prēritāḥ 9
1 tatkālaparyyanataṁ śaulaḥ prabhōḥ śiṣyāṇāṁ prātikūlyēna tāḍanābadhayōḥ kathāṁ niḥsārayan mahāyājakasya sannidhiṁ gatvā
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats 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 him to give him letters to the Jewish congregations at Damascus, authorizing him, if he found there any supporters of the Way, whether men or women, to have them put in chains and brought to Jerusalem.
3 gacchan tu dammēṣaknagaranikaṭa upasthitavān; tatō'kasmād ākāśāt tasya caturdikṣu tējasaḥ prakāśanāt sa bhūmāvapatat|
While on his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, suddenly a light from the heavens flashed around him.
4 paścāt hē śaula hē śaula kutō māṁ tāḍayasi? svaṁ prati prōktam ētaṁ śabdaṁ śrutvā
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him – “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
5 sa pr̥ṣṭavān, hē prabhō bhavān kaḥ? tadā prabhurakathayat yaṁ yīśuṁ tvaṁ tāḍayasi sa ēvāhaṁ; kaṇṭakasya mukhē padāghātakaraṇaṁ tava kaṣṭam|
“Who are you, Lord?” he asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” the voice answered;
6 tadā kampamānō vismayāpannaśca sōvadat hē prabhō mayā kiṁ karttavyaṁ? bhavata icchā kā? tataḥ prabhurājñāpayad utthāya nagaraṁ gaccha tatra tvayā yat karttavyaṁ tad vadiṣyatē|
“Yet stand up and go 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 traveling with Saul were meanwhile standing speechless; they heard the sound of the voice, but saw no one.
8 anantaraṁ śaulō bhūmita utthāya cakṣuṣī unmīlya kamapi na dr̥ṣṭavān| tadā lōkāstasya hastau dhr̥tvā dammēṣaknagaram ānayan|
When Saul got up from the ground, though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So his men led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus;
9 tataḥ sa dinatrayaṁ yāvad andhō bhūtvā na bhuktavān pītavāṁśca|
and for three days he was unable to see, and took nothing either to eat or to drink.
10 tadanantaraṁ prabhustaddammēṣaknagaravāsina ēkasmai śiṣyāya darśanaṁ datvā āhūtavān hē ananiya| tataḥ sa pratyavādīt, hē prabhō paśya śr̥ṇōmi|
Now there was at Damascus a disciple named Ananias, to whom, in a vision, the Lord said, “Ananias.” “Yes, Lord,” he answered.
11 tadā prabhustamājñāpayat tvamutthāya saralanāmānaṁ mārgaṁ gatvā yihūdānivēśanē tārṣanagarīyaṁ śaulanāmānaṁ janaṁ gavēṣayan pr̥ccha;
“Go at once,” said the Lord, “to the Straight Street, and ask at Judas’s house for a man named Saul, from Tarsus. He is at this moment praying,
12 paśya sa prārthayatē, tathā ananiyanāmaka ēkō janastasya samīpam āgatya tasya gātrē hastārpaṇaṁ kr̥tvā dr̥ṣṭiṁ dadātītthaṁ svapnē dr̥ṣṭavān|
and he has seen, in a vision, a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him, so that he may recover his sight.”
13 tasmād ananiyaḥ pratyavadat hē prabhō yirūśālami pavitralōkān prati sō'nēkahiṁsāṁ kr̥tavān;
“Lord,” exclaimed Ananias, “I have heard from many people about this man – how much harm he has done at Jerusalem to your people there.
14 atra sthānē ca yē lōkāstava nāmni prārthayanti tānapi baddhuṁ sa pradhānayājakēbhyaḥ śaktiṁ prāptavān, imāṁ kathām aham anēkēṣāṁ mukhēbhyaḥ śrutavān|
And, here, too, he holds authority from the chief priests to put in chains all those who invoke your name.”
15 kintu prabhurakathayat, yāhi bhinnadēśīyalōkānāṁ bhūpatīnām isrāyēllōkānāñca nikaṭē mama nāma pracārayituṁ sa janō mama manōnītapātramāstē|
But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to uphold my name before the Gentiles and their kings, and the people of Israel.
16 mama nāmanimittañca tēna kiyān mahān klēśō bhōktavya ētat taṁ darśayiṣyāmi|
I will myself show him all that he has to suffer for my name.”
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|
So Ananias went, entered the house, and, placing his hands on Saul, said, “Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord – by Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here – so that you may recover 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|
Instantly it seemed as if a film fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. Then he got up and was baptized,
19 tataḥ paraṁ śaulaḥ śiṣyaiḥ saha katipayadivasān tasmin dammēṣakanagarē sthitvā'vilambaṁ
and, after he had taken food, he felt his strength return. Saul stayed for some days with the disciples who were at Damascus,
20 sarvvabhajanabhavanāni gatvā yīśurīśvarasya putra imāṁ kathāṁ prācārayat|
and at once began in the synagogues to proclaim Jesus as 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. “Is not this,” they asked, “the man who worked havoc in Jerusalem among those that invoke this name, and who had also come here for the express purpose of having such persons put in chains and taken before the chief priests?”
22 kintu śaulaḥ kramaśa utsāhavān bhūtvā yīśurīśvarēṇābhiṣiktō jana ētasmin pramāṇaṁ datvā dammēṣak-nivāsiyihūdīyalōkān niruttarān akarōt|
Saul’s influence, however, kept steadily increasing, and he confounded the Jewish people who lived in Damascus by the proofs that he gave that Jesus was the Christ.
23 itthaṁ bahutithē kālē gatē yihūdīyalōkāstaṁ hantuṁ mantrayāmāsuḥ
After some time some of them laid a plot to kill Saul,
24 kintu śaulastēṣāmētasyā mantraṇāyā vārttāṁ prāptavān| tē taṁ hantuṁ tu divāniśaṁ guptāḥ santō nagarasya dvārē'tiṣṭhan;
but it became known to him. They even watched the gates day and night, to kill him;
25 tasmāt śiṣyāstaṁ nītvā rātrau piṭakē nidhāya prācīrēṇāvārōhayan|
but his disciples let him down by night through an opening in 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|
On his arrival in Jerusalem, Saul attempted to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, as they did not believe that he was really 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|
Barnabas, however, taking him by the hand, brought him to the apostles, and told them the whole story of how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord, and how the Lord had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out fearlessly in the name of Jesus.
28 tataḥ śaulastaiḥ saha yirūśālami kālaṁ yāpayan nirbhayaṁ prabhō ryīśō rnāma prācārayat|
After that, Saul remained in Jerusalem, in close contact with the apostles; and he spoke fearlessly in the name of the Lord,
29 tasmād anyadēśīyalōkaiḥ sārddhaṁ vivādasyōpasthitatvāt tē taṁ hantum acēṣṭanta|
talking and arguing with the Jews of foreign birth, who, however, made attempts to kill him.
30 kintu bhrātr̥gaṇastajjñātvā taṁ kaisariyānagaraṁ nītvā tārṣanagaraṁ prēṣitavān|
But, when the followers found this out, they took him down to Caesarea, and sent him on his way to Tarsus.
31 itthaṁ sati yihūdiyāgālīlśōmirōṇadēśīyāḥ sarvvā maṇḍalyō viśrāmaṁ prāptāstatastāsāṁ niṣṭhābhavat prabhō rbhiyā pavitrasyātmanaḥ sāntvanayā ca kālaṁ kṣēpayitvā bahusaṁkhyā abhavan|
And so it came about that the church, throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, enjoyed peace and became firmly established; and, ordering its life by respect for the Lord and the help of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
32 tataḥ paraṁ pitaraḥ sthānē sthānē bhramitvā śēṣē lōdnagaranivāsipavitralōkānāṁ samīpē sthitavān|
Peter, while traveling from place to place throughout the country, went down to visit the people of Christ living at Lydda.
33 tadā tatra pakṣāghātavyādhināṣṭau vatsarān śayyāgatam ainēyanāmānaṁ manuṣyaṁ sākṣat prāpya tamavadat,
There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years with paralysis.
34 hē ainēya yīśukhrīṣṭastvāṁ svastham akārṣīt, tvamutthāya svaśayyāṁ nikṣipa, ityuktamātrē sa udatiṣṭhat|
“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ cures you. Get up, and make your bed.” Aeneas got up at once;
35 ētādr̥śaṁ dr̥ṣṭvā lōdśārōṇanivāsinō lōkāḥ prabhuṁ prati parāvarttanta|
and all the inhabitants of Lydda and of the Plain of Sharon saw him, and came over to the Lord’s side.
36 aparañca bhikṣādānādiṣu nānakriyāsu nityaṁ pravr̥ttā yā yāphōnagaranivāsinī ṭābithānāmā śiṣyā yāṁ darkkāṁ arthād hariṇīmayuktvā āhvayan sā nārī
At Joppa there lived a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which is in Greek ‘Dorcas’ – a Gazelle. Her life was spent in doing kind and charitable actions.
37 tasmin samayē rugnā satī prāṇān atyajat, tatō lōkāstāṁ prakṣālyōparisthaprakōṣṭhē śāyayitvāsthāpayan|
Just at that time she was taken ill, and died; and they had washed her body and laid it out in an upstairs room.
38 lōdnagaraṁ yāphōnagarasya samīpasthaṁ tasmāttatra pitara āstē, iti vārttāṁ śrutvā tūrṇaṁ tasyāgamanārthaṁ tasmin vinayamuktvā śiṣyagaṇō dvau manujau prēṣitavān|
Joppa was near Lydda, and the disciples, having heard that Peter was at Lydda, sent two men with the request that he come to them without delay.
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 returned with them at once. On his arrival, he was taken upstairs, and all the widows came around him in tears, showing the coats and other clothing which Dorcas had made while she was among 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|
But Peter sent everybody out of the room, and knelt down and prayed. Then, turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha! Stand up.” She opened her eyes, and, seeing Peter, sat up.
41 tataḥ pitarastasyāḥ karau dhr̥tvā uttōlya pavitralōkān vidhavāścāhūya tēṣāṁ nikaṭē sajīvāṁ tāṁ samārpayat|
Giving her his hand, Peter raised her up, and, calling in the widows and others of Christ’s people, presented her to them alive.
42 ēṣā kathā samastayāphōnagaraṁ vyāptā tasmād anēkē lōkāḥ prabhau vyaśvasan|
This became known all through Joppa, and numbers of people came to believe in the Lord.
43 aparañca pitarastadyāphōnagarīyasya kasyacit śimōnnāmnaścarmmakārasya gr̥hē bahudināni nyavasat|
And Peter stayed some days at Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
