lUkaH 21
1 atha dhanilOkA bhANPAgArE dhanaM nikSipanti sa tadEva pazyati,
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
2 Etarhi kAciddInA vidhavA paNadvayaM nikSipati tad dadarza|
And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
3 tatO yIzuruvAca yuSmAnahaM yathArthaM vadAmi, daridrEyaM vidhavA sarvvEbhyOdhikaM nyakSEpsIt,
And he said, Truthfully I say unto you, that this poor widow has cast in more than they all:
4 yatOnyE svaprAjyadhanEbhya IzvarAya kinjcit nyakSEpsuH, kintu daridrEyaM vidhavA dinayApanArthaM svasya yat kinjcit sthitaM tat sarvvaM nyakSEpsIt|
For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her destitution has cast in all the living that she had.
5 aparanjca uttamaprastarairutsRSTavyaizca mandiraM suzObhatEtarAM kaizcidityuktE sa pratyuvAca
And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
6 yUyaM yadidaM nicayanaM pazyatha, asya pASANaikOpyanyapASANOpari na sthAsyati, sarvvE bhUsAdbhaviSyanti kAlOyamAyAti|
As for these things which all of you behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
7 tadA tE papracchuH, hE gurO ghaTanEdRzI kadA bhaviSyati? ghaTanAyA EtasyasazcihnaM vA kiM bhaviSyati?
And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
8 tadA sa jagAda, sAvadhAnA bhavata yathA yuSmAkaM bhramaM kOpi na janayati, khISTOhamityuktvA mama nAmrA bahava upasthAsyanti sa kAlaH prAyENOpasthitaH, tESAM pazcAnmA gacchata|
And he said, Take heed that all of you be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draws near: go all of you not therefore after them.
9 yuddhasyOpaplavasya ca vArttAM zrutvA mA zagkadhvaM, yataH prathamam EtA ghaTanA avazyaM bhaviSyanti kintu nApAtE yugAntO bhaviSyati|
But when all of you shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
10 aparanjca kathayAmAsa, tadA dEzasya vipakSatvEna dEzO rAjyasya vipakSatvEna rAjyam utthAsyati,
Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
11 nAnAsthAnESu mahAbhUkampO durbhikSaM mArI ca bhaviSyanti, tathA vyOmamaNPalasya bhayagkaradarzanAnyazcaryyalakSaNAni ca prakAzayiSyantE|
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
12 kintu sarvvAsAmEtAsAM ghaTanAnAM pUrvvaM lOkA yuSmAn dhRtvA tAPayiSyanti, bhajanAlayE kArAyAnjca samarpayiSyanti mama nAmakAraNAd yuSmAn bhUpAnAM zAsakAnAnjca sammukhaM nESyanti ca|
But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
13 sAkSyArtham EtAni yuSmAn prati ghaTiSyantE|
And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
14 tadA kimuttaraM vaktavyam Etat na cintayiSyAma iti manaHsu nizcitanuta|
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what all of you shall answer:
15 vipakSA yasmAt kimapyuttaram Apattinjca karttuM na zakSyanti tAdRzaM vAkpaTutvaM jnjAnanjca yuSmabhyaM dAsyAmi|
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
16 kinjca yUyaM pitrA mAtrA bhrAtrA bandhunA jnjAtyA kuTumbEna ca parakarESu samarpayiSyadhvE; tatastE yuSmAkaM kanjcana kanjcana ghAtayiSyanti|
And all of you shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
17 mama nAmnaH kAraNAt sarvvai rmanuSyai ryUyam RtIyiSyadhvE|
And all of you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
18 kintu yuSmAkaM ziraHkEzaikOpi na vinaMkSyati,
But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
19 tasmAdEva dhairyyamavalambya svasvaprANAn rakSata|
In your patience possess all of you your souls.
20 aparanjca yirUzAlampuraM sainyavESTitaM vilOkya tasyOcchinnatAyAH samayaH samIpa ityavagamiSyatha|
And when all of you shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
21 tadA yihUdAdEzasthA lOkAH parvvataM palAyantAM, yE ca nagarE tiSThanti tE dEzAntaraM palAyantA, yE ca grAmE tiSThanti tE nagaraM na pravizantu,
Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter therein.
22 yatastadA samucitadaNPanAya dharmmapustakE yAni sarvvANi likhitAni tAni saphalAni bhaviSyanti|
For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
23 kintu yA yAstadA garbhavatyaH stanyadAvyazca tAmAM durgati rbhaviSyati, yata EtAllOkAn prati kOpO dEzE ca viSamadurgati rghaTiSyatE|
But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
24 vastutastu tE khaggadhAraparivvaggaM lapsyantE baddhAH santaH sarvvadEzESu nAyiSyantE ca kinjcAnyadEzIyAnAM samayOpasthitiparyyantaM yirUzAlampuraM taiH padatalai rdalayiSyatE|
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
25 sUryyacandranakSatrESu lakSaNAdi bhaviSyanti, bhuvi sarvvadEzIyAnAM duHkhaM cintA ca sindhau vIcInAM tarjanaM garjananjca bhaviSyanti|
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 bhUbhau bhAvighaTanAM cintayitvA manujA bhiyAmRtakalpA bhaviSyanti, yatO vyOmamaNPalE tEjasvinO dOlAyamAnA bhaviSyanti|
Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
27 tadA parAkramENA mahAtEjasA ca mEghArUPhaM manuSyaputram AyAntaM drakSyanti|
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 kintvEtAsAM ghaTanAnAmArambhE sati yUyaM mastakAnyuttOlya UrdadhvaM drakSyatha, yatO yuSmAkaM muktEH kAlaH savidhO bhaviSyati|
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws nigh.
29 tatastEnaitadRSTAntakathA kathitA, pazyata uPumbarAdivRkSANAM
And he spoke to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
30 navInapatrANi jAtAnIti dRSTvA nidAvakAla upasthita iti yathA yUyaM jnjAtuM zaknutha,
When they now shoot forth, all of you see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
31 tathA sarvvAsAmAsAM ghaTanAnAm ArambhE dRSTE satIzvarasya rAjatvaM nikaTam ityapi jnjAsyatha|
So likewise all of you, when all of you see these things come to pass, know all of you that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
32 yuSmAnahaM yathArthaM vadAmi, vidyamAnalOkAnAmESAM gamanAt pUrvvam EtAni ghaTiSyantE|
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
33 nabhObhuvOrlOpO bhaviSyati mama vAk tu kadApi luptA na bhaviSyati|
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words (logos) shall not pass away.
34 ataEva viSamAzanEna pAnEna ca sAMmArikacintAbhizca yuSmAkaM cittESu mattESu taddinam akasmAd yuSmAn prati yathA nOpatiSThati tadarthaM svESu sAvadhAnAstiSThata|
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with worldly excess, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unexpectedly.
35 pRthivIsthasarvvalOkAn prati taddinam unmAtha iva upasthAsyati|
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36 yathA yUyam EtadbhAvighaTanA uttarttuM manujasutasya sammukhE saMsthAtunjca yOgyA bhavatha kAraNAdasmAt sAvadhAnAH santO nirantaraM prArthayadhvaM|
Watch all of you therefore, and pray always, that all of you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
37 aparanjca sa divA mandira upadizya rAcai jaitunAdriM gatvAtiSThat|
And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
38 tataH pratyUSE lAkAstatkathAM zrOtuM mandirE tadantikam Agacchan|
And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, in order to hear him.
