Luke 13
1 Some people who were [listening to Jesus] at that time told him about some people from Galilee [district who had gone to Jerusalem]. Pilate, [the Roman governor], had [ordered soldiers to] kill them [MTY] while they were offering sacrifices [in the Temple there].
१उस समय कुछ लोग आ पहुँचे, और यीशु से उन गलीलियों की चर्चा करने लगे, जिनका लहू पिलातुस ने उन ही के बलिदानों के साथ मिलाया था।
2 Jesus replied to them, “Do you think [that this happened to those] people from Galilee [because] they were more sinful than all the other people from Galilee?
२यह सुनकर यीशु ने उनको उत्तर में यह कहा, “क्या तुम समझते हो, कि ये गलीली बाकी गलीलियों से पापी थे कि उन पर ऐसी विपत्ति पड़ी?
3 I assure you, [that was] not [so]! But instead of [being concerned about them, you need to remember that God] will similarly punish you [eternally] if you do not turn away from your sinful behavior.
३मैं तुम से कहता हूँ, कि नहीं; परन्तु यदि तुम मन न फिराओगेतो तुम सब भी इसी रीति से नाश होंगे।
4 Or, [consider] the 18 people who died when the tower at Siloam [outside Jerusalem] fell on them. Do you think [that this happened to them because] they were more sinful than all the other people who lived in Jerusalem?
४या क्या तुम समझते हो, कि वे अठारह जन जिन पर शीलोह का गुम्मट गिरा, और वे दबकर मर गए: यरूशलेम के और सब रहनेवालों से अधिक अपराधी थे?
5 I assure you, [that was] not so! But instead, you [need to realize that God] will similarly punish you [eternally] if you do not stop your sinful behavior!”
५मैं तुम से कहता हूँ, कि नहीं; परन्तु यदि तुम मन न फिराओगे तो तुम भी सब इसी रीति से नाश होंगे।”
6 Then Jesus told them this illustration [to show what God would do to the Jews, whom he continually blessed, but who did not do things that please him]: “A man planted a fig tree on his farmland. ([Each year/Many times]) he came to it looking for figs, but there were no figs.
६फिर उसने यह दृष्टान्त भी कहा, “किसी कीअंगूर की बारीमें एक अंजीर का पेड़ लगा हुआ था: वह उसमें फल ढूँढ़ने आया, परन्तु न पाया।
7 Then he said to the gardener, ‘Look [here]! I have been looking for fruit on this fig tree every year for the past three years, but there have been no figs. Cut it down! (It is just using up the nutrients in the soil for nothing!/Why should it continue using up the [nutrients in] the soil [for nothing]?) [RHQ]’
७तब उसने बारी के रखवाले से कहा, ‘देख तीन वर्ष से मैं इस अंजीर के पेड़ में फल ढूँढ़ने आता हूँ, परन्तु नहीं पाता, इसे काट डाल कि यह भूमि को भी क्यों रोके रहे?’
8 But the gardener replied to the owner, ‘Sir, leave it here for another year. I will dig around it and put manure around it.
८उसने उसको उत्तर दिया, कि हे स्वामी, इसे इस वर्ष तो और रहने दे; कि मैं इसके चारों ओर खोदकर खाद डालूँ।
9 If it bears fruit next year, we [(inc)] will allow it to keep growing. If it does not bear fruit next year, you [(sg)] can cut it down.’”
९अतः आगे को फले तो भला, नहीं तो उसे काट डालना।”
10 One (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest), [Jesus] was teaching people in one of the Jewish meeting places.
१०सब्त के दिन वह एक आराधनालय में उपदेश दे रहा था।
11 There was a woman there whom an evil spirit [MTY] had crippled for 18 years. She was always bent over; she could not stand up straight.
११वहाँ एक स्त्री थी, जिसे अठारह वर्ष से एक दुर्बल करनेवाली दुष्टात्मा लगी थी, और वह कुबड़ी हो गई थी, और किसी रीति से सीधी नहीं हो सकती थी।
12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over to him. He said to her, “Woman, [I am] freeing you [(sg)] from your illness!”
१२यीशु ने उसे देखकर बुलाया, और कहा, “हे नारी, तू अपनी दुर्बलता से छूट गई।”
13 He put his hands on her. Immediately she stood up straight, and she praised God!
१३तब उसने उस पर हाथ रखे, और वह तुरन्त सीधी हो गई, और परमेश्वर की बड़ाई करने लगी।
14 But the man in charge (of the synagogue/of the meeting place) was angry because Jesus had healed her (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day). [He considered that healing was doing work]. So he said to the people, “There are six days [each week] in which [our Jewish] laws permit people to work. [If you need healing], those are the days to come ([to the synagogue/to the meeting place]) and be healed. Do not come on our Jewish day of rest!”
१४इसलिए कि यीशु ने सब्त के दिन उसे अच्छा किया था, आराधनालय का सरदार रिसियाकर लोगों से कहने लगा, “छः दिन हैं, जिनमें काम करना चाहिए, अतः उन ही दिनों में आकर चंगे हो; परन्तु सब्त के दिन में नहीं।”
15 Then the Lord replied to him, “You [(sg) and your fellow religious leaders are] hypocrites! (On the Sabbath/On our Jewish day of rest), [just like on every other day], (each of you unties his ox or donkey, and then leads it from the food trough to where it can drink water./does not each of you untie his ox or donkey, and then lead it from the food trough to where it can drink water?) [RHQ] [That is work, too]!
१५यह सुनकर प्रभु ने उत्तर देकर कहा, “हे कपटियों, क्या सब्त के दिन तुम में से हर एक अपने बैल या गदहे को थान से खोलकर पानी पिलाने नहीं ले जाता?
16 This woman [is more important than an animal; she is a Jew], descended from Abraham! But Satan has [kept her] [MET] [crippled] for 18 years, [as though] he had tied her up [and not let her escape]! So (it is certainly right that she be freed {that [I] free her}, [even if this] is a Sabbath day!/was it not right that she be freed {that [I] free her}, [even if this] is a Jewish rest day?) [RHQ]”
१६और क्या उचित न था, कि यह स्त्री जो अब्राहम की बेटी है, जिसे शैतान ने अठारह वर्ष से बाँध रखा था, सब्त के दिन इस बन्धन से छुड़ाई जाती?”
17 After Jesus said that, all the people [there] who opposed him were ashamed. But all the [other] people [there] were happy about all the wonderful things he was doing.
१७जब उसने ये बातें कहीं, तो उसके सब विरोधी लज्जित हो गए, और सारी भीड़ उन महिमा के कामों से जो वह करता था, आनन्दित हुई।
18 Then Jesus said, “(I will tell you how [the number of people who let] God rule [MET] [their lives will increase]./Do you know how [the number of people who let] God rule [MET] [their lives will increase]?) [RHQ] I will tell you what I can compare it to.
१८फिर उसने कहा, “परमेश्वर का राज्य किसके समान है? और मैं उसकी उपमा किस से दूँ?
19 It is like a [tiny] mustard seed that a man planted in his field. It grew until it became [big, like] a tree. It was [so big that] birds built nests in its branches.”
१९वह राई के एक दाने के समान है, जिसे किसी मनुष्य ने लेकर अपनी बारी में बोया: और वह बढ़कर पेड़ हो गया; और आकाश के पक्षियों ने उसकी डालियों पर बसेरा किया।”
20 Then he said, “I will tell [RHQ] you something else, to illustrate how the people who let God rule [MET] [their lives can influence their society more and more].
२०उसने फिर कहा, “मैं परमेश्वर के राज्य कि उपमा किस से दूँ?
21 It is like [a little bit of] yeast that a woman mixed with about 50 pounds of flour. [That small amount of yeast made] the whole batch of dough swell up.”
२१वह ख़मीर के समान है, जिसको किसी स्त्री ने लेकर तीन पसेरी आटे में मिलाया, और होते-होते सब आटा ख़मीर हो गया।”
22 [Jesus] continued traveling, along [with his disciples], through various towns and villages on the way to Jerusalem. As they went, he was teaching [the people].
२२वह नगर-नगर, और गाँव-गाँव होकर उपदेश देता हुआ यरूशलेम की ओर जा रहा था।
23 Someone asked him, “Lord, will there be only a few people who are saved {whom [God] saves}?” He replied to them, “[There will not be many, because] the way [to heaven] [MET] is [like] a narrow door.
२३और किसी ने उससे पूछा, “हे प्रभु, क्या उद्धार पानेवाले थोड़े हैं?” उसने उनसे कहा,
24 [Therefore, try hard] to enter that narrow doorway, because I tell you that many people will try to enter [heaven by some other way], but they will not be able to get in.
२४“सकेत द्वार से प्रवेश करने का यत्न करो, क्योंकि मैं तुम से कहता हूँ, कि बहुत से प्रवेश करना चाहेंगे, और न कर सकेंगे।
25 [God is like] the owner of a house. [Some day] he will lock his door. Then [some of] you will begin to stand outside that door and knock. You will say, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘[No, I will not open it, because] I do not know you, and I do not know where you are from!’
२५जब घर का स्वामी उठकर द्वार बन्द कर चुका हो, और तुम बाहर खड़े हुए द्वार खटखटाकर कहने लगो, ‘हे प्रभु, हमारे लिये खोल दे,’ और वह उत्तर दे कि मैं तुम्हें नहीं जानता, तुम कहाँ के हो?
26 Then you will say, ‘([You must have forgotten!/Surely you know us, because]) [RHQ] we [(exc)] ate [meals] with you [(sg)], and you taught [people] in the streets of our [towns]’!
२६तब तुम कहने लगोगे, ‘कि हमने तेरे सामने खाया-पीया और तूने हमारे बजारों में उपदेश दिया।’
27 But he will say, ‘[I tell you again], I do not know you, and I do not know where you are from. You [are] wicked people! Get away from here!’”
२७परन्तु वह कहेगा, मैं तुम से कहता हूँ, ‘मैं नहीं जानता तुम कहाँ से हो। हे कुकर्म करनेवालों, तुम सब मुझसे दूर हो।’
28 Then Jesus continued, saying, “[From where God will send you], you will see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the distance. All the prophets [who lived long ago will also be there], in the kingdom where God [is ruling]. But you will be outside, crying and grinding your teeth [because you will have severe pain]!
२८वहाँ रोना और दाँत पीसना होगा, जब तुम अब्राहम और इसहाक और याकूब और सब भविष्यद्वक्ताओं को परमेश्वर के राज्य में बैठे, और अपने आपको बाहर निकाले हुए देखोगे।
29 Furthermore, many [non-Jewish] people will [be inside]. There will be ones who have come from [lands to] the north, east, south, and west. They will be feasting in (that place where God is ruling/God’s kingdom).
२९और पूर्व और पश्चिम; उत्तर और दक्षिण से लोग आकर परमेश्वर के राज्य के भोज में भागी होंगे।
30 Think about this: Some people whom others do not [consider] important [now, God will make] them very important [then], and some people whom [others consider] very important [now, God will make] to be not important [then].”
३०यह जान लो, कितने पिछले हैं वे प्रथम होंगे, और कितने जो प्रथम हैं, वे पिछले होंगे।”
31 At that very time, some Pharisees came and said to Jesus, “Leave this area, because [the ruler] Herod [Antipas] wants to kill you [(sg)]!”
३१उसी घड़ी कितने फरीसियों ने आकर उससे कहा, “यहाँ से निकलकर चला जा; क्योंकि हेरोदेस तुझे मार डालना चाहता है।”
32 He replied to them, “Herod is [MET] [as cruel as] a fox, [but also as insignificant as a fox]. [So I do not worry about him]. But [to show him that no one can harm me until it is the time and place God has determined], go tell him this [message from me]: ‘Listen! I am expelling demons and performing miracles today, and [I will continue doing] it for a short time. After that, I will finish my work.
३२उसने उनसे कहा, “जाकर उस लोमड़ी से कह दो, कि देख मैं आज और कल दुष्टात्माओं को निकालता और बीमारों को चंगा करता हूँ और तीसरे दिन अपना कार्य पूरा करूँगा।
33 But I must continue my trip [to Jerusalem] during the coming days, because [they killed many other] prophets there, and [since I am also a prophet], no other place is appropriate for people to kill [me].’”
३३तो भी मुझे आज और कल और परसों चलना अवश्य है, क्योंकि हो नहीं सकता कि कोई भविष्यद्वक्ता यरूशलेम के बाहर मारा जाए।
34 [Then Jesus said], “O [people of] [MTY] Jerusalem [APO]! You killed the prophets [who lived long ago, and you killed others], whom [God] sent to you, [by throwing] stones [at them]. Many times I wanted to gather you together [to protect you] [SIM] like a hen gathers her young chicks under her wings. But you did not want [me to do that].
३४“हे यरूशलेम! हे यरूशलेम! तू जो भविष्यद्वक्ताओं को मार डालता है, और जो तेरे पास भेजे गए उन्हें पथराव करता है; कितनी ही बार मैंने यह चाहा, कि जैसे मुर्गी अपने बच्चों को अपने पंखों के नीचे इकट्ठे करती है, वैसे ही मैं भी तेरे बालकों को इकट्ठे करूँ, पर तुम ने यह न चाहा।
35 So listen to this: Your city [MTY] (OR, your temple) is going to be abandoned (OR, God will no longer protect it). I will [MTY] also tell you this: I [will enter your city only once more. After that], you will not see me until the time when [I return and] you say [about me], ‘God is truly pleased with this man who comes with God’s authority [MTY]!’”
३५देखो, तुम्हारा घर तुम्हारे लिये उजाड़ छोड़ा जाता है, और मैं तुम से कहता हूँ; जब तक तुम न कहोगे, ‘धन्य है वह, जो प्रभु के नाम से आता है,’ तब तक तुम मुझे फिर कभी न देखोगे।”
