Atos 2

14 tadA pitara ekAdazabhi rjanaiH sAkaM tiSThan tAllokAn uccaiHkAram avadat, he yihUdIyA he yirUzAlamnivAsinaH sarvve, avadhAnaM kRtvA madIyavAkyaM budhyadhvaM|

15 idAnIm ekayAmAd adhikA velA nAsti tasmAd yUyaM yad anumAtha mAnavA ime madyapAnena mattAstanna|

16 kintu yoyelbhaviSyadvaktraitadvAkyamuktaM yathA,

17 IzvaraH kathayAmAsa yugAntasamaye tvaham| varSiSyAmi svamAtmAnaM sarvvaprANyupari dhruvam| bhAvivAkyaM vadiSyanti kanyAH putrAzca vastutaH|pratyAdezaJca prApsyanti yuSmAkaM yuvamAnavAH| tathA prAcInalokAstu svapnAn drakSyanti nizcitaM|

18 varSiSyAmi tadAtmAnaM dAsadAsIjanopiri| tenaiva bhAvivAkyaM te vadiSyanti hi sarvvazaH|

19 Urddhvasthe gagaNe caiva nIcasthe pRthivItale| zoNitAni bRhadbhAnUn ghanadhUmAdikAni ca| cihnAni darzayiSyAmi mahAzcaryyakriyAstathA|

20 mahAbhayAnakasyaiva taddinasya parezituH| purAgamAd raviH kRSNo raktazcandro bhaviSyataH|

21 kintu yaH paramezasya nAmni samprArthayiSyate| saeva manujo nUnaM paritrAto bhaviSyati||

22 ato he isrAyelvaMzIyalokAH sarvve kathAyAmetasyAm mano nidhaddhvaM nAsaratIyo yIzurIzvarasya manonItaH pumAn etad IzvarastatkRtairAzcaryyAdbhutakarmmabhi rlakSaNaizca yuSmAkaM sAkSAdeva pratipAditavAn iti yUyaM jAnItha|

23 tasmin yIzau Izvarasya pUrvvanizcitamantraNAnirUpaNAnusAreNa mRtyau samarpite sati yUyaM taM dhRtvA duSTalokAnAM hastaiH kruze vidhitvAhata|

24 kintvIzvarastaM nidhanasya bandhanAnmocayitvA udasthApayat yataH sa mRtyunA baddhastiSThatIti na sambhavati|

25 etastin dAyUdapi kathitavAn yathA, sarvvadA mama sAkSAttaM sthApaya paramezvaraM| sthite maddakSiNe tasmin skhaliSyAmi tvahaM nahi|

26 AnandiSyati taddheto rmAmakInaM manastu vai| AhlAdiSyati jihvApi madIyA tu tathaiva ca| pratyAzayA zarIrantu madIyaM vaizayiSyate|

27 paraloke yato hetostvaM mAM naiva hi tyakSyasi| svakIyaM puNyavantaM tvaM kSayituM naiva dAsyasi| evaM jIvanamArgaM tvaM mAmeva darzayiSyasi|

28 svasammukhe ya Anando dakSiNe svasya yat sukhaM| anantaM tena mAM pUrNaM kariSyasi na saMzayaH||

29 he bhrAtaro’smAkaM tasya pUrvvapuruSasya dAyUdaH kathAM spaSTaM kathayituM mAm anumanyadhvaM, sa prANAn tyaktvA zmazAne sthApitobhavad adyApi tat zmazAnam asmAkaM sannidhau vidyate|

30 phalato laukikabhAvena dAyUdo vaMze khrISTaM janma grAhayitvA tasyaiva siMhAsane samuveSTuM tamutthApayiSyati paramezvaraH zapathaM kutvA dAyUdaH samIpa imam aGgIkAraM kRtavAn,

31 iti jJAtvA dAyUd bhaviSyadvAdI san bhaviSyatkAlIyajJAnena khrISTotthAne kathAmimAM kathayAmAsa yathA tasyAtmA paraloke na tyakSyate tasya zarIraJca na kSeSyati;

32 ataH paramezvara enaM yIzuM zmazAnAd udasthApayat tatra vayaM sarvve sAkSiNa Asmahe|

33 sa Izvarasya dakSiNakareNonnatiM prApya pavitra Atmina pitA yamaGgIkAraM kRtavAn tasya phalaM prApya yat pazyatha zRNutha ca tadavarSat|

34 yato dAyUd svargaM nAruroha kintu svayam imAM kathAm akathayad yathA, mama prabhumidaM vAkyamavadat paramezvaraH|

35 tava zatrUnahaM yAvat pAdapIThaM karomi na| tAvat kAlaM madIye tvaM dakSavArzva upAviza|

36 ato yaM yIzuM yUyaM kruze’hata paramezvarastaM prabhutvAbhiSiktatvapade nyayuMkteti isrAyelIyA lokA nizcitaM jAnantu|

37 etAdRzIM kathAM zrutvA teSAM hRdayAnAM vidIrNatvAt te pitarAya tadanyapreritebhyazca kathitavantaH, he bhrAtRgaNa vayaM kiM kariSyAmaH?

38 tataH pitaraH pratyavadad yUyaM sarvve svaM svaM manaH parivarttayadhvaM tathA pApamocanArthaM yIzukhrISTasya nAmnA majjitAzca bhavata, tasmAd dAnarUpaM paritram AtmAnaM lapsyatha|

39 yato yuSmAkaM yuSmatsantAnAnAJca dUrasthasarvvalokAnAJca nimittam arthAd asmAkaM prabhuH paramezvaro yAvato lAkAn AhvAsyati teSAM sarvveSAM nimittam ayamaGgIkAra Aste|

40 etadanyAbhi rbahukathAbhiH pramANaM datvAkathayat etebhyo vipathagAmibhyo varttamAnalokebhyaH svAn rakSata|

41 tataH paraM ye sAnandAstAM kathAm agRhlan te majjitA abhavan| tasmin divase prAyeNa trINi sahasrANi lokAsteSAM sapakSAH santaH