< yOhanaH 4 >
1 yIzuH svayaM nAmajjayat kEvalaM tasya ziSyA amajjayat kintu yOhanO'dhikaziSyAn sa karOti majjayati ca,
2 phirUzina imAM vArttAmazRNvan iti prabhuravagatya
3 yihUdIyadEzaM vihAya puna rgAlIlam Agat|
4 tataH zOmirONapradEzasya madyEna tEna gantavyE sati
5 yAkUb nijaputrAya yUSaphE yAM bhUmim adadAt tatsamIpasthAyi zOmirONapradEzasya sukhAr nAmnA vikhyAtasya nagarasya sannidhAvupAsthAt|
6 tatra yAkUbaH prahirAsIt; tadA dvitIyayAmavElAyAM jAtAyAM sa mArgE zramApannastasya prahEH pArzvE upAvizat|
7 Etarhi kAcit zOmirONIyA yOSit tOyOttOlanArtham tatrAgamat
8 tadA ziSyAH khAdyadravyANi krEtuM nagaram agacchan|
9 yIzuH zOmirONIyAM tAM yOSitam vyAhArSIt mahyaM kinjcit pAnIyaM pAtuM dEhi| kintu zOmirONIyaiH sAkaM yihUdIyalOkA na vyavAharan tasmAddhEtOH sAkathayat zOmirONIyA yOSitadahaM tvaM yihUdIyOsi kathaM mattaH pAnIyaM pAtum icchasi?
10 tatO yIzuravadad Izvarasya yaddAnaM tatkIdRk pAnIyaM pAtuM mahyaM dEhi ya itthaM tvAM yAcatE sa vA ka iti cEdajnjAsyathAstarhi tamayAciSyathAH sa ca tubhyamamRtaM tOyamadAsyat|
11 tadA sA sImantinI bhASitavati, hE mahEccha prahirgambhIrO bhavatO nIrOttOlanapAtraM nAstI ca tasmAt tadamRtaM kIlAlaM kutaH prApsyasi?
12 yOsmabhyam imamandhUM dadau, yasya ca parijanA gOmESAdayazca sarvvE'sya prahEH pAnIyaM papurEtAdRzO yOsmAkaM pUrvvapuruSO yAkUb tasmAdapi bhavAn mahAn kiM?
13 tatO yIzurakathayad idaM pAnIyaM saH pivati sa punastRSArttO bhaviSyati,
14 kintu mayA dattaM pAnIyaM yaH pivati sa punaH kadApi tRSArttO na bhaviSyati| mayA dattam idaM tOyaM tasyAntaH prasravaNarUpaM bhUtvA anantAyuryAvat srOSyati| (aiōn , aiōnios )
15 tadA sA vanitAkathayat hE mahEccha tarhi mama punaH pIpAsA yathA na jAyatE tOyOttOlanAya yathAtrAgamanaM na bhavati ca tadarthaM mahyaM tattOyaM dEhI|
16 tatO yIzUravadadyAhi tava patimAhUya sthAnE'trAgaccha|
17 sA vAmAvadat mama patirnAsti| yIzuravadat mama patirnAstIti vAkyaM bhadramavOcaH|
18 yatastava panjca patayObhavan adhunA tu tvayA sArddhaM yastiSThati sa tava bharttA na vAkyamidaM satyamavAdiH|
19 tadA sA mahilA gaditavati hE mahEccha bhavAn EkO bhaviSyadvAdIti buddhaM mayA|
20 asmAkaM pitRlOkA Etasmin zilOccayE'bhajanta, kintu bhavadbhirucyatE yirUzAlam nagarE bhajanayOgyaM sthAnamAstE|
21 yIzuravOcat hE yOSit mama vAkyE vizvasihi yadA yUyaM kEvalazailE'smin vA yirUzAlam nagarE piturbhajanaM na kariSyadhvE kAla EtAdRza AyAti|
22 yUyaM yaM bhajadhvE taM na jAnItha, kintu vayaM yaM bhajAmahE taM jAnImahE, yatO yihUdIyalOkAnAM madhyAt paritrANaM jAyatE|
23 kintu yadA satyabhaktA AtmanA satyarUpENa ca piturbhajanaM kariSyantE samaya EtAdRza AyAti, varam idAnImapi vidyatE; yata EtAdRzO bhatkAn pitA cESTatE|
24 Izvara AtmA; tatastasya yE bhaktAstaiH sa AtmanA satyarUpENa ca bhajanIyaH|
25 tadA sA mahilAvAdIt khrISTanAmnA vikhyAtO'bhiSiktaH puruSa AgamiSyatIti jAnAmi sa ca sarvvAH kathA asmAn jnjApayiSyati|
26 tatO yIzuravadat tvayA sArddhaM kathanaM karOmi yO'ham ahamEva sa puruSaH|
27 Etasmin samayE ziSyA Agatya tathA striyA sArddhaM tasya kathOpakathanE mahAzcaryyam amanyanta tathApi bhavAn kimicchati? yadvA kimartham EtayA sArddhaM kathAM kathayati? iti kOpi nApRcchat|
28 tataH paraM sA nArI kalazaM sthApayitvA nagaramadhyaM gatvA lOkEbhyOkathAyad
29 ahaM yadyat karmmAkaravaM tatsarvvaM mahyamakathayad EtAdRzaM mAnavamEkam Agatya pazyata ru kim abhiSiktO na bhavati?
30 tatastE nagarAd bahirAgatya tAtasya samIpam Ayan|
31 Etarhi ziSyAH sAdhayitvA taM vyAhArSuH hE gurO bhavAn kinjcid bhUktAM|
32 tataH sOvadad yuSmAbhiryanna jnjAyatE tAdRzaM bhakSyaM mamAstE|
33 tadA ziSyAH parasparaM praSTum Arambhanta, kimasmai kOpi kimapi bhakSyamAnIya dattavAn?
34 yIzuravOcat matprErakasyAbhimatAnurUpakaraNaM tasyaiva karmmasiddhikAraNanjca mama bhakSyaM|
35 mAsacatuSTayE jAtE zasyakarttanasamayO bhaviSyatIti vAkyaM yuSmAbhiH kiM nOdyatE? kintvahaM vadAmi, zira uttOlya kSEtrANi prati nirIkSya pazyata, idAnIM karttanayOgyAni zuklavarNAnyabhavan|
36 yazchinatti sa vEtanaM labhatE anantAyuHsvarUpaM zasyaM sa gRhlAti ca, tEnaiva vaptA chEttA ca yugapad AnandataH| (aiōnios )
37 itthaM sati vapatyEkazchinatyanya iti vacanaM siddhyati|
38 yatra yUyaM na paryyazrAmyata tAdRzaM zasyaM chEttuM yuSmAn prairayam anyE janAHparyyazrAmyan yUyaM tESAM zragasya phalam alabhadhvam|
39 yasmin kAlE yadyat karmmAkArSaM tatsarvvaM sa mahyam akathayat tasyA vanitAyA idaM sAkSyavAkyaM zrutvA tannagaranivAsinO bahavaH zOmirONIyalOkA vyazvasan|
40 tathA ca tasyAntikE samupasthAya svESAM sannidhau katicid dinAni sthAtuM tasmin vinayam akurvvAna tasmAt sa dinadvayaM tatsthAnE nyavaSTat
41 tatastasyOpadEzEna bahavO'parE vizvasya
42 tAM yOSAmavadan kEvalaM tava vAkyEna pratIma iti na, kintu sa jagatO'bhiSiktastrAtEti tasya kathAM zrutvA vayaM svayamEvAjnjAsamahi|
43 svadEzE bhaviSyadvaktuH satkArO nAstIti yadyapi yIzuH pramANaM datvAkathayat
44 tathApi divasadvayAt paraM sa tasmAt sthAnAd gAlIlaM gatavAn|
45 anantaraM yE gAlIlI liyalOkA utsavE gatA utsavasamayE yirUzalam nagarE tasya sarvvAH kriyA apazyan tE gAlIlam AgataM tam AgRhlan|
46 tataH param yIzu ryasmin kAnnAnagarE jalaM drAkSArasam AkarOt tat sthAnaM punaragAt| tasminnEva samayE kasyacid rAjasabhAstArasya putraH kapharnAhUmapurI rOgagrasta AsIt|
47 sa yEhUdIyadEzAd yIzO rgAlIlAgamanavArttAM nizamya tasya samIpaM gatvA prArthya vyAhRtavAn mama putrasya prAyENa kAla AsannaH bhavAn Agatya taM svasthaM karOtu|
48 tadA yIzurakathayad AzcaryyaM karmma citraM cihnaM ca na dRSTA yUyaM na pratyESyatha|
49 tataH sa sabhAsadavadat hE mahEccha mama putrE na mRtE bhavAnAgacchatu|
50 yIzustamavadad gaccha tava putrO'jIvIt tadA yIzunOktavAkyE sa vizvasya gatavAn|
51 gamanakAlE mArgamadhyE dAsAstaM sAkSAtprApyAvadan bhavataH putrO'jIvIt|
52 tataH kaM kAlamArabhya rOgapratIkArArambhO jAtA iti pRSTE tairuktaM hyaH sArddhadaNPadvayAdhikadvitIyayAmE tasya jvaratyAgO'bhavat|
53 tadA yIzustasmin kSaNE prOktavAn tava putrO'jIvIt pitA tadbuddhvA saparivArO vyazvasIt|
54 yihUdIyadEzAd Agatya gAlIli yIzurEtad dvitIyam AzcaryyakarmmAkarOt|
