prēritāḥ 9
1 tatkālaparyyanataṁ śaulaḥ prabhōḥ śiṣyāṇāṁ prātikūlyēna tāḍanābadhayōḥ kathāṁ niḥsārayan mahāyājakasya sannidhiṁ gatvā
But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
2 striyaṁ puruṣañca tanmatagrāhiṇaṁ yaṁ kañcit paśyati tān dhr̥tvā baddhvā yirūśālamam ānayatītyāśayēna dammēṣaknagarīyaṁ dharmmasamājān prati patraṁ yācitavān|
and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
3 gacchan tu dammēṣaknagaranikaṭa upasthitavān; tatō'kasmād ākāśāt tasya caturdikṣu tējasaḥ prakāśanāt sa bhūmāvapatat|
As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.
4 paścāt hē śaula hē śaula kutō māṁ tāḍayasi? svaṁ prati prōktam ētaṁ śabdaṁ śrutvā
And he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
5 sa pr̥ṣṭavān, hē prabhō bhavān kaḥ? tadā prabhurakathayat yaṁ yīśuṁ tvaṁ tāḍayasi sa ēvāhaṁ; kaṇṭakasya mukhē padāghātakaraṇaṁ tava kaṣṭam|
And he said, "Who are you, Lord?" And he said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
6 tadā kampamānō vismayāpannaśca sōvadat hē prabhō mayā kiṁ karttavyaṁ? bhavata icchā kā? tataḥ prabhurājñāpayad utthāya nagaraṁ gaccha tatra tvayā yat karttavyaṁ tad vadiṣyatē|
But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do."
7 tasya saṅginō lōkā api taṁ śabdaṁ śrutavantaḥ kintu kamapi na dr̥ṣṭvā stabdhāḥ santaḥ sthitavantaḥ|
The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one.
8 anantaraṁ śaulō bhūmita utthāya cakṣuṣī unmīlya kamapi na dr̥ṣṭavān| tadā lōkāstasya hastau dhr̥tvā dammēṣaknagaram ānayan|
Saul arose from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see anything. They led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
9 tataḥ sa dinatrayaṁ yāvad andhō bhūtvā na bhuktavān pītavāṁśca|
He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.
10 tadanantaraṁ prabhustaddammēṣaknagaravāsina ēkasmai śiṣyāya darśanaṁ datvā āhūtavān hē ananiya| tataḥ sa pratyavādīt, hē prabhō paśya śr̥ṇōmi|
Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Look, it's me, Lord."
11 tadā prabhustamājñāpayat tvamutthāya saralanāmānaṁ mārgaṁ gatvā yihūdānivēśanē tārṣanagarīyaṁ śaulanāmānaṁ janaṁ gavēṣayan pr̥ccha;
The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For look, he is praying,
12 paśya sa prārthayatē, tathā ananiyanāmaka ēkō janastasya samīpam āgatya tasya gātrē hastārpaṇaṁ kr̥tvā dr̥ṣṭiṁ dadātītthaṁ svapnē dr̥ṣṭavān|
and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight."
13 tasmād ananiyaḥ pratyavadat hē prabhō yirūśālami pavitralōkān prati sō'nēkahiṁsāṁ kr̥tavān;
But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.
14 atra sthānē ca yē lōkāstava nāmni prārthayanti tānapi baddhuṁ sa pradhānayājakēbhyaḥ śaktiṁ prāptavān, imāṁ kathām aham anēkēṣāṁ mukhēbhyaḥ śrutavān|
Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."
15 kintu prabhurakathayat, yāhi bhinnadēśīyalōkānāṁ bhūpatīnām isrāyēllōkānāñca nikaṭē mama nāma pracārayituṁ sa janō mama manōnītapātramāstē|
But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.
16 mama nāmanimittañca tēna kiyān mahān klēśō bhōktavya ētat taṁ darśayiṣyāmi|
For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake."
17 tatō 'naniyō gatvā gr̥haṁ praviśya tasya gātrē hastārpraṇaṁ kr̥tvā kathitavān, hē bhrātaḥ śaula tvaṁ yathā dr̥ṣṭiṁ prāpnōṣi pavitrēṇātmanā paripūrṇō bhavasi ca, tadarthaṁ tavāgamanakālē yaḥ prabhuyīśustubhyaṁ darśanam adadāt sa māṁ prēṣitavān|
Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
18 ityuktamātrē tasya cakṣurbhyām mīnaśalkavad vastuni nirgatē tatkṣaṇāt sa prasannacakṣu rbhūtvā prōtthāya majjitō'bhavat bhuktvā pītvā sabalōbhavacca|
Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized.
19 tataḥ paraṁ śaulaḥ śiṣyaiḥ saha katipayadivasān tasmin dammēṣakanagarē sthitvā'vilambaṁ
He took food and was strengthened. He stayed several days with the disciples who were at Damascus.
20 sarvvabhajanabhavanāni gatvā yīśurīśvarasya putra imāṁ kathāṁ prācārayat|
Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, that he is the Son of God.
21 tasmāt sarvvē śrōtāraścamatkr̥tya kathitavantō yō yirūśālamnagara ētannāmnā prārthayitr̥lōkān vināśitavān ēvam ētādr̥śalōkān baddhvā pradhānayājakanikaṭaṁ nayatītyāśayā ētatsthānamapyāgacchat saēva kimayaṁ na bhavati?
All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Is not this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests."
22 kintu śaulaḥ kramaśa utsāhavān bhūtvā yīśurīśvarēṇābhiṣiktō jana ētasmin pramāṇaṁ datvā dammēṣak-nivāsiyihūdīyalōkān niruttarān akarōt|
But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
23 itthaṁ bahutithē kālē gatē yihūdīyalōkāstaṁ hantuṁ mantrayāmāsuḥ
When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together to kill him,
24 kintu śaulastēṣāmētasyā mantraṇāyā vārttāṁ prāptavān| tē taṁ hantuṁ tu divāniśaṁ guptāḥ santō nagarasya dvārē'tiṣṭhan;
but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,
25 tasmāt śiṣyāstaṁ nītvā rātrau piṭakē nidhāya prācīrēṇāvārōhayan|
but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
26 tataḥ paraṁ śaulō yirūśālamaṁ gatvā śiṣyagaṇēna sārddhaṁ sthātum aihat, kintu sarvvē tasmādabibhayuḥ sa śiṣya iti ca na pratyayan|
When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
27 ētasmād barṇabbāstaṁ gr̥hītvā prēritānāṁ samīpamānīya mārgamadhyē prabhuḥ kathaṁ tasmai darśanaṁ dattavān yāḥ kathāśca kathitavān sa ca yathākṣōbhaḥ san dammēṣaknagarē yīśō rnāma prācārayat ētān sarvvavr̥ttāntān tān jñāpitavān|
But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
28 tataḥ śaulastaiḥ saha yirūśālami kālaṁ yāpayan nirbhayaṁ prabhō ryīśō rnāma prācārayat|
He was with them coming in and going out in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
29 tasmād anyadēśīyalōkaiḥ sārddhaṁ vivādasyōpasthitatvāt tē taṁ hantum acēṣṭanta|
He spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they were seeking to kill him.
30 kintu bhrātr̥gaṇastajjñātvā taṁ kaisariyānagaraṁ nītvā tārṣanagaraṁ prēṣitavān|
When the brothers knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him off to Tarsus.
31 itthaṁ sati yihūdiyāgālīlśōmirōṇadēśīyāḥ sarvvā maṇḍalyō viśrāmaṁ prāptāstatastāsāṁ niṣṭhābhavat prabhō rbhiyā pavitrasyātmanaḥ sāntvanayā ca kālaṁ kṣēpayitvā bahusaṁkhyā abhavan|
So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
32 tataḥ paraṁ pitaraḥ sthānē sthānē bhramitvā śēṣē lōdnagaranivāsipavitralōkānāṁ samīpē sthitavān|
It happened, as Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.
33 tadā tatra pakṣāghātavyādhināṣṭau vatsarān śayyāgatam ainēyanāmānaṁ manuṣyaṁ sākṣat prāpya tamavadat,
There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed.
34 hē ainēya yīśukhrīṣṭastvāṁ svastham akārṣīt, tvamutthāya svaśayyāṁ nikṣipa, ityuktamātrē sa udatiṣṭhat|
Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed." Immediately he arose.
35 ētādr̥śaṁ dr̥ṣṭvā lōdśārōṇanivāsinō lōkāḥ prabhuṁ prati parāvarttanta|
All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
36 aparañca bhikṣādānādiṣu nānakriyāsu nityaṁ pravr̥ttā yā yāphōnagaranivāsinī ṭābithānāmā śiṣyā yāṁ darkkāṁ arthād hariṇīmayuktvā āhvayan sā nārī
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha (which when translated, means Dorcas). This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.
37 tasmin samayē rugnā satī prāṇān atyajat, tatō lōkāstāṁ prakṣālyōparisthaprakōṣṭhē śāyayitvāsthāpayan|
It happened in those days that she fell sick, and died. When they had washed her, they placed her in an upper chamber.
38 lōdnagaraṁ yāphōnagarasya samīpasthaṁ tasmāttatra pitara āstē, iti vārttāṁ śrutvā tūrṇaṁ tasyāgamanārthaṁ tasmin vinayamuktvā śiṣyagaṇō dvau manujau prēṣitavān|
As Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him not to delay in coming to us.
39 tasmāt pitara utthāya tābhyāṁ sārddham āgacchat, tatra tasmin upasthita uparisthaprakōṣṭhaṁ samānītē ca vidhavāḥ svābhiḥ saha sthitikālē darkkayā kr̥tāni yānyuttarīyāṇi paridhēyāni ca tāni sarvvāṇi taṁ darśayitvā rudatyaścatasr̥ṣu dikṣvatiṣṭhan|
Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
40 kintu pitarastāḥ sarvvā bahiḥ kr̥tvā jānunī pātayitvā prārthitavān; paścāt śavaṁ prati dr̥ṣṭiṁ kr̥tvā kathitavān, hē ṭābīthē tvamuttiṣṭha, iti vākya uktē sā strī cakṣuṣī prōnmīlya pitaram avalōkyōtthāyōpāviśat|
Peter put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, get up." She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
41 tataḥ pitarastasyāḥ karau dhr̥tvā uttōlya pavitralōkān vidhavāścāhūya tēṣāṁ nikaṭē sajīvāṁ tāṁ samārpayat|
He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
42 ēṣā kathā samastayāphōnagaraṁ vyāptā tasmād anēkē lōkāḥ prabhau vyaśvasan|
And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
43 aparañca pitarastadyāphōnagarīyasya kasyacit śimōnnāmnaścarmmakārasya gr̥hē bahudināni nyavasat|
It happened, that he stayed many days in Joppa with one Simon, a tanner.
