prēritāḥ 7
1 tataḥ paraṁ mahāyājakaḥ pr̥ṣṭavān, ēṣā kathāṁ kiṁ satyā?
The high priest said, "Are these things so?"
2 tataḥ sa pratyavadat, hē pitarō hē bhrātaraḥ sarvvē lākā manāṁsi nidhaddhvaṁ|asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣa ibrāhīm hāraṇnagarē vāsakaraṇāt pūrvvaṁ yadā arām-naharayimadēśē āsīt tadā tējōmaya īśvarō darśanaṁ datvā
He said, "Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
3 tamavadat tvaṁ svadēśajñātimitrāṇi parityajya yaṁ dēśamahaṁ darśayiṣyāmi taṁ dēśaṁ vraja|
and said to him, 'Go out from your land and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.'
4 ataḥ sa kasdīyadēśaṁ vihāya hāraṇnagarē nyavasat, tadanantaraṁ tasya pitari mr̥tē yatra dēśē yūyaṁ nivasatha sa ēnaṁ dēśamāgacchat|
Then he came out of the land of the Kasdim, and lived in Haran. From there, after his father died, he moved him into this land, where you are now living.
5 kintvīśvarastasmai kamapyadhikāram arthād ēkapadaparimitāṁ bhūmimapi nādadāt; tadā tasya kōpi santānō nāsīt tathāpi santānaiḥ sārddham ētasya dēśasyādhikārī tvaṁ bhaviṣyasīti tampratyaṅgīkr̥tavān|
He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him, when he still had no child.
6 īśvara ittham aparamapi kathitavān tava santānāḥ paradēśē nivatsyanti tatastaddēśīyalōkāścatuḥśatavatsarān yāvat tān dāsatvē sthāpayitvā tān prati kuvyavahāraṁ kariṣyanti|
But God spoke in this way, 'His descendants will live as strangers in a foreign land, and that they will be slaves and mistreated, for four hundred years.
7 aparam īśvara ēnāṁ kathāmapi kathitavān, yē lōkāstān dāsatvē sthāpayiṣyanti tāllōkān ahaṁ daṇḍayiṣyāmi, tataḥ paraṁ tē bahirgatāḥ santō mām atra sthānē sēviṣyantē|
But I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,' said God, 'and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.'
8 paścāt sa tasmai tvakchēdasya niyamaṁ dattavān, ata ishākanāmni ibrāhīma ēkaputrē jātē, aṣṭamadinē tasya tvakchēdam akarōt| tasya ishākaḥ putrō yākūb, tatastasya yākūbō'smākaṁ dvādaśa pūrvvapuruṣā ajāyanta|
He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.
9 tē pūrvvapuruṣā īrṣyayā paripūrṇā misaradēśaṁ prēṣayituṁ yūṣaphaṁ vyakrīṇan|
"The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt; and God was with him,
10 kintvīśvarastasya sahāyō bhūtvā sarvvasyā durgatē rakṣitvā tasmai buddhiṁ dattvā misaradēśasya rājñaḥ phirauṇaḥ priyapātraṁ kr̥tavān tatō rājā misaradēśasya svīyasarvvaparivārasya ca śāsanapadaṁ tasmai dattavān|
and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11 tasmin samayē misara-kinānadēśayō rdurbhikṣahētōratikliṣṭatvāt naḥ pūrvvapuruṣā bhakṣyadravyaṁ nālabhanta|
Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no food.
12 kintu misaradēśē śasyāni santi, yākūb imāṁ vārttāṁ śrutvā prathamam asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣān misaraṁ prēṣitavān|
But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
13 tatō dvitīyavāragamanē yūṣaph svabhrātr̥bhiḥ paricitō'bhavat; yūṣaphō bhrātaraḥ phirauṇ rājēna paricitā abhavan|
On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.
14 anantaraṁ yūṣaph bhrātr̥gaṇaṁ prēṣya nijapitaraṁ yākūbaṁ nijān pañcādhikasaptatisaṁkhyakān jñātijanāṁśca samāhūtavān|
Then Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
15 tasmād yākūb misaradēśaṁ gatvā svayam asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣāśca tasmin sthānē'mriyanta|
Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,
16 tatastē śikhimaṁ nītā yat śmaśānam ibrāhīm mudrādatvā śikhimaḥ pitu rhamōraḥ putrēbhyaḥ krītavān tatśmaśānē sthāpayāñcakrirē|
and they were brought back to Shechem, and placed in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor in Shechem.
17 tataḥ param īśvara ibrāhīmaḥ sannidhau śapathaṁ kr̥tvā yāṁ pratijñāṁ kr̥tavān tasyāḥ pratijñāyāḥ phalanasamayē nikaṭē sati isrāyēllōkā simaradēśē varddhamānā bahusaṁkhyā abhavan|
"But as the time of the promise came close which God had made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 śēṣē yūṣaphaṁ yō na paricinōti tādr̥śa ēkō narapatirupasthāya
until 'there arose a different king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.'
19 asmākaṁ jñātibhiḥ sārddhaṁ dhūrttatāṁ vidhāya pūrvvapuruṣān prati kuvyavaharaṇapūrvvakaṁ tēṣāṁ vaṁśanāśanāya tēṣāṁ navajātān śiśūn bahi rnirakṣēpayat|
The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they would not stay alive.
20 ētasmin samayē mūsā jajñē, sa tu paramasundarō'bhavat tathā pitr̥gr̥hē māsatrayaparyyantaṁ pālitō'bhavat|
At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father's house.
21 kintu tasmin bahirnikṣiptē sati phirauṇarājasya kanyā tam uttōlya nītvā dattakaputraṁ kr̥tvā pālitavatī|
When he was thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.
22 tasmāt sa mūsā misaradēśīyāyāḥ sarvvavidyāyāḥ pāradr̥ṣvā san vākyē kriyāyāñca śaktimān abhavat|
Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
23 sa sampūrṇacatvāriṁśadvatsaravayaskō bhūtvā isrāyēlīyavaṁśanijabhrātr̥n sākṣāt kartuṁ matiṁ cakrē|
But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24 tēṣāṁ janamēkaṁ hiṁsitaṁ dr̥ṣṭvā tasya sapakṣaḥ san hiṁsitajanam upakr̥tya misarīyajanaṁ jaghāna|
Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
25 tasya hastēnēśvarastān uddhariṣyati tasya bhrātr̥gaṇa iti jñāsyati sa ityanumānaṁ cakāra, kintu tē na bubudhirē|
He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they did not understand.
26 tatparē 'hani tēṣām ubhayō rjanayō rvākkalaha upasthitē sati mūsāḥ samīpaṁ gatvā tayō rmēlanaṁ karttuṁ matiṁ kr̥tvā kathayāmāsa, hē mahāśayau yuvāṁ bhrātarau parasparam anyāyaṁ kutaḥ kuruthaḥ?
"The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, 'Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?'
27 tataḥ samīpavāsinaṁ prati yō janō'nyāyaṁ cakāra sa taṁ dūrīkr̥tya kathayāmāsa, asmākamupari śāstr̥tvavicārayitr̥tvapadayōḥ kastvāṁ niyuktavān?
But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
28 hyō yathā misarīyaṁ hatavān tathā kiṁ māmapi haniṣyasi?
Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
29 tadā mūsā ētādr̥śīṁ kathāṁ śrutvā palāyanaṁ cakrē, tatō midiyanadēśaṁ gatvā pravāsī san tasthau, tatastatra dvau putrau jajñātē|
Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
30 anantaraṁ catvāriṁśadvatsarēṣu gatēṣu sīnayaparvvatasya prāntarē prajvalitastambasya vahniśikhāyāṁ paramēśvaradūtastasmai darśanaṁ dadau|
"When forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 mūsāstasmin darśanē vismayaṁ matvā viśēṣaṁ jñātuṁ nikaṭaṁ gacchati,
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came,
32 ētasmin samayē, ahaṁ tava pūrvvapuruṣāṇām īśvarō'rthād ibrāhīma īśvara ishāka īśvarō yākūba īśvaraśca, mūsāmuddiśya paramēśvarasyaitādr̥śī vihāyasīyā vāṇī babhūva, tataḥ sa kampānvitaḥ san puna rnirīkṣituṁ pragalbhō na babhūva|
'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look.
33 paramēśvarastaṁ jagāda, tava pādayōḥ pādukē mōcaya yatra tiṣṭhasi sā pavitrabhūmiḥ|
The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
34 ahaṁ misaradēśasthānāṁ nijalōkānāṁ durddaśāṁ nitāntam apaśyaṁ, tēṣāṁ kātaryyōktiñca śrutavān tasmāt tān uddharttum avaruhyāgamam; idānīm āgaccha misaradēśaṁ tvāṁ prēṣayāmi|
I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.'
35 kastvāṁ śāstr̥tvavicārayitr̥tvapadayō rniyuktavān, iti vākyamuktvā tai ryō mūsā avajñātastamēva īśvaraḥ stambamadhyē darśanadātrā tēna dūtēna śāstāraṁ muktidātārañca kr̥tvā prēṣayāmāsa|
"This Moses, whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?'—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 sa ca misaradēśē sūphnāmni samudrē ca paścāt catvāriṁśadvatsarān yāvat mahāprāntarē nānāprakārāṇyadbhutāni karmmāṇi lakṣaṇāni ca darśayitvā tān bahiḥ kr̥tvā samānināya|
This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
37 prabhuḥ paramēśvarō yuṣmākaṁ bhrātr̥gaṇasya madhyē mādr̥śam ēkaṁ bhaviṣyadvaktāram utpādayiṣyati tasya kathāyāṁ yūyaṁ manō nidhāsyatha, yō jana isrāyēlaḥ santānēbhya ēnāṁ kathāṁ kathayāmāsa sa ēṣa mūsāḥ|
This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, 'God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.'
38 mahāprāntarasthamaṇḍalīmadhyē'pi sa ēva sīnayaparvvatōpari tēna sārddhaṁ saṁlāpinō dūtasya cāsmatpitr̥gaṇasya madhyasthaḥ san asmabhyaṁ dātavyani jīvanadāyakāni vākyāni lēbhē|
This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received words of life to give to us,
39 asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣāstam amānyaṁ katvā svēbhyō dūrīkr̥tya misaradēśaṁ parāvr̥tya gantuṁ manōbhirabhilaṣya hārōṇaṁ jagaduḥ,
to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
40 asmākam agrē'grē gantum asmadarthaṁ dēvagaṇaṁ nirmmāhi yatō yō mūsā asmān misaradēśād bahiḥ kr̥tvānītavān tasya kiṁ jātaṁ tadasmābhi rna jñāyatē|
saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'
41 tasmin samayē tē gōvatsākr̥tiṁ pratimāṁ nirmmāya tāmuddiśya naivēdyamutmr̥jya svahastakr̥tavastunā ānanditavantaḥ|
They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
42 tasmād īśvarastēṣāṁ prati vimukhaḥ san ākāśasthaṁ jyōtirgaṇaṁ pūjayituṁ tēbhyō'numatiṁ dadau, yādr̥śaṁ bhaviṣyadvādināṁ granthēṣu likhitamāstē, yathā, isrāyēlīyavaṁśā rē catvāriṁśatsamān purā| mahati prāntarē saṁsthā yūyantu yāni ca| balihōmādikarmmāṇi kr̥tavantastu tāni kiṁ| māṁ samuddiśya yuṣmābhiḥ prakr̥tānīti naiva ca|
But God turned, and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets, 'Did you offer to me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
43 kintu vō mōlakākhyasya dēvasya dūṣyamēva ca| yuṣmākaṁ rimphanākhyāyā dēvatāyāśca tārakā| ētayōrubhayō rmūrtī yuṣmābhiḥ paripūjitē| atō yuṣmāṁstu bābēlaḥ pāraṁ nēṣyāmi niścitaṁ|
You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Rephan, the images that you made to worship them. Therefore I will exile you beyond Babylon.'
44 aparañca yannidarśanam apaśyastadanusārēṇa dūṣyaṁ nirmmāhi yasmin īśvarō mūsām ētadvākyaṁ babhāṣē tat tasya nirūpitaṁ sākṣyasvarūpaṁ dūṣyam asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣaiḥ saha prāntarē tasthau|
"Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;
45 paścāt yihōśūyēna sahitaistēṣāṁ vaṁśajātairasmatpūrvvapuruṣaiḥ svēṣāṁ sammukhād īśvarēṇa dūrīkr̥tānām anyadēśīyānāṁ dēśādhikr̥tikālē samānītaṁ tad dūṣyaṁ dāyūdōdhikāraṁ yāvat tatra sthāna āsīt|
which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,
46 sa dāyūd paramēśvarasyānugrahaṁ prāpya yākūb īśvarārtham ēkaṁ dūṣyaṁ nirmmātuṁ vavāñcha;
who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
47 kintu sulēmān tadarthaṁ mandiram ēkaṁ nirmmitavān|
But Solomon built him a house.
48 tathāpi yaḥ sarvvōparisthaḥ sa kasmiṁścid hastakr̥tē mandirē nivasatīti nahi, bhaviṣyadvādī kathāmētāṁ kathayati, yathā,
However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
49 parēśō vadati svargō rājasiṁhāsanaṁ mama| madīyaṁ pādapīṭhañca pr̥thivī bhavati dhruvaṁ| tarhi yūyaṁ kr̥tē mē kiṁ pranirmmāsyatha mandiraṁ| viśrāmāya madīyaṁ vā sthānaṁ kiṁ vidyatē tviha|
'Heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord; 'or what is the place of my rest?
50 sarvvāṇyētāni vastūni kiṁ mē hastakr̥tāni na||
Did not my hand make all these things?'
51 hē anājñāgrāhakā antaḥkaraṇē śravaṇē cāpavitralōkāḥ yūyam anavarataṁ pavitrasyātmanaḥ prātikūlyam ācaratha, yuṣmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣā yādr̥śā yūyamapi tādr̥śāḥ|
"You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so you do.
52 yuṣmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣāḥ kaṁ bhaviṣyadvādinaṁ nātāḍayan? yē tasya dhārmmikasya janasyāgamanakathāṁ kathitavantastān aghnan yūyam adhūnā viśvāsaghātinō bhūtvā taṁ dhārmmikaṁ janam ahata|
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
53 yūyaṁ svargīyadūtagaṇēna vyavasthāṁ prāpyāpi tāṁ nācaratha|
You received the Law as it was ordained by angels, and did not keep it."
54 imāṁ kathāṁ śrutvā tē manaḥsu biddhāḥ santastaṁ prati dantagharṣaṇam akurvvan|
Now when they heard these things, they were furious, and they ground their teeth at him.
55 kintu stiphānaḥ pavitrēṇātmanā pūrṇō bhūtvā gagaṇaṁ prati sthiradr̥ṣṭiṁ kr̥tvā īśvarasya dakṣiṇē daṇḍāyamānaṁ yīśuñca vilōkya kathitavān;
But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God.
56 paśya, mēghadvāraṁ muktam īśvarasya dakṣiṇē sthitaṁ mānavasutañca paśyāmi|
And he said, "Look, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
57 tadā tē prōccaiḥ śabdaṁ kr̥tvā karṇēṣvaṅgulī rnidhāya ēkacittībhūya tam ākraman|
But they shouted out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
58 paścāt taṁ nagarād bahiḥ kr̥tvā prastarairāghnan sākṣiṇō lākāḥ śaulanāmnō yūnaścaraṇasannidhau nijavastrāṇi sthāpitavantaḥ|
They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 anantaraṁ hē prabhō yīśē madīyamātmānaṁ gr̥hāṇa stiphānasyēti prārthanavākyavadanasamayē tē taṁ prastarairāghnan|
They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
60 tasmāt sa jānunī pātayitvā prōccaiḥ śabdaṁ kr̥tvā, hē prabhē pāpamētad ētēṣu mā sthāpaya, ityuktvā mahānidrāṁ prāpnōt|
He kneeled down, and shouted out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep.
