< 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 viśrāmavārē yīśau pradhānasya phirūśinō gr̥hē bhōktuṁ gatavati tē taṁ vīkṣitum ārēbhirē|
2 and behold, there was a certain dropsical man before Him;
tadā jalōdarī tasya sammukhē 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, viśrāmavārē svāsthyaṁ karttavyaṁ na vā? tatastē kimapi na pratyūcuḥ|
4 And they were silent, and having taken hold of [him], He healed him, and let [him] go;
tadā sa taṁ rōgiṇaṁ svasthaṁ kr̥tvā 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 garddabhō vr̥ṣabhō vā cēd garttē patati tarhi viśrāmavārē tatkṣaṇaṁ sa kiṁ taṁ nōtthāpayiṣyati?
6 And they were not able to answer Him again to these things.
tatastē kathāyā ētasyāḥ kimapi prativaktuṁ na śēkuḥ|
7 And He spoke an allegory to those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying to them,
aparañca pradhānasthānamanōnītatvakaraṇaṁ vilōkya sa nimantritān ētadupadēśakathāṁ 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 vivāhādibhōjyēṣu nimantritaḥ san pradhānasthānē mōpāvēkṣīḥ| tvattō gauravānvitanimantritajana āyātē
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 dēhīti vākyaṁ cēd vakṣyati tarhi tvaṁ saṅkucitō bhūtvā sthāna itarasmin upavēṣṭum 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 kāraṇādēva tvaṁ nimantritō gatvā'pradhānasthāna upaviśa, tatō nimantrayitāgatya vadiṣyati, hē bandhō prōccasthānaṁ gatvōpaviśa, tathā sati bhōjanōpaviṣṭānāṁ sakalānāṁ sākṣāt tvaṁ mānyō bhaviṣyasi|
11 because everyone who is exalting himself will be humbled, and he who is humbling himself will be exalted.”
yaḥ kaścit svamunnamayati sa namayiṣyatē, kintu yaḥ kaścit svaṁ namayati sa unnamayiṣyatē|
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, madhyāhnē rātrau vā bhōjyē kr̥tē nijabandhugaṇō vā bhrātr̥gaṇō vā jñātigaṇō vā dhanigaṇō vā samīpavāsigaṇō vā ētān na nimantraya, tathā kr̥tē cēt tē tvāṁ nimantrayiṣyanti, tarhi pariśōdhō bhaviṣyati|
13 but when you may make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,
kintu yadā bhējyaṁ karōṣi 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 lapsyasē, tēṣu pariśōdhaṁ karttumaśaknuvatsu śmaśānāddhārmmikānāmutthānakālē tvaṁ phalāṁ lapsyasē|
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 bhōjanōpaviṣṭaḥ kaścit kathayāmāsa, yō jana īśvarasya rājyē bhōktuṁ lapsyatē saēva dhanyaḥ|
16 and He said to him, “A certain man made a great dinner, and called many,
tataḥ sa uvāca, kaścit janō rātrau bhējyaṁ kr̥tvā 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.
tatō bhōjanasamayē nimantritalōkān 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 tē sarvva ēkaikaṁ chalaṁ kr̥tvā kṣamāṁ prārthayāñcakrirē| prathamō janaḥ kathayāmāsa, kṣētramēkaṁ krītavānahaṁ tadēva draṣṭuṁ mayā gantavyam, ataēva māṁ kṣantuṁ taṁ nivēdaya|
19 And another said, I bought five yoke of oxen, and I go on to prove them; I beg of you, have me excused.
anyō janaḥ kathayāmāsa, daśavr̥ṣānahaṁ krītavān tān parīkṣituṁ yāmi tasmādēva māṁ kṣantuṁ taṁ nivēdaya|
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 śaknōmi|
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 dāsō gatvā nijaprabhōḥ sākṣāt sarvvavr̥ttāntaṁ nivēdayāmāsa, tatōsau gr̥hapatiḥ kupitvā svadāsaṁ vyājahāra, tvaṁ satvaraṁ nagarasya sannivēśān mārgāṁśca gatvā daridraśuṣkakarakhañjāndhān atrānaya|
22 And the servant said, Lord, it has been done as you commanded, and still there is room.
tatō dāsō'vadat, hē prabhō bhavata ājñānusārēṇākriyata 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 vr̥kṣamūlāni ca yātvā madīyagr̥hapūraṇārthaṁ lōkānāgantuṁ pravarttaya|
24 for I say to you that none of those men who have been called will taste of my dinner.”
ahaṁ yuṣmabhyaṁ kathayāmi, pūrvvanimantritānamēkōpi mamāsya rātribhōjyasyāsvādaṁ na prāpsyati|
25 And there were going on with Him great multitudes, and having turned, He said to them,
anantaraṁ bahuṣu lōkēṣu yīśōḥ paścād vrajitēṣu satsu sa vyāghuṭya tēbhyaḥ 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 bhrātarō bhagimyō nijaprāṇāśca, ētēbhyaḥ sarvvēbhyō mayyadhikaṁ prēma na karōti, sa mama śiṣyō 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, sōpi mama śiṣyō 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?
durganirmmāṇē kativyayō bhaviṣyati, tathā tasya samāptikaraṇārthaṁ sampattirasti na vā, prathamamupaviśya ētanna gaṇayati, yuṣmākaṁ madhya ētādr̥śaḥ kōsti?
29 Lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,
nōcēd bhittiṁ kr̥tvā śēṣē yadi samāpayituṁ na śakṣyati,
30 saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
tarhi mānuṣōyaṁ nicētum ārabhata samāpayituṁ nāśaknōt, iti vyāhr̥tya sarvvē 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 gr̥hītvā viṁśatisahasrēḥ sainyaiḥ sahitasya samīpavāsinaḥ sammukhaṁ yātuṁ śakṣyāmi na vēti prathamaṁ upaviśya na vicārayati ētādr̥śō 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 śaknōti tarhi ripāvatidūrē tiṣṭhati sati nijadūtaṁ prēṣya sandhiṁ karttuṁ prārthayēta|
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 madhyē yaḥ kaścin madarthaṁ sarvvasvaṁ hātuṁ na śaknōti sa mama śiṣyō 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; lōkāstad bahiḥ kṣipanti|yasya śrōtuṁ śrōtrē staḥ sa śr̥ṇōtu|