आमाल 10
1 क़ैसरिया शहर में कुर्नेलियुस नाम एक शख़्स था। वह सौ फ़ौजियोंका सूबेदार था, जो अतालियानी कहलाती है।
[There was] a man [who lived] in Caesarea [city] whose name was Cornelius. He was an officer who commanded 100 men in a large group of [Roman] soldiers from Italy.
2 वो दीनदार था, और अपने सारे घराने समेत ख़ुदा से डरता था, और यहूदियों को बहुत ख़ैरात देता और हर वक़्त ख़ुदा से दुआ करता था
He always tried to do what would please God; he and his entire household [MTY] [were non-Jews who] habitually worshipped God. He sometimes gave money to help poor [Jewish] people, and he prayed to God regularly.
3 उस ने तीसरे पहर के क़रीब रोया में साफ़ साफ़ देखा कि ख़ुदा का फ़रिश्ता मेरे पास आकर कहता है, “कुर्नेलियुस!”
[One day] at about three o’clock in the afternoon [Cornelius saw] a vision. He clearly saw an angel whom God [had sent]. The angel came into [his room] and said to him, “Cornelius!”
4 उसने उस को ग़ौर से देखा और डर कर कहा ख़ुदावन्द क्या है? उस ने उस से कहा, तेरी दु'आएँ और तेरी ख़ैरात यादगारी के लिए ख़ुदा के हुज़ूर पहुँची।
Cornelius stared at the angel and became terrified. Then he asked [fearfully], “Sir, what do you [(sg)] want?” The angel answered him, “You [(sg)] have pleased God because you have been praying [regularly to him] and you often give money to [help] poor people. [Those things have been] like a sacrifice [to God].
5 अब याफ़ा में आदमी भेजकर शमौन को जो पतरस कहलाता है, बुलवा ले।
So, now command some men to go to Joppa and [tell them to] bring back a man named Simon whose other name is Peter.
6 वो शमौन दब्बाग़ के यहाँ मेहमान है, जिसका घर समुन्दर के किनारे है।
He is staying with a man, [also] named Simon, who makes leather. His house is near the ocean.”
7 और जब वो फ़रिश्ता चला गया जिस ने उस से बातें की थी, तो उस ने दो नौकरों को और उन में से जो उसके पास हाज़िर रहा करते थे, एक दीनदार सिपाही को बुलाया।
When the angel who spoke to Cornelius had gone, Cornelius summoned two of his household servants and a soldier who served him, one who also worshipped God.
8 और सब बातें उन से बयान कर के उन्हें याफ़ा में भेजा।
He explained to them everything [that the angel had said. Then] he told them to go to Joppa [to ask Peter to come to Caesarea].
9 दूसरे दिन जब वो राह में थे, और शहर के नज़दीक पहुँचे तो पतरस दोपहर के क़रीब छत पर दुआ करने को चढ़ा।
About noon the next day those [three men] were traveling [along the road] and were coming near [Joppa. As they were approaching Joppa], Peter went up on the [flat] housetop to pray.
10 और उसे भूख लगी, और कुछ खाना चहता था, लेकिन जब लोग तैयारी कर रहे थे, तो उस पर बेख़ुदी छा गई।
He became hungry and wanted something to eat. While someone was preparing the food, [Peter] saw [this] vision:
11 और उस ने देखा कि आस्मान खुल गया और एक चीज़ बड़ी चादर की तरह चारों कोनों से लटकती हुई ज़मीन की तरफ़ उतर रही है।
(He saw heaven open/He saw an opening in the sky) and something like a large sheet was being lowered [to the ground]. [It was tied at] its four corners [with ropes].
12 जिसमें ज़मीन के सब क़िस्म के चौपाए, कीड़े मकोड़े और हवा के परिन्दे हैं।
Inside the sheet were all kinds of creatures. [These included animals and birds that the Mosaic laws forbade Jews to eat]. Some had four feet, others scurried across the ground, and others were wild birds.
13 और उसे एक आवाज़ आई कि ऐ पतरस, “उठ ज़बह कर और खा,”
Then [he heard] God [SYN] say to him, “Peter, stand up, kill [and cook some of these] and eat [their meat]!”
14 मगर पतरस ने कहा, “ऐ ख़ुदावन्द हरगिज़ नहीं क्यूँकि में ने कभी कोई हराम या नापाक चीज़ नहीं खाई।”
But Peter replied, “Lord, surely you [(sg)] do not [really want me to do that]! I have never eaten any [meat] that [our Jewish law says] is unacceptable to God or [something that we(exc)] must not eat!”
15 फिर दूसरी बार उसे आवाज़ आई, कि “जिनको ख़ुदा ने पाक ठहराया है तू उन्हें हराम न कह”
[Then Peter heard] [MTY] God talk to him a second time. He said, “[I am] God, [so] if I have made something acceptable [to eat], do not say that it is not acceptable [to eat]!”
16 तीन बार ऐसा ही हुआ, और फ़ौरन वो चीज़ आसमान पर उठा ली गई।
[This happened] three [times, so Peter knew that he had to think carefully about what it might mean]. Immediately [after God had said that the third time], ([the] sheet [with the animals and birds] was the pulled back into heaven/[someone] pulled the sheet [with the animals and birds] up into the sky again).
17 जब पतरस अपने दिल में हैरान हो रहा था, कि ये रोया जो में ने देखी क्या है, तो देखो वो आदमी जिन्हें कुर्नेलियुस ने भेजा था, शमौन के घर पूछ कर के दरवाज़े पर आ खड़े हुए।
While Peter was trying to understand what that vision meant, the men who had been sent by Cornelius {whom Cornelius had sent} [arrived in Joppa. They asked people how to get to] Simon’s house. [So they found his house] and were standing outside the gate.
18 और पुकार कर पूछने लगे कि शमौन जो पतरस कहलाता है? “यही मेहमान है।”
They called and were asking if a man named Simon, whose other name was Peter, was staying there.
19 जब पतरस उस ख़्वाब को सोच रहा था, तो रूह ने उस से कहा देख तीन आदमी तुझे पूछ रहे हैं।
While Peter was still trying to understand [what] the vision [meant], [God’s] Spirit said to him, “Three men [are here who] want to see you.
20 पस, उठ कर नीचे जा और बे — खटके उनके साथ हो ले; क्यूँकि मैं ने ही उनको भेजा है।
So get up and go downstairs and go with them! Do not think that you [(sg)] should not go with them [because of their being non-Jews], because I have sent them [here]!”
21 पतरस ने उतर कर उन आदमियों से कहा, “देखो जिसको तुम पूछते हो वो मैं ही हूँ तुम किस वजह से आये हो।”
So Peter went down to the men and said to them, “[Greetings!] I am [the man] you are looking for. Why have you come?”
22 उन्होंने कहा, “कुर्नेलियुस सूबेदार जो रास्तबाज़ और ख़ुदा तरस आदमी और यहूदियों की सारी क़ौम में नेक नाम है उस ने पाक फ़रिश्ते से हिदायत पाई कि तुझे अपने घर बुलाकर तुझ से कलाम सुने।”
One of them replied, “Cornelius, who is a [Roman] army officer, [sent us here]. He is a righteous man who worships God, and all of the Jewish people [HYP] [who know about him] say that he is a very good man. An angel (who was sent from God/whom God sent) said to him, ‘Tell some men to [go to Joppa to see Simon Peter and] bring him here, so that you [(sg)] can hear what he has to say.’”
23 पस उस ने उन्हें अन्दर बुला कर उनकी मेहमानी की, और दूसरे दिन वो उठ कर उनके साथ रवाना हुआ, और याफ़ा में से कुछ भाई उसके साथ हो लिए।
So Peter [said that he would go with them, and then he] invited them into [the house] and told them that they could stay [there that night]. Acts 10:23b-26 The next day Peter got ready and went with the men. Several of the believers from Joppa went with him.
24 वो दूसरे रोज़ क़ैसरिया में दाख़िल हुए, और कुर्नेलियुस अपने रिश्तेदारों और दिली दोस्तों को जमा कर के उनकी राह देख रहा था।
The day after that, they arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them. He had also invited his relatives and close friends [to come to his house, so they were there, too].
25 जब पतरस अन्दर आने लगा तो ऐसा हुआ कि कुर्नेलियुस ने उसका इस्तक़बाल किया और उसके क़दमों में गिर कर सिज्दा किया।
When Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and bowed low in front of him to worship him.
26 लेकिन पतरस ने उसे उठा कर कहा, “खड़ा हो, मैं भी तो इंसान हूँ।”
But Peter [grasped Cornelius by the hand and] lifted him to his feet. He said, “Stand up! [Do not revere/worship me] I myself am only human, [like you]!”
27 और उससे बातें करता हुआ अन्दर गया और बहुत से लोगों को इकट्ठा पा कर।
While he was talking to Cornelius, Peter [and the others] entered [a large room inside the house]. Peter saw that many people had gathered together [there].
28 उनसे कहा तुम तो जानते हो कि यहूदी को ग़ैर क़ौम वाले से सोहबत रखना या उसके यहाँ जाना ना जायज़ है मगर ख़ुदा ने मुझ पर ज़ाहिर किया कि मैं किसी आदमी को नजिस या नापाक न कहूँ।
Then Peter said to them, “You all know that any [of us] Jews think we are disobeying [our Jewish] laws if we [(exc)] associate with a non-Jewish person or [if we even] visit him. However, God has shown me [in a vision] that I should not say about anyone that God will not accept him.
29 इसी लिए जब मैं बुलाया गया तो बे' उज़्र चला आया, पस अब मैं पूछता हूँ कि मुझे किस बात के लिए बुलाया है?
So when you sent [some men] to ask me to come [here], I came [right away. I] did not say that I could not go [with non-Jewish people. So, please tell me], why have you asked me to come [here]?”
30 कुर्नेलियुस ने कहा “इस वक़्त पूरे चार रोज़ हुए कि मैं अपने घर तीसरे पहर दुआ कर रहा था। और क्या देखता हूँ। कि एक शख़्स चमकदार पोशाक पहने हुए मेरे सामने खड़ा हुआ।”
Cornelius replied, “About this time four days ago I was praying [to God] in my house, [as I regularly do] at three o’clock in the afternoon. Suddenly a man whose clothes [shone] brightly stood in front of me,
31 और कहा कि ऐ'कुर्नेलियुस तेरी दुआ सुन ली गई और तेरी ख़ैरात की ख़ुदा के हुज़ूर याद हुई।
and said, ‘Cornelius, when you [(sg)] have prayed, you have been heard by God {God has heard [when] you [(sg)] have prayed [to him]}. He has also noticed that you have [often] given money to [help] poor people, [and he is pleased with that].
32 पस किसी को याफ़ा में भेज कर शमौन को जो पतरस कहलाता है अपने पास बुला, वो समुन्दर के किनारे शमौन दब्बाग़ के घर में मेहमान है।
So now, send [messengers to go] to Joppa, [in order] to ask Simon whose other name is Peter to come [here]. He is staying near the ocean in a house that belongs to [another] man named Simon, who makes leather. [When Simon Peter comes, he will tell you a message from God].’
33 पस उसी दम में ने तेरे पास आदमी भेजे और तूने ख़ूब किया जो आ गया, अब हम सब ख़ुदा के हुज़ूर हाज़िर हैं ताकि जो कुछ ख़ुदावन्द ने फ़रमाया है उसे सुनें।
So I immediately sent [some men who asked] you [(sg) to come here], and I [certainly] thank you for coming. Now we [(exc)] all are gathered [here, knowing that] God is with us, in order to hear all the things that the Lord [God] has commanded you [to say. So please speak to us].”
34 पतरस ने ज़बान खोल कर कहा, अब मुझे पूरा यक़ीन हो गया कि ख़ुदा किसी का तरफ़दार नहीं।
So Peter began to speak [MTY] to them. He said, “[Now] I understand that it is true that God does not favor only certain groups [of people].
35 बल्कि हर क़ौम में जो उस से डरता और रास्तबाज़ी करता है, वो उसको पसन्द आता है।
Instead, from every group of people he accepts [everyone who] honors him and who does what pleases him.
36 जो कलाम उस ने बनी इस्राईल के पास भेजा, जब कि ईसा मसीह के ज़रिए जो सब का ख़ुदा है, सुलह की ख़ुशख़बरी दी।
[You know] the message that God sent to [us] Israelis. [He] proclaimed [to us the good news that he] would cause [people] to have peace [with him] because of what Jesus Christ [has done]. This [Jesus is Lord not only over us Israelis. He] is [also the] Lord [who rules] over all [people].
37 इस बात को तुम जानते हो जो यूहन्ना के बपतिस्मे की मनादी के बाद गलील से शुरू होकर तमाम यहूदिया सूबा में मशहूर हो गई।
You know what [he] did throughout the land of Judea, beginning in Galilee. He began [to do those things] after John had been proclaiming [to people that they should turn away from their sinful behavior before] he baptized them.
38 कि ख़ुदा ने ईसा नासरी को रूह — उल — क़ुद्दूस और क़ुदरत से किस तरह मसह किया, वो भलाई करता और उन सब को जो इब्लीस के हाथ से ज़ुल्म उठाते थे शिफ़ा देता फिरा, क्यूँकि ख़ुदा उसके साथ था।
You know that God gave [MTY] his Holy Spirit to Jesus, [the Man] from Nazareth [town], and gave him the power [to do miracles. You also know] how Jesus went to many places, always doing good deeds and healing [people. Specifically], he was continually healing all the people whom the devil was causing to suffer. [Jesus was able to do those things] because God was always helping him.”
39 और हम उन सब कामों के गवाह हैं, जो उस ने यहूदियों के मुल्क और येरूशलेम में किए, और उन्हों ने उस को सलीब पर लटका कर मार डाला।
“We [apostles] tell people about all the things that [we saw Jesus] do in Jerusalem and in the [rest of] Israel. [The leaders in Jerusalem] had him killed by being nailed to a cross.
40 उस को ख़ुदा ने तीसरे दिन जिलाया और ज़ाहिर भी कर दिया।
However, God caused him to become alive again on the third day [after he had died]. God [also] enabled [some of us(exc)] to see him [so that we would know that he was alive again].
41 न कि सारी उम्मत पर बल्कि उन गवाहों पर जो आगे से ख़ुदा के चुने हुए थे, या'नी हम पर जिन्हों ने उसके मुर्दों में से जी उठने कि बाद उसके साथ खाया पिया।
God [did] not [let] all the [Jewish] people see him. Instead, he had chosen us [apostles] beforehand to see [Jesus after he became alive again], and to tell others [about him]. We [apostles are the people] who ate meals with him (after he had become alive [again]/after he had risen from the dead).
42 और उस ने हमें हुक्म दिया कि उम्मत में ऐलान करो और गवाही दो कि ये वही है जो ख़ुदा की तरफ़ से ज़िन्दों और मुर्दों का मुन्सिफ़ मुक़र्रर किया गया।
God commanded us to preach to the people and tell them that Jesus is the one whom he has appointed to judge [everyone some day. He will judge all] those who will [still] be living and all those who will have died [by that time].
43 इस शख़्स की सब नबी गवाही देते हैं, कि जो कोई उस पर ईमान लाएगा, उस के नाम से गुनाहों की मु'आफ़ी हासिल करेगा।
All of the prophets [who wrote about the Messiah long ago] told [people] about him. [They wrote] that if people believe in the Messiah [MTY], God would forgive [them for] their sins, because of what [the Messiah would do] for them.”
44 पतरस ये बातें कह ही रहा था, कि रूह — उल — क़ुद्दूस उन सब पर नाज़िल हुआ, जो कलाम सुन रहे थे।
While Peter was still speaking those words, suddenly the Holy Spirit (came down on/began to control) all [those non-Jewish people] who were listening to the message.
45 और पतरस के साथ जितने मख़्तून ईमानदार आए थे, वो सब हैरान हुए कि ग़ैर क़ौमों पर भी रूह — उल — क़ुद्दूस की बख़्शिश जारी हुई।
The Jewish believers who had come with Peter [from Joppa] were amazed that [God] had generously given the Holy Spirit to the non-Jewish people, too.
46 क्यूँकि उन्हें तरह तरह की ज़बाने बोलते और ख़ुदा की तारीफ़ करते सुना; पतरस ने जवाब दिया।
[The Jewish believers knew that God had done that] because they were hearing those people speaking languages [MTY] [that they had not learned] and telling how great God is.
47 “क्या कोई पानी से रोक सकता है, कि बपतिस्मा न पाएँ, जिन्हों ने हमारी तरह रूह — उल — क़ुद्दूस पाया?”
Then Peter said [to the other Jewish believers who were there], “[God] has given them the Holy Spirit just like [he gave him] to us [Jewish believers], so (surely all of you would agree that [we(exc)] should baptize these people!/would any of you forbid that these people should be baptized?) [RHQ]”
48 और उस ने हुक्म दिया कि उन्हें ईसा मसीह के नाम से बपतिस्मा दिया जाए इस पर उन्हों ने उस से दरख़्वास्त की कि चन्द रोज़ हमारे पास रह।
Then Peter told those [non-Jewish] people that they should be baptized [to show that they had believed] [MTY] in the [Lord] Jesus Christ. [So they baptized all of them. After they were baptized], they requested that Peter stay [with them] several days. [So Peter and the other Jewish believers did that].
