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 sthānē prārthayata tatsamāptau satyāṁ tasyaikaḥ śiṣyastaṁ jagāda hē prabhō yōhan 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, prārthanakālē yūyam itthaṁ kathayadhvaṁ, hē asmākaṁ svargasthapitastava nāma pūjyaṁ bhavatu; tava rājatvaṁ bhavatu; svargē yathā tathā pr̥thivyāmapi tavēcchayā sarvvaṁ bhavatu|
3 Give us [(exc)] each day the food [SYN] that we need.
pratyaham asmākaṁ prayōjanīyaṁ bhōjyaṁ dēhi|
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 kṣamāmahē tathā tvamapi pāpānyasmākaṁ kṣamasva| asmān parīkṣāṁ mānaya kintu pāpātmanō 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 sōparamapi kathitavān yadi yuṣmākaṁ kasyacid bandhustiṣṭhati niśīthē 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!’
hē bandhō pathika ēkō bandhu rmama nivēśanam āyātaḥ kintu tasyātithyaṁ karttuṁ mamāntikē kimapi nāsti, ataēva pūpatrayaṁ mahyam r̥ṇaṁ dēhi;
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 gr̥hamadhyāt prativadati māṁ mā kliśāna, idānīṁ dvāraṁ ruddhaṁ śayanē mayā saha bālakāśca tiṣṭhanti tubhyaṁ dātum utthātuṁ na śaknōmi,
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 nōttiṣṭhati tathāpi vāraṁ vāraṁ prārthanāta utthāpitaḥ san yasmin tasya prayōjanaṁ tadēva 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 tatō yuṣmabhyaṁ dāsyatē, mr̥gayadhvaṁ tata uddēśaṁ prāpsyatha, dvāram āhata tatō yuṣmabhyaṁ dvāraṁ mōkṣyatē|
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].
yō yācatē sa prāpnōti, yō mr̥gayatē sa ēvōddēśaṁ prāpnōti, yō dvāram āhanti tadarthaṁ dvāraṁ mōcyatē|
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]
putrēṇa pūpē yācitē tasmai pāṣāṇaṁ dadāti vā matsyē yācitē 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 aṇḍē yācitē tasmai vr̥ścikaṁ dadāti yuṣmākaṁ madhyē ka ētādr̥śaḥ pitāstē?
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].”
tasmādēva yūyamabhadrā api yadi svasvabālakēbhya uttamāni dravyāṇi dātuṁ jānītha tarhyasmākaṁ svargasthaḥ pitā nijayācakēbhyaḥ 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 ēkasmin mūkabhūtē tyājitē sati sa bhūtatyaktō mānuṣō vākyaṁ vaktum ārēbhē; tatō lōkāḥ sakalā āścaryyaṁ mēnirē|
15 But some of them said, “It is Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons, who enables [this man] to expel demons!”
kintu tēṣāṁ kēcidūcu rjanōyaṁ bālasibūbā arthād bhūtarājēna 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 kēcid ākāśīyam ēkaṁ cihnaṁ darśayituṁ taṁ prārthayāñcakrirē|
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 tēṣāṁ manaḥkalpanāṁ jñātvā kathayāmāsa, kasyacid rājyasya lōkā yadi parasparaṁ virundhanti tarhi tad rājyam naśyati; kēcid gr̥hasthā yadi parasparaṁ virundhanti tarhi tēpi 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 svalōkān 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 kēna tyājayanti? tasmāt taēva kathāyā ētasyā vicārayitārō 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 parākramēṇa 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 susajjamānō 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 yēṣu śastrāstrēṣu tasya viśvāsa āsīt tāni sarvvāṇi hr̥tvā tasya dravyāṇi gr̥hlāti|
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 yō mama sapakṣō na sa vipakṣaḥ, yō mayā saha na saṁgr̥hlāti 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 amēdhyabhūtō mānuṣasyāntarnirgatya śuṣkasthānē bhrāntvā viśrāmaṁ mr̥gayatē kintu na prāpya vadati mama yasmād gr̥hād āgatōhaṁ punastad gr̥haṁ parāvr̥tya 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].
tatō gatvā tad gr̥haṁ mārjitaṁ śōbhitañca dr̥ṣṭvā
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 tē ca tadgr̥haṁ paviśya nivasanti| tasmāt tasya manuṣyasya prathamadaśātaḥ śēṣadaśā 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 kathanakālē janatāmadhyasthā kācinnārī tamuccaiḥsvaraṁ prōvāca, yā yōṣit tvāṁ garbbhē'dhārayat stanyamapāyayacca saiva dhanyā|
28 But he replied, “God [is] much more pleased with those who hear his message and obey it!”
kintu sōkathayat yē paramēśvarasya kathāṁ śrutvā tadanurūpam ācaranti taēva 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 tasyāntikē bahulōkānāṁ samāgamē jātē sa vaktumārēbhē, ādhunikā duṣṭalōkāścihnaṁ draṣṭumicchanti kintu yūnasbhaviṣyadvādinaścihnaṁ vinānyat kiñciccihnaṁ tān na darśayiṣyatē|
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 nīnivīyalōkānāṁ samīpē cihnarūpōbhavat tathā vidyamānalōkānām ēṣāṁ samīpē manuṣyaputrōpi cihnarūpō 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.
vicārasamayē idānīntanalōkānāṁ prātikūlyēna dakṣiṇadēśīyā rājñī prōtthāya tān dōṣiṇaḥ kariṣyati, yataḥ sā rājñī sulēmāna upadēśakathāṁ śrōtuṁ pr̥thivyāḥ sīmāta āgacchat kintu paśyata sulēmānōpi gurutara ēkō janō'smin sthānē vidyatē|
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 vicārasamayē nīnivīyalōkā api varttamānakālikānāṁ lōkānāṁ vaiparītyēna prōtthāya tān dōṣiṇaḥ kariṣyanti, yatō hētōstē yūnasō vākyāt cittāni parivarttayāmāsuḥ kintu paśyata yūnasōtigurutara ēkō janō'smin sthānē vidyatē|
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 drōṇasyādhaḥ kutrāpi guptasthānē vā kōpi na sthāpayati kintu gr̥hapravēśibhyō dīptiṁ dātaṁ dīpādhārōparyyēva 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].
dēhasya pradīpaścakṣustasmādēva 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 jyōti ryathāndhakāramayaṁ na bhavati tadarthē sāvadhānō 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 kutrāpyaṁśē sāndhakārē na jātē sarvvaṁ yadi dīptimat tiṣṭhati tarhi tubhyaṁ dīptidāyiprōjjvalan 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.
ētatkathāyāḥ kathanakālē phiruśyēkō bhējanāya taṁ nimantrayāmāsa, tataḥ sa gatvā bhōktum upavivēśa|
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 bhōjanāt pūrvvaṁ nāmāṅkṣīt ētad dr̥ṣṭvā sa phiruśyāścaryyaṁ mēnē|
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 prōvāca yūyaṁ phirūśilōkāḥ pānapātrāṇāṁ bhōjanapātrāṇāñca 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]
hē sarvvē nirbōdhā yō bahiḥ sasarja sa ēva 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 ēva yuṣmābhirantaḥkaraṇaṁ (īśvarāya) nivēdyatāṁ tasmin kr̥tē 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 īśvarē prēma ca parityajya pōdināyā arudādīnāṁ sarvvēṣāṁ śākānāñca daśamāṁśān dattha kintu prathamaṁ pālayitvā śēṣasyālaṅghanaṁ 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 phirūśinō yūyaṁ bhajanagēhē prōccāsanē āpaṇēṣu ca namaskārēṣu prīyadhvē|
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 kapaṭinō'dhyāpakāḥ phirūśinaśca lōkāyat śmaśānam anupalabhya tadupari gacchanti yūyam tādr̥gaprakāśitaśmaśānavād bhavatha|
45 One of those who taught the [Jewish] laws replied, “Teacher, by saying this you [(sg)] are criticizing us [also]!”
tadānīṁ vyavasthāpakānām ēkā yīśumavadat, hē upadēśaka vākyēnēdr̥śēnāsmāsvapi dōṣam ārōpayasi|
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 ēkāṅgulyāpi tān bhārān na spr̥śatha|
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 bhaviṣyadvādinō'vadhiṣustēṣāṁ 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!
tēnaiva yūyaṁ svapūrvvapuruṣāṇāṁ karmmāṇi saṁmanyadhvē tadēva sapramāṇaṁ kurutha ca, yatastē tānavadhiṣuḥ yūyaṁ tēṣāṁ 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.
ataēva īśvarasya śāstrē prōktamasti tēṣāmantikē bhaviṣyadvādinaḥ prēritāṁśca prēṣayiṣyāmi tatastē tēṣāṁ 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,
ētasmāt kāraṇāt hābilaḥ śōṇitapātamārabhya mandirayajñavēdyō rmadhyē 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 sr̥ṣṭimārabhya pr̥thivyāṁ bhaviṣyadvādināṁ yatiraktapātā jātāstatīnām aparādhadaṇḍā ēṣāṁ varttamānalōkānāṁ bhaviṣyanti, yuṣmānahaṁ niścitaṁ vadāmi sarvvē 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 hr̥tvā svayaṁ na praviṣṭā yē pravēṣṭuñca prayāsinastānapi pravēṣṭuṁ 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 dōṣaṁ dharttamicchantō nānākhyānakathanāya taṁ pravarttayituṁ kōpayituñca prārēbhirē|
