Luke 12
1 In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
tadānīṁ lokāḥ sahasraṁ sahasram āgatya samupasthitāstata ekaiko 'nyeṣāmupari patitum upacakrame; tadā yīśuḥ śiṣyān babhāṣe, yūyaṁ phirūśināṁ kiṇvarūpakāpaṭye viśeṣeṇa sāvadhānāstiṣṭhata|
2 But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
yato yanna prakāśayiṣyate tadācchannaṁ vastu kimapi nāsti; tathā yanna jñāsyate tad guptaṁ vastu kimapi nāsti|
3 Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
andhakāre tiṣṭhanato yāḥ kathā akathayata tāḥ sarvvāḥ kathā dīptau śroṣyante nirjane karṇe ca yadakathayata gṛhapṛṣṭhāt tat pracārayiṣyate|
4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
he bandhavo yuṣmānahaṁ vadāmi, ye śarīrasya nāśaṁ vinā kimapyaparaṁ karttuṁ na śakruvanti tebhyo mā bhaiṣṭa|
5 But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. (Geenna g1067)
tarhi kasmād bhetavyam ityahaṁ vadāmi, yaḥ śarīraṁ nāśayitvā narakaṁ nikṣeptuṁ śaknoti tasmādeva bhayaṁ kuruta, punarapi vadāmi tasmādeva bhayaṁ kuruta| (Geenna g1067)
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pence? and not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
pañca caṭakapakṣiṇaḥ kiṁ dvābhyāṁ tāmrakhaṇḍābhyāṁ na vikrīyante? tathāpīśvarasteṣām ekamapi na vismarati|
7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
yuṣmākaṁ śiraḥkeśā api gaṇitāḥ santi tasmāt mā vibhīta bahucaṭakapakṣibhyopi yūyaṁ bahumūlyāḥ|
8 And I say unto you, Every one who shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
aparaṁ yuṣmabhyaṁ kathayāmi yaḥ kaścin mānuṣāṇāṁ sākṣān māṁ svīkaroti manuṣyaputra īśvaradūtānāṁ sākṣāt taṁ svīkariṣyati|
9 but he that denieth me in the presence of men shall be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
kintu yaḥ kaścinmānuṣāṇāṁ sākṣānmām asvīkaroti tam īśvarasya dūtānāṁ sākṣād aham asvīkariṣyāmi|
10 And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.
anyacca yaḥ kaścin manujasutasya nindābhāvena kāñcit kathāṁ kathayati tasya tatpāpasya mocanaṁ bhaviṣyati kintu yadi kaścit pavitram ātmānaṁ nindati tarhi tasya tatpāpasya mocanaṁ na bhaviṣyati|
11 And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
yadā lokā yuṣmān bhajanagehaṁ vicārakartṛrājyakartṛṇāṁ sammukhañca neṣyanti tadā kena prakāreṇa kimuttaraṁ vadiṣyatha kiṁ kathayiṣyatha cetyatra mā cintayata;
12 for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.
yato yuṣmābhiryad yad vaktavyaṁ tat tasmin samayaeva pavitra ātmā yuṣmān śikṣayiṣyati|
13 And one out of the multitude said unto him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.
tataḥ paraṁ janatāmadhyasthaḥ kaścijjanastaṁ jagāda he guro mayā saha paitṛkaṁ dhanaṁ vibhaktuṁ mama bhrātaramājñāpayatu bhavān|
14 But he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
kintu sa tamavadat he manuṣya yuvayo rvicāraṁ vibhāgañca karttuṁ māṁ ko niyuktavān?
15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
anantaraṁ sa lokānavadat lobhe sāvadhānāḥ satarkāśca tiṣṭhata, yato bahusampattiprāptyā manuṣyasyāyu rna bhavati|
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
paścād dṛṣṭāntakathāmutthāpya kathayāmāsa, ekasya dhanino bhūmau bahūni śasyāni jātāni|
17 and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?
tataḥ sa manasā cintayitvā kathayāmbabhūva mamaitāni samutpannāni dravyāṇi sthāpayituṁ sthānaṁ nāsti kiṁ kariṣyāmi?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.
tatovadad itthaṁ kariṣyāmi, mama sarvvabhāṇḍāgārāṇi bhaṅktvā bṛhadbhāṇḍāgārāṇi nirmmāya tanmadhye sarvvaphalāni dravyāṇi ca sthāpayiṣyāmi|
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
aparaṁ nijamano vadiṣyāmi, he mano bahuvatsarārthaṁ nānādravyāṇi sañcitāni santi viśrāmaṁ kuru bhuktvā pītvā kautukañca kuru| kintvīśvarastam avadat,
20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
re nirbodha adya rātrau tava prāṇāstvatto neṣyante tata etāni yāni dravyāṇi tvayāsāditāni tāni kasya bhaviṣyanti?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
ataeva yaḥ kaścid īśvarasya samīpe dhanasañcayamakṛtvā kevalaṁ svanikaṭe sañcayaṁ karoti sopi tādṛśaḥ|
22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for [your] life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
atha sa śiṣyebhyaḥ kathayāmāsa, yuṣmānahaṁ vadāmi, kiṁ khādiṣyāmaḥ? kiṁ paridhāsyāmaḥ? ityuktvā jīvanasya śarīrasya cārthaṁ cintāṁ mā kārṣṭa|
23 For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.
bhakṣyājjīvanaṁ bhūṣaṇāccharīrañca śreṣṭhaṁ bhavati|
24 Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!
kākapakṣiṇāṁ kāryyaṁ vicārayata, te na vapanti śasyāni ca na chindanti, teṣāṁ bhāṇḍāgārāṇi na santi koṣāśca na santi, tathāpīśvarastebhyo bhakṣyāṇi dadāti, yūyaṁ pakṣibhyaḥ śreṣṭhatarā na kiṁ?
25 And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his life?
aparañca bhāvayitvā nijāyuṣaḥ kṣaṇamātraṁ varddhayituṁ śaknoti, etādṛśo lāko yuṣmākaṁ madhye kosti?
26 If then ye are not able to do even that which is least, why are ye anxious concerning the rest?
ataeva kṣudraṁ kāryyaṁ sādhayitum asamarthā yūyam anyasmin kāryye kuto bhāvayatha?
27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
anyacca kāmpilapuṣpaṁ kathaṁ varddhate tadāpi vicārayata, tat kañcana śramaṁ na karoti tantūṁśca na janayati kintu yuṣmabhyaṁ yathārthaṁ kathayāmi sulemān bahvaiśvaryyānvitopi puṣpasyāsya sadṛśo vibhūṣito nāsīt|
28 But if God doth so clothe the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more [shall he clothe] you, O ye of little faith?
adya kṣetre varttamānaṁ śvaścūllyāṁ kṣepsyamānaṁ yat tṛṇaṁ, tasmai yadīśvara itthaṁ bhūṣayati tarhi he alpapratyayino yuṣmāna kiṁ na paridhāpayiṣyati?
29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
ataeva kiṁ khādiṣyāmaḥ? kiṁ paridhāsyāmaḥ? etadarthaṁ mā ceṣṭadhvaṁ mā saṁdigdhvañca|
30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
jagato devārccakā etāni sarvvāṇi ceṣṭanate; eṣu vastuṣu yuṣmākaṁ prayojanamāste iti yuṣmākaṁ pitā jānāti|
31 Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you.
ataeveśvarasya rājyārthaṁ saceṣṭā bhavata tathā kṛte sarvvāṇyetāni dravyāṇi yuṣmabhyaṁ pradāyiṣyante|
32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
he kṣudrameṣavraja yūyaṁ mā bhaiṣṭa yuṣmabhyaṁ rājyaṁ dātuṁ yuṣmākaṁ pituḥ sammatirasti|
33 Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.
ataeva yuṣmākaṁ yā yā sampattirasti tāṁ tāṁ vikrīya vitarata, yat sthānaṁ caurā nāgacchanti, kīṭāśca na kṣāyayanti tādṛśe svarge nijārtham ajare sampuṭake 'kṣayaṁ dhanaṁ sañcinuta ca;
34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
yato yatra yuṣmākaṁ dhanaṁ varttate tatreva yuṣmākaṁ manaḥ|
35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
aparañca yūyaṁ pradīpaṁ jvālayitvā baddhakaṭayastiṣṭhata;
36 and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him.
prabhu rvivāhādāgatya yadaiva dvāramāhanti tadaiva dvāraṁ mocayituṁ yathā bhṛtyā apekṣya tiṣṭhanti tathā yūyamapi tiṣṭhata|
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them.
yataḥ prabhurāgatya yān dāsān sacetanān tiṣṭhato drakṣyati taeva dhanyāḥ; ahaṁ yuṣmān yathārthaṁ vadāmi prabhustān bhojanārtham upaveśya svayaṁ baddhakaṭiḥ samīpametya pariveṣayiṣyati|
38 And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find [them] so, blessed are those [servants].
yadi dvitīye tṛtīye vā prahare samāgatya tathaiva paśyati, tarhi taeva dāsā dhanyāḥ|
39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through.
aparañca kasmin kṣaṇe caurā āgamiṣyanti iti yadi gṛhapati rjñātuṁ śaknoti tadāvaśyaṁ jāgran nijagṛhe sandhiṁ karttayituṁ vārayati yūyametad vitta|
40 Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
ataeva yūyamapi sajjamānāstiṣṭhata yato yasmin kṣaṇe taṁ nāprekṣadhve tasminneva kṣaṇe manuṣyaputra āgamiṣyati|
41 And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even unto all?
tadā pitaraḥ papraccha, he prabho bhavān kimasmān uddiśya kiṁ sarvvān uddiśya dṛṣṭāntakathāmimāṁ vadati?
42 And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?
tataḥ prabhuḥ provāca, prabhuḥ samucitakāle nijaparivārārthaṁ bhojyapariveṣaṇāya yaṁ tatpade niyokṣyati tādṛśo viśvāsyo boddhā karmmādhīśaḥ kosti?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
prabhurāgatya yam etādṛśe karmmaṇi pravṛttaṁ drakṣyati saeva dāso dhanyaḥ|
44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.
ahaṁ yuṣmān yathārthaṁ vadāmi sa taṁ nijasarvvasvasyādhipatiṁ kariṣyati|
45 But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
kintu prabhurvilambenāgamiṣyati, iti vicintya sa dāso yadi tadanyadāsīdāsān praharttum bhoktuṁ pātuṁ madituñca prārabhate,
46 the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.
tarhi yadā prabhuṁ nāpekṣiṣyate yasmin kṣaṇe so'cetanaśca sthāsyati tasminneva kṣaṇe tasya prabhurāgatya taṁ padabhraṣṭaṁ kṛtvā viśvāsahīnaiḥ saha tasya aṁśaṁ nirūpayiṣyati|
47 And that servant, who knew his lord’s will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes];
yo dāsaḥ prabherājñāṁ jñātvāpi sajjito na tiṣṭhati tadājñānusāreṇa ca kāryyaṁ na karoti sonekān prahārān prāpsyati;
48 but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few [stripes]. And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.
kintu yo jano'jñātvā prahārārhaṁ karmma karoti solpaprahārān prāpsyati| yato yasmai bāhulyena dattaṁ tasmādeva bāhulyena grahīṣyate, mānuṣā yasya nikaṭe bahu samarpayanti tasmād bahu yācante|
49 I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?
ahaṁ pṛthivyām anaikyarūpaṁ vahni nikṣeptum āgatosmi, sa ced idānīmeva prajvalati tatra mama kā cintā?
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
kintu yena majjanenāhaṁ magno bhaviṣyāmi yāvatkālaṁ tasya siddhi rna bhaviṣyati tāvadahaṁ katikaṣṭaṁ prāpsyāmi|
51 Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
melanaṁ karttuṁ jagad āgatosmi yūyaṁ kimitthaṁ bodhadhve? yuṣmān vadāmi na tathā, kintvahaṁ melanābhāvaṁ karttuṁm āgatosmi|
52 for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
yasmādetatkālamārabhya ekatrasthaparijanānāṁ madhye pañcajanāḥ pṛthag bhūtvā trayo janā dvayorjanayoḥ pratikūlā dvau janau ca trayāṇāṁ janānāṁ pratikūlau bhaviṣyanti|
53 They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.
pitā putrasya vipakṣaḥ putraśca pitu rvipakṣo bhaviṣyati mātā kanyāyā vipakṣā kanyā ca mātu rvipakṣā bhaviṣyati, tathā śvaśrūrbadhvā vipakṣā badhūśca śvaśrvā vipakṣā bhaviṣyati|
54 And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.
sa lokebhyoparamapi kathayāmāsa, paścimadiśi meghodgamaṁ dṛṣṭvā yūyaṁ haṭhād vadatha vṛṣṭi rbhaviṣyati tatastathaiva jāyate|
55 And when [ye see] a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a scorching heat; and it cometh to pass.
aparaṁ dakṣiṇato vāyau vāti sati vadatha nidāgho bhaviṣyati tataḥ sopi jāyate|
56 Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time?
re re kapaṭina ākāśasya bhūmyāśca lakṣaṇaṁ boddhuṁ śaknutha,
57 And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
kintu kālasyāsya lakṣaṇaṁ kuto boddhuṁ na śaknutha? yūyañca svayaṁ kuto na nyāṣyaṁ vicārayatha?
58 For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison.
aparañca vivādinā sārddhaṁ vicārayituḥ samīpaṁ gacchan pathi tasmāduddhāraṁ prāptuṁ yatasva nocet sa tvāṁ dhṛtvā vicārayituḥ samīpaṁ nayati| vicārayitā yadi tvāṁ praharttuḥ samīpaṁ samarpayati praharttā tvāṁ kārāyāṁ badhnāti
59 I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.
tarhi tvāmahaṁ vadāmi tvayā niḥśeṣaṁ kapardakeṣu na pariśodhiteṣu tvaṁ tato muktiṁ prāptuṁ na śakṣyasi|
