Acts 26
1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak about yourself." So Paul, with outstretched arm, proceeded to make his defence.
tata āgrippaḥ paulam avādīt, nijāṁ kathāṁ kathayituṁ tubhyam anumati rdīyatē| tasmāt paulaḥ karaṁ prasāryya svasmin uttaram avādīt|
2 "As regards all the accusations brought against me by the Jews," he said, "I think myself fortunate, King Agrippa, in being about to defend myself to-day before you,
hē āgripparāja yatkāraṇādahaṁ yihūdīyairapavāditō 'bhavaṁ tasya vr̥ttāntam adya bhavataḥ sākṣān nivēdayitumanumatōham idaṁ svīyaṁ paramaṁ bhāgyaṁ manyē;
3 who are so familiar with all the customs and speculations that prevail among the Jews; and for this reason, I pray you, give me a patient hearing.
yatō yihūdīyalōkānāṁ madhyē yā yā rītiḥ sūkṣmavicārāśca santi tēṣu bhavān vijñatamaḥ; ataēva prārthayē dhairyyamavalambya mama nivēdanaṁ śr̥ṇōtu|
4 "The kind of life I have lived from my youth upwards, as exemplified in my early days among my nation and in Jerusalem, is known to all the Jews.
ahaṁ yirūśālamnagarē svadēśīyalōkānāṁ madhyē tiṣṭhan ā yauvanakālād yadrūpam ācaritavān tad yihūdīyalōkāḥ sarvvē vidanti|
5 For they all know me of old--if they would but testify to the fact--how, being an adherent of the strictest sect of our religion, my life was that of a Pharisee.
asmākaṁ sarvvēbhyaḥ śuddhatamaṁ yat phirūśīyamataṁ tadavalambī bhūtvāhaṁ kālaṁ yāpitavān yē janā ā bālyakālān māṁ jānānti tē ētādr̥śaṁ sākṣyaṁ yadi dadāti tarhi dātuṁ śaknuvanti|
6 And now I stand here impeached because of my hope in the fulfilment of the promise made by God to our forefathers--
kintu hē āgripparāja īśvarō'smākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣāṇāṁ nikaṭē yad aṅgīkr̥tavān tasya pratyāśāhētōraham idānīṁ vicārasthānē daṇḍāyamānōsmi|
7 the promise which our twelve tribes, worshipping day and night with intense devotedness, hope to have made good to them. It is on the subject of this hope, Sir, that I am accused by the Jews.
tasyāṅgīkārasya phalaṁ prāptum asmākaṁ dvādaśavaṁśā divāniśaṁ mahāyatnād īśvarasēvanaṁ kr̥tvā yāṁ pratyāśāṁ kurvvanti tasyāḥ pratyāśāyā hētōrahaṁ yihūdīyairapavāditō'bhavam|
8 Why is it deemed with all of you a thing past belief if God raises the dead to life?
īśvarō mr̥tān utthāpayiṣyatīti vākyaṁ yuṣmākaṁ nikaṭē'sambhavaṁ kutō bhavēt?
9 "I myself, however, thought it a duty to do many things in hostility to the name of Jesus, the Nazarene.
nāsaratīyayīśō rnāmnō viruddhaṁ nānāprakārapratikūlācaraṇam ucitam ityahaṁ manasi yathārthaṁ vijñāya
10 And that was how I acted in Jerusalem. Armed with authority received from the High Priests I shut up many of God's people in various prisons, and when they were about to be put to death I gave my vote against them.
yirūśālamanagarē tadakaravaṁ phalataḥ pradhānayājakasya nikaṭāt kṣamatāṁ prāpya bahūn pavitralōkān kārāyāṁ baddhavān viśēṣatastēṣāṁ hananasamayē tēṣāṁ viruddhāṁ nijāṁ sammatiṁ prakāśitavān|
11 In all the synagogues also I punished them many a time, and tried to make them blaspheme; and in my wild fury I chased them even to foreign towns.
vāraṁ vāraṁ bhajanabhavanēṣu tēbhyō daṇḍaṁ pradattavān balāt taṁ dharmmaṁ nindayitavāṁśca punaśca tān prati mahākrōdhād unmattaḥ san vidēśīyanagarāṇi yāvat tān tāḍitavān|
12 "While thus engaged, I was travelling one day to Damascus armed with authority and a commission from the High Priests,
itthaṁ pradhānayājakasya samīpāt śaktim ājñāpatrañca labdhvā dammēṣaknagaraṁ gatavān|
13 and on the journey, at noon, Sir, I saw a light from Heaven--brighter than the brightness of the sun--shining around me and around those who were travelling with me.
tadāhaṁ hē rājan mārgamadhyē madhyāhnakālē mama madīyasaṅgināṁ lōkānāñca catasr̥ṣu dikṣu gagaṇāt prakāśamānāṁ bhāskaratōpi tējasvatīṁ dīptiṁ dr̥ṣṭavān|
14 We all fell to the ground; and I heard a voice which said to me in Hebrew, "'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? You are finding it painful to kick against the ox-goad.'
tasmād asmāsu sarvvēṣu bhūmau patitēṣu satsu hē śaula hai śaula kutō māṁ tāḍayasi? kaṇṭakānāṁ mukhē pādāhananaṁ tava duḥsādhyam ibrīyabhāṣayā gadita ētādr̥śa ēkaḥ śabdō mayā śrutaḥ|
15 "'Who art Thou, Lord?' I asked. "'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,' the Lord replied.
tadāhaṁ pr̥ṣṭavān hē prabhō kō bhavān? tataḥ sa kathitavān yaṁ yīśuṁ tvaṁ tāḍayasi sōhaṁ,
16 'But rise, and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for the very purpose of appointing you My servant and My witness both as to the things you have already seen and as to those in which I will appear to you.
kintu samuttiṣṭha tvaṁ yad dr̥ṣṭavān itaḥ punañca yadyat tvāṁ darśayiṣyāmi tēṣāṁ sarvvēṣāṁ kāryyāṇāṁ tvāṁ sākṣiṇaṁ mama sēvakañca karttum darśanam adām|
17 I will save you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you to open their eyes,
viśēṣatō yihūdīyalōkēbhyō bhinnajātīyēbhyaśca tvāṁ manōnītaṁ kr̥tvā tēṣāṁ yathā pāpamōcanaṁ bhavati
18 that they may turn from darkness to light and from the obedience to Satan to God, in order to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified through faith in Me.'
yathā tē mayi viśvasya pavitrīkr̥tānāṁ madhyē bhāgaṁ prāpnuvanti tadabhiprāyēṇa tēṣāṁ jñānacakṣūṁṣi prasannāni karttuṁ tathāndhakārād dīptiṁ prati śaitānādhikārācca īśvaraṁ prati matīḥ parāvarttayituṁ tēṣāṁ samīpaṁ tvāṁ prēṣyāmi|
19 "Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;
hē āgripparāja ētādr̥śaṁ svargīyapratyādēśaṁ agrāhyam akr̥tvāhaṁ
20 but I proceeded to preach first to the people in Damascus, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judaea, and to the Gentiles, that they must repent and turn to God, and live lives consistent with such repentance.
prathamatō dammēṣaknagarē tatō yirūśālami sarvvasmin yihūdīyadēśē anyēṣu dēśēṣu ca yēna lōkā matiṁ parāvarttya īśvaraṁ prati parāvarttayantē, manaḥparāvarttanayōgyāni karmmāṇi ca kurvvanti tādr̥śam upadēśaṁ pracāritavān|
21 "It was on this account that the Jews seized me in the Temple and tried to kill me.
ētatkāraṇād yihūdīyā madhyēmandiraṁ māṁ dhr̥tvā hantum udyatāḥ|
22 Having, however, obtained the help which is from God, I have stood firm until now, and have solemnly exhorted rich and poor alike, saying nothing except what the Prophets and Moses predicted as soon to happen,
tathāpi khrīṣṭō duḥkhaṁ bhuktvā sarvvēṣāṁ pūrvvaṁ śmaśānād utthāya nijadēśīyānāṁ bhinnadēśīyānāñca samīpē dīptiṁ prakāśayiṣyati
23 since the Christ was to be a suffering Christ, and by coming back from the dead was then to be the first to proclaim a message of light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."
bhaviṣyadvādigaṇō mūsāśca bhāvikāryyasya yadidaṁ pramāṇam adadurētad vinānyāṁ kathāṁ na kathayitvā īśvarād anugrahaṁ labdhvā mahatāṁ kṣudrāṇāñca sarvvēṣāṁ samīpē pramāṇaṁ dattvādya yāvat tiṣṭhāmi|
24 As Paul thus made his defence, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, "You are raving mad, Paul; and great learning is driving you mad."
tasyamāṁ kathāṁ niśamya phīṣṭa uccaiḥ svarēṇa kathitavān hē paula tvam unmattōsi bahuvidyābhyāsēna tvaṁ hatajñānō jātaḥ|
25 "I am not mad, most noble Festus," replied Paul; "I am speaking words of sober truth.
sa uktavān hē mahāmahima phīṣṭa nāham unmattaḥ kintu satyaṁ vivēcanīyañca vākyaṁ prastaumi|
26 For the King, to whom I speak freely, knows about these matters. I am not to be persuaded that any detail of them has escaped his notice; for these things have not been done in a corner.
yasya sākṣād akṣōbhaḥ san kathāṁ kathayāmi sa rājā tadvr̥ttāntaṁ jānāti tasya samīpē kimapi guptaṁ nēti mayā niścitaṁ budhyatē yatastad vijanē na kr̥taṁ|
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know that you believe them."
hē āgripparāja bhavān kiṁ bhaviṣyadvādigaṇōktāni vākyāni pratyēti? bhavān pratyēti tadahaṁ jānāmi|
28 Agrippa answered, "In brief, you are doing your best to persuade me to become a Christian."
tata āgrippaḥ paulam abhihitavān tvaṁ pravr̥ttiṁ janayitvā prāyēṇa māmapi khrīṣṭīyaṁ karōṣi|
29 "My prayer to God, whether briefly or at length," replied Paul, "would be that not only you but all who are my hearers to-day, might become such as I am--except these chains."
tataḥ sō'vādīt bhavān yē yē lōkāśca mama kathām adya śr̥ṇvanti prāyēṇa iti nahi kintvētat śr̥ṅkhalabandhanaṁ vinā sarvvathā tē sarvvē mādr̥śā bhavantvitīśvasya samīpē prārthayē'ham|
30 So the King rose, and the Governor, and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them;
ētasyāṁ kathāyāṁ kathitāyāṁ sa rājā sō'dhipati rbarṇīkī sabhāsthā lōkāśca tasmād utthāya
31 and, having withdrawn, they talked to one another and said, "This man is doing nothing for which he deserves death or imprisonment."
gōpanē parasparaṁ vivicya kathitavanta ēṣa janō bandhanārhaṁ prāṇahananārhaṁ vā kimapi karmma nākarōt|
32 And Agrippa said to Festus, "He might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar."
tata āgrippaḥ phīṣṭam avadat, yadyēṣa mānuṣaḥ kaisarasya nikaṭē vicāritō bhavituṁ na prārthayiṣyat tarhi muktō bhavitum aśakṣyat|
