< yihUdAH 1 >
1 yIzukhrISTasya dAso yAkUbo bhrAtA yihUdAstAtenezvareNa pavitrIkRtAn yIzukhrISTena rakSitAMzcAhUtAn lokAn prati patraM likhati|
2 kRpA zAntiH prema ca bAhulyarUpeNa yuSmAsvadhitiSThatu|
3 he priyAH, sAdhAraNaparitrANamadhi yuSmAn prati lekhituM mama bahuyatne jAte pUrvvakAle pavitralokeSu samarpito yo dharmmastadarthaM yUyaM prANavyayenApi saceSTA bhavateti vinayArthaM yuSmAn prati patralekhanamAvazyakam amanye|
4 yasmAd etadrUpadaNDaprAptaye pUrvvaM likhitAH kecijjanA asmAn upasRptavantaH, te 'dhArmmikalokA asmAkam IzvarasyAnugrahaM dhvajIkRtya lampaTatAm Acaranti, advitIyo 'dhipati ryo 'smAkaM prabhu ryIzukhrISTastaM nAGgIkurvvanti|
5 tasmAd yUyaM purA yad avagatAstat puna ryuSmAn smArayitum icchAmi, phalataH prabhurekakRtvaH svaprajA misaradezAd udadhAra yat tataH param avizvAsino vyanAzayat|
6 ye ca svargadUtAH svIyakartRtvapade na sthitvA svavAsasthAnaM parityaktavantastAn sa mahAdinasya vicArArtham andhakAramaye 'dhaHsthAne sadAsthAyibhi rbandhanairabadhnAt| (aïdios )
7 aparaM sidomam amorA tannikaTasthanagarANi caiteSAM nivAsinastatsamarUpaM vyabhicAraM kRtavanto viSamamaithunasya ceSTayA vipathaM gatavantazca tasmAt tAnyapi dRSTAntasvarUpANi bhUtvA sadAtanavahninA daNDaM bhuJjate| (aiōnios )
8 tathaiveme svapnAcAriNo'pi svazarIrANi kalaGkayanti rAjAdhInatAM na svIkurvvantyuccapadasthAn nindanti ca|
9 kintu pradhAnadivyadUto mIkhAyelo yadA mUsaso dehe zayatAnena vivadamAnaH samabhASata tadA tisman nindArUpaM daNDaM samarpayituM sAhasaM na kRtvAkathayat prabhustvAM bhartsayatAM|
10 kintvime yanna budhyante tannindanti yacca nirbbodhapazava ivendriyairavagacchanti tena nazyanti|
11 tAn dhik, te kAbilo mArge caranti pAritoSikasyAzAto biliyamo bhrAntimanudhAvanti korahasya durmmukhatvena vinazyanti ca|
12 yuSmAkaM premabhojyeSu te vighnajanakA bhavanti, Atmambharayazca bhUtvA nirlajjayA yuSmAbhiH sArddhaM bhuJjate| te vAyubhizcAlitA nistoyameghA hemantakAlikA niSphalA dvi rmRtA unmUlitA vRkSAH,
13 svakIyalajjApheNodvamakAH pracaNDAH sAmudrataraGgAH sadAkAlaM yAvat ghoratimirabhAgIni bhramaNakArINi nakSatrANi ca bhavanti| (aiōn )
14 AdamataH saptamaH puruSo yo hanokaH sa tAnuddizya bhaviSyadvAkyamidaM kathitavAn, yathA, pazya svakIyapuNyAnAm ayutai rveSTitaH prabhuH|
15 sarvvAn prati vicArAjJAsAdhanAyAgamiSyati| tadA cAdhArmmikAH sarvve jAtA yairaparAdhinaH| vidharmmakarmmaNAM teSAM sarvveSAmeva kAraNAt| tathA tadvaiparItyenApyadharmmAcAripApinAM| uktakaThoravAkyAnAM sarvveSAmapi kAraNAt| paramezena doSitvaM teSAM prakAzayiSyate||
16 te vAkkalahakAriNaH svabhAgyanindakAH svecchAcAriNo darpavAdimukhaviziSTA lAbhArthaM manuSyastAvakAzca santi|
17 kintu he priyatamAH, asmAkaM prabho ryIzukhrISTasya preritai ryad vAkyaM pUrvvaM yuSmabhyaM kathitaM tat smarata,
18 phalataH zeSasamaye svecchAto 'dharmmAcAriNo nindakA upasthAsyantIti|
19 ete lokAH svAn pRthak kurvvantaH sAMsArikA AtmahInAzca santi|
20 kintu he priyatamAH, yUyaM sveSAm atipavitravizvAse nicIyamAnAH pavitreNAtmanA prArthanAM kurvvanta
21 Izvarasya premnA svAn rakSata, anantajIvanAya cAsmAkaM prabho ryIzukhrISTasya kRpAM pratIkSadhvaM| (aiōnios )
22 aparaM yUyaM vivicya kAMzcid anukampadhvaM
23 kAMzcid agnita uddhRtya bhayaM pradarzya rakSata, zArIrikabhAvena kalaGkitaM vastramapi RtIyadhvaM|
24 aparaJca yuSmAn skhalanAd rakSitum ullAsena svIyatejasaH sAkSAt nirddoSAn sthApayituJca samartho
25 yo 'smAkam advitIyastrANakarttA sarvvajJa Izvarastasya gauravaM mahimA parAkramaH kartRtvaJcedAnIm anantakAlaM yAvad bhUyAt| Amen| (aiōn )
