அப்போஸ்தலர் 8:5-25

5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

8 And there was great joy in that city.

9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.

14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.

24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

1 और यहोवा का दूत गिलगाल से बोकीम को जा कर कहने लगा, कि मैं ने तुम को मिस्र से ले आकर इस देश में पहुंचाया है, जिसके विषय में मैं ने तुम्हारे पुरखाओं से शपथ खाई थी। और मैं ने कहा था, कि जो वाचा मैं ने तुम से बान्धी है, उसे मैं कभी न तोडूंगा;
And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.

2 इसलिये तुम इस देश के निवासियों वाचा न बान्धना; तुम उनकी वेदियों को ढा देना। परन्तु तुम ने मेरी बात नहीं मानी। तुम ने ऐसा क्यों किया है?
And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?

3 इसलिये मैं कहता हूं, कि मैं उन लोगों को तुम्हारे साम्हने से न निकालूंगा; और वे तुम्हारे पांजर में कांटे, और उनके देवता तुम्हारे लिये फंदे ठहरेंगे।
Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

4 जब यहोवा के दूत ने सारे इस्राएलियों से ये बातें कहीं, तब वे लोग चिल्ला चिल्लाकर रोने लगे।
And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

5 और उन्होंने उस स्थान का नाम बोकीम रखा। और वहां उन्होंने यहोवा के लिये बलि चढ़ाया॥
And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.

6 जब यहोशू ने लोगों को विदा किया था, तब इस्राएली देश को अपने अधिकार में कर लेने के लिये अपने अपने निज भाग पर गए।
And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

7 और यहोशू के जीवन भर, और उन वृद्ध लोगों के जीवन भर जो यहोशू के मरने के बाद जीवित रहे और देख चुके थे कि यहोवा ने इस्राएल के लिये कैसे कैसे बड़े काम किए हैं, इस्राएली लोग यहोवा की सेवा करते रहे।
And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel.

8 निदान यहोवा का दास नून का पुत्र यहोशू एक सौ दस वर्ष का हो कर मर गया।
And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

9 और उसको तिम्नथेरेस में जो एप्रैम के पहाड़ी देश में गाश नाम पहाड़ की उत्तर अलंग पर है, उसी के भाग में मिट्टी दी गई।
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.

10 और उस पीढ़ी के सब लोग भी अपने अपने पितरों में मिल गए; तब उसके बाद जो दूसरी पीढ़ी हुई उसके लोग न तो यहोवा को जानते थे और न उस काम को जो उसने इस्राएल के लिये किया था॥
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

11 इसलिये इस्राएली वह करने लगे जो यहोवा की दृष्टि में बुरा है, और बाल नाम देवताओं की उपासना करने लगे;
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim:

12 वे अपने पूर्वजों के परमेश्वर यहोवा को, जो उन्हें मिस्र देश से निकाल लाया था, त्यागकर पराये देवताओं की उपासना करने लगे, और उन्हें दण्डवत किया; और यहोवा को रिस दिलाई।
And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger.

13 वे यहोवा को त्याग कर के बाल देवताओं और अशतोरेत देवियों की उपासना करने लगे।
And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

14 इसलिये यहोवा का कोप इस्राएलियों पर भड़क उठा, और उसने उन को लुटेरों के हाथ में कर दिया जो उन्हें लूटने लगे; और उसने उन को चारों ओर के शत्रुओं के आधीन कर दिया; और वे फिर अपने शत्रुओं के साम्हने ठहर न सके।
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

15 जहां कहीं वे बाहर जाते वहां यहोवा का हाथ उनकी बुराई में लगा रहता था, जैसे यहोवा ने उन से कहा था, वरन यहोवा ने शपथ खाई थी; इस प्रकार से बड़े संकट में पड़ गए।
Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

16 तौभी यहोवा उनके लिये न्यायी ठहराता था जो उन्हें लूटने वाले के हाथ से छुड़ाते थे।
Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

17 परन्तु वे अपने न्यायियों की भी नहीं मानते थे; वरन व्यभिचारिन की नाईं पराये देवताओं के पीछे चलते और उन्हें दण्डवत करते थे; उनके पूर्वज जो यहोवा की आज्ञाएं मानते थे, उनकी उस लीक को उन्होंने शीघ्र ही छोड़ दिया, और उनके अनुसार न किया।
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.

18 और जब जब यहोवा उनके लिये न्यायी को ठहराता तब तब वह उस न्यायी के संग रहकर उसके जीवन भर उन्हें शत्रुओं के हाथ से छुड़ाता था; क्योंकि यहोवा उनका कराहना जो अन्धेर और उपद्रव करने वालों के कारण होता था सुनकर दु:खी था।
And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

19 परन्तु जब न्यायी मर जाता, तब वे फिर पराये देवताओं के पीछे चलकर उनकी उपासना करते, और उन्हें दण्डवत करके अपने पुरखाओं से अधिक बिगड़ जाते थे; और अपने बुरे कामों और हठीली चाल को नहीं छोड़ते थे।
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

20 इसलिये यहोवा का कोप इस्राएल पर भड़क उठा; और उसने कहा, इस जाति ने उस वाचा को जो मैं ने उनके पूर्वजों से बान्धी थी तोड़ दिया, और मेरी बात नहीं मानी,
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;

21 इस कारण जिन जातियों को यहोशू मरते समय छोड़ गया है उन में से मैं अब किसी को उनके साम्हने से न निकालूंगा;
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:

22 जिस से उनके द्वारा मैं इस्राएलियों की परीक्षा करूं, कि जैसे उनके पूर्वज मेरे मार्ग पर चलते थे वैसे ही ये भी चलेंगे कि नहीं।
That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

23 इसलिये यहोवा ने उन जातियों को एकाएक न निकाला, वरन रहने दिया, और उसने उन्हें यहोशू के हाथ में भी उन को न सौंपा था॥
Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.