Acts 28
1 Following the rescue, they learned that the island was called Malta.
itthaṁ sarvveṣu rakṣāṁ prāpteṣu tatratyopadvīpasya nāma milīteti te jñātavantaḥ|
2 Now the natives showed us unusual kindness, in that they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.
asabhyalokā yatheṣṭam anukampāṁ kṛtvā varttamānavṛṣṭeḥ śītācca vahniṁ prajjvālyāsmākam ātithyam akurvvan|
3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and placed them on the fire, because of the heat a viper came out and fastened itself on his hand.
kintu paula indhanāni saṁgṛhya yadā tasmin agrau nirakṣipat, tadā vahneḥ pratāpāt ekaḥ kṛṣṇasarpo nirgatya tasya haste draṣṭavān|
4 So when the natives saw the beast hanging from his hand, they started saying to each other, “This man must be a murderer, whom Justice has not allowed to live, even though rescued from the sea.”
te'sabhyalokāstasya haste sarpam avalambamānaṁ dṛṣṭvā parasparam uktavanta eṣa jano'vaśyaṁ narahā bhaviṣyati, yato yadyapi jaladhe rakṣāṁ prāptavān tathāpi pratiphaladāyaka enaṁ jīvituṁ na dadāti|
5 But he just shook the beast off into the fire and suffered no harm.
kintu sa hastaṁ vidhunvan taṁ sarpam agnimadhye nikṣipya kāmapi pīḍāṁ nāptavān|
6 Well they were expecting him to swell up, or suddenly fall down dead; but after waiting for quite a while and seeing nothing unusual happening to him, they changed their mind and started saying he was a god.
tato viṣajvālayā etasya śarīraṁ sphītaṁ bhaviṣyati yadvā haṭhādayaṁ prāṇān tyakṣyatīti niścitya lokā bahukṣaṇāni yāvat tad draṣṭuṁ sthitavantaḥ kintu tasya kasyāścid vipado'ghaṭanāt te tadviparītaṁ vijñāya bhāṣitavanta eṣa kaścid devo bhavet|
7 Now in that region there were properties belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and in a friendly manner took care of us for three days.
publiyanāmā jana ekastasyopadvīpasyādhipatirāsīt tatra tasya bhūmyādi ca sthitaṁ| sa jano'smān nijagṛhaṁ nītvā saujanyaṁ prakāśya dinatrayaṁ yāvad asmākaṁ ātithyam akarot|
8 Well it happened that the father of Publius was sick in bed with fever and dysentery; Paul went in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him.
tadā tasya publiyasya pitā jvarātisāreṇa pīḍyamānaḥ san śayyāyām āsīt; tataḥ paulastasya samīpaṁ gatvā prārthanāṁ kṛtvā tasya gātre hastaṁ samarpya taṁ svasthaṁ kṛtavān|
9 So, when this had happened, the rest of those on the island who had diseases started coming and being healed;
itthaṁ bhūte tadvīpanivāsina itarepi rogilokā āgatya nirāmayā abhavan|
10 who also honored us in many ways, and when we put to sea they provided the necessary things.
tasmātte'smākam atīva satkāraṁ kṛtavantaḥ, viśeṣataḥ prasthānasamaye prayojanīyāni nānadravyāṇi dattavantaḥ|
11 Now after three months we put to sea in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island, whose figurehead was ‘the Twin Brothers’.
itthaṁ tatra triṣu māseṣu gateṣu yasya cihnaṁ diyaskūrī tādṛśa ekaḥ sikandarīyanagarasya potaḥ śītakālaṁ yāpayan tasmin upadvīpe 'tiṣṭhat tameva potaṁ vayam āruhya yātrām akurmma|
12 We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days;
tataḥ prathamataḥ surākūsanagaram upasthāya tatra trīṇi dināni sthitavantaḥ|
13 from there we tacked back and forth and arrived at Rhegium. After one day a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli,
tasmād āvṛtya rīgiyanagaram upasthitāḥ dinaikasmāt paraṁ dakṣiṇavayau sānukūlye sati parasmin divase patiyalīnagaram upātiṣṭhāma|
14 where we found brothers who urged us to stay there seven days—that was how we went toward Rome.
tato'smāsu tatratyaṁ bhrātṛgaṇaṁ prāpteṣu te svaiḥ sārddham asmān sapta dināni sthāpayitum ayatanta, itthaṁ vayaṁ romānagaram pratyagacchāma|
15 And the brothers there, when they heard about our circumstances, came out to meet us as far as Appii Forum and Three Inns. When Paul saw them he thanked God and took courage.
tasmāt tatratyāḥ bhrātaro'smākam āgamanavārttāṁ śrutvā āppiyapharaṁ triṣṭāvarṇīñca yāvad agresarāḥ santosmān sākṣāt karttum āgaman; teṣāṁ darśanāt paula īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ vadan āśvāsam āptavān|
16 Now when we entered Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the commander; but Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who guarded him.
asmāsu romānagaraṁ gateṣu śatasenāpatiḥ sarvvān bandīn pradhānasenāpateḥ samīpe samārpayat kintu paulāya svarakṣakapadātinā saha pṛthag vastum anumatiṁ dattavān|
17 It happened that after three days Paul called together the leaders of the Jews; and when they had assembled he said to them: “Men, brothers, though I had done nothing against ‘the people’ or the ancestral customs, still I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
dinatrayāt paraṁ paulastaddeśasthān pradhānayihūdina āhūtavān tatasteṣu samupasthiteṣu sa kathitavān, he bhrātṛgaṇa nijalokānāṁ pūrvvapuruṣāṇāṁ vā rīte rviparītaṁ kiñcana karmmāhaṁ nākaravaṁ tathāpi yirūśālamanivāsino lokā māṁ bandiṁ kṛtvā romilokānāṁ hasteṣu samarpitavantaḥ|
18 who, when they had examined me, were intending to release me, because I was not guilty of any crime deserving death.
romilokā vicāryya mama prāṇahananārhaṁ kimapi kāraṇaṁ na prāpya māṁ mocayitum aicchan;
19 But when the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar; not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.
kintu yihūdilokānām āpattyā mayā kaisararājasya samīpe vicārasya prārthanā karttavyā jātā nocet nijadeśīyalokān prati mama kopyabhiyogo nāsti|
20 For this reason therefore I asked to see you and speak with you; it is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
etatkāraṇād ahaṁ yuṣmān draṣṭuṁ saṁlapituñcāhūyam isrāyelvaśīyānāṁ pratyāśāhetoham etena śuṅkhalena baddho'bhavam|
21 So they said to him: “We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brothers who came reported or spoken any evil about you.
tadā te tam avādiṣuḥ, yihūdīyadeśād vayaṁ tvāmadhi kimapi patraṁ na prāptā ye bhrātaraḥ samāyātāsteṣāṁ kopi tava kāmapi vārttāṁ nāvadat abhadramapi nākathayacca|
22 But we desire to hear from you what you think; because as for this sect, we know that it is spoken against everywhere.”
tava mataṁ kimiti vayaṁ tvattaḥ śrotumicchāmaḥ| yad idaṁ navīnaṁ matamutthitaṁ tat sarvvatra sarvveṣāṁ nikaṭe ninditaṁ jātama iti vayaṁ jānīmaḥ|
23 So arranging a day with him, even more people came to him at his lodging, to whom he kept expounding from morning until evening: solemnly testifying about the Kingdom of God and trying to convince them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
taistadartham ekasmin dine nirūpite tasmin dine bahava ekatra militvā paulasya vāsagṛham āgacchan tasmāt paula ā prātaḥkālāt sandhyākālaṁ yāvan mūsāvyavasthāgranthād bhaviṣyadvādināṁ granthebhyaśca yīśoḥ kathām utthāpya īśvarasya rājye pramāṇaṁ datvā teṣāṁ pravṛttiṁ janayituṁ ceṣṭitavān|
24 Well some were persuaded by what had been said, and some kept refusing to believe.
kecittu tasya kathāṁ pratyāyan kecittu na pratyāyan;
25 So being in disagreement among themselves they started to leave, after Paul had said this one word: “The Holy Spirit spoke correctly to our fathers through Isaiah the prophet,
etatkāraṇāt teṣāṁ parasparam anaikyāt sarvve calitavantaḥ; tathāpi paula etāṁ kathāmekāṁ kathitavān pavitra ātmā yiśayiyasya bhaviṣyadvaktu rvadanād asmākaṁ pitṛpuruṣebhya etāṁ kathāṁ bhadraṁ kathayāmāsa, yathā,
26 saying: ‘Go to this people and say, “You will keep on hearing, but never understand; you will keep on seeing, but never perceive”;
"upagatya janānetān tvaṁ bhāṣasva vacastvidaṁ| karṇaiḥ śroṣyatha yūyaṁ hi kintu yūyaṁ na bhotsyatha| netrai rdrakṣyatha yūyañca jñātuṁ yūyaṁ na śakṣyatha|
27 because the heart of this people has become sluggish, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; in order that they not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their heart, nor turn back, so I could heal them.’
te mānuṣā yathā netraiḥ paripaśyanti naiva hi| karṇaiḥ ryathā na śṛṇvanti budhyante na ca mānasaiḥ| vyāvarttayatsu cittāni kāle kutrāpi teṣu vai| mattaste manujāḥ svasthā yathā naiva bhavanti ca| tathā teṣāṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ santi sthūlā hi buddhayaḥ| badhirībhūtakarṇāśca jātāśca mudritā dṛśaḥ||
28 Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”
ata īśvarād yat paritrāṇaṁ tasya vārttā bhinnadeśīyānāṁ samīpaṁ preṣitā taeva tāṁ grahīṣyantīti yūyaṁ jānīta|
29 And when he had said these things the Jews went their way, having a great dispute among themselves.
etādṛśyāṁ kathāyāṁ kathitāyāṁ satyāṁ yihūdinaḥ parasparaṁ bahuvicāraṁ kurvvanto gatavantaḥ|
30 Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who came to see him,
itthaṁ paulaḥ sampūrṇaṁ vatsaradvayaṁ yāvad bhāṭakīye vāsagṛhe vasan ye lokāstasya sannidhim āgacchanti tān sarvvāneva parigṛhlan,
31 proclaiming the Kingdom of God and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, with all boldness, without hindrance.
nirvighnam atiśayaniḥkṣobham īśvarīyarājatvasya kathāṁ pracārayan prabhau yīśau khrīṣṭe kathāḥ samupādiśat| iti||
