Acts 17
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
paulasīlau āmphipalyāpallōniyānagarābhyāṁ gatvā yatra yihūdīyānāṁ bhajanabhavanamēkam āstē tatra thiṣalanīkīnagara upasthitau|
2 Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
tadā paulaḥ svācārānusārēṇa tēṣāṁ samīpaṁ gatvā viśrāmavāratrayē taiḥ sārddhaṁ dharmmapustakīyakathāyā vicāraṁ kr̥tavān|
3 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”
phalataḥ khrīṣṭēna duḥkhabhōgaḥ karttavyaḥ śmaśānadutthānañca karttavyaṁ yuṣmākaṁ sannidhau yasya yīśōḥ prastāvaṁ karōmi sa īśvarēṇābhiṣiktaḥ sa ētāḥ kathāḥ prakāśya pramāṇaṁ datvā sthirīkr̥tavān|
4 Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas: of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.
tasmāt tēṣāṁ katipayajanā anyadēśīyā bahavō bhaktalōkā bahyaḥ pradhānanāryyaśca viśvasya paulasīlayōḥ paścādgāminō jātāḥ|
5 But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
kintu viśvāsahīnā yihūdīyalōkā īrṣyayā paripūrṇāḥ santō haṭaṭsya katinayalampaṭalōkān saṅginaḥ kr̥tvā janatayā nagaramadhyē mahākalahaṁ kr̥tvā yāsōnō gr̥ham ākramya prēritān dhr̥tvā lōkanivahasya samīpam ānētuṁ cēṣṭitavantaḥ|
6 When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
tēṣāmuddēśam aprāpya ca yāsōnaṁ katipayān bhrātr̥ṁśca dhr̥tvā nagarādhipatīnāṁ nikaṭamānīya prōccaiḥ kathitavantō yē manuṣyā jagadudvāṭitavantastē 'trāpyupasthitāḥ santi,
7 whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”
ēṣa yāsōn ātithyaṁ kr̥tvā tān gr̥hītavān| yīśunāmaka ēkō rājastīti kathayantastē kaisarasyājñāviruddhaṁ karmma kurvvati|
8 The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
tēṣāṁ kathāmimāṁ śrutvā lōkanivahō nagarādhipatayaśca samudvignā abhavan|
9 When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
tadā yāsōnastadanyēṣāñca dhanadaṇḍaṁ gr̥hītvā tān parityaktavantaḥ|
10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
tataḥ paraṁ bhrātr̥gaṇō rajanyāṁ paulasīlau śīghraṁ birayānagaraṁ prēṣitavān tau tatrōpasthāya yihūdīyānāṁ bhajanabhavanaṁ gatavantau|
11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
tatrasthā lōkāḥ thiṣalanīkīsthalōkēbhyō mahātmāna āsan yata itthaṁ bhavati na vēti jñātuṁ dinē dinē dharmmagranthasyālōcanāṁ kr̥tvā svairaṁ kathām agr̥hlan|
12 Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
tasmād anēkē yihūdīyā anyadēśīyānāṁ mānyā striyaḥ puruṣāścānēkē vyaśvasan|
13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.
kintu birayānagarē paulēnēśvarīyā kathā pracāryyata iti thiṣalanīkīsthā yihūdīyā jñātvā tatsthānamapyāgatya lōkānāṁ kupravr̥ttim ajanayan|
14 Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
ataēva tasmāt sthānāt samudrēṇa yāntīti darśayitvā bhrātaraḥ kṣipraṁ paulaṁ prāhiṇvan kintu sīlatīmathiyau tatra sthitavantau|
15 But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.
tataḥ paraṁ paulasya mārgadarśakāstam āthīnīnagara upasthāpayan paścād yuvāṁ tūrṇam ētat sthānaṁ āgamiṣyathaḥ sīlatīmathiyau pratīmām ājñāṁ prāpya tē pratyāgatāḥ|
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
paula āthīnīnagarē tāvapēkṣya tiṣṭhan tannagaraṁ pratimābhiḥ paripūrṇaṁ dr̥ṣṭvā santaptahr̥dayō 'bhavat|
17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.
tataḥ sa bhajanabhavanē yān yihūdīyān bhaktalōkāṁśca haṭṭē ca yān apaśyat taiḥ saha pratidinaṁ vicāritavān|
18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
kintvipikūrīyamatagrahiṇaḥ stōyikīyamatagrāhiṇaśca kiyantō janāstēna sārddhaṁ vyavadanta| tatra kēcid akathayan ēṣa vācālaḥ kiṁ vaktum icchati? aparē kēcid ēṣa janaḥ kēṣāñcid vidēśīyadēvānāṁ pracāraka ityanumīyatē yataḥ sa yīśum utthitiñca pracārayat|
19 They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?
tē tam arēyapāganāma vicārasthānam ānīya prāvōcan idaṁ yannavīnaṁ mataṁ tvaṁ prācīkaśa idaṁ kīdr̥śaṁ ētad asmān śrāvaya;
20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
yāmimām asambhavakathām asmākaṁ karṇagōcarīkr̥tavān asyā bhāvārthaḥ ka iti vayaṁ jñātum icchāmaḥ|
21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
tadāthīnīnivāsinastannagarapravāsinaśca kēvalaṁ kasyāścana navīnakathāyāḥ śravaṇēna pracāraṇēna ca kālam ayāpayan|
22 Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
paulō'rēyapāgasya madhyē tiṣṭhan ētāṁ kathāṁ pracāritavān, hē āthīnīyalōkā yūyaṁ sarvvathā dēvapūjāyām āsaktā ityaha pratyakṣaṁ paśyāmi|
23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What therefore you worship in ignorance, I announce to you.
yataḥ paryyaṭanakālē yuṣmākaṁ pūjanīyāni paśyan ‘avijñātēśvarāya’ ētallipiyuktāṁ yajñavēdīmēkāṁ dr̥ṣṭavān; atō na viditvā yaṁ pūjayadhvē tasyaiva tatvaṁ yuṣmān prati pracārayāmi|
24 The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.
jagatō jagatsthānāṁ sarvvavastūnāñca sraṣṭā ya īśvaraḥ sa svargapr̥thivyōrēkādhipatiḥ san karanirmmitamandirēṣu na nivasati;
25 He isn’t served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.
sa ēva sarvvēbhyō jīvanaṁ prāṇān sarvvasāmagrīśca pradadāti; ataēva sa kasyāścit sāmagyrā abhāvahētō rmanuṣyāṇāṁ hastaiḥ sēvitō bhavatīti na|
26 He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons and the boundaries of their dwellings,
sa bhūmaṇḍalē nivāsārtham ēkasmāt śōṇitāt sarvvān manuṣyān sr̥ṣṭvā tēṣāṁ pūrvvanirūpitasamayaṁ vasatisīmāñca niracinōt;
27 that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
tasmāt lōkaiḥ kēnāpi prakārēṇa mr̥gayitvā paramēśvarasya tatvaṁ prāptuṁ tasya gavēṣaṇaṁ karaṇīyam|
28 ‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
kintu sō'smākaṁ kasmāccidapi dūrē tiṣṭhatīti nahi, vayaṁ tēna niśvasanapraśvasanagamanāgamanaprāṇadhāraṇāni kurmmaḥ, punaśca yuṣmākamēva katipayāḥ kavayaḥ kathayanti ‘tasya vaṁśā vayaṁ smō hi’ iti|
29 Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
ataēva yadi vayam īśvarasya vaṁśā bhavāmastarhi manuṣyai rvidyayā kauśalēna ca takṣitaṁ svarṇaṁ rūpyaṁ dr̥ṣad vaitēṣāmīśvaratvam asmābhi rna jñātavyaṁ|
30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
tēṣāṁ pūrvvīyalōkānām ajñānatāṁ pratīśvarō yadyapi nāvādhatta tathāpīdānīṁ sarvvatra sarvvān manaḥ parivarttayitum ājñāpayati,
31 because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
yataḥ svaniyuktēna puruṣēṇa yadā sa pr̥thivīsthānāṁ sarvvalōkānāṁ vicāraṁ kariṣyati taddinaṁ nyarūpayat; tasya śmaśānōtthāpanēna tasmin sarvvēbhyaḥ pramāṇaṁ prādāt|
32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”
tadā śmaśānād utthānasya kathāṁ śrutvā kēcid upāhaman, kēcidavadan ēnāṁ kathāṁ punarapi tvattaḥ śrōṣyāmaḥ|
33 Thus Paul went out from among them.
tataḥ paulastēṣāṁ samīpāt prasthitavān|
34 But certain men joined with him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
tathāpi kēcillōkāstēna sārddhaṁ militvā vyaśvasan tēṣāṁ madhyē 'rēyapāgīyadiyanusiyō dāmārīnāmā kācinnārī kiyantō narāścāsan|
