Acts 21
1 So after disengaging ourselves from them we were able to set sail, and running a straight course we came to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
tai rvisṛṣṭāḥ santo vayaṁ potaṁ bāhayitvā ṛjumārgeṇa koṣam upadvīpam āgatya pare'hani rodiyopadvīpam āgacchāma tatastasmāt pātārāyām upātiṣṭhāma|
2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went on board and set sail.
tatra phainīkiyādeśagāminam potamekaṁ prāpya tamāruhya gatavantaḥ|
3 When we had sighted Cyprus we passed it on the left, sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, because it was there that the ship was to unload the cargo.
kupropadvīpaṁ dṛṣṭvā taṁ savyadiśi sthāpayitvā suriyādeśaṁ gatvā potasthadravyāṇyavarohayituṁ soranagare lāgitavantaḥ|
4 Upon finding disciples we stayed there seven days; these, through the Spirit, told Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.
tatra śiṣyagaṇasya sākṣātkaraṇāya vayaṁ tatra saptadināni sthitavantaḥ paścātte pavitreṇātmanā paulaṁ vyāharan tvaṁ yirūśālamnagaraṁ mā gamaḥ|
5 But when our time was up, as we left to go on our way, they all, including women and children, accompanied us out of the city, and kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.
tatasteṣu saptasu dineṣu yāpiteṣu satsu vayaṁ tasmāt sthānāt nijavartmanā gatavantaḥ, tasmāt te sabālavṛddhavanitā asmābhiḥ saha nagarasya parisaraparyyantam āgatāḥ paścādvayaṁ jaladhitaṭe jānupātaṁ prārthayāmahi|
6 After we had taken our leave of one another, we boarded the ship and they returned to their homes.
tataḥ parasparaṁ visṛṣṭāḥ santo vayaṁ potaṁ gatāste tu svasvagṛhaṁ pratyāgatavantaḥ|
7 Now upon arriving in Ptolemais, the voyage from Tyre ended; so greeting the brothers we stayed with them one day.
vayaṁ soranagarāt nāvā prasthāya talimāyinagaram upātiṣṭhāma tatrāsmākaṁ samudrīyamārgasyānto'bhavat tatra bhrātṛgaṇaṁ namaskṛtya dinamekaṁ taiḥ sārddham uṣatavantaḥ|
8 Leaving the next day, we came to Caesarea; and entering the house of Philip the evangelist (being of ‘the Seven’), we stayed with him.
pare 'hani paulastasya saṅgino vayañca pratiṣṭhamānāḥ kaisariyānagaram āgatya susaṁvādapracārakānāṁ saptajanānāṁ philipanāmna ekasya gṛhaṁ praviśyāvatiṣṭhāma|
9 (This man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.)
tasya catasro duhitaro'nūḍhā bhaviṣyadvādinya āsan|
10 Now as we stayed there a number of days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
tatrāsmāsu bahudināni proṣiteṣu yihūdīyadeśād āgatyāgābanāmā bhaviṣyadvādī samupasthitavān|
11 Joining us he took Paul's belt, bound his feet and hands, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit: ‘In this way, in Jerusalem, the Jews will bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”
sosmākaṁ samīpametya paulasya kaṭibandhanaṁ gṛhītvā nijahastāpādān baddhvā bhāṣitavān yasyedaṁ kaṭibandhanaṁ taṁ yihūdīyalokā yirūśālamanagara itthaṁ baddhvā bhinnadeśīyānāṁ kareṣu samarpayiṣyantīti vākyaṁ pavitra ātmā kathayati|
12 Well, when we heard these things, both we and the local residents, we pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.
etādṛśīṁ kathāṁ śrutvā vayaṁ tannagaravāsino bhrātaraśca yirūśālamaṁ na yātuṁ paulaṁ vyanayāmahi;
13 But Paul answered: “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
kintu sa pratyāvādīt, yūyaṁ kiṁ kurutha? kiṁ krandanena mamāntaḥkaraṇaṁ vidīrṇaṁ kariṣyatha? prabho ryīśo rnāmno nimittaṁ yirūśālami baddho bhavituṁ kevala tanna prāṇān dātumapi sasajjosmi|
14 When he would not be dissuaded, we stopped, saying, “Let the will of the Lord be done.”
tenāsmākaṁ kathāyām agṛhītāyām īśvarasya yathecchā tathaiva bhavatvityuktvā vayaṁ nirasyāma|
15 So after those days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
pare'hani pātheyadravyāṇi gṛhītvā yirūśālamaṁ prati yātrām akurmma|
16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us, bringing us to a certain Mnason, of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to lodge.
tataḥ kaisariyānagaranivāsinaḥ katipayāḥ śiṣyā asmābhiḥ sārddham itvā kṛprīyena mnāsannāmnā yena prācīnaśiṣyena sārddham asmābhi rvastavyaṁ tasya samīpam asmān nītavantaḥ|
17 And when we arrived in Jerusalem the brothers received us gladly.
asmāsu yirūśālamyupasthiteṣu tatrasthabhrātṛgaṇo'smān āhlādena gṛhītavān|
18 The next day Paul, with us, went to see James, and all the elders were present.
parasmin divase paule'smābhiḥ saha yākūbo gṛhaṁ praviṣṭe lokaprācīnāḥ sarvve tatra pariṣadi saṁsthitāḥ|
19 After greeting them he reported one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
anantaraṁ sa tān natvā svīyapracāraṇena bhinnadeśīyān pratīśvaro yāni karmmāṇi sādhitavān tadīyāṁ kathām anukramāt kathitavān|
20 But after listening they ‘glorified’ the Lord by saying to him: “You see, brother, how many tens of thousands are the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law;
iti śrutvā te prabhuṁ dhanyaṁ procya vākyamidam abhāṣanta, he bhrāta ryihūdīyānāṁ madhye bahusahasrāṇi lokā viśvāsina āsate kintu te sarvve vyavasthāmatācāriṇa etat pratyakṣaṁ paśyasi|
21 but they have been informed about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to our customs.
śiśūnāṁ tvakchedanādyācaraṇaṁ pratiṣidhya tvaṁ bhinnadeśanivāsino yihūdīyalokān mūsāvākyam aśraddhātum upadiśasīti taiḥ śrutamasti|
22 What then? The assembly will certainly gather, since they will hear that you have come.
tvamatrāgatosīti vārttāṁ samākarṇya jananivaho militvāvaśyamevāgamiṣyati; ataeva kiṁ karaṇīyam? atra vayaṁ mantrayitvā samupāyaṁ tvāṁ vadāmastaṁ tvamācara|
23 So do this that we say to you: There are four men with us who have taken a vow.
vrataṁ karttuṁ kṛtasaṅkalpā ye'smāṁka catvāro mānavāḥ santi
24 Take them and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads, and that all may know that there is nothing to the things that they have been informed about you; rather that you yourself are in line, keeping the law.
tān gṛhītvā taiḥ sahitaḥ svaṁ śuciṁ kuru tathā teṣāṁ śiromuṇḍane yo vyayo bhavati taṁ tvaṁ dehi| tathā kṛte tvadīyācāre yā janaśruti rjāyate sālīkā kintu tvaṁ vidhiṁ pālayan vyavasthānusāreṇevācarasīti te bhotsante|
25 But concerning the Gentiles who believe we have written, having judged that they need observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from that offered to idols, from the blood, from anything strangled, and from fornication.”
bhinnadeśīyānāṁ viśvāsilokānāṁ nikaṭe vayaṁ patraṁ likhitvetthaṁ sthirīkṛtavantaḥ, devaprasādabhojanaṁ raktaṁ galapīḍanamāritaprāṇibhojanaṁ vyabhicāraścaitebhyaḥ svarakṣaṇavyatirekeṇa teṣāmanyavidhipālanaṁ karaṇīyaṁ na|
26 Then Paul took the men and purified himself with them; the next day he entered the temple to give notice of the completion of the days of purification, when the offering would be made for each one of them.
tataḥ paulastān mānuṣānādāya parasmin divase taiḥ saha śuci rbhūtvā mandiraṁ gatvā śaucakarmmaṇo dineṣu sampūrṇeṣu teṣām ekaikārthaṁ naivedyādyutsargo bhaviṣyatīti jñāpitavān|
27 Now when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, mobilized a whole crowd and seized him,
teṣu saptasu dineṣu samāptakalpeṣu āśiyādeśanivāsino yihūdīyāstaṁ madhyemandiraṁ vilokya jananivahasya manaḥsu kupravṛttiṁ janayitvā taṁ dhṛtvā
28 shouting: “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Not only that, he has even brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place!”
proccaiḥ prāvocan, he isrāyellokāḥ sarvve sāhāyyaṁ kuruta| yo manuja eteṣāṁ lokānāṁ mūsāvyavasthāyā etasya sthānasyāpi viparītaṁ sarvvatra sarvvān śikṣayati sa eṣaḥ; viśeṣataḥ sa bhinnadeśīyalokān mandiram ānīya pavitrasthānametad apavitramakarot|
29 (They had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)
pūrvvaṁ te madhyenagaram iphiṣanagarīyaṁ traphimaṁ paulena sahitaṁ dṛṣṭavanta etasmāt paulastaṁ mandiramadhyam ānayad ityanvamimata|
30 The whole city was aroused and a mob of people formed. So having seized Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.
ataeva sarvvasmin nagare kalahotpannatvāt dhāvanto lokā āgatya paulaṁ dhṛtvā mandirasya bahirākṛṣyānayan tatkṣaṇād dvārāṇi sarvvāṇi ca ruddhāni|
31 As they were trying to kill him, news came to the commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
teṣu taṁ hantumudyateṣu yirūśālamnagare mahānupadravo jāta iti vārttāyāṁ sahasrasenāpateḥ karṇagocarībhūtāyāṁ satyāṁ sa tatkṣaṇāt sainyāni senāpatigaṇañca gṛhītvā javenāgatavān|
32 He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down among them, and when they saw the commander and the soldiers they stopped beating Paul.
tato lokāḥ senāgaṇena saha sahasrasenāpatim āgacchantaṁ dṛṣṭvā paulatāḍanāto nyavarttanta|
33 Then the commander came up and took hold of him, commanded that he be bound with two chains, and started inquiring who he was and what he had done.
sa sahasrasenāpatiḥ sannidhāvāgamya paulaṁ dhṛtvā śṛṅkhaladvayena baddham ādiśya tān pṛṣṭavān eṣa kaḥ? kiṁ karmma cāyaṁ kṛtavān?
34 Well some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another; so when he could not ascertain the truth, because of the uproar, he commanded him to be taken into the barracks.
tato janasamūhasya kaścid ekaprakāraṁ kaścid anyaprakāraṁ vākyam araut sa tatra satyaṁ jñātum kalahakāraṇād aśaktaḥ san taṁ durgaṁ netum ājñāpayat|
35 When he reached the stairs, he had to be carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the mob.
teṣu sopānasyopari prāpteṣu lokānāṁ sāhasakāraṇāt senāgaṇaḥ paulamuttolya nītavān|
36 Because the crowd kept following and shouting, “Away with him!”
tataḥ sarvve lokāḥ paścādgāminaḥ santa enaṁ durīkuruteti vākyam uccairavadan|
37 As Paul was about to be led into the barracks, he said to the commander, “May I speak to you?” So he said: “Do you know Greek?
paulasya durgānayanasamaye sa tasmai sahasrasenāpataye kathitavān, bhavataḥ purastāt kathāṁ kathayituṁ kim anumanyate? sa tamapṛcchat tvaṁ kiṁ yūnānīyāṁ bhāṣāṁ jānāsi?
38 Aren't you the Egyptian who some time ago started a revolt and led the four thousand men of ‘the Assassins’ out into the wilderness?”
yo misarīyo janaḥ pūrvvaṁ virodhaṁ kṛtvā catvāri sahasrāṇi ghātakān saṅginaḥ kṛtvā vipinaṁ gatavān tvaṁ kiṁ saeva na bhavasi?
39 But Paul said, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of a not insignificant city; but I beg you, allow me to speak to the people.”
tadā paulo'kathayat ahaṁ kilikiyādeśasya tārṣanagarīyo yihūdīyo, nāhaṁ sāmānyanagarīyo mānavaḥ; ataeva vinaye'haṁ lākānāṁ samakṣaṁ kathāṁ kathayituṁ māmanujānīṣva|
40 So when he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs and motioned to the people with his hand. When there was a great silence, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying:
tenānujñātaḥ paulaḥ sopānopari tiṣṭhan hasteneṅgitaṁ kṛtavān, tasmāt sarvve susthirā abhavan| tadā paula ibrīyabhāṣayā kathayitum ārabhata,
