lūkaḥ 23
1 tataḥ sabhāsthāḥ sarvvalokā utthāya taṁ pīlātasammukhaṁ nītvāprodya vaktumārebhire,
Then they all rose in a body and led Jesus before Pilate.
2 svamabhiṣiktaṁ rājānaṁ vadantaṁ kaimararājāya karadānaṁ niṣedhantaṁ rājyaviparyyayaṁ kurttuṁ pravarttamānam ena prāptā vayaṁ|
And they began to accuse him, ‘This is a man whom we found misleading our people, preventing them from paying taxes to the Emperor, and giving out that he himself is “Christ, a king.”’
3 tadā pīlātastaṁ pṛṣṭavān tvaṁ kiṁ yihūdīyānāṁ rājā? sa pratyuvāca tvaṁ satyamuktavān|
‘Are you the king of the Jews?’ Pilate asked him. ‘It is true,’ replied Jesus.
4 tadā pīlātaḥ pradhānayājakādilokān jagād, ahametasya kamapyaparādhaṁ nāptavān|
But Pilate, turning to the chief priests and the people, said, ‘I do not see anything to find fault with in this man.’
5 tataste punaḥ sāhamino bhūtvāvadan, eṣa gālīla etatsthānaparyyante sarvvasmin yihūdādeśe sarvvāllokānupadiśya kupravṛttiṁ grāhītavān|
But they insisted, ‘He is stirring up the people by his teaching all through Judea; he began with Galilee and has now come here.’
6 tadā pīlāto gālīlapradeśasya nāma śrutvā papraccha, kimayaṁ gālīlīyo lokaḥ?
Hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean;
7 tataḥ sa gālīlpradeśīyaherodrājasya tadā sthitestasya samīpe yīśuṁ preṣayāmāsa|
and, having satisfied himself that Jesus came under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who also was at Jerusalem at the time.
8 tadā herod yīśuṁ vilokya santutoṣa, yataḥ sa tasya bahuvṛttāntaśravaṇāt tasya kiñicadāścaryyakarmma paśyati ityāśāṁ kṛtvā bahukālamārabhya taṁ draṣṭuṁ prayāsaṁ kṛtavān|
When Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly pleased, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, having heard a great deal about him; and he was hoping to see some sign given by him.
9 tasmāt taṁ bahukathāḥ papraccha kintu sa tasya kasyāpi vākyasya pratyuttaraṁ novāca|
So he questioned him at some length, but Jesus made no reply.
10 atha pradhānayājakā adhyāpakāśca prottiṣṭhantaḥ sāhasena tamapavadituṁ prārebhire|
Meanwhile the chief priests and the teachers of the Law stood by and vehemently accused him.
11 herod tasya senāgaṇaśca tamavajñāya upahāsatvena rājavastraṁ paridhāpya punaḥ pīlātaṁ prati taṁ prāhiṇot|
And Herod, with his soldiers, treated Jesus with scorn; he mocked him by throwing a gorgeous robe round him, and then sent him back to Pilate.
12 pūrvvaṁ herodpīlātayoḥ parasparaṁ vairabhāva āsīt kintu taddine dvayo rmelanaṁ jātam|
And Herod and Pilate became friends that very day, for before that there had been ill-will between them.
13 paścāt pīlātaḥ pradhānayājakān śāsakān lokāṁśca yugapadāhūya babhāṣe,
So Pilate summoned the chief priests, and the leading men, and the people,
14 rājyaviparyyayakārakoyam ityuktvā manuṣyamenaṁ mama nikaṭamānaiṣṭa kintu paśyata yuṣmākaṁ samakṣam asya vicāraṁ kṛtvāpi proktāpavādānurūpeṇāsya kopyaparādhaḥ sapramāṇo na jātaḥ,
and said to them, ‘You brought this man before me charged with misleading the people; and yet, for my part, though I examined him before you, I did not find this man to blame for any of the things of which you accuse him;
15 yūyañca herodaḥ sannidhau preṣitā mayā tatrāsya kopyaparādhastenāpi na prāptaḥ|paśyatānena vadhahetukaṁ kimapi nāparāddhaṁ|
nor did Herod either; for he has sent him back to us. And, as a fact, he has not done anything deserving death;
16 tasmādenaṁ tāḍayitvā vihāsyāmi|
so I will have him scourged, and then release him.’
17 tatrotsave teṣāmeko mocayitavyaḥ|
18 iti hetoste proccairekadā procuḥ, enaṁ dūrīkṛtya barabbānāmānaṁ mocaya|
But they began to shout as one man, ‘Kill this fellow, but release Barabbas for us.’
19 sa barabbā nagara upaplavavadhāparādhābhyāṁ kārāyāṁ baddha āsīt|
(Barabbas was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had broken out in the city and for murder.)
20 kintu pīlāto yīśuṁ mocayituṁ vāñchan punastānuvāca|
Pilate, however, wanting to release Jesus, called to them again;
21 tathāpyenaṁ kruśe vyadha kruśe vyadheti vadantaste ruruvuḥ|
but they kept calling out, ‘Crucify, crucify him!’
22 tataḥ sa tṛtīyavāraṁ jagāda kutaḥ? sa kiṁ karmma kṛtavān? nāhamasya kamapi vadhāparādhaṁ prāptaḥ kevalaṁ tāḍayitvāmuṁ tyajāmi|
‘Why, what harm has this man done?’ Pilate said to them for the third time. ‘I have found nothing in him for which he could be condemned to death. So I will have him scourged, and then release him.’
23 tathāpi te punarenaṁ kruśe vyadha ityuktvā proccairdṛḍhaṁ prārthayāñcakrire;
But they persisted in loudly demanding his crucifixion; and their clamour gained the day.
24 tataḥ pradhānayājakādīnāṁ kalarave prabale sati teṣāṁ prārthanārūpaṁ karttuṁ pīlāta ādideśa|
Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.
25 rājadrohavadhayoraparādhena kārāsthaṁ yaṁ janaṁ te yayācire taṁ mocayitvā yīśuṁ teṣāmicchāyāṁ samārpayat|
He released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, as they demanded, and gave Jesus up to be dealt with as they pleased.
26 atha te yīśuṁ gṛhītvā yānti, etarhi grāmādāgataṁ śimonanāmānaṁ kurīṇīyaṁ janaṁ dhṛtvā yīśoḥ paścānnetuṁ tasya skandhe kruśamarpayāmāsuḥ|
And, as they were leading Jesus away, they laid hold of Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and they put the cross on his shoulders, for him to carry it behind Jesus.
27 tato lokāraṇyamadhye bahustriyo rudatyo vilapantyaśca yīśoḥ paścād yayuḥ|
There was a great crowd of people following him, many being women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him.
28 kintu sa vyāghuṭya tā uvāca, he yirūśālamo nāryyo yuyaṁ madarthaṁ na ruditvā svārthaṁ svāpatyārthañca ruditi;
So Jesus turned and said to them, ‘Women of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
29 paśyata yaḥ kadāpi garbhavatyo nābhavan stanyañca nāpāyayan tādṛśī rvandhyā yadā dhanyā vakṣyanti sa kāla āyāti|
A time, I tell you, is coming, when it will be said – “Happy are the women who are barren, and those who have never borne children or nursed them!”
30 tadā he śailā asmākamupari patata, he upaśailā asmānācchādayata kathāmīdṛśīṁ lokā vakṣyanti|
At that time people will begin to say to the mountains “Fall on us,” and to the hills “Cover us.”
31 yataḥ satejasi śākhini cedetad ghaṭate tarhi śuṣkaśākhini kiṁ na ghaṭiṣyate?
If what you see is done while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?’
32 tadā te hantuṁ dvāvaparādhinau tena sārddhaṁ ninyuḥ|
There were two others also, criminals, led out to be executed with Jesus.
33 aparaṁ śiraḥkapālanāmakasthānaṁ prāpya taṁ kruśe vividhuḥ; taddvayoraparādhinorekaṁ tasya dakṣiṇo tadanyaṁ vāme kruśe vividhuḥ|
When they had reached the place called “The Skull,” there they crucified Jesus and the criminals, one on the right, and one on the left.
34 tadā yīśurakathayat, he pitaretān kṣamasva yata ete yat karmma kurvvanti tan na viduḥ; paścātte guṭikāpātaṁ kṛtvā tasya vastrāṇi vibhajya jagṛhuḥ|
Then Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing.’ His clothes they divided among them by casting lots.
35 tatra lokasaṁghastiṣṭhan dadarśa; te teṣāṁ śāsakāśca tamupahasya jagaduḥ, eṣa itarān rakṣitavān yadīśvareṇābhirucito 'bhiṣiktastrātā bhavati tarhi svamadhunā rakṣatu|
Meanwhile the people stood looking on. Even the leading men said with a sneer, ‘He saved others, let him save himself, if he is God’s Christ, his chosen one.’
36 tadanyaḥ senāgaṇā etya tasmai amlarasaṁ datvā parihasya provāca,
The soldiers, too, came up in mockery, bringing him common wine,
37 cettvaṁ yihūdīyānāṁ rājāsi tarhi svaṁ rakṣa|
and saying as they did so, ‘If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.’
38 yihūdīyānāṁ rājeti vākyaṁ yūnānīyaromīyebrīyākṣarai rlikhitaṁ tacchirasa ūrddhve'sthāpyata|
Above him were the words – “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
39 tadobhayapārśvayo rviddhau yāvaparādhinau tayorekastaṁ vinindya babhāṣe, cettvam abhiṣiktosi tarhi svamāvāñca rakṣa|
One of the criminals who were hanging beside Jesus railed at him. ‘Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us,’ he said.
40 kintvanyastaṁ tarjayitvāvadat, īśvarāttava kiñcidapi bhayaṁ nāsti kiṁ? tvamapi samānadaṇḍosi,
But the other rebuked him. ‘Haven’t you,’ he said, ‘any fear of God, now that you are under the same sentence?
41 yogyapātre āvāṁ svasvakarmmaṇāṁ samucitaphalaṁ prāpnuvaḥ kintvanena kimapi nāparāddhaṁ|
And we justly so, for we are only reaping our deserts, but this man has not done anything wrong.
42 atha sa yīśuṁ jagāda he prabhe bhavān svarājyapraveśakāle māṁ smaratu|
Jesus,’ he went on, ‘do not forget me when you have come to your kingdom.’
43 tadā yīśuḥ kathitavān tvāṁ yathārthaṁ vadāmi tvamadyaiva mayā sārddhaṁ paralokasya sukhasthānaṁ prāpsyasi|
And Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, this very day you will be with me in Paradise.’
44 aparañca dvitīyayāmāt tṛtīyayāmaparyyantaṁ ravestejasontarhitatvāt sarvvadeśo'ndhakāreṇāvṛto
It was nearly midday, when a darkness came over the whole country, lasting until three in the afternoon,
45 mandirasya yavanikā ca chidyamānā dvidhā babhūva|
the sun being eclipsed; and the Temple curtain was torn down the middle.
46 tato yīśuruccairuvāca, he pita rmamātmānaṁ tava kare samarpaye, ityuktvā sa prāṇān jahau|
Then Jesus, with a loud cry, said, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.’ And with these words he expired.
47 tadaitā ghaṭanā dṛṣṭvā śatasenāpatirīśvaraṁ dhanyamuktvā kathitavān ayaṁ nitāntaṁ sādhumanuṣya āsīt|
The Roman centurion, on seeing what had happened, praised God, exclaiming, ‘This must have been a good man!’
48 atha yāvanto lokā draṣṭum āgatāste tā ghaṭanā dṛṣṭvā vakṣaḥsu karāghātaṁ kṛtvā vyācuṭya gatāḥ|
All the people who had collected to see the sight watched what occurred, and then went home beating their breasts.
49 yīśo rjñātayo yā yā yoṣitaśca gālīlastena sārddhamāyātāstā api dūre sthitvā tat sarvvaṁ dadṛśuḥ|
All the friends of Jesus had been standing at a distance, with the women who accompanied him from Galilee, watching all this.
50 tadā yihūdīyānāṁ mantraṇāṁ kriyāñcāsammanyamāna īśvarasya rājatvam apekṣamāṇo
Now there was a man of the name of Joseph, who was a member of the Council, and who bore a good and upright character.
51 yihūdideśīyo 'rimathīyanagarīyo yūṣaphnāmā mantrī bhadro dhārmmikaśca pumān
(This man had not assented to the decision and action of the Council.) He belonged to Arimathea, a town in Judea, and lived in expectation of the kingdom of God.
52 pīlātāntikaṁ gatvā yīśo rdehaṁ yayāce|
He now went to see Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus;
53 paścād vapuravarohya vāsasā saṁveṣṭya yatra kopi mānuṣo nāsthāpyata tasmin śaile svāte śmaśāne tadasthāpayat|
and, when he had taken it down, he wrapped it in a linen sheet, and laid him in a tomb cut out of stone, in which no one had yet been buried.
54 taddinamāyojanīyaṁ dinaṁ viśrāmavāraśca samīpaḥ|
It was the Preparation day, and just before the Sabbath began.
55 aparaṁ yīśunā sārddhaṁ gālīla āgatā yoṣitaḥ paścāditvā śmaśāne tatra yathā vapuḥ sthāpitaṁ tacca dṛṣṭvā
The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and saw the tomb and how the body of Jesus was laid,
56 vyāghuṭya sugandhidravyatailāni kṛtvā vidhivad viśrāmavāre viśrāmaṁ cakruḥ|
and then went home, and prepared spices and perfumes. During the Sabbath they rested, as directed by the commandment.
