Acts 28
1 When we had escaped, then they learned that the island was called Malta.
itthaṁ sarvveṣu rakṣāṁ prāpteṣu tatratyopadvīpasya nāma milīteti te jñātavantaḥ|
2 The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire and received us all, because of the present rain and because of the cold.
asabhyalokā yatheṣṭam anukampāṁ kṛtvā varttamānavṛṣṭeḥ śītācca vahniṁ prajjvālyāsmākam ātithyam akurvvan|
3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.
kintu paula indhanāni saṁgṛhya yadā tasmin agrau nirakṣipat, tadā vahneḥ pratāpāt ekaḥ kṛṣṇasarpo nirgatya tasya haste draṣṭavān|
4 When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.”
te'sabhyalokāstasya haste sarpam avalambamānaṁ dṛṣṭvā parasparam uktavanta eṣa jano'vaśyaṁ narahā bhaviṣyati, yato yadyapi jaladhe rakṣāṁ prāptavān tathāpi pratiphaladāyaka enaṁ jīvituṁ na dadāti|
5 However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn’t harmed.
kintu sa hastaṁ vidhunvan taṁ sarpam agnimadhye nikṣipya kāmapi pīḍāṁ nāptavān|
6 But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.
tato viṣajvālayā etasya śarīraṁ sphītaṁ bhaviṣyati yadvā haṭhādayaṁ prāṇān tyakṣyatīti niścitya lokā bahukṣaṇāni yāvat tad draṣṭuṁ sthitavantaḥ kintu tasya kasyāścid vipado'ghaṭanāt te tadviparītaṁ vijñāya bhāṣitavanta eṣa kaścid devo bhavet|
7 Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us and courteously entertained us for three days.
publiyanāmā jana ekastasyopadvīpasyādhipatirāsīt tatra tasya bhūmyādi ca sthitaṁ| sa jano'smān nijagṛhaṁ nītvā saujanyaṁ prakāśya dinatrayaṁ yāvad asmākaṁ ātithyam akarot|
8 The father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. Paul entered in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him.
tadā tasya publiyasya pitā jvarātisāreṇa pīḍyamānaḥ san śayyāyām āsīt; tataḥ paulastasya samīpaṁ gatvā prārthanāṁ kṛtvā tasya gātre hastaṁ samarpya taṁ svasthaṁ kṛtavān|
9 Then when this was done, the rest also who had diseases in the island came and were cured.
itthaṁ bhūte tadvīpanivāsina itarepi rogilokā āgatya nirāmayā abhavan|
10 They also honored us with many honors; and when we sailed, they put on board the things that we needed.
tasmātte'smākam atīva satkāraṁ kṛtavantaḥ, viśeṣataḥ prasthānasamaye prayojanīyāni nānadravyāṇi dattavantaḥ|
11 After three months, we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose figurehead was “The Twin Brothers.”
itthaṁ tatra triṣu māseṣu gateṣu yasya cihnaṁ diyaskūrī tādṛśa ekaḥ sikandarīyanagarasya potaḥ śītakālaṁ yāpayan tasmin upadvīpe 'tiṣṭhat tameva potaṁ vayam āruhya yātrām akurmma|
12 Touching at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
tataḥ prathamataḥ surākūsanagaram upasthāya tatra trīṇi dināni sthitavantaḥ|
13 From there we circled around and arrived at Rhegium. After one day, a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli,
tasmād āvṛtya rīgiyanagaram upasthitāḥ dinaikasmāt paraṁ dakṣiṇavayau sānukūlye sati parasmin divase patiyalīnagaram upātiṣṭhāma|
14 where we found brothers, and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So we came to Rome.
tato'smāsu tatratyaṁ bhrātṛgaṇaṁ prāpteṣu te svaiḥ sārddham asmān sapta dināni sthāpayitum ayatanta, itthaṁ vayaṁ romānagaram pratyagacchāma|
15 From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.
tasmāt tatratyāḥ bhrātaro'smākam āgamanavārttāṁ śrutvā āppiyapharaṁ triṣṭāvarṇīñca yāvad agresarāḥ santosmān sākṣāt karttum āgaman; teṣāṁ darśanāt paula īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ vadan āśvāsam āptavān|
16 When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.
asmāsu romānagaraṁ gateṣu śatasenāpatiḥ sarvvān bandīn pradhānasenāpateḥ samīpe samārpayat kintu paulāya svarakṣakapadātinā saha pṛthag vastum anumatiṁ dattavān|
17 After three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, “I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
dinatrayāt paraṁ paulastaddeśasthān pradhānayihūdina āhūtavān tatasteṣu samupasthiteṣu sa kathitavān, he bhrātṛgaṇa nijalokānāṁ pūrvvapuruṣāṇāṁ vā rīte rviparītaṁ kiñcana karmmāhaṁ nākaravaṁ tathāpi yirūśālamanivāsino lokā māṁ bandiṁ kṛtvā romilokānāṁ hasteṣu samarpitavantaḥ|
18 who, when they had examined me, desired to set me free, because there was no cause of death in me.
romilokā vicāryya mama prāṇahananārhaṁ kimapi kāraṇaṁ na prāpya māṁ mocayitum aicchan;
19 But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.
kintu yihūdilokānām āpattyā mayā kaisararājasya samīpe vicārasya prārthanā karttavyā jātā nocet nijadeśīyalokān prati mama kopyabhiyogo nāsti|
20 For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”
etatkāraṇād ahaṁ yuṣmān draṣṭuṁ saṁlapituñcāhūyam isrāyelvaśīyānāṁ pratyāśāhetoham etena śuṅkhalena baddho'bhavam|
21 They said to him, “We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.
tadā te tam avādiṣuḥ, yihūdīyadeśād vayaṁ tvāmadhi kimapi patraṁ na prāptā ye bhrātaraḥ samāyātāsteṣāṁ kopi tava kāmapi vārttāṁ nāvadat abhadramapi nākathayacca|
22 But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”
tava mataṁ kimiti vayaṁ tvattaḥ śrotumicchāmaḥ| yad idaṁ navīnaṁ matamutthitaṁ tat sarvvatra sarvveṣāṁ nikaṭe ninditaṁ jātama iti vayaṁ jānīmaḥ|
23 When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about God’s Kingdom, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.
taistadartham ekasmin dine nirūpite tasmin dine bahava ekatra militvā paulasya vāsagṛham āgacchan tasmāt paula ā prātaḥkālāt sandhyākālaṁ yāvan mūsāvyavasthāgranthād bhaviṣyadvādināṁ granthebhyaśca yīśoḥ kathām utthāpya īśvarasya rājye pramāṇaṁ datvā teṣāṁ pravṛttiṁ janayituṁ ceṣṭitavān|
24 Some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.
kecittu tasya kathāṁ pratyāyan kecittu na pratyāyan;
25 When they didn’t agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one message: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,
etatkāraṇāt teṣāṁ parasparam anaikyāt sarvve calitavantaḥ; tathāpi paula etāṁ kathāmekāṁ kathitavān pavitra ātmā yiśayiyasya bhaviṣyadvaktu rvadanād asmākaṁ pitṛpuruṣebhya etāṁ kathāṁ bhadraṁ kathayāmāsa, yathā,
26 saying, ‘Go to this people and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive.
"upagatya janānetān tvaṁ bhāṣasva vacastvidaṁ| karṇaiḥ śroṣyatha yūyaṁ hi kintu yūyaṁ na bhotsyatha| netrai rdrakṣyatha yūyañca jñātuṁ yūyaṁ na śakṣyatha|
27 For this people’s heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, then I would heal them.’
te mānuṣā yathā netraiḥ paripaśyanti naiva hi| karṇaiḥ ryathā na śṛṇvanti budhyante na ca mānasaiḥ| vyāvarttayatsu cittāni kāle kutrāpi teṣu vai| mattaste manujāḥ svasthā yathā naiva bhavanti ca| tathā teṣāṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ santi sthūlā hi buddhayaḥ| badhirībhūtakarṇāśca jātāśca mudritā dṛśaḥ||
28 “Be it known therefore to you that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”
ata īśvarād yat paritrāṇaṁ tasya vārttā bhinnadeśīyānāṁ samīpaṁ preṣitā taeva tāṁ grahīṣyantīti yūyaṁ jānīta|
29 When he had said these words, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves.
etādṛśyāṁ kathāyāṁ kathitāyāṁ satyāṁ yihūdinaḥ parasparaṁ bahuvicāraṁ kurvvanto gatavantaḥ|
30 Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house and received all who were coming to him,
itthaṁ paulaḥ sampūrṇaṁ vatsaradvayaṁ yāvad bhāṭakīye vāsagṛhe vasan ye lokāstasya sannidhim āgacchanti tān sarvvāneva parigṛhlan,
31 preaching God’s Kingdom and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.
nirvighnam atiśayaniḥkṣobham īśvarīyarājatvasya kathāṁ pracārayan prabhau yīśau khrīṣṭe kathāḥ samupādiśat| iti||
