preritāḥ 9
1 tatkālaparyyanataṁ śaulaḥ prabhoḥ śiṣyāṇāṁ prātikūlyena tāḍanābadhayoḥ kathāṁ niḥsārayan mahāyājakasya sannidhiṁ gatvā
But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest
2 striyaṁ puruṣañca tanmatagrāhiṇaṁ yaṁ kañcit paśyati tān dhṛtvā baddhvā yirūśālamam ānayatītyāśayena dammeṣaknagarīyaṁ dharmmasamājān prati patraṁ yācitavān|
and asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the way, both men and women, he might bring [them] bound to Jerusalem.
3 gacchan tu dammeṣaknagaranikaṭa upasthitavān; tato'kasmād ākāśāt tasya caturdikṣu tejasaḥ prakāśanāt sa bhūmāvapatat|
But as he was journeying, it came to pass that he drew near to Damascus; and suddenly there shone round about him a light out of heaven,
4 paścāt he śaula he śaula kuto māṁ tāḍayasi? svaṁ prati proktam etaṁ śabdaṁ śrutvā
and falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?
5 sa pṛṣṭavān, he prabho bhavān kaḥ? tadā prabhurakathayat yaṁ yīśuṁ tvaṁ tāḍayasi sa evāhaṁ; kaṇṭakasya mukhe padāghātakaraṇaṁ tava kaṣṭam|
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he [said], I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.
6 tadā kampamāno vismayāpannaśca sovadat he prabho mayā kiṁ karttavyaṁ? bhavata icchā kā? tataḥ prabhurājñāpayad utthāya nagaraṁ gaccha tatra tvayā yat karttavyaṁ tad vadiṣyate|
But rise up and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
7 tasya saṅgino lokā api taṁ śabdaṁ śrutavantaḥ kintu kamapi na dṛṣṭvā stabdhāḥ santaḥ sthitavantaḥ|
But the men who were travelling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but beholding no one.
8 anantaraṁ śaulo bhūmita utthāya cakṣuṣī unmīlya kamapi na dṛṣṭavān| tadā lokāstasya hastau dhṛtvā dammeṣaknagaram ānayan|
And Saul rose up from the earth, and his eyes being opened he saw no one. But leading [him] by the hand they brought him into Damascus.
9 tataḥ sa dinatrayaṁ yāvad andho bhūtvā na bhuktavān pītavāṁśca|
And he was three days without seeing, and neither ate nor drank.
10 tadanantaraṁ prabhustaddammeṣaknagaravāsina ekasmai śiṣyāya darśanaṁ datvā āhūtavān he ananiya| tataḥ sa pratyavādīt, he prabho paśya śṛṇomi|
And there was a certain disciple in Damascus by name Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, [here am] I, Lord.
11 tadā prabhustamājñāpayat tvamutthāya saralanāmānaṁ mārgaṁ gatvā yihūdāniveśane tārṣanagarīyaṁ śaulanāmānaṁ janaṁ gaveṣayan pṛccha;
And the Lord [said] to him, Rise up and go into the street which is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas one by name Saul, [he is] of Tarsus: for, behold, he is praying,
12 paśya sa prārthayate, tathā ananiyanāmaka eko janastasya samīpam āgatya tasya gātre hastārpaṇaṁ kṛtvā dṛṣṭiṁ dadātītthaṁ svapne dṛṣṭavān|
and has seen [in a vision] a man by name Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him, so that he should see.
13 tasmād ananiyaḥ pratyavadat he prabho yirūśālami pavitralokān prati so'nekahiṁsāṁ kṛtavān;
And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many concerning this man how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem;
14 atra sthāne ca ye lokāstava nāmni prārthayanti tānapi baddhuṁ sa pradhānayājakebhyaḥ śaktiṁ prāptavān, imāṁ kathām aham anekeṣāṁ mukhebhyaḥ śrutavān|
and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name.
15 kintu prabhurakathayat, yāhi bhinnadeśīyalokānāṁ bhūpatīnām isrāyellokānāñca nikaṭe mama nāma pracārayituṁ sa jano mama manonītapātramāste|
And the Lord said to him, Go, for this [man] is an elect vessel to me, to bear my name before both nations and kings and [the] sons of Israel:
16 mama nāmanimittañca tena kiyān mahān kleśo bhoktavya etat taṁ darśayiṣyāmi|
for I will shew to him how much he must suffer for my name.
17 tato 'naniyo gatvā gṛhaṁ praviśya tasya gātre hastārpraṇaṁ kṛtvā kathitavān, he bhrātaḥ śaula tvaṁ yathā dṛṣṭiṁ prāpnoṣi pavitreṇātmanā paripūrṇo bhavasi ca, tadarthaṁ tavāgamanakāle yaḥ prabhuyīśustubhyaṁ darśanam adadāt sa māṁ preṣitavān|
And Ananias went and entered into the house; and laying his hands upon him he said, Saul, brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus that appeared to thee in the way in which thou camest, that thou mightest see, and be filled with [the] Holy Spirit.
18 ityuktamātre tasya cakṣurbhyām mīnaśalkavad vastuni nirgate tatkṣaṇāt sa prasannacakṣu rbhūtvā protthāya majjito'bhavat bhuktvā pītvā sabalobhavacca|
And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he saw, and rising up was baptised;
19 tataḥ paraṁ śaulaḥ śiṣyaiḥ saha katipayadivasān tasmin dammeṣakanagare sthitvā'vilambaṁ
and, having received food, got strength. And he was with the disciples who [were] in Damascus certain days.
20 sarvvabhajanabhavanāni gatvā yīśurīśvarasya putra imāṁ kathāṁ prācārayat|
And straightway in the synagogues he preached Jesus that he is the Son of God.
21 tasmāt sarvve śrotāraścamatkṛtya kathitavanto yo yirūśālamnagara etannāmnā prārthayitṛlokān vināśitavān evam etādṛśalokān baddhvā pradhānayājakanikaṭaṁ nayatītyāśayā etatsthānamapyāgacchat saeva kimayaṁ na bhavati?
And all who heard were astonished and said, Is not this he who destroyed in Jerusalem those who called on this name, and here was come for this purpose, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?
22 kintu śaulaḥ kramaśa utsāhavān bhūtvā yīśurīśvareṇābhiṣikto jana etasmin pramāṇaṁ datvā dammeṣak-nivāsiyihūdīyalokān niruttarān akarot|
But Saul increased the more in power, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
23 itthaṁ bahutithe kāle gate yihūdīyalokāstaṁ hantuṁ mantrayāmāsuḥ
Now when many days were fulfilled, the Jews consulted together to kill him.
24 kintu śaulasteṣāmetasyā mantraṇāyā vārttāṁ prāptavān| te taṁ hantuṁ tu divāniśaṁ guptāḥ santo nagarasya dvāre'tiṣṭhan;
But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched also the gates both day and night, that they might kill him;
25 tasmāt śiṣyāstaṁ nītvā rātrau piṭake nidhāya prācīreṇāvārohayan|
but the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
26 tataḥ paraṁ śaulo yirūśālamaṁ gatvā śiṣyagaṇena sārddhaṁ sthātum aihat, kintu sarvve tasmādabibhayuḥ sa śiṣya iti ca na pratyayan|
And having arrived at Jerusalem he essayed to join himself to the disciples, and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
27 etasmād barṇabbāstaṁ gṛhītvā preritānāṁ samīpamānīya mārgamadhye prabhuḥ kathaṁ tasmai darśanaṁ dattavān yāḥ kathāśca kathitavān sa ca yathākṣobhaḥ san dammeṣaknagare yīśo rnāma prācārayat etān sarvvavṛttāntān tān jñāpitavān|
But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.
28 tataḥ śaulastaiḥ saha yirūśālami kālaṁ yāpayan nirbhayaṁ prabho ryīśo rnāma prācārayat|
And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem,
29 tasmād anyadeśīyalokaiḥ sārddhaṁ vivādasyopasthitatvāt te taṁ hantum aceṣṭanta|
and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and discussed with the Hellenists; but they sought to kill him.
30 kintu bhrātṛgaṇastajjñātvā taṁ kaisariyānagaraṁ nītvā tārṣanagaraṁ preṣitavān|
And the brethren knowing it, brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.
31 itthaṁ sati yihūdiyāgālīlśomiroṇadeśīyāḥ sarvvā maṇḍalyo viśrāmaṁ prāptāstatastāsāṁ niṣṭhābhavat prabho rbhiyā pavitrasyātmanaḥ sāntvanayā ca kālaṁ kṣepayitvā bahusaṁkhyā abhavan|
The assemblies then throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord, and were increased through the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
32 tataḥ paraṁ pitaraḥ sthāne sthāne bhramitvā śeṣe lodnagaranivāsipavitralokānāṁ samīpe sthitavān|
Now it came to pass that Peter, passing through all [quarters], descended also to the saints who inhabited Lydda.
33 tadā tatra pakṣāghātavyādhināṣṭau vatsarān śayyāgatam aineyanāmānaṁ manuṣyaṁ sākṣat prāpya tamavadat,
And he found there a certain man, Aeneas by name, who had been lying for eight years upon a couch, who was paralysed.
34 he aineya yīśukhrīṣṭastvāṁ svastham akārṣīt, tvamutthāya svaśayyāṁ nikṣipa, ityuktamātre sa udatiṣṭhat|
And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus, the Christ, heals thee: rise up, and make thy couch for thyself. And straightway he rose up.
35 etādṛśaṁ dṛṣṭvā lodśāroṇanivāsino lokāḥ prabhuṁ prati parāvarttanta|
And all who inhabited Lydda and the Saron saw him, who turned to the Lord.
36 aparañca bhikṣādānādiṣu nānakriyāsu nityaṁ pravṛttā yā yāphonagaranivāsinī ṭābithānāmā śiṣyā yāṁ darkkāṁ arthād hariṇīmayuktvā āhvayan sā nārī
And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, which being interpreted means Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did.
37 tasmin samaye rugnā satī prāṇān atyajat, tato lokāstāṁ prakṣālyoparisthaprakoṣṭhe śāyayitvāsthāpayan|
And it came to pass in those days that she grew sick and died; and, having washed her, they put her in [the] upper room.
38 lodnagaraṁ yāphonagarasya samīpasthaṁ tasmāttatra pitara āste, iti vārttāṁ śrutvā tūrṇaṁ tasyāgamanārthaṁ tasmin vinayamuktvā śiṣyagaṇo dvau manujau preṣitavān|
But Lydda being near to Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, beseeching him, Thou must not delay coming to us.
39 tasmāt pitara utthāya tābhyāṁ sārddham āgacchat, tatra tasmin upasthita uparisthaprakoṣṭhaṁ samānīte ca vidhavāḥ svābhiḥ saha sthitikāle darkkayā kṛtāni yānyuttarīyāṇi paridheyāni ca tāni sarvvāṇi taṁ darśayitvā rudatyaścatasṛṣu dikṣvatiṣṭhan|
And Peter rising up went with them, whom, when arrived, they brought up into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping and shewing him the body-coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
40 kintu pitarastāḥ sarvvā bahiḥ kṛtvā jānunī pātayitvā prārthitavān; paścāt śavaṁ prati dṛṣṭiṁ kṛtvā kathitavān, he ṭābīthe tvamuttiṣṭha, iti vākya ukte sā strī cakṣuṣī pronmīlya pitaram avalokyotthāyopāviśat|
But Peter, putting them all out, and kneeling down, prayed. And, turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes, and, seeing Peter, sat up.
41 tataḥ pitarastasyāḥ karau dhṛtvā uttolya pavitralokān vidhavāścāhūya teṣāṁ nikaṭe sajīvāṁ tāṁ samārpayat|
And having given her [his] hand, he raised her up, and having called the saints and the widows, presented her living.
42 eṣā kathā samastayāphonagaraṁ vyāptā tasmād aneke lokāḥ prabhau vyaśvasan|
And it became known throughout the whole of Joppa, and many believed on the Lord.
43 aparañca pitarastadyāphonagarīyasya kasyacit śimonnāmnaścarmmakārasya gṛhe bahudināni nyavasat|
And it came to pass that he remained many days in Joppa with a certain Simon, a tanner.
