prEritAH 2
1 aparanjca nistArOtsavAt paraM panjcAzattamE dinE samupasthitE sati tE sarvvE EkAcittIbhUya sthAna Ekasmin militA Asan|
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
2 EtasminnEva samayE'kasmAd AkAzAt pracaNPAtyugravAyOH zabdavad EkaH zabda Agatya yasmin gRhE ta upAvizan tad gRhaM samastaM vyApnOt|
Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3 tataH paraM vahnizikhAsvarUpA jihvAH pratyakSIbhUya vibhaktAH satyaH pratijanOrddhvE sthagitA abhUvan|
They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
4 tasmAt sarvvE pavitrENAtmanA paripUrNAH santa AtmA yathA vAcitavAn tadanusArENAnyadEzIyAnAM bhASA uktavantaH|
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
5 tasmin samayE pRthivIsthasarvvadEzEbhyO yihUdIyamatAvalambinO bhaktalOkA yirUzAlami prAvasan;
Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.
6 tasyAH kathAyAH kiMvadantyA jAtatvAt sarvvE lOkA militvA nijanijabhASayA ziSyANAM kathAkathanaM zrutvA samudvignA abhavan|
And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.
7 sarvvaEva vismayApannA AzcaryyAnvitAzca santaH parasparaM uktavantaH pazyata yE kathAM kathayanti tE sarvvE gAlIlIyalOkAH kiM na bhavanti?
Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?
8 tarhi vayaM pratyEkazaH svasvajanmadEzIyabhASAbhiH kathA EtESAM zRNumaH kimidaM?
How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?
9 pArthI-mAdI-arAmnaharayimdEzanivAsimanO yihUdA-kappadakiyA-panta-AziyA-
Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
10 phrugiyA-pamphuliyA-misaranivAsinaH kurINInikaTavarttilUbIyapradEzanivAsinO rOmanagarAd AgatA yihUdIyalOkA yihUdIyamatagrAhiNaH krItIyA arAbIyAdayO lOkAzca yE vayam
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,
11 asmAkaM nijanijabhASAbhirEtESAm IzvarIyamahAkarmmavyAkhyAnaM zRNumaH|
both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
12 itthaM tE sarvvaEva vismayApannAH sandigdhacittAH santaH parasparamUcuH, asya kO bhAvaH?
Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”
13 aparE kEcit parihasya kathitavanta EtE navInadrAkSArasEna mattA abhavan|
But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”
14 tadA pitara EkAdazabhi rjanaiH sAkaM tiSThan tAllOkAn uccaiHkAram avadat, hE yihUdIyA hE yirUzAlamnivAsinaH sarvvE, avadhAnaM kRtvA madIyavAkyaM budhyadhvaM|
Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.
15 idAnIm EkayAmAd adhikA vElA nAsti tasmAd yUyaM yad anumAtha mAnavA imE madyapAnEna mattAstanna|
These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!
16 kintu yOyElbhaviSyadvaktraitadvAkyamuktaM yathA,
No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 IzvaraH kathayAmAsa yugAntasamayE tvaham| varSiSyAmi svamAtmAnaM sarvvaprANyupari dhruvam| bhAvivAkyaM vadiSyanti kanyAH putrAzca vastutaH|pratyAdEzanjca prApsyanti yuSmAkaM yuvamAnavAH| tathA prAcInalOkAstu svapnAn drakSyanti nizcitaM|
‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
18 varSiSyAmi tadAtmAnaM dAsadAsIjanOpiri| tEnaiva bhAvivAkyaM tE vadiSyanti hi sarvvazaH|
Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
19 UrddhvasthE gagaNE caiva nIcasthE pRthivItalE| zONitAni bRhadbhAnUn ghanadhUmAdikAni ca| cihnAni darzayiSyAmi mahAzcaryyakriyAstathA|
I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
20 mahAbhayAnakasyaiva taddinasya parEzituH| purAgamAd raviH kRSNO raktazcandrO bhaviSyataH|
The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.
21 kintu yaH paramEzasya nAmni samprArthayiSyatE| saEva manujO nUnaM paritrAtO bhaviSyati||
And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
22 atO hE isrAyElvaMzIyalOkAH sarvvE kathAyAmEtasyAm manO nidhaddhvaM nAsaratIyO yIzurIzvarasya manOnItaH pumAn Etad IzvarastatkRtairAzcaryyAdbhutakarmmabhi rlakSaNaizca yuSmAkaM sAkSAdEva pratipAditavAn iti yUyaM jAnItha|
Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
23 tasmin yIzau Izvarasya pUrvvanizcitamantraNAnirUpaNAnusArENa mRtyau samarpitE sati yUyaM taM dhRtvA duSTalOkAnAM hastaiH kruzE vidhitvAhata|
He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
24 kintvIzvarastaM nidhanasya bandhanAnmOcayitvA udasthApayat yataH sa mRtyunA baddhastiSThatIti na sambhavati|
But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
25 Etastin dAyUdapi kathitavAn yathA, sarvvadA mama sAkSAttaM sthApaya paramEzvaraM| sthitE maddakSiNE tasmin skhaliSyAmi tvahaM nahi|
David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
26 AnandiSyati taddhEtO rmAmakInaM manastu vai| AhlAdiSyati jihvApi madIyA tu tathaiva ca| pratyAzayA zarIrantu madIyaM vaizayiSyatE|
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,
27 paralOkE yatO hEtOstvaM mAM naiva hi tyakSyasi| svakIyaM puNyavantaM tvaM kSayituM naiva dAsyasi| EvaM jIvanamArgaM tvaM mAmEva darzayiSyasi| (Hadēs g86)
because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. (Hadēs g86)
28 svasammukhE ya AnandO dakSiNE svasya yat sukhaM| anantaM tEna mAM pUrNaM kariSyasi na saMzayaH||
You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
29 hE bhrAtarO'smAkaM tasya pUrvvapuruSasya dAyUdaH kathAM spaSTaM kathayituM mAm anumanyadhvaM, sa prANAn tyaktvA zmazAnE sthApitObhavad adyApi tat zmazAnam asmAkaM sannidhau vidyatE|
Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
30 phalatO laukikabhAvEna dAyUdO vaMzE khrISTaM janma grAhayitvA tasyaiva siMhAsanE samuvESTuM tamutthApayiSyati paramEzvaraH zapathaM kutvA dAyUdaH samIpa imam aggIkAraM kRtavAn,
But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
31 iti jnjAtvA dAyUd bhaviSyadvAdI san bhaviSyatkAlIyajnjAnEna khrISTOtthAnE kathAmimAM kathayAmAsa yathA tasyAtmA paralOkE na tyakSyatE tasya zarIranjca na kSESyati; (Hadēs g86)
Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay. (Hadēs g86)
32 ataH paramEzvara EnaM yIzuM zmazAnAd udasthApayat tatra vayaM sarvvE sAkSiNa AsmahE|
God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
33 sa Izvarasya dakSiNakarENOnnatiM prApya pavitra Atmina pitA yamaggIkAraM kRtavAn tasya phalaM prApya yat pazyatha zRNutha ca tadavarSat|
Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
34 yatO dAyUd svargaM nArurOha kintu svayam imAM kathAm akathayad yathA, mama prabhumidaM vAkyamavadat paramEzvaraH|
For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
35 tava zatrUnahaM yAvat pAdapIThaM karOmi na| tAvat kAlaM madIyE tvaM dakSavArzva upAviza|
until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’
36 atO yaM yIzuM yUyaM kruzE'hata paramEzvarastaM prabhutvAbhiSiktatvapadE nyayuMktEti isrAyElIyA lOkA nizcitaM jAnantu|
Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”
37 EtAdRzIM kathAM zrutvA tESAM hRdayAnAM vidIrNatvAt tE pitarAya tadanyaprEritEbhyazca kathitavantaH, hE bhrAtRgaNa vayaM kiM kariSyAmaH?
When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
38 tataH pitaraH pratyavadad yUyaM sarvvE svaM svaM manaH parivarttayadhvaM tathA pApamOcanArthaM yIzukhrISTasya nAmnA majjitAzca bhavata, tasmAd dAnarUpaM paritram AtmAnaM lapsyatha|
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39 yatO yuSmAkaM yuSmatsantAnAnAnjca dUrasthasarvvalOkAnAnjca nimittam arthAd asmAkaM prabhuH paramEzvarO yAvatO lAkAn AhvAsyati tESAM sarvvESAM nimittam ayamaggIkAra AstE|
This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
40 EtadanyAbhi rbahukathAbhiH pramANaM datvAkathayat EtEbhyO vipathagAmibhyO varttamAnalOkEbhyaH svAn rakSata|
With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
41 tataH paraM yE sAnandAstAM kathAm agRhlan tE majjitA abhavan| tasmin divasE prAyENa trINi sahasrANi lOkAstESAM sapakSAH santaH
Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
42 prEritAnAm upadEzE saggatau pUpabhanjjanE prArthanAsu ca manaHsaMyOgaM kRtvAtiSThan|
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
43 prEritai rnAnAprakAralakSaNESu mahAzcaryyakarmamasu ca darzitESu sarvvalOkAnAM bhayamupasthitaM|
A sense of awe came over everyone, and the apostles performed many wonders and signs.
44 vizvAsakAriNaH sarvva ca saha tiSThanataH| svESAM sarvvAH sampattIH sAdhAraNyEna sthApayitvAbhunjjata|
All the believers were together and had everything in common.
45 phalatO gRhANi dravyANi ca sarvvANi vikrIya sarvvESAM svasvaprayOjanAnusArENa vibhajya sarvvEbhyO'dadan|
Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.
46 sarvva EkacittIbhUya dinE dinE mandirE santiSThamAnA gRhE gRhE ca pUpAnabhanjjanta Izvarasya dhanyavAdaM kurvvantO lOkaiH samAdRtAH paramAnandEna saralAntaHkaraNEna bhOjanaM pAnanjcakurvvan|
With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
47 paramEzvarO dinE dinE paritrANabhAjanai rmaNPalIm avarddhayat|
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
