Acts 18
1 After that, Paul left Athens [city] and went to Corinth [city].
tadghaṭanātaḥ paraṁ paula āthīnīnagarād yātrāṁ kṛtvā karinthanagaram āgacchat|
2 There he met a Jew whose name was Aquila, who grew up in Pontus [province]. Aquila and his wife Priscilla had recently come from [Rome, in] Italy. [They had previously left Rome] because Claudius, [the Roman Emperor], had ordered that all the Jews must leave Rome. Paul later went to see Aquila and Priscilla.
tasmin samaye klaudiyaḥ sarvvān yihūdīyān romānagaraṁ vihāya gantum ājñāpayat, tasmāt priskillānāmnā jāyayā sārddham itāliyādeśāt kiñcitpūrvvam āgamat yaḥ pantadeśe jāta ākkilanāmā yihūdīyalokaḥ paulastaṁ sākṣāt prāpya tayoḥ samīpamitavān|
3 Those two made tents [to earn] ([money/a living]). Paul also made tents, so he stayed with them, and they all worked together.
tau dūṣyanirmmāṇajīvinau, tasmāt parasparam ekavṛttikatvāt sa tābhyāṁ saha uṣitvā tat karmmākarot|
4 Every Sabbath, Paul [went] to the Jewish meeting place, where he spoke forcefully to both Jews and non-Jews. He repeatedly tried to persuade them [that Jesus is the Messiah].
paulaḥ prativiśrāmavāraṁ bhajanabhavanaṁ gatvā vicāraṁ kṛtvā yihūdīyān anyadeśīyāṁśca pravṛttiṁ grāhitavān|
5 Then Silas and Timothy arrived there from Macedonia province. After they arrived, Paul [did not make tents any more. He] used all his time preaching [the message about Jesus in the Jewish meeting place]. He continued to tell the Jews [that] the Messiah they had been waiting for was Jesus.
sīlatīmathiyayo rmākidaniyādeśāt sametayoḥ satoḥ paula uttaptamanā bhūtvā yīśurīśvareṇābhiṣikto bhavatīti pramāṇaṁ yihūdīyānāṁ samīpe prādāt|
6 But the Jews began to oppose Paul and to say evil things about him. So he shook [the dust from] his clothes [to show them that they were displeasing God. Then] he said to them, “If God punishes you, it will be your [SYN] own fault [MTY], not mine! From now on I will go [and preach] to non-Jewish people!”
kintu te 'tīva virodhaṁ vidhāya pāṣaṇḍīyakathāṁ kathitavantastataḥ paulo vastraṁ dhunvan etāṁ kathāṁ kathitavān, yuṣmākaṁ śoṇitapātāparādho yuṣmān pratyeva bhavatu, tenāhaṁ niraparādho 'dyārabhya bhinnadeśīyānāṁ samīpaṁ yāmi|
7 So Paul left [the Jewish meeting place] and went into a house that was next to it, [and preached there]. Titius Justus, the owner of the house, was a non-Jewish man who had accepted what the Jews believe.
sa tasmāt prasthāya bhajanabhavanasamīpasthasya yustanāmna īśvarabhaktasya bhinnadeśīyasya niveśanaṁ prāviśat|
8 [After that], the ruler of the Jewish meeting place, [whose name was] Crispus, and all of his family [MTY] believed in the Lord [Jesus]. Many other people in Corinth who listened [to Paul] also believed [in Jesus]. Then they were baptized. [But there were people who still opposed Paul and his preaching].
tataḥ krīṣpanāmā bhajanabhavanādhipatiḥ saparivāraḥ prabhau vyaśvasīt, karinthanagarīyā bahavo lokāśca samākarṇya viśvasya majjitā abhavan|
9 One night Paul had a vision in which the Lord [Jesus] said to him, “Do not be afraid [of those who oppose you]. Instead, you should continue speaking [to people about me]. Do not stop,
kṣaṇadāyāṁ prabhuḥ paulaṁ darśanaṁ datvā bhāṣitavān, mā bhaiṣīḥ, mā nirasīḥ kathāṁ pracāraya|
10 because I [will help] you, and no one will be able to harm you [(sg) here. Keep telling people about me], because there are many in this city who will [believe in] me.”
ahaṁ tvayā sārddham āsa hiṁsārthaṁ kopi tvāṁ spraṣṭuṁ na śakṣyati nagare'smin madīyā lokā bahava āsate|
11 So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching people the message from God [about Jesus].
tasmāt paulastannagare prāyeṇa sārddhavatsaraparyyantaṁ saṁsthāyeśvarasya kathām upādiśat|
12 When Gallio was the [Roman] governor of Achaia [province], the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] there got together and seized Paul. They took him before Gallio [and accused him],
gālliyanāmā kaścid ākhāyādeśasya prāḍvivākaḥ samabhavat, tato yihūdīyā ekavākyāḥ santaḥ paulam ākramya vicārasthānaṁ nītvā
13 saying, “This man is teaching people [a false religion, leading them] to worship God in ways that are contrary to our [Jewish] laws.”
mānuṣa eṣa vyavasthāya viruddham īśvarabhajanaṁ karttuṁ lokān kupravṛttiṁ grāhayatīti niveditavantaḥ|
14 When Paul was about to speak [MTY] [to defend himself], Gallio said to the Jews, “If this man had acted deceitfully or disobeyed [any of our Roman] laws, I would listen [patiently] to what you Jews [want to tell me].
tataḥ paule pratyuttaraṁ dātum udyate sati gālliyā yihūdīyān vyāharat, yadi kasyacid anyāyasya vātiśayaduṣṭatācaraṇasya vicāro'bhaviṣyat tarhi yuṣmākaṁ kathā mayā sahanīyābhaviṣyat|
15 However, you are merely arguing about words and names and your own [Jewish] laws, so you yourselves need to resolve this. I refuse to judge these things!”
kintu yadi kevalaṁ kathāyā vā nāmno vā yuṣmākaṁ vyavasthāyā vivādo bhavati tarhi tasya vicāramahaṁ na kariṣyāmi, yūyaṁ tasya mīmāṁsāṁ kuruta|
16 After Gallio [had said that], he [commanded some soldiers/guards] that [they] expel those [Jewish leaders] from the courtroom.
tataḥ sa tān vicārasthānād dūrīkṛtavān|
17 Then [the mob outside] grabbed the leader of the Jewish meeting place, Sosthenes [because they considered that he was responsible for those accusations against Paul]. They beat him, right there in front of the courthouse. But Gallio did nothing about it.
tadā bhinnadeśīyāḥ sosthinināmānaṁ bhajanabhavanasya pradhānādhipatiṁ dhṛtvā vicārasthānasya sammukhe prāharan tathāpi gālliyā teṣu sarvvakarmmasu na mano nyadadhāt|
18 Paul stayed on with the believers in Corinth for (many days/some time). Then he left the believers there, and went with Priscilla and [her husband] Aquila. They went down to Cenchrea, [a port city]. There Paul had his head shaved {[someone] shave his head} in order to partially complete a vow that he had taken. Then they got on a ship and sailed for Syria [province].
paulastatra punarbahudināni nyavasat, tato bhrātṛgaṇād visarjanaṁ prāpya kiñcanavratanimittaṁ kiṁkriyānagare śiro muṇḍayitvā priskillākkilābhyāṁ sahito jalapathena suriyādeśaṁ gatavān|
19 They arrived at Ephesus [city], and Priscilla and Aquila stayed there. [Before Paul left Ephesus], he entered the Jewish meeting place and lectured to the Jews.
tata iphiṣanagara upasthāya tatra tau visṛjya svayaṁ bhajanabhvanaṁ praviśya yihūdīyaiḥ saha vicāritavān|
20 They asked him to stay longer, but he refused.
te svaiḥ sārddhaṁ punaḥ katipayadināni sthātuṁ taṁ vyanayan, sa tadanurarīkṛtya kathāmetāṁ kathitavān,
21 But, as he left, he told them, “I will come back, if God wills/desires [me to do that].” Then, [because he wanted to be in Jerusalem to finish completing his vow], he got on [a ship that] sailed from Ephesus.
yirūśālami āgāmyutsavapālanārthaṁ mayā gamanīyaṁ; paścād īśvarecchāyāṁ jātāyāṁ yuṣmākaṁ samīpaṁ pratyāgamiṣyāmi| tataḥ paraṁ sa tai rvisṛṣṭaḥ san jalapathena iphiṣanagarāt prasthitavān|
22 When the ship arrived at Caesarea, Paul [got off. He] went up [to Jerusalem] and greeted the believers there. Then he went back down to Antioch [city in Syria province].
tataḥ kaisariyām upasthitaḥ san nagaraṁ gatvā samājaṁ namaskṛtya tasmād āntiyakhiyānagaraṁ prasthitavān|
23 Paul spent some time [with the believers] there. Then he left Antioch and traveled to several towns [that he had visited previously] in Galatia and Phrygia [provinces]. He taught all of the believers more [of the message from God about Jesus].
tatra kiyatkālaṁ yāpayitvā tasmāt prasthāya sarvveṣāṁ śiṣyāṇāṁ manāṁsi susthirāṇi kṛtvā kramaśo galātiyāphrugiyādeśayo rbhramitvā gatavān|
24 [While Paul was traveling in Galatia and Phrygia], a Jewish man whose name was Apollos came to Ephesus. He was a native of Alexandria [city]. He [spoke eloquently] and he knew the Scriptures thoroughly.
tasminneva samaye sikandariyānagare jāta āpallonāmā śāstravit suvaktā yihūdīya eko jana iphiṣanagaram āgatavān|
25 [Other believers] had taught him [some things] about how the Lord [Jesus desires that people] should conduct themselves, and he taught those things very enthusiastically [to people. He had heard about] some of the things that Jesus did and said, and he taught those facts accurately [to people. However, he was teaching incompletely about Jesus, because] he knew only what John [the Baptizer had taught people whom he] baptized.
sa śikṣitaprabhumārgo manasodyogī ca san yohano majjanamātraṁ jñātvā yathārthatayā prabhoḥ kathāṁ kathayan samupādiśat|
26 Apollos went to the Jewish meeting place, and he told the people there very confidently the things that he had learned. When Priscilla and Aquila heard what Apollos taught, they invited him [to their home]. There they explained more accurately to him the way [that] God [gives people eternal life].
eṣa jano nirbhayatvena bhajanabhavane kathayitum ārabdhavān, tataḥ priskillākkilau tasyopadeśakathāṁ niśamya taṁ svayoḥ samīpam ānīya śuddharūpeṇeśvarasya kathām abodhayatām|
27 When Apollos decided that he would like to go to Achaia [province], the believers in Ephesus told him that it would be good for him to do that. So they wrote a letter to the believers [in Achaia saying that they] should welcome Apollos. [So Apollos got on a ship to go to Corinth]. After he arrived, he greatly helped those whom [God] had kindly enabled to believe [in Jesus].
paścāt sa ākhāyādeśaṁ gantuṁ matiṁ kṛtavān, tadā tatratyaḥ śiṣyagaṇo yathā taṁ gṛhlāti tadarthaṁ bhrātṛgaṇena samāśvasya patre likhite sati, āpallāstatropasthitaḥ san anugraheṇa pratyayināṁ bahūpakārān akarot,
28 Apollos was vigorously arguing publicly with [the leaders of] the Jews while many other people listened. [By quoting] from the Scriptures, he proved to people that Jesus was the Messiah.
phalato yīśurabhiṣiktastrāteti śāstrapramāṇaṁ datvā prakāśarūpeṇa pratipannaṁ kṛtvā yihūdīyān niruttarān kṛtavān|
