1 tadghaTanAtaH paraM paula AthInInagarAd yAtrAM kRtvA karinthanagaram Agacchat|
2 tasmin samayE klaudiyaH sarvvAn yihUdIyAn rOmAnagaraM vihAya gantum AjnjApayat, tasmAt priskillAnAmnA jAyayA sArddham itAliyAdEzAt kinjcitpUrvvam Agamat yaH pantadEzE jAta AkkilanAmA yihUdIyalOkaH paulastaM sAkSAt prApya tayOH samIpamitavAn|
3 tau dUSyanirmmANajIvinau, tasmAt parasparam EkavRttikatvAt sa tAbhyAM saha uSitvA tat karmmAkarOt|
4 paulaH prativizrAmavAraM bhajanabhavanaM gatvA vicAraM kRtvA yihUdIyAn anyadEzIyAMzca pravRttiM grAhitavAn|
5 sIlatImathiyayO rmAkidaniyAdEzAt samEtayOH satOH paula uttaptamanA bhUtvA yIzurIzvarENAbhiSiktO bhavatIti pramANaM yihUdIyAnAM samIpE prAdAt|
6 kintu tE 'tIva virOdhaM vidhAya pASaNPIyakathAM kathitavantastataH paulO vastraM dhunvan EtAM kathAM kathitavAn, yuSmAkaM zONitapAtAparAdhO yuSmAn pratyEva bhavatu, tEnAhaM niraparAdhO 'dyArabhya bhinnadEzIyAnAM samIpaM yAmi|
7 sa tasmAt prasthAya bhajanabhavanasamIpasthasya yustanAmna Izvarabhaktasya bhinnadEzIyasya nivEzanaM prAvizat|
8 tataH krISpanAmA bhajanabhavanAdhipatiH saparivAraH prabhau vyazvasIt, karinthanagarIyA bahavO lOkAzca samAkarNya vizvasya majjitA abhavan|
9 kSaNadAyAM prabhuH paulaM darzanaM datvA bhASitavAn, mA bhaiSIH, mA nirasIH kathAM pracAraya|
10 ahaM tvayA sArddham Asa hiMsArthaM kOpi tvAM spraSTuM na zakSyati nagarE’smin madIyA lOkA bahava AsatE|
11 tasmAt paulastannagarE prAyENa sArddhavatsaraparyyantaM saMsthAyEzvarasya kathAm upAdizat|