preritāḥ 26

1 tata āgrippaḥ paulam avādīt, nijāṁ kathāṁ kathayituṁ tubhyam anumati rdīyate| tasmāt paulaḥ karaṁ prasāryya svasmin uttaram avādīt|

And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching out his hand answered in his defence:

2 he āgripparāja yatkāraṇādahaṁ yihūdīyairapavādito 'bhavaṁ tasya vṛttāntam adya bhavataḥ sākṣān nivedayitumanumatoham idaṁ svīyaṁ paramaṁ bhāgyaṁ manye;

I count myself happy, king Agrippa, in having to answer to-day before thee concerning all of which I am accused by the Jews,

3 yato yihūdīyalokānāṁ madhye yā yā rītiḥ sūkṣmavicārāśca santi teṣu bhavān vijñatamaḥ; ataeva prārthaye dhairyyamavalambya mama nivedanaṁ śṛṇotu|

especially because thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions which are among the Jews; wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

4 ahaṁ yirūśālamnagare svadeśīyalokānāṁ madhye tiṣṭhan ā yauvanakālād yadrūpam ācaritavān tad yihūdīyalokāḥ sarvve vidanti|

My manner of life then from my youth, which from its commencement was passed among my nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews,

5 asmākaṁ sarvvebhyaḥ śuddhatamaṁ yat phirūśīyamataṁ tadavalambī bhūtvāhaṁ kālaṁ yāpitavān ye janā ā bālyakālān māṁ jānānti te etādṛśaṁ sākṣyaṁ yadi dadāti tarhi dātuṁ śaknuvanti|

who knew me before from the outset [of my life], if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

6 kintu he āgripparāja īśvaro'smākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣāṇāṁ nikaṭe yad aṅgīkṛtavān tasya pratyāśāhetoraham idānīṁ vicārasthāne daṇḍāyamānosmi|

And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

7 tasyāṅgīkārasya phalaṁ prāptum asmākaṁ dvādaśavaṁśā divāniśaṁ mahāyatnād īśvarasevanaṁ kṛtvā yāṁ pratyāśāṁ kurvvanti tasyāḥ pratyāśāyā hetorahaṁ yihūdīyairapavādito'bhavam|

to which our whole twelve tribes serving incessantly day and night hope to arrive; about which hope, O king, I am accused of [the] Jews.

8 īśvaro mṛtān utthāpayiṣyatīti vākyaṁ yuṣmākaṁ nikaṭe'sambhavaṁ kuto bhavet?

Why should it be judged a thing incredible in your sight if God raises the dead?

9 nāsaratīyayīśo rnāmno viruddhaṁ nānāprakārapratikūlācaraṇam ucitam ityahaṁ manasi yathārthaṁ vijñāya

I indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.

10 yirūśālamanagare tadakaravaṁ phalataḥ pradhānayājakasya nikaṭāt kṣamatāṁ prāpya bahūn pavitralokān kārāyāṁ baddhavān viśeṣatasteṣāṁ hananasamaye teṣāṁ viruddhāṁ nijāṁ sammatiṁ prakāśitavān|

Which also I did in Jerusalem, and myself shut up in prisons many of the saints, having received the authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote.

11 vāraṁ vāraṁ bhajanabhavaneṣu tebhyo daṇḍaṁ pradattavān balāt taṁ dharmmaṁ nindayitavāṁśca punaśca tān prati mahākrodhād unmattaḥ san videśīyanagarāṇi yāvat tān tāḍitavān|

And often punishing them in all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And, being exceedingly furious against them, I persecuted them even to cities out [of our own land].

12 itthaṁ pradhānayājakasya samīpāt śaktim ājñāpatrañca labdhvā dammeṣaknagaraṁ gatavān|

And when, [engaged] in this, I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and power from the chief priests,

13 tadāhaṁ he rājan mārgamadhye madhyāhnakāle mama madīyasaṅgināṁ lokānāñca catasṛṣu dikṣu gagaṇāt prakāśamānāṁ bhāskaratopi tejasvatīṁ dīptiṁ dṛṣṭavān|

at mid-day, on the way, I saw, O king, a light above the brightness of the sun, shining from heaven round about me and those who were journeying with me.

14 tasmād asmāsu sarvveṣu bhūmau patiteṣu satsu he śaula hai śaula kuto māṁ tāḍayasi? kaṇṭakānāṁ mukhe pādāhananaṁ tava duḥsādhyam ibrīyabhāṣayā gadita etādṛśa ekaḥ śabdo mayā śrutaḥ|

And, when we were all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against goads.

15 tadāhaṁ pṛṣṭavān he prabho ko bhavān? tataḥ sa kathitavān yaṁ yīśuṁ tvaṁ tāḍayasi sohaṁ,

And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:

16 kintu samuttiṣṭha tvaṁ yad dṛṣṭavān itaḥ punañca yadyat tvāṁ darśayiṣyāmi teṣāṁ sarvveṣāṁ kāryyāṇāṁ tvāṁ sākṣiṇaṁ mama sevakañca karttum darśanam adām|

but rise up and stand on thy feet; for, for this purpose have I appeared to thee, to appoint thee to be a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen, and of what I shall appear to thee in,

17 viśeṣato yihūdīyalokebhyo bhinnajātīyebhyaśca tvāṁ manonītaṁ kṛtvā teṣāṁ yathā pāpamocanaṁ bhavati

taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom I send thee,

18 yathā te mayi viśvasya pavitrīkṛtānāṁ madhye bhāgaṁ prāpnuvanti tadabhiprāyeṇa teṣāṁ jñānacakṣūṁṣi prasannāni karttuṁ tathāndhakārād dīptiṁ prati śaitānādhikārācca īśvaraṁ prati matīḥ parāvarttayituṁ teṣāṁ samīpaṁ tvāṁ preṣyāmi|

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

19 he āgripparāja etādṛśaṁ svargīyapratyādeśaṁ agrāhyam akṛtvāhaṁ

Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;

20 prathamato dammeṣaknagare tato yirūśālami sarvvasmin yihūdīyadeśe anyeṣu deśeṣu ca yena lokā matiṁ parāvarttya īśvaraṁ prati parāvarttayante, manaḥparāvarttanayogyāni karmmāṇi ca kurvvanti tādṛśam upadeśaṁ pracāritavān|

but have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

21 etatkāraṇād yihūdīyā madhyemandiraṁ māṁ dhṛtvā hantum udyatāḥ|

On account of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, attempted to lay hands on and destroy me.

22 tathāpi khrīṣṭo duḥkhaṁ bhuktvā sarvveṣāṁ pūrvvaṁ śmaśānād utthāya nijadeśīyānāṁ bhinnadeśīyānāñca samīpe dīptiṁ prakāśayiṣyati

Having therefore met with [the] help which is from God, I have stood firm unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing else than those things which both the prophets and Moses have said should happen,

23 bhaviṣyadvādigaṇo mūsāśca bhāvikāryyasya yadidaṁ pramāṇam adaduretad vinānyāṁ kathāṁ na kathayitvā īśvarād anugrahaṁ labdhvā mahatāṁ kṣudrāṇāñca sarvveṣāṁ samīpe pramāṇaṁ dattvādya yāvat tiṣṭhāmi|

[namely, ] whether Christ should suffer; whether he first, through resurrection of [the] dead, should announce light both to the people and to the nations.

24 tasyamāṁ kathāṁ niśamya phīṣṭa uccaiḥ svareṇa kathitavān he paula tvam unmattosi bahuvidyābhyāsena tvaṁ hatajñāno jātaḥ|

And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness.

25 sa uktavān he mahāmahima phīṣṭa nāham unmattaḥ kintu satyaṁ vivecanīyañca vākyaṁ prastaumi|

But Paul said, I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but utter words of truth and soberness;

26 yasya sākṣād akṣobhaḥ san kathāṁ kathayāmi sa rājā tadvṛttāntaṁ jānāti tasya samīpe kimapi guptaṁ neti mayā niścitaṁ budhyate yatastad vijane na kṛtaṁ|

for the king is informed about these things, to whom also I speak with all freedom. For I am persuaded that of these things nothing is hidden from him; for this was not done in a corner.

27 he āgripparāja bhavān kiṁ bhaviṣyadvādigaṇoktāni vākyāni pratyeti? bhavān pratyeti tadahaṁ jānāmi|

King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

28 tata āgrippaḥ paulam abhihitavān tvaṁ pravṛttiṁ janayitvā prāyeṇa māmapi khrīṣṭīyaṁ karoṣi|

And Agrippa [said] to Paul, In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.

29 tataḥ so'vādīt bhavān ye ye lokāśca mama kathām adya śṛṇvanti prāyeṇa iti nahi kintvetat śṛṅkhalabandhanaṁ vinā sarvvathā te sarvve mādṛśā bhavantvitīśvasya samīpe prārthaye'ham|

And Paul [said], I would to God, both in little and in much, that not only thou, but all who have heard me this day, should become such as I also am, except these bonds.

30 etasyāṁ kathāyāṁ kathitāyāṁ sa rājā so'dhipati rbarṇīkī sabhāsthā lokāśca tasmād utthāya

And the king stood up, and the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them,

31 gopane parasparaṁ vivicya kathitavanta eṣa jano bandhanārhaṁ prāṇahananārhaṁ vā kimapi karmma nākarot|

and having gone apart, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

32 tata āgrippaḥ phīṣṭam avadat, yadyeṣa mānuṣaḥ kaisarasya nikaṭe vicārito bhavituṁ na prārthayiṣyat tarhi mukto bhavitum aśakṣyat|

And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been let go if he had not appealed to Caesar.