lūkaḥ 15
1 tadā karasañcāyinaḥ pāpinaśca lokā upadeśkathāṁ śrotuṁ yīśoḥ samīpam āgacchan|
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.
2 tataḥ phirūśina upādhyāyāśca vivadamānāḥ kathayāmāsuḥ eṣa mānuṣaḥ pāpibhiḥ saha praṇayaṁ kṛtvā taiḥ sārddhaṁ bhuṁkte|
The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”
3 tadā sa tebhya imāṁ dṛṣṭāntakathāṁ kathitavān,
He told them this parable:
4 kasyacit śatameṣeṣu tiṣṭhatmu teṣāmekaṁ sa yadi hārayati tarhi madhyeprāntaram ekonaśatameṣān vihāya hāritameṣasya uddeśaprāptiparyyanataṁ na gaveṣayati, etādṛśo loko yuṣmākaṁ madhye ka āste?
“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
5 tasyoddeśaṁ prāpya hṛṣṭamanāstaṁ skandhe nidhāya svasthānam ānīya bandhubāndhavasamīpavāsina āhūya vakti,
When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 hāritaṁ meṣaṁ prāptoham ato heto rmayā sārddham ānandata|
When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’
7 tadvadahaṁ yuṣmān vadāmi, yeṣāṁ manaḥparāvarttanasya prayojanaṁ nāsti, tādṛśaikonaśatadhārmmikakāraṇād ya ānandastasmād ekasya manaḥparivarttinaḥ pāpinaḥ kāraṇāt svarge 'dhikānando jāyate|
I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
8 aparañca daśānāṁ rūpyakhaṇḍānām ekakhaṇḍe hārite pradīpaṁ prajvālya gṛhaṁ sammārjya tasya prāptiṁ yāvad yatnena na gaveṣayati, etādṛśī yoṣit kāste?
“Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?
9 prāpte sati bandhubāndhavasamīpavāsinīrāhūya kathayati, hāritaṁ rūpyakhaṇḍaṁ prāptāhaṁ tasmādeva mayā sārddham ānandata|
When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost!’
10 tadvadahaṁ yuṣmān vyāharāmi, ekena pāpinā manasi parivarttite, īśvarasya dūtānāṁ madhyepyānando jāyate|
Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”
11 aparañca sa kathayāmāsa, kasyacid dvau putrāvāstāṁ,
He said, “A certain man had two sons.
12 tayoḥ kaniṣṭhaḥ putraḥ pitre kathayāmāsa, he pitastava sampattyā yamaṁśaṁ prāpsyāmyahaṁ vibhajya taṁ dehi, tataḥ pitā nijāṁ sampattiṁ vibhajya tābhyāṁ dadau|
The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ So he divided his livelihood between them.
13 katipayāt kālāt paraṁ sa kaniṣṭhaputraḥ samastaṁ dhanaṁ saṁgṛhya dūradeśaṁ gatvā duṣṭācaraṇena sarvvāṁ sampattiṁ nāśayāmāsa|
Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.
14 tasya sarvvadhane vyayaṁ gate taddeśe mahādurbhikṣaṁ babhūva, tatastasya dainyadaśā bhavitum ārebhe|
When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
15 tataḥ paraṁ sa gatvā taddeśīyaṁ gṛhasthamekam āśrayata; tataḥ sataṁ śūkaravrajaṁ cārayituṁ prāntaraṁ preṣayāmāsa|
He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
16 kenāpi tasmai bhakṣyādānāt sa śūkaraphalavalkalena piciṇḍapūraṇāṁ vavāñcha|
He wanted to fill his belly with the pods that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
17 śeṣe sa manasi cetanāṁ prāpya kathayāmāsa, hā mama pituḥ samīpe kati kati vetanabhujo dāsā yatheṣṭaṁ tatodhikañca bhakṣyaṁ prāpnuvanti kintvahaṁ kṣudhā mumūrṣuḥ|
But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!
18 ahamutthāya pituḥ samīpaṁ gatvā kathāmetāṁ vadiṣyāmi, he pitar īśvarasya tava ca viruddhaṁ pāpamakaravam
I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.
19 tava putra̮iti vikhyāto bhavituṁ na yogyosmi ca, māṁ tava vaitanikaṁ dāsaṁ kṛtvā sthāpaya|
I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.”’
20 paścāt sa utthāya pituḥ samīpaṁ jagāma; tatastasya pitātidūre taṁ nirīkṣya dayāñcakre, dhāvitvā tasya kaṇṭhaṁ gṛhītvā taṁ cucumba ca|
“He arose and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran, fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 tadā putra uvāca, he pitar īśvarasya tava ca viruddhaṁ pāpamakaravaṁ, tava putra̮iti vikhyāto bhavituṁ na yogyosmi ca|
The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
22 kintu tasya pitā nijadāsān ādideśa, sarvvottamavastrāṇyānīya paridhāpayatainaṁ haste cāṅgurīyakam arpayata pādayoścopānahau samarpayata;
“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.
23 puṣṭaṁ govatsam ānīya mārayata ca taṁ bhuktvā vayam ānandāma|
Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s eat and celebrate;
24 yato mama putroyam amriyata punarajīvīd hāritaśca labdhobhūt tatasta ānanditum ārebhire|
for this, my son, was dead and is alive again. He was lost and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.
25 tatkāle tasya jyeṣṭhaḥ putraḥ kṣetra āsīt| atha sa niveśanasya nikaṭaṁ āgacchan nṛtyānāṁ vādyānāñca śabdaṁ śrutvā
“Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
26 dāsānām ekam āhūya papraccha, kiṁ kāraṇamasya?
He called one of the servants to him and asked what was going on.
27 tataḥ sovādīt, tava bhrātāgamat, tava tātaśca taṁ suśarīraṁ prāpya puṣṭaṁ govatsaṁ māritavān|
He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.’
28 tataḥ sa prakupya niveśanāntaḥ praveṣṭuṁ na sammene; tatastasya pitā bahirāgatya taṁ sādhayāmāsa|
But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and begged him.
29 tataḥ sa pitaraṁ pratyuvāca, paśya tava kāñcidapyājñāṁ na vilaṁghya bahūn vatsarān ahaṁ tvāṁ seve tathāpi mitraiḥ sārddham utsavaṁ karttuṁ kadāpi chāgamekamapi mahyaṁ nādadāḥ;
But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
30 kintu tava yaḥ putro veśyāgamanādibhistava sampattim apavyayitavān tasminnāgatamātre tasyaiva nimittaṁ puṣṭaṁ govatsaṁ māritavān|
But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’
31 tadā tasya pitāvocat, he putra tvaṁ sarvvadā mayā sahāsi tasmān mama yadyadāste tatsarvvaṁ tava|
“He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
32 kintu tavāyaṁ bhrātā mṛtaḥ punarajīvīd hāritaśca bhūtvā prāptobhūt, etasmāt kāraṇād utsavānandau karttum ucitamasmākam|
But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”
