Luke 11
1 One day Jesus was somewhere praying. When he finished [praying], one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us [what to say when] we [(exc)] pray, as John [the Baptizer] taught his disciples!”
anantaraṁ sa kasmiṁścit sthāne prārthayata tatsamāptau satyāṁ tasyaikaḥ śiṣyastaṁ jagāda he prabho yohan yathā svaśiṣyān prārthayitum upadiṣṭavān tathā bhavānapyasmān upadiśatu|
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say [things like this]: ‘Father, we want you [(sg)] [MTY] to be honored/revered. [We want people to let you(sg)] [MTY, MET] rule over their lives.
tasmāt sa kathayāmāsa, prārthanakāle yūyam itthaṁ kathayadhvaṁ, he asmākaṁ svargasthapitastava nāma pūjyaṁ bhavatu; tava rājatvaṁ bhavatu; svarge yathā tathā pṛthivyāmapi tavecchayā sarvvaṁ bhavatu|
3 Give us [(exc)] each day the food [SYN] that we need.
pratyaham asmākaṁ prayojanīyaṁ bhojyaṁ dehi|
4 Forgive us [for] the wrong things that we have done, because we forgive people for the wrong things that they do to us. Do not let us do wrong things when we are tempted {[someone or something] tempts us}.’”
yathā vayaṁ sarvvān aparādhinaḥ kṣamāmahe tathā tvamapi pāpānyasmākaṁ kṣamasva| asmān parīkṣāṁ mānaya kintu pāpātmano rakṣa|
5 Then he said to them, “Suppose that one of you goes to the house of a friend at midnight. Suppose that you [(sg) stand outside and] call out to him, ‘My friend, please lend me three buns!
paścāt soparamapi kathitavān yadi yuṣmākaṁ kasyacid bandhustiṣṭhati niśīthe ca tasya samīpaṁ sa gatvā vadati,
6 Another friend of mine who is traveling has just arrived [at my house], but I have no food [ready] to give to him!’
he bandho pathika eko bandhu rmama niveśanam āyātaḥ kintu tasyātithyaṁ karttuṁ mamāntike kimapi nāsti, ataeva pūpatrayaṁ mahyam ṛṇaṁ dehi;
7 Suppose that he answers you from inside [his house], ‘Do not bother me! The door has been locked {[We(exc)] have locked the door} and all my family are in bed. [So] I cannot get up and give you [(sg)] anything!’
tadā sa yadi gṛhamadhyāt prativadati māṁ mā kliśāna, idānīṁ dvāraṁ ruddhaṁ śayane mayā saha bālakāśca tiṣṭhanti tubhyaṁ dātum utthātuṁ na śaknomi,
8 I will tell you that even if he does not [want to] get up and give you [any food], to avoid being ashamed [for not helping you] because you are his friend (OR, if without being ashamed you continue asking him to do that), he certainly will get up and give you whatever you need.
tarhi yuṣmānahaṁ vadāmi, sa yadi mitratayā tasmai kimapi dātuṁ nottiṣṭhati tathāpi vāraṁ vāraṁ prārthanāta utthāpitaḥ san yasmin tasya prayojanaṁ tadeva dāsyati|
9 So I tell you this: Keep asking [God for what you need]. If you do that, [he] will give it to you [(pl)]. Confidently keep expecting [God to give you the things that you need], and [he] will give them to you [MET]. [It will be like] looking for what you need and finding it. Keep on [praying urgently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like] knocking [on a door] so that [God] will open [the way] for you [to get what you pray for].
ataḥ kāraṇāt kathayāmi, yācadhvaṁ tato yuṣmabhyaṁ dāsyate, mṛgayadhvaṁ tata uddeśaṁ prāpsyatha, dvāram āhata tato yuṣmabhyaṁ dvāraṁ mokṣyate|
10 Remember that [God] will give things to everyone who continues to ask [him for them]. [He] will give things to whoever confidently keeps asking. [He] will open [the way] for people [to get the things that they keep urgently praying for].
yo yācate sa prāpnoti, yo mṛgayate sa evoddeśaṁ prāpnoti, yo dvāram āhanti tadarthaṁ dvāraṁ mocyate|
11 If one of you had a son who asked you [(sg)] for a fish [to eat], (you [(sg)] certainly would not give him a [poisonous] snake instead!/would you give him a [poisonous] snake instead?) [RHQ]
putreṇa pūpe yācite tasmai pāṣāṇaṁ dadāti vā matsye yācite tasmai sarpaṁ dadāti
12 If he asked you for an egg, (you [(sg)] certainly would not give him a scorpion!/would you give him a scorpion?) [RHQ]
vā aṇḍe yācite tasmai vṛścikaṁ dadāti yuṣmākaṁ madhye ka etādṛśaḥ pitāste?
13 Even though you people are evil, you know how to give good things to your children. So your Father in heaven will certainly [give good things] to those who ask him, [including] giving the Holy Spirit, [who is the best gift].”
tasmādeva yūyamabhadrā api yadi svasvabālakebhya uttamāni dravyāṇi dātuṁ jānītha tarhyasmākaṁ svargasthaḥ pitā nijayācakebhyaḥ kiṁ pavitram ātmānaṁ na dāsyati?
14 [One day there was a man there who, because a demon controlled him] [MTY], was unable to speak. After [Jesus expelled] the demon, the man [began to] talk. [Most of] the people [there] were amazed.
anantaraṁ yīśunā kasmāccid ekasmin mūkabhūte tyājite sati sa bhūtatyakto mānuṣo vākyaṁ vaktum ārebhe; tato lokāḥ sakalā āścaryyaṁ menire|
15 But some of them said, “It is Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons, who enables [this man] to expel demons!”
kintu teṣāṁ kecidūcu rjanoyaṁ bālasibūbā arthād bhūtarājena bhūtān tyājayati|
16 Other [people there] asked Jesus to perform a miracle [to prove (he was the Messiah/that he had come] from God) [MTY/EUP]. They wanted to trap him [into not being able to perform a miracle or into doing something ridiculous].
taṁ parīkṣituṁ kecid ākāśīyam ekaṁ cihnaṁ darśayituṁ taṁ prārthayāñcakrire|
17 But Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said to them, “If [the people in] one nation fight against each other, their nation will be destroyed {[they] will destroy their nation}. If [the people in] [MTY] one house are divided, they will cease to remain as one [family].
tadā sa teṣāṁ manaḥkalpanāṁ jñātvā kathayāmāsa, kasyacid rājyasya lokā yadi parasparaṁ virundhanti tarhi tad rājyam naśyati; kecid gṛhasthā yadi parasparaṁ virundhanti tarhi tepi naśyanti|
18 [Similarly], if Satan [and his demons] were fighting against each other, (his rule over them would [certainly] not last!/how would his rule over them last?) [RHQ] [I say this] because you are saying that I am expelling demons by [the power of] the ruler of [his own demons]
tathaiva śaitānapi svalokān yadi viruṇaddhi tadā tasya rājyaṁ kathaṁ sthāsyati? bālasibūbāhaṁ bhūtān tyājayāmi yūyamiti vadatha|
19 Furthermore, if [it is true that] Satan enables me to expel demons, [is it also true that] your disciples [who] expel demons [do so] by [Satan’s] power [RHQ]? [No, that is not true]. So they will show that you [are not thinking logically].
yadyahaṁ bālasibūbā bhūtān tyājayāmi tarhi yuṣmākaṁ santānāḥ kena tyājayanti? tasmāt taeva kathāyā etasyā vicārayitāro bhaviṣyanti|
20 But because it is by the power [MTY] of God [that I expel demons], I am showing you [that the power of] God to [MET] rule [people’s lives] has come to you.”
kintu yadyaham īśvarasya parākrameṇa bhūtān tyājayāmi tarhi yuṣmākaṁ nikaṭam īśvarasya rājyamavaśyam upatiṣṭhati|
21 Then, [to show that by expelling evil spirits he was making it clear that he was much more powerful than Satan, Jesus said] [MET], “When a strong man who has many weapons guards his own house, no one can steal the things in his house.
balavān pumān susajjamāno yatikālaṁ nijāṭṭālikāṁ rakṣati tatikālaṁ tasya dravyaṁ nirupadravaṁ tiṣṭhati|
22 But when someone else who is stronger attacks that man and subdues him, he is able to take away the weapons in which the man trusted. Then he can take from that man’s house anything he [wants to].
kintu tasmād adhikabalaḥ kaścidāgatya yadi taṁ jayati tarhi yeṣu śastrāstreṣu tasya viśvāsa āsīt tāni sarvvāṇi hṛtvā tasya dravyāṇi gṛhlāti|
23 [No one can be neutral]. Those who do not help me [are opposing] me, and those who do not gather [people to become] my [disciples] are causing [those people] to go away [from me].”
ataḥ kāraṇād yo mama sapakṣo na sa vipakṣaḥ, yo mayā saha na saṁgṛhlāti sa vikirati|
24 [Then Jesus said this]: “[Sometimes when] an evil spirit leaves someone, it wanders around in desolate areas seeking [someone in whom it can] rest. If it does not find anyone, it says [to itself], ‘I will return to the person in whom I used to live!’
aparañca amedhyabhūto mānuṣasyāntarnirgatya śuṣkasthāne bhrāntvā viśrāmaṁ mṛgayate kintu na prāpya vadati mama yasmād gṛhād āgatohaṁ punastad gṛhaṁ parāvṛtya yāmi|
25 So it goes back and finds that [the Spirit of God is not in control of that person’s life. The person’s life is like] a house that has been {that someone has} swept clean and everything put {put everything} in order, [but a house that is empty].
tato gatvā tad gṛhaṁ mārjitaṁ śobhitañca dṛṣṭvā
26 Then [this evil spirit] goes and gets seven other spirits that are [even] more evil than it is. They [all] enter [that person] and [begin] living there. [So], [although] that person’s condition [was bad] before, it became much worse.”
tatkṣaṇam apagatya svasmādapi durmmatīn aparān saptabhūtān sahānayati te ca tadgṛhaṁ paviśya nivasanti| tasmāt tasya manuṣyasya prathamadaśātaḥ śeṣadaśā duḥkhatarā bhavati|
27 When Jesus said that, a woman who was listening called out [to him], “[God is] pleased with the woman who gave birth to you [(sg)] and let you nurse [at her breasts]!”
asyāḥ kathāyāḥ kathanakāle janatāmadhyasthā kācinnārī tamuccaiḥsvaraṁ provāca, yā yoṣit tvāṁ garbbhe'dhārayat stanyamapāyayacca saiva dhanyā|
28 But he replied, “God [is] much more pleased with those who hear his message and obey it!”
kintu sokathayat ye parameśvarasya kathāṁ śrutvā tadanurūpam ācaranti taeva dhanyāḥ|
29 When the group of people around [Jesus] got larger, he said, “[Many of] you people who have been observing my ministry are evil. You want [me to perform] a miracle [to prove that I have come from God], but the only miracle that [I] will perform for you is one [like happened to] Jonah.
tataḥ paraṁ tasyāntike bahulokānāṁ samāgame jāte sa vaktumārebhe, ādhunikā duṣṭalokāścihnaṁ draṣṭumicchanti kintu yūnasbhaviṣyadvādinaścihnaṁ vinānyat kiñciccihnaṁ tān na darśayiṣyate|
30 [After Jonah was inside a huge fish for three days, God performed] a miracle [to restore] Jonah. [Jonah then went and testified about that] to the people in Nineveh [city. God will perform] a similar miracle [for me], the one who came from heaven. [When you people have seen that miracle, you will believe my message].
yūnas tu yathā nīnivīyalokānāṁ samīpe cihnarūpobhavat tathā vidyamānalokānām eṣāṁ samīpe manuṣyaputropi cihnarūpo bhaviṣyati|
31 [Long ago the] queen from [Sheba], [far] south [of Israel, traveled a long distance to hear Solomon speak many] wise things. But now [I, a man] who [is much] greater [and wiser] than Solomon, am here, [but you have not listened to what I have told you]. Therefore, at the time when [God] judges [all people], the queen from [Sheba] will stand there, [along] with you people, and will condemn you.
vicārasamaye idānīntanalokānāṁ prātikūlyena dakṣiṇadeśīyā rājñī protthāya tān doṣiṇaḥ kariṣyati, yataḥ sā rājñī sulemāna upadeśakathāṁ śrotuṁ pṛthivyāḥ sīmāta āgacchat kintu paśyata sulemānopi gurutara eko jano'smin sthāne vidyate|
32 The people who lived in Nineveh [city] turned from their sinful ways when Jonah preached to them. But now I, who am greater than Jonah, have come [and preached to you], [but you have not turned from your sinful ways]. Therefore, at the time when God judges [all people], the people who lived in Nineveh will stand there with you and condemn you.”
aparañca vicārasamaye nīnivīyalokā api varttamānakālikānāṁ lokānāṁ vaiparītyena protthāya tān doṣiṇaḥ kariṣyanti, yato hetoste yūnaso vākyāt cittāni parivarttayāmāsuḥ kintu paśyata yūnasotigurutara eko jano'smin sthāne vidyate|
33 [Then, to show them that they did not need more miracles, but that they needed only to understand better what he had already told them, he said to them] [MET], “People who light a lamp do not then hide it, or put it under a basket. Instead, they put it on a lampstand so that those who enter [their house] can see [things from] its light. [Similarly, I have not concealed God’s truth. I have revealed it to you].
pradīpaṁ prajvālya droṇasyādhaḥ kutrāpi guptasthāne vā kopi na sthāpayati kintu gṛhapraveśibhyo dīptiṁ dātaṁ dīpādhāroparyyeva sthāpayati|
34 Your eyes [MET] are like a lamp for your body, because they enable you to see things. If your eyes are healthy, you are able to see everything well [MET]. [Similarly, if you(sg) accept my teaching, you will be able to know all that God wants you to know]. But if your eyes are bad, you are not able to see anything. It is like being in darkness [MET]. [And similarly, if you(pl) do not accept what I teach, you will not be able to know all the things that God wants you to know].
dehasya pradīpaścakṣustasmādeva cakṣu ryadi prasannaṁ bhavati tarhi tava sarvvaśarīraṁ dīptimad bhaviṣyati kintu cakṣu ryadi malīmasaṁ tiṣṭhati tarhi sarvvaśarīraṁ sāndhakāraṁ sthāsyati|
35 Therefore, [you(pl) do not need to see more miracles. You need to think carefully about what I have already] told you, so that the things that you have heard from others do not cause you to remain in spiritual darkness [MET].
asmāt kāraṇāt tavāntaḥsthaṁ jyoti ryathāndhakāramayaṁ na bhavati tadarthe sāvadhāno bhava|
36 If you [live completely according to God’s truth, you will be able to know everything that God wants you to know. It will be like] being in a room with a lamp shining brightly, enabling you to see everything clearly.”
yataḥ śarīrasya kutrāpyaṁśe sāndhakāre na jāte sarvvaṁ yadi dīptimat tiṣṭhati tarhi tubhyaṁ dīptidāyiprojjvalan pradīpa iva tava savarvaśarīraṁ dīptimad bhaviṣyati|
37 While Jesus finished saying those things, a Pharisee invited him to eat a meal with him. So Jesus went to [his house] and ate with him.
etatkathāyāḥ kathanakāle phiruśyeko bhejanāya taṁ nimantrayāmāsa, tataḥ sa gatvā bhoktum upaviveśa|
38 The Pharisee was surprised when he saw that Jesus did not follow the Pharisees’ ritual by washing his hands before eating. [The Pharisees washed their hands in a certain way to be cleansed from anything that might have contaminated them. They were afraid that God might reject them if they] had [touched something unacceptable to God].
kintu bhojanāt pūrvvaṁ nāmāṅkṣīt etad dṛṣṭvā sa phiruśyāścaryyaṁ mene|
39 The Lord [Jesus] said to him, “You Pharisees are [concerned about things that are outside your bodies, not with what is in your] ([inner beings/hearts]) [MET]. You wash the outside of cups and dishes [before you eat because you think that doing that will make you acceptable to God], but within yourselves you are very greedy and wicked.
tadā prabhustaṁ provāca yūyaṁ phirūśilokāḥ pānapātrāṇāṁ bhojanapātrāṇāñca bahiḥ pariṣkurutha kintu yuṣmākamanta rdaurātmyai rduṣkriyābhiśca paripūrṇaṁ tiṣṭhati|
40 You foolish people! [God] is concerned about things that are outside [our bodies], but (he is certainly also concerned about our inner [beings]!/isn’t he also concerned about our hearts?) [RHQ]
he sarvve nirbodhā yo bahiḥ sasarja sa eva kimanta rna sasarja?
41 Give [money] to those who are poor. [Give according to what you know within] your (inner [/heart]) [that you should give]. Then you [will be surprised to realize that] you will be acceptable [to God without having to perform all those rituals about washing].
tata eva yuṣmābhirantaḥkaraṇaṁ (īśvarāya) nivedyatāṁ tasmin kṛte yuṣmākaṁ sarvvāṇi śucitāṁ yāsyanti|
42 But there will be terrible punishment for you Pharisees! You give to God a tenth of [all you produce, even] the various herbs that you grow, but you do not [remember that you must act] justly [toward others] and love God! It is good to [give a tenth of your income to God], but you ought to do these other things also!
kintu hanta phirūśigaṇā yūyaṁ nyāyam īśvare prema ca parityajya podināyā arudādīnāṁ sarvveṣāṁ śākānāñca daśamāṁśān dattha kintu prathamaṁ pālayitvā śeṣasyālaṅghanaṁ yuṣmākam ucitamāsīt|
43 There will be terrible punishment for you Pharisees, because you like [to sit in] the best seats in our worship places [so that people will think highly of you], and you like people to greet you [respectfully] in the marketplaces.
hā hā phirūśino yūyaṁ bhajanagehe proccāsane āpaṇeṣu ca namaskāreṣu prīyadhve|
44 There will be terrible punishment for you, because you are like ground where there is no marker [to indicate that there is a] grave [underneath]. People walk there, but they cannot see [what is rotten down below] [MET]! [Similarly, people who see you do not realize how polluted you are within yourselves].”
vata kapaṭino'dhyāpakāḥ phirūśinaśca lokāyat śmaśānam anupalabhya tadupari gacchanti yūyam tādṛgaprakāśitaśmaśānavād bhavatha|
45 One of those who taught the [Jewish] laws replied, “Teacher, by saying this you [(sg)] are criticizing us [also]!”
tadānīṁ vyavasthāpakānām ekā yīśumavadat, he upadeśaka vākyenedṛśenāsmāsvapi doṣam āropayasi|
46 Jesus said, “It will be terrible also for you who teach the [Jewish] laws! You require people [to obey many rules that are difficult to obey] [MET]. [That is like making them] carry heavy burdens on their backs. But you yourselves do not obey the laws [that you require others to obey]. (OR, you do not do anything to help [others to obey the laws].)
tataḥ sa uvāca, hā hā vyavasthāpakā yūyam mānuṣāṇām upari duḥsahyān bhārān nyasyatha kintu svayam ekāṅgulyāpi tān bhārān na spṛśatha|
47 There will be terrible punishment for you! You decorate the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed, [but you do not live according to what the prophets taught].
hanta yuṣmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣā yān bhaviṣyadvādino'vadhiṣusteṣāṁ śmaśānāni yūyaṁ nirmmātha|
48 So you are declaring that you approve of what your ancestors did. They killed the prophets, and you [are not honoring the prophets! You just] decorate their tombs!
tenaiva yūyaṁ svapūrvvapuruṣāṇāṁ karmmāṇi saṁmanyadhve tadeva sapramāṇaṁ kurutha ca, yataste tānavadhiṣuḥ yūyaṁ teṣāṁ śmaśānāni nirmmātha|
49 So God, who is very wise [PRS], said, ‘I will send prophets and apostles [to you Jews]. [You] will kill some of them and cause some of them to suffer greatly.
ataeva īśvarasya śāstre proktamasti teṣāmantike bhaviṣyadvādinaḥ preritāṁśca preṣayiṣyāmi tataste teṣāṁ kāṁścana haniṣyanti kāṁścana tāḍaśṣyinti|
50 [As a result, I] will consider that many of you people [who have observed my Son’s ministry] will be guilty [MTY] [of murder, as if you had] killed all the prophets that other people have killed, from the time I created the world,
etasmāt kāraṇāt hābilaḥ śoṇitapātamārabhya mandirayajñavedyo rmadhye hatasya sikhariyasya raktapātaparyyantaṁ
51 starting from [Adam’s son Cain] killing [his brother] Abel and continuing until they killed the prophet Zechariah [in the holy place] between the altar and the temple.’ Yes, what I am saying [is true] [MTY]. [God] will punish you people who have observed my ministry, you people whom [he] considers to be guilty [MTY] for [killing] all those prophets!
jagataḥ sṛṣṭimārabhya pṛthivyāṁ bhaviṣyadvādināṁ yatiraktapātā jātāstatīnām aparādhadaṇḍā eṣāṁ varttamānalokānāṁ bhaviṣyanti, yuṣmānahaṁ niścitaṁ vadāmi sarvve daṇḍā vaṁśasyāsya bhaviṣyanti|
52 There will be terrible punishment for you men who teach the [Jewish] laws, because you have [not let people] know [God’s truth] [MET]! [It is as though you are] taking away a key [to a house]. You are not going into [the house] yourselves, and you are not letting other people enter it, either.”
hā hā vyavasthapakā yūyaṁ jñānasya kuñcikāṁ hṛtvā svayaṁ na praviṣṭā ye praveṣṭuñca prayāsinastānapi praveṣṭuṁ vāritavantaḥ|
53 After Jesus finished saying those things, he left there. Then the men who taught the [Jewish] laws and the Pharisees began to act in a very hostile way toward him. They tried to make him say what he thought about many things.
itthaṁ kathākathanād adhyāpakāḥ phirūśinaśca satarkāḥ
54 They kept waiting for him to say something [wrong] for which they could accuse him.
santastamapavadituṁ tasya kathāyā doṣaṁ dharttamicchanto nānākhyānakathanāya taṁ pravarttayituṁ kopayituñca prārebhire|
