Acts 28
1 After we [(exc)] had arrived safely [on the shore], we learned that it was an island called Malta.
itthaṁ sarvveṣu rakṣāṁ prāpteṣu tatratyopadvīpasya nāma milīteti te jñātavantaḥ|
2 The people who lived there received us kindly. They lit a fire and invited us to come and warm ourselves, because it was raining and it was cold.
asabhyalokā yatheṣṭam anukampāṁ kṛtvā varttamānavṛṣṭeḥ śītācca vahniṁ prajjvālyāsmākam ātithyam akurvvan|
3 Paul gathered some sticks and put them on the fire. But [among those sticks was] a snake that had come out [from the fire to escape] from the heat, and it fastened itself on Paul’s hand.
kintu paula indhanāni saṁgṛhya yadā tasmin agrau nirakṣipat, tadā vahneḥ pratāpāt ekaḥ kṛṣṇasarpo nirgatya tasya haste draṣṭavān|
4 [The islanders knew that the snake was poisonous, so] when they saw it hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to each other, “Probably this man has murdered someone. Although he has escaped from being drowned, [the god] ([who] pays [people back/who punishes people]) for their [MTY] sins will cause him to die.”
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 But Paul simply shook the snake off into the fire, and nothing happened to him.
kintu sa hastaṁ vidhunvan taṁ sarpam agnimadhye nikṣipya kāmapi pīḍāṁ nāptavān|
6 The people were expecting that Paul’s body would soon swell up or that he would suddenly fall down and die. But after they had waited a long time, they saw [that the snake] had not harmed him [at all]. So then the people changed their minds and said [to one another], “This man is not a murderer! Probably he is 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 Near where the people had made the fire, there were some fields that belonged to a man whose name was Publius. He was the chief official on the island. He invited us to [come and stay in] his home. He took care of 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 [At that time] Publius’ father had a fever and dysentery, and he was lying [in bed]. So Paul visited him and prayed [for him. Then] Paul placed his hands on him and 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 After Paul had done that, the other people on the island who were sick came [to him] and [he] healed them, too.
itthaṁ bhūte tadvīpanivāsina itarepi rogilokā āgatya nirāmayā abhavan|
10 They brought us gifts and [showed in other ways that] they greatly respected us. When we were [ready] to leave [three months later], they brought us food and other things that we would need [for the trip].
tasmātte'smākam atīva satkāraṁ kṛtavantaḥ, viśeṣataḥ prasthānasamaye prayojanīyāni nānadravyāṇi dattavantaḥ|
11 After [we had stayed there] three months, we [got on] a ship [that was going to Italy and] sailed away. The ship had been in [a harbor on] the island during the months when there are many storms. It had come from Alexandria [city]. On the front of the ship there were carved images of the twin gods [whose names were Castor and Pollux].
itthaṁ tatra triṣu māseṣu gateṣu yasya cihnaṁ diyaskūrī tādṛśa ekaḥ sikandarīyanagarasya potaḥ śītakālaṁ yāpayan tasmin upadvīpe 'tiṣṭhat tameva potaṁ vayam āruhya yātrām akurmma|
12 We [sailed from the island and] arrived at Syracuse [city on Sicily island] and stayed there three days.
tataḥ prathamataḥ surākūsanagaram upasthāya tatra trīṇi dināni sthitavantaḥ|
13 Then we traveled on by ship and arrived at Rhegium [port in Italy]. The next day, the wind was blowing from behind us, [so we sailed along fast]. The day after that, we reached Puteoli [town, where we left the ship].
tasmād āvṛtya rīgiyanagaram upasthitāḥ dinaikasmāt paraṁ dakṣiṇavayau sānukūlye sati parasmin divase patiyalīnagaram upātiṣṭhāma|
14 In Puteoli we met some believers who invited us to stay with them for a week. [After visiting them], we [left there and started to travel by land] to Rome.
tato'smāsu tatratyaṁ bhrātṛgaṇaṁ prāpteṣu te svaiḥ sārddham asmān sapta dināni sthāpayitum ayatanta, itthaṁ vayaṁ romānagaram pratyagacchāma|
15 [A group of] believers [who lived in Rome] had heard that we [(exc) were coming]. So they came out [from Rome] to meet us. [Some of] them met us at [the town called] ‘The Market on Appian [Road’, ] and others met us at [the town called] ‘The Three Inns’. When Paul saw those believers, he thanked God and was encouraged.
tasmāt tatratyāḥ bhrātaro'smākam āgamanavārttāṁ śrutvā āppiyapharaṁ triṣṭāvarṇīñca yāvad agresarāḥ santosmān sākṣāt karttum āgaman; teṣāṁ darśanāt paula īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ vadan āśvāsam āptavān|
16 After we [(exc)] arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted {[a Roman official who was responsible for guarding Paul] permitted Paul} to live [in a house] by himself. But [there was always] a soldier there to guard him.
asmāsu romānagaraṁ gateṣu śatasenāpatiḥ sarvvān bandīn pradhānasenāpateḥ samīpe samārpayat kintu paulāya svarakṣakapadātinā saha pṛthag vastum anumatiṁ dattavān|
17 After [Paul had been there] three days, he sent a message to the Jewish leaders [to come and talk with him. So] they came, and Paul said to them, “My fellow Jews, although I have not opposed our people nor spoken against the customs of our ancestors, [our leaders] in Jerusalem [seized] [MTY] [me. But before they could kill me, a Roman commander rescued me and later sent me] to Caesarea for Roman [authorities/officials to put me on trial].
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 The Roman authorities/officials questioned me and wanted to release me, because I had not done any [bad] thing for which I should be executed {they should kill me}.
romilokā vicāryya mama prāṇahananārhaṁ kimapi kāraṇaṁ na prāpya māṁ mocayitum aicchan;
19 But when the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] there opposed [what the Roman authorities wanted to do], I had to formally request that the Emperor [judge me here in Rome]. But my reason for doing that was not that I wanted to accuse our leaders about anything.
kintu yihūdilokānām āpattyā mayā kaisararājasya samīpe vicārasya prārthanā karttavyā jātā nocet nijadeśīyalokān prati mama kopyabhiyogo nāsti|
20 So I have requested you [to come] here so that I can tell you why I am a prisoner. It is because I believe in [MTY] our Messiah, the one [God long ago promised to send] to us [(inc)] Jews.”
etatkāraṇād ahaṁ yuṣmān draṣṭuṁ saṁlapituñcāhūyam isrāyelvaśīyānāṁ pratyāśāhetoham etena śuṅkhalena baddho'bhavam|
21 Then [the Jewish leaders] said, “We [(exc)] have not received any letters from [our fellow Jews] in Judea about you. Also, none of our fellow Jews who have arrived [here from Judea] has said anything bad about 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 [(exc)] want to hear what you [(sg)] think about this [Christian] sect/group, because we know that in many places [HYP] bad things are being said {people are saying bad things} about it.”
tava mataṁ kimiti vayaṁ tvattaḥ śrotumicchāmaḥ| yad idaṁ navīnaṁ matamutthitaṁ tat sarvvatra sarvveṣāṁ nikaṭe ninditaṁ jātama iti vayaṁ jānīmaḥ|
23 So they [talked with Paul and decided that they would come back on another day to hear him. When that day arrived], those Jews came back to the place where Paul was staying, and they brought more Jews with them. Paul talked to them from morning until evening. He talked to them about how God wants to rule [people’s lives] [MET]. He tried to convince them that Jesus [is the Messiah] by reminding them what Moses and the other prophets had written [MTY].
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 of those Jews believed that what was said [by Paul] {what [Paul] said} about Jesus [was true], but others did not believe [that it was true].
kecittu tasya kathāṁ pratyāyan kecittu na pratyāyan;
25 So they began to argue with one another. [Paul realized that some of them did not want to listen to him, so] when they were about to leave, he said, “The Holy Spirit said something to your/our(incl) ancestors. He spoke these words to Isaiah the prophet, [and what he said is also true about you]:
etatkāraṇāt teṣāṁ parasparam anaikyāt sarvve calitavantaḥ; tathāpi paula etāṁ kathāmekāṁ kathitavān pavitra ātmā yiśayiyasya bhaviṣyadvaktu rvadanād asmākaṁ pitṛpuruṣebhya etāṁ kathāṁ bhadraṁ kathayāmāsa, yathā,
26 Go to your fellow Israelites and tell them, ‘You repeatedly listen [to the message of God], but you never understand [what God is saying]. You repeatedly look at and see [the things that God is doing], but you never understand [what they mean].
"upagatya janānetān tvaṁ bhāṣasva vacastvidaṁ| karṇaiḥ śroṣyatha yūyaṁ hi kintu yūyaṁ na bhotsyatha| netrai rdrakṣyatha yūyañca jñātuṁ yūyaṁ na śakṣyatha|
27 God also said to the prophet, These people do not understand, because they have become stubborn. They have ears, but they do not understand what they hear, and they have closed their eyes [because they do not want to see]. If they wanted to obey what I say to them, they might understand what they see [me doing] and what they hear [me saying]. Then they might turn from their sinful behavior and I would save 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 [That is what God said to the prophet Isaiah about our ancestors. But you Jews today do not want to believe God’s message]. Therefore, I am telling you that [God] has sent to the non-Jews this message about how he saves people, and they will listen [and accept it]!”
ata īśvarād yat paritrāṇaṁ tasya vārttā bhinnadeśīyānāṁ samīpaṁ preṣitā taeva tāṁ grahīṣyantīti yūyaṁ jānīta|
etādṛśyāṁ kathāyāṁ kathitāyāṁ satyāṁ yihūdinaḥ parasparaṁ bahuvicāraṁ kurvvanto gatavantaḥ|
30 For two whole years Paul stayed [there] in a house that he rented. Many people came to see him, and he received them all gladly [and talked with them].
itthaṁ paulaḥ sampūrṇaṁ vatsaradvayaṁ yāvad bhāṭakīye vāsagṛhe vasan ye lokāstasya sannidhim āgacchanti tān sarvvāneva parigṛhlan,
31 He preached [and taught people] about how God could rule [their lives] [MET] and taught them about the Lord Jesus Christ. He did that without being afraid, and no one tried to stop him.
nirvighnam atiśayaniḥkṣobham īśvarīyarājatvasya kathāṁ pracārayan prabhau yīśau khrīṣṭe kathāḥ samupādiśat| iti||
