Acts 8
1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles.
tasya hatyākaraṇaṁ śaulopi samamanyata| tasmin samaye yirūśālamnagarasthāṁ maṇḍalīṁ prati mahātāḍanāyāṁ jātāyāṁ preritalokān hitvā sarvve'pare yihūdāśomiroṇadeśayo rnānāsthāne vikīrṇāḥ santo gatāḥ|
2 And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made great lamentation over him.
anyacca bhaktalokāstaṁ stiphānaṁ śmaśāne sthāpayitvā bahu vyalapan|
3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed [them] to prison.
kintu śaulo gṛhe gṛhe bhramitvā striyaḥ puruṣāṁśca dhṛtvā kārāyāṁ baddhvā maṇḍalyā mahotpātaṁ kṛtavān|
4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
anyacca ye vikīrṇā abhavan te sarvvatra bhramitvā susaṁvādaṁ prācārayan|
5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
tadā philipaḥ śomiroṇnagaraṁ gatvā khrīṣṭākhyānaṁ prācārayat;
6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
tato'śuci-bhṛtagrastalokebhyo bhūtāścītkṛtyāgacchan tathā bahavaḥ pakṣāghātinaḥ khañjā lokāśca svasthā abhavan|
7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed [with them]: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
tasmāt lākā īdṛśaṁ tasyāścaryyaṁ karmma vilokya niśamya ca sarvva ekacittībhūya tenoktākhyāne manāṁsi nyadadhuḥ|
8 And there was great joy in that city.
tasminnagare mahānandaścābhavat|
9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
tataḥ pūrvvaṁ tasminnagare śimonnāmā kaścijjano bahvī rmāyākriyāḥ kṛtvā svaṁ kañcana mahāpuruṣaṁ procya śomiroṇīyānāṁ mohaṁ janayāmāsa|
10 To whom they all gave heed, 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 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
sa bahukālān māyāvikriyayā sarvvān atīva mohayāñcakāra, tasmāt te taṁ menire|
12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
kintvīśvarasya rājyasya yīśukhrīṣṭasya nāmnaścākhyānapracāriṇaḥ philipasya kathāyāṁ viśvasya teṣāṁ strīpuruṣobhayalokā majjitā abhavan|
13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
śeṣe sa śimonapi svayaṁ pratyait tato majjitaḥ san philipena kṛtām āścaryyakriyāṁ lakṣaṇañca vilokyāsambhavaṁ manyamānastena saha sthitavān|
14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
itthaṁ śomiroṇdeśīyalokā īśvarasya kathām agṛhlan iti vārttāṁ yirūśālamnagarasthapreritāḥ prāpya pitaraṁ yohanañca teṣāṁ nikaṭe preṣitavantaḥ|
15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
tatastau tat sthānam upasthāya lokā yathā pavitram ātmānaṁ prāpnuvanti tadarthaṁ prārthayetāṁ|
16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
yataste purā kevalaprabhuyīśo rnāmnā majjitamātrā abhavan, na tu teṣāṁ madhye kamapi prati pavitrasyātmana āvirbhāvo jātaḥ|
17 Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
kintu preritābhyāṁ teṣāṁ gātreṣu kareṣvarpiteṣu satsu te pavitram ātmānam prāpnuvan|
18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
itthaṁ lokānāṁ gātreṣu preritayoḥ karārpaṇena tān pavitram ātmānaṁ prāptān dṛṣṭvā sa śimon tayoḥ samīpe mudrā ānīya kathitavān;
19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
ahaṁ yasya gātre hastam arpayiṣyāmi tasyāpi yathetthaṁ pavitrātmaprāpti rbhavati tādṛśīṁ śaktiṁ mahyaṁ dattaṁ|
20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
kintu pitarastaṁ pratyavadat tava mudrāstvayā vinaśyantu yata īśvarasya dānaṁ mudrābhiḥ krīyate tvamitthaṁ buddhavān;
21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
īśvarāya tāvantaḥkaraṇaṁ saralaṁ nahi, tasmād atra tavāṁśo'dhikāraśca kopi nāsti|
22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
ata etatpāpahetoḥ khedānvitaḥ san kenāpi prakāreṇa tava manasa etasyāḥ kukalpanāyāḥ kṣamā bhavati, etadartham īśvare prārthanāṁ kuru;
23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and [in] the bond of iniquity.
yatastvaṁ tiktapitte pāpasya bandhane ca yadasi tanmayā buddham|
24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
tadā śimon akathayat tarhi yuvābhyāmuditā kathā mayi yathā na phalati tadarthaṁ yuvāṁ mannimittaṁ prabhau prārthanāṁ kurutaṁ|
25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
anena prakāreṇa tau sākṣyaṁ dattvā prabhoḥ kathāṁ pracārayantau śomiroṇīyānām anekagrāmeṣu susaṁvādañca pracārayantau yirūśālamnagaraṁ parāvṛtya gatau|
26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
tataḥ param īśvarasya dūtaḥ philipam ityādiśat, tvamutthāya dakṣiṇasyāṁ diśi yo mārgo prāntarasya madhyena yirūśālamo 'sānagaraṁ yāti taṁ mārgaṁ gaccha|
27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
tataḥ sa utthāya gatavān; tadā kandākīnāmnaḥ kūślokānāṁ rājñyāḥ sarvvasampatteradhīśaḥ kūśadeśīya ekaḥ ṣaṇḍo bhajanārthaṁ yirūśālamnagaram āgatya
28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
punarapi rathamāruhya yiśayiyanāmno bhaviṣyadvādino granthaṁ paṭhan pratyāgacchati|
29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
etasmin samaye ātmā philipam avadat, tvam rathasya samīpaṁ gatvā tena sārddhaṁ mila|
30 And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
tasmāt sa dhāvan tasya sannidhāvupasthāya tena paṭhyamānaṁ yiśayiyathaviṣyadvādino vākyaṁ śrutvā pṛṣṭavān yat paṭhasi tat kiṁ budhyase?
31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
tataḥ sa kathitavān kenacinna bodhitohaṁ kathaṁ budhyeya? tataḥ sa philipaṁ rathamāroḍhuṁ svena sārddham upaveṣṭuñca nyavedayat|
32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not 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 judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
anyāyena vicāreṇa sa ucchinno 'bhavat tadā| tatkālīnamanuṣyān ko jano varṇayituṁ kṣamaḥ| yato jīvannṛṇāṁ deśāt sa ucchinno 'bhavat dhruvaṁ|
34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
anantaraṁ sa philipam avadat nivedayāmi, bhaviṣyadvādī yāmimāṁ kathāṁ kathayāmāsa sa kiṁ svasmin vā kasmiṁścid anyasmin?
35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
tataḥ philipastatprakaraṇam ārabhya yīśorupākhyānaṁ tasyāgre prāstaut|
36 And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
itthaṁ mārgeṇa gacchantau jalāśayasya samīpa upasthitau; tadā klībo'vādīt paśyātra sthāne jalamāste mama majjane kā bādhā?
37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
tataḥ philipa uttaraṁ vyāharat svāntaḥkaraṇena sākaṁ yadi pratyeṣi tarhi bādhā nāsti| tataḥ sa kathitavān yīśukhrīṣṭa īśvarasya putra ityahaṁ pratyemi|
38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both 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 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and 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 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cæsarea.
philipaścāsdodnagaram upasthāya tasmāt kaisariyānagara upasthitikālaparyyanataṁ sarvvasminnagare susaṁvādaṁ pracārayan gatavān|
