< Acts 11 >

1 Now the Apostles and brethren who were in Jerusalem, heard, that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
अहिले यहूदीयामा भएका प्रेरितहरू र भाइहरूले गैरयहूदीहरूले पनि परमेश्‍वरको वचन ग्रहण गरेका थिए भन्‍ने सुने ।
2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they who were of the circumcision contended with him,
जब पत्रुस यरूशलेममा आए, खतनाको समूहका मानिसहरूले तिनकोको आलोचना गरे ।
3 saying, You did go in to men who were uncircumcised, and did eat with them.
तिनीहरूले भने, “तपाईं बेखतनाका मानसिहरूसँग बस्‍नुभयो र तिनीहरूसँग खानुभयो ।”
4 And Peter beginning, opened to them the matter in order, saying,
तर पत्रुसले तिनीहरूलाई त्यो कुरा विस्तृत रूपमा वर्णन गर्न सुरु गरे; उनले भनेः
5 I was praying in the city of Joppa; and, in a trance, I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending from heaven, let down by the four corners, and it came close to me:
‘म योप्पा सहरमा प्रार्थना गरिरहेको थिएँ, र मैले एउटा दर्शन देखेँ जसमा स्वर्गबाट एउटा ठूलो तन्‍ना जस्तो तलतिर झरिएको थियो । यो मकहाँ आयो ।
6 and looking attentively upon it, I observed, and saw four-footed creatures of the earth, and wild beasts, and reptiles, and fowls of the air:
मैले यसलाई एक टक लगाएर हेरेँ र यस बारे सोचेँ । मैले पृथ्वीको चारखुट्टे जनावरहरू, जङ्गली जन्तुहरू, घस्रने जन्तुहरू, र आकासमा उड्ने चराहरू देखेँ।
7 and I heard a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter, kill, and eat:
त्यसपछि मैले एउटा आवाजले मलाईं भनेको सुने, “पत्रुस उठ अनि तिनीहरूलाई मारे र खाऊ ।”
8 but I said, By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.
मैले भने, “प्रभु, यसो होइन, किनभने अहिलेसम्म अपवित्र र अशुद्ध थोक मेरो मुखमा परेकै छैनन् ।”
9 And the voice answered me the second time from heaven, Those things which God has cleansed, do not you call common.
तर स्वर्गबाट फेरि उत्तर आयो, “परमेश्‍वरले जुन कुराहरूलाई शुद्ध घोषणा गर्नुभएको छ, अशुद्ध नभन ।’’
10 And this was done three times. And all the things were drawn up again into heaven.
यो तिन पल्टसम्म भयो, त्यसपछि सबै कुरा स्वर्गतिर फेरि उठाइ लगियो ।
11 And behold, at that instant, three men were come to the house in which I was, sent from Cesarea to me.
हेर्नुहोस्, हामी बसको घर अगाडि तिन जना मानिस उभिरहेका थिए । उनीहरूलाई कैसरियाबाट मकहाँ पठाइएको थियो ।
12 And the Spirit commanded me to go with them, without any scruple: and these six brethren also went along with me. And we entered into the man's house:
पवित्र आत्माले मलाईं उनीहरूसँग जानु र मैले तिनीहरूको सम्बन्धमा कुनै विभेद गर्नुहुँदैन भनी आज्ञा दिनुभयो । यी छ जना भाइहरू मसँग गए र हामी त्यो मानिसको घरभित्र गयौँ ।
13 and he told us how he had seen a messenger standing in his house, and saying to him, Send to Joppa, and bring hither Simon, whose surname is Peter;
उनले स्वर्गदूत तिनको घरमा उभिरहेको कसरी देखेका थिए, र तिनले उनलाई यसो भने भनी हामीलाई बताए, “योप्पामा मानिसहरूलाई पठाऊ र सिमोनलाई फर्काएर ल्याऊ, जसको अर्को नाउँ पत्रुस हो ।
14 who shall speak words to you, by which you and all your family shall be saved.
उनले तिम्रो लागि एउटा सन्देश बताउने छन् जसद्वारा तिमी बचाइनेछौ, तिमी र तिम्रो सबै घराना ।”
15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as as on us at the beginning.
जब म तिनिहरूसँग बोल्न थालेँ, तिनीहरूमाथि पवित्र आत्मा आउनुभयो, जसरी सुरुमा हामीमाथि आउनुभएको थियो ।
16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John immersed in water; but you shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit.
कसरी उहाँले भन्‍नुभएको थियो, तब मैले प्रभुका वचनहरूलाई सम्झेँ, ‘‘यूहन्‍नाले पानीले बप्‍तिस्मा दिए, तर तिमीहरूलाई पवित्र आत्मामा बप्‍तिस्मा दिइनेछ ।’’
17 Since, therefore, God gave to them the same gift as he did to us, who had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I, that I should be able to obstruct God?
हामीले प्रभु येशू ख्रीष्‍टमाथि विश्‍वास गर्दा उहाँले हामीलाई दिनुभएको त्यही वरदान उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई दिनुभयो भने, परमेश्‍वरको विरोध गर्ने म को थिएँ र?’’’
18 And when they heard these things, they acquiesced, and glorified God; saying, God has, then, given to the Gentile also reformation to life.
जब तिनीहरूले यी कुराहरू सुने, तिनीहरूले कुनै पनि प्रतिकृया जनाएनन् । तर तिनीहरूले परमेश्‍वरको प्रशंसा गरे र भने, ‘‘परमेश्‍वरले गैर-यहूदीहरूलाई पनि जीवनको निम्ति पश्‍चात्ताप दिनुभएको छ ।’’
19 Now, indeed, those who had been dispersed, on account of the distress which arose about Stephen, had traveled as far as Phenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none but Jews only.
त्यसकारण स्तिफनसको मृत्युसँगै सुरु भएको कष्‍ट भोगिरहेका विश्‍वासीहरू यरूशलेमबाट छरपस्ट भए । यी विश्‍वासीहरू फोनेसिया, साइप्रस र एन्टिओखियासम्म गए । उनीहरूले येशूको बारेमा सन्देश अरू कसैलाई नबताई यहूदीहरूलाई मात्र बताए ।
20 Yet some of the, being men of Cyprus, and Cyrene; when they came to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks, announcing the glad tidings concerning the Lord Jesus.
तर तिनीहरूमध्ये केही मानिसहरू साइप्रस र कुरेनीबाटका एन्टिओखियामा आए र ग्रिकहरूसँग पनि बोले र प्रभु येशूको प्रचार गरे ।
21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed, and turned to the Lord.
र तिनीहरूसँग प्रभुको हात थियो, ठुलो संख्यामा मानिसहरूले विश्‍वास गरे र प्रभुतिर फर्के ।
22 And the report concerning them came to the ears of the congregation that was at Jerusalem; and they sent Barnabas, to go as far as Antioch.
तिनीहरूको बारेको खबर यरूशलेमको मण्डलीको कानमा आइपुग्यो र तिनीहरूले बारनाबासलाई एन्टिओखियासम्म पठाए ।
23 Who, when he was come, and beheld the favor of God, rejoiced, and exhorted them all to adhere to the Lord, with full determination of heart;
जब उनी आए र परमेश्‍वरको वरदानलाई देखे, तब उनी खुसी भए, र तिनीहरूको सम्पूर्ण हृदयले प्रभुसँगै रहिरहन उनले उत्साह दिए ।
24 for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith: and a considerable number were added to the Lord.
बारनाबास एक असल र पवित्र आत्माले भरिएका र विश्‍वासमा परिपक्‍व मानिस थिए, र प्रभुमा धेरै मानिसहरू थपिए ।
25 Then Barnabas went to Tarsus, to seek Saul;
तब बारनाबास शाऊललाई खोज्‍नका निम्ति टार्ससतिर गए ।
26 and finding him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that they assembled with the congregation, for a whole year, and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first named Christians at Antioch.
जब उनले तिनलाई भेटाए, तब उनले तिनलाई एन्टिओखियामा ल्याए । तिनीहरू पुरै वर्षभरी नै मण्डलीमा सँगसँगै भेला भए र धेरै मानिसहरूलाई सिकाए । एन्टिओखियामा नै पहिलोपल्ट चेलाहरूलाई ख्रीष्‍टियान भनियो ।
27 And in these days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.
अब यी दिनहरूमा केही अगमवक्‍ताहरू यरूशलेमबाट तल एन्टिओखियामा आए ।
28 And one of them, whose name was Agabus, stood up, and signified by the Spirit, that there should be a great famine over all the land: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.
तिनीहरूमध्ये एक जना अगाबस नाउँ गरेका उभिएर संसारभरि नै ठुलो अनिकाल आउन लागेको छ भनी आत्माले देखाउनुभयो । क्लाउडियसका दिनहरूमा यस्तो भयो ।
29 And the disciples determined, that, according to the respective abilities of each, they should send to the assistance of the brethren who dwelt in Judea.
त्यसैले सक्‍ने जति हरेक चेलाहरूले यहूदियामा भएका भाइहरूलाई सहायता पठाउने निर्णय गरे ।
30 And this they did, sending it to the elders, by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
तिनीहरूले त्यसो गरेपछि, तिनीहरूले शाऊल र बारनाबासको हातमा एल्डरहरूकहाँ पैसा पठाए ।

< Acts 11 >