Acts 16
1 He came to Derbe and Lystra; and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed, but his father was a Greek.
paulo darbbīlustrānagarayorupasthitobhavat tatra tīmathiyanāmā śiṣya eka āsīt; sa viśvāsinyā yihūdīyāyā yoṣito garbbhajātaḥ kintu tasya pitānyadeśīyalokaḥ|
2 The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.
sa jano lustrā-ikaniyanagarasthānāṁ bhrātṛṇāṁ samīpepi sukhyātimān āsīt|
3 Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
paulastaṁ svasaṅginaṁ karttuṁ matiṁ kṛtvā taṁ gṛhītvā taddeśanivāsināṁ yihūdīyānām anurodhāt tasya tvakchedaṁ kṛtavān yatastasya pitā bhinnadeśīyaloka iti sarvvairajñāyata|
4 As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.
tataḥ paraṁ te nagare nagare bhramitvā yirūśālamasthaiḥ preritai rlokaprācīnaiśca nirūpitaṁ yad vyavasthāpatraṁ tadanusāreṇācarituṁ lokebhyastad dattavantaḥ|
5 So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.
tenaiva sarvve dharmmasamājāḥ khrīṣṭadharmme susthirāḥ santaḥ pratidinaṁ varddhitā abhavan|
6 When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
teṣu phrugiyāgālātiyādeśamadhyena gateṣu satsu pavitra ātmā tān āśiyādeśe kathāṁ prakāśayituṁ pratiṣiddhavān|
7 When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.
tathā musiyādeśa upasthāya bithuniyāṁ gantuṁ tairudyoge kṛte ātmā tān nānvamanyata|
8 Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
tasmāt te musiyādeśaṁ parityajya troyānagaraṁ gatvā samupasthitāḥ|
9 A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”
rātrau paulaḥ svapne dṛṣṭavān eko mākidaniyalokastiṣṭhan vinayaṁ kṛtvā tasmai kathayati, mākidaniyādeśam āgatyāsmān upakurvviti|
10 When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.
tasyetthaṁ svapnadarśanāt prabhustaddeśīyalokān prati susaṁvādaṁ pracārayitum asmān āhūyatīti niścitaṁ buddhvā vayaṁ tūrṇaṁ mākidaniyādeśaṁ gantum udyogam akurmma|
11 Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;
tataḥ paraṁ vayaṁ troyānagarād prasthāya ṛjumārgeṇa sāmathrākiyopadvīpena gatvā pare'hani niyāpalinagara upasthitāḥ|
12 and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.
tasmād gatvā mākidaniyāntarvvartti romīyavasatisthānaṁ yat philipīnāmapradhānanagaraṁ tatropasthāya katipayadināni tatra sthitavantaḥ|
13 On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
viśrāmavāre nagarād bahi rgatvā nadītaṭe yatra prārthanācāra āsīt tatropaviśya samāgatā nārīḥ prati kathāṁ prācārayāma|
14 A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
tataḥ thuyātīrānagarīyā dhūṣarāmbaravikrāyiṇī ludiyānāmikā yā īśvarasevikā yoṣit śrotrīṇāṁ madhya āsīt tayā pauloktavākyāni yad gṛhyante tadarthaṁ prabhustasyā manodvāraṁ muktavān|
15 When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.
ataḥ sā yoṣit saparivārā majjitā satī vinayaṁ kṛtvā kathitavatī, yuṣmākaṁ vicārād yadi prabhau viśvāsinī jātāhaṁ tarhi mama gṛham āgatya tiṣṭhata| itthaṁ sā yatnenāsmān asthāpayat|
16 As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.
yasyā gaṇanayā tadadhipatīnāṁ bahudhanopārjanaṁ jātaṁ tādṛśī gaṇakabhūtagrastā kācana dāsī prārthanāsthānagamanakāla āgatyāsmān sākṣāt kṛtavatī|
17 Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”
sāsmākaṁ paulasya ca paścād etya proccaiḥ kathāmimāṁ kathitavatī, manuṣyā ete sarvvoparisthasyeśvarasya sevakāḥ santo'smān prati paritrāṇasya mārgaṁ prakāśayanti|
18 She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.
sā kanyā bahudināni tādṛśam akarot tasmāt paulo duḥkhitaḥ san mukhaṁ parāvartya taṁ bhūtamavadad, ahaṁ yīśukhrīṣṭasya nāmnā tvāmājñāpayāmi tvamasyā bahirgaccha; tenaiva tatkṣaṇāt sa bhūtastasyā bahirgataḥ|
19 But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
tataḥ sveṣāṁ lābhasya pratyāśā viphalā jāteti vilokya tasyāḥ prabhavaḥ paulaṁ sīlañca dhṛtvākṛṣya vicārasthāne'dhipatīnāṁ samīpam ānayan|
20 When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city
tataḥ śāsakānāṁ nikaṭaṁ nītvā romilokā vayam asmākaṁ yad vyavaharaṇaṁ grahītum ācarituñca niṣiddhaṁ,
21 and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”
ime yihūdīyalokāḥ santopi tadeva śikṣayitvā nagare'smākam atīva kalahaṁ kurvvanti,
22 The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.
iti kathite sati lokanivahastayoḥ prātikūlyenodatiṣṭhat tathā śāsakāstayo rvastrāṇi chitvā vetrāghātaṁ karttum ājñāpayan|
23 When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.
aparaṁ te tau bahu prahāryya tvametau kārāṁ nītvā sāvadhānaṁ rakṣayeti kārārakṣakam ādiśan|
24 Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.
ittham ājñāṁ prāpya sa tāvabhyantarasthakārāṁ nītvā pādeṣu pādapāśībhi rbaddhvā sthāpitāvān|
25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
atha niśīthasamaye paulasīlāvīśvaramuddiśya prāthanāṁ gānañca kṛtavantau, kārāsthitā lokāśca tadaśṛṇvan
26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.
tadākasmāt mahān bhūmikampo'bhavat tena bhittimūlena saha kārā kampitābhūt tatkṣaṇāt sarvvāṇi dvārāṇi muktāni jātāni sarvveṣāṁ bandhanāni ca muktāni|
27 The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
ataeva kārārakṣako nidrāto jāgaritvā kārāyā dvārāṇi muktāni dṛṣṭvā bandilokāḥ palāyitā ityanumāya koṣāt khaṅgaṁ bahiḥ kṛtvātmaghātaṁ karttum udyataḥ|
28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!”
kintu paulaḥ proccaistamāhūya kathitavān paśya vayaṁ sarvve'trāsmahe, tvaṁ nijaprāṇahiṁsāṁ mākārṣīḥ|
29 He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,
tadā pradīpam ānetum uktvā sa kampamānaḥ san ullampyābhyantaram āgatya paulasīlayoḥ pādeṣu patitavān|
30 brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
paścāt sa tau bahirānīya pṛṣṭavān he mahecchau paritrāṇaṁ prāptuṁ mayā kiṁ karttavyaṁ?
31 They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
paścāt tau svagṛhamānīya tayoḥ sammukhe khādyadravyāṇi sthāpitavān tathā sa svayaṁ tadīyāḥ sarvve parivārāśceśvare viśvasantaḥ sānanditā abhavan|
32 They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.
tasmai tasya gṛhasthitasarvvalokebhyaśca prabhoḥ kathāṁ kathitavantau|
33 He took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.
tathā rātrestasminneva daṇḍe sa tau gṛhītvā tayoḥ prahārāṇāṁ kṣatāni prakṣālitavān tataḥ sa svayaṁ tasya sarvve parijanāśca majjitā abhavan|
34 He brought them up into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly with all his household, having believed in God.
paścāt tau svagṛhamānīya tayoḥ sammukhe khādyadravyāṇi sthāpitavān tathā sa svayaṁ tadīyāḥ sarvve parivārāśceśvare viśvasantaḥ sānanditā abhavan|
35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, “Let those men go.”
dina upasthite tau lokau mocayeti kathāṁ kathayituṁ śāsakāḥ padātigaṇaṁ preṣitavantaḥ|
36 The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out and go in peace.”
tataḥ kārārakṣakaḥ paulāya tāṁ vārttāṁ kathitavān yuvāṁ tyājayituṁ śāsakā lokāna preṣitavanta idānīṁ yuvāṁ bahi rbhūtvā kuśalena pratiṣṭhetāṁ|
37 But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!”
kintu paulastān avadat romilokayorāvayoḥ kamapi doṣam na niścitya sarvveṣāṁ samakṣam āvāṁ kaśayā tāḍayitvā kārāyāṁ baddhavanta idānīṁ kimāvāṁ guptaṁ vistrakṣyanti? tanna bhaviṣyati, svayamāgatyāvāṁ bahiḥ kṛtvā nayantu|
38 The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,
tadā padātibhiḥ śāsakebhya etadvārttāyāṁ kathitāyāṁ tau romilokāviti kathāṁ śrutvā te bhītāḥ
39 and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.
santastayoḥ sannidhimāgatya vinayam akurvvan aparaṁ bahiḥ kṛtvā nagarāt prasthātuṁ prārthitavantaḥ|
40 They went out of the prison and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, then departed.
tatastau kārāyā nirgatya ludiyāyā gṛhaṁ gatavantau tatra bhrātṛgaṇaṁ sākṣātkṛtya tān sāntvayitvā tasmāt sthānāt prasthitau|
