Acts 24
1 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and [with] a certain orator [named] Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
pañcabhyo dinebhyaḥ paraṁ hanānīyanāmā mahāyājako'dhipateḥ samakṣaṁ paulasya prātikūlyena nivedayituṁ tartullanāmānaṁ kañcana vaktāraṁ prācīnajanāṁśca saṅginaḥ kṛtvā kaisariyānagaram āgacchat|
2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse [him], saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
tataḥ paule samānīte sati tartullastasyāpavādakathāṁ kathayitum ārabhata he mahāmahimaphīlikṣa bhavato vayam atinirvvighnaṁ kālaṁ yāpayāmo bhavataḥ pariṇāmadarśitayā etaddeśīyānāṁ bahūni maṅgalāni ghaṭitāni,
3 We accept [it] always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
iti heto rvayamatikṛtajñāḥ santaḥ sarvvatra sarvvadā bhavato guṇān gāyamaḥ|
4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.
kintu bahubhiḥ kathābhi rbhavantaṁ yena na virañjayāmi tasmād vinaye bhavān banukampya madalpakathāṁ śṛṇotu|
5 For we have found this man [a] pestilent [fellow], and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
eṣa mahāmārīsvarūpo nāsaratīyamatagrāhisaṁghātasya mukhyo bhūtvā sarvvadeśeṣu sarvveṣāṁ yihūdīyānāṁ rājadrohācaraṇapravṛttiṁ janayatītyasmābhi rniścitaṁ|
6 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
sa mandiramapi aśuci karttuṁ ceṣṭitavān; iti kāraṇād vayam enaṁ dhṛtvā svavyavasthānusāreṇa vicārayituṁ prāvarttāmahi;
7 But the chief captain Lysias came [upon us], and with great violence took [him] away out of our hands,
kintu luṣiyaḥ sahasrasenāpatirāgatya balād asmākaṁ karebhya enaṁ gṛhītvā
8 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
etasyāpavādakān bhavataḥ samīpam āgantum ājñāpayat| vayaṁ yasmin tamapavādāmo bhavatā padapavādakathāyāṁ vicāritāyāṁ satyāṁ sarvvaṁ vṛttāntaṁ vedituṁ śakṣyate|
9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
tato yihūdīyā api svīkṛtya kathitavanta eṣā kathā pramāṇam|
10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
adhipatau kathāṁ kathayituṁ paulaṁ pratīṅgitaṁ kṛtavati sa kathitavān bhavān bahūn vatsarān yāvad etaddeśasya śāsanaṁ karotīti vijñāya pratyuttaraṁ dātum akṣobho'bhavam|
11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
adya kevalaṁ dvādaśa dināni yātāni, aham ārādhanāṁ karttuṁ yirūśālamanagaraṁ gatavān eṣā kathā bhavatā jñātuṁ śakyate;
12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
kintvibhe māṁ madhyemandiraṁ kenāpi saha vitaṇḍāṁ kurvvantaṁ kutrāpi bhajanabhavane nagare vā lokān kupravṛttiṁ janayantuṁ na dṛṣṭavantaḥ|
13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
idānīṁ yasmin yasmin mām apavadante tasya kimapi pramāṇaṁ dātuṁ na śaknuvanti|
14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
kintu bhaviṣyadvākyagranthe vyavasthāgranthe ca yā yā kathā likhitāste tāsu sarvvāsu viśvasya yanmatam ime vidharmmaṁ jānanti tanmatānusāreṇāhaṁ nijapitṛpuruṣāṇām īśvaram ārādhayāmītyahaṁ bhavataḥ samakṣam aṅgīkaromi|
15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
dhārmmikāṇām adhārmmikāṇāñca pramītalokānāmevotthānaṁ bhaviṣyatīti kathāmime svīkurvvanti tathāhamapi tasmin īśvare pratyāśāṁ karomi;
16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and [toward] men.
īśvarasya mānavānāñca samīpe yathā nirdoṣo bhavāmi tadarthaṁ satataṁ yatnavān asmi|
17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
bahuṣu vatsareṣu gateṣu svadeśīyalokānāṁ nimittaṁ dānīyadravyāṇi naivedyāni ca samādāya punarāgamanaṁ kṛtavān|
18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
tatohaṁ śuci rbhūtvā lokānāṁ samāgamaṁ kalahaṁ vā na kāritavān tathāpyāśiyādeśīyāḥ kiyanto yihudīyalokā madhyemandiraṁ māṁ dhṛtavantaḥ|
19 Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.
mamopari yadi kācidapavādakathāsti tarhi bhavataḥ samīpam upasthāya teṣāmeva sākṣyadānam ucitam|
20 Or else let these same [here] say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
nocet pūrvve mahāsabhāsthānāṁ lokānāṁ sannidhau mama daṇḍāyamānatvasamaye, ahamadya mṛtānāmutthāne yuṣmābhi rvicāritosmi,
21 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
teṣāṁ madhye tiṣṭhannahaṁ yāmimāṁ kathāmuccaiḥ svareṇa kathitavān tadanyo mama kopi doṣo'labhyata na veti varam ete samupasthitalokā vadantu|
22 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of [that] way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
tadā phīlikṣa etāṁ kathāṁ śrutvā tanmatasya viśeṣavṛttāntaṁ vijñātuṁ vicāraṁ sthagitaṁ kṛtvā kathitavān luṣiye sahasrasenāpatau samāyāte sati yuṣmākaṁ vicāram ahaṁ niṣpādayiṣyāmi|
23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let [him] have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
anantaraṁ bandhanaṁ vinā paulaṁ rakṣituṁ tasya sevanāya sākṣātkaraṇāya vā tadīyātmīyabandhujanān na vārayituñca śamasenāpatim ādiṣṭavān|
24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
alpadināt paraṁ phīlikṣo'dhipati rdruṣillānāmnā yihūdīyayā svabhāryyayā sahāgatya paulamāhūya tasya mukhāt khrīṣṭadharmmasya vṛttāntam aśrauṣīt|
25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
paulena nyāyasya parimitabhogasya caramavicārasya ca kathāyāṁ kathitāyāṁ satyāṁ phīlikṣaḥ kampamānaḥ san vyāharad idānīṁ yāhi, aham avakāśaṁ prāpya tvām āhūsyāmi|
26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
muktipraptyarthaṁ paulena mahyaṁ mudrādāsyante iti patyāśāṁ kṛtvā sa punaḥ punastamāhūya tena sākaṁ kathopakathanaṁ kṛtavān|
27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix’ room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
kintu vatsaradvayāt paraṁ parkiyaphīṣṭa phālikṣasya padaṁ prāpte sati phīlikṣo yihūdīyān santuṣṭān cikīrṣan paulaṁ baddhaṁ saṁsthāpya gatavān|
