Luke 14
1 And it came to pass, on His going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a Sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching Him,
anantaraṁ viśrāmavāre yīśau pradhānasya phirūśino gṛhe bhoktuṁ gatavati te taṁ vīkṣitum ārebhire|
2 and behold, there was a certain dropsical man before Him;
tadā jalodarī tasya sammukhe sthitaḥ|
3 and Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
tataḥ sa vyavasthāpakān phirūśinaśca papraccha, viśrāmavāre svāsthyaṁ karttavyaṁ na vā? tataste kimapi na pratyūcuḥ|
4 And they were silent, and having taken hold of [him], He healed him, and let [him] go;
tadā sa taṁ rogiṇaṁ svasthaṁ kṛtvā visasarja;
5 and answering them He said, “Of which of you will a donkey or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the Sabbath day?”
tānuvāca ca yuṣmākaṁ kasyacid garddabho vṛṣabho vā ced gartte patati tarhi viśrāmavāre tatkṣaṇaṁ sa kiṁ taṁ notthāpayiṣyati?
6 And they were not able to answer Him again to these things.
tataste kathāyā etasyāḥ kimapi prativaktuṁ na śekuḥ|
7 And He spoke an allegory to those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying to them,
aparañca pradhānasthānamanonītatvakaraṇaṁ vilokya sa nimantritān etadupadeśakathāṁ jagāda,
8 “When you may be called by anyone to wedding feasts, you may not recline on the first couch, lest [one] more honorable than you may have been called by him,
tvaṁ vivāhādibhojyeṣu nimantritaḥ san pradhānasthāne mopāvekṣīḥ| tvatto gauravānvitanimantritajana āyāte
9 and he who called you and him having come will say to you, Give to this one [your] place, and then you may begin to occupy the last place with shame.
nimantrayitāgatya manuṣyāyaitasmai sthānaṁ dehīti vākyaṁ ced vakṣyati tarhi tvaṁ saṅkucito bhūtvā sthāna itarasmin upaveṣṭum udyaṁsyasi|
10 But when you may be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called you may come, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; then you will have glory before those dining with you;
asmāt kāraṇādeva tvaṁ nimantrito gatvā'pradhānasthāna upaviśa, tato nimantrayitāgatya vadiṣyati, he bandho proccasthānaṁ gatvopaviśa, tathā sati bhojanopaviṣṭānāṁ sakalānāṁ sākṣāt tvaṁ mānyo bhaviṣyasi|
11 because everyone who is exalting himself will be humbled, and he who is humbling himself will be exalted.”
yaḥ kaścit svamunnamayati sa namayiṣyate, kintu yaḥ kaścit svaṁ namayati sa unnamayiṣyate|
12 And He also said to him who called Him, “When you may make an early meal or a dinner, do not be calling your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they may also call you again, and a repayment may come to you;
tadā sa nimantrayitāraṁ janamapi jagāda, madhyāhne rātrau vā bhojye kṛte nijabandhugaṇo vā bhrātṛgaṇo vā jñātigaṇo vā dhanigaṇo vā samīpavāsigaṇo vā etān na nimantraya, tathā kṛte cet te tvāṁ nimantrayiṣyanti, tarhi pariśodho bhaviṣyati|
13 but when you may make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,
kintu yadā bhejyaṁ karoṣi tadā daridraśuṣkakarakhañjāndhān nimantraya,
14 and you will be blessed, because they have nothing to repay you, for it will be repaid to you in the resurrection of the righteous.”
tata āśiṣaṁ lapsyase, teṣu pariśodhaṁ karttumaśaknuvatsu śmaśānāddhārmmikānāmutthānakāle tvaṁ phalāṁ lapsyase|
15 And one of those dining with Him, having heard these things, said to Him, “Blessed [is] he who will eat bread in the Kingdom of God”;
anantaraṁ tāṁ kathāṁ niśamya bhojanopaviṣṭaḥ kaścit kathayāmāsa, yo jana īśvarasya rājye bhoktuṁ lapsyate saeva dhanyaḥ|
16 and He said to him, “A certain man made a great dinner, and called many,
tataḥ sa uvāca, kaścit jano rātrau bhejyaṁ kṛtvā bahūn nimantrayāmāsa|
17 and he sent his servant at the hour of the dinner to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now all things are ready.
tato bhojanasamaye nimantritalokān āhvātuṁ dāsadvārā kathayāmāsa, khadyadravyāṇi sarvvāṇi samāsāditāni santi, yūyamāgacchata|
18 And all began with one [voice] to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I bought a field, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of you, have me excused.
kintu te sarvva ekaikaṁ chalaṁ kṛtvā kṣamāṁ prārthayāñcakrire| prathamo janaḥ kathayāmāsa, kṣetramekaṁ krītavānahaṁ tadeva draṣṭuṁ mayā gantavyam, ataeva māṁ kṣantuṁ taṁ nivedaya|
19 And another said, I bought five yoke of oxen, and I go on to prove them; I beg of you, have me excused.
anyo janaḥ kathayāmāsa, daśavṛṣānahaṁ krītavān tān parīkṣituṁ yāmi tasmādeva māṁ kṣantuṁ taṁ nivedaya|
20 And another said, I married a wife, and because of this I am not able to come.
aparaḥ kathayāmāsa, vyūḍhavānahaṁ tasmāt kāraṇād yātuṁ na śaknomi|
21 And that servant having come, told these things to his lord, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly into the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in here.
paścāt sa dāso gatvā nijaprabhoḥ sākṣāt sarvvavṛttāntaṁ nivedayāmāsa, tatosau gṛhapatiḥ kupitvā svadāsaṁ vyājahāra, tvaṁ satvaraṁ nagarasya sanniveśān mārgāṁśca gatvā daridraśuṣkakarakhañjāndhān atrānaya|
22 And the servant said, Lord, it has been done as you commanded, and still there is room.
tato dāso'vadat, he prabho bhavata ājñānusāreṇākriyata tathāpi sthānamasti|
23 And the lord said to the servant, Go forth into the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;
tadā prabhuḥ puna rdāsāyākathayat, rājapathān vṛkṣamūlāni ca yātvā madīyagṛhapūraṇārthaṁ lokānāgantuṁ pravarttaya|
24 for I say to you that none of those men who have been called will taste of my dinner.”
ahaṁ yuṣmabhyaṁ kathayāmi, pūrvvanimantritānamekopi mamāsya rātribhojyasyāsvādaṁ na prāpsyati|
25 And there were going on with Him great multitudes, and having turned, He said to them,
anantaraṁ bahuṣu lokeṣu yīśoḥ paścād vrajiteṣu satsu sa vyāghuṭya tebhyaḥ kathayāmāsa,
26 “If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be My disciple;
yaḥ kaścin mama samīpam āgatya svasya mātā pitā patnī santānā bhrātaro bhagimyo nijaprāṇāśca, etebhyaḥ sarvvebhyo mayyadhikaṁ prema na karoti, sa mama śiṣyo bhavituṁ na śakṣyati|
27 and whoever does not carry his cross, and come after Me, is not able to be My disciple.
yaḥ kaścit svīyaṁ kruśaṁ vahan mama paścānna gacchati, sopi mama śiṣyo bhavituṁ na śakṣyati|
28 For who of you, willing to build a tower, does not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he has the things for completing?
durganirmmāṇe kativyayo bhaviṣyati, tathā tasya samāptikaraṇārthaṁ sampattirasti na vā, prathamamupaviśya etanna gaṇayati, yuṣmākaṁ madhya etādṛśaḥ kosti?
29 Lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,
noced bhittiṁ kṛtvā śeṣe yadi samāpayituṁ na śakṣyati,
30 saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
tarhi mānuṣoyaṁ nicetum ārabhata samāpayituṁ nāśaknot, iti vyāhṛtya sarvve tamupahasiṣyanti|
31 Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, does not, having sat down, first consult if he with ten thousand is able to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand?
aparañca bhinnabhūpatinā saha yuddhaṁ karttum udyamya daśasahasrāṇi sainyāni gṛhītvā viṁśatisahasreḥ sainyaiḥ sahitasya samīpavāsinaḥ sammukhaṁ yātuṁ śakṣyāmi na veti prathamaṁ upaviśya na vicārayati etādṛśo bhūmipatiḥ kaḥ?
32 And if not so—he being yet a long way off—having sent a delegation, he asks the things for peace.
yadi na śaknoti tarhi ripāvatidūre tiṣṭhati sati nijadūtaṁ preṣya sandhiṁ karttuṁ prārthayeta|
33 So, then, everyone of you who does not take leave of all that he himself has, is not able to be My disciple.
tadvad yuṣmākaṁ madhye yaḥ kaścin madarthaṁ sarvvasvaṁ hātuṁ na śaknoti sa mama śiṣyo bhavituṁ na śakṣyati|
34 The salt [is] good, but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?
lavaṇam uttamam iti satyaṁ, kintu yadi lavaṇasya lavaṇatvam apagacchati tarhi tat kathaṁ svāduyuktaṁ bhaviṣyati?
35 It is neither fit for land nor for manure—they cast it outside. He who is having ears to hear—let him hear.”
tada bhūmyartham ālavālarāśyarthamapi bhadraṁ na bhavati; lokāstad bahiḥ kṣipanti|yasya śrotuṁ śrotre staḥ sa śṛṇotu|
