Acts 24
1 Five days after this, Ananias the High Priest came down to Caesarea with a number of Elders and a pleader called Tertullus. They stated to the Governor the case against Paul.
pañcabhyo dinebhyaḥ paraṁ hanānīyanāmā mahāyājako'dhipateḥ samakṣaṁ paulasya prātikūlyena nivedayituṁ tartullanāmānaṁ kañcana vaktāraṁ prācīnajanāṁśca saṅginaḥ kṛtvā kaisariyānagaram āgacchat|
2 So Paul was sent for, and Tertullus began to impeach him as follows: "Indebted as we are," he said, "to you, most noble Felix, for the perfect peace which we enjoy, and for reforms which your wisdom has introduced to this nation,
tataḥ paule samānīte sati tartullastasyāpavādakathāṁ kathayitum ārabhata he mahāmahimaphīlikṣa bhavato vayam atinirvvighnaṁ kālaṁ yāpayāmo bhavataḥ pariṇāmadarśitayā etaddeśīyānāṁ bahūni maṅgalāni ghaṭitāni,
3 in every instance and in every place we accept them with profound gratitude.
iti heto rvayamatikṛtajñāḥ santaḥ sarvvatra sarvvadā bhavato guṇān gāyamaḥ|
4 But--not to detain you too long--I beg you in your forbearance to listen to a brief statement from us.
kintu bahubhiḥ kathābhi rbhavantaṁ yena na virañjayāmi tasmād vinaye bhavān banukampya madalpakathāṁ śṛṇotu|
5 For we have found this man Paul a source of mischief and a disturber of the peace among all the Jews throughout the Empire, and a ringleader in the heresy of the Nazarenes.
eṣa mahāmārīsvarūpo nāsaratīyamatagrāhisaṁghātasya mukhyo bhūtvā sarvvadeśeṣu sarvveṣāṁ yihūdīyānāṁ rājadrohācaraṇapravṛttiṁ janayatītyasmābhi rniścitaṁ|
6 He even attempted to profane the Temple, but we arrested him.
sa mandiramapi aśuci karttuṁ ceṣṭitavān; iti kāraṇād vayam enaṁ dhṛtvā svavyavasthānusāreṇa vicārayituṁ prāvarttāmahi;
kintu luṣiyaḥ sahasrasenāpatirāgatya balād asmākaṁ karebhya enaṁ gṛhītvā
8 You, however, by examining him, will yourself be able to learn the truth as to all this which we allege against him."
etasyāpavādakān bhavataḥ samīpam āgantum ājñāpayat| vayaṁ yasmin tamapavādāmo bhavatā padapavādakathāyāṁ vicāritāyāṁ satyāṁ sarvvaṁ vṛttāntaṁ vedituṁ śakṣyate|
9 The Jews also joined in the charge, maintaining that these were facts.
tato yihūdīyā api svīkṛtya kathitavanta eṣā kathā pramāṇam|
10 Then, at a sign from the Governor, Paul answered, "Knowing, Sir, that for many years you have administered justice to this nation, I cheerfully make my defence.
adhipatau kathāṁ kathayituṁ paulaṁ pratīṅgitaṁ kṛtavati sa kathitavān bhavān bahūn vatsarān yāvad etaddeśasya śāsanaṁ karotīti vijñāya pratyuttaraṁ dātum akṣobho'bhavam|
11 For you have it in your power to ascertain that it is not more than twelve days ago that I went up to worship in Jerusalem;
adya kevalaṁ dvādaśa dināni yātāni, aham ārādhanāṁ karttuṁ yirūśālamanagaraṁ gatavān eṣā kathā bhavatā jñātuṁ śakyate;
12 and that neither in the Temple nor in the synagogues, nor anywhere in the city, did they find me disputing with any opponent or collecting a crowd about me.
kintvibhe māṁ madhyemandiraṁ kenāpi saha vitaṇḍāṁ kurvvantaṁ kutrāpi bhajanabhavane nagare vā lokān kupravṛttiṁ janayantuṁ na dṛṣṭavantaḥ|
13 Nor can they prove the charges which they are now bringing against me.
idānīṁ yasmin yasmin mām apavadante tasya kimapi pramāṇaṁ dātuṁ na śaknuvanti|
14 But this I confess to you--that in the way which they style a heresy, I worship the God of our forefathers, believing everything that is taught in the Law or is written 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 having a hope directed towards God, which my accusers themselves also entertain, that before long there will be a resurrection both of the righteous and the unrighteous.
dhārmmikāṇām adhārmmikāṇāñca pramītalokānāmevotthānaṁ bhaviṣyatīti kathāmime svīkurvvanti tathāhamapi tasmin īśvare pratyāśāṁ karomi;
16 This too is my own earnest endeavour--always to have a clear conscience in relation to God and man.
īśvarasya mānavānāñca samīpe yathā nirdoṣo bhavāmi tadarthaṁ satataṁ yatnavān asmi|
17 "Now after an interval of several years I came to bring alms to my nation, and to offer sacrifices.
bahuṣu vatsareṣu gateṣu svadeśīyalokānāṁ nimittaṁ dānīyadravyāṇi naivedyāni ca samādāya punarāgamanaṁ kṛtavān|
18 While I was busy about these, they found me in the Temple purified, with no crowd around me and no uproar; but there were certain Jews from the province of Asia.
tatohaṁ śuci rbhūtvā lokānāṁ samāgamaṁ kalahaṁ vā na kāritavān tathāpyāśiyādeśīyāḥ kiyanto yihudīyalokā madhyemandiraṁ māṁ dhṛtavantaḥ|
19 They ought to have been here before you, and to have been my prosecutors, if they have any charge to bring against me.
mamopari yadi kācidapavādakathāsti tarhi bhavataḥ samīpam upasthāya teṣāmeva sākṣyadānam ucitam|
20 Or let these men themselves say what misdemeanour they found me guilty of when I stood before the Sanhedrin,
nocet pūrvve mahāsabhāsthānāṁ lokānāṁ sannidhau mama daṇḍāyamānatvasamaye, ahamadya mṛtānāmutthāne yuṣmābhi rvicāritosmi,
21 unless it was in that one expression which I made use of when I shouted out as I stood among them, "'The resurrection of the dead is the thing about which I am on my trial before you to-day.'"
teṣāṁ madhye tiṣṭhannahaṁ yāmimāṁ kathāmuccaiḥ svareṇa kathitavān tadanyo mama kopi doṣo'labhyata na veti varam ete samupasthitalokā vadantu|
22 At this point Felix, who was fairly well informed about the new faith, adjourned the trial, saying to the Jews, "When the Tribune Lysias comes down, I will enter carefully into the matter."
tadā phīlikṣa etāṁ kathāṁ śrutvā tanmatasya viśeṣavṛttāntaṁ vijñātuṁ vicāraṁ sthagitaṁ kṛtvā kathitavān luṣiye sahasrasenāpatau samāyāte sati yuṣmākaṁ vicāram ahaṁ niṣpādayiṣyāmi|
23 And he gave orders to the Captain that Paul was to be kept in custody, but be treated with indulgence, and that his personal friends were not to be prevented from showing him kindness.
anantaraṁ bandhanaṁ vinā paulaṁ rakṣituṁ tasya sevanāya sākṣātkaraṇāya vā tadīyātmīyabandhujanān na vārayituñca śamasenāpatim ādiṣṭavān|
24 Not long after this, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, a Jewess, and sending for Paul, listened to him as he spoke about faith in Christ Jesus.
alpadināt paraṁ phīlikṣo'dhipati rdruṣillānāmnā yihūdīyayā svabhāryyayā sahāgatya paulamāhūya tasya mukhāt khrīṣṭadharmmasya vṛttāntam aśrauṣīt|
25 But when he dealt with the subjects of justice, self-control, and the judgement which was soon to come, Felix became alarmed and said, "For the present leave me, and when I can find a convenient opportunity I will send for you."
paulena nyāyasya parimitabhogasya caramavicārasya ca kathāyāṁ kathitāyāṁ satyāṁ phīlikṣaḥ kampamānaḥ san vyāharad idānīṁ yāhi, aham avakāśaṁ prāpya tvām āhūsyāmi|
26 At the same time he hoped that Paul would give him money; and for this reason he sent for him the oftener to converse with him.
muktipraptyarthaṁ paulena mahyaṁ mudrādāsyante iti patyāśāṁ kṛtvā sa punaḥ punastamāhūya tena sākaṁ kathopakathanaṁ kṛtavān|
27 But after the lapse of fully two years Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and being desirous of gratifying the Jews, Felix left Paul still in prison.
kintu vatsaradvayāt paraṁ parkiyaphīṣṭa phālikṣasya padaṁ prāpte sati phīlikṣo yihūdīyān santuṣṭān cikīrṣan paulaṁ baddhaṁ saṁsthāpya gatavān|
