lūkaḥ 15
1 tadā karasañcāyinaḥ pāpinaśca lōkā upadēśkathāṁ śrōtuṁ yīśōḥ samīpam āgacchan|
Many [HYP] tax collectors and [others whom people considered to be] habitual sinners kept coming to Jesus to listen to him teach.
2 tataḥ phirūśina upādhyāyāśca vivadamānāḥ kathayāmāsuḥ ēṣa mānuṣaḥ pāpibhiḥ saha praṇayaṁ kr̥tvā taiḥ sārddhaṁ bhuṁktē|
The Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws [who were there] [SYN] began to grumble, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and he also [defiles himself by eating] with them!”
3 tadā sa tēbhya imāṁ dr̥ṣṭāntakathāṁ kathitavān,
So Jesus told them this parable:
4 kasyacit śatamēṣēṣu tiṣṭhatmu tēṣāmēkaṁ sa yadi hārayati tarhi madhyēprāntaram ēkōnaśatamēṣān vihāya hāritamēṣasya uddēśaprāptiparyyanataṁ na gavēṣayati, ētādr̥śō lōkō yuṣmākaṁ madhyē ka āstē?
“Suppose that one of you had 100 sheep. If one of them were lost, (you [(sg)] would certainly leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it./would you not leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it?) [RHQ]
5 tasyōddēśaṁ prāpya hr̥ṣṭamanāstaṁ skandhē nidhāya svasthānam ānīya bandhubāndhavasamīpavāsina āhūya vakti,
When you [(sg)] found it, you would put it on your shoulders and be happy.
6 hāritaṁ mēṣaṁ prāptōham atō hētō rmayā sārddham ānandata|
When you brought it home, you would call together your friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Be happy with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’
7 tadvadahaṁ yuṣmān vadāmi, yēṣāṁ manaḥparāvarttanasya prayōjanaṁ nāsti, tādr̥śaikōnaśatadhārmmikakāraṇād ya ānandastasmād ēkasya manaḥparivarttinaḥ pāpinaḥ kāraṇāt svargē 'dhikānandō jāyatē|
I tell you [(pl)] that similarly [God] will be very happy about each and every sinner who turns from doing evil. God is not happy about 99 people who [think that they] are [IRO] righteous and think that they do not need to turn from doing evil.
8 aparañca daśānāṁ rūpyakhaṇḍānām ēkakhaṇḍē hāritē pradīpaṁ prajvālya gr̥haṁ sammārjya tasya prāptiṁ yāvad yatnēna na gavēṣayati, ētādr̥śī yōṣit kāstē?
Or, suppose that a woman has ten [very valuable] silver coins. If she loses one of them, (she will certainly light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it!/will she not light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it?) [RHQ]
9 prāptē sati bandhubāndhavasamīpavāsinīrāhūya kathayati, hāritaṁ rūpyakhaṇḍaṁ prāptāhaṁ tasmādēva mayā sārddham ānandata|
When she finds it, she will call together her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Be happy with me, [because] I have found the coin that I lost!’
10 tadvadahaṁ yuṣmān vyāharāmi, ēkēna pāpinā manasi parivarttitē, īśvarasya dūtānāṁ madhyēpyānandō jāyatē|
I tell you that similarly the angels will be happy about [even just] one sinner who turns from doing evil.”
11 aparañca sa kathayāmāsa, kasyacid dvau putrāvāstāṁ,
Then [Jesus told them this parable to compare what the Pharisees and teachers of the Jewish law thought about those who turn from their sinful behavior with what God thinks about such people]. He said, “A certain man had two sons.
12 tayōḥ kaniṣṭhaḥ putraḥ pitrē kathayāmāsa, hē pitastava sampattyā yamaṁśaṁ prāpsyāmyahaṁ vibhajya taṁ dēhi, tataḥ pitā nijāṁ sampattiṁ vibhajya tābhyāṁ dadau|
One day the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, [I do not want to wait until you(sg) die]. Give me now the share of your property that belongs to me!’ So the man divided his property between his two sons.
13 katipayāt kālāt paraṁ sa kaniṣṭhaputraḥ samastaṁ dhanaṁ saṁgr̥hya dūradēśaṁ gatvā duṣṭācaraṇēna sarvvāṁ sampattiṁ nāśayāmāsa|
A few days later, the younger son [sold his share]. He gathered his money and other things together and went to a country far away. There he spent all his money foolishly in reckless/wild living.
14 tasya sarvvadhanē vyayaṁ gatē taddēśē mahādurbhikṣaṁ babhūva, tatastasya dainyadaśā bhavitum ārēbhē|
After he had spent all his money, there was a great famine throughout that country. And soon he did not have enough [food to] eat.
15 tataḥ paraṁ sa gatvā taddēśīyaṁ gr̥hasthamēkam āśrayata; tataḥ sataṁ śūkaravrajaṁ cārayituṁ prāntaraṁ prēṣayāmāsa|
So he went to one of the landowners in that area and asked for work. The man sent him to work taking care of the pigs in his field.
16 kēnāpi tasmai bhakṣyādānāt sa śūkaraphalavalkalēna piciṇḍapūraṇāṁ vavāñcha|
[Because he was very hungry], he would have been glad to eat the bean pods that the pigs ate. But no one gave him anything to eat.
17 śēṣē sa manasi cētanāṁ prāpya kathayāmāsa, hā mama pituḥ samīpē kati kati vētanabhujō dāsā yathēṣṭaṁ tatōdhikañca bhakṣyaṁ prāpnuvanti kintvahaṁ kṣudhā mumūrṣuḥ|
Finally he thought clearly about what he had done. He said to himself, ‘All of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food! They have more [SYN] than they can eat, but here I am dying because I do not have anything to eat [HYP]!
18 ahamutthāya pituḥ samīpaṁ gatvā kathāmētāṁ vadiṣyāmi, hē pitar īśvarasya tava ca viruddhaṁ pāpamakaravam
So I will leave here and go back to my father. I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against God [MTY, EUP] and against you [(sg)].
19 tava putra̮iti vikhyātō bhavituṁ na yōgyōsmi ca, māṁ tava vaitanikaṁ dāsaṁ kr̥tvā sthāpaya|
I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son. Just hire me to be like one of the other hired servants.”’
20 paścāt sa utthāya pituḥ samīpaṁ jagāma; tatastasya pitātidūrē taṁ nirīkṣya dayāñcakrē, dhāvitvā tasya kaṇṭhaṁ gr̥hītvā taṁ cucumba ca|
So he left there and went back to his father’s house. But while he was still some distance from the house, his father saw him. He pitied him. He ran to his son and embraced him and kissed him [on the cheek].
21 tadā putra uvāca, hē pitar īśvarasya tava ca viruddhaṁ pāpamakaravaṁ, tava putra̮iti vikhyātō bhavituṁ na yōgyōsmi ca|
His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against God [MTY/EUP] and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son.’
22 kintu tasya pitā nijadāsān ādidēśa, sarvvōttamavastrāṇyānīya paridhāpayatainaṁ hastē cāṅgurīyakam arpayata pādayōścōpānahau samarpayata;
But his father said to his servants, ‘Go quickly and bring to me the best robe [in the house]! Then put it on my son. Put a ring on his finger [to show that I am honoring him again as my son]! Put sandals on his feet [to show that I do not consider him to be a slave]!
23 puṣṭaṁ gōvatsam ānīya mārayata ca taṁ bhuktvā vayam ānandāma|
Then bring the fat calf and kill it [and cook it]. We [(inc)] must eat and celebrate,
24 yatō mama putrōyam amriyata punarajīvīd hāritaśca labdhōbhūt tatasta ānanditum ārēbhirē|
because my son has returned! [It is as though] [MET] he was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now has been found!’ So they did that, and they all began to celebrate.
25 tatkālē tasya jyēṣṭhaḥ putraḥ kṣētra āsīt| atha sa nivēśanasya nikaṭaṁ āgacchan nr̥tyānāṁ vādyānāñca śabdaṁ śrutvā
While all that was happening, the man’s older son was out [working] in the field. When he came near to the house, he heard [people playing] music and dancing.
26 dāsānām ēkam āhūya papraccha, kiṁ kāraṇamasya?
He called one of the servants and asked what was happening.
27 tataḥ sōvādīt, tava bhrātāgamat, tava tātaśca taṁ suśarīraṁ prāpya puṣṭaṁ gōvatsaṁ māritavān|
The servant said to him, ‘Your [younger] brother has come [home] Your father has [told us to] kill the fat calf [to celebrate] because your brother has returned safe and healthy.’
28 tataḥ sa prakupya nivēśanāntaḥ pravēṣṭuṁ na sammēnē; tatastasya pitā bahirāgatya taṁ sādhayāmāsa|
[But] the older brother was angry. He refused to enter [the house]. So his father came out and pleaded with him [to come in].
29 tataḥ sa pitaraṁ pratyuvāca, paśya tava kāñcidapyājñāṁ na vilaṁghya bahūn vatsarān ahaṁ tvāṁ sēvē tathāpi mitraiḥ sārddham utsavaṁ karttuṁ kadāpi chāgamēkamapi mahyaṁ nādadāḥ;
But he replied to his father, ‘Listen to me! For many years I have worked for you like a slave. I always obeyed everything you told me to do. But you never even gave me a young goat, so that I could [kill it and cook it and] celebrate with my friends.
30 kintu tava yaḥ putrō vēśyāgamanādibhistava sampattim apavyayitavān tasminnāgatamātrē tasyaiva nimittaṁ puṣṭaṁ gōvatsaṁ māritavān|
But this son of yours spent all the [money he got from] what you gave him. He spent it [to pay for sleeping with] prostitutes! Yes, now he has returned home, [but it is not fair that] you have told your [servants] to kill the fat calf [and cook it] for him!’
31 tadā tasya pitāvōcat, hē putra tvaṁ sarvvadā mayā sahāsi tasmān mama yadyadāstē tatsarvvaṁ tava|
But his father said to him, ‘My son, you have always been with me, and all my property [that I did not give to your brother] has been yours.
32 kintu tavāyaṁ bhrātā mr̥taḥ punarajīvīd hāritaśca bhūtvā prāptōbhūt, ētasmāt kāraṇād utsavānandau karttum ucitamasmākam|
But [it is as though] [MET] your brother was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now he has been found! So it is appropriate for us to be happy and celebrate!’”
