प्रेषि. 23
1 १ मग पौल न्यायसभेकडे स्थिर दृष्टी करून म्हणाला, “बंधुजनहो, मी आजपर्यंत देवाबरोबर पूर्ण सद्भावाने वागत आलो आहे.”
Paul fixed his eyes on the Council, and began: “Brothers, for my part, I have always ordered my life before God, with a clear conscience, up to this very day.”
At this, the high priest Ananias ordered the men standing near to strike him on the mouth;
3 ३ तेव्हा पौल त्यास म्हणाला, “हे चुना लावलेल्या भिंती, तुला देव मारील; तू नियमशास्त्राप्रमाणे माझा न्याय करावयाला बसला असता नियमशास्त्राविरुद्ध मला मारण्याची आज्ञा देतोस काय?”
Paul turned to him and said: “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting there to try me in accordance with law, and yet, in defiance of law, order me to be struck?”
The people standing near said to Paul, “Do you know that you are insulting God’s high priest?”
5 ५ पौलाने म्हटले, “बंधुजनहो, हा महायाजक आहे हे मला ठाऊक नव्हते; कारण तू आपल्या लोकांच्या अधिकाऱ्याविरुद्ध वाईट बोलू नको असे शास्त्रात लिहिले आहे.”
“I did not know, brothers, that it was the high priest,” said Paul, “for scripture says – ‘Of the ruler of your people you should speak no ill’.”
6 ६ तेव्हा त्यांच्यामध्ये एक भाग सदूकी व एक भाग परूशी आहे, हे ओळखून पौल न्यायसभेमध्ये मोठ्याने म्हणाला, “बंधुजनहो, मी परूशी व परुश्यांचा पुत्र आहे; आमची आशा व मरण पावलेल्यांचे पुनरुत्थान ह्यासंबंधाने माझी चौकशी होत आहे.”
Noticing that some of those present were Sadducees and others Pharisees, Paul called out in the Council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee and a son of Pharisees. It is on the question of hope for the dead and of their resurrection that I am on my trial.”
As soon as he said this, a dispute arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and there was a sharp division of opinion among those present.
8 ८ कारण पुनरुत्थान नाही आणि देवदूत व आत्माही नाही, असे सदूकी म्हणतात; परूशी तर या दोन्ही गोष्टी मान्य करतात.
(For Sadducees say there is no such thing as a resurrection, and that there is neither angel nor spirit, while Pharisees believe in both.)
9 ९ तेव्हा मोठी गडबड उडाली; आणि जे नियमशास्त्र शिक्षक, परूश्यांच्या पक्षाचे होते त्यांच्यातून काहीजण उठून तणतण करीत म्हणाले, “या मनुष्याच्या ठायी आम्हास काही वाईट दिसत नाही; जर आत्मा किंवा देवदूत त्यांच्याबरोबर बोलला असेल तर मग कसे?”
So a great uproar ensued, and some of the Teachers of the Law belonging to the Pharisees’ party stood up and hotly protested, “We find nothing whatever wrong in this man. Suppose a spirit did speak to him, or an angel…”
10 १० असे त्यांच्यात जोराचे भांडण चालले असता; ते पौलाला फाडून टाकतील असे भय वाटून सरदाराने शिपायांना हुकुम केला की, खाली जाऊन त्यास त्यांच्यामधून सोडवून गढीत आणावे.
The dispute was becoming so violent, that the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces between them, ordered the Guard to go down and rescue him from them, and take him into the Fort.
11 ११ त्याच रात्री प्रभू त्याच्यापुढे उभा राहून म्हणाला, “धीर धर; जशी तू यरूशलेमे शहरात माझ्याविषयी साक्ष दिली तशी रोम शहरांतही तुला द्यावी लागेल.”
That night the Lord came and stood by Paul, and said, “Courage! You have borne witness for me in Jerusalem and you must bear witness in Rome also.”
12 १२ मग दिवस उगवल्यावर, कित्येक यहूदी एकजूट करून शपथबद्ध होऊन म्हणाले, पौलाचा जीव घेईपर्यंत आम्ही खाणार पिणार नाही.
In the morning some Jewish men combined together, and took an oath that they would not eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
There were more than forty in the plot;
14 १४ ते मुख्य याजक लोक व वडील ह्यांच्याकडे येऊन म्हणाले, “पौलाचा जीव घेईपर्यंत आम्ही अन्नाला शिवणार नाही, अशा कडकडीत शपथेने आम्ही आपणास बद्ध करून घेतले आहे.
and they went to the chief priests and the elders, and said, “We have taken a solemn oath not to touch food until we have killed Paul.
15 १५ तर आता त्याच्याविषयी आणखी काही बारकाईने विचारपूस करावयाची आहे, या निमित्ताने त्यास आपणाकडे आणावे असे तुम्ही न्यायसभेतही सरदाराला समजवावे; म्हणजे तो जवळ येतो न येतो तोंच त्याचा जीव घेण्यास आम्ही तयार आहोत.”
So we want you now, with the consent of the Council, to suggest to the commanding officer that he should bring Paul down before you, as though you intended to go more fully into his case; but, before he comes here, we will be ready to make away with him.”
16 १६ तेव्हा ते दबा धरून बसल्याचे पौलाच्या बहिणीच्या मुलाने ऐकले आणि गढीत जाऊन त्याने पौलाला सांगितले.
However, the son of Paul’s sister, hearing of the plot, went to the Fort, and on being admitted, told Paul about it.
17 १७ तेव्हा पौलाने एका शताधीपतीला बोलावून म्हटले, या तरुणाला सरदाराकडे घेऊन जा, ह्याला त्यास काही सांगावयाचे आहे.
Paul called one of the garrison centurion and asked him to take the young man to the commanding officer, as he had something to tell him.
18 १८ तेव्हा त्याने त्यास सरदाराकडे नेऊन म्हटले, बंदिवान पौल ह्याने मला बोलावून विनंती केली की, या तरूणाला आपणाकडे आणावे, त्यास आपणाबरोबर काही बोलावयाचे आहे.
The centurion went with him to the commanding officer, and said, “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to tell you.”
The commanding officer took the young man by the hand, and, stepping aside, asked what it was he had to tell him.
20 २० तो म्हणाला, “यहूद्यांनी असा एकोपा केला आहे की, पौलाविषयी आणखी काही बारकाईने विचारपूस करावयाच्या निमित्ताने त्यास उद्या खाली सभेमध्ये आणावे, अशी आपणाला विनंती करावी.
“Some men have agreed,” he answered, “to ask you to bring Paul down before the Council tomorrow, on the plea of your making further inquiry into his case.
21 २१ तर आपण त्यांचे ऐकू नका; कारण त्यांच्यापैकी चाळीसांहून अधिक माणसे त्याच्यासाठी दबा धरून बसली आहेत; त्यांनी शपथ घेतली आहे की, त्यास जिवे मारीपर्यंत आपण खाणार पिणार नाही; आणि आता ते तयार होऊन आपल्या संमतीची वाट पाहत आहे.”
But do not let them persuade you, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, who have taken an oath that they will not eat or drink, until they have made away with him; and they are at this very moment in readiness, counting on your promise.”
22 २२ तेव्हा, “तू हे मला कळविले आहे हे कोणाला सांगू नको, असे त्या तरूणाला निक्षून सांगून सरदाराने त्यास निरोप दिला.”
The commanding officer then dismissed the young man, cautioning him not to mention to anybody that he had given him that information.
23 २३ मग त्याने दोघा शताधिपतींना बोलावून सांगितले, “कैसरीयास जाण्यासाठी दोनशे शिपाई, सत्तर स्वार व दोनशे भालेकरी प्रहर रात्रीस तयार ठेवा.”
Then he called two Captains, and ordered them to have two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea, as well as seventy troopers and two hundred lancers, by nine o’clock that night,
and to have horses ready for Paul to ride, so that they might take him safely to Felix, the Governor.
He also wrote a letter along these lines:
‘Claudius Lysias sends his compliments to His Excellency Felix the Governor.
27 २७ या मनुष्यास यहूद्यांनी धरले होते आणि त्यांच्याकडून त्याचा घात होणार होता, इतक्यात हा रोमी आहे असे कळाल्यावरून मी शिपाई घेऊन जाऊन त्यास सोडवले.
The man whom I send with this had been seized by some Jews, and was on the point of being killed by them, when I came upon them with the force under my command, and rescued him, as I learned that he was a Roman citizen.
28 २८ आणि ह्याच्यावर आरोप आणण्याचे काय कारण होते हे समजून घेण्याच्या इच्छेने त्यास त्यांच्या न्यायसभेत खाली नेले.
Wanting to know exactly the ground of the charges they made against him, I brought him before their Council,
29 २९ तेव्हा त्यांच्या नियमशास्त्रातील वादग्रस्त गोष्टींसंबंधी त्याच्यावर काही ठपका आणला होता, परंतु मरणाची किंवा बंधनाची शिक्षा देण्याजोगा आरोप त्याच्यावर नव्हता, असे मला दिसून आले.
when I found that their charges were connected with questions of their own Law, and that there was nothing alleged involving either death or imprisonment.
30 ३० या मनुष्या विरुद्ध कट होणार आहे अशी मला खबर लागताच मी त्यास आपल्याकडे पाठवले आहे, वादींनाही आपल्यासमोर खटला चालवण्यास सांगितले आहे, सुखरूप असावे.”
Having, however, information of a plot against the man, which was about to be put into execution, I am sending him to you at once, and I have also directed his accusers to prosecute him before you.’
The soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took charge of Paul and conducted him by night to Antipatris;
and on the next day, leaving the troopers to go on with him, they returned to the Fort.
On arriving at Caesarea, the troopers delivered the letter to the Governor, and brought Paul before him.
As soon as Felix had read the letter, he enquired to what province Paul belonged, and, learning that he came from Cilicia, he said,
35 ३५ त्याने म्हटले, “तुझे वादी आले म्हणजे मी तुझे म्हणणे ऐकेन.” आणि ‘त्याला हेरोदाच्या राजवाड्यात ठेवावे’ असा त्याने हुकुम सोडला.
“I will hear all you have to say as soon as your accusers have arrived.” And he ordered Paul to be kept under guard in Herod’s Government house.
