प्रेरिताः 1
1 हे थियफिल, यीशुः स्वमनोनीतान् प्रेरितान् पवित्रेणात्मना समादिश्य यस्मिन् दिने स्वर्गमारोहत् यां यां क्रियामकरोत् यद्यद् उपादिशच्च तानि सर्व्वाणि पूर्व्वं मया लिखितानि।
The first account which I drew up, Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus did and taught from the very first,
2 स स्वनिधनदुःखभोगात् परम् अनेकप्रत्ययक्षप्रमाणौः स्वं सजीवं दर्शयित्वा
down to that day on which he was taken up to heaven, after he had, by the help of the Holy Spirit, given instructions to the apostles whom he had chosen.
3 चत्वारिंशद्दिनानि यावत् तेभ्यः प्रेरितेभ्यो दर्शनं दत्त्वेश्वरीयराज्यस्य वर्णनम अकरोत्।
With abundant proofs, he showed himself to them, still living, after his death; appearing to them from time to time during forty days, and speaking of all that related to the kingdom of God.
4 अनन्तरं तेषां सभां कृत्वा इत्याज्ञापयत्, यूयं यिरूशालमोऽन्यत्र गमनमकृत्वा यस्तिन् पित्राङ्गीकृते मम वदनात् कथा अशृणुत तत्प्राप्तिम् अपेक्ष्य तिष्ठत।
And once, when he had gathered them together, he charged them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the fulfillment of the Father’s promise – “that promise,” he said, “of which you have heard me speak;
5 योहन् जले मज्जितावान् किन्त्वल्पदिनमध्ये यूयं पवित्र आत्मनि मज्जिता भविष्यथ।
for, while John baptized with water, you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit before many days have passed.”
6 पश्चात् ते सर्व्वे मिलित्वा तम् अपृच्छन् हे प्रभो भवान् किमिदानीं पुनरपि राज्यम् इस्रायेलीयलोकानां करेषु समर्पयिष्यति?
So, when the apostles had met together, they asked Jesus this question – “Master, is this the time when you intend to re-establish the kingdom for Israel?”
7 ततः सोवदत् यान् सर्व्वान् कालान् समयांश्च पिता स्ववशेऽस्थापयत् तान् ज्ञातृं युष्माकम् अधिकारो न जायते।
His answer was, “It is not for you to know times or hours, for the Father has reserved these for his own decision;
8 किन्तु युष्मासु पवित्रस्यात्मन आविर्भावे सति यूयं शक्तिं प्राप्य यिरूशालमि समस्तयिहूदाशोमिरोणदेशयोः पृथिव्याः सीमां यावद् यावन्तो देशास्तेषु यर्व्वेषु च मयि साक्ष्यं दास्यथ।
but you will receive power, when the Holy Spirit will have descended on you, and will be witnesses for me not only in Jerusalem, but throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
9 इति वाक्यमुक्त्वा स तेषां समक्षं स्वर्गं नीतोऽभवत्, ततो मेघमारुह्य तेषां दृष्टेरगोचरोऽभवत्।
No sooner had Jesus said this than he was caught up before their eyes, and a cloud received him from their sight.
10 यस्मिन् समये ते विहायसं प्रत्यनन्यदृष्ट्या तस्य तादृशम् ऊर्द्व्वगमनम् अपश्यन् तस्मिन्नेव समये शुक्लवस्त्रौ द्वौ जनौ तेषां सन्निधौ दण्डायमानौ कथितवन्तौ,
While they were still gazing up into the heavens, as he went, suddenly two men, clothed in white, stood beside them,
11 हे गालीलीयलोका यूयं किमर्थं गगणं प्रति निरीक्ष्य दण्डायमानास्तिष्ठथ? युष्माकं समीपात् स्वर्गं नीतो यो यीशुस्तं यूयं यथा स्वर्गम् आरोहन्तम् अदर्शम् तथा स पुनश्चागमिष्यति।
and said, “People of Galilee, why are you standing here looking up into the heavens? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into the heavens, will come in the same way in which you have seen him go into the heavens.”
12 ततः परं ते जैतुननाम्नः पर्व्वताद् विश्रामवारस्य पथः परिमाणम् अर्थात् प्रायेणार्द्धक्रोशं दुरस्थं यिरूशालम्नगरं परावृत्यागच्छन्।
Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called Olivet, which is about three quarters of a mile from the city.
13 नगरं प्रविश्य पितरो याकूब् योहन् आन्द्रियः फिलिपः थोमा बर्थजमयो मथिराल्फीयपुत्रो याकूब् उद्योगाी शिमोन् याकूबो भ्राता यिहूदा एते सर्व्वे यत्र स्थाने प्रवसन्ति तस्मिन् उपरितनप्रकोष्ठे प्राविशन्।
When they reached Jerusalem, they went to the upstairs room, where they were staying. There were there Peter, John, James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
14 पश्चाद् इमे कियत्यः स्त्रियश्च यीशो र्माता मरियम् तस्य भ्रातरश्चैते सर्व्व एकचित्तीभूत सततं विनयेन विनयेन प्रार्थयन्त।
They all united in devoting themselves to prayer, and so did some women, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
15 तस्मिन् समये तत्र स्थाने साकल्येन विंशत्यधिकशतं शिष्या आसन्। ततः पितरस्तेषां मध्ये तिष्ठन् उक्तवान्
About this time, at a meeting of the Lord’s followers, when there were about a hundred and twenty present, Peter rose to speak.
16 हे भ्रातृगण यीशुधारिणां लोकानां पथदर्शको यो यिहूदास्तस्मिन् दायूदा पवित्र आत्मा यां कथां कथयामास तस्याः प्रत्यक्षीभवनस्यावश्यकत्वम् आसीत्।
“Friends,” he said, “it was necessary that the prediction of scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit made by the lips of David about Judas, who acted as guide to the men who arrested Jesus,
17 स जनोऽस्माकं मध्यवर्त्ती सन् अस्याः सेवाया अंशम् अलभत।
for he was one of our number and had his part allotted him in this work of ours.”
18 तदनन्तरं कुकर्म्मणा लब्धं यन्मूल्यं तेन क्षेत्रमेकं क्रीतम् अपरं तस्मिन् अधोमुखे भृमौ पतिते सति तस्योदरस्य विदीर्णत्वात् सर्व्वा नाड्यो निरगच्छन्।
(This man had bought a piece of land with the price of his treachery; and, falling heavily, his body had burst open, and all his bowels protruded.
19 एतां कथां यिरूशालम्निवासिनः सर्व्वे लोका विदान्ति; तेषां निजभाषया तत्क्षेत्रञ्च हकल्दामा, अर्थात् रक्तक्षेत्रमिति विख्यातमास्ते।
This became known to everyone living in Jerusalem, so that the field came to be called, in their language, ‘Akeldama,’ which means the ‘Field of Blood.’)
20 अन्यच्च, निकेतनं तदीयन्तु शुन्यमेव भविष्यति। तस्य दूष्ये निवासार्थं कोपि स्थास्यति नैव हि। अन्य एव जनस्तस्य पदं संप्राप्स्यति ध्रुवं। इत्थं गीतपुस्तके लिखितमास्ते।
“For in the book of Psalms,” Peter continued, “it is said – ‘Let his home become desolate, and let no one live in it’; and also – ‘His office let another take.’
21 अतो योहनो मज्जनम् आरभ्यास्माकं समीपात् प्रभो र्यीशोः स्वर्गारोहणदिनं यावत् सोस्माकं मध्ये यावन्ति दिनानि यापितवान्
Therefore, from among the men who have been with us all the time that Jesus, our Master, went in and out among us –
22 तावन्ति दिनानि ये मानवा अस्माभिः सार्द्धं तिष्ठन्ति तेषाम् एकेन जनेनास्माभिः सार्द्धं यीशोरुत्थाने साक्षिणा भवितव्यं।
from his baptism by John down to that day on which he was taken from us – someone must be found to join us as a witness of his resurrection.”
23 अतो यस्य रूढि र्युष्टो यं बर्शब्बेत्युक्त्वाहूयन्ति स यूषफ् मतथिश्च द्वावेतौ पृथक् कृत्वा त ईश्वरस्य सन्निधौ प्रार्य्य कथितवन्तः,
So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias;
24 हे सर्व्वान्तर्य्यामिन् परमेश्वर, यिहूदाः सेवनप्रेरितत्वपदच्युतः
and they offered this prayer – “Lord, who reads all hearts, show which of these two men you have chosen
25 सन् निजस्थानम् अगच्छत्, तत्पदं लब्धुम् एनयो र्जनयो र्मध्ये भवता कोऽभिरुचितस्तदस्मान् दर्श्यतां।
to take the place in this apostolic work, which Judas has abandoned, to go to his proper place.”
26 ततो गुटिकापाटे कृते मतथिर्निरचीयत तस्मात् सोन्येषाम् एकादशानां प्ररितानां मध्ये गणितोभवत्।
Then they drew lots between them; and, the lot having fallen to Matthias, he was added to the number of the eleven apostles.
