lUkaH 14

1 anantaraM vizrAmavArE yIzau pradhAnasya phirUzinO gRhE bhOktuM gatavati tE taM vIkSitum ArEbhirE|

Then it happened, when He entered the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely.

2 tadA jalOdarI tasya sammukhE sthitaH|

And then, there in front of Him was a man who had dropsy!

3 tataH sa vyavasthApakAn phirUzinazca papraccha, vizrAmavArE svAsthyaM karttavyaM na vA? tatastE kimapi na pratyUcuH|

And Jesus reacted by saying to the lawyers and Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

4 tadA sa taM rOgiNaM svasthaM kRtvA visasarja;

But they kept silent. So He took hold of him, healed him, and let him go.

5 tAnuvAca ca yuSmAkaM kasyacid garddabhO vRSabhO vA cEd garttE patati tarhi vizrAmavArE tatkSaNaM sa kiM taM nOtthApayiSyati?

Then He addressed them saying, “Which of you, if a son or an ox falls into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”

6 tatastE kathAyA EtasyAH kimapi prativaktuM na zEkuH|

And they could not answer Him regarding these things.

7 aparanjca pradhAnasthAnamanOnItatvakaraNaM vilOkya sa nimantritAn EtadupadEzakathAM jagAda,

Then He told a parable to those who were invited, having observed how they kept trying for the best places, saying to them:

8 tvaM vivAhAdibhOjyESu nimantritaH san pradhAnasthAnE mOpAvEkSIH| tvattO gauravAnvitanimantritajana AyAtE

“Whenever you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not recline in the place of honor, in case someone more honorable than you has been invited by him;

9 nimantrayitAgatya manuSyAyaitasmai sthAnaM dEhIti vAkyaM cEd vakSyati tarhi tvaM sagkucitO bhUtvA sthAna itarasmin upavESTum udyaMsyasi|

then he who invited you both will come and say, ‘You, give this man place!’ and then, with shame, you start to take the lowest place.

10 asmAt kAraNAdEva tvaM nimantritO gatvA'pradhAnasthAna upaviza, tatO nimantrayitAgatya vadiSyati, hE bandhO prOccasthAnaM gatvOpaviza, tathA sati bhOjanOpaviSTAnAM sakalAnAM sAkSAt tvaM mAnyO bhaviSyasi|

Rather, whenever you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will have honor in the presence of your fellow guests.

11 yaH kazcit svamunnamayati sa namayiSyatE, kintu yaH kazcit svaM namayati sa unnamayiSyatE|

Because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

12 tadA sa nimantrayitAraM janamapi jagAda, madhyAhnE rAtrau vA bhOjyE kRtE nijabandhugaNO vA bhrAtRgaNO vA jnjAtigaNO vA dhanigaNO vA samIpavAsigaNO vA EtAn na nimantraya, tathA kRtE cEt tE tvAM nimantrayiSyanti, tarhi parizOdhO bhaviSyati|

Then He said directly to His host: “Whenever you give a dinner or a supper, do not invite your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.

13 kintu yadA bhEjyaM karOSi tadA daridrazuSkakarakhanjjAndhAn nimantraya,

But whenever you make a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;

14 tata AziSaM lapsyasE, tESu parizOdhaM karttumazaknuvatsu zmazAnAddhArmmikAnAmutthAnakAlE tvaM phalAM lapsyasE|

and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you—you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

15 anantaraM tAM kathAM nizamya bhOjanOpaviSTaH kazcit kathayAmAsa, yO jana Izvarasya rAjyE bhOktuM lapsyatE saEva dhanyaH|

Well when one of the fellow-recliners heard these things, he said to Him, “Blessed is he who will eat dinner in the Kingdom of God!”

16 tataH sa uvAca, kazcit janO rAtrau bhEjyaM kRtvA bahUn nimantrayAmAsa|

So He said to him: “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many.

17 tatO bhOjanasamayE nimantritalOkAn AhvAtuM dAsadvArA kathayAmAsa, khadyadravyANi sarvvANi samAsAditAni santi, yUyamAgacchata|

And at meal time he sent his slave to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’

18 kintu tE sarvva EkaikaM chalaM kRtvA kSamAM prArthayAnjcakrirE| prathamO janaH kathayAmAsa, kSEtramEkaM krItavAnahaM tadEva draSTuM mayA gantavyam, ataEva mAM kSantuM taM nivEdaya|

But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him: ‘I bought a field, and I need to go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’

19 anyO janaH kathayAmAsa, dazavRSAnahaM krItavAn tAn parIkSituM yAmi tasmAdEva mAM kSantuM taM nivEdaya|

Another said: ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’

20 aparaH kathayAmAsa, vyUPhavAnahaM tasmAt kAraNAd yAtuM na zaknOmi|

Yet another said, ‘I have married a wife, and so I cannot come.’

21 pazcAt sa dAsO gatvA nijaprabhOH sAkSAt sarvvavRttAntaM nivEdayAmAsa, tatOsau gRhapatiH kupitvA svadAsaM vyAjahAra, tvaM satvaraM nagarasya sannivEzAn mArgAMzca gatvA daridrazuSkakarakhanjjAndhAn atrAnaya|

So that slave came and reported these things to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’

22 tatO dAsO'vadat, hE prabhO bhavata AjnjAnusArENAkriyata tathApi sthAnamasti|

And the slave said, ‘Master, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’

23 tadA prabhuH puna rdAsAyAkathayat, rAjapathAn vRkSamUlAni ca yAtvA madIyagRhapUraNArthaM lOkAnAgantuM pravarttaya|

Then the master said to the slave: ‘Go out to the roads and hedges and make people come in, so that my house may be filled.

24 ahaM yuSmabhyaM kathayAmi, pUrvvanimantritAnamEkOpi mamAsya rAtribhOjyasyAsvAdaM na prApsyati|

For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will get a taste of my banquet!’”

25 anantaraM bahuSu lOkESu yIzOH pazcAd vrajitESu satsu sa vyAghuTya tEbhyaH kathayAmAsa,

Now large crowds were traveling with Him, and turning He said to them:

26 yaH kazcin mama samIpam Agatya svasya mAtA pitA patnI santAnA bhrAtarO bhagimyO nijaprANAzca, EtEbhyaH sarvvEbhyO mayyadhikaM prEma na karOti, sa mama ziSyO bhavituM na zakSyati|

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

27 yaH kazcit svIyaM kruzaM vahan mama pazcAnna gacchati, sOpi mama ziSyO bhavituM na zakSyati|

And whoever does not carry his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

28 durganirmmANE kativyayO bhaviSyati, tathA tasya samAptikaraNArthaM sampattirasti na vA, prathamamupavizya Etanna gaNayati, yuSmAkaM madhya EtAdRzaH kOsti?

“Further, which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and calculate the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

29 nOcEd bhittiM kRtvA zESE yadi samApayituM na zakSyati,

This so he does not lay a foundation without being able to finish, and all who see it begin to ridicule him,

30 tarhi mAnuSOyaM nicEtum Arabhata samApayituM nAzaknOt, iti vyAhRtya sarvvE tamupahasiSyanti|

saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’

31 aparanjca bhinnabhUpatinA saha yuddhaM karttum udyamya dazasahasrANi sainyAni gRhItvA viMzatisahasrEH sainyaiH sahitasya samIpavAsinaH sammukhaM yAtuM zakSyAmi na vEti prathamaM upavizya na vicArayati EtAdRzO bhUmipatiH kaH?

“Or what king, going to engage another king in battle, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

32 yadi na zaknOti tarhi ripAvatidUrE tiSThati sati nijadUtaM prESya sandhiM karttuM prArthayEta|

And if not, while the other is still far away he sends a delegation and asks for terms for peace.

33 tadvad yuSmAkaM madhyE yaH kazcin madarthaM sarvvasvaM hAtuM na zaknOti sa mama ziSyO bhavituM na zakSyati|

“So likewise, any of you who does not renounce all his own possessions cannot be my disciple.

34 lavaNam uttamam iti satyaM, kintu yadi lavaNasya lavaNatvam apagacchati tarhi tat kathaM svAduyuktaM bhaviSyati?

Salt is good; but should the salt become insipid, with what can it be seasoned?

35 tada bhUmyartham AlavAlarAzyarthamapi bhadraM na bhavati; lOkAstad bahiH kSipanti|yasya zrOtuM zrOtrE staH sa zRNOtu|

It is fit for neither soil nor fertilizer; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”