Acts 19
1 Now it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, 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 you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” So they said to him, “But we have not so much as heard that there is a Holy Spirit!”
yūyaṁ viśvasya pavitramātmānaṁ prāptā na vā? tataste pratyavadan pavitra ātmā dīyate ityasmābhiḥ śrutamapi nahi|
3 So he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” So they said, “Into John's baptism.”
tadā sā'vadat tarhi yūyaṁ kena majjitā abhavata? te'kathayan yohano majjanena|
4 So Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe into the One who would come after him, that is, into Jesus, the Christ.”
tadā paula uktavān itaḥ paraṁ ya upasthāsyati tasmin arthata yīśukhrīṣṭe viśvasitavyamityuktvā yohan manaḥparivarttanasūcakena majjanena jale lokān amajjayat|
5 So upon hearing this they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
tādṛśīṁ kathāṁ śrutvā te prabho ryīśukhrīṣṭasya nāmnā majjitā abhavan|
6 And as Paul laid his hands on them the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they started speaking languages and prophesying.
tataḥ paulena teṣāṁ gātreṣu kare'rpite teṣāmupari pavitra ātmāvarūḍhavān, tasmāt te nānādeśīyā bhāṣā bhaviṣyatkathāśca kathitavantaḥ|
7 There were about twelve men in all.
te prāyeṇa dvādaśajanā āsan|
8 During three months Paul kept going to the synagogue and speaking boldly, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the Kingdom of God.
paulo bhajanabhavanaṁ gatvā prāyeṇa māsatrayam īśvarasya rājyasya vicāraṁ kṛtvā lokān pravartya sāhasena kathāmakathayat|
9 But when some became hardened and disobedient, maligning the Way before the crowd, he withdrew from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of a certain 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 Now this continued for two years, so that all who lived in Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the Word of the Lord Jesus.
itthaṁ vatsaradvayaṁ gataṁ tasmād āśiyādeśanivāsinaḥ sarvve yihūdīyā anyadeśīyalokāśca prabho ryīśoḥ kathām aśrauṣan|
11 Further, God kept working unusual miracles by the hands of Paul,
paulena ca īśvara etādṛśānyadbhutāni karmmāṇi kṛtavān
12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that he touched were applied to the sick, and the diseases left them and the wicked spirits went out from them.
yat paridheye gātramārjanavastre vā tasya dehāt pīḍitalokānām samīpam ānīte te nirāmayā jātā apavitrā bhūtāśca tebhyo bahirgatavantaḥ|
13 Well some among the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had wicked spirits saying, “We adjure you by the 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 In fact there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who were doing this.
skivanāmno yihūdīyānāṁ pradhānayājakasya saptabhiḥ puttaistathā kṛte sati
15 But a particular wicked spirit reacted and said, “Jesus I know, and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”
kaścid apavitro bhūtaḥ pratyuditavān, yīśuṁ jānāmi paulañca paricinomi kintu ke yūyaṁ?
16 And the man in whom the wicked spirit was jumped on them and overpowered them; he was so much stronger that they ran out of that house naked and wounded.
ityuktvā sopavitrabhūtagrasto manuṣyo lamphaṁ kṛtvā teṣāmupari patitvā balena tān jitavān, tasmātte nagnāḥ kṣatāṅgāśca santastasmād gehāt palāyanta|
17 Now this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being exalted.
sā vāg iphiṣanagaranivāsinasaṁ sarvveṣāṁ yihūdīyānāṁ bhinnadeśīyānāṁ lokānāñca śravogocarībhūtā; tataḥ sarvve bhayaṁ gatāḥ prabho ryīśo rnāmno yaśo 'varddhata|
18 And many of those who had believed started coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.
yeṣāmanekeṣāṁ lokānāṁ pratītirajāyata ta āgatya svaiḥ kṛtāḥ kriyāḥ prakāśarūpeṇāṅgīkṛtavantaḥ|
19 In fact, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them up, in front of everybody (they had calculated their value and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver).
bahavo māyākarmmakāriṇaḥ svasvagranthān ānīya rāśīkṛtya sarvveṣāṁ samakṣam adāhayan, tato gaṇanāṁ kṛtvābudhyanta pañcāyutarūpyamudrāmūlyapustakāni dagdhāni|
20 With power like that it was that the word of the Lord kept growing and prevailing.
itthaṁ prabhoḥ kathā sarvvadeśaṁ vyāpya prabalā jātā|
21 Now after these things were accomplished, Paul resolved in his spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
sarvveṣveteṣu karmmasu sampanneṣu satsu paulo mākidaniyākhāyādeśābhyāṁ yirūśālamaṁ gantuṁ matiṁ kṛtvā kathitavān tatsthānaṁ yātrāyāṁ kṛtāyāṁ satyāṁ mayā romānagaraṁ draṣṭavyaṁ|
22 So he sent two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, on to Macedonia, while he himself stayed on in Asia for a time.
svānugatalokānāṁ tīmathiyerāstau dvau janau mākidaniyādeśaṁ prati prahitya svayam āśiyādeśe katipayadināni sthitavān|
23 Now it was during that time that a serious disturbance concerning the Way occurred.
kintu tasmin samaye mate'smin kalaho jātaḥ|
24 A certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, habitually brought in plenty of business for the artisans;
tatkāraṇamidaṁ, arttimīdevyā rūpyamandiranirmmāṇena sarvveṣāṁ śilpināṁ yatheṣṭalābham ajanayat yo dīmītriyanāmā nāḍīndhamaḥ
25 he called them together, along with the workmen in related trades, and said: “Men, you know that our prosperity depends on this trade.
sa tān tatkarmmajīvinaḥ sarvvalokāṁśca samāhūya bhāṣitavān he mahecchā etena mandiranirmmāṇenāsmākaṁ jīvikā bhavati, etad yūyaṁ vittha;
26 And you observe and hear that not only in Ephesus but throughout almost all Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that handmade things are not gods.
kintu hastanirmmiteśvarā īśvarā nahi paulanāmnā kenacijjanena kathāmimāṁ vyāhṛtya kevalephiṣanagare nahi prāyeṇa sarvvasmin āśiyādeśe pravṛttiṁ grāhayitvā bahulokānāṁ śemuṣī parāvarttitā, etad yuṣmābhi rdṛśyate śrūyate ca|
27 So not only is this trade of ours in danger of falling into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be discredited, and even her own majesty be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worship.”
tenāsmākaṁ vāṇijyasya sarvvathā hāneḥ sambhavanaṁ kevalamiti nahi, āśiyādeśasthai rvā sarvvajagatsthai rlokaiḥ pūjyā yārtimī mahādevī tasyā mandirasyāvajñānasya tasyā aiśvaryyasya nāśasya ca sambhāvanā vidyate|
28 Now upon hearing this they were filled with anger and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
etādṛśīṁ kathāṁ śrutvā te mahākrodhānvitāḥ santa uccaiḥkāraṁ kathitavanta iphiṣīyānām arttimī devī mahatī bhavati|
29 So the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed into the theater with one accord (they had seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's traveling companions).
tataḥ sarvvanagaraṁ kalahena paripūrṇamabhavat, tataḥ paraṁ te mākidanīyagāyāristārkhanāmānau paulasya dvau sahacarau dhṛtvaikacittā raṅgabhūmiṁ javena dhāvitavantaḥ|
30 When Paul wanted to go in to the people, the disciples would not let him.
tataḥ paulo lokānāṁ sannidhiṁ yātum udyatavān kintu śiṣyagaṇastaṁ vāritavān|
31 Even some of the officials of Asia, being his friends, sent word to him and urged him not to venture into the theater.
paulasyatmīyā āśiyādeśasthāḥ katipayāḥ pradhānalokāstasya samīpaṁ naramekaṁ preṣya tvaṁ raṅgabhūmiṁ māgā iti nyavedayan|
32 The assembly was in confusion: some were shouting one thing and some another; most of them did not know why they had come together.
tato nānālokānāṁ nānākathākathanāt sabhā vyākulā jātā kiṁ kāraṇād etāvatī janatābhavat etad adhikai rlokai rnājñāyi|
33 Then the Jews pushed Alexander forward, out from the crowd. So Alexander motioned with his hand and would have made a defense to the people.
tataḥ paraṁ janatāmadhyād yihūdīyairbahiṣkṛtaḥ sikandaro hastena saṅketaṁ kṛtvā lokebhya uttaraṁ dātumudyatavān,
34 But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison 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 When the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said: “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple guardian of the great goddess Artemis and of what fell from Zeus?
tato nagarādhipatistān sthirān kṛtvā kathitavān he iphiṣāyāḥ sarvve lokā ākarṇayata, artimīmahādevyā mahādevāt patitāyāstatpratimāyāśca pūjanama iphiṣanagarasthāḥ sarvve lokāḥ kurvvanti, etat ke na jānanti?
36 Therefore, since these things are undeniable, you ought to be quiet and not do anything rash.
tasmād etatpratikūlaṁ kepi kathayituṁ na śaknuvanti, iti jñātvā yuṣmābhiḥ susthiratvena sthātavyam avivicya kimapi karmma na karttavyañca|
37 You have arrested these men who are neither temple thieves nor blasphemers of your goddess.
yān etān manuṣyān yūyamatra samānayata te mandiradravyāpahārakā yuṣmākaṁ devyā nindakāśca na bhavanti|
38 Now if Demetrius and his fellow artisans have a complaint against anyone, courts are available, and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another.
yadi kañcana prati dīmītriyasya tasya sahāyānāñca kācid āpatti rvidyate tarhi pratinidhilokā vicārasthānañca santi, te tat sthānaṁ gatvā uttarapratyuttare kurvvantu|
39 But if you want to debate any other matter, it will be settled in the legal assembly.
kintu yuṣmākaṁ kācidaparā kathā yadi tiṣṭhati tarhi niyamitāyāṁ sabhāyāṁ tasyā niṣpatti rbhaviṣyati|
40 Indeed, we are in danger of being charged with a riot, because of today, there being no reason at all that we can give to account for this commotion.”
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|
