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Acts 6 प्रेरितानां कर्म्मणामाख्यानं 6

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1

तस्मिन्tas·min समयेsa·ma·ye शिष्याणांśiṣ·yā·ṇāṃ बाहुल्यात्bā·hul·yāt प्रात्यहिकदानस्यprāt·ya·hi·ka·dā·nas·ya विश्राणनैviś·rā·ṇa·nai र्भिन्नदेशीयानांrbhin·na·de·śī·yā·nāṃ विधवास्त्रीगणvi·dha·vās·trī·ga·ṇa उपेक्षितेu·pek·ṣi·te सतिsa·ti इब्रीयलोकैःib·rī·ya·lo·kaiḥ सहान्यदेशीयानांsa·hān·ya·de·śī·yā·nāṃ विवादvi·vā·da उपातिष्ठत्u·pā·tiṣ·ṭhat।

tasmin samaye śiṣyāṇāṁ bāhulyāt prātyahikadānasya viśrāṇanai rbhinnadeśīyānāṁ vidhavāstrīgaṇa upekṣite sati ibrīyalokaiḥ sahānyadeśīyānāṁ vivāda upātiṣṭhat|

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
2

तदाta·dā द्वादशप्रेरिताःdvā·da·śap·re·ri·tāḥ सर्व्वान्sar·vān शिष्यान्śiṣ·yān संगृह्याकथयन्saṃ·gṛh·yā·ka·tha·yan ईश्वरस्यīś·va·ras·ya कथाप्रचारंka·thāp·ra·cā·raṃ परित्यज्यpa·rit·yaj·ya भोजनगवेषणम्bho·ja·na·ga·ve·ṣa·ṇam अस्माकम्as·mā·kam उचितंu·ci·taṃ नहिna·hi।

tadā dvādaśapreritāḥ sarvvān śiṣyān saṁgṛhyākathayan īśvarasya kathāpracāraṁ parityajya bhojanagaveṣaṇam asmākam ucitaṁ nahi|

Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
3

अतोa·to हेhe भ्रातृगणbhrā·tṛ·ga·ṇa वयम्va·yam एतत्कर्म्मणोe·tat·kar·ma·ṇo भारंbhā·raṃ येभ्योyebh·yo दातुंdā·tuṃ शक्नुमśak·nu·ma एतादृशान्e·tā·dṛ·śān सुख्यात्यापन्नान्sukh·yāt·yā·pan·nān पवित्रेणात्मनाpa·vit·re·ṇāt·ma·nā ज्ञानेनjñā·ne·na चca पूर्णान्pūr·ṇān सप्प्रजनान्sap·pra·ja·nān यूयंyū·yaṃ स्वेषांsve·ṣāṃ मध्येmadh·ye मनोनीतान्ma·no·nī·tān कुरुतku·ru·ta,

ato he bhrātṛgaṇa vayam etatkarmmaṇo bhāraṁ yebhyo dātuṁ śaknuma etādṛśān sukhyātyāpannān pavitreṇātmanā jñānena ca pūrṇān sapprajanān yūyaṁ sveṣāṁ madhye manonītān kuruta,

Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
4

किन्तुkin·tu वयंva·yaṃ प्रार्थनायांprār·tha·nā·yāṃ कथाप्रचारकर्म्मणिka·thāp·ra·cā·ra·kar·ma·ṇi चca नित्यप्रवृत्ताःnit·yap·ra·vṛt·tāḥ स्थास्यामःsthās·yā·maḥ।

kintu vayaṁ prārthanāyāṁ kathāpracārakarmmaṇi ca nityapravṛttāḥ sthāsyāmaḥ|

But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
5

एतस्यांe·tas·yāṃ कथायांka·thā·yāṃ सर्व्वेsar·ve लोकाःlo·kāḥ सन्तुष्टाःsan·tuṣ·ṭāḥ सन्तःsan·taḥ स्वेषांsve·ṣāṃ मध्यात्madh·yāt स्तिफानःsti·phā·naḥ फिलिपःphi·li·paḥ प्रखरोpra·kha·ro निकानोर्ni·kā·nor तीमन्tī·man पर्म्मिणाpar·mi·ṇā यिहूदिमतग्राहीyi·hū·di·ma·tag·rā·hī-आन्तियखियानगरीयोān·ti·ya·khi·yā·na·ga·rī·yo निकलाni·ka·lā एतान्e·tān परमभक्तान्pa·ra·ma·bhak·tān पवित्रेणात्मनाpa·vit·re·ṇāt·ma·nā परिपूर्णान्pa·ri·pūr·ṇān सप्तsap·ta जनान्ja·nān

etasyāṁ kathāyāṁ sarvve lokāḥ santuṣṭāḥ santaḥ sveṣāṁ madhyāt stiphānaḥ philipaḥ prakharo nikānor tīman parmmiṇā yihūdimatagrāhī-āntiyakhiyānagarīyo nikalā etān paramabhaktān pavitreṇātmanā paripūrṇān sapta janān

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
6

प्रेरितानांpre·ri·tā·nāṃ समक्षम्sa·mak·ṣam आनयन्ā·na·yan, ततस्तेta·tas·te प्रार्थनांprār·tha·nāṃ कृत्वाkṛt·vā तेषांte·ṣāṃ शिरःसुśi·raḥ·su हस्तान्has·tān आर्पयन्ār·pa·yan।

preritānāṁ samakṣam ānayan, tataste prārthanāṁ kṛtvā teṣāṁ śiraḥsu hastān ārpayan|

Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
7

अपरञ्चa·pa·rañ·ca ईश्वरस्यīś·va·ras·ya कथाka·thā देशंde·śaṃ व्याप्नोत्vyāp·not विशेषतोvi·śe·ṣa·to यिरूशालमिyi·rū·śā·la·mi नगरेna·ga·re शिष्याणांśiṣ·yā·ṇāṃ संख्याsaṃ·khyā प्रभूतरूपेणावर्द्धतpra·bhū·ta·rū·pe·ṇā·var·ddha·ta याजकानांyā·ja·kā·nāṃ मध्येपिmadh·ye·pi बहवःba·ha·vaḥ ख्रीष्टमतग्राहिणोऽभवन्khrīṣ·ṭa·ma·tag·rā·hi·ṇo·bha·van।

aparañca īśvarasya kathā deśaṁ vyāpnot viśeṣato yirūśālami nagare śiṣyāṇāṁ saṁkhyā prabhūtarūpeṇāvarddhata yājakānāṁ madhyepi bahavaḥ khrīṣṭamatagrāhiṇo'bhavan|

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
8

स्तिफानोेsti·phā·no·e विश्वासेनviś·vā·se·na पराक्रमेणpa·rāk·ra·me·ṇa चca परिपूर्णःpa·ri·pūr·ṇaḥ सन्san लोकानांlo·kā·nāṃ मध्येmadh·ye बहुविधम्ba·hu·vi·dham अद्भुतम्ad·bhu·tam आश्चर्य्यंāś·car·yaṃ कर्म्माकरोत्kar·mā·ka·rot।

stiphānoे viśvāsena parākrameṇa ca paripūrṇaḥ san lokānāṁ madhye bahuvidham adbhutam āścaryyaṁ karmmākarot|

And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
9

तेनte·na लिबर्त्तिनीयनाम्नाli·bar·ti·nī·ya·nām·nā विख्यातसङ्घस्यvikh·yā·ta·saṅ·ghas·ya कतिपयजनाःka·ti·pa·ya·ja·nāḥ कुरीणीयसिकन्दरीयku·rī·ṇī·ya·si·kan·da·rī·ya-किलिकीयाशीयादेशीयाःki·li·kī·yā·śī·yā·de·śī·yāḥ कियन्तोki·yan·to जनाश्चोत्थायja·nāś·cot·thā·ya स्तिफानेनsti·phā·ne·na सार्द्धंsār·ddhaṃ व्यवदन्तvya·va·dan·ta।

tena libarttinīyanāmnā vikhyātasaṅghasya katipayajanāḥ kurīṇīyasikandarīya-kilikīyāśīyādeśīyāḥ kiyanto janāścotthāya stiphānena sārddhaṁ vyavadanta|

Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
10

किन्तुkin·tu स्तिफानोsti·phā·no ज्ञानेनjñā·ne·na पवित्रेणात्मनाpa·vit·re·ṇāt·ma·nā चca ईदृशींī·dṛ·śīṃ कथांka·thāṃ कथितवान्ka·thi·ta·vān यस्यास्तेyas·yās·te आपत्तिंā·pat·tiṃ कर्त्तुंkar·tuṃ नाशक्नुवन्nā·śak·nu·van।

kintu stiphāno jñānena pavitreṇātmanā ca īdṛśīṁ kathāṁ kathitavān yasyāste āpattiṁ karttuṁ nāśaknuvan|

And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
11

पश्चात्paś·cāt तैtai र्लोभिताःrlo·bhi·tāḥ कतिपयजनाःka·ti·pa·ya·ja·nāḥ कथामेनाम्ka·thā·me·nām अकथयन्a·ka·tha·yan, वयंva·yaṃ तस्यtas·ya मुखतोmu·kha·to मूसाmū·sā ईश्वरस्यīś·va·ras·ya चca निन्दावाक्यम्nin·dā·vāk·yam अश्रौष्मaś·rauṣ·ma।

paścāt tai rlobhitāḥ katipayajanāḥ kathāmenām akathayan, vayaṁ tasya mukhato mūsā īśvarasya ca nindāvākyam aśrauṣma|

Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
12

तेte लोकानांlo·kā·nāṃ लोकप्राचीनानाम्lo·kap·rā·cī·nā·nām अध्यापकानाञ्चadh·yā·pa·kā·nāñ·ca प्रवृत्तिंpra·vṛt·tiṃ जनयित्वाja·na·yit·vā स्तिफानस्यsti·phā·nas·ya सन्निधिम्san·ni·dhim आगत्यā·gat·ya तंtaṃ धृत्वाdhṛt·vā महासभामध्यम्ma·hā·sa·bhā·madh·yam आनयन्ā·na·yan।

te lokānāṁ lokaprācīnānām adhyāpakānāñca pravṛttiṁ janayitvā stiphānasya sannidhim āgatya taṁ dhṛtvā mahāsabhāmadhyam ānayan|

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
13

तदनन्तरंta·da·nan·ta·raṃ कतिपयजनेषुka·ti·pa·ya·ja·ne·ṣu मिथ्यासाक्षिषुmith·yā·sāk·ṣi·ṣu समानीतेषुsa·mā·nī·te·ṣu तेऽकथयन्te·ka·tha·yan एषe·ṣa जनja·na एतत्पुण्यस्थानव्यवस्थयोe·tat·puṇ·yas·thā·nav·ya·vas·tha·yo र्निन्दातःrnin·dā·taḥ कदापिka·dā·pi नna निवर्त्ततेni·var·ta·te।

tadanantaraṁ katipayajaneṣu mithyāsākṣiṣu samānīteṣu te'kathayan eṣa jana etatpuṇyasthānavyavasthayo rnindātaḥ kadāpi na nivarttate|

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
14

फलतोpha·la·to नासरतीययीशुःnā·sa·ra·tī·ya·yī·śuḥ स्थानमेतद्sthā·na·me·tad उच्छिन्नंuc·chin·naṃ करिष्यतिka·riṣ·ya·ti मूसासमर्पितम्mū·sā·sa·mar·pi·tam अस्माकंas·mā·kaṃ व्यवहरणम्vya·va·ha·ra·ṇam अन्यरूपंan·ya·rū·paṃ करिष्यतिka·riṣ·ya·ti तस्यैतादृशींtas·yai·tā·dṛ·śīṃ कथांka·thāṃ वयम्va·yam अशृणुमa·śṛ·ṇu·ma।

phalato nāsaratīyayīśuḥ sthānametad ucchinnaṁ kariṣyati mūsāsamarpitam asmākaṁ vyavaharaṇam anyarūpaṁ kariṣyati tasyaitādṛśīṁ kathāṁ vayam aśṛṇuma|

For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
15

तदाta·dā महासभास्थाःma·hā·sa·bhās·thāḥ सर्व्वेsar·ve तंtaṃ प्रतिpra·ti स्थिरांsthi·rāṃ दृष्टिंdṛṣ·ṭiṃ कृत्वाkṛt·vā स्वर्गदूतमुखसदृशंsvar·ga·dū·ta·mu·kha·sa·dṛ·śaṃ तस्यtas·ya मुखम्mu·kham अपश्यन्a·paś·yan।

tadā mahāsabhāsthāḥ sarvve taṁ prati sthirāṁ dṛṣṭiṁ kṛtvā svargadūtamukhasadṛśaṁ tasya mukham apaśyan|

And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.