preritāḥ 13

1 aparañca barṇabbāḥ, śimon yaṁ nigraṁ vadanti, kurīnīyalūkiyo herodā rājñā saha kṛtavidyābhyāso minahem, śaulaścaite ye kiyanto janā bhaviṣyadvādina upadeṣṭāraścāntiyakhiyānagarasthamaṇḍalyām āsan,

And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also — Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother — and Saul;

2 te yadopavāsaṁ kṛtveśvaram asevanta tasmin samaye pavitra ātmā kathitavān ahaṁ yasmin karmmaṇi barṇabbāśailau niyuktavān tatkarmma karttuṁ tau pṛthak kuruta|

and in their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Separate ye to me both Barnabas and Saul to the work to which I have called them,'

3 tatastairupavāsaprārthanayoḥ kṛtayoḥ satoste tayo rgātrayo rhastārpaṇaṁ kṛtvā tau vyasṛjan|

then having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent [them] away.

4 tataḥ paraṁ tau pavitreṇātmanā preritau santau silūkiyānagaram upasthāya samudrapathena kupropadvīpam agacchatāṁ|

These, indeed, then, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, thence also they sailed to Cyprus,

5 tataḥ sālāmīnagaram upasthāya tatra yihūdīyānāṁ bhajanabhavanāni gatveśvarasya kathāṁ prācārayatāṁ; yohanapi tatsahacaro'bhavat|

and having come unto Salamis, they declared the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they had also John [as] a ministrant;

6 itthaṁ te tasyopadvīpasya sarvvatra bhramantaḥ pāphanagaram upasthitāḥ; tatra suvivecakena sarjiyapaulanāmnā taddeśādhipatinā saha bhaviṣyadvādino veśadhārī baryīśunāmā yo māyāvī yihūdī āsīt taṁ sākṣāt prāptavataḥ|

and having gone through the island unto Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name [is] Bar-Jesus;

7 taddeśādhipa īśvarasya kathāṁ śrotuṁ vāñchan paulabarṇabbau nyamantrayat|

who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; this one having called for Barnabas and Saul, did desire to hear the word of God,

8 kintvilumā yaṁ māyāvinaṁ vadanti sa deśādhipatiṁ dharmmamārgād bahirbhūtaṁ karttum ayatata|

and there withstood them Elymas the magian — for so is his name interpreted — seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.

9 tasmāt śolo'rthāt paulaḥ pavitreṇātmanā paripūrṇaḥ san taṁ māyāvinaṁ pratyananyadṛṣṭiṁ kṛtvākathayat,

And Saul — who also [is] Paul — having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,

10 he narakin dharmmadveṣin kauṭilyaduṣkarmmaparipūrṇa, tvaṁ kiṁ prabhoḥ satyapathasya viparyyayakaraṇāt kadāpi na nivarttiṣyase?

said, 'O full of all guile, and all profligacy, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord?

11 adhunā parameśvarastava samucitaṁ kariṣyati tena katipayadināni tvam andhaḥ san sūryyamapi na drakṣyasi| tatkṣaṇād rātrivad andhakārastasya dṛṣṭim ācchāditavān; tasmāt tasya hastaṁ dharttuṁ sa lokamanvicchan itastato bhramaṇaṁ kṛtavān|

and now, lo, a hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead [him] by the hand;

12 enāṁ ghaṭanāṁ dṛṣṭvā sa deśādhipatiḥ prabhūpadeśād vismitya viśvāsaṁ kṛtavān|

then the proconsul having seen what hath come to pass, did believe, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

13 tadanantaraṁ paulastatsaṅginau ca pāphanagarāt protaṁ cālayitvā pamphuliyādeśasya pargīnagaram agacchan kintu yohan tayoḥ samīpād etya yirūśālamaṁ pratyāgacchat|

And those about Paul having set sail from Paphos, came to Perga of Pamphylia, and John having departed from them, did turn back to Jerusalem,

14 paścāt tau pargīto yātrāṁ kṛtvā pisidiyādeśasya āntiyakhiyānagaram upasthāya viśrāmavāre bhajanabhavanaṁ praviśya samupāviśatāṁ|

and they having gone through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia, and having gone into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they sat down,

15 vyavasthābhaviṣyadvākyayoḥ paṭhitayoḥ sato rhe bhrātarau lokān prati yuvayoḥ kācid upadeśakathā yadyasti tarhi tāṁ vadataṁ tau prati tasya bhajanabhavanasyādhipatayaḥ kathām etāṁ kathayitvā praiṣayan|

and after the reading of the law and of the prophets, the chief men of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, 'Men, brethren, if there be a word in you of exhortation unto the people — say on.'

16 ataḥ paula uttiṣṭhan hastena saṅketaṁ kurvvan kathitavān he isrāyelīyamanuṣyā īśvaraparāyaṇāḥ sarvve lokā yūyam avadhaddhaṁ|

And Paul having risen, and having beckoned with the hand, said, 'Men, Israelites, and those fearing God, hearken:

17 eteṣāmisrāyellokānām īśvaro'smākaṁ pūrvvaparuṣān manonītān katvā gṛhītavān tato misari deśe pravasanakāle teṣāmunnatiṁ kṛtvā tasmāt svīyabāhubalena tān bahiḥ kṛtvā samānayat|

the God of this people Israel did choose our fathers, and the people He did exalt in their sojourning in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm did He bring them out of it;

18 catvāriṁśadvatsarān yāvacca mahāprāntare teṣāṁ bharaṇaṁ kṛtvā

and about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness,

19 kināndeśāntarvvarttīṇi saptarājyāni nāśayitvā guṭikāpātena teṣu sarvvadeśeṣu tebhyo'dhikāraṁ dattavān|

and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He did divide by lot to them their land.

20 pañcāśadadhikacatuḥśateṣu vatsareṣu gateṣu ca śimūyelbhaviṣyadvādiparyyantaṁ teṣāmupari vicārayitṛn niyuktavān|

'And after these things, about four hundred and fifty years, He gave judges — till Samuel the prophet;

21 taiśca rājñi prārthite, īśvaro binyāmīno vaṁśajātasya kīśaḥ putraṁ śaulaṁ catvāriṁśadvarṣaparyyantaṁ teṣāmupari rājānaṁ kṛtavān|

and thereafter they asked for a king, and God did give to them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;

22 paścāt taṁ padacyutaṁ kṛtvā yo madiṣṭakriyāḥ sarvvāḥ kariṣyati tādṛśaṁ mama manobhimatam ekaṁ janaṁ yiśayaḥ putraṁ dāyūdaṁ prāptavān idaṁ pramāṇaṁ yasmin dāyūdi sa dattavān taṁ dāyūdaṁ teṣāmupari rājatvaṁ karttum utpāditavāna|

and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the [son] of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

23 tasya svapratiśrutasya vākyasyānusāreṇa isrāyellokānāṁ nimittaṁ teṣāṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ vaṁśād īśvara ekaṁ yīśuṁ (trātāram) udapādayat|

'Of this one's seed God, according to promise, did raise to Israel a Saviour — Jesus,

24 tasya prakāśanāt pūrvvaṁ yohan isrāyellokānāṁ sannidhau manaḥparāvarttanarūpaṁ majjanaṁ prācārayat|

John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

25 yasya ca karmmaṇo bhāraṁ praptavān yohan tan niṣpādayan etāṁ kathāṁ kathitavān, yūyaṁ māṁ kaṁ janaṁ jānītha? aham abhiṣiktatrātā nahi, kintu paśyata yasya pādayoḥ pādukayo rbandhane mocayitumapi yogyo na bhavāmi tādṛśa eko jano mama paścād upatiṣṭhati|

and as John was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom me do ye suppose to be? I am not [he], but, lo, he doth come after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of [his] feet.

26 he ibrāhīmo vaṁśajātā bhrātaro he īśvarabhītāḥ sarvvalokā yuṣmān prati paritrāṇasya kathaiṣā preritā|

'Men, brethren, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you fearing God, to you was the word of this salvation sent,

27 yirūśālamnivāsinasteṣām adhipatayaśca tasya yīśoḥ paricayaṁ na prāpya prativiśrāmavāraṁ paṭhyamānānāṁ bhaviṣyadvādikathānām abhiprāyam abuddhvā ca tasya vadhena tāḥ kathāḥ saphalā akurvvan|

for those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read — having judged [him] — did fulfil,

28 prāṇahananasya kamapi hetum aprāpyāpi pīlātasya nikaṭe tasya vadhaṁ prārthayanta|

and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,

29 tasmin yāḥ kathā likhitāḥ santi tadanusāreṇa karmma sampādya taṁ kruśād avatāryya śmaśāne śāyitavantaḥ|

and when they did complete all the things written about him, having taken [him] down from the tree, they laid him in a tomb;

30 kintvīśvaraḥ śmaśānāt tamudasthāpayat,

and God did raise him out of the dead,

31 punaśca gālīlapradeśād yirūśālamanagaraṁ tena sārddhaṁ ye lokā āgacchan sa bahudināni tebhyo darśanaṁ dattavān, atasta idānīṁ lokān prati tasya sākṣiṇaḥ santi|

and he was seen for many days of those who did come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

32 asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣāṇāṁ samakṣam īśvaro yasmin pratijñātavān yathā, tvaṁ me putrosi cādya tvāṁ samutthāpitavānaham|

'And we to you do proclaim good news — that the promise made unto the fathers,

33 idaṁ yadvacanaṁ dvitīyagīte likhitamāste tad yīśorutthānena teṣāṁ santānā ye vayam asmākaṁ sannidhau tena pratyakṣī kṛtaṁ, yuṣmān imaṁ susaṁvādaṁ jñāpayāmi|

God hath in full completed this to us their children, having raised up Jesus, as also in the second Psalm it hath been written, My Son thou art — I to-day have begotten thee.

34 parameśvareṇa śmaśānād utthāpitaṁ tadīyaṁ śarīraṁ kadāpi na kṣeṣyate, etasmin sa svayaṁ kathitavān yathā dāyūdaṁ prati pratijñāto yo varastamahaṁ tubhyaṁ dāsyāmi|

'And that He did raise him up out of the dead, no more to return to corruption, he hath said thus — I will give to you the faithful kindnesses of David;

35 etadanyasmin gīte'pi kathitavān| svakīyaṁ puṇyavantaṁ tvaṁ kṣayituṁ na ca dāsyasi|

wherefore also in another [place] he saith, Thou shalt not give Thy kind One to see corruption,

36 dāyūdā īśvarābhimatasevāyai nijāyuṣi vyayite sati sa mahānidrāṁ prāpya nijaiḥ pūrvvapuruṣaiḥ saha militaḥ san akṣīyata;

for David, indeed, his own generation having served by the will of God, did fall asleep, and was added unto his fathers, and saw corruption,

37 kintu yamīśvaraḥ śmaśānād udasthāpayat sa nākṣīyata|

but he whom God did raise up, did not see corruption.

38 ato he bhrātaraḥ, anena janena pāpamocanaṁ bhavatīti yuṣmān prati pracāritam āste|

'Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren, that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared,

39 phalato mūsāvyavasthayā yūyaṁ yebhyo doṣebhyo muktā bhavituṁ na śakṣyatha tebhyaḥ sarvvadoṣebhya etasmin jane viśvāsinaḥ sarvve muktā bhaviṣyantīti yuṣmābhi rjñāyatāṁ|

and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;

40 aparañca| avajñākāriṇo lokāścakṣurunmīlya paśyata| tathaivāsambhavaṁ jñātvā syāta yūyaṁ vilajjitāḥ| yato yuṣmāsu tiṣṭhatsu kariṣye karmma tādṛśaṁ| yenaiva tasya vṛttānte yuṣmabhyaṁ kathite'pi hi| yūyaṁ na tantu vṛttāntaṁ pratyeṣyatha kadācana||

see, therefore, it may not come upon you that hath been spoken in the prophets:

41 yeyaṁ kathā bhaviṣyadvādināṁ grantheṣu likhitāste sāvadhānā bhavata sa kathā yathā yuṣmān prati na ghaṭate|

See, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish, because a work I — I do work in your days, a work in which ye may not believe, though any one may declare [it] to you.'

42 yihūdīyabhajanabhavanān nirgatayostayo rbhinnadeśīyai rvakṣyamāṇā prārthanā kṛtā, āgāmini viśrāmavāre'pi katheyam asmān prati pracāritā bhavatviti|

And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, the nations were calling upon [them] that on the next sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them,

43 sabhāyā bhaṅge sati bahavo yihūdīyalokā yihūdīyamatagrāhiṇo bhaktalokāśca barṇabbāpaulayoḥ paścād āgacchan, tena tau taiḥ saha nānākathāḥ kathayitveśvarānugrahāśraye sthātuṁ tān prāvarttayatāṁ|

and the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes did follow Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.

44 paraviśrāmavāre nagarasya prāyeṇa sarvve lākā īśvarīyāṁ kathāṁ śrotuṁ militāḥ,

And on the coming sabbath, almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God,

45 kintu yihūdīyalokā jananivahaṁ vilokya īrṣyayā paripūrṇāḥ santo viparītakathākathaneneśvaranindayā ca paulenoktāṁ kathāṁ khaṇḍayituṁ ceṣṭitavantaḥ|

and the Jews having seen the multitudes, were filled with zeal, and did contradict the things spoken by Paul — contradicting and speaking evil.

46 tataḥ paulabarṇabbāvakṣobhau kathitavantau prathamaṁ yuṣmākaṁ sannidhāvīśvarīyakathāyāḥ pracāraṇam ucitamāsīt kintuṁ tadagrāhyatvakaraṇena yūyaṁ svān anantāyuṣo'yogyān darśayatha, etatkāraṇād vayam anyadeśīyalokānāṁ samīpaṁ gacchāmaḥ| (aiōnios g166)

And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, 'To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations; (aiōnios g166)

47 prabhurasmān ittham ādiṣṭavān yathā, yāvacca jagataḥ sīmāṁ lokānāṁ trāṇakāraṇāt| mayānyadeśamadhye tvaṁ sthāpito bhūḥ pradīpavat||

for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations — for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.'

48 tadā kathāmīdṛśīṁ śrutvā bhinnadeśīyā āhlāditāḥ santaḥ prabhoḥ kathāṁ dhanyāṁ dhanyām avadan, yāvanto lokāśca paramāyuḥ prāptinimittaṁ nirūpitā āsan te vyaśvasan| (aiōnios g166)

And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe — as many as were appointed to life age-during; (aiōnios g166)

49 itthaṁ prabhoḥ kathā sarvvedeśaṁ vyāpnot|

and the word of the Lord was spread abroad through all the region.

50 kintu yihūdīyā nagarasya pradhānapuruṣān sammānyāḥ kathipayā bhaktā yoṣitaśca kupravṛttiṁ grāhayitvā paulabarṇabbau tāḍayitvā tasmāt pradeśād dūrīkṛtavantaḥ|

And the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the first men of the city, and did raise persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and did put them out from their borders;

51 ataḥ kāraṇāt tau nijapadadhūlīsteṣāṁ prātikūlyena pātayitvekaniyaṁ nagaraṁ gatau|

and they having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium,

52 tataḥ śiṣyagaṇa ānandena pavitreṇātmanā ca paripūrṇobhavat|

and the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.