declaring their deeds.
yeṣāmanekeṣāṁ lokānāṁ pratītirajāyata ta āgatya svaiḥ kṛtāḥ kriyāḥ prakāśarūpeṇāṅgīkṛtavantaḥ|
19 And many of those that practised curious arts brought their books [of charms] and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
bahavo māyākarmmakāriṇaḥ svasvagranthān ānīya rāśīkṛtya sarvveṣāṁ samakṣam adāhayan, tato gaṇanāṁ kṛtvābudhyanta pañcāyutarūpyamudrāmūlyapustakāni dagdhāni|
20 Thus with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed.
itthaṁ prabhoḥ kathā sarvvadeśaṁ vyāpya prabalā jātā|
21 And when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in his spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, After I have been there I must see Rome also.
sarvveṣveteṣu karmmasu sampanneṣu satsu paulo mākidaniyākhāyādeśābhyāṁ yirūśālamaṁ gantuṁ matiṁ kṛtvā kathitavān tatsthānaṁ yātrāyāṁ kṛtāyāṁ satyāṁ mayā romānagaraṁ draṣṭavyaṁ|
22 And having sent into Macedonia two of those ministering to him, Timotheus and Erastus, he remained himself awhile in Asia.
svānugatalokānāṁ tīmathiyerāstau dvau janau mākidaniyādeśaṁ prati prahitya svayam āśiyādeśe katipayadināni sthitavān|
23 And there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.
kintu tasmin samaye mate'smin kalaho jātaḥ|
24 For a certain [man] by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver temples of Artemis, brought no small gain to the artisans;
tatkāraṇamidaṁ, arttimīdevyā rūpyamandiranirmmāṇena sarvveṣāṁ śilpināṁ yatheṣṭalābham ajanayat yo dīmītriyanāmā nāḍīndhamaḥ
25 whom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,
sa tān tatkarmmajīvinaḥ sarvvalokāṁśca samāhūya bhāṣitavān he mahecchā etena mandiranirmmāṇenāsmākaṁ jīvikā bhavati, etad yūyaṁ vittha;
26 and ye see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great crowd, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying that they are no gods which are made with hands.
kintu hastanirmmiteśvarā īśvarā nahi paulanāmnā kenacijjanena kathāmimāṁ vyāhṛtya kevalephiṣanagare nahi prāyeṇa sarvvasmin āśiyādeśe pravṛttiṁ grāhayitvā bahulokānāṁ śemuṣī parāvarttitā, etad yuṣmābhi rdṛśyate śrūyate ca|
27 Now not only there is danger for us that our business come into discredit, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that her greatness should be destroyed whom the whole of Asia and the world reveres.
tenāsmākaṁ vāṇijyasya sarvvathā hāneḥ sambhavanaṁ kevalamiti nahi, āśiyādeśasthai rvā sarvvajagatsthai rlokaiḥ pūjyā yārtimī mahādevī tasyā mandirasyāvajñānasya tasyā aiśvaryyasya nāśasya ca sambhāvanā vidyate|
28 And having heard [this], and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.
etādṛśīṁ kathāṁ śrutvā te mahākrodhānvitāḥ santa uccaiḥkāraṁ kathitavanta iphiṣīyānām arttimī devī mahatī bhavati|
29 And the [whole] city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, having seized and carried off with [them] Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.
tataḥ sarvvanagaraṁ kalahena paripūrṇamabhavat, tataḥ paraṁ te mākidanīyagāyāristārkhanāmānau paulasya dvau sahacarau dhṛtvaikacittā raṅgabhūmiṁ javena dhāvitavantaḥ|
30 But Paul intending to go in to the people, the disciples suffered him not;
tataḥ paulo lokānāṁ sannidhiṁ yātum udyatavān kintu śiṣyagaṇastaṁ vāritavān|
31 and some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.
paulasyatmīyā āśiyādeśasthāḥ katipayāḥ pradhānalokāstasya samīpaṁ naramekaṁ preṣya tvaṁ raṅgabhūmiṁ māgā iti nyavedayan|
32 Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.
tato nānālokānāṁ nānākathākathanāt sabhā vyākulā jātā kiṁ kāraṇād etāvatī janatābhavat etad adhikai rlokai rnājñāyi|
33 But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.
tataḥ paraṁ janatāmadhyād yihūdīyairbahiṣkṛtaḥ sikandaro hastena saṅketaṁ kṛtvā lokebhya uttaraṁ dātumudyatavān,
34 But, recognising that he was a Jew, there was one cry from all, shouting for about two hours, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.
kintu sa yihūdīyaloka iti niścite sati iphiṣīyānām arttimī devī mahatīti vākyaṁ prāyeṇa pañca daṇḍān yāvad ekasvareṇa lokanivahaiḥ proktaṁ|
35 And the townclerk, having quieted the crowd, said, Ephesians, what man is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis the great, and of the [image] which fell down from heaven?
tato nagarādhipatistān sthirān kṛtvā kathitavān he iphiṣāyāḥ sarvve lokā ākarṇayata, artimīmahādevyā mahādevāt patitāyāstatpratimāyāśca pūjanama iphiṣanagarasthāḥ sarvve lokāḥ kurvvanti, etat ke na jānanti?
36 These things therefore being undeniable, it is necessary that ye should be calm and do nothing headlong.
tasmād etatpratikūlaṁ kepi kathayituṁ na śaknuvanti, iti jñātvā yuṣmābhiḥ susthiratvena sthātavyam avivicya kimapi karmma na karttavyañca|
37 For ye have brought these men, [who are] neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.
yān etān manuṣyān yūyamatra samānayata te mandiradravyāpahārakā yuṣmākaṁ devyā nindakāśca na bhavanti|
38 If therefore Demetrius and the artisans who [are] with him have a matter against any one, the courts are being held, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.
yadi kañcana prati dīmītriyasya tasya sahāyānāñca kācid āpatti rvidyate tarhi pratinidhilokā vicārasthānañca santi, te tat sthānaṁ gatvā uttarapratyuttare kurvvantu|
39 But if ye inquire anything concerning other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
kintu yuṣmākaṁ kācidaparā kathā yadi tiṣṭhati tarhi niyamitāyāṁ sabhāyāṁ tasyā niṣpatti rbhaviṣyati|
40 For also we are in danger to be put in accusation for sedition for this [affair] of to-day, no cause existing in reference to which we shall be able to give a reason for this concourse.
kintvetasya virodhasyottaraṁ yena dātuṁ śaknum etādṛśasya kasyacit kāraṇasyābhāvād adyatanaghaṭanāheto rājadrohiṇāmivāsmākam abhiyogo bhaviṣyatīti śaṅkā vidyate|
41 And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.
iti kathayitvā sa sabhāsthalokān visṛṣṭavān|
