lūkaḥ 18
1 aparañca lokairaklāntai rnirantaraṁ prārthayitavyam ityāśayena yīśunā dṛṣṭānta ekaḥ kathitaḥ|
Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and never despair.
2 kutracinnagare kaścit prāḍvivāka āsīt sa īśvarānnābibhet mānuṣāṁśca nāmanyata|
“There was,” he said, “in a certain town a judge, who had no fear of God nor regard for people.
3 atha tatpuravāsinī kācidvidhavā tatsamīpametya vivādinā saha mama vivādaṁ pariṣkurvviti nivedayāmāsa|
In the same town there was a widow who went to him again and again, and said ‘Grant me justice against my opponent.’
4 tataḥ sa prāḍvivākaḥ kiyaddināni na tadaṅgīkṛtavān paścāccitte cintayāmāsa, yadyapīśvarānna bibhemi manuṣyānapi na manye
For a time the judge refused, but afterward he said to himself ‘Although I am without fear of God or regard for people,
5 tathāpyeṣā vidhavā māṁ kliśnāti tasmādasyā vivādaṁ pariṣkariṣyāmi nocet sā sadāgatya māṁ vyagraṁ kariṣyati|
yet, as this widow is so troublesome, I will grant her justice, to stop her from plaguing me with her endless visits.’”
6 paścāt prabhuravadad asāvanyāyaprāḍvivāko yadāha tatra mano nidhadhvaṁ|
Then the Master added, “Listen to what this iniquitous judge says!
7 īśvarasya ye 'bhirucitalokā divāniśaṁ prārthayante sa bahudināni vilambyāpi teṣāṁ vivādān kiṁ na pariṣkariṣyati?
And God – won’t he see that his own people, who cry to him night and day, have justice done them – though he holds his hand?
8 yuṣmānahaṁ vadāmi tvarayā pariṣkariṣyati, kintu yadā manuṣyaputra āgamiṣyati tadā pṛthivyāṁ kimīdṛśaṁ viśvāsaṁ prāpsyati?
He will, I tell you, give them justice soon enough! Yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
9 ye svān dhārmmikān jñātvā parān tucchīkurvvanti etādṛgbhyaḥ, kiyadbhya imaṁ dṛṣṭāntaṁ kathayāmāsa|
Another time, speaking to people who were satisfied that they were religious, and who regarded everyone else with scorn, Jesus told this parable –
10 ekaḥ phirūśyaparaḥ karasañcāyī dvāvimau prārthayituṁ mandiraṁ gatau|
“Two men went up into the Temple Courts to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax-gatherer.
11 tato'sau phirūśyekapārśve tiṣṭhan he īśvara ahamanyalokavat loṭhayitānyāyī pāradārikaśca na bhavāmi asya karasañcāyinastulyaśca na, tasmāttvāṁ dhanyaṁ vadāmi|
The Pharisee stood forward and began praying to himself in this way – ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men – thieves, rogues, adulterers – or even like this tax-gatherer.
12 saptasu dineṣu dinadvayamupavasāmi sarvvasampatte rdaśamāṁśaṁ dadāmi ca, etatkathāṁ kathayan prārthayāmāsa|
I fast twice a week, and give a tenth of everything I get to God.’
13 kintu sa karasañcāyi dūre tiṣṭhan svargaṁ draṣṭuṁ necchan vakṣasi karāghātaṁ kurvvan he īśvara pāpiṣṭhaṁ māṁ dayasva, itthaṁ prārthayāmāsa|
Meanwhile the tax-gatherer stood at a distance, not venturing even to raise his eyes to heaven, but he kept striking his breast and saying ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
14 yuṣmānahaṁ vadāmi, tayordvayo rmadhye kevalaḥ karasañcāyī puṇyavattvena gaṇito nijagṛhaṁ jagāma, yato yaḥ kaścit svamunnamayati sa nāmayiṣyate kintu yaḥ kaścit svaṁ namayati sa unnamayiṣyate|
This man, I tell you, went home pardoned, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, while everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.”
15 atha śiśūnāṁ gātrasparśārthaṁ lokāstān tasya samīpamāninyuḥ śiṣyāstad dṛṣṭvānetṛn tarjayāmāsuḥ,
Some of the people were bringing even their babies to Jesus, for him to touch them; but, when the disciples saw it, they began to find fault with those who had brought them.
16 kintu yīśustānāhūya jagāda, mannikaṭam āgantuṁ śiśūn anujānīdhvaṁ tāṁśca mā vārayata; yata īśvararājyādhikāriṇa eṣāṁ sadṛśāḥ|
Jesus, however, called the little children to him. “Let the little children come to me,” he said, “and do not hinder them, for it is to the childlike that the kingdom of God belongs.
17 ahaṁ yuṣmān yathārthaṁ vadāmi, yo janaḥ śiśoḥ sadṛśo bhūtvā īśvararājyaṁ na gṛhlāti sa kenāpi prakāreṇa tat praveṣṭuṁ na śaknoti|
I tell you, unless a man receives the kingdom of God like a child, he will not enter it at all.”
18 aparam ekodhipatistaṁ papraccha, he paramaguro, anantāyuṣaḥ prāptaye mayā kiṁ karttavyaṁ? (aiōnios g166)
And one of the leaders asked Jesus this question – “Good teacher, what must I do if I am to gain eternal life?” (aiōnios g166)
19 yīśuruvāca, māṁ kutaḥ paramaṁ vadasi? īśvaraṁ vinā kopi paramo na bhavati|
“Why do you call me good?” answered Jesus. “No one is good but God.
20 paradārān mā gaccha, naraṁ mā jahi, mā coraya, mithyāsākṣyaṁ mā dehi, mātaraṁ pitarañca saṁmanyasva, etā yā ājñāḥ santi tāstvaṁ jānāsi|
You know the commandments – Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not say what is false about others, Honor your father and your mother.”
21 tadā sa uvāca, bālyakālāt sarvvā etā ācarāmi|
“I have observed all these,” he replied, “from childhood.”
22 iti kathāṁ śrutvā yīśustamavadat, tathāpi tavaikaṁ karmma nyūnamāste, nijaṁ sarvvasvaṁ vikrīya daridrebhyo vitara, tasmāt svarge dhanaṁ prāpsyasi; tata āgatya mamānugāmī bhava|
Hearing this, Jesus said to him, “There is one thing still lacking in you; sell everything that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; then come and follow me.”
23 kintvetāṁ kathāṁ śrutvā sodhipatiḥ śuśoca, yatastasya bahudhanamāsīt|
But the man became greatly distressed on hearing this, for he was extremely rich.
24 tadā yīśustamatiśokānvitaṁ dṛṣṭvā jagāda, dhanavatām īśvararājyapraveśaḥ kīdṛg duṣkaraḥ|
Seeing this, Jesus said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!
25 īśvararājye dhaninaḥ praveśāt sūceśchidreṇa mahāṅgasya gamanāgamane sukare|
It is easier, indeed, for a camel to get through a needle’s eye than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God!”
26 śrotāraḥ papracchustarhi kena paritrāṇaṁ prāpsyate?
“Then who can be saved?” asked those who heard this.
27 sa uktavān, yan mānuṣeṇāśakyaṁ tad īśvareṇa śakyaṁ|
But Jesus said, “What is impossible with people is possible with God.”
28 tadā pitara uvāca, paśya vayaṁ sarvvasvaṁ parityajya tava paścādgāmino'bhavāma|
“But we,” said Peter, “we left what belonged to us and followed you.”
29 tataḥ sa uvāca, yuṣmānahaṁ yathārthaṁ vadāmi, īśvararājyārthaṁ gṛhaṁ pitarau bhrātṛgaṇaṁ jāyāṁ santānāṁśca tyaktavā
“I tell you,” he answered, “that there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,
31 anantaraṁ sa dvādaśaśiṣyānāhūya babhāṣe, paśyata vayaṁ yirūśālamnagaraṁ yāmaḥ, tasmāt manuṣyaputre bhaviṣyadvādibhiruktaṁ yadasti tadanurūpaṁ taṁ prati ghaṭiṣyate;
Gathering the Twelve around him, Jesus said to them, “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem; and there everything that is written in the prophets will be done to the Son of Man.
32 vastutastu so'nyadeśīyānāṁ hasteṣu samarpayiṣyate, te tamupahasiṣyanti, anyāyamācariṣyanti tadvapuṣi niṣṭhīvaṁ nikṣepsyanti, kaśābhiḥ prahṛtya taṁ haniṣyanti ca,
For he will be given up to the Gentiles, mocked, insulted and spat on;
33 kintu tṛtīyadine sa śmaśānād utthāsyati|
they will scourge him, and then put him to death; and on the third day he will rise again.”
34 etasyāḥ kathāyā abhiprāyaṁ kiñcidapi te boddhuṁ na śekuḥ teṣāṁ nikaṭe'spaṣṭatavāt tasyaitāsāṁ kathānām āśayaṁ te jñātuṁ na śekuśca|
The apostles did not comprehend any of this. His meaning was unintelligible to them and they did not understand what he was saying.
35 atha tasmin yirīhoḥ purasyāntikaṁ prāpte kaścidandhaḥ pathaḥ pārśva upaviśya bhikṣām akarot
As Jesus was getting near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside, begging.
36 sa lokasamūhasya gamanaśabdaṁ śrutvā tatkāraṇaṁ pṛṣṭavān|
Hearing a crowd going by, the man asked what was the matter;
37 nāsaratīyayīśuryātīti lokairukte sa uccairvaktumārebhe,
and, when people told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing,
38 he dāyūdaḥ santāna yīśo māṁ dayasva|
he shouted out, “Jesus, Son of David, take pity on me!”
39 tatogragāminastaṁ maunī tiṣṭheti tarjayāmāsuḥ kintu sa punāruvan uvāca, he dāyūdaḥ santāna māṁ dayasva|
Those who were in front kept telling him to be quiet, but he continued to call out the louder, “Son of David, take pity on me!”
40 tadā yīśuḥ sthagito bhūtvā svāntike tamānetum ādideśa|
Then Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. And, when he had come close up to him, Jesus asked him,
41 tataḥ sa tasyāntikam āgamat, tadā sa taṁ papraccha, tvaṁ kimicchasi? tvadarthamahaṁ kiṁ kariṣyāmi? sa uktavān, he prabho'haṁ draṣṭuṁ labhai|
“What do you want me to do for you?” “Master,” he said, “I want to recover my sight.”
42 tadā yīśuruvāca, dṛṣṭiśaktiṁ gṛhāṇa tava pratyayastvāṁ svasthaṁ kṛtavān|
And Jesus said, “Recover your sight, your faith has delivered you.”
43 tatastatkṣaṇāt tasya cakṣuṣī prasanne; tasmāt sa īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ vadan tatpaścād yayau, tadālokya sarvve lokā īśvaraṁ praśaṁsitum ārebhire|
Instantly he recovered his sight, and began to follow Jesus, praising God. And all the people, on seeing it, gave glory to God.
