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1 itaH paraM yIshuH shiShyAn uvAcha, vighnairavashyam AgantavyaM kintu vighnA yena ghaTiShyante tasya durgati rbhaviShyati|
Jesus said to his disciples. "It is not possible but that occasions of stumbling should occur, but woe to him through whom they come!
2 eteShAM kShudraprANinAm ekasyApi vighnajananAt kaNThabaddhapeShaNIkasya tasya sAgarAgAdhajale majjanaM bhadraM|
"It were well for him if a millstone were tied about his neck, and he were hurled into the sea, rather than he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
3 yUyaM sveShu sAvadhAnAstiShThata; tava bhrAtA yadi tava ki nchid aparAdhyati tarhi taM tarjaya, tena yadi manaH parivarttayati tarhi taM kShamasva|
"Be on you guard! "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents forgive him.
4 punarekadinamadhye yadi sa tava saptakR^itvo. aparAdhyati kintu saptakR^itva Agatya manaH parivartya mayAparAddham iti vadati tarhi taM kShamasva|
"And if he sins against you seven times a day, and seven times a day turns to you saying ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him."
5 tadA preritAH prabhum avadan asmAkaM vishvAsaM varddhaya|
The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"
6 prabhuruvAcha, yadi yuShmAkaM sarShapaikapramANo vishvAsosti tarhi tvaM samUlamutpATito bhUtvA samudre ropito bhava kathAyAm etasyAm etaduDumbarAya kathitAyAM sa yuShmAkamAj nAvaho bhaviShyati|
"If your faith," answered Jesus, "were like a grain of mustard-seed, you would say to this tree, ‘Tear yourself up and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
7 aparaM svadAse halaM vAhayitvA vA pashUn chArayitvA kShetrAd Agate sati taM vadati, ehi bhoktumupavisha, yuShmAkam etAdR^ishaH kosti?
"But who of you who has a slave plowing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he is come in from the field, ‘Come at once, sit down to dinner,’
8 vara ncha pUrvvaM mama khAdyamAsAdya yAvad bhu nje pivAmi cha tAvad baddhakaTiH parichara pashchAt tvamapi bhokShyase pAsyasi cha kathAmIdR^ishIM kiM na vakShyati?
"and will not rather tell him, ‘Get ready something for me to eat, and gird yourself to wait on me until I have eaten and drunken. Then you shall eat and drink.’
9 tena dAsena prabhorAj nAnurUpe karmmaNi kR^ite prabhuH kiM tasmin bAdhito jAtaH? netthaM budhyate mayA|
"Does he think the slave because he did the things that were commanded?
10 itthaM nirUpiteShu sarvvakarmmasu kR^iteShu satmu yUyamapIdaM vAkyaM vadatha, vayam anupakAriNo dAsA asmAbhiryadyatkarttavyaM tanmAtrameva kR^itaM|
"Even so, you also, after you have done all the things that are commanded you, should say, ‘We are but slaves, we have only done what it was our duty to do.’"
11 sa yirUshAlami yAtrAM kurvvan shomiroNgAlIlpradeshamadhyena gachChati,
Now it happened that as he went his way to Jerusalem, he passed between Samaria and Galilee.
12 etarhi kutrachid grAme praveshamAtre dashakuShThinastaM sAkShAt kR^itvA
And as he was going certain village ten lepers met him.
13 dUre tiShThanata uchchai rvaktumArebhire, he prabho yIsho dayasvAsmAn|
They stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, take pity on us."
14 tataH sa tAn dR^iShTvA jagAda, yUyaM yAjakAnAM samIpe svAn darshayata, tataste gachChanto rogAt pariShkR^itAH|
Perceiving this he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priest." And as they went they were made clean.
15 tadA teShAmekaH svaM svasthaM dR^iShTvA prochchairIshvaraM dhanyaM vadan vyAghuTyAyAto yIsho rguNAnanuvadan tachcharaNAdhobhUmau papAta;
Now one of them, as he saw that he was cured, came back, glorifying God in a loud voice,
16 sa chAsIt shomiroNI|
and he fell on his face at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan.
17 tadA yIshuravadat, dashajanAH kiM na pariShkR^itAH? tahyanye navajanAH kutra?
"Were there not ten cleansed?" asked Jesus, "but where are the nine?
18 IshvaraM dhanyaM vadantam enaM videshinaM vinA kopyanyo na prApyata|
"Are there none found to return and give glory to God except this foreigner?"
19 tadA sa tamuvAcha, tvamutthAya yAhi vishvAsaste tvAM svasthaM kR^itavAn|
And he said unto him, "Rise and go, your faith has healed you."
20 atha kadeshvarasya rAjatvaM bhaviShyatIti phirUshibhiH pR^iShTe sa pratyuvAcha, Ishvarasya rAjatvam aishvaryyadarshanena na bhaviShyati|
The Pharisees asked him when the kingdom of God was coming. He answered. "The kingdom of God does not come so that you can catch sight of it,
21 ata etasmin pashya tasmin vA pashya, iti vAkyaM lokA vaktuM na shakShyanti, Ishvarasya rAjatvaM yuShmAkam antarevAste|
"nor will they say, ‘Look here it is!’ or ‘See there!’ - for the kingdom of God is now in your midst."
22 tataH sa shiShyAn jagAda, yadA yuShmAbhi rmanujasutasya dinamekaM draShTum vA nChiShyate kintu na darshiShyate, IdR^ikkAla AyAti|
Then he said turning to his disciples. "The days will come when you shall long to see one of the days of the Son of man, you shall not see it.
23 tadAtra pashya vA tatra pashyeti vAkyaM lokA vakShyanti, kintu teShAM pashchAt mA yAta, mAnugachChata cha|
"And they shall say to you, ‘Lo there! Lo there!’ But do not go away or follow them.
24 yatastaDid yathAkAshaikadishyudiya tadanyAmapi dishaM vyApya prakAshate tadvat nijadine manujasUnuH prakAshiShyate|
"For as the lightning when it lightens out of the one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day.
25 kintu tatpUrvvaM tenAnekAni duHkhAni bhoktavyAnyetadvarttamAnalokaishcha so. avaj nAtavyaH|
"But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected buy his generation.
26 nohasya vidyamAnakAle yathAbhavat manuShyasUnoH kAlepi tathA bhaviShyati|
"And this was in the time of Noah, so will it be in the time of the Son of man.
27 yAvatkAlaM noho mahApotaM nArohad AplAvivAryyetya sarvvaM nAnAshayachcha tAvatkAlaM yathA lokA abhu njatApivan vyavahan vyavAhayaMshcha;
"Men were eating and drinking; they were marrying and being married, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
28 itthaM loTo varttamAnakAlepi yathA lokA bhojanapAnakrayavikrayaropaNagR^ihanirmmANakarmmasu prAvarttanta,
"The same was true in the time of Lot; they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building;
29 kintu yadA loT sidomo nirjagAma tadA nabhasaH sagandhakAgnivR^iShTi rbhUtvA sarvvaM vyanAshayat
"but on the day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 tadvan mAnavaputraprakAshadinepi bhaviShyati|
"In the same manner it shall be in the day that the Son of man shall be revealed.
31 tadA yadi kashchid gR^ihopari tiShThati tarhi sa gR^ihamadhyAt kimapi dravyamAnetum avaruhya naitu; yashcha kShetre tiShThati sopi vyAghuTya nAyAtu|
"On that day, if a man is on the housetop and his goods inside, let him not go down to take them away; nor should a man in the field turn back.
32 loTaH patnIM smarata|
"Remember Lot’s wife!
33 yaH prANAn rakShituM cheShTiShyate sa prANAn hArayiShyati yastu prANAn hArayiShyati saeva prANAn rakShiShyati|
"Whoever seeks to keep his life shall lose it; but whoever loses it shall preserve it.
34 yuShmAnahaM vachmi tasyAM rAtrau shayyaikagatayo rlokayoreko dhAriShyate parastyakShyate|
"I tell you that in one night there shall be two men in one bed; one shall be taken and the other left.
35 striyau yugapat peShaNIM vyAvarttayiShyatastayorekA dhAriShyate parAtyakShyate|
"There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken and the other left."
36 puruShau kShetre sthAsyatastayoreko dhAriShyate parastyakShyate|
(wanting in the most ancient manuscripts)
37 tadA te paprachChuH, he prabho kutretthaM bhaviShyati? tataH sa uvAcha, yatra shavastiShThati tatra gR^idhrA milanti|
"Where, Master?" they asked him. "Where the dead body is," he answered, "there will the vultures be gathered together."
