Matthew 26
1 When Jesus had finished teaching all of that, he said to his disciples,
yIzurEtAn prastAvAn samApya ziSyAnUcE,
2 ‘You know that in two days time the Festival of the Passover will be here; and that the Son of Man is to be given up to be crucified.’
yuSmAbhi rjnjAtaM dinadvayAt paraM nistAramaha upasthAsyati, tatra manujasutaH kruzEna hantuM parakarESu samarpiSyatE|
3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met in the house of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
tataH paraM pradhAnayAjakAdhyApakaprAnjcaH kiyaphAnAmnO mahAyAjakasyATTAlikAyAM militvA
4 and plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and put him to death;
kEnOpAyEna yIzuM dhRtvA hantuM zaknuyuriti mantrayAnjcakruH|
5 but they said, ‘Not during the Festival, or the people may riot.’
kintu tairuktaM mahakAlE na dharttavyaH, dhRtE prajAnAM kalahEna bhavituM zakyatE|
6 After Jesus had reached Bethany, and while he was in the house of Simon the leper,
tatO baithaniyApurE zimOnAkhyasya kuSThinO vEzmani yIzau tiSThati
7 a woman came up to him with an alabaster jar of very costly perfume, and poured the perfume on his head as he sat at the table.
kAcana yOSA zvEtOpalabhAjanEna mahArghyaM sugandhi tailamAnIya bhOjanAyOpavizatastasya zirObhyaSEcat|
8 The disciples were indignant at seeing this. ‘What is this waste for?’ they exclaimed.
kintu tadAlOkya tacchiSyaiH kupitairuktaM, kuta itthamapavyayatE?
9 ‘It could have been sold for a large sum, and the money given to poor people.’
cEdidaM vyakrESyata, tarhi bhUrimUlyaM prApya daridrEbhyO vyatAriSyata|
10 ‘Why are you troubling the woman?’ Jesus said, when he noticed it. ‘For this is a beautiful deed that she has done to me.
yIzunA tadavagatya tE samuditAH, yOSAmEnAM kutO duHkhinIM kurutha, sA mAM prati sAdhu karmmAkArSIt|
11 You always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.
yuSmAkamaM samIpE daridrAH satatamEvAsatE, kintu yuSmAkamantikEhaM nAsE satataM|
12 In pouring this perfume on my body, she prepares me for my burial.
sA mama kAyOpari sugandhitailaM siktvA mama zmazAnadAnakarmmAkArSIt|
13 I tell you, wherever, in the whole world, this good news is proclaimed, what this woman has done will be told in memory of her.’
atOhaM yuSmAn tathyaM vadAmi sarvvasmin jagati yatra yatraiSa susamAcAraH pracAriSyatE, tatra tatraitasyA nAryyAH smaraNArtham karmmEdaM pracAriSyatE|
14 It was then that one of the Twelve, named Judas Iscariot, made his way to the chief priests,
tatO dvAdazaziSyANAm ISkariyOtIyayihUdAnAmaka EkaH ziSyaH pradhAnayAjakAnAmantikaM gatvA kathitavAn,
15 and said ‘What are you willing to give me, if I betray Jesus to you?’ The Priests counted him out thirty pieces of silver as payment.
yadi yuSmAkaM karESu yIzuM samarpayAmi, tarhi kiM dAsyatha? tadAnIM tE tasmai triMzanmudrA dAtuM sthirIkRtavantaH|
16 So from that time Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
sa tadArabhya taM parakarESu samarpayituM suyOgaM cESTitavAn|
17 On the first day of the Festival of the unleavened bread, the disciples came up to Jesus, and said, ‘Where do you wish us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?’
anantaraM kiNvazUnyapUpaparvvaNaH prathamEhni ziSyA yIzum upagatya papracchuH bhavatkRtE kutra vayaM nistAramahabhOjyam AyOjayiSyAmaH? bhavataH kEcchA?
18 ‘Go into the city to a certain man,’ he answered, ‘and say to him “The teacher says – My time is near. I will keep the Passover with my disciples at your house.”’
tadA sa gaditavAn, madhyEnagaramamukapuMsaH samIpaM vrajitvA vadata, guru rgaditavAn, matkAlaH savidhaH, saha ziSyaistvadAlayE nistAramahabhOjyaM bhOkSyE|
19 The disciples did as Jesus directed them, and prepared the Passover.
tadA ziSyA yIzOstAdRzanidEzAnurUpakarmma vidhAya tatra nistAramahabhOjyamAsAdayAmAsuH|
20 In the evening Jesus took his place with the twelve disciples,
tataH sandhyAyAM satyAM dvAdazabhiH ziSyaiH sAkaM sa nyavizat|
21 and, while they were eating, he said, ‘I tell you that one of you will betray me.’
aparaM bhunjjAna uktavAn yuSmAn tathyaM vadAmi, yuSmAkamEkO mAM parakarESu samarpayiSyati|
22 In great grief they began to say to him, one by one, ‘Can it be I, Master?’
tadA tE'tIva duHkhitA EkaikazO vaktumArEbhirE, hE prabhO, sa kimahaM?
23 ‘The one who dipped his bread beside me in the dish,’ replied Jesus, ‘is the one who will betray me.
tataH sa jagAda, mayA sAkaM yO janO bhOjanapAtrE karaM saMkSipati, sa Eva mAM parakarESu samarpayiSyati|
24 True, the Son of Man must go, as scripture says of him, yet alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is being betrayed! For that man it would be better never to have been born!’
manujasutamadhi yAdRzaM likhitamAstE, tadanurUpA tadgati rbhaviSyati; kintu yEna puMsA sa parakarESu samarpayiSyatE, hA hA cEt sa nAjaniSyata, tadA tasya kSEmamabhaviSyat|
25 Judas, who was betraying him, turned to him and said, ‘Can it be I, Rabbi?’ ‘It is,’ answered Jesus.
tadA yihUdAnAmA yO janastaM parakarESu samarpayiSyati, sa uktavAn, hE gurO, sa kimahaM? tataH sa pratyuktavAn, tvayA satyaM gaditam|
26 While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and, after saying the blessing, broke it and, as he gave it to his disciples, said, ‘Take it and eat it; this is my body.’
anantaraM tESAmazanakAlE yIzuH pUpamAdAyEzvarIyaguNAnanUdya bhaMktvA ziSyEbhyaH pradAya jagAda, madvapuHsvarUpamimaM gRhItvA khAdata|
27 Then he took a cup, and, after saying the thanksgiving, gave it to them, with the words, ‘Drink from it, all of you;
pazcAt sa kaMsaM gRhlan IzvarIyaguNAnanUdya tEbhyaH pradAya kathitavAn, sarvvai ryuSmAbhiranEna pAtavyaM,
28 for this is my covenant blood, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
yasmAdanEkESAM pApamarSaNAya pAtitaM yanmannUtnaniyamarUpazONitaM tadEtat|
29 I tell you that I will never, after this, drink of this juice of the grape, until that day when I will drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father.’
aparamahaM nUtnagOstanIrasaM na pAsyAmi, tAvat gOstanIphalarasaM punaH kadApi na pAsyAmi|
30 They then sang a hymn, and went out to the Mount of Olives.
pazcAt tE gItamEkaM saMgIya jaitunAkhyagiriM gatavantaH|
31 Then Jesus said to them, ‘Even you will all fall away from me tonight. Scripture says – “I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.”
tadAnIM yIzustAnavOcat, asyAM rajanyAmahaM yuSmAkaM sarvvESAM vighnarUpO bhaviSyAmi, yatO likhitamAstE, "mESANAM rakSakO yastaM prahariSyAmyahaM tataH| mESANAM nivahO nUnaM pravikIrNO bhaviSyati"||
32 But, after I have risen, I will go before you into Galilee.’
kintu zmazAnAt samutthAya yuSmAkamagrE'haM gAlIlaM gamiSyAmi|
33 ‘If everyone else falls away from you,’ Peter answered, ‘I will never fall away!’
pitarastaM prOvAca, bhavAMzcEt sarvvESAM vighnarUpO bhavati, tathApi mama na bhaviSyati|
34 ‘I tell you,’ replied Jesus, ‘that this very night, before the cock crows, you will disown me three times!’
tatO yIzunA sa uktaH, tubhyamahaM tathyaM kathayAmi, yAminyAmasyAM caraNAyudhasya ravAt pUrvvaM tvaM mAM tri rnAggIkariSyasi|
35 ‘Even if I must die with you,’ Peter exclaimed, ‘I will never disown you!’ All the disciples spoke in the same way.
tataH pitara uditavAn, yadyapi tvayA samaM marttavyaM, tathApi kadApi tvAM na nAggIkariSyAmi; tathaiva sarvvE ziSyAzcOcuH|
36 Then Jesus came with them to a garden called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, ‘Sit down here while I go and pray over there.’
anantaraM yIzuH ziSyaiH sAkaM gEtzimAnInAmakaM sthAnaM prasthAya tEbhyaH kathitavAn, adaH sthAnaM gatvA yAvadahaM prArthayiSyE tAvad yUyamatrOpavizata|
37 Taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to show signs of sadness and deep distress of mind.
pazcAt sa pitaraM sivadiyasutau ca sagginaH kRtvA gatavAn, zOkAkulO'tIva vyathitazca babhUva|
38 ‘I am sad at heart,’ he said, ‘sad even to death; wait here and watch with me.’
tAnavAdIcca mRtiyAtanEva matprANAnAM yAtanA jAyatE, yUyamatra mayA sArddhaM jAgRta|
39 Going on a little further, he threw himself on his face in prayer. ‘My Father,’ he said, ‘if it is possible, let me be spared this cup; only, not as I will, but as you will.’
tataH sa kinjciddUraM gatvAdhOmukhaH patan prArthayAnjcakrE, hE matpitaryadi bhavituM zaknOti, tarhi kaMsO'yaM mattO dUraM yAtu; kintu madicchAvat na bhavatu, tvadicchAvad bhavatu|
40 Then he came to his disciples, and found them asleep. ‘What!’ he said to Peter, ‘could none of you watch with me for one hour?
tataH sa ziSyAnupEtya tAn nidratO nirIkSya pitarAya kathayAmAsa, yUyaM mayA sAkaM daNPamEkamapi jAgarituM nAzankuta?
41 Watch and pray so that you don’t fall into temptation. True, the spirit is eager, but human nature is weak.’
parIkSAyAM na patituM jAgRta prArthayadhvanjca; AtmA samudyatOsti, kintu vapu rdurbbalaM|
42 Again, a second time, he went away, and prayed. ‘My Father,’ he said, ‘if I cannot be spared this cup, but must drink it, your will be done!’
sa dvitIyavAraM prArthayAnjcakrE, hE mattAta, na pItE yadi kaMsamidaM mattO dUraM yAtuM na zaknOti, tarhi tvadicchAvad bhavatu|
43 And coming back again he found them asleep, for their eyes were heavy.
sa punarEtya tAn nidratO dadarza, yatastESAM nEtrANi nidrayA pUrNAnyAsan|
44 So he left them, and went away again, and prayed a third time, again saying the same words.
pazcAt sa tAn vihAya vrajitvA tRtIyavAraM pUrvvavat kathayan prArthitavAn|
45 Then he came to the disciples, and said, ‘Sleep on now, and rest yourselves. Look – my time is close at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of wicked people.
tataH ziSyAnupAgatya gaditavAn, sAmprataM zayAnAH kiM vizrAmyatha? pazyata, samaya upAsthAt, manujasutaH pApinAM karESu samarpyatE|
46 Up, and let us be going. Look! My betrayer is close at hand.’
uttiSThata, vayaM yAmaH, yO mAM parakarESu masarpayiSyati, pazyata, sa samIpamAyAti|
47 And, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came in sight; and with him was a great crowd of people, with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
EtatkathAkathanakAlE dvAdazaziSyANAmEkO yihUdAnAmakO mukhyayAjakalOkaprAcInaiH prahitAn asidhAriyaSTidhAriNO manujAn gRhItvA tatsamIpamupatasthau|
48 Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them. ‘The man whom I kiss,’ he had said, ‘will be the one; arrest him.’
asau parakarESvarpayitA pUrvvaM tAn itthaM sagkEtayAmAsa, yamahaM cumbiSyE, sO'sau manujaH, saEva yuSmAbhi rdhAryyatAM|
49 So he went up to Jesus at once, and exclaimed, ‘Welcome, Rabbi!’ and kissed him;
tadA sa sapadi yIzumupAgatya hE gurO, praNamAmItyuktvA taM cucumbE|
50 at which Jesus said to him, ‘Friend, do what you have come for.’ The men went up, seized Jesus, and arrested him.
tadA yIzustamuvAca, hE mitraM kimarthamAgatOsi? tadA tairAgatya yIzurAkramya daghrE|
51 Suddenly one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and striking the high priest’s servant, cut off his ear.
tatO yIzOH sagginAmEkaH karaM prasAryya kOSAdasiM bahiSkRtya mahAyAjakasya dAsamEkamAhatya tasya karNaM cicchEda|
52 ‘Sheathe your sword,’ Jesus said, ‘for all who draw the sword will be put to the sword.
tatO yIzustaM jagAda, khaPgaM svasthAnE nidhEhi yatO yE yE janA asiM dhArayanti, taEvAsinA vinazyanti|
53 Do you think that I cannot ask my Father for help, when he would at once send to my aid more than twelve legions of angels?
aparaM pitA yathA madantikaM svargIyadUtAnAM dvAdazavAhinItO'dhikaM prahiNuyAt mayA tamuddizyEdAnImEva tathA prArthayituM na zakyatE, tvayA kimitthaM jnjAyatE?
54 But in that case how would the scriptures be fulfilled, which say that this must be?’
tathA satItthaM ghaTiSyatE dharmmapustakasya yadidaM vAkyaM tat kathaM sidhyEt?
55 Jesus at the same time said to the crowds, ‘Have you come out, as if after a robber, with swords and clubs, to take me? I have sat teaching day after day in the Temple Courts, and yet you did not arrest me.’
tadAnIM yIzu rjananivahaM jagAda, yUyaM khaPgayaSTIn AdAya mAM kiM cauraM dharttumAyAtAH? ahaM pratyahaM yuSmAbhiH sAkamupavizya samupAdizaM, tadA mAM nAdharata;
56 The whole of this occurred in fulfilment of the prophetic scriptures. Then the disciples all forsook him and fled.
kintu bhaviSyadvAdinAM vAkyAnAM saMsiddhayE sarvvamEtadabhUt|tadA sarvvE ziSyAstaM vihAya palAyanta|
57 Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the teachers of the Law and elders had assembled.
anantaraM tE manujA yIzuM dhRtvA yatrAdhyApakaprAnjcaH pariSadaM kurvvanta upAvizan tatra kiyaphAnAmakamahAyAjakasyAntikaM ninyuH|
58 Peter followed him at a distance as far as the high priest’s courtyard, to see the outcome.
kintu zESE kiM bhaviSyatIti vEttuM pitarO dUrE tatpazcAd vrajitvA mahAyAjakasyATTAlikAM pravizya dAsaiH sahita upAvizat|
59 Meanwhile the chief priests and the whole of the High Council were trying to get such false evidence against Jesus, as would warrant putting him to death,
tadAnIM pradhAnayAjakaprAcInamantriNaH sarvvE yIzuM hantuM mRSAsAkSyam alipsanta,
60 but they did not find any, although many came forward with false evidence. Later on, however, two men came forward and said,
kintu na lEbhirE| anEkESu mRSAsAkSiSvAgatESvapi tanna prApuH|
61 ‘This man said “I am able to destroy the Temple of God, and to build it in three days.”’
zESE dvau mRSAsAkSiNAvAgatya jagadatuH, pumAnayamakathayat, ahamIzvaramandiraM bhaMktvA dinatrayamadhyE tannirmmAtuM zaknOmi|
62 Then the high priest stood up, and said to Jesus, ‘Have you no answer? What is this evidence which these men are giving against you?’
tadA mahAyAjaka utthAya yIzum avAdIt| tvaM kimapi na prativadasi? tvAmadhi kimEtE sAkSyaM vadanti?
63 But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, ‘I order you, by the living God, to tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.’
kintu yIzu rmaunIbhUya tasyau| tatO mahAyAjaka uktavAn, tvAm amarEzvaranAmnA zapayAmi, tvamIzvarasya putrO'bhiSiktO bhavasi navEti vada|
64 ‘It is true,’ Jesus answered, ‘Moreover I tell you all that hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Almighty, and coming on the clouds of the heavens.’
yIzuH pratyavadat, tvaM satyamuktavAn; ahaM yuSmAn tathyaM vadAmi, itaHparaM manujasutaM sarvvazaktimatO dakSiNapArzvE sthAtuM gagaNasthaM jaladharAnAruhyAyAntaM vIkSadhvE|
65 Then the high priest tore his robes. ‘This is blasphemy!’ he exclaimed. ‘Why do we want any more witnesses? You have just heard his blasphemy!
tadA mahAyAjakO nijavasanaM chittvA jagAda, ESa IzvaraM ninditavAn, asmAkamaparasAkSyENa kiM prayOjanaM? pazyata, yUyamEvAsyAsyAd IzvaranindAM zrutavantaH,
66 What is your decision?’ They answered, ‘He deserves death.’
yuSmAbhiH kiM vivicyatE? tE pratyUcuH, vadhArhO'yaM|
67 Then they spat in his face, and struck him, while others dealt blows at him, saying as they did so,
tatO lOkaistadAsyE niSThIvitaM kEcit pratalamAhatya kEcicca capETamAhatya babhASirE,
68 ‘Now play the prophet for us, you Christ! Who was it that struck you?’
hE khrISTa tvAM kazcapETamAhatavAn? iti gaNayitvA vadAsmAn|
69 Peter, meanwhile, was sitting outside in the courtyard; and a maidservant came up to him, and exclaimed, ‘Why, you were with Jesus the Galilean!’
pitarO bahiraggana upavizati, tadAnImEkA dAsI tamupAgatya babhASE, tvaM gAlIlIyayIzOH sahacaraEkaH|
70 But Peter denied it before them all. ‘I do not know what you mean,’ he replied.
kintu sa sarvvESAM samakSam anaggIkRtyAvAdIt, tvayA yaducyatE, tadarthamahaM na vEdmi|
71 When he had gone out into the gateway, another maid saw him, and said to those who were there, ‘This man was with Jesus of Nazareth!’
tadA tasmin bahirdvAraM gatE 'nyA dAsI taM nirIkSya tatratyajanAnavadat, ayamapi nAsaratIyayIzunA sArddham AsIt|
72 Again he denied it with an oath, ‘I do not know the man!’
tataH sa zapathEna punaranaggIkRtya kathitavAn, taM naraM na paricinOmi|
73 But soon afterwards those who were standing by came up and said to Peter, ‘You also are certainly one of them; why, even your way of speaking proves it!’
kSaNAt paraM tiSThantO janA Etya pitaram avadan, tvamavazyaM tESAmEka iti tvaduccAraNamEva dyOtayati|
74 Then Peter said, ‘I swear that I do not know the man! May God punish me if I am lying!’ At that moment a cock crowed;
kintu sO'bhizapya kathitavAn, taM janaM nAhaM paricinOmi, tadA sapadi kukkuTO rurAva|
75 and Peter remembered the words which Jesus had said – “Before a cock has crowed, you will disown me three times”; and he went outside, and wept bitterly.
kukkuTaravAt prAk tvaM mAM trirapAhnOSyasE, yaiSA vAg yIzunAvAdi tAM pitaraH saMsmRtya bahiritvA khEdAd bhRzaM cakranda|
