आमाल 17
1 फिर वो अम्फ़िपुलिस और अपुल्लोनिया होकर थिस्सलुनीकियों शहर में आए, जहाँ यहूदियों का इबादतख़ाना था।
Paul and Silas traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia [towns] and arrived at Thessalonica [city]. There was a Jewish meeting place there.
2 और पौलुस अपने दस्तूर के मुवाफ़िक़ उनके पास गया, और तीन सबतों को किताब — ए — मुक़द्दस से उनके साथ बहस की।
(On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day) Paul went into the meeting house, as he usually did. For three weeks [he went there] on each Jewish day of rest. Referring to the Scriptures [about the Messiah], he spoke to the people who were there.
3 और उनके मतलब खोल खोलकर दलीलें पेश करता था, कि मसीह को दुःख उठाना और मुर्दों में से जी उठना ज़रूर था और ईसा जिसकी मैं तुम्हें ख़बर देता हूँ मसीह है।
He explained and showed that [the prophets wrote that] the Messiah needed to die and (to become alive again/to be raised from the dead [afterwards]). He told them: “This man Jesus, whom I am telling you about, is our Messiah. [He died and became alive again, just like the prophets predicted].”
4 उनमें से कुछ ने मान लिया और पौलुस और सीलास के शरीक हुए और ख़ुदा परस्त यूनानियों की एक बड़ी जमा'अत और बहुत सी शरीफ़ औरतें भी उन की शरीक हुईं।
Some of the Jews [there] were persuaded by {believed} [what Paul had said] and began to associate with Paul and Silas. There were also many non-Jewish people there who worshipped God and many important women [who also believed the message about Jesus], and they began to associate with Paul and Silas.
5 मगर यहूदियों ने हसद में आकर बाज़ारी आदमियों में से कई बदमाशों को अपने साथ लिया और भीड़ लगा कर शहर में फ़साद करने लगे। और यासोन का घर घेरकर उन्हें लोगों के सामने लाना चाहा।
But [some leaders of] the Jews there in Thessalonica became jealous [because many people believed what Paul taught]. So they went to the public square and persuaded some lazy men [who were loitering there] to follow them. [In this way, the leaders of] the Jews gathered a crowd and incited them to become noisy and start a riot [against Paul and Silas]. Those [Jews and others] ran to the house of [a man named] Jason. [He was the man who had invited Paul and Silas to stay at his house]. They wanted to bring Paul and Silas outside to where the crowd [of people was waiting].
6 और जब उन्हें न पाया तो यासोन और कई और भाइयों को शहर के हाकिमों के पास चिल्लाते हुए खींच ले गए कि वो शख़्स जिन्हों ने जहान को बा'ग़ी कर दिया, यहाँ भी आए हैं।
They discovered that Paul and Silas were not there, but they found Jason [and grabbed him]. They dragged him and some of the [other] believers to where the city officials/authorities and [many other people were gathered]. The men [who had brought Jason] shouted, “Those [two] men have caused trouble [IDM] everywhere [HYP] [they have gone]. Now they have come to our city,
7 और यासोन ने उन्हें अपने यहाँ उतारा है और ये सब के सब क़ैसर के अहकाम की मुख़ालिफ़त करके कहते हैं, कि बादशाह तो और ही है या'नी ईसा,
and [this fellow] Jason invited them to stay at his house. All the people [of this sect] oppose what our Emperor has decreed. They say that another person, whose name is Jesus, is [the real] king!”
8 ये सुन कर आम लोग और शहर के हाकिम घबरा गए।
When the crowd of people [that had gathered] and the city authorities heard that, they became very angry and excited.
9 और उन्हों ने यासोन और बाक़ियों की ज़मानत लेकर उन्हें छोड़ दिया।
[They wanted to put the believers in jail. But instead], the officials made Jason and the other [believers] pay a fine and told them that they [would give the money back to them if Paul and Silas did not cause any more trouble]. Then the authorities let Jason and those other believers go.
10 लेकिन भाइयों ने फ़ौरन रातों रात पौलुस और सीलास को बिरिया क़स्बा में भेज दिया, वो वहाँ पहुँचकर यहूदियों के इबादतख़ाने में गए।
[So] that same night, the believers sent Paul and Silas [out of Thessalonica] to Berea [town]. When Paul and Silas arrived there, they went to the Jewish meeting place, [on a day when people had gathered there].
11 ये लोग थिस्सलुनीकियों के यहूदियों से नेक ज़ात थे, क्यूँकि उन्हों ने बड़े शौक़ से कलाम को क़ुबूल किया और रोज़ — ब — रोज़ किताब ऐ मुक़द्दस में तहक़ीक़ करते थे, कि आया ये बातें इस तरह हैं?
The [Jews] in Thessalonica had not been very willing to listen to God’s message, but the [Jews] who lived in Berea were very willing to listen, so they listened very eagerly to the message [about Jesus]. Every day they read the Scriptures [for themselves] to find out if what Paul said [about the Messiah] was true.
12 पस, उन में से बहुत सारे ईमान लाए और यूनानियों में से भी बहुत सी 'इज़्ज़तदार 'औरतें और मर्द ईमान लाए।
As a result, many of the Jewish people believed [in Jesus], and also some of the important non-Jewish women and many non-Jewish men [believed in him].
13 जब थिस्सलुनीकियों के यहूदियों को मा'लूम हुआ कि पौलुस बिरिया में भी ख़ुदा का कलाम सुनाता है, तो वहाँ भी जाकर लोगों को उभारा और उन में खलबली डाली।
But then the Jews in Thessalonica heard [people tell them] that Paul [was] in Berea and that he was preaching the message from God [about Jesus]. So they went to Berea and [told people there that what Paul was teaching was not true. Thus], they caused many of those people to get angry [at Paul].
14 उस वक़्त भाइयों ने फ़ौरन पौलुस को रवाना किया कि समुन्दर के किनारे तक चला जाए, लेकिन सीलास और तीमुथियुस वहीं रहे।
So [several of] the believers [in Berea] took Paul to the coast [to go to another province]. But Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.
15 और पौलुस के रहबर उसे अथेने तक ले गए। और सीलास और तीमुथियुस के लिए ये हुक्म लेकर रवाना हुए। कि जहाँ तक हो सके जल्द मेरे पास आओ।
When Paul and the other men from Berea [arrived at the coast, they got on a ship and] went to Athens [city]. Then Paul said [to the men who had come with him], “Tell Silas and Timothy to come to me [here in Athens] as soon as they can.” Then those men left [Athens and returned to Berea].
16 जब पौलुस अथेने में उन की राह देख रहा था, तो शहर को बुतों से भरा हुआ देख कर उस का जी जल गया।
In Athens, Paul waited for Silas and Timothy [to arrive. In the meantime, he walked around in the city. He] became very distressed/disturbed because he saw that throughout [HYP] the city there were many idols.
17 इस लिए वो इबादतख़ाने में यहूदियों और ख़ुदा परस्तों से और चौक में जो मिलते थे, उन से रोज़ बहस किया करता था।
So he went to the Jewish meeting place and talked [about Jesus] with the Jews, and also with the Greeks who had accepted what the Jews believe. He also went to the public square/center every day and talked to the people [whom he met] there.
18 और चन्द इपकूरी और स्तोइकी फ़ैलसूफ़ उसका मुक़ाबिला करने लगे कुछ ने कहा, ये बकवासी क्या कहना चाहता है? औरों ने कहा ये ग़ैर मा'बूदों की ख़बर देने वाला मा'लूम होता है इस लिए कि वो ईसा और क़यामत की ख़ुशख़बरी देता है।
Paul met some teachers who liked to talk about what people should believe. [People called] some of them Epicureans and [they called] others Stoics. They told Paul [what they believed], and they asked him [what he believed. Then] some of them said [to one another], “This ignorant person is just talking nonsense [RHQ]!” Others said, “[We(exc) think] that he is teaching people about (foreign gods/[new] gods that we [(exc)] have not heard about).” They said that because Paul was telling them that Jesus [had died and] had become alive again [afterwards. They had not heard that message before].
19 पस, वो उसे अपने साथ अरियुपगुस जगह पर ले गए और कहा, आया हमको मा'लूम हो सकता है। कि ये नई ता'लीम जो तू देता है, क्या है?
So they took Paul to the place where the city council met. [When they arrived] there, they said to Paul, “[Please] tell us, what is this new message that you [(sg)] are teaching people?
20 क्यूँकि तू हमें अनोखी बातें सुनाता है पस, हम जानना चाहते हैं। कि इन से ग़रज़ क्या है,
You are teaching some things that startle us [(exc)], so we want to know what they mean.”
21 (इस लिए कि सब अथेनवी और परदेसी जो वहाँ मुक़ीम थे, अपनी फ़ुरसत का वक़्त नई नई बातें करने सुनने के सिवा और किसी काम में सर्फ़ न करते थे)
[They said that, because] the people of Athens and also the people from other regions who lived there continually talked about what was new [to them], or they listened to [others tell] what was new.
22 पौलुस ने अरियुपगुस के बीच में खड़े हो कर कहा। ऐ अथेने वालो, मैं देखता हूँ कि तुम हर बात में देवताओं के बड़े मानने वाले हो।
Then Paul stood up before the men of the city council and said, “Citizens of Athens, I see that you (are very religious/think that it is very important to worship many gods).
23 चुनाँचे मैंने सैर करते और तुम्हारे मा'बूदों पर ग़ौर करते वक़्त एक ऐसी क़ुर्बानगाह भी पाई, जिस पर लिखा था, ना मा'लूम ख़ुदा के लिए पस, जिसको तुम बग़ैर मा'लूम किए पूजते हो, मैं तुम को उसी की ख़बर देता हूँ।
I [say that] because, while I was walking along and observing the objects [that represent different gods that] you worship, I even saw an altar that had these words [that someone had] carved [on it: THIS HONORS] THE GOD [THAT WE(exc)] DO NOT KNOW. So now I will tell you about [that God] whom you worship but you do not know.
24 जिस ख़ुदा ने दुनिया और उस की सब चीज़ों को पैदा किया वो आसमान और ज़मीन का मालिक होकर हाथ के बनाए हुए मक़दिस में नहीं रहता।
He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Because he rules over all [beings in] heaven and [on] earth, he does not dwell in shrines that people have made.
25 न किसी चीज़ का मुहताज होकर आदमियों के हाथों से ख़िदमत लेता है। क्यूँकि वो तो ख़ुद सबको ज़िन्दगी और साँस और सब कुछ देता है।
He does not need to have anything made for him by people [MTY] {to have people [MTY] make [MTY] anything for him}, because everything that exists belongs to him. He is the one who causes (us [(inc)]/all people) to live and breathe, and [he gives us] all the things [that we(inc) need].
26 और उस ने एक ही नस्ल से आदमियों की हर एक क़ौम तमाम रूए ज़मीन पर रहने के लिए पैदा की और उन की 'तहदाद और रहने की हदें मुक़र्रर कीं।
[In the beginning], God created one couple, and from them God produced all (the ethnic groups/the nations) that now live everywhere on the earth. He also decided where each ethnic group of people should live and how long they should live [there].
27 ताकि ख़ुदा को ढूँडें, शायद कि टटोलकर उसे पाएँ, हर वक़्त वो हम में से किसी से दूर नहीं।
He wanted people to realize that they need him. Then maybe they would seek him and find him. [God wants us to seek him], although he is [really] close [LIT] to each one of us.
28 क्यूँकि उसी में हम जीते और चलते फिरते और मौजूद हैं, जैसा कि तुम्हारे शा'यरों में से भी कुछ ने कहा है। हम तो उस की नस्ल भी हैं।
As someone has said, ‘[It is only] because he enables us that we [(inc)] live and move and do [what we do].’ And, as some of your own poets have said, ‘We [(inc)] are God’s children.’
29 पस, ख़ुदा की नस्ल होकर हम को ये ख़याल करना मुनासिब नहीं कि ज़ात — ए — इलाही उस सोने या रुपऐ या पत्थर की तरह है जो आदमियों के हुनर और ईजाद से गढ़े गए हों।
Therefore, because we are God’s children [and can communicate like God does], we [(inc)] should not think that he is anything like an image [that people have made] of gold or silver or stone [which cannot communicate]. Those images are designed and skillfully made {People design and make those images}, [but they are not alive].
30 पस, ख़ुदा जिहालत के वक़्तों से चश्म पोशी करके अब सब आदमियों को हर जगह हुक्म देता है। कि तौबा करें।
During the times when people did not know [what God wanted them to do], he did not [immediately] punish [them for what they did]. But now God commands all people everywhere to turn away from their evil behavior.
31 क्यूँकि उस ने एक दिन ठहराया है, जिस में वो रास्ती से दुनिया की अदालत उस आदमी के ज़रिए करेगा, जिसे उस ने मुक़र्रर किया है और उसे मुर्दों में से जिला कर ये बात सब पर साबित कर दी है।
[He tells us] that on a certain day that he has chosen he is going to judge [all of us(inc) people in] [MTY] the world. He has appointed a [certain] man to judge [us, and that man will judge each of us] fairly/justly. God has shown to all [people that he has appointed that man to judge everyone], because God (caused him to become alive again after he had died/raised him from the dead).”
32 जब उन्हों ने मुर्दों की क़यामत का ज़िक्र सुना तो कुछ ठठ्ठा मारने लगे, और कुछ ने कहा कि ये बात हम तुझ से फिर कभी सुनेंगे।
When the men of the council heard [Paul say] that ([a man] had become alive again after he had died/[someone] had been raised from the dead), some of them laughed scornfully. But others said, “We [(exc)] would like you [(sg)] to tell us more about this, some other time.”
33 इसी हालत में पौलुस उनके बीच में से निकल गया
After they said that, Paul left the council [meeting].
34 मगर कुछ आदमी उसके साथ मिल गए और ईमान ले आए, उन में दियुनुसियुस, अरियुपगुस, का एक हाकिम और दमरिस नाम की एक औरत थी, और कुछ और भी उन के साथ थे।
However, some of the people there went along with Paul and became believers. Among those [who believed in Jesus] was a member of the council whose [name was] Dionysius. Also, an [important] woman whose name was Damaris and some other people [who had heard Paul’s message also believed in Jesus].
