prEritAH 18
1 tadghaTanAtaH paraM paula AthInInagarAd yAtrAM kRtvA karinthanagaram Agacchat|
After this, Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.
2 tasmin samayE klaudiyaH sarvvAn yihUdIyAn rOmAnagaraM vihAya gantum AjnjApayat, tasmAt priskillAnAmnA jAyayA sArddham itAliyAdEzAt kinjcitpUrvvam Agamat yaH pantadEzE jAta AkkilanAmA yihUdIyalOkaH paulastaM sAkSAt prApya tayOH samIpamitavAn|
There he found a Jew named Aquila, of Pontus by birth, who had recently come from Italy along with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul came to them,
3 tau dUSyanirmmANajIvinau, tasmAt parasparam EkavRttikatvAt sa tAbhyAM saha uSitvA tat karmmAkarOt|
and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
4 paulaH prativizrAmavAraM bhajanabhavanaM gatvA vicAraM kRtvA yihUdIyAn anyadEzIyAMzca pravRttiM grAhitavAn|
Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.
5 sIlatImathiyayO rmAkidaniyAdEzAt samEtayOH satOH paula uttaptamanA bhUtvA yIzurIzvarENAbhiSiktO bhavatIti pramANaM yihUdIyAnAM samIpE prAdAt|
When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
6 kintu tE 'tIva virOdhaM vidhAya pASaNPIyakathAM kathitavantastataH paulO vastraM dhunvan EtAM kathAM kathitavAn, yuSmAkaM zONitapAtAparAdhO yuSmAn pratyEva bhavatu, tEnAhaM niraparAdhO 'dyArabhya bhinnadEzIyAnAM samIpaM yAmi|
But when the Jews opposed him and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be upon your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
7 sa tasmAt prasthAya bhajanabhavanasamIpasthasya yustanAmna Izvarabhaktasya bhinnadEzIyasya nivEzanaM prAvizat|
So he moved on from there and went to the house of a man named Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
8 tataH krISpanAmA bhajanabhavanAdhipatiH saparivAraH prabhau vyazvasIt, karinthanagarIyA bahavO lOkAzca samAkarNya vizvasya majjitA abhavan|
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his whole household. And many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
9 kSaNadAyAM prabhuH paulaM darzanaM datvA bhASitavAn, mA bhaiSIH, mA nirasIH kathAM pracAraya|
One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent.
10 ahaM tvayA sArddham Asa hiMsArthaM kOpi tvAM spraSTuM na zakSyati nagarE'smin madIyA lOkA bahava AsatE|
For I am with yoʋ, and no one will attack yoʋ to do yoʋ harm, for I have many people in this city.”
11 tasmAt paulastannagarE prAyENa sArddhavatsaraparyyantaM saMsthAyEzvarasya kathAm upAdizat|
So Paul stayed for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12 gAlliyanAmA kazcid AkhAyAdEzasya prAPvivAkaH samabhavat, tatO yihUdIyA EkavAkyAH santaH paulam Akramya vicArasthAnaM nItvA
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up with one accord against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
13 mAnuSa ESa vyavasthAya viruddham IzvarabhajanaM karttuM lOkAn kupravRttiM grAhayatIti nivEditavantaH|
saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God in a manner contrary to the law.”
14 tataH paulE pratyuttaraM dAtum udyatE sati gAlliyA yihUdIyAn vyAharat, yadi kasyacid anyAyasya vAtizayaduSTatAcaraNasya vicArO'bhaviSyat tarhi yuSmAkaM kathA mayA sahanIyAbhaviSyat|
But just as Paul was about to open his mouth to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or evil misdeed, O Jews, I would bear with you, as is reasonable.
15 kintu yadi kEvalaM kathAyA vA nAmnO vA yuSmAkaM vyavasthAyA vivAdO bhavati tarhi tasya vicAramahaM na kariSyAmi, yUyaM tasya mImAMsAM kuruta|
But since it is a question about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves, for I do not want to be a judge of such things.”
16 tataH sa tAn vicArasthAnAd dUrIkRtavAn|
So he drove them away from the judgment seat.
17 tadA bhinnadEzIyAH sOsthininAmAnaM bhajanabhavanasya pradhAnAdhipatiM dhRtvA vicArasthAnasya sammukhE prAharan tathApi gAlliyA tESu sarvvakarmmasu na manO nyadadhAt|
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of the judgment seat. But none of these things were of any concern to Gallio.
18 paulastatra punarbahudinAni nyavasat, tatO bhrAtRgaNAd visarjanaM prApya kinjcanavratanimittaM kiMkriyAnagarE zirO muNPayitvA priskillAkkilAbhyAM sahitO jalapathEna suriyAdEzaM gatavAn|
After staying in Corinth for many more days, Paul took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. (Now he had shaved his head in Cenchreae because he was under a vow.)
19 tata iphiSanagara upasthAya tatra tau visRjya svayaM bhajanabhvanaM pravizya yihUdIyaiH saha vicAritavAn|
When he arrived at Ephesus, he left Priscilla and Aquila there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
20 tE svaiH sArddhaM punaH katipayadinAni sthAtuM taM vyanayan, sa tadanurarIkRtya kathAmEtAM kathitavAn,
When they asked him to stay with them for a longer period of time, he declined.
21 yirUzAlami AgAmyutsavapAlanArthaM mayA gamanIyaM; pazcAd IzvarEcchAyAM jAtAyAM yuSmAkaM samIpaM pratyAgamiSyAmi| tataH paraM sa tai rvisRSTaH san jalapathEna iphiSanagarAt prasthitavAn|
However, as he took leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep the coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return to you again, God willing.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.
22 tataH kaisariyAm upasthitaH san nagaraM gatvA samAjaM namaskRtya tasmAd AntiyakhiyAnagaraM prasthitavAn|
When he arrived at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.
23 tatra kiyatkAlaM yApayitvA tasmAt prasthAya sarvvESAM ziSyANAM manAMsi susthirANi kRtvA kramazO galAtiyAphrugiyAdEzayO rbhramitvA gatavAn|
After spending some time there, he departed and went from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
24 tasminnEva samayE sikandariyAnagarE jAta ApallOnAmA zAstravit suvaktA yihUdIya EkO jana iphiSanagaram AgatavAn|
Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well-versed in the Scriptures.
25 sa zikSitaprabhumArgO manasOdyOgI ca san yOhanO majjanamAtraM jnjAtvA yathArthatayA prabhOH kathAM kathayan samupAdizat|
He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. Being fervent in spirit, he spoke and accurately taught the facts about the Lord, though he knew only about the baptism of John.
26 ESa janO nirbhayatvEna bhajanabhavanE kathayitum ArabdhavAn, tataH priskillAkkilau tasyOpadEzakathAM nizamya taM svayOH samIpam AnIya zuddharUpENEzvarasya kathAm abOdhayatAm|
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God in greater detail.
27 pazcAt sa AkhAyAdEzaM gantuM matiM kRtavAn, tadA tatratyaH ziSyagaNO yathA taM gRhlAti tadarthaM bhrAtRgaNEna samAzvasya patrE likhitE sati, ApallAstatrOpasthitaH san anugrahENa pratyayinAM bahUpakArAn akarOt,
And when Apollos wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers wrote to the disciples, encouraging them to receive him. When he arrived, he was a great help to those who had become believers through grace,
28 phalatO yIzurabhiSiktastrAtEti zAstrapramANaM datvA prakAzarUpENa pratipannaM kRtvA yihUdIyAn niruttarAn kRtavAn|
for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
