Matthew 20
1 “[In order to illustrate how God rewards people], I will compare [the way] God [MTY/EUP] rules his people with what the owner of an estate [did]. Early in the morning the owner of the estate went to [the market] where [people who wanted work gathered]. He went there to hire laborers to work in his vineyard.
svargarājyam etādṛśā kenacid gṛhasyena samaṁ, yo'tiprabhāte nijadrākṣākṣetre kṛṣakān niyoktuṁ gatavān|
2 He promised the men whom he hired that he would pay them the standard wage [for working] one day. Then he sent them to his vineyards.
paścāt taiḥ sākaṁ dinaikabhṛtiṁ mudrācaturthāṁśaṁ nirūpya tān drākṣākṣetraṁ prerayāmāsa|
3 At nine o’clock [that same morning] he went back [to the market]. There he saw more men who did not have work.
anantaraṁ praharaikavelāyāṁ gatvā haṭṭe katipayān niṣkarmmakān vilokya tānavadat,
4 He said to them, ‘Go to my vineyard as other men have done, [and work there]. I will pay you whatever is a just [wage].’ [So they also went to his vineyard and began to work].
yūyamapi mama drākṣākṣetraṁ yāta, yuṣmabhyamahaṁ yogyabhṛtiṁ dāsyāmi, tataste vavrajuḥ|
5 At noon and at three o’clock he again went [to the market] and found [other laborers whom he promised to pay a fair wage].
punaśca sa dvitīyatṛtīyayoḥ praharayo rbahi rgatvā tathaiva kṛtavān|
6 At five o’clock he went [to the market again] and saw other [men] standing [there who were not working]. He said to them, ‘Why are you standing here all day and not working?’
tato daṇḍadvayāvaśiṣṭāyāṁ velāyāṁ bahi rgatvāparān katipayajanān niṣkarmmakān vilokya pṛṣṭavān, yūyaṁ kimartham atra sarvvaṁ dinaṁ niṣkarmmāṇastiṣṭhatha?
7 They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘[I will hire you]. Go to my vineyard as other men have done, [and work there.’ So they went].
te pratyavadan, asmān na kopi karmamaṇi niyuṁkte| tadānīṁ sa kathitavān, yūyamapi mama drākṣākṣetraṁ yāta, tena yogyāṁ bhṛtiṁ lapsyatha|
8 When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Tell the men to come so that you can give them their wages. First, pay the men who started working last, and pay the men last who started working first.’
tadanantaraṁ sandhyāyāṁ satyāṁ saeva drākṣākṣetrapatiradhyakṣaṁ gadivān, kṛṣakān āhūya śeṣajanamārabhya prathamaṁ yāvat tebhyo bhṛtiṁ dehi|
9 The [manager] paid the standard daily wage to each of the men who did not start working until five o’clock [in the afternoon].
tena ye daṇḍadvayāvasthite samāyātāsteṣām ekaiko jano mudrācaturthāṁśaṁ prāpnot|
10 When the men who had begun working early [in the morning] went [to get their wages], they thought that they would receive more than the standard wage. But they also received only the standard wage.
tadānīṁ prathamaniyuktā janā āgatyānumitavanto vayamadhikaṁ prapsyāmaḥ, kintu tairapi mudrācaturthāṁśo'lābhi|
11 So they complained to the owner of the vineyard [because they thought their payment was unfair].
tataste taṁ gṛhītvā tena kṣetrapatinā sākaṁ vāgyuddhaṁ kurvvantaḥ kathayāmāsuḥ,
12 They said [to him], ‘[You are not being fair!] The men who started working after [all of the rest of us started] worked for [only] one hour! You have [paid] them the same [wage] as [you paid] us! But we worked hard [all] day [IDM], [including working in the] hottest part of the day!’
vayaṁ kṛtsnaṁ dinaṁ tāpakleśau soḍhavantaḥ, kintu paścātāyā se janā daṇḍadvayamātraṁ pariśrāntavantaste'smābhiḥ samānāṁśāḥ kṛtāḥ|
13 The owner of the vineyard said to one of those [who complained], ‘Friend, I did not treat you unfairly. You agreed with me [to work the whole day] for the standard wage [RHQ].
tataḥ sa teṣāmekaṁ pratyuvāca, he vatsa, mayā tvāṁ prati kopyanyāyo na kṛtaḥ kiṁ tvayā matsamakṣaṁ mudrācaturthāṁśo nāṅgīkṛtaḥ?
14 [Stop complaining to me]! Take your wage and go! I desire to give the same wage that I gave you to the men who began working after all of you [had begun working].
tasmāt tava yat prāpyaṁ tadādāya yāhi, tubhyaṁ yati, paścātīyaniyuktalokāyāpi tati dātumicchāmi|
15 I certainly have a right to [spend my money] as I desire [RHQ], [including paying those laborers what I desire to pay them]. (You should not be envious about my being generous!/Are you angry [MET] because I am generous?) [RHQ]’”
svecchayā nijadravyavyavaharaṇaṁ kiṁ mayā na karttavyaṁ? mama dātṛtvāt tvayā kim īrṣyādṛṣṭiḥ kriyate?
16 [Then Jesus said to us], “Similarly, [God will reward] well [some] people who [seem to be] less important now, and he will not reward [some] people who [seem to be] more important [now].”
ittham agrīyalokāḥ paścatīyā bhaviṣyanti, paścātīyajanāścagrīyā bhaviṣyanti, ahūtā bahavaḥ kintvalpe manobhilaṣitāḥ|
17 When Jesus was walking [on the road] up to Jerusalem, [along with us] twelve [disciples], he took us to a place by ourselves [in order that he could talk to us privately]. Then he said to us,
tadanantaraṁ yīśu ryirūśālamnagaraṁ gacchan mārgamadhye śiṣyān ekānte vabhāṣe,
18 “Listen carefully! We are [now] going up to Jerusalem. [While we are there, someone] will enable the chief priests and the men who teach the [Jewish] laws to seize [me], the one who came from heaven, [and they will put me on trial]. They will condemn me [and say] that I should be killed {the authorities should kill me}.
paśya vayaṁ yirūśālamnagaraṁ yāmaḥ, tatra pradhānayājakādhyāpakānāṁ kareṣu manuṣyaputraḥ samarpiṣyate;
19 [Then they] will put me in the hands of non-Jews so that they can make fun of me, whip me, [and kill me by] nailing me to a cross. But on the third day [after that], [God] will cause me to live again.”
te ca taṁ hantumājñāpya tiraskṛtya vetreṇa praharttuṁ kruśe dhātayituñcānyadeśīyānāṁ kareṣu samarpayiṣyanti, kintu sa tṛtīyadivase śmaśānād utthāpiṣyate|
20 Then the mother of James and John brought her two sons to Jesus. She bowed down before Jesus and asked him to do her a favor.
tadānīṁ sivadīyasya nārī svaputrāvādāya yīśoḥ samīpam etya praṇamya kañcanānugrahaṁ taṁ yayāce|
21 Jesus said to her, “What do you want [me to do for you]?” She said to him, “Permit these two sons of mine to sit next to you (OR, Permit these two sons of mine to sit next to you at your right side and at your left side) [and rule with you] [MTY] when you become king.”
tadā yīśustāṁ proktavān, tvaṁ kiṁ yācase? tataḥ sā babhāṣe, bhavato rājatve mamānayoḥ sutayorekaṁ bhavaddakṣiṇapārśve dvitīyaṁ vāmapārśva upaveṣṭum ājñāpayatu|
22 Jesus said to [her and her sons], “You do not understand what you are asking for. Can you suffer like I am about to suffer [IDM]?” [James and John] answered him, “Yes, we are able [to do that].”
yīśuḥ pratyuvāca, yuvābhyāṁ yad yācyate, tanna budhyate, ahaṁ yena kaṁsena pāsyāmi yuvābhyāṁ kiṁ tena pātuṁ śakyate? ahañca yena majjenena majjiṣye, yuvābhyāṁ kiṁ tena majjayituṁ śakyate? te jagaduḥ śakyate|
23 Then Jesus said to them, “Yes, you will suffer as I will suffer [IDM]. But I am not the one who chooses the ones who [will] sit next to me [and rule with me]. [God], my Father, will give those places [MTY] to the ones whom he appoints.”
tadā sa uktavān, yuvāṁ mama kaṁsenāvaśyaṁ pāsyathaḥ, mama majjanena ca yuvāmapi majjiṣyethe, kintu yeṣāṁ kṛte mattātena nirūpitam idaṁ tān vihāyānyaṁ kamapi maddakṣiṇapārśve vāmapārśve ca samupaveśayituṁ mamādhikāro nāsti|
24 When we ten [other disciples] heard [what James and John had requested], we became angry with them [because we also wanted to rule with Jesus in the highest positions].
etāṁ kathāṁ śrutvānye daśaśiṣyāstau bhrātarau prati cukupuḥ|
25 [So] Jesus called all of us together and said [to us], “You know that those who rule the non-Jews [enjoy] showing them that they are powerful. Their chief rulers [enjoy] commanding the people under them.
kintu yīśuḥ svasamīpaṁ tānāhūya jagāda, anyadeśīyalokānāṁ narapatayastān adhikurvvanti, ye tu mahāntaste tān śāsati, iti yūyaṁ jānītha|
26 You [should] not be like them. On the contrary, everyone among you who wants [God to consider] him great must become [like] a servant for [the rest of] you.
kintu yuṣmākaṁ madhye na tathā bhavet, yuṣmākaṁ yaḥ kaścit mahān bubhūṣati, sa yuṣmān seveta;
27 And everyone among you who wants [God to consider him] to be the most important must become [like] a slave for [the rest of] you.
yaśca yuṣmākaṁ madhye mukhyo bubhūṣati, sa yuṣmākaṁ dāso bhavet|
28 [You should imitate me]. [Even though I am] the one who came from heaven, I did not come to be served {in order that people would serve me}. On the contrary, I [came in order] to serve [others] and to [IDM] allow myself to be killed {other people to kill me}, so that [my dying would be like] a payment to rescue many [people from being punished for their sins].” [MTY]
itthaṁ manujaputraḥ sevyo bhavituṁ nahi, kintu sevituṁ bahūnāṁ paritrāṇamūlyārthaṁ svaprāṇān dātuñcāgataḥ|
29 As we were leaving Jericho [city], a large crowd of people followed [us].
anantaraṁ yirīhonagarāt teṣāṁ bahirgamanasamaye tasya paścād bahavo lokā vavrajuḥ|
30 [As we walked along, we saw] two blind men sitting alongside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they yelled [to him], “Lord, Descendant of [King] David, [you are the Messiah] Take pity on us!”
aparaṁ vartmapārśva upaviśantau dvāvandhau tena mārgeṇa yīśo rgamanaṁ niśamya proccaiḥ kathayāmāsatuḥ, he prabho dāyūdaḥ santāna, āvayo rdayāṁ vidhehi|
31 [People in] the crowd scolded them [and] told them to be quiet. But the blind men yelled even louder, “Lord, Descendant of [King] David, [you are the Messiah] Have pity on us!”
tato lokāḥ sarvve tuṣṇīmbhavatamityuktvā tau tarjayāmāsuḥ; tathāpi tau punaruccaiḥ kathayāmāsatuḥ he prabho dāyūdaḥ santāna, āvāṁ dayasva|
32 Jesus stopped and called them [to come to him]. [Then] he said [to them], “What do you want me to do for you?”
tadānīṁ yīśuḥ sthagitaḥ san tāvāhūya bhāṣitavān, yuvayoḥ kṛte mayā kiṁ karttarvyaṁ? yuvāṁ kiṁ kāmayethe?
33 They said to him, “Lord, heal our eyes [IDM] [so that we can see]!”
tadā tāvuktavantau, prabho netrāṇi nau prasannāni bhaveyuḥ|
34 Jesus [felt] sorry [for them and] touched their eyes. Immediately they were able to see, and they went with Jesus.
tadānīṁ yīśustau prati pramannaḥ san tayo rnetrāṇi pasparśa, tenaiva tau suvīkṣāñcakrāte tatpaścāt jagmutuśca|
