Acts 15
1 And certain having come down from Judea, were teaching the brothers, “If you are not circumcised after the custom of Moses, you are not able to be saved”;
yihūdādeśāt kiyanto janā āgatya bhrātṛgaṇamitthaṁ śikṣitavanto mūsāvyavasthayā yadi yuṣmākaṁ tvakchedo na bhavati tarhi yūyaṁ paritrāṇaṁ prāptuṁ na śakṣyatha|
2 there having been, therefore, not a little dissension and debate to Paul and Barnabas with them, they arranged for Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, to go up to the apostles and elders to Jerusalem about this question;
paulabarṇabbau taiḥ saha bahūn vicārān vivādāṁśca kṛtavantau, tato maṇḍalīyanokā etasyāḥ kathāyāstattvaṁ jñātuṁ yirūśālamnagarasthān preritān prācīnāṁśca prati paulabarṇabbāprabhṛtīn katipayajanān preṣayituṁ niścayaṁ kṛtavantaḥ|
3 they indeed, then, having been sent forward by the assembly, were passing through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the nations, and they were causing great joy to all the brothers.
te maṇḍalyā preritāḥ santaḥ phaiṇīkīśomirondeśābhyāṁ gatvā bhinnadeśīyānāṁ manaḥparivarttanasya vārttayā bhrātṛṇāṁ paramāhlādam ajanayan|
4 And having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders; they also declared as many things as God did with them;
yirūśālamyupasthāya preritagaṇena lokaprācīnagaṇena samājena ca samupagṛhītāḥ santaḥ svairīśvaro yāni karmmāṇi kṛtavān teṣāṁ sarvvavṛttāntān teṣāṁ samakṣam akathayan|
5 and there rose up certain of those of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, “It is required to circumcise them, to command them also to keep the Law of Moses.”
kintu viśvāsinaḥ kiyantaḥ phirūśimatagrāhiṇo lokā utthāya kathāmetāṁ kathitavanto bhinnadeśīyānāṁ tvakchedaṁ karttuṁ mūsāvyavasthāṁ pālayituñca samādeṣṭavyam|
6 And there were gathered together the apostles and the elders, to see about this matter,
tataḥ preritā lokaprācīnāśca tasya vivecanāṁ karttuṁ sabhāyāṁ sthitavantaḥ|
7 and there having been much disputing, Peter having risen up said to them, “Men, brothers, you know that from former days God made choice among us, through my mouth, for the nations to hear the word of the good news, and to believe;
bahuvicāreṣu jātaṣu pitara utthāya kathitavān, he bhrātaro yathā bhinnadeśīyalokā mama mukhāt susaṁvādaṁ śrutvā viśvasanti tadarthaṁ bahudināt pūrvvam īśvarosmākaṁ madhye māṁ vṛtvā niyuktavān|
8 and the heart-knowing God bore them testimony, having given to them the Holy Spirit, even as also to us,
antaryyāmīśvaro yathāsmabhyaṁ tathā bhinnadeśīyebhyaḥ pavitramātmānaṁ pradāya viśvāsena teṣām antaḥkaraṇāni pavitrāṇi kṛtvā
9 and also put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith;
teṣām asmākañca madhye kimapi viśeṣaṁ na sthāpayitvā tānadhi svayaṁ pramāṇaṁ dattavān iti yūyaṁ jānītha|
10 now, therefore, why do you tempt God, to put a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
ataevāsmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣā vayañca svayaṁ yadyugasya bhāraṁ soḍhuṁ na śaktāḥ samprati taṁ śiṣyagaṇasya skandheṣu nyasituṁ kuta īśvarasya parīkṣāṁ kariṣyatha?
11 But through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we believe to be saved, even as also they.”
prabho ryīśukhrīṣṭasyānugraheṇa te yathā vayamapi tathā paritrāṇaṁ prāptum āśāṁ kurmmaḥ|
12 And all the multitude kept silence and were listening to Barnabas and Paul expounding as many signs and wonders as God did among the nations through them;
anantaraṁ barṇabbāpaulābhyām īśvaro bhinnadeśīyānāṁ madhye yadyad āścaryyam adbhutañca karmma kṛtavān tadvṛttāntaṁ tau svamukhābhyām avarṇayatāṁ sabhāsthāḥ sarvve nīravāḥ santaḥ śrutavantaḥ|
13 and after they were silent, James answered, saying, “Men, brothers, listen to me:
tayoḥ kathāyāṁ samāptāyāṁ satyāṁ yākūb kathayitum ārabdhavān
14 Simeon expounded how at first God looked on [us] to take a people out of [the] nations for His Name,
he bhrātaro mama kathāyām mano nidhatta| īśvaraḥ svanāmārthaṁ bhinnadeśīyalokānām madhyād ekaṁ lokasaṁghaṁ grahītuṁ matiṁ kṛtvā yena prakāreṇa prathamaṁ tān prati kṛpāvalekanaṁ kṛtavān taṁ śimon varṇitavān|
15 and to this the words of the Prophets agree, as it has been written:
bhaviṣyadvādibhiruktāni yāni vākyāni taiḥ sārddham etasyaikyaṁ bhavati yathā likhitamāste|
16 After these things I will return, And I will rebuild the dwelling place of David that has fallen down, And I will rebuild its ruins, And will set it upright—
sarvveṣāṁ karmmaṇāṁ yastu sādhakaḥ parameśvaraḥ| sa evedaṁ vadedvākyaṁ śeṣāḥ sakalamānavāḥ| bhinnadeśīyalokāśca yāvanto mama nāmataḥ| bhavanti hi suvikhyātāste yathā parameśituḥ|
17 That the remnant of men may seek after the LORD, And all the nations on whom My Name has been called, Says the LORD, who is doing all these things.
tatvaṁ samyak samīhante tannimittamahaṁ kila| parāvṛtya samāgatya dāyūdaḥ patitaṁ punaḥ| dūṣyamutthāpayiṣyāmi tadīyaṁ sarvvavastu ca| patitaṁ punaruthāpya sajjayiṣyāmi sarvvathā||
ā prathamād īśvaraḥ svīyāni sarvvakarmmāṇi jānāti| (aiōn g165)
19 For this reason I judge: not to trouble those who turn back to God from the nations,
ataeva mama nivedanamidaṁ bhinnadeśīyalokānāṁ madhye ye janā īśvaraṁ prati parāvarttanta teṣāmupari anyaṁ kamapi bhāraṁ na nyasya
20 but to write to them to abstain from the defilements of the idols, and the whoredom, and the strangled thing, and the blood;
devatāprasādāśucibhakṣyaṁ vyabhicārakarmma kaṇṭhasampīḍanamāritaprāṇibhakṣyaṁ raktabhakṣyañca etāni parityaktuṁ likhāmaḥ|
21 for Moses has those preaching him from former generations in every city—being read every Sabbath in the synagogues.”
yataḥ pūrvvakālato mūsāvyavasthāpracāriṇo lokā nagare nagare santi prativiśrāmavārañca bhajanabhavane tasyāḥ pāṭho bhavati|
22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas chosen men out of themselves—Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers—
tataḥ paraṁ preritagaṇo lokaprācīnagaṇaḥ sarvvā maṇḍalī ca sveṣāṁ madhye barśabbā nāmnā vikhyāto manonītau kṛtvā paulabarṇabbābhyāṁ sārddham āntiyakhiyānagaraṁ prati preṣaṇam ucitaṁ buddhvā tābhyāṁ patraṁ praiṣayan|
23 having written through their hand thus: “The apostles, and the elders, and the brothers, to those in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia, brothers, who [are] of the nations, greeting;
tasmin patre likhitamiṁda, āntiyakhiyā-suriyā-kilikiyādeśasthabhinnadeśīyabhrātṛgaṇāya preritagaṇasya lokaprācīnagaṇasya bhrātṛgaṇasya ca namaskāraḥ|
24 seeing we have heard that some having gone forth from us troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying to be circumcised and to keep the Law, to whom we gave no charge,
viśeṣato'smākam ājñām aprāpyāpi kiyanto janā asmākaṁ madhyād gatvā tvakchedo mūsāvyavasthā ca pālayitavyāviti yuṣmān śikṣayitvā yuṣmākaṁ manasāmasthairyyaṁ kṛtvā yuṣmān sasandehān akurvvan etāṁ kathāṁ vayam aśṛnma|
25 it seemed good to us, having come together with one accord, to send to you chosen men, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul—
tatkāraṇād vayam ekamantraṇāḥ santaḥ sabhāyāṁ sthitvā prabho ryīśukhrīṣṭasya nāmanimittaṁ mṛtyumukhagatābhyāmasmākaṁ
26 men who have given up their lives for the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ—
priyabarṇabbāpaulābhyāṁ sārddhaṁ manonītalokānāṁ keṣāñcid yuṣmākaṁ sannidhau preṣaṇam ucitaṁ buddhavantaḥ|
27 we have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas, and they are telling the same things by word.
ato yihūdāsīlau yuṣmān prati preṣitavantaḥ, etayo rmukhābhyāṁ sarvvāṁ kathāṁ jñāsyatha|
28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay no more burden on you, except these necessary things:
devatāprasādabhakṣyaṁ raktabhakṣyaṁ galapīḍanamāritaprāṇibhakṣyaṁ vyabhicārakarmma cemāni sarvvāṇi yuṣmābhistyājyāni; etatprayojanīyājñāvyatirekena yuṣmākam upari bhāramanyaṁ na nyasituṁ pavitrasyātmano'smākañca ucitajñānam abhavat|
29 to abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom; keeping yourselves from which, you will do well; be strong!”
ataeva tebhyaḥ sarvvebhyaḥ sveṣu rakṣiteṣu yūyaṁ bhadraṁ karmma kariṣyatha| yuṣmākaṁ maṅgalaṁ bhūyāt|
30 They then, indeed, having been let go, went to Antioch, and having brought the multitude together, delivered the letter,
te visṛṣṭāḥ santa āntiyakhiyānagara upasthāya lokanivahaṁ saṁgṛhya patram adadan|
31 and having read [it] they rejoiced for the consolation;
tataste tatpatraṁ paṭhitvā sāntvanāṁ prāpya sānandā abhavan|
32 Judas also and Silas, also being prophets themselves, through much discourse exhorted the brothers, and confirmed,
yihūdāsīlau ca svayaṁ pracārakau bhūtvā bhrātṛgaṇaṁ nānopadiśya tān susthirān akurutām|
33 and having passed some time, they were let go with peace from the brothers to the apostles;
itthaṁ tau tatra taiḥ sākaṁ katipayadināni yāpayitvā paścāt preritānāṁ samīpe pratyāgamanārthaṁ teṣāṁ sannidheḥ kalyāṇena visṛṣṭāvabhavatāṁ|
34 [[and it seemed good to Silas to remain there still.]]
kintu sīlastatra sthātuṁ vāñchitavān|
35 And Paul and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming good news—with many others also—the word of the LORD;
aparaṁ paulabarṇabbau bahavaḥ śiṣyāśca lokān upadiśya prabhoḥ susaṁvādaṁ pracārayanta āntiyakhiyāyāṁ kālaṁ yāpitavantaḥ|
36 and after certain days, Paul said to Barnabas, “Having turned back again, we may look after our brothers, in every city in which we have preached the word of the LORD—how they are.”
katipayadineṣu gateṣu paulo barṇabbām avadat āgacchāvāṁ yeṣu nagareṣvīśvarasya susaṁvādaṁ pracāritavantau tāni sarvvanagarāṇi punargatvā bhrātaraḥ kīdṛśāḥ santīti draṣṭuṁ tān sākṣāt kurvvaḥ|
37 And Barnabas resolved to take with [them] John called Mark,
tena mārkanāmnā vikhyātaṁ yohanaṁ saṅginaṁ karttuṁ barṇabbā matimakarot,
38 and Paul was not thinking it good to take him with them who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and did not go with them to the work;
kintu sa pūrvvaṁ tābhyāṁ saha kāryyārthaṁ na gatvā pāmphūliyādeśe tau tyaktavān tatkāraṇāt paulastaṁ saṅginaṁ karttum anucitaṁ jñātavān|
39 there came, therefore, a sharp contention, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas having taken Mark, sailed to Cyprus,
itthaṁ tayoratiśayavirodhasyopasthitatvāt tau parasparaṁ pṛthagabhavatāṁ tato barṇabbā mārkaṁ gṛhītvā potena kupropadvīpaṁ gatavān;
40 and Paul having chosen Silas, went forth, having been given up to the grace of God by the brothers;
kintu paulaḥ sīlaṁ manonītaṁ kṛtvā bhrātṛbhirīśvarānugrahe samarpitaḥ san prasthāya
41 and he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the assemblies.
suriyākilikiyādeśābhyāṁ maṇḍalīḥ sthirīkurvvan agacchat|
