preritāḥ 23
1 sabhāsadlokān prati paulo'nanyadṛṣṭyā paśyan akathayat, he bhrātṛgaṇā adya yāvat saralena sarvvāntaḥkaraṇeneśvarasya sākṣād ācarāmi|
And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.
2 anena hanānīyanāmā mahāyājakastaṁ kapole capeṭenāhantuṁ samīpasthalokān ādiṣṭavān|
But the high priest Ananias ordered those standing by him to smite his mouth.
3 tadā paulastamavadat, he bahiṣpariṣkṛta, īśvarastvāṁ praharttum udyatosti, yato vyavasthānusāreṇa vicārayitum upaviśya vyavasthāṁ laṅghitvā māṁ praharttum ājñāpayasi|
Then Paul said to him, God will smite thee, whited wall. And thou, dost thou sit judging me according to the law, and breaking the law commandest me to be smitten?
4 tato nikaṭasthā lokā akathayan, tvaṁ kim īśvarasya mahāyājakaṁ nindasi?
And those that stood by said, Dost thou rail against the high priest of God?
5 tataḥ paulaḥ pratibhāṣitavān he bhrātṛgaṇa mahāyājaka eṣa iti na buddhaṁ mayā tadanyacca svalokānām adhipatiṁ prati durvvākyaṁ mā kathaya, etādṛśī lipirasti|
And Paul said, I was not conscious, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evilly of the ruler of thy people.
6 anantaraṁ paulasteṣām arddhaṁ sidūkilokā arddhaṁ phirūśilokā iti dṛṣṭvā proccaiḥ sabhāsthalokān avadat he bhrātṛgaṇa ahaṁ phirūśimatāvalambī phirūśinaḥ satnānaśca, mṛtalokānām utthāne pratyāśākaraṇād ahamapavāditosmi|
But Paul, knowing that the one part [of them] were of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, son of Pharisees: I am judged concerning the hope and resurrection of [the] dead.
7 iti kathāyāṁ kathitāyāṁ phirūśisidūkinoḥ parasparaṁ bhinnavākyatvāt sabhāyā madhye dvau saṁghau jātau|
And when he had spoken this, there was a tumult of the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the multitude was divided.
8 yataḥ sidūkilokā utthānaṁ svargīyadūtā ātmānaśca sarvveṣām eteṣāṁ kamapi na manyante, kintu phirūśinaḥ sarvvam aṅgīkurvvanti|
For Sadducees say there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but Pharisees confess both of them.
9 tataḥ parasparam atiśayakolāhale samupasthite phirūśināṁ pakṣīyāḥ sabhāsthā adhyāpakāḥ pratipakṣā uttiṣṭhanto 'kathayan, etasya mānavasya kamapi doṣaṁ na paśyāmaḥ; yadi kaścid ātmā vā kaścid dūta enaṁ pratyādiśat tarhi vayam īśvarasya prātikūlyena na yotsyāmaḥ|
And there was a great clamour, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part rising up contended, saying, We find nothing evil in this man; and if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel...
10 tasmād atīva bhinnavākyatve sati te paulaṁ khaṇḍaṁ khaṇḍaṁ kariṣyantītyāśaṅkayā sahasrasenāpatiḥ senāgaṇaṁ tatsthānaṁ yātuṁ sabhāto balāt paulaṁ dhṛtvā durgaṁ netañcājñāpayat|
And a great tumult having arisen, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been torn in pieces by them, commanded the troop to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and to bring [him] into the fortress.
11 rātro prabhustasya samīpe tiṣṭhan kathitavān he paula nirbhayo bhava yathā yirūśālamnagare mayi sākṣyaṁ dattavān tathā romānagarepi tvayā dātavyam|
But the following night the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good courage; for as thou hast testified the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so thou must bear witness at Rome also.
12 dine samupasthite sati kiyanto yihūdīyalokā ekamantraṇāḥ santaḥ paulaṁ na hatvā bhojanapāne kariṣyāma iti śapathena svān abadhnan|
And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.
13 catvāriṁśajjanebhyo'dhikā lokā iti paṇam akurvvan|
And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;
14 te mahāyājakānāṁ prācīnalokānāñca samīpaṁ gatvā kathayan, vayaṁ paulaṁ na hatvā kimapi na bhokṣyāmahe dṛḍhenānena śapathena baddhvā abhavāma|
and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.
15 ataeva sāmprataṁ sabhāsadlokaiḥ saha vayaṁ tasmin kañcid viśeṣavicāraṁ kariṣyāmastadarthaṁ bhavān śvo 'smākaṁ samīpaṁ tam ānayatviti sahasrasenāpataye nivedanaṁ kuruta tena yuṣmākaṁ samīpaṁ upasthiteḥ pūrvvaṁ vayaṁ taṁ hantu sajjiṣyāma|
Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him.
16 tadā paulasya bhāgineyasteṣāmiti mantraṇāṁ vijñāya durgaṁ gatvā tāṁ vārttāṁ paulam uktavān|
But Paul's sister's son, having heard of the lying in wait, came and entered into the fortress and reported [it] to Paul.
17 tasmāt paula ekaṁ śatasenāpatim āhūya vākyamidam bhāṣitavān sahasrasenāpateḥ samīpe'sya yuvamanuṣyasya kiñcinnivedanam āste, tasmāt tatsavidham enaṁ naya|
And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this youth to the chiliarch, for he has something to report to him.
18 tataḥ sa tamādāya sahasrasenāpateḥ samīpam upasthāya kathitavān, bhavataḥ samīpe'sya kimapi nivedanamāste tasmāt bandiḥ paulo māmāhūya bhavataḥ samīpam enam ānetuṁ prārthitavān|
He therefore, having taken him with [him], led him to the chiliarch, and says, The prisoner Paul called me to [him] and asked me to lead this youth to thee, who has something to say to thee.
19 tadā sahasrasenāpatistasya hastaṁ dhṛtvā nirjanasthānaṁ nītvā pṛṣṭhavān tava kiṁ nivedanaṁ? tat kathaya|
And the chiliarch having taken him by the hand, and having gone apart in private, inquired, What is it that thou hast to report to me?
20 tataḥ sokathayat, yihūdīyalākāḥ paule kamapi viśeṣavicāraṁ chalaṁ kṛtvā taṁ sabhāṁ netuṁ bhavataḥ samīpe nivedayituṁ amantrayan|
And he said, The Jews have agreed together to make a request to thee, that thou mayest bring Paul down to-morrow into the council, as about to inquire something more precise concerning him.
21 kintu mavatā tanna svīkarttavyaṁ yatasteṣāṁ madhyevarttinaścatvāriṁśajjanebhyo 'dhikalokā ekamantraṇā bhūtvā paulaṁ na hatvā bhojanaṁ pānañca na kariṣyāma iti śapathena baddhāḥ santo ghātakā iva sajjitā idānīṁ kevalaṁ bhavato 'numatim apekṣante|
Do not thou then be persuaded by them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they kill him; and now they are ready waiting the promise from thee.
22 yāmimāṁ kathāṁ tvaṁ niveditavān tāṁ kasmaicidapi mā kathayetyuktvā sahasrasenāpatistaṁ yuvānaṁ visṛṣṭavān|
The chiliarch then dismissed the youth, commanding [him], Utter to no one that thou hast represented these things to me.
23 anantaraṁ sahasrasenāpati rdvau śatasenāpatī āhūyedam ādiśat, yuvāṁ rātrau praharaikāvaśiṣṭāyāṁ satyāṁ kaisariyānagaraṁ yātuṁ padātisainyānāṁ dve śate ghoṭakārohisainyānāṁ saptatiṁ śaktidhārisainyānāṁ dve śate ca janān sajjitān kurutaṁ|
And having called to [him] certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred light-armed footmen, for the third hour of the night.
24 paulam ārohayituṁ phīlikṣādhipateḥ samīpaṁ nirvvighnaṁ netuñca vāhanāni samupasthāpayataṁ|
And [he ordered them] to provide beasts, that they might set Paul on them and carry [him] safe through to Felix the governor,
25 aparaṁ sa patraṁ likhitvā dattavān tallikhitametat,
having written a letter, couched in this form:
26 mahāmahimaśrīyuktaphīlikṣādhipataye klaudiyaluṣiyasya namaskāraḥ|
Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.
27 yihūdīyalokāḥ pūrvvam enaṁ mānavaṁ dhṛtvā svahastai rhantum udyatā etasminnantare sasainyohaṁ tatropasthāya eṣa jano romīya iti vijñāya taṁ rakṣitavān|
This man, having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them, I came up with the military and took out [of their hands], having learned that he was a Roman.
28 kinnimittaṁ te tamapavadante tajjñātuṁ teṣā sabhāṁ tamānāyitavān|
And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council;
29 tatasteṣāṁ vyavasthāyā viruddhayā kayācana kathayā so'pavādito'bhavat, kintu sa śṛṅkhalabandhanārho vā prāṇanāśārho bhavatīdṛśaḥ kopyaparādho mayāsya na dṛṣṭaḥ|
whom I found to be accused of questions of their law, but to have no charge laid against him [making him] worthy of death or of bonds.
30 tathāpi manuṣyasyāsya vadhārthaṁ yihūdīyā ghātakāiva sajjitā etāṁ vārttāṁ śrutvā tatkṣaṇāt tava samīpamenaṁ preṣitavān asyāpavādakāṁśca tava samīpaṁ gatvāpavaditum ājñāpayam| bhavataḥ kuśalaṁ bhūyāt|
But having received information of a plot about to be put in execution against the man [by the Jews], I have immediately sent him to thee, commanding also his accusers to say before thee the things that are against him. [Farewell.]
31 sainyagaṇa ājñānusāreṇa paulaṁ gṛhītvā tasyāṁ rajanyām āntipātrinagaram ānayat|
The soldiers therefore, according to what was ordered them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris,
32 pare'hani tena saha yātuṁ ghoṭakārūḍhasainyagaṇaṁ sthāpayitvā parāvṛtya durgaṁ gatavān|
and on the morrow, having left the horsemen to go with him, returned to the fortress.
33 tataḥ pare ghoṭakārohisainyagaṇaḥ kaisariyānagaram upasthāya tatpatram adhipateḥ kare samarpya tasya samīpe paulam upasthāpitavān|
And these, having entered into Caesarea, and given up the letter to the governor, presented Paul also to him.
34 tadādhipatistatpatraṁ paṭhitvā pṛṣṭhavān eṣa kimpradeśīyo janaḥ? sa kilikiyāpradeśīya eko jana iti jñātvā kathitavān,
And having read [it], and asked of what eparchy he was, and learned that [he was] of Cilicia,
35 tavāpavādakagaṇa āgate tava kathāṁ śroṣyāmi| herodrājagṛhe taṁ sthāpayitum ādiṣṭavān|
he said, I will hear thee fully when thine accusers also are arrived. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's praetorium.
