Acts 22
1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear all of you my defence which I make now unto you.
hE pitRgaNA hE bhrAtRgaNAH, idAnIM mama nivEdanE samavadhatta|
2 (And when they heard that he spoke in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he says, )
tadA sa ibrIyabhASayA kathAM kathayatIti zrutvA sarvvE lOkA atIva niHzabdA santO'tiSThan|
3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as all of you all are this day.
pazcAt sO'kathayad ahaM yihUdIya iti nizcayaH kilikiyAdEzasya tArSanagaraM mama janmabhUmiH, EtannagarIyasya gamilIyElanAmnO'dhyApakasya ziSyO bhUtvA pUrvvapuruSANAM vidhivyavasthAnusArENa sampUrNarUpENa zikSitO'bhavam idAnIntanA yUyaM yAdRzA bhavatha tAdRzO'hamapIzvarasEvAyAm udyOgI jAtaH|
4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
matamEtad dviSTvA tadgrAhinArIpuruSAn kArAyAM baddhvA tESAM prANanAzaparyyantAM vipakSatAm akaravam|
5 As also the high priest does bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, in order to be punished.
mahAyAjakaH sabhAsadaH prAcInalOkAzca mamaitasyAH kathAyAH pramANaM dAtuM zaknuvanti, yasmAt tESAM samIpAd dammESakanagaranivAsibhrAtRgaNArtham AjnjApatrANi gRhItvA yE tatra sthitAstAn daNPayituM yirUzAlamam AnayanArthaM dammESakanagaraM gatOsmi|
6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
kintu gacchan tannagarasya samIpaM prAptavAn tadA dvitIyapraharavElAyAM satyAm akasmAd gagaNAnnirgatya mahatI dIpti rmama caturdizi prakAzitavatI|
7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecute you me?
tatO mayi bhUmau patitE sati, hE zaula hE zaula kutO mAM tAPayasi? mAmprati bhASita EtAdRza EkO ravOpi mayA zrutaH|
8 And I answered, Who are you, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.
tadAhaM pratyavadaM, hE prabhE kO bhavAn? tataH sO'vAdIt yaM tvaM tAPayasi sa nAsaratIyO yIzurahaM|
9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spoke to me.
mama sagginO lOkAstAM dIptiM dRSTvA bhiyaM prAptAH, kintu mAmpratyuditaM tadvAkyaM tE nAbudhyanta|
10 And I said, What shall I do, LORD? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told you of all things which are appointed for you to do.
tataH paraM pRSTavAnahaM, hE prabhO mayA kiM karttavyaM? tataH prabhurakathayat, utthAya dammESakanagaraM yAhi tvayA yadyat karttavyaM nirUpitamAstE tat tatra tvaM jnjApayiSyasE|
11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.
anantaraM tasyAH kharataradIptEH kAraNAt kimapi na dRSTvA saggigaNEna dhRtahastaH san dammESakanagaraM vrajitavAn|
12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
tannagaranivAsinAM sarvvESAM yihUdIyAnAM mAnyO vyavasthAnusArENa bhaktazca hanAnIyanAmA mAnava EkO
13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive your sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
mama sannidhim Etya tiSThan akathayat, hE bhrAtaH zaula sudRSTi rbhava tasmin daNPE'haM samyak taM dRSTavAn|
14 And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen you, that you should know his will, and see that Just One, and should hear the voice of his mouth.
tataH sa mahyaM kathitavAn yathA tvam IzvarasyAbhiprAyaM vEtsi tasya zuddhasattvajanasya darzanaM prApya tasya zrImukhasya vAkyaM zRNOSi tannimittam asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSANAm IzvarastvAM manOnItaM kRtavAnaM|
15 For you shall be his witness unto all men of what you have seen and heard.
yatO yadyad adrAkSIrazrauSIzca sarvvESAM mAnavAnAM samIpE tvaM tESAM sAkSI bhaviSyasi|
16 And now why tarry you? arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
ataEva kutO vilambasE? prabhO rnAmnA prArthya nijapApaprakSAlanArthaM majjanAya samuttiSTha|
17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
tataH paraM yirUzAlamnagaraM pratyAgatya mandirE'ham EkadA prArthayE, tasmin samayE'ham abhibhUtaH san prabhUM sAkSAt pazyan,
18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get you quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive your testimony concerning me.
tvaM tvarayA yirUzAlamaH pratiSThasva yatO lOkAmayi tava sAkSyaM na grahISyanti, mAmpratyuditaM tasyEdaM vAkyam azrauSam|
19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on you:
tatOhaM pratyavAdiSam hE prabhO pratibhajanabhavanaM tvayi vizvAsinO lOkAn baddhvA prahRtavAn,
20 And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
tathA tava sAkSiNaH stiphAnasya raktapAtanasamayE tasya vinAzaM sammanya sannidhau tiSThan hantRlOkAnAM vAsAMsi rakSitavAn, Etat tE viduH|
21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send you far behind unto the Gentiles.
tataH sO'kathayat pratiSThasva tvAM dUrasthabhinnadEzIyAnAM samIpaM prESayiSyE|
22 And they gave him audience unto this word, (logos) and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
tadA lOkA EtAvatparyyantAM tadIyAM kathAM zrutvA prOccairakathayan, EnaM bhUmaNPalAd dUrIkuruta, EtAdRzajanasya jIvanaM nOcitam|
23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
ityuccaiH kathayitvA vasanAni parityajya gagaNaM prati dhUlIrakSipan
24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
tataH sahasrasEnApatiH paulaM durgAbhyantara nEtuM samAdizat| Etasya pratikUlAH santO lOkAH kinnimittam EtAvaduccaiHsvaram akurvvan, Etad vEttuM taM kazayA prahRtya tasya parIkSAM karttumAdizat|
25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
padAtayazcarmmanirmmitarajjubhistasya bandhanaM karttumudyatAstAstadAnIM paulaH sammukhasthitaM zatasEnApatim uktavAn daNPAjnjAyAm aprAptAyAM kiM rOmilOkaM praharttuM yuSmAkam adhikArOsti?
26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what you do: for this man is a Roman.
EnAM kathAM zrutvA sa sahasrasEnApatEH sannidhiM gatvA tAM vArttAmavadat sa rOmilOka EtasmAt sAvadhAnaH san karmma kuru|
27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, are you a Roman? He said, Yea.
tasmAt sahasrasEnApati rgatvA tamaprAkSIt tvaM kiM rOmilOkaH? iti mAM brUhi| sO'kathayat satyam|
28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
tataH sahasrasEnApatiH kathitavAn bahudraviNaM dattvAhaM tat paurasakhyaM prAptavAn; kintu paulaH kathitavAn ahaM janunA tat prAptO'smi|
29 Then immediately they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
itthaM sati yE prahArENa taM parIkSituM samudyatA Asan tE tasya samIpAt prAtiSThanta; sahasrasEnApatistaM rOmilOkaM vijnjAya svayaM yat tasya bandhanam akArSIt tatkAraNAd abibhEt|
30 On the next day, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
yihUdIyalOkAH paulaM kutO'pavadantE tasya vRttAntaM jnjAtuM vAnjchan sahasrasEnApatiH parE'hani paulaM bandhanAt mOcayitvA pradhAnayAjakAn mahAsabhAyAH sarvvalOkAzca samupasthAtum Adizya tESAM sannidhau paulam avarOhya sthApitavAn|
