prēritāḥ 17
1 paulasīlau āmphipalyāpallōniyānagarābhyāṁ gatvā yatra yihūdīyānāṁ bhajanabhavanamēkam āstē tatra thiṣalanīkīnagara upasthitau|
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
2 tadā paulaḥ svācārānusārēṇa tēṣāṁ samīpaṁ gatvā viśrāmavāratrayē taiḥ sārddhaṁ dharmmapustakīyakathāyā vicāraṁ kr̥tavān|
Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
3 phalataḥ khrīṣṭēna duḥkhabhōgaḥ karttavyaḥ śmaśānadutthānañca karttavyaṁ yuṣmākaṁ sannidhau yasya yīśōḥ prastāvaṁ karōmi sa īśvarēṇābhiṣiktaḥ sa ētāḥ kathāḥ prakāśya pramāṇaṁ datvā sthirīkr̥tavān|
explaining and demonstrating that the Meshikha had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Yeshua, whom I proclaim to you, is the Meshikha."
4 tasmāt tēṣāṁ katipayajanā anyadēśīyā bahavō bhaktalōkā bahyaḥ pradhānanāryyaśca viśvasya paulasīlayōḥ paścādgāminō jātāḥ|
Some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the prominent women.
5 kintu viśvāsahīnā yihūdīyalōkā īrṣyayā paripūrṇāḥ santō haṭaṭsya katinayalampaṭalōkān saṅginaḥ kr̥tvā janatayā nagaramadhyē mahākalahaṁ kr̥tvā yāsōnō gr̥ham ākramya prēritān dhr̥tvā lōkanivahasya samīpam ānētuṁ cēṣṭitavantaḥ|
But the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
6 tēṣāmuddēśam aprāpya ca yāsōnaṁ katipayān bhrātr̥ṁśca dhr̥tvā nagarādhipatīnāṁ nikaṭamānīya prōccaiḥ kathitavantō yē manuṣyā jagadudvāṭitavantastē 'trāpyupasthitāḥ santi,
When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, "These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
7 ēṣa yāsōn ātithyaṁ kr̥tvā tān gr̥hītavān| yīśunāmaka ēkō rājastīti kathayantastē kaisarasyājñāviruddhaṁ karmma kurvvati|
whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Yeshua."
8 tēṣāṁ kathāmimāṁ śrutvā lōkanivahō nagarādhipatayaśca samudvignā abhavan|
The crowd and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
9 tadā yāsōnastadanyēṣāñca dhanadaṇḍaṁ gr̥hītvā tān parityaktavantaḥ|
When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10 tataḥ paraṁ bhrātr̥gaṇō rajanyāṁ paulasīlau śīghraṁ birayānagaraṁ prēṣitavān tau tatrōpasthāya yihūdīyānāṁ bhajanabhavanaṁ gatavantau|
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
11 tatrasthā lōkāḥ thiṣalanīkīsthalōkēbhyō mahātmāna āsan yata itthaṁ bhavati na vēti jñātuṁ dinē dinē dharmmagranthasyālōcanāṁ kr̥tvā svairaṁ kathām agr̥hlan|
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
12 tasmād anēkē yihūdīyā anyadēśīyānāṁ mānyā striyaḥ puruṣāścānēkē vyaśvasan|
Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
13 kintu birayānagarē paulēnēśvarīyā kathā pracāryyata iti thiṣalanīkīsthā yihūdīyā jñātvā tatsthānamapyāgatya lōkānāṁ kupravr̥ttim ajanayan|
But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, inciting and disturbing the crowds.
14 ataēva tasmāt sthānāt samudrēṇa yāntīti darśayitvā bhrātaraḥ kṣipraṁ paulaṁ prāhiṇvan kintu sīlatīmathiyau tatra sthitavantau|
Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
15 tataḥ paraṁ paulasya mārgadarśakāstam āthīnīnagara upasthāpayan paścād yuvāṁ tūrṇam ētat sthānaṁ āgamiṣyathaḥ sīlatīmathiyau pratīmām ājñāṁ prāpya tē pratyāgatāḥ|
But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.
16 paula āthīnīnagarē tāvapēkṣya tiṣṭhan tannagaraṁ pratimābhiḥ paripūrṇaṁ dr̥ṣṭvā santaptahr̥dayō 'bhavat|
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
17 tataḥ sa bhajanabhavanē yān yihūdīyān bhaktalōkāṁśca haṭṭē ca yān apaśyat taiḥ saha pratidinaṁ vicāritavān|
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.
18 kintvipikūrīyamatagrahiṇaḥ stōyikīyamatagrāhiṇaśca kiyantō janāstēna sārddhaṁ vyavadanta| tatra kēcid akathayan ēṣa vācālaḥ kiṁ vaktum icchati? aparē kēcid ēṣa janaḥ kēṣāñcid vidēśīyadēvānāṁ pracāraka ityanumīyatē yataḥ sa yīśum utthitiñca pracārayat|
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Yeshua and the resurrection.
19 tē tam arēyapāganāma vicārasthānam ānīya prāvōcan idaṁ yannavīnaṁ mataṁ tvaṁ prācīkaśa idaṁ kīdr̥śaṁ ētad asmān śrāvaya;
They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?
20 yāmimām asambhavakathām asmākaṁ karṇagōcarīkr̥tavān asyā bhāvārthaḥ ka iti vayaṁ jñātum icchāmaḥ|
For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."
21 tadāthīnīnivāsinastannagarapravāsinaśca kēvalaṁ kasyāścana navīnakathāyāḥ śravaṇēna pracāraṇēna ca kālam ayāpayan|
Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
22 paulō'rēyapāgasya madhyē tiṣṭhan ētāṁ kathāṁ pracāritavān, hē āthīnīyalōkā yūyaṁ sarvvathā dēvapūjāyām āsaktā ityaha pratyakṣaṁ paśyāmi|
Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said, "You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
23 yataḥ paryyaṭanakālē yuṣmākaṁ pūjanīyāni paśyan ‘avijñātēśvarāya’ ētallipiyuktāṁ yajñavēdīmēkāṁ dr̥ṣṭavān; atō na viditvā yaṁ pūjayadhvē tasyaiva tatvaṁ yuṣmān prati pracārayāmi|
For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' What therefore you worship in ignorance, this I announce to you.
24 jagatō jagatsthānāṁ sarvvavastūnāñca sraṣṭā ya īśvaraḥ sa svargapr̥thivyōrēkādhipatiḥ san karanirmmitamandirēṣu na nivasati;
The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,
25 sa ēva sarvvēbhyō jīvanaṁ prāṇān sarvvasāmagrīśca pradadāti; ataēva sa kasyāścit sāmagyrā abhāvahētō rmanuṣyāṇāṁ hastaiḥ sēvitō bhavatīti na|
neither is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.
26 sa bhūmaṇḍalē nivāsārtham ēkasmāt śōṇitāt sarvvān manuṣyān sr̥ṣṭvā tēṣāṁ pūrvvanirūpitasamayaṁ vasatisīmāñca niracinōt;
He made from one blood every nation of mankind to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,
27 tasmāt lōkaiḥ kēnāpi prakārēṇa mr̥gayitvā paramēśvarasya tatvaṁ prāptuṁ tasya gavēṣaṇaṁ karaṇīyam|
that they should seek God, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
28 kintu sō'smākaṁ kasmāccidapi dūrē tiṣṭhatīti nahi, vayaṁ tēna niśvasanapraśvasanagamanāgamanaprāṇadhāraṇāni kurmmaḥ, punaśca yuṣmākamēva katipayāḥ kavayaḥ kathayanti ‘tasya vaṁśā vayaṁ smō hi’ iti|
'For in him we live, and move, and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.'
29 ataēva yadi vayam īśvarasya vaṁśā bhavāmastarhi manuṣyai rvidyayā kauśalēna ca takṣitaṁ svarṇaṁ rūpyaṁ dr̥ṣad vaitēṣāmīśvaratvam asmābhi rna jñātavyaṁ|
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by human art and design.
30 tēṣāṁ pūrvvīyalōkānām ajñānatāṁ pratīśvarō yadyapi nāvādhatta tathāpīdānīṁ sarvvatra sarvvān manaḥ parivarttayitum ājñāpayati,
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
31 yataḥ svaniyuktēna puruṣēṇa yadā sa pr̥thivīsthānāṁ sarvvalōkānāṁ vicāraṁ kariṣyati taddinaṁ nyarūpayat; tasya śmaśānōtthāpanēna tasmin sarvvēbhyaḥ pramāṇaṁ prādāt|
because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to everyone by raising him from the dead."
32 tadā śmaśānād utthānasya kathāṁ śrutvā kēcid upāhaman, kēcidavadan ēnāṁ kathāṁ punarapi tvattaḥ śrōṣyāmaḥ|
Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, "We want to hear you again concerning this."
33 tataḥ paulastēṣāṁ samīpāt prasthitavān|
Thus Paul went out from among them.
34 tathāpi kēcillōkāstēna sārddhaṁ militvā vyaśvasan tēṣāṁ madhyē 'rēyapāgīyadiyanusiyō dāmārīnāmā kācinnārī kiyantō narāścāsan|
But some people joined with him, and believed, among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
