प्रेरित 10
1 कैसरिया सहरमा कर्नेलियस नाउँका एक जना मानिस थिए जो इटालिया नामक पल्टनका कप्तान थिए ।
[There was] a man [who lived] in Caesarea [city] whose name was Cornelius. He was an officer who commanded 100 men in a large group of [Roman] soldiers from Italy.
2 तिनी ईश्वरभक्त मानिस थिए । तिनी र तिनका सारा घरानाले परमेश्वरको आराधना गर्थे । तिनले यहूदीहरूलाई धेरै रूपैयाँ-पैसा सहयोग गरे र तिनले सधैँ परमेश्वरलाई प्रार्थना चढाइरहन्थे ।
He always tried to do what would please God; he and his entire household [MTY] [were non-Jews who] habitually worshipped God. He sometimes gave money to help poor [Jewish] people, and he prayed to God regularly.
3 दिउँसो तिन बजेतिर तिनले दर्शनमा परमेश्वरका एक स्वर्गदूत आफूतिर आइरहेको देखे । स्वर्गदूतले भने, “ए कर्नेलियस”
[One day] at about three o’clock in the afternoon [Cornelius saw] a vision. He clearly saw an angel whom God [had sent]. The angel came into [his room] and said to him, “Cornelius!”
4 कर्नेलियसले एकटक लगाएर स्वर्गदूतलाई हेरे र भयभीत हुँदै भने, “हजुर, भन्नुहोस् ।” स्वर्तदूतले तिनलाई भने, “तिम्रा प्रार्थना र तिमीले गरिबहरूलाई दिएका दान सम्झनायोग्य बलिको रूपमा परमेश्वरको उपस्थितिमा पुगेका छन् ।
Cornelius stared at the angel and became terrified. Then he asked [fearfully], “Sir, what do you [(sg)] want?” The angel answered him, “You [(sg)] have pleased God because you have been praying [regularly to him] and you often give money to [help] poor people. [Those things have been] like a sacrifice [to God].
5 पत्रुस पनि भनेर चिनिने सिमोन भनिने मानिसलाई ल्याउन योप्पा शहरमा मानिसहरू पठाऊ ।
So, now command some men to go to Joppa and [tell them to] bring back a man named Simon whose other name is Peter.
6 तिनी सिमोन नामक चर्मकारसित बसिरहेका छन् जसको घर समुद्रको छेउमा छ ।”
He is staying with a man, [also] named Simon, who makes leather. His house is near the ocean.”
7 आफूसित बोल्ने स्वर्गदूत गएपछि कर्नेलियसले आफ्नो घरका दुई जना नोकर र तिनको सेवा गर्ने सिपाहीहरूमध्ये परमेश्वरलाई पुज्ने एक जना सिपाहीलाई बोलाए ।
When the angel who spoke to Cornelius had gone, Cornelius summoned two of his household servants and a soldier who served him, one who also worshipped God.
8 कर्नेलियसले तिनीहरूलाई सबै कुरा बताएर तिनीहरूलाई योप्पा पठाए ।
He explained to them everything [that the angel had said. Then] he told them to go to Joppa [to ask Peter to come to Caesarea].
9 भोलिपल्ट लगभग दिउँसोको बाह्र बजेको थियो । तिनीहरू यात्रा गरेर शहरको नजिक आइपुग्दा पत्रुस प्रार्थनाको लागि घरको माथिल्लो कौसीमा उक्ले ।
About noon the next day those [three men] were traveling [along the road] and were coming near [Joppa. As they were approaching Joppa], Peter went up on the [flat] housetop to pray.
10 तिनी भोकाए र तिनलाई केही खान मन लाग्यो । तर मानिसहरूले खानेकुरा पकाइरहँदा तिनीले एउटा दर्शन देखे ।
He became hungry and wanted something to eat. While someone was preparing the food, [Peter] saw [this] vision:
11 तिनले आकास खुलेको र एउटा वस्तु पृथ्वीतिर खसिरहेको देखे जुन चारै कुनामा बाँधिएको एउटा ठुलो तन्नाजस्तो थियो ।
(He saw heaven open/He saw an opening in the sky) and something like a large sheet was being lowered [to the ground]. [It was tied at] its four corners [with ropes].
12 त्यसमा सबै किसिमका चारखुट्टे प्राणीहरू, पृथ्वीमा घस्रने जन्तुहरू र आकासका चराचुरुङ्गीहरू थिए ।
Inside the sheet were all kinds of creatures. [These included animals and birds that the Mosaic laws forbade Jews to eat]. Some had four feet, others scurried across the ground, and others were wild birds.
13 त्यसपछि एउटा आवाजले तिनलाई भन्यो, “पत्रुस, उठ अनि मारेर खाऊ ।”
Then [he heard] God [SYN] say to him, “Peter, stand up, kill [and cook some of these] and eat [their meat]!”
14 तर पत्रुसले भने, “हुँदैन प्रभु । किनकि मैले कहिल्यै अशुद्ध र अपवित्र कुराहरू खाएको छैनँ ।”
But Peter replied, “Lord, surely you [(sg)] do not [really want me to do that]! I have never eaten any [meat] that [our Jewish law says] is unacceptable to God or [something that we(exc)] must not eat!”
15 तर त्यो आवाज दोस्रो पटक पनि तिनीकहाँ आयोः “परमेश्वरले जेलाई शुद्ध पार्नुभएको छ तिमीले त्यसलाई अशुद्ध नभन ।”
[Then Peter heard] [MTY] God talk to him a second time. He said, “[I am] God, [so] if I have made something acceptable [to eat], do not say that it is not acceptable [to eat]!”
16 तिन पटकसम्म यसै भयो । त्यसपछि त्यो तन्नाजस्तो वस्तु तुरुन्तै आकासतिर लगियो ।
[This happened] three [times, so Peter knew that he had to think carefully about what it might mean]. Immediately [after God had said that the third time], ([the] sheet [with the animals and birds] was the pulled back into heaven/[someone] pulled the sheet [with the animals and birds] up into the sky again).
17 आफूले देखेको दर्शनको अर्थ के होला भनेर पत्रुस अन्योलमा परिरहँदा कर्नेलियसले पठाइएका मानिसहरू ढोकाको सामु खडा भए । तिनीहरू घर खोज्दै त्यहाँ आइपुगेका थिए ।
While Peter was trying to understand what that vision meant, the men who had been sent by Cornelius {whom Cornelius had sent} [arrived in Joppa. They asked people how to get to] Simon’s house. [So they found his house] and were standing outside the gate.
18 पत्रुस भनिने सिमोन त्यहाँ बसिरहेका छन् कि छैनन् भनी तिनीहरूले सोधे ।
They called and were asking if a man named Simon, whose other name was Peter, was staying there.
19 पत्रुसले दर्शनको बारेमा अझै सोचिरहेकै बेला पवित्र आत्माले तिनलाई भन्नुभयो, “हेर, तिन जना मानिसले तिम्रो खोजी गर्दैछन् ।
While Peter was still trying to understand [what] the vision [meant], [God’s] Spirit said to him, “Three men [are here who] want to see you.
20 उठ र तल जाऊ अनि तिनीहरूसँगै लाग । तिनीहरूसँगै जानदेखि नडराऊ किनकि मैले नै तिनीहरूलाई पठाएको हुँ ।”
So get up and go downstairs and go with them! Do not think that you [(sg)] should not go with them [because of their being non-Jews], because I have sent them [here]!”
21 त्यसैले, पत्रुस ती मानिसहरूकहाँ ओर्ले र तिनले भने, “तपाईंहरूले खोजिरहनुभएको व्यक्ति मै हुँ । तपाईंहरू किन आउनुभएको?”
So Peter went down to the men and said to them, “[Greetings!] I am [the man] you are looking for. Why have you come?”
22 तिनीहरूले भने, “परमेश्वरको आराधना गर्ने कर्नेलियस नाउँ गरेका कप्तान धर्मी मानिस हुनुहुन्छ जो सारा यहूदी जातिको बिचमा प्रसिद्ध हुनुहुन्छ । परमेश्वरका पवित्र स्वर्गदूतले तपाईंलाई बोलाएर उहाँको घरमा ल्याऊ भनी उहाँलाई आज्ञा दिए ताकि उहाँले तपाईंको सन्देश सुन्न सकून् ।”
One of them replied, “Cornelius, who is a [Roman] army officer, [sent us here]. He is a righteous man who worships God, and all of the Jewish people [HYP] [who know about him] say that he is a very good man. An angel (who was sent from God/whom God sent) said to him, ‘Tell some men to [go to Joppa to see Simon Peter and] bring him here, so that you [(sg)] can hear what he has to say.’”
23 त्यसैले, पत्रुसले तिनीहरूलाई भित्र आई तिनी र तिनका मानिसहरूसित बस्न निमन्त्रणा दिए । भोलिपल्ट बिहान पत्रुस उठे र तिनीहरूसँगै गए । योप्पाका केही भाइहरू पनि तिनीसँगै लागे ।
So Peter [said that he would go with them, and then he] invited them into [the house] and told them that they could stay [there that night]. Acts 10:23b-26 The next day Peter got ready and went with the men. Several of the believers from Joppa went with him.
24 अर्को दिन तिनीहरू कैसरिया आइपुगे । कर्नेलियसले तिनीहरूको प्रतीक्षा गर्दै थिए । तिनले आफ्ना नातेदारहरूसाथै घनिष्ठ मित्रहरूलाई पनि बोलाएका थिए ।
The day after that, they arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them. He had also invited his relatives and close friends [to come to his house, so they were there, too].
25 पत्रुस भित्र पसेपछि कर्नेलियसले तिनलाई स्वागत गरे र तिनको सम्मान गर्दै तिनले दण्डवत् गरे ।
When Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and bowed low in front of him to worship him.
26 तर पत्रुसले तिनलाई उठाएर भने, “उठ्नुहोस् । म आफैँ पनि केवल मानिस हुँ ।”
But Peter [grasped Cornelius by the hand and] lifted him to his feet. He said, “Stand up! [Do not revere/worship me] I myself am only human, [like you]!”
27 पत्रुस तिनीसित बातचित गरिरहँदा तिनी भित्र प्रवेश गरे र धेरै मानिसहरू जम्मा भएका देखे ।
While he was talking to Cornelius, Peter [and the others] entered [a large room inside the house]. Peter saw that many people had gathered together [there].
28 पत्रुसले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “तपाईंहरूलाई थाहा छ कि एउटा यहूदीले अर्को जातिका मानिसहरूसित सङ्गत गर्नु वा तिनीहरूलाई भेटघाट गर्नु अनुचित कार्य हो । तर मैले कुनै पनि मानिसलाई अशुद्ध वा अपवित्र भन्नु हुँदैन भनी परमेश्वरले मलाई देखाउनुभएको छ ।
Then Peter said to them, “You all know that any [of us] Jews think we are disobeying [our Jewish] laws if we [(exc)] associate with a non-Jewish person or [if we even] visit him. However, God has shown me [in a vision] that I should not say about anyone that God will not accept him.
29 त्यसकारण, मलाई बोलाइँदा म गनगन नगरीकन आएँ । तपाईंहरूले मलाई किन बोलाउनुभएको?”
So when you sent [some men] to ask me to come [here], I came [right away. I] did not say that I could not go [with non-Jewish people. So, please tell me], why have you asked me to come [here]?”
30 कर्नेलियसले भने, “चार दिनअगि यही घडीमा म मेरो घरमा दिउँसो तिन बजे प्रार्थना गरिरहँदा सेतो पोशाक लगाएका एक जना मानिस मेरो सामु खडा भए ।
Cornelius replied, “About this time four days ago I was praying [to God] in my house, [as I regularly do] at three o’clock in the afternoon. Suddenly a man whose clothes [shone] brightly stood in front of me,
31 तिनले भने, ‘हे कर्नेलियस, परमेश्वरले तिम्रो प्रार्थना सुन्नुभएको छ र तिमीले गरीबहरूलाई दिएको दानको सम्झना गर्नुभएको छ ।
and said, ‘Cornelius, when you [(sg)] have prayed, you have been heard by God {God has heard [when] you [(sg)] have prayed [to him]}. He has also noticed that you have [often] given money to [help] poor people, [and he is pleased with that].
32 त्यसैले, कसैलाई योप्पामा पठाऊ र पत्रुस भनिने सिमोनलाई डाकेर ल्याऊ । तिनी सिमोन भनिने चर्मकारको घरमा बसिरहेका छन् जुन समुद्रको छेउमा पर्छ ।’
So now, send [messengers to go] to Joppa, [in order] to ask Simon whose other name is Peter to come [here]. He is staying near the ocean in a house that belongs to [another] man named Simon, who makes leather. [When Simon Peter comes, he will tell you a message from God].’
33 त्यसैले, तुरुन्तै मैले तपाईंलाई बोलाउन पठाएँ । तपाईं गनगन नगरीकन आइदिनुभयो । अब परमप्रभुले तपाईंलाई निर्देशन दिनुभएका सबै कुरा सुन्न हामी सबै यहाँ परमेश्वरको उपस्थितिमा छौँ ।”
So I immediately sent [some men who asked] you [(sg) to come here], and I [certainly] thank you for coming. Now we [(exc)] all are gathered [here, knowing that] God is with us, in order to hear all the things that the Lord [God] has commanded you [to say. So please speak to us].”
34 तब पत्रुसले आफ्नो मुख खोलेर भनेः “साँच्चै म जान्दछु कि परमेश्वरले कसैको पक्षपात गर्नुहुन्न ।
So Peter began to speak [MTY] to them. He said, “[Now] I understand that it is true that God does not favor only certain groups [of people].
35 बरु, हरेक जातिमा उहाँको आराधना गर्ने र धार्मिक कामहरू गर्ने व्यक्ति उहाँको अगि स्वीकारयोग्य हुन्छ ।
Instead, from every group of people he accepts [everyone who] honors him and who does what pleases him.
36 परमेश्वरले इस्राएलीहरूलाई पठाउनुभएको सन्देश तपाईंहरूलाई थाहै छ । उहाँले सबैका प्रभु अर्थात् येशू ख्रीष्टद्वारा शान्तिको बारेमा सुसमाचार प्रचार गर्नुभयो ।
[You know] the message that God sent to [us] Israelis. [He] proclaimed [to us the good news that he] would cause [people] to have peace [with him] because of what Jesus Christ [has done]. This [Jesus is Lord not only over us Israelis. He] is [also the] Lord [who rules] over all [people].
37 यूहन्नाले प्रचार गरेको बप्तिस्मापश्चात् गालीलबाट सुरु गरेर सारा यहूदियाभरि भएका घटनाहरूको बारेमा तपाईंहरूलाई थाहै छ ।
You know what [he] did throughout the land of Judea, beginning in Galilee. He began [to do those things] after John had been proclaiming [to people that they should turn away from their sinful behavior before] he baptized them.
38 ती घटनाहरू नासरतका येशूको बारेमा हुन् जसलाई परमेश्वरले पवित्र आत्मा र शक्तिले अभिषेक गर्नुभएको थियो । उहाँले असल कामहरू गर्नुभयो र शैतानद्वारा पीडितहरूलाई निको पार्दै जानुभयो किनकि परमेश्वर उहाँसित हुनुहुन्थ्यो ।
You know that God gave [MTY] his Holy Spirit to Jesus, [the Man] from Nazareth [town], and gave him the power [to do miracles. You also know] how Jesus went to many places, always doing good deeds and healing [people. Specifically], he was continually healing all the people whom the devil was causing to suffer. [Jesus was able to do those things] because God was always helping him.”
39 यहूदीहरूको देश र यरूशलेम दुवैमा उहाँले गर्नुभएका सबै कुराहरूका हामी साक्षी हौँ । यही येशूलाई तिनीहरूले काठमा झुण्ड्याएर मारे ।
“We [apostles] tell people about all the things that [we saw Jesus] do in Jerusalem and in the [rest of] Israel. [The leaders in Jerusalem] had him killed by being nailed to a cross.
40 परमेश्वरले उहाँलाई तेस्रो दिनमा बिउँताउनुभयो र प्रकट गराउनुभयो,
However, God caused him to become alive again on the third day [after he had died]. God [also] enabled [some of us(exc)] to see him [so that we would know that he was alive again].
41 सबैकहाँ होइन तर परमेश्वरले पहिले नै छान्नुभएका साक्षीहरूकहाँ । हामी नै ती साक्षीहरू हौँ जसले उहाँ मृतकहरूबाट बौरी उठ्नुभएपछि उहाँसँगै खायौँ र पियौँ ।
God [did] not [let] all the [Jewish] people see him. Instead, he had chosen us [apostles] beforehand to see [Jesus after he became alive again], and to tell others [about him]. We [apostles are the people] who ate meals with him (after he had become alive [again]/after he had risen from the dead).
42 परमेश्वरले उहाँलाई नै जिउँदा र मरेकाहरूको न्यायकर्ता हुन चुन्नुभएको छ भनी मानिसहरूलाई प्रचार गर्न र गवाही दिन उहाँले हामीलाई आज्ञा दिनुभयो ।
God commanded us to preach to the people and tell them that Jesus is the one whom he has appointed to judge [everyone some day. He will judge all] those who will [still] be living and all those who will have died [by that time].
43 सबै अगमवक्ताहरूले उहाँको गवाही दिएका छन् ताकि उहाँमाथि विश्वास गर्ने हरेकले उहाँको नाउँद्वारा पापको क्षमा पाओस् ।”
All of the prophets [who wrote about the Messiah long ago] told [people] about him. [They wrote] that if people believe in the Messiah [MTY], God would forgive [them for] their sins, because of what [the Messiah would do] for them.”
44 पत्रुसले यी कुराहरू बताइरहँदा तिनको सन्देश सुन्नेहरू सबैमाथि पवित्र आत्मा ओर्लनुभयो ।
While Peter was still speaking those words, suddenly the Holy Spirit (came down on/began to control) all [those non-Jewish people] who were listening to the message.
45 पत्रुससँगै आएका यहूदी विश्वासीहरू छक्क परे किनकि पवित्र आत्माको वरदान अन्यजातिहरूलाई पनि दिइएको थियो ।
The Jewish believers who had come with Peter [from Joppa] were amazed that [God] had generously given the Holy Spirit to the non-Jewish people, too.
46 किनभने तिनीहरूले यी अन्यजातिहरूले अन्य भाषाहरूमा बोलेका र परमेश्वरको प्रशंसा गरेका सुने । तब पत्रुसले जवाफ दिए,
[The Jewish believers knew that God had done that] because they were hearing those people speaking languages [MTY] [that they had not learned] and telling how great God is.
47 “हामीले जस्तै पवित्र आत्मा प्राप्त गर्ने यी मानिसहरूलाई पानीको बप्तिस्मा लिनदेखि कसैले रोक्न सक्छ?”
Then Peter said [to the other Jewish believers who were there], “[God] has given them the Holy Spirit just like [he gave him] to us [Jewish believers], so (surely all of you would agree that [we(exc)] should baptize these people!/would any of you forbid that these people should be baptized?) [RHQ]”
48 तिनले तिनीहरूलाई येशू ख्रीष्टको नाउँमा बप्तिस्मा लिनू भन्ने आज्ञा दिए । तिनीहरूले तिनलाई केही दिन तिनीहरूसँगै बस्न अनुरोध गरे ।
Then Peter told those [non-Jewish] people that they should be baptized [to show that they had believed] [MTY] in the [Lord] Jesus Christ. [So they baptized all of them. After they were baptized], they requested that Peter stay [with them] several days. [So Peter and the other Jewish believers did that].
