Acts 24
1 And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, and [with] an orator, one Tertullus; and they informed the governor against Paul.
pañcabhyo dinebhyaḥ paraṁ hanānīyanāmā mahāyājako'dhipateḥ samakṣaṁ paulasya prātikūlyena nivedayituṁ tartullanāmānaṁ kañcana vaktāraṁ prācīnajanāṁśca saṅginaḥ kṛtvā kaisariyānagaram āgacchat|
2 And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy much peace, and that by thy providence evils are corrected for this nation,
tataḥ paule samānīte sati tartullastasyāpavādakathāṁ kathayitum ārabhata he mahāmahimaphīlikṣa bhavato vayam atinirvvighnaṁ kālaṁ yāpayāmo bhavataḥ pariṇāmadarśitayā etaddeśīyānāṁ bahūni maṅgalāni ghaṭitāni,
3 we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
iti heto rvayamatikṛtajñāḥ santaḥ sarvvatra sarvvadā bhavato guṇān gāyamaḥ|
4 But, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I entreat thee to hear us of thy clemency a few words.
kintu bahubhiḥ kathābhi rbhavantaṁ yena na virañjayāmi tasmād vinaye bhavān banukampya madalpakathāṁ śṛṇotu|
5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
eṣa mahāmārīsvarūpo nāsaratīyamatagrāhisaṁghātasya mukhyo bhūtvā sarvvadeśeṣu sarvveṣāṁ yihūdīyānāṁ rājadrohācaraṇapravṛttiṁ janayatītyasmābhi rniścitaṁ|
6 who moreover assayed to profane the temple: on whom also we laid hold:
sa mandiramapi aśuci karttuṁ ceṣṭitavān; iti kāraṇād vayam enaṁ dhṛtvā svavyavasthānusāreṇa vicārayituṁ prāvarttāmahi;
kintu luṣiyaḥ sahasrasenāpatirāgatya balād asmākaṁ karebhya enaṁ gṛhītvā
8 from whom thou wilt be able, by examining him thyself, to take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
etasyāpavādakān bhavataḥ samīpam āgantum ājñāpayat| vayaṁ yasmin tamapavādāmo bhavatā padapavādakathāyāṁ vicāritāyāṁ satyāṁ sarvvaṁ vṛttāntaṁ vedituṁ śakṣyate|
9 And the Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that these things were so.
tato yihūdīyā api svīkṛtya kathitavanta eṣā kathā pramāṇam|
10 And when the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, Paul answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do cheerfully make my defence:
adhipatau kathāṁ kathayituṁ paulaṁ pratīṅgitaṁ kṛtavati sa kathitavān bhavān bahūn vatsarān yāvad etaddeśasya śāsanaṁ karotīti vijñāya pratyuttaraṁ dātum akṣobho'bhavam|
11 seeing that thou canst take knowledge, that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem:
adya kevalaṁ dvādaśa dināni yātāni, aham ārādhanāṁ karttuṁ yirūśālamanagaraṁ gatavān eṣā kathā bhavatā jñātuṁ śakyate;
12 and neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any man or stirring up a crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city.
kintvibhe māṁ madhyemandiraṁ kenāpi saha vitaṇḍāṁ kurvvantaṁ kutrāpi bhajanabhavane nagare vā lokān kupravṛttiṁ janayantuṁ na dṛṣṭavantaḥ|
13 Neither can they prove to thee the things whereof they now accuse me.
idānīṁ yasmin yasmin mām apavadante tasya kimapi pramāṇaṁ dātuṁ na śaknuvanti|
14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets:
kintu bhaviṣyadvākyagranthe vyavasthāgranthe ca yā yā kathā likhitāste tāsu sarvvāsu viśvasya yanmatam ime vidharmmaṁ jānanti tanmatānusāreṇāhaṁ nijapitṛpuruṣāṇām īśvaram ārādhayāmītyahaṁ bhavataḥ samakṣam aṅgīkaromi|
15 having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust.
dhārmmikāṇām adhārmmikāṇāñca pramītalokānāmevotthānaṁ bhaviṣyatīti kathāmime svīkurvvanti tathāhamapi tasmin īśvare pratyāśāṁ karomi;
16 Herein do I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men alway.
īśvarasya mānavānāñca samīpe yathā nirdoṣo bhavāmi tadarthaṁ satataṁ yatnavān asmi|
17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings:
bahuṣu vatsareṣu gateṣu svadeśīyalokānāṁ nimittaṁ dānīyadravyāṇi naivedyāni ca samādāya punarāgamanaṁ kṛtavān|
18 amidst which they found me purified in the temple, with no crowd, nor yet with tumult: but [there were] certain Jews from Asia—
tatohaṁ śuci rbhūtvā lokānāṁ samāgamaṁ kalahaṁ vā na kāritavān tathāpyāśiyādeśīyāḥ kiyanto yihudīyalokā madhyemandiraṁ māṁ dhṛtavantaḥ|
19 who ought to have been here before thee, and to make accusation, if they had aught against me.
mamopari yadi kācidapavādakathāsti tarhi bhavataḥ samīpam upasthāya teṣāmeva sākṣyadānam ucitam|
20 Or else let these men themselves say what wrong-doing they found, when I stood before the council,
nocet pūrvve mahāsabhāsthānāṁ lokānāṁ sannidhau mama daṇḍāyamānatvasamaye, ahamadya mṛtānāmutthāne yuṣmābhi rvicāritosmi,
21 except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question before you this day.
teṣāṁ madhye tiṣṭhannahaṁ yāmimāṁ kathāmuccaiḥ svareṇa kathitavān tadanyo mama kopi doṣo'labhyata na veti varam ete samupasthitalokā vadantu|
22 But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will determine your matter.
tadā phīlikṣa etāṁ kathāṁ śrutvā tanmatasya viśeṣavṛttāntaṁ vijñātuṁ vicāraṁ sthagitaṁ kṛtvā kathitavān luṣiye sahasrasenāpatau samāyāte sati yuṣmākaṁ vicāram ahaṁ niṣpādayiṣyāmi|
23 And he gave order to the centurion that he should be kept in charge, and should have indulgence; and not to forbid any of his friends to minister unto him.
anantaraṁ bandhanaṁ vinā paulaṁ rakṣituṁ tasya sevanāya sākṣātkaraṇāya vā tadīyātmīyabandhujanān na vārayituñca śamasenāpatim ādiṣṭavān|
24 But after certain days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, which was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.
alpadināt paraṁ phīlikṣo'dhipati rdruṣillānāmnā yihūdīyayā svabhāryyayā sahāgatya paulamāhūya tasya mukhāt khrīṣṭadharmmasya vṛttāntam aśrauṣīt|
25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call thee unto me.
paulena nyāyasya parimitabhogasya caramavicārasya ca kathāyāṁ kathitāyāṁ satyāṁ phīlikṣaḥ kampamānaḥ san vyāharad idānīṁ yāhi, aham avakāśaṁ prāpya tvām āhūsyāmi|
26 He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
muktipraptyarthaṁ paulena mahyaṁ mudrādāsyante iti patyāśāṁ kṛtvā sa punaḥ punastamāhūya tena sākaṁ kathopakathanaṁ kṛtavān|
27 But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and desiring to gain favour with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.
kintu vatsaradvayāt paraṁ parkiyaphīṣṭa phālikṣasya padaṁ prāpte sati phīlikṣo yihūdīyān santuṣṭān cikīrṣan paulaṁ baddhaṁ saṁsthāpya gatavān|
