Acts 15
1 Then some men came down from Judea and started teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
yihūdādeśāt kiyanto janā āgatya bhrātṛgaṇamitthaṁ śikṣitavanto mūsāvyavasthayā yadi yuṣmākaṁ tvakchedo na bhavati tarhi yūyaṁ paritrāṇaṁ prāptuṁ na śakṣyatha|
2 Well this provoked serious dissension and argument between Paul and Barnabas and them, so Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with certain others of them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.
paulabarṇabbau taiḥ saha bahūn vicārān vivādāṁśca kṛtavantau, tato maṇḍalīyanokā etasyāḥ kathāyāstattvaṁ jñātuṁ yirūśālamnagarasthān preritān prācīnāṁśca prati paulabarṇabbāprabhṛtīn katipayajanān preṣayituṁ niścayaṁ kṛtavantaḥ|
3 So being sent on their way by the congregation, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brothers.
te maṇḍalyā preritāḥ santaḥ phaiṇīkīśomirondeśābhyāṁ gatvā bhinnadeśīyānāṁ manaḥparivarttanasya vārttayā bhrātṛṇāṁ paramāhlādam ajanayan|
4 Upon arriving in Jerusalem, they were received by the congregation and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.
yirūśālamyupasthāya preritagaṇena lokaprācīnagaṇena samājena ca samupagṛhītāḥ santaḥ svairīśvaro yāni karmmāṇi kṛtavān teṣāṁ sarvvavṛttāntān teṣāṁ samakṣam akathayan|
5 But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the Law of Moses.”
kintu viśvāsinaḥ kiyantaḥ phirūśimatagrāhiṇo lokā utthāya kathāmetāṁ kathitavanto bhinnadeśīyānāṁ tvakchedaṁ karttuṁ mūsāvyavasthāṁ pālayituñca samādeṣṭavyam|
6 So the apostles and the elders came together to consider this matter.
tataḥ preritā lokaprācīnāśca tasya vivecanāṁ karttuṁ sabhāyāṁ sthitavantaḥ|
7 When there had been plenty of discussion, Peter got up and said to them: “Men, brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the message of the Gospel and believe.
bahuvicāreṣu jātaṣu pitara utthāya kathitavān, he bhrātaro yathā bhinnadeśīyalokā mama mukhāt susaṁvādaṁ śrutvā viśvasanti tadarthaṁ bahudināt pūrvvam īśvarosmākaṁ madhye māṁ vṛtvā niyuktavān|
8 And the heart-knowing God acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us;
antaryyāmīśvaro yathāsmabhyaṁ tathā bhinnadeśīyebhyaḥ pavitramātmānaṁ pradāya viśvāsena teṣām antaḥkaraṇāni pavitrāṇi kṛtvā
9 and He made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
teṣām asmākañca madhye kimapi viśeṣaṁ na sthāpayitvā tānadhi svayaṁ pramāṇaṁ dattavān iti yūyaṁ jānītha|
10 Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
ataevāsmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣā vayañca svayaṁ yadyugasya bhāraṁ soḍhuṁ na śaktāḥ samprati taṁ śiṣyagaṇasya skandheṣu nyasituṁ kuta īśvarasya parīkṣāṁ kariṣyatha?
11 Rather, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same manner as they.”
prabho ryīśukhrīṣṭasyānugraheṇa te yathā vayamapi tathā paritrāṇaṁ prāptum āśāṁ kurmmaḥ|
12 Then the whole assembly kept silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the ethnic nations through them.
anantaraṁ barṇabbāpaulābhyām īśvaro bhinnadeśīyānāṁ madhye yadyad āścaryyam adbhutañca karmma kṛtavān tadvṛttāntaṁ tau svamukhābhyām avarṇayatāṁ sabhāsthāḥ sarvve nīravāḥ santaḥ śrutavantaḥ|
13 Now when they finished, James reacted saying: “Men, brothers, listen to me.
tayoḥ kathāyāṁ samāptāyāṁ satyāṁ yākūb kathayitum ārabdhavān
14 Simeon has described how God first intervened to extract from the Gentiles a people for His name.
he bhrātaro mama kathāyām mano nidhatta| īśvaraḥ svanāmārthaṁ bhinnadeśīyalokānām madhyād ekaṁ lokasaṁghaṁ grahītuṁ matiṁ kṛtvā yena prakāreṇa prathamaṁ tān prati kṛpāvalekanaṁ kṛtavān taṁ śimon varṇitavān|
15 And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written:
bhaviṣyadvādibhiruktāni yāni vākyāni taiḥ sārddham etasyaikyaṁ bhavati yathā likhitamāste|
16 ‘After these things I will return, and I will rebuild David's tent, the fallen one; yes, I will rebuild its ruins and restore it;
sarvveṣāṁ karmmaṇāṁ yastu sādhakaḥ parameśvaraḥ| sa evedaṁ vadedvākyaṁ śeṣāḥ sakalamānavāḥ| bhinnadeśīyalokāśca yāvanto mama nāmataḥ| bhavanti hi suvikhyātāste yathā parameśituḥ|
17 so that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles—the ones, that is, upon whom my name has been called—says the Lord who does all these things.’
tatvaṁ samyak samīhante tannimittamahaṁ kila| parāvṛtya samāgatya dāyūdaḥ patitaṁ punaḥ| dūṣyamutthāpayiṣyāmi tadīyaṁ sarvvavastu ca| patitaṁ punaruthāpya sajjayiṣyāmi sarvvathā||
ā prathamād īśvaraḥ svīyāni sarvvakarmmāṇi jānāti| (aiōn g165)
19 Therefore I judge that we should not create difficulty for those who are turning to God from among the ethnic nations,
ataeva mama nivedanamidaṁ bhinnadeśīyalokānāṁ madhye ye janā īśvaraṁ prati parāvarttanta teṣāmupari anyaṁ kamapi bhāraṁ na nyasya
20 but that we write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from fornication, from what is strangled, and from blood.
devatāprasādāśucibhakṣyaṁ vyabhicārakarmma kaṇṭhasampīḍanamāritaprāṇibhakṣyaṁ raktabhakṣyañca etāni parityaktuṁ likhāmaḥ|
21 For from ancient generations Moses has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”
yataḥ pūrvvakālato mūsāvyavasthāpracāriṇo lokā nagare nagare santi prativiśrāmavārañca bhajanabhavane tasyāḥ pāṭho bhavati|
22 Then it pleased the apostles and the elders, with the whole congregation, to send chosen men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas (the one called Barsabas) and Silas, leading men among the brothers.
tataḥ paraṁ preritagaṇo lokaprācīnagaṇaḥ sarvvā maṇḍalī ca sveṣāṁ madhye barśabbā nāmnā vikhyāto manonītau kṛtvā paulabarṇabbābhyāṁ sārddham āntiyakhiyānagaraṁ prati preṣaṇam ucitaṁ buddhvā tābhyāṁ patraṁ praiṣayan|
23 They wrote by their hand the following: “The apostles and the elders and the brothers, to the Gentile brothers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings.
tasmin patre likhitamiṁda, āntiyakhiyā-suriyā-kilikiyādeśasthabhinnadeśīyabhrātṛgaṇāya preritagaṇasya lokaprācīnagaṇasya bhrātṛgaṇasya ca namaskāraḥ|
24 Since we have heard that some who went out from among us have disturbed you with words, unsettling your souls, saying that you must be circumcised and keep the Law—to whom we gave no such authorization—
viśeṣato'smākam ājñām aprāpyāpi kiyanto janā asmākaṁ madhyād gatvā tvakchedo mūsāvyavasthā ca pālayitavyāviti yuṣmān śikṣayitvā yuṣmākaṁ manasāmasthairyyaṁ kṛtvā yuṣmān sasandehān akurvvan etāṁ kathāṁ vayam aśṛnma|
25 it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
tatkāraṇād vayam ekamantraṇāḥ santaḥ sabhāyāṁ sthitvā prabho ryīśukhrīṣṭasya nāmanimittaṁ mṛtyumukhagatābhyāmasmākaṁ
26 men who have risked their lives for the sake of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
priyabarṇabbāpaulābhyāṁ sārddhaṁ manonītalokānāṁ keṣāñcid yuṣmākaṁ sannidhau preṣaṇam ucitaṁ buddhavantaḥ|
27 So we have sent Judas and Silas, who will also confirm these things by word of mouth.
ato yihūdāsīlau yuṣmān prati preṣitavantaḥ, etayo rmukhābhyāṁ sarvvāṁ kathāṁ jñāsyatha|
28 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to place no greater burden upon you than these necessary things:
devatāprasādabhakṣyaṁ raktabhakṣyaṁ galapīḍanamāritaprāṇibhakṣyaṁ vyabhicārakarmma cemāni sarvvāṇi yuṣmābhistyājyāni; etatprayojanīyājñāvyatirekena yuṣmākam upari bhāramanyaṁ na nyasituṁ pavitrasyātmano'smākañca ucitajñānam abhavat|
29 to abstain from things offered to idols, from ‘blood’, from anything strangled and from fornication; it will be in your own best interest to keep away from these things. Farewell.”
ataeva tebhyaḥ sarvvebhyaḥ sveṣu rakṣiteṣu yūyaṁ bhadraṁ karmma kariṣyatha| yuṣmākaṁ maṅgalaṁ bhūyāt|
30 So when they were sent off they came to Antioch, and gathering the crowd they delivered the letter.
te visṛṣṭāḥ santa āntiyakhiyānagara upasthāya lokanivahaṁ saṁgṛhya patram adadan|
31 When they had read it, they rejoiced over the encouragement.
tataste tatpatraṁ paṭhitvā sāntvanāṁ prāpya sānandā abhavan|
32 Both Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words.
yihūdāsīlau ca svayaṁ pracārakau bhūtvā bhrātṛgaṇaṁ nānopadiśya tān susthirān akurutām|
33 After some time, they were released with peace from the brothers to the apostles.
itthaṁ tau tatra taiḥ sākaṁ katipayadināni yāpayitvā paścāt preritānāṁ samīpe pratyāgamanārthaṁ teṣāṁ sannidheḥ kalyāṇena visṛṣṭāvabhavatāṁ|
kintu sīlastatra sthātuṁ vāñchitavān|
35 But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the Word of the Lord, with many others also.
aparaṁ paulabarṇabbau bahavaḥ śiṣyāśca lokān upadiśya prabhoḥ susaṁvādaṁ pracārayanta āntiyakhiyāyāṁ kālaṁ yāpitavantaḥ|
36 Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return now and visit our brothers in each city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
katipayadineṣu gateṣu paulo barṇabbām avadat āgacchāvāṁ yeṣu nagareṣvīśvarasya susaṁvādaṁ pracāritavantau tāni sarvvanagarāṇi punargatvā bhrātaraḥ kīdṛśāḥ santīti draṣṭuṁ tān sākṣāt kurvvaḥ|
37 Now Barnabas resolved to take John (the one called Mark) along as well.
tena mārkanāmnā vikhyātaṁ yohanaṁ saṅginaṁ karttuṁ barṇabbā matimakarot,
38 But Paul insisted on not taking someone who had deserted them in Pamphilia and not gone with them to the work.
kintu sa pūrvvaṁ tābhyāṁ saha kāryyārthaṁ na gatvā pāmphūliyādeśe tau tyaktavān tatkāraṇāt paulastaṁ saṅginaṁ karttum anucitaṁ jñātavān|
39 Well the contention became so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus;
itthaṁ tayoratiśayavirodhasyopasthitatvāt tau parasparaṁ pṛthagabhavatāṁ tato barṇabbā mārkaṁ gṛhītvā potena kupropadvīpaṁ gatavān;
40 while Paul chose Silas and set out, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of God.
kintu paulaḥ sīlaṁ manonītaṁ kṛtvā bhrātṛbhirīśvarānugrahe samarpitaḥ san prasthāya
41 He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the congregations.
suriyākilikiyādeśābhyāṁ maṇḍalīḥ sthirīkurvvan agacchat|
