prEritAH 11
1 itthaM bhinnadEzIyalOkA apIzvarasya vAkyam agRhlan imAM vArttAM yihUdIyadEzasthaprEritA bhrAtRgaNazca zrutavantaH|
The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
2 tataH pitarE yirUzAlamnagaraM gatavati tvakchEdinO lOkAstEna saha vivadamAnA avadan,
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him
3 tvam atvakchEdilOkAnAM gRhaM gatvA taiH sArddhaM bhuktavAn|
and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
4 tataH pitara AditaH kramazastatkAryyasya sarvvavRttAntamAkhyAtum ArabdhavAn|
But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:
5 yAphOnagara EkadAhaM prArthayamAnO mUrcchitaH san darzanEna caturSu kONESu lambanamAnaM vRhadvastramiva pAtramEkam AkAzadavaruhya mannikaTam Agacchad apazyam|
“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.
6 pazcAt tad ananyadRSTyA dRSTvA vivicya tasya madhyE nAnAprakArAn grAmyavanyapazUn urOgAmikhEcarAMzca dRSTavAn;
I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.
7 hE pitara tvamutthAya gatvA bhuMkSva mAM sambOdhya kathayantaM zabdamEkaM zrutavAMzca|
Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’
8 tatOhaM pratyavadaM, hE prabhO nEtthaM bhavatu, yataH kinjcana niSiddham azuci dravyaM vA mama mukhamadhyaM kadApi na prAvizat|
‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
9 aparam IzvarO yat zuci kRtavAn tanniSiddhaM na jAnIhi dvi rmAmpratIdRzI vihAyasIyA vANI jAtA|
But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’
10 triritthaM sati tat sarvvaM punarAkAzam AkRSTaM|
This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.
11 pazcAt kaisariyAnagarAt trayO janA mannikaTaM prESitA yatra nivEzanE sthitOhaM tasmin samayE tatrOpAtiSThan|
Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
12 tadA niHsandEhaM taiH sArddhaM yAtum AtmA mAmAdiSTavAn; tataH paraM mayA sahaitESu SaPbhrAtRSu gatESu vayaM tasya manujasya gRhaM prAvizAma|
The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.
13 sOsmAkaM nikaTE kathAmEtAm akathayat EkadA dUta EkaH pratyakSIbhUya mama gRhamadhyE tiSTan mAmityAjnjApitavAn, yAphOnagaraM prati lOkAn prahitya pitaranAmnA vikhyAtaM zimOnam AhUyaya;
He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
14 tatastava tvadIyaparivArANAnjca yEna paritrANaM bhaviSyati tat sa upadEkSyati|
He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’
15 ahaM tAM kathAmutthApya kathitavAn tEna prathamam asmAkam upari yathA pavitra AtmAvarUPhavAn tathA tESAmapyupari samavarUPhavAn|
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
16 tEna yOhan jalE majjitavAn iti satyaM kintu yUyaM pavitra Atmani majjitA bhaviSyatha, iti yadvAkyaM prabhuruditavAn tat tadA mayA smRtam|
Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
17 ataH prabhA yIzukhrISTE pratyayakAriNO yE vayam asmabhyam IzvarO yad dattavAn tat tEbhyO lOkEbhyOpi dattavAn tataH kOhaM? kimaham IzvaraM vArayituM zaknOmi?
So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”
18 kathAmEtAM zruvA tE kSAntA Izvarasya guNAn anukIrttya kathitavantaH, tarhi paramAyuHprAptinimittam IzvarOnyadEzIyalOkEbhyOpi manaHparivarttanarUpaM dAnam adAt|
When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
19 stiphAnaM prati upadravE ghaTitE yE vikIrNA abhavan tai phainIkIkuprAntiyakhiyAsu bhramitvA kEvalayihUdIyalOkAn vinA kasyApyanyasya samIpa Izvarasya kathAM na prAcArayan|
Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.
20 aparaM tESAM kuprIyAH kurInIyAzca kiyantO janA AntiyakhiyAnagaraM gatvA yUnAnIyalOkAnAM samIpEpi prabhOryIzOH kathAM prAcArayan|
But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
21 prabhOH karastESAM sahAya AsIt tasmAd anEkE lOkA vizvasya prabhuM prati parAvarttanta|
The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
22 iti vArttAyAM yirUzAlamasthamaNPalIyalOkAnAM karNagOcarIbhUtAyAm AntiyakhiyAnagaraM gantu tE barNabbAM prairayan|
When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
23 tatO barNabbAstatra upasthitaH san IzvarasyAnugrahasya phalaM dRSTvA sAnandO jAtaH,
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
24 sa svayaM sAdhu rvizvAsEna pavitrENAtmanA ca paripUrNaH san ganOniSTayA prabhAvAsthAM karttuM sarvvAn upadiSTavAn tEna prabhOH ziSyA anEkE babhUvuH|
Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
25 zESE zaulaM mRgayituM barNabbAstArSanagaraM prasthitavAn| tatra tasyOddEzaM prApya tam AntiyakhiyAnagaram Anayat;
Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
26 tatastau maNPalIsthalOkaiH sabhAM kRtvA saMvatsaramEkaM yAvad bahulOkAn upAdizatAM; tasmin AntiyakhiyAnagarE ziSyAH prathamaM khrISTIyanAmnA vikhyAtA abhavan|
and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
27 tataH paraM bhaviSyadvAdigaNE yirUzAlama AntiyakhiyAnagaram AgatE sati
In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
28 AgAbanAmA tESAmEka utthAya AtmanaH zikSayA sarvvadEzE durbhikSaM bhaviSyatIti jnjApitavAn; tataH klaudiyakaisarasyAdhikArE sati tat pratyakSam abhavat|
One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
29 tasmAt ziSyA EkaikazaH svasvazaktyanusAratO yihUdIyadEzanivAsinAM bhratRNAM dinayApanArthaM dhanaM prESayituM nizcitya
So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
30 barNabbAzaulayO rdvArA prAcInalOkAnAM samIpaM tat prESitavantaH|
This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
