Luke 12
1 While they were doing that, many thousands of people gathered [around Jesus]. There were so many that they were stepping on each other. Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Beware of [becoming] hypocrites [like] the Pharisees. Their [evil influence] [MET] [spreads to others like] yeast [spreads its influence in dough].
tadānīṁ lokāḥ sahasraṁ sahasram āgatya samupasthitāstata ekaiko 'nyeṣāmupari patitum upacakrame; tadā yīśuḥ śiṣyān babhāṣe, yūyaṁ phirūśināṁ kiṇvarūpakāpaṭye viśeṣeṇa sāvadhānāstiṣṭhata|
2 People will not be able to continue concealing the things that [they or other] people try to conceal now. [God] will [some day] cause the things that are hidden now to be known {[everyone] to know the things that they hide now}.
yato yanna prakāśayiṣyate tadācchannaṁ vastu kimapi nāsti; tathā yanna jñāsyate tad guptaṁ vastu kimapi nāsti|
3 All the things that you say in the dark [secretly, some day] will be heard {people will hear them} in the daylight. The things you have whispered [SYN] privately among yourselves in your rooms will be proclaimed {[people] will proclaim them} publicly.”
andhakāre tiṣṭhanato yāḥ kathā akathayata tāḥ sarvvāḥ kathā dīptau śroṣyante nirjane karṇe ca yadakathayata gṛhapṛṣṭhāt tat pracārayiṣyate|
4 “My friends, listen [carefully]. Do not be afraid of people who [are able to] kill you, but after they kill you, there is nothing more that they can do [to hurt you].
he bandhavo yuṣmānahaṁ vadāmi, ye śarīrasya nāśaṁ vinā kimapyaparaṁ karttuṁ na śakruvanti tebhyo mā bhaiṣṭa|
5 But I will warn you about the one that you should truly be afraid of. You should be afraid of [God], because he not only has [the power to] cause people to die, he has the power to throw them into hell afterward! Yes, he is truly the one that you should be afraid of! (Geenna g1067)
tarhi kasmād bhetavyam ityahaṁ vadāmi, yaḥ śarīraṁ nāśayitvā narakaṁ nikṣeptuṁ śaknoti tasmādeva bhayaṁ kuruta, punarapi vadāmi tasmādeva bhayaṁ kuruta| (Geenna g1067)
6 [Think about] the sparrows. [They are worth so little] that [you] can [RHQ] buy five of them for only two small coins. But not one of them is ever forgotten by God {God never forgets one of them}!
pañca caṭakapakṣiṇaḥ kiṁ dvābhyāṁ tāmrakhaṇḍābhyāṁ na vikrīyante? tathāpīśvarasteṣām ekamapi na vismarati|
7 You are worth more [to God] than many sparrows. So do not be afraid [of what people can do to you! God] even knows how many hairs there are on each of your heads, [so that if you(sg) lose one hair, he knows about it. So nothing bad can happen to you without his knowing it].
yuṣmākaṁ śiraḥkeśā api gaṇitāḥ santi tasmāt mā vibhīta bahucaṭakapakṣibhyopi yūyaṁ bahumūlyāḥ|
8 I want to tell you also that if people, [without being afraid, are willing to] tell others [that they are my disciples], [I], the one who came from heaven, will acknowledge before [God that they are my disciples]. [I will do that while] God’s angels listen.
aparaṁ yuṣmabhyaṁ kathayāmi yaḥ kaścin mānuṣāṇāṁ sākṣān māṁ svīkaroti manuṣyaputra īśvaradūtānāṁ sākṣāt taṁ svīkariṣyati|
9 But if people [are] afraid to say in front of others that they are [my disciples], [I] will say, while God’s angels listen, that they are not [my disciples].
kintu yaḥ kaścinmānuṣāṇāṁ sākṣānmām asvīkaroti tam īśvarasya dūtānāṁ sākṣād aham asvīkariṣyāmi|
10 [I will tell you] also that [God is willing to] forgive people who say bad things about me, the one who came from heaven, but [he] will not forgive anyone who says evil things about what the Holy Spirit [does].
anyacca yaḥ kaścin manujasutasya nindābhāvena kāñcit kathāṁ kathayati tasya tatpāpasya mocanaṁ bhaviṣyati kintu yadi kaścit pavitram ātmānaṁ nindati tarhi tasya tatpāpasya mocanaṁ na bhaviṣyati|
11 [So] when people ask you in Jewish worship houses and in the presence of rulers and other authorities [about your trusting in me], do not worry about how you will answer them [when they accuse you]. Do not worry about what you should say,
yadā lokā yuṣmān bhajanagehaṁ vicārakartṛrājyakartṛṇāṁ sammukhañca neṣyanti tadā kena prakāreṇa kimuttaraṁ vadiṣyatha kiṁ kathayiṣyatha cetyatra mā cintayata;
12 because the Holy Spirit will tell you at that very time what you should say.”
yato yuṣmābhiryad yad vaktavyaṁ tat tasmin samayaeva pavitra ātmā yuṣmān śikṣayiṣyati|
13 Then one of the people in the crowd said to [Jesus], “Teacher, tell my [older] brother to divide my father’s property and give me [the part that belongs] to me!”
tataḥ paraṁ janatāmadhyasthaḥ kaścijjanastaṁ jagāda he guro mayā saha paitṛkaṁ dhanaṁ vibhaktuṁ mama bhrātaramājñāpayatu bhavān|
14 But Jesus replied to him, “Man, (no one appointed me in order that I would settle [matters when people are] disputing about property!/did anyone appoint me in order that I would settle [matters when people are] disputing about property?) [RHQ]”
kintu sa tamavadat he manuṣya yuvayo rvicāraṁ vibhāgañca karttuṁ māṁ ko niyuktavān?
15 Then he said to the whole crowd, “Guard yourselves very carefully, in order that you do not desire other people’s things in any way! No one can make his life secure by [obtaining] many possessions.”
anantaraṁ sa lokānavadat lobhe sāvadhānāḥ satarkāśca tiṣṭhata, yato bahusampattiprāptyā manuṣyasyāyu rna bhavati|
16 Then Jesus told the people this illustration: “There was a certain rich man whose crops grew very well.
paścād dṛṣṭāntakathāmutthāpya kathayāmāsa, ekasya dhanino bhūmau bahūni śasyāni jātāni|
17 [So] he said [to himself], ‘I do not know what to do, because I do not have any place [big enough] to store all my crops!’
tataḥ sa manasā cintayitvā kathayāmbabhūva mamaitāni samutpannāni dravyāṇi sthāpayituṁ sthānaṁ nāsti kiṁ kariṣyāmi?
18 Then he thought to himself, ‘[I know] what I will do! I will tear down my grain bins and build larger ones! Then I will store all my wheat and other goods in [the big new bins].
tatovadad itthaṁ kariṣyāmi, mama sarvvabhāṇḍāgārāṇi bhaṅktvā bṛhadbhāṇḍāgārāṇi nirmmāya tanmadhye sarvvaphalāni dravyāṇi ca sthāpayiṣyāmi|
19 [Then] I will say to myself [SYN], “Now I have plenty of goods stored up. [They will last] for many years. [So now] I will take life easy. I will eat and drink [all that I want to] and be happy [for a long time]!”’
aparaṁ nijamano vadiṣyāmi, he mano bahuvatsarārthaṁ nānādravyāṇi sañcitāni santi viśrāmaṁ kuru bhuktvā pītvā kautukañca kuru| kintvīśvarastam avadat,
20 But God said to him, ‘You foolish [man]! Tonight you will die! (Then all [the goods] you have saved up [for yourself] will [belong to someone else, not to] you!/Do you think that you [will benefit from] all that you have stored up for yourself?) [RHQ]’”
re nirbodha adya rātrau tava prāṇāstvatto neṣyante tata etāni yāni dravyāṇi tvayāsāditāni tāni kasya bhaviṣyanti?
21 [Then Jesus ended this illustration by saying], “That is what will happen to those who store up goods just for themselves, but who do not value the things [that] God [considers] valuable.”
ataeva yaḥ kaścid īśvarasya samīpe dhanasañcayamakṛtvā kevalaṁ svanikaṭe sañcayaṁ karoti sopi tādṛśaḥ|
22 Then [Jesus] said to his disciples, “So I want to tell you this: Do not worry about [things you need] in order to live. Do not worry about [whether you will have enough food] to eat or [enough clothes] to wear.
atha sa śiṣyebhyaḥ kathayāmāsa, yuṣmānahaṁ vadāmi, kiṁ khādiṣyāmaḥ? kiṁ paridhāsyāmaḥ? ityuktvā jīvanasya śarīrasya cārthaṁ cintāṁ mā kārṣṭa|
23 It is important to have sufficient food and clothing, but (the way you conduct your lives is more important./is not the way you conduct your lives more important?) [RHQ]
bhakṣyājjīvanaṁ bhūṣaṇāccharīrañca śreṣṭhaṁ bhavati|
24 Think about the birds: They do not plant [seeds], and they do not harvest [crops]. They do not have rooms or buildings in which to store crops. But God provides food for them. [And] you are certainly much more valuable than birds. [So God will certainly provide what you need]!
kākapakṣiṇāṁ kāryyaṁ vicārayata, te na vapanti śasyāni ca na chindanti, teṣāṁ bhāṇḍāgārāṇi na santi koṣāśca na santi, tathāpīśvarastebhyo bhakṣyāṇi dadāti, yūyaṁ pakṣibhyaḥ śreṣṭhatarā na kiṁ?
25 (There is not a one of you who can add a little bit to how long he lives by worrying about it!/Is there any of you who can add a little bit to how long he lives by worrying about it?) [RHQ]
aparañca bhāvayitvā nijāyuṣaḥ kṣaṇamātraṁ varddhayituṁ śaknoti, etādṛśo lāko yuṣmākaṁ madhye kosti?
26 Worrying is a small thing to do. So since you cannot add to your life, (you certainly should not worry about other things that [you need to have in order to live!]/why do you worry about other things that [you need to have in order to live]?) [RHQ]
ataeva kṣudraṁ kāryyaṁ sādhayitum asamarthā yūyam anyasmin kāryye kuto bhāvayatha?
27 Think about the way that flowers grow [in the fields]. They do not work [to earn money], and they do not make their own clothes. But I tell you that [even though King] Solomon, [who lived long ago, wore very beautiful clothes], his clothes were not as beautiful as one of those [flowers].
anyacca kāmpilapuṣpaṁ kathaṁ varddhate tadāpi vicārayata, tat kañcana śramaṁ na karoti tantūṁśca na janayati kintu yuṣmabhyaṁ yathārthaṁ kathayāmi sulemān bahvaiśvaryyānvitopi puṣpasyāsya sadṛśo vibhūṣito nāsīt|
28 God makes the flowers beautiful, but they grow in the fields for only a short time. Then [they are cut at the same time that the grass] is cut, and thrown into an oven [to be burned to make heat for baking] bread. [So they really are not worth very much. But you are very precious to] God, [and he] will [care for you] much more [than he cares for the grass by filling it with beautiful flowers]. So he will certainly provide clothes for you, who [live much longer than the grass. Why] [RHQ] [do you] trust him so little?
adya kṣetre varttamānaṁ śvaścūllyāṁ kṣepsyamānaṁ yat tṛṇaṁ, tasmai yadīśvara itthaṁ bhūṣayati tarhi he alpapratyayino yuṣmāna kiṁ na paridhāpayiṣyati?
29 Do not always be concerned about having enough to eat and drink, and do not be worrying about those things.
ataeva kiṁ khādiṣyāmaḥ? kiṁ paridhāsyāmaḥ? etadarthaṁ mā ceṣṭadhvaṁ mā saṁdigdhvañca|
30 The people who do not know God are always worried about such things. But your Father [in heaven] knows that you need those things, [so you should not worry about them].
jagato devārccakā etāni sarvvāṇi ceṣṭanate; eṣu vastuṣu yuṣmākaṁ prayojanamāste iti yuṣmākaṁ pitā jānāti|
31 Instead, be concerned about letting [God] completely direct [your life]. Then [he] will also give you enough of the things [you need].
ataeveśvarasya rājyārthaṁ saceṣṭā bhavata tathā kṛte sarvvāṇyetāni dravyāṇi yuṣmabhyaṁ pradāyiṣyante|
32 [You who are my disciples are like a] small flock of sheep, [and I am like your shepherd]. So you should not be afraid. Your Father [in heaven] wants to let you rule with him [in heaven].
he kṣudrameṣavraja yūyaṁ mā bhaiṣṭa yuṣmabhyaṁ rājyaṁ dātuṁ yuṣmākaṁ pituḥ sammatirasti|
33 [So now] sell the things that you own. Give [the money that you get for those things] to poor people. [If you do that, it will be as though] you are providing for yourselves purses that will not wear out, and [God will give] you a treasure in heaven that will always be safe. There, no thief can come near [to steal it], and no termite can destroy it.
ataeva yuṣmākaṁ yā yā sampattirasti tāṁ tāṁ vikrīya vitarata, yat sthānaṁ caurā nāgacchanti, kīṭāśca na kṣāyayanti tādṛśe svarge nijārtham ajare sampuṭake 'kṣayaṁ dhanaṁ sañcinuta ca;
34 Remember that [the things] that you [think are the most] valuable are [the things] that you will be constantly concerned about.”
yato yatra yuṣmākaṁ dhanaṁ varttate tatreva yuṣmākaṁ manaḥ|
35 “Be always ready [for doing God’s work] [MET], like [people] who have put on their work clothes and are ready [during the day], with their lamps burning all night.
aparañca yūyaṁ pradīpaṁ jvālayitvā baddhakaṭayastiṣṭhata;
36 Be [ready for me to return] [MET], like servants who are waiting for their master to return after being at a wedding feast [for several days]. They are [waiting to] open the door for him and [start working for him again] as soon as he arrives and knocks at the door.
prabhu rvivāhādāgatya yadaiva dvāramāhanti tadaiva dvāraṁ mocayituṁ yathā bhṛtyā apekṣya tiṣṭhanti tathā yūyamapi tiṣṭhata|
37 If those servants are awake when he returns, [he will] be very pleased with them. I will tell you this: He will put on [the kind of clothes] that servants wear and tell them to sit down, and he will serve them a meal.
yataḥ prabhurāgatya yān dāsān sacetanān tiṣṭhato drakṣyati taeva dhanyāḥ; ahaṁ yuṣmān yathārthaṁ vadāmi prabhustān bhojanārtham upaveśya svayaṁ baddhakaṭiḥ samīpametya pariveṣayiṣyati|
38 [Even] if he comes between midnight and sunrise, if he finds that his servants are [awake and] ready [for him], he will be very pleased with them.
yadi dvitīye tṛtīye vā prahare samāgatya tathaiva paśyati, tarhi taeva dāsā dhanyāḥ|
39 But you must also remember this: If owners of a house knew what time a thief was coming, they [would stay awake and] would not allow their house to be broken into [and their goods to be stolen] {[the thief] to break into the house [and steal their goods]}.
aparañca kasmin kṣaṇe caurā āgamiṣyanti iti yadi gṛhapati rjñātuṁ śaknoti tadāvaśyaṁ jāgran nijagṛhe sandhiṁ karttayituṁ vārayati yūyametad vitta|
40 Similarly, you must be ready [for me to return], because [I], the one who came from heaven, will come [again] at a time when you do not expect [me to come].”
ataeva yūyamapi sajjamānāstiṣṭhata yato yasmin kṣaṇe taṁ nāprekṣadhve tasminneva kṣaṇe manuṣyaputra āgamiṣyati|
41 Peter said, “Lord, are you [(sg)] speaking this illustration [only] for us or for everyone [else also]?”
tadā pitaraḥ papraccha, he prabho bhavān kimasmān uddiśya kiṁ sarvvān uddiśya dṛṣṭāntakathāmimāṁ vadati?
42 The Lord replied, “[I am saying it for you and for anyone else] [MET, RHQ] who is like a faithful and wise manager in his master’s house. His master appoints him to [supervise affairs in his house] and to give all the [other] servants their food at the proper time. [Then he leaves on a long trip].
tataḥ prabhuḥ provāca, prabhuḥ samucitakāle nijaparivārārthaṁ bhojyapariveṣaṇāya yaṁ tatpade niyokṣyati tādṛśo viśvāsyo boddhā karmmādhīśaḥ kosti?
43 If the servant is doing that work when his master returns, [his master] will be very pleased with him.
prabhurāgatya yam etādṛśe karmmaṇi pravṛttaṁ drakṣyati saeva dāso dhanyaḥ|
44 I tell you this: His master will appoint him to supervise all of his affairs [permanently].
ahaṁ yuṣmān yathārthaṁ vadāmi sa taṁ nijasarvvasvasyādhipatiṁ kariṣyati|
45 But that servant might think to himself, ‘My master [has been away] for a long time, [so he probably will] not return soon [and find out what I am doing].’ [Then he might] start to beat the [other] servants, both male and female ones. [He might also start] to eat [a lot of food] and get drunk.
kintu prabhurvilambenāgamiṣyati, iti vicintya sa dāso yadi tadanyadāsīdāsān praharttum bhoktuṁ pātuṁ madituñca prārabhate,
46 [If he does that, and if] his master returns on a day when the servant does not expect him, then his master will (cut him into two pieces/punish him severely) [HYP] and put him [in the place where he puts all] those who do not [serve him] faithfully.
tarhi yadā prabhuṁ nāpekṣiṣyate yasmin kṣaṇe so'cetanaśca sthāsyati tasminneva kṣaṇe tasya prabhurāgatya taṁ padabhraṣṭaṁ kṛtvā viśvāsahīnaiḥ saha tasya aṁśaṁ nirūpayiṣyati|
47 Every servant who knows what his master wants him to do but who does not get himself ready and does not do what his master desires will be beaten severely {[The master] will beat severely every servant who knows what his master wants him to do but who does not get himself ready and does not do what his master desires}.
yo dāsaḥ prabherājñāṁ jñātvāpi sajjito na tiṣṭhati tadājñānusāreṇa ca kāryyaṁ na karoti sonekān prahārān prāpsyati;
48 But every [servant] who did not know [what his master wanted] him to do, and who did things for which he deserved to be punished, will be beaten lightly {[the master] will beat lightly every [servant] who did not know [what his master wanted] him to do and did the things for which he deserved that [his master] would beat him}. [God will treat his people similarly, because he] expects a lot from those people whom [he] has allowed [to understand a lot]. People who entrust things [to others’ care] expect those people [to care for those things] very well. Similarly, [God] expects a lot from those people whom he has allowed [to understand a lot]. Furthermore, he expects the most from people to whom he has given the most [ability].”
kintu yo jano'jñātvā prahārārhaṁ karmma karoti solpaprahārān prāpsyati| yato yasmai bāhulyena dattaṁ tasmādeva bāhulyena grahīṣyate, mānuṣā yasya nikaṭe bahu samarpayanti tasmād bahu yācante|
49 “I came to earth to cause [there to be trials] [MET], [which will purify you as] fire [purifies metal] (OR, to cause judgment/divisions among you). I wish that the time when [you] will be purified {when [God] will purify you} (OR, when divisions will be caused {to cause divisions among people}) had already begun.
ahaṁ pṛthivyām anaikyarūpaṁ vahni nikṣeptum āgatosmi, sa ced idānīmeva prajvalati tatra mama kā cintā?
50 I must soon suffer [IDM] greatly. I am distressed, and I will continue to be distressed until my suffering is finished.
kintu yena majjanenāhaṁ magno bhaviṣyāmi yāvatkālaṁ tasya siddhi rna bhaviṣyati tāvadahaṁ katikaṣṭaṁ prāpsyāmi|
51 Do you think that as a result of my coming to earth people will live together peacefully? No! I must tell you, [that is not what will happen! Instead, people] will be divided.
melanaṁ karttuṁ jagad āgatosmi yūyaṁ kimitthaṁ bodhadhve? yuṣmān vadāmi na tathā, kintvahaṁ melanābhāvaṁ karttuṁm āgatosmi|
52 Because some people in one house [will believe in me and some will not], they will be divided. [For example], three people in one house [who do not believe in me] will oppose two [who do believe], or two [who do not believe in me] will oppose three [who do believe].
yasmādetatkālamārabhya ekatrasthaparijanānāṁ madhye pañcajanāḥ pṛthag bhūtvā trayo janā dvayorjanayoḥ pratikūlā dvau janau ca trayāṇāṁ janānāṁ pratikūlau bhaviṣyanti|
53 A man will oppose his son, or a son will oppose his father. A woman will oppose her daughter, or a woman will oppose her mother. A woman will oppose her daughter-in-law, or a woman will oppose her mother-in-law.”
pitā putrasya vipakṣaḥ putraśca pitu rvipakṣo bhaviṣyati mātā kanyāyā vipakṣā kanyā ca mātu rvipakṣā bhaviṣyati, tathā śvaśrūrbadhvā vipakṣā badhūśca śvaśrvā vipakṣā bhaviṣyati|
54 He [also] said to the crowds, “[In this country], when you see a [dark] cloud forming in the west, you immediately say ‘It is going to rain!’ and that is what happens.
sa lokebhyoparamapi kathayāmāsa, paścimadiśi meghodgamaṁ dṛṣṭvā yūyaṁ haṭhād vadatha vṛṣṭi rbhaviṣyati tatastathaiva jāyate|
55 [In this region], when the wind blows from the south, you say, ‘It is going to be a very hot day!’ and that is what happens.
aparaṁ dakṣiṇato vāyau vāti sati vadatha nidāgho bhaviṣyati tataḥ sopi jāyate|
56 You hypocrites! By observing the clouds and the wind, you are able to discern what is happening regarding [the weather]. It is disgusting that you are not able to discern [what God is doing] at this present time [RHQ]!
re re kapaṭina ākāśasya bhūmyāśca lakṣaṇaṁ boddhuṁ śaknutha,
57 (Each of you ought to determine now what is the right thing for you to do, [while you still have time to do that]!/Why cannot each of you determine what is the right [thing for you to do now while you still have time to do that]?) [RHQ]
kintu kālasyāsya lakṣaṇaṁ kuto boddhuṁ na śaknutha? yūyañca svayaṁ kuto na nyāṣyaṁ vicārayatha?
58 [If you do not do that, God will punish you] [MET]. [It will be like what happens when] someone takes one of you to court, saying that you [(sg)] have done something very bad. You should try to settle things with him while you are still on the way to the court. If he forces you to go to the judge, the judge will decide that you are guilty and put you into the hands of the court officer. Then that officer will put you in prison.
aparañca vivādinā sārddhaṁ vicārayituḥ samīpaṁ gacchan pathi tasmāduddhāraṁ prāptuṁ yatasva nocet sa tvāṁ dhṛtvā vicārayituḥ samīpaṁ nayati| vicārayitā yadi tvāṁ praharttuḥ samīpaṁ samarpayati praharttā tvāṁ kārāyāṁ badhnāti
59 I tell you that if you go to prison, you will never get out, [because you will never be able to] pay every bit [of what the judge says you owe] [MET]. [Similarly, you ought to settle accounts with God before you die, too].”
tarhi tvāmahaṁ vadāmi tvayā niḥśeṣaṁ kapardakeṣu na pariśodhiteṣu tvaṁ tato muktiṁ prāptuṁ na śakṣyasi|
