Matthew 18
1 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?
tadānīṁ śiṣyā yīśoḥ samīpamāgatya pṛṣṭavantaḥ svargarājye kaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ?
2 And Jesus having called a little child to [him], set it in their midst,
tato yīśuḥ kṣudramekaṁ bālakaṁ svasamīpamānīya teṣāṁ madhye nidhāya jagāda,
3 and said, Verily I say to you, Unless ye are converted and become as little children, ye will not at all enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
yuṣmānahaṁ satyaṁ bravīmi, yūyaṁ manovinimayena kṣudrabālavat na santaḥ svargarājyaṁ praveṣṭuṁ na śaknutha|
4 Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens;
yaḥ kaścid etasya kṣudrabālakasya samamātmānaṁ namrīkaroti, saeva svargarājaye śreṣṭhaḥ|
5 and whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name, receives me.
yaḥ kaścid etādṛśaṁ kṣudrabālakamekaṁ mama nāmni gṛhlāti, sa māmeva gṛhlāti|
6 But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk 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 because of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; yet woe to that man by whom the offence comes!
vighnāt jagataḥ santāpo bhaviṣyati, vighno'vaśyaṁ janayiṣyate, kintu yena manujena vighno janiṣyate tasyaiva santāpo bhaviṣyati|
8 And if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut it off and cast [it] from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life lame or maimed, [rather] than having two hands or two feet to be cast into 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 thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast [it] from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life one-eyed, [rather] than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire. (Geenna g1067)
aparaṁ tava netraṁ yadi tvāṁ bādhate, tarhi tadapyutpāvya nikṣipa, dvinetrasya narakāgnau nikṣepāt kāṇasya tava jīvane praveśo varaṁ| (Geenna g1067)
10 See that ye do not despise one of these little ones; for I say unto you that their angels in [the] heavens continually behold the face of my Father who is in [the] heavens.
tasmādavadhaddhaṁ, eteṣāṁ kṣudraprāṇinām ekamapi mā tucchīkuruta,
11 For the Son of man has come to save that which was lost.
yato yuṣmānahaṁ tathyaṁ bravīmi, svarge teṣāṁ dūtā mama svargasthasya piturāsyaṁ nityaṁ paśyanti| evaṁ ye ye hāritāstān rakṣituṁ manujaputra āgacchat|
12 What think ye? If a certain man should have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not, leaving the ninety and nine on the mountains, go and seek the one that has gone astray?
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 it should come to pass that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more because of it than because of the ninety and nine not gone astray.
yadi ca kadācit tanmeṣoddeśaṁ lamate, tarhi yuṣmānahaṁ satyaṁ kathayāmi, so'vipathagāmibhya ekonaśatameṣebhyopi tadekahetoradhikam āhlādate|
14 So it is not the will of your Father who is in [the] heavens that one of these little ones should perish.
tadvad eteṣāṁ kṣudraprāenām ekopi naśyatīti yuṣmākaṁ svargasthapitu rnābhimatam|
15 But if thy brother sin against thee, go, reprove him between thee and him alone. If he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
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 do not hear [thee], take with thee one or two besides, that every matter may stand upon the word of two witnesses or of three.
kintu yadi na śṛṇoti, tarhi dvābhyāṁ tribhi rvā sākṣībhiḥ sarvvaṁ vākyaṁ yathā niścitaṁ jāyate, tadartham ekaṁ dvau vā sākṣiṇau gṛhītvā yāhi|
17 But if he will not listen to them, tell it to the assembly; and if also he will not listen to the assembly, let him be to thee as one of the nations and a tax-gatherer.
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 Verily I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on the earth shall 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 say to you, that if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever it may be that they shall ask, it shall come to them from my Father who is in [the] heavens.
punarahaṁ yuṣmān vadāmi, medinyāṁ yuṣmākaṁ yadi dvāvekavākyībhūya kiñcit prārthayete, tarhi mama svargasthapitrā tat tayoḥ kṛte sampannaṁ bhaviṣyati|
20 For where two or three are gathered together unto my name, there am I in the midst of them.
yato yatra dvau trayo vā mama nānni milanti, tatraivāhaṁ teṣāṁ madhye'smi|
21 Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? until seven times?
tadānīṁ pitarastatsamīpamāgatya kathitavān he prabho, mama bhrātā mama yadyaparādhyati, tarhi taṁ katikṛtvaḥ kṣamiṣye?
22 Jesus says to him, I say not to thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven.
kiṁ saptakṛtvaḥ? yīśustaṁ jagāda, tvāṁ kevalaṁ saptakṛtvo yāvat na vadāmi, kintu saptatyā guṇitaṁ saptakṛtvo yāvat|
23 For this cause the kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who would reckon with his bondmen.
aparaṁ nijadāsaiḥ saha jigaṇayiṣuḥ kaścid rājeva svargarājayaṁ|
24 And having begun to reckon, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him.
ārabdhe tasmin gaṇane sārddhasahasramudrāpūritānāṁ daśasahasrapuṭakānām eko'ghamarṇastatsamakṣamānāyi|
25 But he not having anything to pay, [his] lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and his children, and everything that he had, and that payment should be made.
tasya pariśodhanāya dravyābhāvāt pariśodhanārthaṁ sa tadīyabhāryyāputrādisarvvasvañca vikrīyatāmiti tatprabhurādideśa|
26 The bondman therefore falling down did him homage, saying, Lord, have patience with me and I will pay thee all.
tena sa dāsastasya pādayoḥ patan praṇamya kathitavān, he prabho bhavatā ghairyye kṛte mayā sarvvaṁ pariśodhiṣyate|
27 And the lord of that bondman, being moved with compassion, loosed him and forgave him the loan.
tadānīṁ dāsasya prabhuḥ sakaruṇaḥ san sakalarṇaṁ kṣamitvā taṁ tatyāja|
28 But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay [me] if thou owest anything.
kintu tasmin dāse bahi ryāte, tasya śataṁ mudrācaturthāṁśān yo dhārayati, taṁ sahadāsaṁ dṛṣdvā tasya kaṇṭhaṁ niṣpīḍya gaditavān, mama yat prāpyaṁ tat pariśodhaya|
29 His fellow-bondman therefore, having fallen down [at his feet], besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee.
tadā tasya sahadāsastatpādayoḥ patitvā vinīya babhāṣe, tvayā dhairyye kṛte mayā sarvvaṁ pariśodhiṣyate|
30 But he would not, but went away and cast him into prison, until he should pay what was owing.
tathāpi sa tat nāṅagīkṛtya yāvat sarvvamṛṇaṁ na pariśodhitavān tāvat taṁ kārāyāṁ sthāpayāmāsa|
31 But his fellow-bondmen, having seen what had taken place, were greatly grieved, and went and recounted to their lord all that had taken place.
tadā tasya sahadāsāstasyaitādṛg ācaraṇaṁ vilokya prabhoḥ samīpaṁ gatvā sarvvaṁ vṛttāntaṁ nivedayāmāsuḥ|
32 Then his lord, having called him to [him], says to him, Wicked bondman! I forgave thee all that debt because thou besoughtest me;
tadā tasya prabhustamāhūya jagāda, re duṣṭa dāsa, tvayā matsannidhau prārthite mayā tava sarvvamṛṇaṁ tyaktaṁ;
33 shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-bondman, as I also had compassion on thee?
yathā cāhaṁ tvayi karuṇāṁ kṛtavān, tathaiva tvatsahadāse karuṇākaraṇaṁ kiṁ tava nocitaṁ?
34 And his lord being angry delivered him to the tormentors till he paid all that was owing to him.
iti kathayitvā tasya prabhuḥ kruddhyan nijaprāpyaṁ yāvat sa na pariśodhitavān, tāvat prahārakānāṁ kareṣu taṁ samarpitavān|
35 Thus also my heavenly Father shall do to you if ye forgive not from your hearts every one his brother.
yadi yūyaṁ svāntaḥkaraṇaiḥ svasvasahajānām aparādhān na kṣamadhve, tarhi mama svargasyaḥ pitāpi yuṣmān pratītthaṁ kariṣyati|
