Acts 9
1 Meanwhile, Saul angrily continued to say, “I will kill those who believe that [Jesus is] the Lord!” He went to the supreme priest [in Jerusalem]
tatkālaparyyanataṁ śaulaḥ prabhoḥ śiṣyāṇāṁ prātikūlyena tāḍanābadhayoḥ kathāṁ niḥsārayan mahāyājakasya sannidhiṁ gatvā
2 and requested him [to write] letters [introducing him] to [the leaders of] [MTY] the Jewish meeting places in Damascus [city. The letters asked them to authorize Saul] to seize any men or women who followed the way [that Jesus had taught], and to take them as prisoners to Jerusalem [so that the Jewish leaders could judge and punish them].
striyaṁ puruṣañca tanmatagrāhiṇaṁ yaṁ kañcit paśyati tān dhṛtvā baddhvā yirūśālamam ānayatītyāśayena dammeṣaknagarīyaṁ dharmmasamājān prati patraṁ yācitavān|
3 Saul took those letters, and while he [and those with him] traveled toward Damascus, as they were approaching the city, suddenly a [brilliant] light from heaven shone around Saul.
gacchan tu dammeṣaknagaranikaṭa upasthitavān; tato'kasmād ākāśāt tasya caturdikṣu tejasaḥ prakāśanāt sa bhūmāvapatat|
4 [Immediately] he fell down to the ground. Then he heard the voice [of the Lord] say to him, “Saul, Saul, (stop causing me to suffer!/why are you causing me to suffer?) [RHQ]”
paścāt he śaula he śaula kuto māṁ tāḍayasi? svaṁ prati proktam etaṁ śabdaṁ śrutvā
5 Saul asked him, “Lord, who are you?” He replied, “I am Jesus, [and] you [(sg)] are causing me to suffer [by hurting my followers]!
sa pṛṣṭavān, he prabho bhavān kaḥ? tadā prabhurakathayat yaṁ yīśuṁ tvaṁ tāḍayasi sa evāhaṁ; kaṇṭakasya mukhe padāghātakaraṇaṁ tava kaṣṭam|
6 Now instead [of continuing to do that], stand up and go into the city! [Someone there] will tell you [(sg)] what I [want] you to do.”
tadā kampamāno vismayāpannaśca sovadat he prabho mayā kiṁ karttavyaṁ? bhavata icchā kā? tataḥ prabhurājñāpayad utthāya nagaraṁ gaccha tatra tvayā yat karttavyaṁ tad vadiṣyate|
7 The men who were traveling with Saul [became so frightened that they] could not say anything. [They just] stood there. They only heard the sound [when the Lord spoke], but they did not see anyone.
tasya saṅgino lokā api taṁ śabdaṁ śrutavantaḥ kintu kamapi na dṛṣṭvā stabdhāḥ santaḥ sthitavantaḥ|
8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see anything. So the men [with him] took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.
anantaraṁ śaulo bhūmita utthāya cakṣuṣī unmīlya kamapi na dṛṣṭavān| tadā lokāstasya hastau dhṛtvā dammeṣaknagaram ānayan|
9 For the next three days Saul could not see [anything], and he did not eat or drink anything.
tataḥ sa dinatrayaṁ yāvad andho bhūtvā na bhuktavān pītavāṁśca|
10 In Damascus there was [a Jew] named Ananias who believed in Jesus. While [Ananias was seeing] a vision, the Lord [Jesus] said to him, “Ananias!” He replied, “Lord, I [am listening].”
tadanantaraṁ prabhustaddammeṣaknagaravāsina ekasmai śiṣyāya darśanaṁ datvā āhūtavān he ananiya| tataḥ sa pratyavādīt, he prabho paśya śṛṇomi|
11 The Lord Jesus told him, “Go to Straight Street to the house that belongs to Judas. Ask [someone there if you(sg) can talk to] a man named Saul from Tarsus [city], because, surprisingly, at this moment he is praying [to me].
tadā prabhustamājñāpayat tvamutthāya saralanāmānaṁ mārgaṁ gatvā yihūdāniveśane tārṣanagarīyaṁ śaulanāmānaṁ janaṁ gaveṣayan pṛccha;
12 [Saul has seen] a vision in which a man named Ananias entered [the house where he was staying] and put his hands on him in order that he might see again.”
paśya sa prārthayate, tathā ananiyanāmaka eko janastasya samīpam āgatya tasya gātre hastārpaṇaṁ kṛtvā dṛṣṭiṁ dadātītthaṁ svapne dṛṣṭavān|
13 But Ananias [protested], saying, “But Lord, many people have told me about this man! He has done many evil things to the people in Jerusalem who [believe in] you!
tasmād ananiyaḥ pratyavadat he prabho yirūśālami pavitralokān prati so'nekahiṁsāṁ kṛtavān;
14 And the chief priests have authorized him to come here [to Damascus] in order to seize all of us who believe in you [(sg)] [MTY] [and take us to Jerusalem]!”
atra sthāne ca ye lokāstava nāmni prārthayanti tānapi baddhuṁ sa pradhānayājakebhyaḥ śaktiṁ prāptavān, imāṁ kathām aham anekeṣāṁ mukhebhyaḥ śrutavān|
15 But the Lord [Jesus] told Ananias, “Go to [Saul! Do what I say], because I have chosen him to serve me in order that he might speak about me [MTY] both to non-Jewish people and [their] kings and to the Israeli people.
kintu prabhurakathayat, yāhi bhinnadeśīyalokānāṁ bhūpatīnām isrāyellokānāñca nikaṭe mama nāma pracārayituṁ sa jano mama manonītapātramāste|
16 I myself will tell him that he must often suffer greatly because of [telling people about] me [MTY].”
mama nāmanimittañca tena kiyān mahān kleśo bhoktavya etat taṁ darśayiṣyāmi|
17 So Ananias went, and [after he found] the house [where Saul was], he entered it. Then, [as soon as he met Saul], he put his hands on him, and he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus [himself] commanded me to come [to you]. He is the [same] one who appeared to you [(sg)] while you were traveling along the road. [He sent me to you] in order that you might see again and that you might be completely controlled by the Holy Spirit {that the Holy Spirit might completely control you}.”
tato 'naniyo gatvā gṛhaṁ praviśya tasya gātre hastārpraṇaṁ kṛtvā kathitavān, he bhrātaḥ śaula tvaṁ yathā dṛṣṭiṁ prāpnoṣi pavitreṇātmanā paripūrṇo bhavasi ca, tadarthaṁ tavāgamanakāle yaḥ prabhuyīśustubhyaṁ darśanam adadāt sa māṁ preṣitavān|
18 Instantly, things like [fish] scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he was able to see again. Then he stood up and was baptized {[Ananias] baptized him} [immediately].
ityuktamātre tasya cakṣurbhyām mīnaśalkavad vastuni nirgate tatkṣaṇāt sa prasannacakṣu rbhūtvā protthāya majjito'bhavat bhuktvā pītvā sabalobhavacca|
19 After Saul ate some food, he felt strong again. Saul stayed with the [other] believers in Damascus for several days.
tataḥ paraṁ śaulaḥ śiṣyaiḥ saha katipayadivasān tasmin dammeṣakanagare sthitvā'vilambaṁ
20 Right away Saul began to preach [to people about Jesus] in the Jewish meeting places [in Damascus. He told them] that Jesus is (the Son of/the man who is also) God.
sarvvabhajanabhavanāni gatvā yīśurīśvarasya putra imāṁ kathāṁ prācārayat|
21 And all the people who heard him [preach] were amazed. [Various ones of] them were saying, “([We(inc) can hardly believe that] this is the [same man] who persecuted the believers in Jerusalem!/Is this really the [same man] who persecuted the believers in Jerusalem?) [RHQ, MTY] And we [(inc)] know that he has [RHQ] come here to seize us and take us to the chief priests [in Jerusalem]!”
tasmāt sarvve śrotāraścamatkṛtya kathitavanto yo yirūśālamnagara etannāmnā prārthayitṛlokān vināśitavān evam etādṛśalokān baddhvā pradhānayājakanikaṭaṁ nayatītyāśayā etatsthānamapyāgacchat saeva kimayaṁ na bhavati?
22 But [God] enabled Saul [to preach to many people even] more convincingly. He was proving [from the Scriptures] that Jesus is the Messiah. So the Jewish leaders in Damascus could not think of anything (to refute [what he said/to prove that what he said was not true]).
kintu śaulaḥ kramaśa utsāhavān bhūtvā yīśurīśvareṇābhiṣikto jana etasmin pramāṇaṁ datvā dammeṣak-nivāsiyihūdīyalokān niruttarān akarot|
23 Some time later, [after Saul had left Damascus and then returned], the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] [there] plotted to kill him.
itthaṁ bahutithe kāle gate yihūdīyalokāstaṁ hantuṁ mantrayāmāsuḥ
24 [During each] day and night those Jews were continually watching [the people passing through] the city gates, in order that [when they saw Saul] they might kill him. However, someone told Saul what they planned to do.
kintu śaulasteṣāmetasyā mantraṇāyā vārttāṁ prāptavān| te taṁ hantuṁ tu divāniśaṁ guptāḥ santo nagarasya dvāre'tiṣṭhan;
25 So some of those whom he had helped [to believe in Jesus] took him [one] night [to the high stone wall that surrounded the city]. They [used ropes to] lower him in a [large] basket through an opening in the wall. [So he escaped from Damascus].
tasmāt śiṣyāstaṁ nītvā rātrau piṭake nidhāya prācīreṇāvārohayan|
26 When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he began trying to associate with other believers. However, [almost] all of them continued to be afraid of him, because they did not believe that he had become a believer.
tataḥ paraṁ śaulo yirūśālamaṁ gatvā śiṣyagaṇena sārddhaṁ sthātum aihat, kintu sarvve tasmādabibhayuḥ sa śiṣya iti ca na pratyayan|
27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He explained to the apostles how, [while Saul was traveling] along the road [to Damascus], he had seen the Lord [Jesus] and how the Lord had spoken to him [there. He] also told them how Saul had preached boldly about Jesus [MTY] [to people] in Damascus. [The apostles believed Barnabas and told the other believers about that].
etasmād barṇabbāstaṁ gṛhītvā preritānāṁ samīpamānīya mārgamadhye prabhuḥ kathaṁ tasmai darśanaṁ dattavān yāḥ kathāśca kathitavān sa ca yathākṣobhaḥ san dammeṣaknagare yīśo rnāma prācārayat etān sarvvavṛttāntān tān jñāpitavān|
28 So Saul began to associate with the apostles [and other believers] throughout Jerusalem, and he spoke boldly [to people] about [MTY] the Lord [Jesus].
tataḥ śaulastaiḥ saha yirūśālami kālaṁ yāpayan nirbhayaṁ prabho ryīśo rnāma prācārayat|
29 Saul was [also] speaking [about Jesus] with Jews who spoke Greek, and he was debating with them. But they were continually trying [to think] ([of a way] to kill him/of [how they could] kill him).
tasmād anyadeśīyalokaiḥ sārddhaṁ vivādasyopasthitatvāt te taṁ hantum aceṣṭanta|
30 When the [other] believers heard that [those Jews were planning to kill him, some of] the believers took Saul down to Caesarea [city. There] they arranged for him to go [by ship] to Tarsus, [his hometown].
kintu bhrātṛgaṇastajjñātvā taṁ kaisariyānagaraṁ nītvā tārṣanagaraṁ preṣitavān|
31 So the groups of believers throughout [the entire regions of] Judea, Galilee, and Samaria lived peacefully [because no one was persecuting them any more]. The Holy Spirit was strengthening them [spiritually] and encouraging them. They were continuing to revere/honor the Lord [Jesus, and the Holy Spirit] was enabling many other people [to become believers].
itthaṁ sati yihūdiyāgālīlśomiroṇadeśīyāḥ sarvvā maṇḍalyo viśrāmaṁ prāptāstatastāsāṁ niṣṭhābhavat prabho rbhiyā pavitrasyātmanaḥ sāntvanayā ca kālaṁ kṣepayitvā bahusaṁkhyā abhavan|
32 While Peter was traveling throughout those [regions, once] he went to [the coastal plain to visit] the believers [who lived] in Lydda [town].
tataḥ paraṁ pitaraḥ sthāne sthāne bhramitvā śeṣe lodnagaranivāsipavitralokānāṁ samīpe sthitavān|
33 There he met a man whose name was Aeneas. Aeneas had not been able to get up from [his] bed for eight years, because he was paralyzed.
tadā tatra pakṣāghātavyādhināṣṭau vatsarān śayyāgatam aineyanāmānaṁ manuṣyaṁ sākṣat prāpya tamavadat,
34 Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you [(sg) right now]! Get up and roll up your mat!” Right away Aeneas stood up.
he aineya yīśukhrīṣṭastvāṁ svastham akārṣīt, tvamutthāya svaśayyāṁ nikṣipa, ityuktamātre sa udatiṣṭhat|
35 Most of the people who lived in Lydda and on Sharon [Plain] saw Aeneas [after the Lord had healed him], so they believed in the Lord [Jesus].
etādṛśaṁ dṛṣṭvā lodśāroṇanivāsino lokāḥ prabhuṁ prati parāvarttanta|
36 In Joppa [town] there was a believer whose name was Tabitha. [Her name] in the [Greek] language was Dorcas. [Both of these names mean gazelle/deer/antelope]. That woman was continually doing good deeds [for others. Specifically], she was helping poor people [by giving them things that they needed].
aparañca bhikṣādānādiṣu nānakriyāsu nityaṁ pravṛttā yā yāphonagaranivāsinī ṭābithānāmā śiṣyā yāṁ darkkāṁ arthād hariṇīmayuktvā āhvayan sā nārī
37 During the time [that Peter was in Lydda], she became sick and died. [Some women there] washed her body [according to the Jewish custom so that the people could bury it]. Then they [covered her body with cloth and] placed it in an upstairs room [in her house].
tasmin samaye rugnā satī prāṇān atyajat, tato lokāstāṁ prakṣālyoparisthaprakoṣṭhe śāyayitvāsthāpayan|
38 Lydda was near Joppa, so when the believers heard that Peter was [still] in Lydda, they sent two men to [go] to Peter. [When they arrived where Peter was], they repeatedly urged/begged him, “Please come immediately with us [to Joppa]!”
lodnagaraṁ yāphonagarasya samīpasthaṁ tasmāttatra pitara āste, iti vārttāṁ śrutvā tūrṇaṁ tasyāgamanārthaṁ tasmin vinayamuktvā śiṣyagaṇo dvau manujau preṣitavān|
39 So [right away] Peter got ready and went with them. When they arrived [at the house in Joppa], the two men took Peter to the upstairs room [where Dorcas’ body was lying]. All the widows [there] around Peter. They were crying and showing him the cloaks and [other] garments that Dorcas had made for people while she was still alive.
tasmāt pitara utthāya tābhyāṁ sārddham āgacchat, tatra tasmin upasthita uparisthaprakoṣṭhaṁ samānīte ca vidhavāḥ svābhiḥ saha sthitikāle darkkayā kṛtāni yānyuttarīyāṇi paridheyāni ca tāni sarvvāṇi taṁ darśayitvā rudatyaścatasṛṣu dikṣvatiṣṭhan|
40 But Peter sent them all out of the room. Then he got down on his knees and prayed. Then, turning toward Tabitha’s body, he said, “Tabitha, stand up!” [Immediately] she opened her eyes and, when she saw Peter, she sat up.
kintu pitarastāḥ sarvvā bahiḥ kṛtvā jānunī pātayitvā prārthitavān; paścāt śavaṁ prati dṛṣṭiṁ kṛtvā kathitavān, he ṭābīthe tvamuttiṣṭha, iti vākya ukte sā strī cakṣuṣī pronmīlya pitaram avalokyotthāyopāviśat|
41 He grasped one of her hands and helped her to stand up. After he had summoned the believers and [especially] the widows [among them to come back in], he showed them that Tabitha was alive [again].
tataḥ pitarastasyāḥ karau dhṛtvā uttolya pavitralokān vidhavāścāhūya teṣāṁ nikaṭe sajīvāṁ tāṁ samārpayat|
42 [Soon] people everywhere in Joppa knew about that miracle, and as a result many people believed in the Lord [Jesus].
eṣā kathā samastayāphonagaraṁ vyāptā tasmād aneke lokāḥ prabhau vyaśvasan|
43 Peter stayed in Joppa many days with a man named Simon who made leather [from animal skins].
aparañca pitarastadyāphonagarīyasya kasyacit śimonnāmnaścarmmakārasya gṛhe bahudināni nyavasat|
