Judges 3
1 ಕಾನಾನ್‌ದೇಶದ ಸಕಲ ಯುದ್ಧಗಳನ್ನು ಅರಿಯದೆ ಇದ್ದ ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್ಯರನ್ನು ಪರೀಕ್ಷಿ ಸುವದಕ್ಕೂ
2 ಮೊದಲು ಯುದ್ಧವನ್ನು ಅರಿಯದೆ ಇದ್ದ ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್‌ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಸಂತತಿಗಳವರು ಅದನ್ನು ಕೂಡ ಕಲಿತುಕೊಳ್ಳುವದಕ್ಕೂ ಕರ್ತನು ಉಳಿಸಿದ ಅನ್ಯಜನಾಂಗಗಳು ಯಾವವಂದರೆ:
3 ಐದುಮಂದಿ ಪಿಲಿಷ್ಟಿಯರ ಅಧಿಪತಿಗಳೂ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಕಾನಾನ್ಯರೂ ಚೀದೋನ್ಯರೂ ಬಾಳ್‌ಹೆರ್ಮೊನಿನಿಂದ ಹಮಾತಿನ ಪ್ರವೇಶದ ವರೆಗೂ ಲೆಬನೋನಿನ ಬೆಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸವಾ ಗಿರುವ ಹಿವ್ವಿಯರೂ.
4 ಇವರನ್ನು ಕರ್ತನು ಮೋಶೆಯ ಮುಖಾಂತರವಾಗಿ ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್ಯರ ತಂದೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಆಜ್ಞಾ ಪಿಸಿದ ಆಜ್ಞೆಗಳನ್ನು ಅವರು ಕೇಳುವರೋ ಇಲ್ಲವೋ ಎಂದು ಇವರಿಂದ ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್ಯರನ್ನು ಪರೀಕ್ಷಿಸುವ ದಕ್ಕೆ ಉಳಿಸಿಬಿಟ್ಟನು.
5 ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್‌ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಕಾನಾನ್ಯರ, ಹಿತ್ತಿಯರ, ಅಮೋರಿಯರ, ಪೆರಿಜ್ಜೀಯರ, ಹಿವ್ವಿಯರ, ಯೆಬೂಸಿಯರ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸವಾಗಿದ್ದು
6 ಅವರ ಕುಮಾರ್ತೆಯರನ್ನು ತಾವು ಹೆಂಡತಿಯರ ನ್ನಾಗಿ ತಕ್ಕೊಂಡು ತಮ್ಮ ಕುಮಾರ್ತೆಯರನ್ನು ಅವರ ಕುಮಾರರಿಗೆ ಮದುವೆ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಟ್ಟು ಅವರ ದೇವರು ಗಳನ್ನು ಸೇವಿಸಿದರು.
7 ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್‌ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಕರ್ತನ ಮುಂದೆ ಕೆಟ್ಟತನ ಮಾಡಿ ತಮ್ಮ ದೇವರಾದ ಕರ್ತನನ್ನು ಮರೆತು ಬಾಳ ನನ್ನೂ ತೋಪುಗಳನ್ನೂ ಸೇವಿಸಿದರು.
8 ಆದದರಿಂದ ಕರ್ತನು ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್ಯರ ಮೇಲೆ ಕೋಪಗೊಂಡು ಅವರನ್ನು ಮೆಸೊಪೋತಾಮ್ಯದ ಅರಸನಾದ ಕೂಷನ್‌ ರಿಷಾತಯಿಮ್‌ ಕೈಗೆ ಮಾರಿಬಿಟ್ಟನು. ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್‌ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಕೂಷನ್‌ರಿಷಾತಯಿಮ್‌ನ್ನು ಎಂಟು ವರುಷ ಸೇವಿಸಿದರು.
9 ತರುವಾಯ ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್‌ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಕರ್ತನನ್ನು ಕೂಗಿದಾಗ ಕರ್ತನು ಅವರನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸುವ ರಕ್ಷಕನನ್ನು ಅಂದರೆ ಕಾಲೇಬನ ತಮ್ಮನಾದ ಕೆನಜನ ಮಗನಾದ ಒತ್ನೀಯೇಲನನ್ನು ಎಬ್ಬಿಸಿದನು.
10 ಅವನ ಮೇಲೆ ಕರ್ತನ ಆತ್ಮವು ಬಂದದ್ದರಿಂದ ಅವನು ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್ಯರಿಗೆ ನ್ಯಾಯತೀರಿಸಿದನು. ಯುದ್ಧಮಾಡು ವದಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊರಟಾಗ ಕರ್ತನು ಅವನ ಕೈಗೆ ಮೆಸೊ ಪೊತಾಮ್ಯದ ಅರಸನಾದ ಕೂಷನ್‌ರಿಷಾತಮನ್ನು ಒಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಟ್ಟನು. ಅವನ ಕೈ ಕೂಷನ್‌ರಿಷಾತಯಿಮಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಬಲವಾಯಿತು.
11 ದೇಶವು ನಾಲ್ವತ್ತು ವರುಷದ ವರೆಗೆ ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿಯಿಂದಿತ್ತು. ಕೆನಜನ ಮಗನಾದ ಒತ್ನೀಯೇಲನು ಸತ್ತನು.
12 ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್‌ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಕರ್ತನ ಮುಂದೆ ತಿರಿಗಿ ಕೆಟ್ಟತನ ಮಾಡಿದರು. ಅವರು ಕರ್ತನ ಮುಂದೆ ಕೆಟ್ಟತನ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದರಿಂದ ಕರ್ತನು ಮೋವಾಬ್ಯರ ಅರಸನಾದ ಎಗ್ಲೋನನನ್ನು ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲಿಗೆ ವಿರೋಧವಾಗಿ ಬಲ ಪಡಿಸಿದನು.
13 ಅವನು ಅಮ್ಮೋನನ ಮತ್ತು ಅಮಾಲೇ ಕ್ಯನ ಮಕ್ಕಳನ್ನು ಕೂಡಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಬಂದು ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್ಯ ರನ್ನು ಹೊಡೆದು ಖರ್ಜೂರ ಗಿಡದ ಪಟ್ಟಣವನ್ನು ಸ್ವಾಧೀನಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡನು.
14 ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್‌ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಮೊವಾಬ್ಯರ ಅರಸನಾದ ಎಗ್ಲೋನನನ್ನು ಹದಿನೆಂಟು ವರುಷ ಸೇವಿಸಿದರು.
15 ಆದರೆ ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್‌ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಕರ್ತನನ್ನು ಕೂಗಿದಾಗ ಕರ್ತನು ಅವರಿಗೆ ಬೆನ್ಯಾವಿಾನ ನಾದ ಗೇರನ ಮಗನಾದ ಏಹೂದನನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸುವದಕ್ಕೆ ಎಬ್ಬಿಸಿದನು. ಅವನು ಎಡಗೈಯವನಾಗಿದ್ದನು. ಅವನ ಕೈಯಿಂದ ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್‌ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಮೋವಾಬಿನ ಅರಸನಾದ ಎಗ್ಲೋನನಿಗೆ ಕಾಣಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಕಳುಹಿಸಿ ದರು.
16 ಏಹೂದನು ಇಬ್ಬಾಯಿಯ ಒಂದು ಮೊಳ ಉದ್ದವಾದ ಒಂದು ಕಠಾರಿಯನ್ನು ತನಗೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಕೊಂಡು ಅದನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ವಸ್ತ್ರದ ಕೆಳಗೆ ತನ್ನ ಬಲಗಡೆ ತೊಡೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಟ್ಟಿಕೊಂಡು
17 ಕಾಣಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಮೋವಾ ಬಿನ ಅರಸನಾದ ಎಗ್ಲೋನನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ತಂದನು. ಎಗ್ಲೋನನು ಬಹು ಕೊಬ್ಬಿದವನಾಗಿದ್ದನು.
18 ಅವನು ಕಾಣಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಕೊಟ್ಟು ತೀರಿಸಿದಾಗ ಕಾಣಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊತ್ತುಕೊಂಡು ಬಂದ ಜನರನ್ನು ಕಳುಹಿಸಿ ಬಿಟ್ಟು
19 ತಾನು ಗಿಲ್ಗಾಲಿನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಕಲ್ಲುಗುಣಿಯ ಸ್ಥಳದಿಂದ ಹಿಂದಕ್ಕೆ ತಿರುಗಿ ಅವನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಬಂದು--ಓ ಅರಸೇ, ನಿನಗೆ ಹೇಳತಕ್ಕ ರಹಸ್ಯವಾದ ಒಂದು ಮಾತು ಅದೆ ಅಂದನು. ಅವನು--ಸುಮ್ಮನಿರ್ರಿ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದಾಗ ಅವನ ಬಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂತವರೆಲ್ಲರು ಅವನನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಹೊರಗೆಹೋದರು.
20 ಅವನು ತನಗೋಸ್ಕರ ಮಾತ್ರ ಇದ್ದ ಬೇಸಿಗೆಯ ಕೊಠಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತಾಗ ಏಹೂದನು ಅವನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿ--ನಿನ್ನ ಸಂಗಡ ಹೇಳಬೇಕಾದ ದೇವರ ಸಂದೇಶ ನನಗದೆ ಅಂದನು. ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ಗದ್ದುಗೆಯಿಂದ ಎದ್ದನು.
21 ಏಹೂದನು ತನ್ನ ಎಡಗೈ ಯನ್ನು ಚಾಚಿ ತನ್ನ ಬಲಗಡೆ ತೊಡೆಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಕಠಾರಿ ಯನ್ನು ತಕ್ಕೊಂಡು ಅವನ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತಿವಿದನು.
22 ಅದು ಅಲಗೂ ಹಿಡಿಯೂ ಅವನ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಕ್ಕು ಕಿತ್ತು ತೆಗೆಯ ಕೂಡದ ಹಾಗೆ ಕೊಬ್ಬು ಅಲಗನ್ನು ಸುತ್ತಿಕೊಂಡಿತು.
23 ಆದದರಿಂದ ಮಲವು ಹೊರಟಿತು. ಆಗ ಏಹೂದನು ಕೊಠಡಿಯ ಬಾಗಲನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಹಿಂಭಾಗವಾಗಿ ಮುಚ್ಚಿ ಬೀಗವನ್ನುಹಾಕಿ ದ್ವಾರಾಂಗಳ ದಿಂದ ಹೊರಟುಹೋದನು.
24 ಅವನು ಹೋದ ತರುವಾಯ ಸೇವಕರು ಕೊಠಡಿಯ ಬಾಗಲು ಮುಚ್ಚಲ್ಪ ಟ್ಟಿರುವದನ್ನು ಕಂಡಾಗ--ಅರಸನು ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ತನ್ನ ಬೇಸಿಗೆಯ ಕೊಠಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳು ತ್ತಿದ್ದಾನೆಂದು ಅಂದುಕೊಂಡು
25 ಅವರು ತಮಗೆ ನಾಚಿಕೆ ಯಾಗುವ ಮಟ್ಟಿಗೂ ಕಾದಿದ್ದರು. ಆದರೆ ಇಗೋ, ಅವನು ಕೊಠಡಿಯ ಬಾಗಿಲನ್ನು ತೆರೆಯದೆ ಇದ್ದದರಿಂದ ಅವರು ಬೀಗದ ಕೈಯನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಬಾಗಲನ್ನು ತೆರೆದರು, ಇಗೋ, ಅವರ ಪ್ರಭುವು ನೆಲದ ಮೇಲೆ ಸತ್ತು ಬಿದ್ದಿದ್ದನು.
26 ಆದರೆ ಅವರು ಆಲಸ್ಯಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರು ವಾಗ ಏಹೂದನು ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಕಲ್ಲುಗಣಿಗಳನ್ನು ದಾಟಿ ಸೆಯಾರಾವನ್ನು ಸೇರಿ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಂಡನು.
27 ಅವನು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದಾಗ ಎಫ್ರಾಯಾಮಿನ ಬೆಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ತುತೂರಿಯನ್ನು ಊದಿದನು. ಆಗ ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್‌ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಅವನ ಸಂಗಡ ಬೆಟ್ಟದಿಂದ ಇಳಿದರು; ಅವನು ಇವರ ಮುಂದೆ ನಡೆದು
28 ಅವರ ಸಂಗಡ--ನೀವು ನನ್ನ ಹಿಂದೆ ಬನ್ನಿರಿ; ಕರ್ತನು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಶತ್ರುಗಳಾದ ಮೋವಾಬ್ಯರನ್ನು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಟ್ಟನು ಎಂದು ಅಂದನು. ಅವರು ಅವನ ಹಿಂದೆ ಬಂದು ಮೋವಾಬ್ಯ ರಿಗೆ ಎದುರಾದ ಯೊರ್ದನಿನ ರೇವುಗಳನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದು ಒಬ್ಬರನ್ನಾದರೂ ದಾಟಗೊಡದೆ
29 ಮೋವಾಬ್ಯರಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಹತ್ತು ಸಾವಿರ ಜನರನ್ನು ಹತಮಾಡಿದರು. ಅವರೆಲ್ಲರು ಕೊಬ್ಬಿನವರೂ ಪರಾಕ್ರಮಿಗಳೂ ಆಗಿ ದ್ದರು. ಅವರಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬ್ಬನಾದರೂ ತಪ್ಪಿಹೋದದ್ದಿಲ್ಲ.
30 ಹೀಗೆ ಆ ದಿನದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೋವಾಬ್‌ ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲಿನ ಕೈಕೆಳಗೆ ತಗ್ಗಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿತು; ದೇಶವು ಎಂಭತ್ತು ವರುಷ ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿಗೊಂಡಿತು.
31 ಅವನ ತರುವಾಯ ಅನಾತನ ಮಗನಾದ ಶಮ್ಗರನು ಎದ್ದನು. ಅವನು ಫಿಲಿಷ್ಟಿಯರಲ್ಲಿ ಆರು ನೂರು ಮನುಷ್ಯರನ್ನು ಎತ್ತಿನ ಮುಳ್ಳುಗೋಲಿನಿಂದ ಹತಮಾಡಿದನು. ಅವನು ಸಹ ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್ಯರನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸಿದನು.
1 Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
8 Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
10 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the Lord delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim.
11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord.
13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the Lord hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
Acts 25 in Tamil and English
1 ફેસ્તુસ હાકેમ બન્યો, અને ત્રણ દિવસ પછી તે કૈસરિયાથી યરૂશાલેમ ગયો.
Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
2 મુખ્ય યાજક અને મહત્વના યહૂદિ આગેવાનોએ ફેસ્તુસની આગળ પાઉલની વિરૂદ્ધ આક્ષેપો મૂક્યા.
Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
3 તેઓએ ફેસ્તુસને તેઓના માટે કંઈક કરવા કહ્યું. તે યહૂદિઓ ઇચ્છતા હતા કે ફેસ્તુસ પાઉલને પાછો યરૂશાલેમ મોકલે. તેઓ પાસે પાઉલને રસ્તામાં જ મારી નાખવાની યોજના હતી.
And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
4 પરંતુ ફેસ્તુસે જવાબ આપ્યો, “ના! પાઉલને કૈસરિયામાં રાખવામાં આવશે. હું જલદીથી મારી જાતે કૈસરિયા જઈશ.
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.
5 તમારા કેટલાએક આગેવાનોએ મારી સાથે જવું જોઈએ. જો તેણે ખરેખર કંઈક ખોટું કર્યું હોય તો તેઓ ત્યાં કૈસરિયામાં તે માણસ વિરૂદ્ધ તહોમત મૂકી શકે છે.’
Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
6 ફેસ્તુસ યરૂશાલેમમાં આઠ કે દસ દિવસો રહ્યો. પછી તે કૈસરિયા પાછો ગયો. બીજે દિવસે ફેસ્તુસે સૈનિકોને તેની આગળ પાઉલને લાવવા માટે કહ્યું. ફેસ્તુસ ન્યાયાસન પર બેઠો હતો.
And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
7 પાઉલ ઓરડામાં આવ્યો હતો. જે યહૂદિઓ યરૂશાલેમથી આવ્યાં હતા તેઓ તેની આજુબાજુ ઊભા, ઘણા ગંભીર આક્ષેપો તેની વિરૂદ્ધ મૂક્યા. પણ તેઓ આમાંનું કશું પણ સાબિત કરી શક્યા નહિ.
And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
8 પાઉલે પોતાના બચાવ માટે જે કહ્યું તે આ છે. “મેં યહૂદિઓના નિયમ વિરૂદ્ધ, મંદિર વિરૂદ્ધ કે કૈસર વિરૂદ્ધ કશું ખોટું કર્યુ નથી.”
While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.
9 પરંતુ ફેસ્તસની ઈચ્છા યહૂદિઓને ખુશ કરવાની હતી. તેથી તેણે પાઉલને પૂછયું, “તારી ઈચ્છા યરૂશાલેમ જવાની છે? તું ઇચ્છે છેકે હું ત્યાં આ તહોમતો વિષે તારો ન્યાય કરું?”
But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
10 પાઉલે કહ્યું, “હમણાં હું કૈસરના ન્યાયાસન આગળ ઊભો છું. જ્યાં મારો ન્યાય થવો જોઈએ તે જ જગ્યા આ છે. મેં યહૂદિઓનું કશું ખોટું કર્યુ નથી. તમે જાણો છો આ સાચું છે.
Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
11 જો કાયદો કહેતો હોય કે મારે મરી જવું જોઈએ, તો હું મરવા માટે સંમત છું. હું મૃત્યુમાંથી બચવા માટે કહેતો નથી. પણ જો આ તહોમતો સાચા ના હોય તો પછી મને કોઈ વ્યક્તિ આ યહૂદિઓને હવાલે કરી શકે નહિ, ના! હું મારો કેસ કૈસર સાંભળે એમ ઈચ્છું છું!”
For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
12 ફેસ્તુસે આ બાબત વિષે તેના સલાહકારો સાથે વાત કરી. પછી તેણે કહ્યું, “તેથી તુ કૈસર પાસે જા અને તેને મળ!”
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.
13 થોડા દિવસો પછી અગ્રીપા રાજા અને બરનિકા ફેસ્તુસની મુલાકાતે કૈસરિયા આવ્યા.
And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.
14 તેઓ ત્યાં ઘણા દિવસો રહ્યા. ફેસ્તુસે રાજાને પાઉલ સંબંધી કહ્યું, “ત્યાં એક માણસ છે જેને ફેલિકસે કારાવાસમાં પૂર્યો છે.
And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul’s cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:
15 જ્યારે હું યરૂશાલેમ ગયો ત્યારે મુખ્ય યાજકોએ તથા યહૂદિઓના વડીલોએ ત્યાં તેની વિરૂદ્ધ તહોમતો મૂક્યા. આ યહૂદિઓ મને તેના મૃત્યુનો હૂકમ કરવા ઇચ્છતા હતા.
About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.
16 પરંતુ મેં જવાબ આપ્યો. “જ્યારે કોઈ માણસ પર કંઈક ખોટું કરવાના તહોમતો મૂકવામાં આવે તો રોમનો બીજા લોકોને તે માણસનો ન્યાય કરવા માટે આપતા ન હતા. પ્રથમ તે માણસને જે માણસોએ તેની સામે ફરિયાદ કરી હોય તેનો સામનો કરવાની તક આપવી જોઈએ. અને તેને તેઓએ તેની વિરૂદ્ધ કરેલી ફરિયાદોનો બચાવ તેની જાતે કરવાની પરવાનગી પણ આપવી જોઈએ.
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
17 “તેથી આ યહૂદિઓ અહીં કૈસરિયા ન્યાય માટે આવ્યા. અને મેં સમય ગુમાવ્યો નહિ. બીજે દિવસે હું ન્યાયાસનની બેઠક પર બેઠો અને હુકમ કર્યો કે તે માણસને અંદર લાવવામાં આવે .
Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.
18 યહૂદિઓ ઊભા થયા અને તેની સામે તહોમત મૂક્યું. પણ યહૂદિઓએ કોઇ ખરાબ ગુનાઓ વિષે ફરિયાદ કરી નહિ. હું ધારતો હતો કે તેઓ કરશે.
Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:
19 તેઓએ જે વાતો કહી, તે તેઓના પોતાના ધર્મ અને ઈસુ નામના માણસ વિષે હતી. ઈસુ મૃત્યુ પામ્યો છે છતાં પાઉલે દાવો કર્યો કે તે હજુય જીવે છે.
But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
20 હું આ બાબત વિષે વધું જાણતો ન હતો. તેથી મેં પ્રશ્રો પૂછયા નહિ. પણ મેં પાઉલને પૂછયું, “તારી ઈચ્છા યરૂશાલેમમાં જઈને આ બાબતમાં ન્યાય કરવાની છે?’
And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.
21 પણ પાઉલે કૈસરિયામાં જ રાખવા માટે કહ્યું. તે પાદશાહ પાસેથી નિર્ણય ઇચ્છે છે. તેથી મેં હુકમ કર્યો કે જ્યાં સુધી હું તેને રોમમાં કૈસર પાસે ન મોકલી શકું ત્યાં સુધી તેને કેદમાં રાખવો.”
But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.
22 અગ્રીપાએ ફેસ્તુસને કહ્યું, “આ માણસને સાંભળવો મને પણ ગમશે.”ફેસ્તુસે કહ્યું, “આવતીકાલે તું એને સાંભળી શકીશ!”
Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
23 બીજે દિવસે અગ્રીપા અને બરનિકા દેખાયા. તેઓ ઘણા મહત્વના લોકો હોય તે રીતે વસ્ત્રો પરિધાન કરીને દબદબાથી ર્વત્યા. અગ્રીપા અને બરનિકા લશ્કરના અધિકારીઓ અને કૈસરિયાના મહત્વના લોકો ન્યાયાલય ખંડમાં ગયા. ફેસ્તુસે પાઉલને અંદર લાવવા સૈનિકોને હુકમ કર્યો.
And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment Paul was brought forth.
24 ફેસ્તુસે કહ્યું, “રાજા અગ્રીપા અને તમે બધા લોકો અહી અમારી સાથે ભેગા થયા છો, તમે આ માણસને જુઓ છો. યરૂશાલેમના તથા અહીંના આ બધા યહૂદિ લોકોએ મને તેના વિષે ફરિયાદ કરી છે. જ્યારે તેઓએ તેના વિષે ફરિયાદ કરી ત્યારે તેઓએ પોકાર કર્યો કે, તેને મારી નાખવો જોઈએ.
And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
25 મેં જ્યારે તેનો ન્યાય કર્યો. મને કંઈ ખોટું જણાયું નહી, મને તેને મોતનો હુકમ કરવા કોઈ કારણ જણાયું નહિ. પણ તેણે તેની જાણ તેની જાતે કરવા કહ્યું કે તેનો ન્યાય કૈસર વડે થવો જોઈએ. તેથી મેં તેને રોમ મોકલવાનો નિર્ણય કર્યો.
But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
26 પણ મારી પાસે તેની વિરૂદ્ધ કૈસરને લખવા માટે કોઇ ચોક્કસ બાબત ન હતી તેથી હું તમારા બધાની આગળ ખાસ કરીને રાજા અગ્રીપા પાસે લાવ્યો છું. કારણ કે તેણે કંઈ ખોટું કર્યુ નથી. હું આશા રાખું છું કે તું તેને પ્રશ્ર કર અને મને કૈસરને કંઈક લખવા દે.
Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
27 હું વિચારું છું કે બંદીવાનને કૈસર પાસે તેની વિરૂદ્ધ કોઇ જાતના આરોપો દર્શાવ્યા વિના મોકલવો તે મૂર્ખતા છે. મને એ અયોગ્ય લાગે છે.”
For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.