Mark 4
1 And again he began to teach by the lake. And a large crowd was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat on the lake, and sat down. And the whole crowd was on the land by the lake.
anantaraṁ sa samudrataṭe punarupadeṣṭuṁ prārebhe, tatastatra bahujanānāṁ samāgamāt sa sāgaropari naukāmāruhya samupaviṣṭaḥ; sarvve lokāḥ samudrakūle tasthuḥ|
2 And then he taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
tadā sa dṛṣṭāntakathābhi rbahūpadiṣṭavān upadiśaṁśca kathitavān,
3 "Listen. Look, the sower who went out to sow.
avadhānaṁ kuruta, eko bījavaptā bījāni vaptuṁ gataḥ;
4 And it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.
vapanakāle kiyanti bījāni mārgapāśve patitāni, tata ākāśīyapakṣiṇa etya tāni cakhāduḥ|
5 And others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
kiyanti bījāni svalpamṛttikāvatpāṣāṇabhūmau patitāni tāni mṛdolpatvāt śīghramaṅkuritāni;
6 And when the sun came up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
kintūdite sūryye dagdhāni tathā mūlāno nādhogatatvāt śuṣkāṇi ca|
7 And others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
kiyanti bījāni kaṇṭakivanamadhye patitāni tataḥ kaṇṭakāni saṁvṛdvya tāni jagrasustāni na ca phalitāni|
8 And others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and brought forth thirty times, and sixty times, and one hundred times."
tathā kiyanti bījānyuttamabhūmau patitāni tāni saṁvṛdvya phalānyutpāditāni kiyanti bījāni triṁśadguṇāni kiyanti ṣaṣṭiguṇāni kiyanti śataguṇāni phalāni phalitavanti|
9 And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
atha sa tānavadat yasya śrotuṁ karṇau staḥ sa śṛṇotu|
10 And when he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
tadanantaraṁ nirjanasamaye tatsaṅgino dvādaśaśiṣyāśca taṁ taddṛṣṭāntavākyasyārthaṁ papracchuḥ|
11 And he said to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
tadā sa tānuditavān īśvararājyasya nigūḍhavākyaṁ boddhuṁ yuṣmākamadhikāro'sti;
12 that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn and be forgiven.'"
kintu ye vahirbhūtāḥ "te paśyantaḥ paśyanti kintu na jānanti, śṛṇvantaḥ śṛṇvanti kintu na budhyante, cettai rmanaḥsu kadāpi parivarttiteṣu teṣāṁ pāpānyamocayiṣyanta," atohetostān prati dṛṣṭāntaireva tāni mayā kathitāni|
13 And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? And how will you understand all of the parables?
atha sa kathitavān yūyaṁ kimetad dṛṣṭāntavākyaṁ na budhyadhve? tarhi kathaṁ sarvvān dṛṣṭāntāna bhotsyadhve?
14 The farmer sows the word.
bījavaptā vākyarūpāṇi bījāni vapati;
15 And these are the ones by the road where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satana comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
tatra ye ye lokā vākyaṁ śṛṇvanti, kintu śrutamātrāt śaitān śīghramāgatya teṣāṁ manaḥsūptāni tāni vākyarūpāṇi bījānyapanayati taeva uptabījamārgapārśvesvarūpāḥ|
16 And these in a similar way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
ye janā vākyaṁ śrutvā sahasā paramānandena gṛhlanti, kintu hṛdi sthairyyābhāvāt kiñcit kālamātraṁ tiṣṭhanti tatpaścāt tadvākyahetoḥ
17 And they have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. Then, when oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
kutracit kleśe upadrave vā samupasthite tadaiva vighnaṁ prāpnuvanti taeva uptabījapāṣāṇabhūmisvarūpāḥ|
18 And others are those who are sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,
ye janāḥ kathāṁ śṛṇvanti kintu sāṁsārikī cintā dhanabhrānti rviṣayalobhaśca ete sarvve upasthāya tāṁ kathāṁ grasanti tataḥ mā viphalā bhavati (aiōn g165)
19 and the cares of the age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
taeva uptabījasakaṇṭakabhūmisvarūpāḥ|
20 And those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."
ye janā vākyaṁ śrutvā gṛhlanti teṣāṁ kasya vā triṁśadguṇāni kasya vā ṣaṣṭiguṇāni kasya vā śataguṇāni phalāni bhavanti taeva uptabījorvvarabhūmisvarūpāḥ|
21 And he said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not put on a stand?
tadā so'paramapi kathitavān kopi jano dīpādhāraṁ parityajya droṇasyādhaḥ khaṭvāyā adhe vā sthāpayituṁ dīpamānayati kiṁ?
22 For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.
atoheto ryanna prakāśayiṣyate tādṛg lukkāyitaṁ kimapi vastu nāsti; yad vyaktaṁ na bhaviṣyati tādṛśaṁ guptaṁ kimapi vastu nāsti|
23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
yasya śrotuṁ karṇau staḥ sa śṛṇotu|
24 And he said to them, "Consider carefully what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you.
aparamapi kathitavān yūyaṁ yad yad vākyaṁ śṛṇutha tatra sāvadhānā bhavata, yato yūyaṁ yena parimāṇena parimātha tenaiva parimāṇena yuṣmadarthamapi parimāsyate; śrotāro yūyaṁ yuṣmabhyamadhikaṁ dāsyate|
25 For whoever has, more will be given, and he who does not have, even that which he has will be taken away from him."
yasyāśraye varddhate tasmai aparamapi dāsyate, kintu yasyāśraye na varddhate tasya yat kiñcidasti tadapi tasmān neṣyate|
26 And he said, "The Kingdom of God is like someone who scatters seed on the earth,
anantaraṁ sa kathitavān eko lokaḥ kṣetre bījānyuptvā
27 and he sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed springs up and grows; he doesn't know how.
jāgaraṇanidrābhyāṁ divāniśaṁ gamayati, parantu tadvījaṁ tasyājñātarūpeṇāṅkurayati varddhate ca;
28 The earth bears fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
yatohetoḥ prathamataḥ patrāṇi tataḥ paraṁ kaṇiśāni tatpaścāt kaṇiśapūrṇāni śasyāni bhūmiḥ svayamutpādayati;
29 But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come."
kintu phaleṣu pakkeṣu śasyacchedanakālaṁ jñātvā sa tatkṣaṇaṁ śasyāni chinatti, anena tulyamīśvararājyaṁ|
30 And he said, "To what will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we use for it?
punaḥ so'kathayad īśvararājyaṁ kena samaṁ? kena vastunā saha vā tadupamāsyāmi?
31 It's like a mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the soil, though it is less than all the seeds that are upon the soil,
tat sarṣapaikena tulyaṁ yato mṛdi vapanakāle sarṣapabījaṁ sarvvapṛthivīsthabījāt kṣudraṁ
32 And when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the garden plants, and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow."
kintu vapanāt param aṅkurayitvā sarvvaśākād bṛhad bhavati, tasya bṛhatyaḥ śākhāśca jāyante tatastacchāyāṁ pakṣiṇa āśrayante|
33 And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
itthaṁ teṣāṁ bodhānurūpaṁ so'nekadṛṣṭāntaistānupadiṣṭavān,
34 And he did not speak to them without a parable; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
dṛṣṭāntaṁ vinā kāmapi kathāṁ tebhyo na kathitavān paścān nirjane sa śiṣyān sarvvadṛṣṭāntārthaṁ bodhitavān|
35 And on that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go over to the other side."
taddinasya sandhyāyāṁ sa tebhyo'kathayad āgacchata vayaṁ pāraṁ yāma|
36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.
tadā te lokān visṛjya tamavilambaṁ gṛhītvā naukayā pratasthire; aparā api nāvastayā saha sthitāḥ|
37 And a big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.
tataḥ paraṁ mahājhañbhśagamāt nau rdolāyamānā taraṅgeṇa jalaiḥ pūrṇābhavacca|
38 And he himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are dying?"
tadā sa naukācaścādbhāge upadhāne śiro nidhāya nidrita āsīt tataste taṁ jāgarayitvā jagaduḥ, he prabho, asmākaṁ prāṇā yānti kimatra bhavataścintā nāsti?
39 And he awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the lake, "Peace. Be still." And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
tadā sa utthāya vāyuṁ tarjitavān samudrañcoktavān śāntaḥ susthiraśca bhava; tato vāyau nivṛtte'bdhirnistaraṅgobhūt|
40 And he said to them, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?"
tadā sa tānuvāca yūyaṁ kuta etādṛkśaṅkākulā bhavata? kiṁ vo viśvāso nāsti?
41 And they were greatly afraid, and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the lake obey him?"
tasmātte'tīvabhītāḥ parasparaṁ vaktumārebhire, aho vāyuḥ sindhuścāsya nideśagrāhiṇau kīdṛgayaṁ manujaḥ|
