Matthew 18
1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
tadānīṁ śiṣyā yīśoḥ samīpamāgatya pṛṣṭavantaḥ svargarājye kaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ?
2 Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.
tato yīśuḥ kṣudramekaṁ bālakaṁ svasamīpamānīya teṣāṁ madhye nidhāya jagāda,
3 “Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
yuṣmānahaṁ satyaṁ bravīmi, yūyaṁ manovinimayena kṣudrabālavat na santaḥ svargarājyaṁ praveṣṭuṁ na śaknutha|
4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
yaḥ kaścid etasya kṣudrabālakasya samamātmānaṁ namrīkaroti, saeva svargarājaye śreṣṭhaḥ|
5 And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.
yaḥ kaścid etādṛśaṁ kṣudrabālakamekaṁ mama nāmni gṛhlāti, sa māmeva gṛhlāti|
6 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
kintu yo jano mayi kṛtaviśvāsānāmeteṣāṁ kṣudraprāṇinām ekasyāpi vidhniṁ janayati, kaṇṭhabaddhapeṣaṇīkasya tasya sāgarāgādhajale majjanaṁ śreyaḥ|
7 Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
vighnāt jagataḥ santāpo bhaviṣyati, vighno'vaśyaṁ janayiṣyate, kintu yena manujena vighno janiṣyate tasyaiva santāpo bhaviṣyati|
8 If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire. (aiōnios g166)
tasmāt tava karaścaraṇo vā yadi tvāṁ bādhate, tarhi taṁ chittvā nikṣipa, dvikarasya dvipadasya vā tavānaptavahnau nikṣepāt, khañjasya vā chinnahastasya tava jīvane praveśo varaṁ| (aiōnios g166)
9 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell. (Geenna g1067)
aparaṁ tava netraṁ yadi tvāṁ bādhate, tarhi tadapyutpāvya nikṣipa, dvinetrasya narakāgnau nikṣepāt kāṇasya tava jīvane praveśo varaṁ| (Geenna g1067)
10 See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
tasmādavadhaddhaṁ, eteṣāṁ kṣudraprāṇinām ekamapi mā tucchīkuruta,
yato yuṣmānahaṁ tathyaṁ bravīmi, svarge teṣāṁ dūtā mama svargasthasya piturāsyaṁ nityaṁ paśyanti| evaṁ ye ye hāritāstān rakṣituṁ manujaputra āgacchat|
12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
yūyamatra kiṁ viviṁgghve? kasyacid yadi śataṁ meṣāḥ santi, teṣāmeko hāryyate ca, tarhi sa ekonaśataṁ meṣān vihāya parvvataṁ gatvā taṁ hāritamekaṁ kiṁ na mṛgayate?
13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
yadi ca kadācit tanmeṣoddeśaṁ lamate, tarhi yuṣmānahaṁ satyaṁ kathayāmi, so'vipathagāmibhya ekonaśatameṣebhyopi tadekahetoradhikam āhlādate|
14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.
tadvad eteṣāṁ kṣudraprāenām ekopi naśyatīti yuṣmākaṁ svargasthapitu rnābhimatam|
15 If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
yadyapi tava bhrātā tvayi kimapyaparādhyati, tarhi gatvā yuvayordvayoḥ sthitayostasyāparādhaṁ taṁ jñāpaya| tatra sa yadi tava vākyaṁ śṛṇoti, tarhi tvaṁ svabhrātaraṁ prāptavān,
16 But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
kintu yadi na śṛṇoti, tarhi dvābhyāṁ tribhi rvā sākṣībhiḥ sarvvaṁ vākyaṁ yathā niścitaṁ jāyate, tadartham ekaṁ dvau vā sākṣiṇau gṛhītvā yāhi|
17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
tena sa yadi tayo rvākyaṁ na mānyate, tarhi samājaṁ tajjñāpaya, kintu yadi samājasyāpi vākyaṁ na mānyate, tarhi sa tava samīpe devapūjaka̮iva caṇḍāla̮iva ca bhaviṣyati|
18 Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
ahaṁ yuṣmān satyaṁ vadāmi, yuṣmābhiḥ pṛthivyāṁ yad badhyate tat svarge bhaṁtsyate; medinyāṁ yat bhocyate, svarge'pi tat mokṣyate|
19 Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.
punarahaṁ yuṣmān vadāmi, medinyāṁ yuṣmākaṁ yadi dvāvekavākyībhūya kiñcit prārthayete, tarhi mama svargasthapitrā tat tayoḥ kṛte sampannaṁ bhaviṣyati|
20 For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
yato yatra dvau trayo vā mama nānni milanti, tatraivāhaṁ teṣāṁ madhye'smi|
21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
tadānīṁ pitarastatsamīpamāgatya kathitavān he prabho, mama bhrātā mama yadyaparādhyati, tarhi taṁ katikṛtvaḥ kṣamiṣye?
22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
kiṁ saptakṛtvaḥ? yīśustaṁ jagāda, tvāṁ kevalaṁ saptakṛtvo yāvat na vadāmi, kintu saptatyā guṇitaṁ saptakṛtvo yāvat|
23 Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
aparaṁ nijadāsaiḥ saha jigaṇayiṣuḥ kaścid rājeva svargarājayaṁ|
24 As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.
ārabdhe tasmin gaṇane sārddhasahasramudrāpūritānāṁ daśasahasrapuṭakānām eko'ghamarṇastatsamakṣamānāyi|
25 Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.
tasya pariśodhanāya dravyābhāvāt pariśodhanārthaṁ sa tadīyabhāryyāputrādisarvvasvañca vikrīyatāmiti tatprabhurādideśa|
26 Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’
tena sa dāsastasya pādayoḥ patan praṇamya kathitavān, he prabho bhavatā ghairyye kṛte mayā sarvvaṁ pariśodhiṣyate|
27 His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.
tadānīṁ dāsasya prabhuḥ sakaruṇaḥ san sakalarṇaṁ kṣamitvā taṁ tatyāja|
28 But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
kintu tasmin dāse bahi ryāte, tasya śataṁ mudrācaturthāṁśān yo dhārayati, taṁ sahadāsaṁ dṛṣdvā tasya kaṇṭhaṁ niṣpīḍya gaditavān, mama yat prāpyaṁ tat pariśodhaya|
29 So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’
tadā tasya sahadāsastatpādayoḥ patitvā vinīya babhāṣe, tvayā dhairyye kṛte mayā sarvvaṁ pariśodhiṣyate|
30 But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.
tathāpi sa tat nāṅagīkṛtya yāvat sarvvamṛṇaṁ na pariśodhitavān tāvat taṁ kārāyāṁ sthāpayāmāsa|
31 When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.
tadā tasya sahadāsāstasyaitādṛg ācaraṇaṁ vilokya prabhoḥ samīpaṁ gatvā sarvvaṁ vṛttāntaṁ nivedayāmāsuḥ|
32 Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.
tadā tasya prabhustamāhūya jagāda, re duṣṭa dāsa, tvayā matsannidhau prārthite mayā tava sarvvamṛṇaṁ tyaktaṁ;
33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’
yathā cāhaṁ tvayi karuṇāṁ kṛtavān, tathaiva tvatsahadāse karuṇākaraṇaṁ kiṁ tava nocitaṁ?
34 In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.
iti kathayitvā tasya prabhuḥ kruddhyan nijaprāpyaṁ yāvat sa na pariśodhitavān, tāvat prahārakānāṁ kareṣu taṁ samarpitavān|
35 That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
yadi yūyaṁ svāntaḥkaraṇaiḥ svasvasahajānām aparādhān na kṣamadhve, tarhi mama svargasyaḥ pitāpi yuṣmān pratītthaṁ kariṣyati|
