پْریرِتاح 26

1 تَتَ آگْرِپَّح پَولَمْ اَوادِیتْ، نِجاں کَتھاں کَتھَیِتُں تُبھْیَمْ اَنُمَتِ رْدِییَتے۔ تَسْماتْ پَولَح کَرَں پْرَسارْیَّ سْوَسْمِنْ اُتَّرَمْ اَوادِیتْ۔

Then Agrippa said to Paul, It is granted to you to speak for yourself. Then Paul, stretching forth his hand, made his defense.

2 ہے آگْرِپَّراجَ یَتْکارَنادَہَں یِہُودِییَیرَپَوادِتو بھَوَں تَسْیَ ورِتّانْتَمْ اَدْیَ بھَوَتَح ساکْشانْ نِویدَیِتُمَنُمَتوہَمْ اِدَں سْوِییَں پَرَمَں بھاگْیَں مَنْیے؛

I esteem myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am this day to make my defense before you, concerning all those things of which I am accused by the Jews;

3 یَتو یِہُودِییَلوکاناں مَدھْیے یا یا رِیتِح سُوکْشْمَوِچاراشْچَ سَنْتِ تیشُ بھَوانْ وِجْنَتَمَح؛ اَتَایوَ پْرارْتھَیے دھَیرْیَّمَوَلَمْبْیَ مَمَ نِویدَنَں شرِنوتُ۔

especially as you are acquainted with all the customs and questions among the Jews: wherefore, I entreat you, that you will hear me with patience.

4 اَہَں یِرُوشالَمْنَگَرے سْوَدیشِییَلوکاناں مَدھْیے تِشْٹھَنْ آ یَووَنَکالادْ یَدْرُوپَمْ آچَرِتَوانْ تَدْ یِہُودِییَلوکاح سَرْوّے وِدَنْتِ۔

The manner of my life, from my youth, which, from the beginning, was spent among my own nation, in Jerusalem, is known to all the Jews;

5 اَسْماکَں سَرْوّیبھْیَح شُدّھَتَمَں یَتْ پھِرُوشِییَمَتَں تَدَوَلَمْبِی بھُوتْواہَں کالَں یاپِتَوانْ یے جَنا آ بالْیَکالانْ ماں جانانْتِ تے ایتادرِشَں ساکْشْیَں یَدِ دَداتِ تَرْہِ داتُں شَکْنُوَنْتِ۔

who knew me from the first, (if they would testify, ) that, according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.

6 کِنْتُ ہے آگْرِپَّراجَ اِیشْوَروسْماکَں پُورْوَّپُرُشاناں نِکَٹے یَدْ اَنْگِیکرِتَوانْ تَسْیَ پْرَتْیاشاہیتورَہَمْ اِدانِیں وِچارَسْتھانے دَنْڈایَمانوسْمِ۔

And now I stand in judgment for the hope of that promise, which was made by God to our fathers:

7 تَسْیانْگِیکارَسْیَ پھَلَں پْراپْتُمْ اَسْماکَں دْوادَشَوَںشا دِوانِشَں مَہایَتْنادْ اِیشْوَرَسیوَنَں کرِتْوا یاں پْرَتْیاشاں کُرْوَّنْتِ تَسْیاح پْرَتْیاشایا ہیتورَہَں یِہُودِییَیرَپَوادِتوبھَوَمْ۔

to which promise, our twelve tribes, worshiping continually, night and day, hope to attain: concerning which hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.

8 اِیشْوَرو مرِتانْ اُتّھاپَیِشْیَتِیتِ واکْیَں یُشْماکَں نِکَٹےسَمْبھَوَں کُتو بھَویتْ؟

Why should it be judged an incredible thing, by you, that God should raise the dead?

9 ناسَرَتِییَیِیشو رْنامْنو وِرُدّھَں ناناپْرَکارَپْرَتِکُولاچَرَنَمْ اُچِتَمْ اِتْیَہَں مَنَسِ یَتھارْتھَں وِجْنایَ

I, indeed, thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus, the Nazarene.

10 یِرُوشالَمَنَگَرے تَدَکَرَوَں پھَلَتَح پْرَدھانَیاجَکَسْیَ نِکَٹاتْ کْشَمَتاں پْراپْیَ بَہُونْ پَوِتْرَلوکانْ کارایاں بَدّھَوانْ وِشیشَتَسْتیشاں ہَنَنَسَمَیے تیشاں وِرُدّھاں نِجاں سَمَّتِں پْرَکاشِتَوانْ۔

Which, accordingly, I did in Jerusalem; and I shut up many of the saints in prison, having received authority from the chief priests. And when some of them were killed, I gave my vote against them:

11 وارَں وارَں بھَجَنَبھَوَنیشُ تیبھْیو دَنْڈَں پْرَدَتَّوانْ بَلاتْ تَں دھَرْمَّں نِنْدَیِتَواںشْچَ پُنَشْچَ تانْ پْرَتِ مَہاکْرودھادْ اُنْمَتَّح سَنْ وِدیشِییَنَگَرانِ یاوَتْ تانْ تاڈِتَوانْ۔

and frequently punishing them in all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme: and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

12 اِتّھَں پْرَدھانَیاجَکَسْیَ سَمِیپاتْ شَکْتِمْ آجْناپَتْرَنْچَ لَبْدھْوا دَمّیشَکْنَگَرَں گَتَوانْ۔

With this view, I was going to Damascus, with authority and commission from the chief priests;

13 تَداہَں ہے راجَنْ مارْگَمَدھْیے مَدھْیاہْنَکالے مَمَ مَدِییَسَنْگِناں لوکانانْچَ چَتَسرِشُ دِکْشُ گَگَناتْ پْرَکاشَماناں بھاسْکَرَتوپِ تیجَسْوَتِیں دِیپْتِں درِشْٹَوانْ۔

at mid-day, on the road, King Agrippa, I saw a light from heaven, exceeding the splendor of the sun, shining about me, and those who traveled with me.

14 تَسْمادْ اَسْماسُ سَرْوّیشُ بھُومَو پَتِتیشُ سَتْسُ ہے شَولَ ہَے شَولَ کُتو ماں تاڈَیَسِ؟ کَنْٹَکاناں مُکھے پاداہَنَنَں تَوَ دُحسادھْیَمْ اِبْرِییَبھاشَیا گَدِتَ ایتادرِشَ ایکَح شَبْدو مَیا شْرُتَح۔

And when we were all fallen down to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying, in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.

15 تَداہَں پرِشْٹَوانْ ہے پْرَبھو کو بھَوانْ؟ تَتَح سَ کَتھِتَوانْ یَں یِیشُں تْوَں تاڈَیَسِ سوہَں،

And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you persecute.

16 کِنْتُ سَمُتِّشْٹھَ تْوَں یَدْ درِشْٹَوانْ اِتَح پُنَنْچَ یَدْیَتْ تْواں دَرْشَیِشْیامِ تیشاں سَرْوّیشاں کارْیّاناں تْواں ساکْشِنَں مَمَ سیوَکَنْچَ کَرْتُّمْ دَرْشَنَمْ اَدامْ۔

But arise, and stand upon your feet, for to this purpose I have appeared to you, to ordain you a minister and a witness, both of the things which you have seen, and of those which I will hereafter show you:

17 وِشیشَتو یِہُودِییَلوکیبھْیو بھِنَّجاتِیییبھْیَشْچَ تْواں مَنونِیتَں کرِتْوا تیشاں یَتھا پاپَموچَنَں بھَوَتِ

delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles; to whom I now send you--

18 یَتھا تے مَیِ وِشْوَسْیَ پَوِتْرِیکرِتاناں مَدھْیے بھاگَں پْراپْنُوَنْتِ تَدَبھِپْرایینَ تیشاں جْنانَچَکْشُوںشِ پْرَسَنّانِ کَرْتُّں تَتھانْدھَکارادْ دِیپْتِں پْرَتِ شَیتانادھِکاراچَّ اِیشْوَرَں پْرَتِ مَتِیح پَراوَرْتَّیِتُں تیشاں سَمِیپَں تْواں پْریشْیامِ۔

to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God; that they may receive forgiveness of sons, and an inheritance amongst the sanctified, through faith in me.

19 ہے آگْرِپَّراجَ ایتادرِشَں سْوَرْگِییَپْرَتْیادیشَں اَگْراہْیَمْ اَکرِتْواہَں

From that time, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:

20 پْرَتھَمَتو دَمّیشَکْنَگَرے تَتو یِرُوشالَمِ سَرْوَّسْمِنْ یِہُودِییَدیشے اَنْییشُ دیشیشُ چَ یےنَ لوکا مَتِں پَراوَرْتّیَ اِیشْوَرَں پْرَتِ پَراوَرْتَّیَنْتے، مَنَحپَراوَرْتَّنَیوگْیانِ کَرْمّانِ چَ کُرْوَّنْتِ تادرِشَمْ اُپَدیشَں پْرَچارِتَوانْ۔

but declared, first to them at Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judea; and then to the Gentiles, that they should reform, and return to God, performing deeds worthy of reformation.

21 ایتَتْکارَنادْ یِہُودِییا مَدھْییمَنْدِرَں ماں دھرِتْوا ہَنْتُمْ اُدْیَتاح۔

On account of these things, the Jews seizing me in the temple, attempted to have killed me with their own hands.

22 تَتھاپِ کھْرِیشْٹو دُحکھَں بھُکْتْوا سَرْوّیشاں پُورْوَّں شْمَشانادْ اُتّھایَ نِجَدیشِییاناں بھِنَّدیشِییانانْچَ سَمِیپے دِیپْتِں پْرَکاشَیِشْیَتِ

Having, therefore, obtained help from God, I continue, till this day, testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses have declared would be;

23 بھَوِشْیَدْوادِگَنو مُوساشْچَ بھاوِکارْیَّسْیَ یَدِدَں پْرَمانَمْ اَدَدُریتَدْ وِنانْیاں کَتھاں نَ کَتھَیِتْوا اِیشْوَرادْ اَنُگْرَہَں لَبْدھْوا مَہَتاں کْشُدْرانانْچَ سَرْوّیشاں سَمِیپے پْرَمانَں دَتّوادْیَ یاوَتْ تِشْٹھامِ۔

that the Messiah would be a sufferer--would be first of a resurrection from the dead--would give light to the people, and to the Gentiles.

24 تَسْیَماں کَتھاں نِشَمْیَ پھِیشْٹَ اُچَّیح سْوَرینَ کَتھِتَوانْ ہے پَولَ تْوَمْ اُنْمَتّوسِ بَہُوِدْیابھْیاسینَ تْوَں ہَتَجْنانو جاتَح۔

And as he was thus making his defense, Festus said, with a loud voice, Paul, you are distracted: much learning drives you to madness.

25 سَ اُکْتَوانْ ہے مَہامَہِمَ پھِیشْٹَ ناہَمْ اُنْمَتَّح کِنْتُ سَتْیَں وِویچَنِییَنْچَ واکْیَں پْرَسْتَومِ۔

But he replied, I am not mad, most noble Festus, but utter the words of truth and soberness.

26 یَسْیَ ساکْشادْ اَکْشوبھَح سَنْ کَتھاں کَتھَیامِ سَ راجا تَدْورِتّانْتَں جاناتِ تَسْیَ سَمِیپے کِمَپِ گُپْتَں نیتِ مَیا نِشْچِتَں بُدھْیَتے یَتَسْتَدْ وِجَنے نَ کرِتَں۔

For the king knows of these things; to whom, also, I speak with freedom: for I am persuaded none of these things are hid from him, for this was not done in a corner.

27 ہے آگْرِپَّراجَ بھَوانْ کِں بھَوِشْیَدْوادِگَنوکْتانِ واکْیانِ پْرَتْییتِ؟ بھَوانْ پْرَتْییتِ تَدَہَں جانامِ۔

King Agrippa! do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.

28 تَتَ آگْرِپَّح پَولَمْ اَبھِہِتَوانْ تْوَں پْرَورِتِّں جَنَیِتْوا پْرایینَ مامَپِ کھْرِیشْٹِییَں کَروشِ۔

Then Agrippa said to Paul, You almost persuade me to be a Christian.

29 تَتَح سووادِیتْ بھَوانْ یے یے لوکاشْچَ مَمَ کَتھامْ اَدْیَ شرِنْوَنْتِ پْرایینَ اِتِ نَہِ کِنْتْویتَتْ شرِنْکھَلَبَنْدھَنَں وِنا سَرْوَّتھا تے سَرْوّے مادرِشا بھَوَنْتْوِتِیشْوَسْیَ سَمِیپے پْرارْتھَیےہَمْ۔

And Paul said, I would to God that, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these chains.

30 ایتَسْیاں کَتھایاں کَتھِتایاں سَ راجا سودھِپَتِ رْبَرْنِیکِی سَبھاسْتھا لوکاشْچَ تَسْمادْ اُتّھایَ

And as he said this, the king arose, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.

31 گوپَنے پَرَسْپَرَں وِوِچْیَ کَتھِتَوَنْتَ ایشَ جَنو بَنْدھَنارْہَں پْرانَہَنَنارْہَں وا کِمَپِ کَرْمَّ ناکَروتْ۔

And when they had retired, they spoke one with another, saying, This man has done nothing worthy of death, or of bonds.

32 تَتَ آگْرِپَّح پھِیشْٹَمْ اَوَدَتْ، یَدْییشَ مانُشَح کَیسَرَسْیَ نِکَٹے وِچارِتو بھَوِتُں نَ پْرارْتھَیِشْیَتْ تَرْہِ مُکْتو بھَوِتُمْ اَشَکْشْیَتْ۔

And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Cesar.