Acts 8
1 At that time a major persecution arose against the church that was in Jerusalem, so all, except the Apostles, were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
tasya hatyākaraṇaṁ śaulopi samamanyata| tasmin samaye yirūśālamnagarasthāṁ maṇḍalīṁ prati mahātāḍanāyāṁ jātāyāṁ preritalokān hitvā sarvve'pare yihūdāśomiroṇadeśayo rnānāsthāne vikīrṇāḥ santo gatāḥ|
2 (Devout men had buried Stephen and made a great lamentation over him.)
anyacca bhaktalokāstaṁ stiphānaṁ śmaśāne sthāpayitvā bahu vyalapan|
3 As for Saul, he was trying to destroy the Church; invading house after house and dragging away both men and women, he was putting them in prison.
kintu śaulo gṛhe gṛhe bhramitvā striyaḥ puruṣāṁśca dhṛtvā kārāyāṁ baddhvā maṇḍalyā mahotpātaṁ kṛtavān|
4 So on their part those who were scattered abroad went about preaching the Word.
anyacca ye vikīrṇā abhavan te sarvvatra bhramitvā susaṁvādaṁ prācārayan|
5 Now Philip, having gone down to a city of Samaria, was proclaiming the Christ to them;
tadā philipaḥ śomiroṇnagaraṁ gatvā khrīṣṭākhyānaṁ prācārayat;
6 and the crowds gave heed with one accord to what Philip was saying, as they heard the words and saw the signs that he kept performing.
tato'śuci-bhṛtagrastalokebhyo bhūtāścītkṛtyāgacchan tathā bahavaḥ pakṣāghātinaḥ khañjā lokāśca svasthā abhavan|
7 Because unclean spirits came out screaming from many who had them, and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.
tasmāt lākā īdṛśaṁ tasyāścaryyaṁ karmma vilokya niśamya ca sarvva ekacittībhūya tenoktākhyāne manāṁsi nyadadhuḥ|
8 Yes, there was great joy in that city!
tasminnagare mahānandaścābhavat|
9 Now a certain man named Simon was in the city first, practicing sorcery and astounding the people of Samaria, affirming himself to be someone great,
tataḥ pūrvvaṁ tasminnagare śimonnāmā kaścijjano bahvī rmāyākriyāḥ kṛtvā svaṁ kañcana mahāpuruṣaṁ procya śomiroṇīyānāṁ mohaṁ janayāmāsa|
10 to whom they used to pay attention, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the great power of God.”
tasmāt sa mānuṣa īśvarasya mahāśaktisvarūpa ityuktvā bālavṛddhavanitāḥ sarvve lākāstasmin manāṁsi nyadadhuḥ|
11 They listened to him because he had amazed them with his sorceries for a long time.
sa bahukālān māyāvikriyayā sarvvān atīva mohayāñcakāra, tasmāt te taṁ menire|
12 But, when they believed Philip, as he proclaimed the good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name, Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
kintvīśvarasya rājyasya yīśukhrīṣṭasya nāmnaścākhyānapracāriṇaḥ philipasya kathāyāṁ viśvasya teṣāṁ strīpuruṣobhayalokā majjitā abhavan|
13 Even Simon himself believed, and having been baptized he stayed right with Philip; observing miracles and signs occurring, he was amazed.
śeṣe sa śimonapi svayaṁ pratyait tato majjitaḥ san philipena kṛtām āścaryyakriyāṁ lakṣaṇañca vilokyāsambhavaṁ manyamānastena saha sthitavān|
14 Now when the Apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,
itthaṁ śomiroṇdeśīyalokā īśvarasya kathām agṛhlan iti vārttāṁ yirūśālamnagarasthapreritāḥ prāpya pitaraṁ yohanañca teṣāṁ nikaṭe preṣitavantaḥ|
15 who upon coming down prayed about them, so that they might receive Holy Spirit,
tatastau tat sthānam upasthāya lokā yathā pavitram ātmānaṁ prāpnuvanti tadarthaṁ prārthayetāṁ|
16 because He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized into the name of Jesus, the Christ.
yataste purā kevalaprabhuyīśo rnāmnā majjitamātrā abhavan, na tu teṣāṁ madhye kamapi prati pavitrasyātmana āvirbhāvo jātaḥ|
17 Then they laid their hands upon them and they received Holy Spirit.
kintu preritābhyāṁ teṣāṁ gātreṣu kareṣvarpiteṣu satsu te pavitram ātmānam prāpnuvan|
18 Well, upon observing that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the Apostles' hands, Simon offered them money
itthaṁ lokānāṁ gātreṣu preritayoḥ karārpaṇena tān pavitram ātmānaṁ prāptān dṛṣṭvā sa śimon tayoḥ samīpe mudrā ānīya kathitavān;
19 saying, “Give this power to me also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive Holy Spirit.”
ahaṁ yasya gātre hastam arpayiṣyāmi tasyāpi yathetthaṁ pavitrātmaprāpti rbhavati tādṛśīṁ śaktiṁ mahyaṁ dattaṁ|
20 But Peter said to him: “May your silver go with you into perdition, for thinking that the gift of God could be acquired with money!
kintu pitarastaṁ pratyavadat tava mudrāstvayā vinaśyantu yata īśvarasya dānaṁ mudrābhiḥ krīyate tvamitthaṁ buddhavān;
21 You have neither part nor portion in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.
īśvarāya tāvantaḥkaraṇaṁ saralaṁ nahi, tasmād atra tavāṁśo'dhikāraśca kopi nāsti|
22 Turn away therefore from this your wickedness and make petition to God, in case the intent of your heart may be forgiven you;
ata etatpāpahetoḥ khedānvitaḥ san kenāpi prakāreṇa tava manasa etasyāḥ kukalpanāyāḥ kṣamā bhavati, etadartham īśvare prārthanāṁ kuru;
23 for I see you being into a gall of bitterness and a fetter of unrighteousness.”
yatastvaṁ tiktapitte pāpasya bandhane ca yadasi tanmayā buddham|
24 So in answer Simon said, “You make petition to the Lord on my behalf, so that nothing of what you have spoken may come upon me!”
tadā śimon akathayat tarhi yuvābhyāmuditā kathā mayi yathā na phalati tadarthaṁ yuvāṁ mannimittaṁ prabhau prārthanāṁ kurutaṁ|
25 So when they had both thoroughly testified and spoken the Word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem; they also evangelized many Samaritan villages.
anena prakāreṇa tau sākṣyaṁ dattvā prabhoḥ kathāṁ pracārayantau śomiroṇīyānām anekagrāmeṣu susaṁvādañca pracārayantau yirūśālamnagaraṁ parāvṛtya gatau|
26 Then an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, “Get up and go south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza; it is desolate.”
tataḥ param īśvarasya dūtaḥ philipam ityādiśat, tvamutthāya dakṣiṇasyāṁ diśi yo mārgo prāntarasya madhyena yirūśālamo 'sānagaraṁ yāti taṁ mārgaṁ gaccha|
27 So he got up and went; and there, a man, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court-official of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasury, who had come worshiping to Jerusalem
tataḥ sa utthāya gatavān; tadā kandākīnāmnaḥ kūślokānāṁ rājñyāḥ sarvvasampatteradhīśaḥ kūśadeśīya ekaḥ ṣaṇḍo bhajanārthaṁ yirūśālamnagaram āgatya
28 —he was returning, sitting in his chariot and reading aloud the prophet Isaiah.
punarapi rathamāruhya yiśayiyanāmno bhaviṣyadvādino granthaṁ paṭhan pratyāgacchati|
29 And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go forward and join this chariot.”
etasmin samaye ātmā philipam avadat, tvam rathasya samīpaṁ gatvā tena sārddhaṁ mila|
30 So running up Philip heard him reading the prophet Isaiah and said, “Do you really understand what you are reading?”
tasmāt sa dhāvan tasya sannidhāvupasthāya tena paṭhyamānaṁ yiśayiyathaviṣyadvādino vākyaṁ śrutvā pṛṣṭavān yat paṭhasi tat kiṁ budhyase?
31 So he said, “Well how can I, unless someone guides me?” And he urged Philip to come up and sit with him.
tataḥ sa kathitavān kenacinna bodhitohaṁ kathaṁ budhyeya? tataḥ sa philipaṁ rathamāroḍhuṁ svena sārddham upaveṣṭuñca nyavedayat|
32 Now the portion of the Scripture that he was reading was this: “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so He does not open His mouth.
sa śāstrasyetadvākyaṁ paṭhitavān yathā, samānīyata ghātāya sa yathā meṣaśāvakaḥ| lomacchedakasākṣācca meṣaśca nīravo yathā| ābadhya vadanaṁ svīyaṁ tathā sa samatiṣṭhata|
33 In His humiliation His justice was removed, and who will recount His generation? Because His life is removed from the earth.”
anyāyena vicāreṇa sa ucchinno 'bhavat tadā| tatkālīnamanuṣyān ko jano varṇayituṁ kṣamaḥ| yato jīvannṛṇāṁ deśāt sa ucchinno 'bhavat dhruvaṁ|
34 So continuing the eunuch said to Philip, “I ask you, about whom does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?”
anantaraṁ sa philipam avadat nivedayāmi, bhaviṣyadvādī yāmimāṁ kathāṁ kathayāmāsa sa kiṁ svasmin vā kasmiṁścid anyasmin?
35 So opening his mouth and beginning from this Scripture, Philip preached Jesus to him.
tataḥ philipastatprakaraṇam ārabhya yīśorupākhyānaṁ tasyāgre prāstaut|
36 Now as they were going down the road they came upon some water, and the eunuch said: “Look, water! What is keeping me from being baptized?”
itthaṁ mārgeṇa gacchantau jalāśayasya samīpa upasthitau; tadā klībo'vādīt paśyātra sthāne jalamāste mama majjane kā bādhā?
tataḥ philipa uttaraṁ vyāharat svāntaḥkaraṇena sākaṁ yadi pratyeṣi tarhi bādhā nāsti| tataḥ sa kathitavān yīśukhrīṣṭa īśvarasya putra ityahaṁ pratyemi|
38 So he ordered the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
tadā rathaṁ sthagitaṁ karttum ādiṣṭe philipaklībau dvau jalam avāruhatāṁ; tadā philipastam majjayāmāsa|
39 Now when they came up out of the water, Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, because he went on his way rejoicing.
tatpaścāt jalamadhyād utthitayoḥ satoḥ parameśvarasyātmā philipaṁ hṛtvā nītavān, tasmāt klībaḥ punastaṁ na dṛṣṭavān tathāpi hṛṣṭacittaḥ san svamārgeṇa gatavān|
40 Philip was found at Azotus, and as he passed through he evangelized all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
philipaścāsdodnagaram upasthāya tasmāt kaisariyānagara upasthitikālaparyyanataṁ sarvvasminnagare susaṁvādaṁ pracārayan gatavān|
