prEritAH 11
1 itthaM bhinnadEzIyalOkA apIzvarasya vAkyam agRhlan imAM vArttAM yihUdIyadEzasthaprEritA bhrAtRgaNazca zrutavantaH|
Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Yehuda heard that the non-Jewish people had also received the word of God.
2 tataH pitarE yirUzAlamnagaraM gatavati tvakchEdinO lOkAstEna saha vivadamAnA avadan,
When Kipha had come up to Urishlim, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,
3 tvam atvakchEdilOkAnAM gRhaM gatvA taiH sArddhaM bhuktavAn|
saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them."
4 tataH pitara AditaH kramazastatkAryyasya sarvvavRttAntamAkhyAtum ArabdhavAn|
But Kipha began, and explained to them in order, saying,
5 yAphOnagara EkadAhaM prArthayamAnO mUrcchitaH san darzanEna caturSu kONESu lambanamAnaM vRhadvastramiva pAtramEkam AkAzadavaruhya mannikaTam Agacchad apazyam|
"I was in the city of Yupi praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.
6 pazcAt tad ananyadRSTyA dRSTvA vivicya tasya madhyE nAnAprakArAn grAmyavanyapazUn urOgAmikhEcarAMzca dRSTavAn;
When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, crawling creatures, and birds of the sky.
7 hE pitara tvamutthAya gatvA bhuMkSva mAM sambOdhya kathayantaM zabdamEkaM zrutavAMzca|
I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Kipha, kill and eat.'
8 tatOhaM pratyavadaM, hE prabhO nEtthaM bhavatu, yataH kinjcana niSiddham azuci dravyaM vA mama mukhamadhyaM kadApi na prAvizat|
But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'
9 aparam IzvarO yat zuci kRtavAn tanniSiddhaM na jAnIhi dvi rmAmpratIdRzI vihAyasIyA vANI jAtA|
But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, do not call unclean.'
10 triritthaM sati tat sarvvaM punarAkAzam AkRSTaM|
This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
11 pazcAt kaisariyAnagarAt trayO janA mannikaTaM prESitA yatra nivEzanE sthitOhaM tasmin samayE tatrOpAtiSThan|
And look, immediately three men stood before the house where we were, having been sent from Qesarya to me.
12 tadA niHsandEhaM taiH sArddhaM yAtum AtmA mAmAdiSTavAn; tataH paraM mayA sahaitESu SaPbhrAtRSu gatESu vayaM tasya manujasya gRhaM prAvizAma|
The Rukha told me to go with them, without discriminating. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house.
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 the angel standing in his house, and saying to him, 'Send to Yupi, and get Shimon, whose surname is Kipha,
14 tatastava tvadIyaparivArANAnjca yEna paritrANaM bhaviSyati tat sa upadEkSyati|
who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.'
15 ahaM tAM kathAmutthApya kathitavAn tEna prathamam asmAkam upari yathA pavitra AtmAvarUPhavAn tathA tESAmapyupari samavarUPhavAn|
As I began to speak, the Rukha d'Qudsha fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.
16 tEna yOhan jalE majjitavAn iti satyaM kintu yUyaM pavitra Atmani majjitA bhaviSyatha, iti yadvAkyaM prabhuruditavAn tat tadA mayA smRtam|
I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'Yukhanan indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Rukha d'Qudsha.'
17 ataH prabhA yIzukhrISTE pratyayakAriNO yE vayam asmabhyam IzvarO yad dattavAn tat tEbhyO lOkEbhyOpi dattavAn tataH kOhaM? kimaham IzvaraM vArayituM zaknOmi?
If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Yeshua Meshikha, who was I, that I could withstand God?"
18 kathAmEtAM zruvA tE kSAntA Izvarasya guNAn anukIrttya kathitavantaH, tarhi paramAyuHprAptinimittam IzvarOnyadEzIyalOkEbhyOpi manaHparivarttanarUpaM dAnam adAt|
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the non-Jews repentance to life."
19 stiphAnaM prati upadravE ghaTitE yE vikIrNA abhavan tai phainIkIkuprAntiyakhiyAsu bhramitvA kEvalayihUdIyalOkAn vinA kasyApyanyasya samIpa Izvarasya kathAM na prAcArayan|
They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Astapanos traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.
20 aparaM tESAM kuprIyAH kurInIyAzca kiyantO janA AntiyakhiyAnagaraM gatvA yUnAnIyalOkAnAM samIpEpi prabhOryIzOH kathAM prAcArayan|
But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Qurini, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Yeshua.
21 prabhOH karastESAM sahAya AsIt tasmAd anEkE lOkA vizvasya prabhuM prati parAvarttanta|
The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
22 iti vArttAyAM yirUzAlamasthamaNPalIyalOkAnAM karNagOcarIbhUtAyAm AntiyakhiyAnagaraM gantu tE barNabbAM prairayan|
And the report concerning them was heard by the church in Urishlim, so they sent Bar-Naba to Antioch,
23 tatO barNabbAstatra upasthitaH san IzvarasyAnugrahasya phalaM dRSTvA sAnandO jAtaH,
who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain true to the Lord.
24 sa svayaM sAdhu rvizvAsEna pavitrENAtmanA ca paripUrNaH san ganOniSTayA prabhAvAsthAM karttuM sarvvAn upadiSTavAn tEna prabhOH ziSyA anEkE babhUvuH|
For he was a good man, and full of the Rukha d'Qudsha and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.
25 zESE zaulaM mRgayituM barNabbAstArSanagaraM prasthitavAn| tatra tasyOddEzaM prApya tam AntiyakhiyAnagaram Anayat;
Bar-Naba went out to Tarsus to look for Shaul.
26 tatastau maNPalIsthalOkaiH sabhAM kRtvA saMvatsaramEkaM yAvad bahulOkAn upAdizatAM; tasmin AntiyakhiyAnagarE ziSyAH prathamaM khrISTIyanAmnA vikhyAtA abhavan|
When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Meshihaye in Antioch.
27 tataH paraM bhaviSyadvAdigaNE yirUzAlama AntiyakhiyAnagaram AgatE sati
Now in these days, prophets came down from Urishlim to Antioch.
28 AgAbanAmA tESAmEka utthAya AtmanaH zikSayA sarvvadEzE durbhikSaM bhaviSyatIti jnjApitavAn; tataH klaudiyakaisarasyAdhikArE sati tat pratyakSam abhavat|
One of them named Agavus stood up, and indicated by the Rukha that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius.
29 tasmAt ziSyA EkaikazaH svasvazaktyanusAratO yihUdIyadEzanivAsinAM bhratRNAM dinayApanArthaM dhanaM prESayituM nizcitya
As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Yehuda;
30 barNabbAzaulayO rdvArA prAcInalOkAnAM samIpaM tat prESitavantaH|
which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Bar-Naba and Shaul.
