prEritAH 19
1 karinthanagara ApallasaH sthitikAlE paula uttarapradEzairAgacchan iphiSanagaram upasthitavAn| tatra katipayaziSyAn sAkSat prApya tAn apRcchat,
And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples,
2 yUyaM vizvasya pavitramAtmAnaM prAptA na vA? tatastE pratyavadan pavitra AtmA dIyatE ityasmAbhiH zrutamapi nahi|
he said to them, Did ye receive [the] Holy Spirit when ye had believed? And they [said] to him, We did not even hear if [the] Holy Spirit was [come].
3 tadA sA'vadat tarhi yUyaM kEna majjitA abhavata? tE'kathayan yOhanO majjanEna|
And he said, To what then were ye baptised? And they said, To the baptism of John.
4 tadA paula uktavAn itaH paraM ya upasthAsyati tasmin arthata yIzukhrISTE vizvasitavyamityuktvA yOhan manaHparivarttanasUcakEna majjanEna jalE lOkAn amajjayat|
And Paul said, John indeed baptised [with] the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.
5 tAdRzIM kathAM zrutvA tE prabhO ryIzukhrISTasya nAmnA majjitA abhavan|
And when they heard that, they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 tataH paulEna tESAM gAtrESu karE'rpitE tESAmupari pavitra AtmAvarUPhavAn, tasmAt tE nAnAdEzIyA bhASA bhaviSyatkathAzca kathitavantaH|
And Paul having laid [his] hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
7 tE prAyENa dvAdazajanA Asan|
And all the men were about twelve.
8 paulO bhajanabhavanaM gatvA prAyENa mAsatrayam Izvarasya rAjyasya vicAraM kRtvA lOkAn pravartya sAhasEna kathAmakathayat|
And entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly during three months, reasoning and persuading [the things] concerning the kingdom of God.
9 kintu kaThinAntaHkaraNatvAt kiyantO janA na vizvasya sarvvESAM samakSam Etatpathasya nindAM karttuM pravRttAH, ataH paulastESAM samIpAt prasthAya ziSyagaNaM pRthakkRtvA pratyahaM turAnnanAmnaH kasyacit janasya pAThazAlAyAM vicAraM kRtavAn|
But when some were hardened and disbelieved, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he left them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
10 itthaM vatsaradvayaM gataM tasmAd AziyAdEzanivAsinaH sarvvE yihUdIyA anyadEzIyalOkAzca prabhO ryIzOH kathAm azrauSan|
And this took place for two years, so that all that inhabited Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
11 paulEna ca Izvara EtAdRzAnyadbhutAni karmmANi kRtavAn
And God wrought no ordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
12 yat paridhEyE gAtramArjanavastrE vA tasya dEhAt pIPitalOkAnAm samIpam AnItE tE nirAmayA jAtA apavitrA bhUtAzca tEbhyO bahirgatavantaH|
so that even napkins or aprons were brought from his body [and put] upon the sick, and the diseases left them, and the wicked spirits went out.
13 tadA dEzATanakAriNaH kiyantO yihUdIyA bhUtApasAriNO bhUtagrastanOkAnAM sannidhau prabhE ryIzO rnAma japtvA vAkyamidam avadan, yasya kathAM paulaH pracArayati tasya yIzO rnAmnA yuSmAn AjnjApayAmaH|
And certain of the Jewish exorcists also, who went about, took in hand to call upon those who had wicked spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.
14 skivanAmnO yihUdIyAnAM pradhAnayAjakasya saptabhiH puttaistathA kRtE sati
And there were certain [men], seven sons of Sceva, Jewish high priest, who were doing this.
15 kazcid apavitrO bhUtaH pratyuditavAn, yIzuM jAnAmi paulanjca paricinOmi kintu kE yUyaM?
But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but ye, who are ye?
16 ityuktvA sOpavitrabhUtagrastO manuSyO lamphaM kRtvA tESAmupari patitvA balEna tAn jitavAn, tasmAttE nagnAH kSatAggAzca santastasmAd gEhAt palAyanta|
And the man in whom the wicked spirit was leaped upon them, and having mastered both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 sA vAg iphiSanagaranivAsinasaM sarvvESAM yihUdIyAnAM bhinnadEzIyAnAM lOkAnAnjca zravOgOcarIbhUtA; tataH sarvvE bhayaM gatAH prabhO ryIzO rnAmnO yazO 'varddhata|
And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who inhabited Ephesus, and fear fell upon all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 yESAmanEkESAM lOkAnAM pratItirajAyata ta Agatya svaiH kRtAH kriyAH prakAzarUpENAggIkRtavantaH|
And many of those that believed came confessing and declaring their deeds.
19 bahavO mAyAkarmmakAriNaH svasvagranthAn AnIya rAzIkRtya sarvvESAM samakSam adAhayan, tatO gaNanAM kRtvAbudhyanta panjcAyutarUpyamudrAmUlyapustakAni dagdhAni|
And many of those that practised curious arts brought their books [of charms] and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 itthaM prabhOH kathA sarvvadEzaM vyApya prabalA jAtA|
Thus with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed.
21 sarvvESvEtESu karmmasu sampannESu satsu paulO mAkidaniyAkhAyAdEzAbhyAM yirUzAlamaM gantuM matiM kRtvA kathitavAn tatsthAnaM yAtrAyAM kRtAyAM satyAM mayA rOmAnagaraM draSTavyaM|
And when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in his spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, After I have been there I must see Rome also.
22 svAnugatalOkAnAM tImathiyErAstau dvau janau mAkidaniyAdEzaM prati prahitya svayam AziyAdEzE katipayadinAni sthitavAn|
And having sent into Macedonia two of those ministering to him, Timotheus and Erastus, he remained himself awhile in Asia.
23 kintu tasmin samayE matE'smin kalahO jAtaH|
And there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.
24 tatkAraNamidaM, arttimIdEvyA rUpyamandiranirmmANEna sarvvESAM zilpinAM yathESTalAbham ajanayat yO dImItriyanAmA nAPIndhamaH
For a certain [man] by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver temples of Artemis, brought no small gain to the artisans;
25 sa tAn tatkarmmajIvinaH sarvvalOkAMzca samAhUya bhASitavAn hE mahEcchA EtEna mandiranirmmANEnAsmAkaM jIvikA bhavati, Etad yUyaM vittha;
whom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,
26 kintu hastanirmmitEzvarA IzvarA nahi paulanAmnA kEnacijjanEna kathAmimAM vyAhRtya kEvalEphiSanagarE nahi prAyENa sarvvasmin AziyAdEzE pravRttiM grAhayitvA bahulOkAnAM zEmuSI parAvarttitA, Etad yuSmAbhi rdRzyatE zrUyatE ca|
and ye see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great crowd, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying that they are no gods which are made with hands.
27 tEnAsmAkaM vANijyasya sarvvathA hAnEH sambhavanaM kEvalamiti nahi, AziyAdEzasthai rvA sarvvajagatsthai rlOkaiH pUjyA yArtimI mahAdEvI tasyA mandirasyAvajnjAnasya tasyA aizvaryyasya nAzasya ca sambhAvanA vidyatE|
Now not only there is danger for us that our business come into discredit, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that her greatness should be destroyed whom the whole of Asia and the world reveres.
28 EtAdRzIM kathAM zrutvA tE mahAkrOdhAnvitAH santa uccaiHkAraM kathitavanta iphiSIyAnAm arttimI dEvI mahatI bhavati|
And having heard [this], and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.
29 tataH sarvvanagaraM kalahEna paripUrNamabhavat, tataH paraM tE mAkidanIyagAyAristArkhanAmAnau paulasya dvau sahacarau dhRtvaikacittA raggabhUmiM javEna dhAvitavantaH|
And the [whole] city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, having seized and carried off with [them] Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.
30 tataH paulO lOkAnAM sannidhiM yAtum udyatavAn kintu ziSyagaNastaM vAritavAn|
But Paul intending to go in to the people, the disciples suffered him not;
31 paulasyatmIyA AziyAdEzasthAH katipayAH pradhAnalOkAstasya samIpaM naramEkaM prESya tvaM raggabhUmiM mAgA iti nyavEdayan|
and some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.
32 tatO nAnAlOkAnAM nAnAkathAkathanAt sabhA vyAkulA jAtA kiM kAraNAd EtAvatI janatAbhavat Etad adhikai rlOkai rnAjnjAyi|
Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.
33 tataH paraM janatAmadhyAd yihUdIyairbahiSkRtaH sikandarO hastEna sagkEtaM kRtvA lOkEbhya uttaraM dAtumudyatavAn,
But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.
34 kintu sa yihUdIyalOka iti nizcitE sati iphiSIyAnAm arttimI dEvI mahatIti vAkyaM prAyENa panjca daNPAn yAvad EkasvarENa lOkanivahaiH prOktaM|
But, recognising that he was a Jew, there was one cry from all, shouting for about two hours, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.
35 tatO nagarAdhipatistAn sthirAn kRtvA kathitavAn hE iphiSAyAH sarvvE lOkA AkarNayata, artimImahAdEvyA mahAdEvAt patitAyAstatpratimAyAzca pUjanama iphiSanagarasthAH sarvvE lOkAH kurvvanti, Etat kE na jAnanti?
And the townclerk, having quieted the crowd, said, Ephesians, what man is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis the great, and of the [image] which fell down from heaven?
36 tasmAd EtatpratikUlaM kEpi kathayituM na zaknuvanti, iti jnjAtvA yuSmAbhiH susthiratvEna sthAtavyam avivicya kimapi karmma na karttavyanjca|
These things therefore being undeniable, it is necessary that ye should be calm and do nothing headlong.
37 yAn EtAn manuSyAn yUyamatra samAnayata tE mandiradravyApahArakA yuSmAkaM dEvyA nindakAzca na bhavanti|
For ye have brought these men, [who are] neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.
38 yadi kanjcana prati dImItriyasya tasya sahAyAnAnjca kAcid Apatti rvidyatE tarhi pratinidhilOkA vicArasthAnanjca santi, tE tat sthAnaM gatvA uttarapratyuttarE kurvvantu|
If therefore Demetrius and the artisans who [are] with him have a matter against any one, the courts are being held, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.
39 kintu yuSmAkaM kAcidaparA kathA yadi tiSThati tarhi niyamitAyAM sabhAyAM tasyA niSpatti rbhaviSyati|
But if ye inquire anything concerning other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
40 kintvEtasya virOdhasyOttaraM yEna dAtuM zaknum EtAdRzasya kasyacit kAraNasyAbhAvAd adyatanaghaTanAhEtO rAjadrOhiNAmivAsmAkam abhiyOgO bhaviSyatIti zagkA vidyatE|
For also we are in danger to be put in accusation for sedition for this [affair] of to-day, no cause existing in reference to which we shall be able to give a reason for this concourse.
41 iti kathayitvA sa sabhAsthalOkAn visRSTavAn|
And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.
