preritāḥ 9
1 tatkālaparyyanataṁ śaulaḥ prabhoḥ śiṣyāṇāṁ prātikūlyena tāḍanābadhayoḥ kathāṁ niḥsārayan mahāyājakasya sannidhiṁ gatvā
But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
2 striyaṁ puruṣañca tanmatagrāhiṇaṁ yaṁ kañcit paśyati tān dhṛtvā baddhvā yirūśālamam ānayatītyāśayena dammeṣaknagarīyaṁ dharmmasamājān prati patraṁ yācitavān|
and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
3 gacchan tu dammeṣaknagaranikaṭa upasthitavān; tato'kasmād ākāśāt tasya caturdikṣu tejasaḥ prakāśanāt sa bhūmāvapatat|
As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.
4 paścāt he śaula he śaula kuto māṁ tāḍayasi? svaṁ prati proktam etaṁ śabdaṁ śrutvā
And he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
5 sa pṛṣṭavān, he prabho bhavān kaḥ? tadā prabhurakathayat yaṁ yīśuṁ tvaṁ tāḍayasi sa evāhaṁ; kaṇṭakasya mukhe padāghātakaraṇaṁ tava kaṣṭam|
And he said, "Who are you, Lord?" And he said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
6 tadā kampamāno vismayāpannaśca sovadat he prabho mayā kiṁ karttavyaṁ? bhavata icchā kā? tataḥ prabhurājñāpayad utthāya nagaraṁ gaccha tatra tvayā yat karttavyaṁ tad vadiṣyate|
But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do."
7 tasya saṅgino lokā api taṁ śabdaṁ śrutavantaḥ kintu kamapi na dṛṣṭvā stabdhāḥ santaḥ sthitavantaḥ|
The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one.
8 anantaraṁ śaulo bhūmita utthāya cakṣuṣī unmīlya kamapi na dṛṣṭavān| tadā lokāstasya hastau dhṛtvā dammeṣaknagaram ānayan|
Saul arose from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see anything. They led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
9 tataḥ sa dinatrayaṁ yāvad andho bhūtvā na bhuktavān pītavāṁśca|
He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.
10 tadanantaraṁ prabhustaddammeṣaknagaravāsina ekasmai śiṣyāya darśanaṁ datvā āhūtavān he ananiya| tataḥ sa pratyavādīt, he prabho paśya śṛṇomi|
Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Look, it's me, Lord."
11 tadā prabhustamājñāpayat tvamutthāya saralanāmānaṁ mārgaṁ gatvā yihūdāniveśane tārṣanagarīyaṁ śaulanāmānaṁ janaṁ gaveṣayan pṛccha;
The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For look, he is praying,
12 paśya sa prārthayate, tathā ananiyanāmaka eko janastasya samīpam āgatya tasya gātre hastārpaṇaṁ kṛtvā dṛṣṭiṁ dadātītthaṁ svapne dṛṣṭavān|
and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight."
13 tasmād ananiyaḥ pratyavadat he prabho yirūśālami pavitralokān prati so'nekahiṁsāṁ kṛtavān;
But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.
14 atra sthāne ca ye lokāstava nāmni prārthayanti tānapi baddhuṁ sa pradhānayājakebhyaḥ śaktiṁ prāptavān, imāṁ kathām aham anekeṣāṁ mukhebhyaḥ śrutavān|
Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."
15 kintu prabhurakathayat, yāhi bhinnadeśīyalokānāṁ bhūpatīnām isrāyellokānāñca nikaṭe mama nāma pracārayituṁ sa jano mama manonītapātramāste|
But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.
16 mama nāmanimittañca tena kiyān mahān kleśo bhoktavya etat taṁ darśayiṣyāmi|
For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake."
17 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|
Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
18 ityuktamātre tasya cakṣurbhyām mīnaśalkavad vastuni nirgate tatkṣaṇāt sa prasannacakṣu rbhūtvā protthāya majjito'bhavat bhuktvā pītvā sabalobhavacca|
Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized.
19 tataḥ paraṁ śaulaḥ śiṣyaiḥ saha katipayadivasān tasmin dammeṣakanagare sthitvā'vilambaṁ
He took food and was strengthened. He stayed several days with the disciples who were at Damascus.
20 sarvvabhajanabhavanāni gatvā yīśurīśvarasya putra imāṁ kathāṁ prācārayat|
Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, that he is the Son of God.
21 tasmāt sarvve śrotāraścamatkṛtya kathitavanto yo yirūśālamnagara etannāmnā prārthayitṛlokān vināśitavān evam etādṛśalokān baddhvā pradhānayājakanikaṭaṁ nayatītyāśayā etatsthānamapyāgacchat saeva kimayaṁ na bhavati?
All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Is not this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests."
22 kintu śaulaḥ kramaśa utsāhavān bhūtvā yīśurīśvareṇābhiṣikto jana etasmin pramāṇaṁ datvā dammeṣak-nivāsiyihūdīyalokān niruttarān akarot|
But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Messiah.
23 itthaṁ bahutithe kāle gate yihūdīyalokāstaṁ hantuṁ mantrayāmāsuḥ
When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together to kill him,
24 kintu śaulasteṣāmetasyā mantraṇāyā vārttāṁ prāptavān| te taṁ hantuṁ tu divāniśaṁ guptāḥ santo nagarasya dvāre'tiṣṭhan;
but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,
25 tasmāt śiṣyāstaṁ nītvā rātrau piṭake nidhāya prācīreṇāvārohayan|
but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
26 tataḥ paraṁ śaulo yirūśālamaṁ gatvā śiṣyagaṇena sārddhaṁ sthātum aihat, kintu sarvve tasmādabibhayuḥ sa śiṣya iti ca na pratyayan|
When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
27 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|
But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
28 tataḥ śaulastaiḥ saha yirūśālami kālaṁ yāpayan nirbhayaṁ prabho ryīśo rnāma prācārayat|
He was with them coming in and going out in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
29 tasmād anyadeśīyalokaiḥ sārddhaṁ vivādasyopasthitatvāt te taṁ hantum aceṣṭanta|
He spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they were seeking to kill him.
30 kintu bhrātṛgaṇastajjñātvā taṁ kaisariyānagaraṁ nītvā tārṣanagaraṁ preṣitavān|
When the brothers knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him off to Tarsus.
31 itthaṁ sati yihūdiyāgālīlśomiroṇadeśīyāḥ sarvvā maṇḍalyo viśrāmaṁ prāptāstatastāsāṁ niṣṭhābhavat prabho rbhiyā pavitrasyātmanaḥ sāntvanayā ca kālaṁ kṣepayitvā bahusaṁkhyā abhavan|
So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
32 tataḥ paraṁ pitaraḥ sthāne sthāne bhramitvā śeṣe lodnagaranivāsipavitralokānāṁ samīpe sthitavān|
It happened, as Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.
33 tadā tatra pakṣāghātavyādhināṣṭau vatsarān śayyāgatam aineyanāmānaṁ manuṣyaṁ sākṣat prāpya tamavadat,
There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed.
34 he aineya yīśukhrīṣṭastvāṁ svastham akārṣīt, tvamutthāya svaśayyāṁ nikṣipa, ityuktamātre sa udatiṣṭhat|
Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus (the) Messiah heals you. Get up and make your bed." Immediately he arose.
35 etādṛśaṁ dṛṣṭvā lodśāroṇanivāsino lokāḥ prabhuṁ prati parāvarttanta|
All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
36 aparañca bhikṣādānādiṣu nānakriyāsu nityaṁ pravṛttā yā yāphonagaranivāsinī ṭābithānāmā śiṣyā yāṁ darkkāṁ arthād hariṇīmayuktvā āhvayan sā nārī
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha (which when translated, means Dorcas). This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.
37 tasmin samaye rugnā satī prāṇān atyajat, tato lokāstāṁ prakṣālyoparisthaprakoṣṭhe śāyayitvāsthāpayan|
It happened in those days that she fell sick, and died. When they had washed her, they placed her in an upper chamber.
38 lodnagaraṁ yāphonagarasya samīpasthaṁ tasmāttatra pitara āste, iti vārttāṁ śrutvā tūrṇaṁ tasyāgamanārthaṁ tasmin vinayamuktvā śiṣyagaṇo dvau manujau preṣitavān|
As Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him not to delay in coming to us.
39 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|
Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
40 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|
Peter put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, get up." She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
41 tataḥ pitarastasyāḥ karau dhṛtvā uttolya pavitralokān vidhavāścāhūya teṣāṁ nikaṭe sajīvāṁ tāṁ samārpayat|
He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
42 eṣā kathā samastayāphonagaraṁ vyāptā tasmād aneke lokāḥ prabhau vyaśvasan|
And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
43 aparañca pitarastadyāphonagarīyasya kasyacit śimonnāmnaścarmmakārasya gṛhe bahudināni nyavasat|
It happened, that he stayed many days in Joppa with one Simon, a tanner.
