prēritāḥ 19
1 karinthanagara āpallasaḥ sthitikālē paula uttarapradēśairāgacchan iphiṣanagaram upasthitavān| tatra katipayaśiṣyān sākṣat prāpya tān apr̥cchat,
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the interior regions and came to Ephesus, where he came across some disciples.
2 yūyaṁ viśvasya pavitramātmānaṁ prāptā na vā? tatastē pratyavadan pavitra ātmā dīyatē ityasmābhiḥ śrutamapi nahi|
He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
3 tadā sā'vadat tarhi yūyaṁ kēna majjitā abhavata? tē'kathayan yōhanō majjanēna|
So Paul said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John's baptism.”
4 tadā paula uktavān itaḥ paraṁ ya upasthāsyati tasmin arthata yīśukhrīṣṭē viśvasitavyamityuktvā yōhan manaḥparivarttanasūcakēna majjanēna jalē lōkān amajjayat|
Then Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.”
5 tādr̥śīṁ kathāṁ śrutvā tē prabhō ryīśukhrīṣṭasya nāmnā majjitā abhavan|
On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 tataḥ paulēna tēṣāṁ gātrēṣu karē'rpitē tēṣāmupari pavitra ātmāvarūḍhavān, tasmāt tē nānādēśīyā bhāṣā bhaviṣyatkathāśca kathitavantaḥ|
And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying.
7 tē prāyēṇa dvādaśajanā āsan|
There were about twelve men in all.
8 paulō bhajanabhavanaṁ gatvā prāyēṇa māsatrayam īśvarasya rājyasya vicāraṁ kr̥tvā lōkān pravartya sāhasēna kathāmakathayat|
Over a period of three months Paul would go into the synagogue and speak boldly, reasoning and persuading the people about the kingdom of God.
9 kintu kaṭhināntaḥkaraṇatvāt kiyantō janā na viśvasya sarvvēṣāṁ samakṣam ētatpathasya nindāṁ karttuṁ pravr̥ttāḥ, ataḥ paulastēṣāṁ samīpāt prasthāya śiṣyagaṇaṁ pr̥thakkr̥tvā pratyahaṁ turānnanāmnaḥ kasyacit janasya pāṭhaśālāyāṁ vicāraṁ kr̥tavān|
But some became hardened and refused to believe, speaking evil of the Way in front of the congregation. So Paul left them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the lecture hall of a man named Tyrannus.
10 itthaṁ vatsaradvayaṁ gataṁ tasmād āśiyādēśanivāsinaḥ sarvvē yihūdīyā anyadēśīyalōkāśca prabhō ryīśōḥ kathām aśrauṣan|
This continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord Jesus.
11 paulēna ca īśvara ētādr̥śānyadbhutāni karmmāṇi kr̥tavān
Now God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
12 yat paridhēyē gātramārjanavastrē vā tasya dēhāt pīḍitalōkānām samīpam ānītē tē nirāmayā jātā apavitrā bhūtāśca tēbhyō bahirgatavantaḥ|
so that even cloths or aprons that had touched his skin were placed upon the sick, and their diseases left them, and evil spirits came out of them.
13 tadā dēśāṭanakāriṇaḥ kiyantō yihūdīyā bhūtāpasāriṇō bhūtagrastanōkānāṁ sannidhau prabhē ryīśō rnāma japtvā vākyamidam avadan, yasya kathāṁ paulaḥ pracārayati tasya yīśō rnāmnā yuṣmān ājñāpayāmaḥ|
Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits. They would say, “We adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
14 skivanāmnō yihūdīyānāṁ pradhānayājakasya saptabhiḥ puttaistathā kr̥tē sati
Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.
15 kaścid apavitrō bhūtaḥ pratyuditavān, yīśuṁ jānāmi paulañca paricinōmi kintu kē yūyaṁ?
But one day an evil spirit responded, “I know Jesus, and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”
16 ityuktvā sōpavitrabhūtagrastō manuṣyō lamphaṁ kr̥tvā tēṣāmupari patitvā balēna tān jitavān, tasmāttē nagnāḥ kṣatāṅgāśca santastasmād gēhāt palāyanta|
Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled from the house naked and wounded.
17 sā vāg iphiṣanagaranivāsinasaṁ sarvvēṣāṁ yihūdīyānāṁ bhinnadēśīyānāṁ lōkānāñca śravōgōcarībhūtā; tataḥ sarvvē bhayaṁ gatāḥ prabhō ryīśō rnāmnō yaśō 'varddhata|
When this became known to all the Jews and Greeks who dwelt in Ephesus, fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.
18 yēṣāmanēkēṣāṁ lōkānāṁ pratītirajāyata ta āgatya svaiḥ kr̥tāḥ kriyāḥ prakāśarūpēṇāṅgīkr̥tavantaḥ|
Many who had become believers came forward, confessing and disclosing their practices,
19 bahavō māyākarmmakāriṇaḥ svasvagranthān ānīya rāśīkr̥tya sarvvēṣāṁ samakṣam adāhayan, tatō gaṇanāṁ kr̥tvābudhyanta pañcāyutarūpyamudrāmūlyapustakāni dagdhāni|
while many who practiced magical arts brought their books together and began burning them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was added up, the total came to fifty thousand silver coins.
20 itthaṁ prabhōḥ kathā sarvvadēśaṁ vyāpya prabalā jātā|
In this way the word of the Lord was increasing and prevailing mightily.
21 sarvvēṣvētēṣu karmmasu sampannēṣu satsu paulō mākidaniyākhāyādēśābhyāṁ yirūśālamaṁ gantuṁ matiṁ kr̥tvā kathitavān tatsthānaṁ yātrāyāṁ kr̥tāyāṁ satyāṁ mayā rōmānagaraṁ draṣṭavyaṁ|
After these things had taken place, Paul resolved in his spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go on to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must see Rome also.”
22 svānugatalōkānāṁ tīmathiyērāstau dvau janau mākidaniyādēśaṁ prati prahitya svayam āśiyādēśē katipayadināni sthitavān|
So he sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he himself stayed in Asia for a period of time.
23 kintu tasmin samayē matē'smin kalahō jātaḥ|
About that time a great disturbance arose concerning the Way.
24 tatkāraṇamidaṁ, arttimīdēvyā rūpyamandiranirmmāṇēna sarvvēṣāṁ śilpināṁ yathēṣṭalābham ajanayat yō dīmītriyanāmā nāḍīndhamaḥ
For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a great deal of business to the craftsmen.
25 sa tān tatkarmmajīvinaḥ sarvvalōkāṁśca samāhūya bhāṣitavān hē mahēcchā ētēna mandiranirmmāṇēnāsmākaṁ jīvikā bhavati, ētad yūyaṁ vittha;
He gathered these men together, along with those who worked in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our wealth is derived from this business.
26 kintu hastanirmmitēśvarā īśvarā nahi paulanāmnā kēnacijjanēna kathāmimāṁ vyāhr̥tya kēvalēphiṣanagarē nahi prāyēṇa sarvvasmin āśiyādēśē pravr̥ttiṁ grāhayitvā bahulōkānāṁ śēmuṣī parāvarttitā, ētad yuṣmābhi rdr̥śyatē śrūyatē ca|
You also see and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but in nearly all of Asia, this man Paul has persuaded and drawn away a considerable crowd, saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.
27 tēnāsmākaṁ vāṇijyasya sarvvathā hānēḥ sambhavanaṁ kēvalamiti nahi, āśiyādēśasthai rvā sarvvajagatsthai rlōkaiḥ pūjyā yārtimī mahādēvī tasyā mandirasyāvajñānasya tasyā aiśvaryyasya nāśasya ca sambhāvanā vidyatē|
Not only is there the danger that this trade of ours might come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis might be regarded as nothing, and that her magnificence might be brought down, whom all Asia and the world worship.”
28 ētādr̥śīṁ kathāṁ śrutvā tē mahākrōdhānvitāḥ santa uccaiḥkāraṁ kathitavanta iphiṣīyānām arttimī dēvī mahatī bhavati|
When they heard this, they were filled with rage and began crying out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29 tataḥ sarvvanagaraṁ kalahēna paripūrṇamabhavat, tataḥ paraṁ tē mākidanīyagāyāristārkhanāmānau paulasya dvau sahacarau dhr̥tvaikacittā raṅgabhūmiṁ javēna dhāvitavantaḥ|
So the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the amphitheater, seizing Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.
30 tataḥ paulō lōkānāṁ sannidhiṁ yātum udyatavān kintu śiṣyagaṇastaṁ vāritavān|
Although Paul wanted to go into the public assembly, the disciples would not let him.
31 paulasyatmīyā āśiyādēśasthāḥ katipayāḥ pradhānalōkāstasya samīpaṁ naramēkaṁ prēṣya tvaṁ raṅgabhūmiṁ māgā iti nyavēdayan|
Even some of the provincial officials of Asia, who were friends of Paul, sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the amphitheater.
32 tatō nānālōkānāṁ nānākathākathanāt sabhā vyākulā jātā kiṁ kāraṇād ētāvatī janatābhavat ētad adhikai rlōkai rnājñāyi|
Now some were shouting one thing, and some were shouting another, for the assembly was confused, and the majority did not know for what reason they had come together.
33 tataḥ paraṁ janatāmadhyād yihūdīyairbahiṣkr̥taḥ sikandarō hastēna saṅkētaṁ kr̥tvā lōkēbhya uttaraṁ dātumudyatavān,
So the Jews put forward Alexander, who was then brought before the crowd. Alexander motioned with his hand, wishing to make a defense to the public assembly.
34 kintu sa yihūdīyalōka iti niścitē sati iphiṣīyānām arttimī dēvī mahatīti vākyaṁ prāyēṇa pañca daṇḍān yāvad ēkasvarēṇa lōkanivahaiḥ prōktaṁ|
But when they realized he was a Jew, a single outcry arose from them all as they shouted for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
35 tatō nagarādhipatistān sthirān kr̥tvā kathitavān hē iphiṣāyāḥ sarvvē lōkā ākarṇayata, artimīmahādēvyā mahādēvāt patitāyāstatpratimāyāśca pūjanama iphiṣanagarasthāḥ sarvvē lōkāḥ kurvvanti, ētat kē na jānanti?
When the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, who is there that does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis and of the image that fell down from Zeus?
36 tasmād ētatpratikūlaṁ kēpi kathayituṁ na śaknuvanti, iti jñātvā yuṣmābhiḥ susthiratvēna sthātavyam avivicya kimapi karmma na karttavyañca|
Therefore, since these facts are undeniable, you must keep calm and not do anything rash.
37 yān ētān manuṣyān yūyamatra samānayata tē mandiradravyāpahārakā yuṣmākaṁ dēvyā nindakāśca na bhavanti|
For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of your goddess.
38 yadi kañcana prati dīmītriyasya tasya sahāyānāñca kācid āpatti rvidyatē tarhi pratinidhilōkā vicārasthānañca santi, tē tat sthānaṁ gatvā uttarapratyuttarē kurvvantu|
So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another.
39 kintu yuṣmākaṁ kācidaparā kathā yadi tiṣṭhati tarhi niyamitāyāṁ sabhāyāṁ tasyā niṣpatti rbhaviṣyati|
But if you seek anything concerning other matters, it must be settled in the lawful assembly.
40 kintvētasya virōdhasyōttaraṁ yēna dātuṁ śaknum ētādr̥śasya kasyacit kāraṇasyābhāvād adyatanaghaṭanāhētō rājadrōhiṇāmivāsmākam abhiyōgō bhaviṣyatīti śaṅkā vidyatē|
For we are in danger of being charged with rioting in connection with today's events, since there is no reason we can give to account for this disorderly gathering.”
41 iti kathayitvā sa sabhāsthalōkān visr̥ṣṭavān|
And after saying this, he dismissed the assembly.
