< yOhanaH 2 >
1 anantaraM trutIyadivasE gAlIl pradEziyE kAnnAnAmni nagarE vivAha AsIt tatra ca yIzOrmAtA tiSThat|
2 tasmai vivAhAya yIzustasya ziSyAzca nimantritA Asan|
3 tadanantaraM drAkSArasasya nyUnatvAd yIzOrmAtA tamavadat EtESAM drAkSArasO nAsti|
4 tadA sa tAmavOcat hE nAri mayA saha tava kiM kAryyaM? mama samaya idAnIM nOpatiSThati|
5 tatastasya mAtA dAsAnavOcad ayaM yad vadati tadEva kuruta|
6 tasmin sthAnE yihUdIyAnAM zucitvakaraNavyavahArAnusArENAPhakaikajaladharANi pASANamayAni SaPvRhatpAtrANiAsan|
7 tadA yIzustAn sarvvakalazAn jalaiH pUrayituM tAnAjnjApayat, tatastE sarvvAn kumbhAnAkarNaM jalaiH paryyapUrayan|
8 atha tEbhyaH kinjciduttAryya bhOjyAdhipAtEHsamIpaM nEtuM sa tAnAdizat, tE tadanayan|
9 aparanjca tajjalaM kathaM drAkSArasO'bhavat tajjalavAhakAdAsA jnjAtuM zaktAH kintu tadbhOjyAdhipO jnjAtuM nAzaknOt tadavalihya varaM saMmbOdyAvadata,
10 lOkAH prathamaM uttamadrAkSArasaM dadati taSu yathESTaM pitavatsu tasmA kinjcidanuttamanjca dadati kintu tvamidAnIM yAvat uttamadrAkSArasaM sthApayasi|
11 itthaM yIzurgAlIlapradEzE AzcaryyakArmma prArambha nijamahimAnaM prAkAzayat tataH ziSyAstasmin vyazvasan|
12 tataH param sa nijamAtrubhrAtrusziSyaiH sArddhM kapharnAhUmam Agamat kintu tatra bahUdinAni AtiSThat|
13 tadanantaraM yihUdiyAnAM nistArOtsavE nikaTamAgatE yIzu ryirUzAlam nagaram Agacchat|
14 tatO mandirasya madhyE gOmESapArAvatavikrayiNO vANijakScOpaviSTAn vilOkya
15 rajjubhiH kazAM nirmmAya sarvvagOmESAdibhiH sArddhaM tAn mandirAd dUrIkRtavAn|
16 vaNijAM mudrAdi vikIryya AsanAni nyUbjIkRtya pArAvatavikrayibhyO'kathayad asmAt sthAnAt sarvANyEtAni nayata, mama pitugRhaM vANijyagRhaM mA kArSTa|
17 tasmAt tanmandirArtha udyOgO yastu sa grasatIva mAm| imAM zAstrIyalipiM ziSyAHsamasmaran|
18 tataH param yihUdIyalOkA yISimavadan tavamidRzakarmmakaraNAt kiM cihnamasmAn darzayasi?
19 tatO yIzustAnavOcad yuSmAbhirE tasmin mandirE nAzitE dinatrayamadhyE'haM tad utthApayiSyAmi|
20 tadA yihUdiyA vyAhArSuH, Etasya mandirasa nirmmANEna SaTcatvAriMzad vatsarA gatAH, tvaM kiM dinatrayamadhyE tad utthApayiSyasi?
21 kintu sa nijadEharUpamandirE kathAmimAM kathitavAn|
22 sa yadEtAdRzaM gaditavAn tacchiSyAH zmazAnAt tadIyOtthAnE sati smRtvA dharmmagranthE yIzunOktakathAyAM ca vyazvasiSuH|
23 anantaraM nistArOtsavasya bhOjyasamayE yirUzAlam nagarE tatkrutAzcaryyakarmmANi vilOkya bahubhistasya nAmani vizvasitaM|
24 kintu sa tESAM karESu svaM na samarpayat, yataH sa sarvvAnavait|
25 sa mAnavESu kasyacit pramANaM nApEkSata yatO manujAnAM madhyE yadyadasti tattat sOjAnAt|
