< Luke 14 >

1 One (Jewish day of rest/Sabbath day), Jesus went to eat [SYN] at the house of an important Pharisee. Some [men who studied the Jewish] laws and other Pharisees who were there were watching him carefully [to see if he would do something for which they could accuse him].
फिर वह सब्त के दिन फरीसियों के सरदारों में से किसी के घर में रोटी खाने गया: और वे उसकी घात में थे।
2 Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
वहाँ एक मनुष्य उसके सामने था, जिसे जलोदर का रोग था।
3 Jesus said to them, “Is it permitted in [our(inc)] Jewish laws to heal [someone] (on our Jewish rest day/on the Sabbath), or not?”
इस पर यीशु ने व्यवस्थापकों और फरीसियों से कहा, “क्या सब्त के दिन अच्छा करना उचित है, कि नहीं?”
4 [They knew that their laws permitted it, but they thought that healing was work, which they thought was wrong to do] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) (OR, [they knew that their laws permitted it, but they did not want to admit it]). So they did not reply. Then Jesus put his hands on the man and healed him. Then he told him to go [home].
परन्तु वे चुपचाप रहे। तब उसने उसे हाथ लगाकर चंगा किया, और जाने दिया।
5 Then he said to the rest of them, “If you had a son or an ox that fell into a well on a (Sabbath/our day of rest), would you immediately [work to] pull him out, [or would you(sg) let him stay there until the next day]?”
और उनसे कहा, “तुम में से ऐसा कौन है, जिसका पुत्र या बैल कुएँ में गिर जाए और वह सब्त के दिन उसे तुरन्त बाहर न निकाल ले?”
6 [They knew that they would immediately work to pull him out, even on their day of rest, so they could not justly say that Jesus did wrong by healing the man on that day. So] they said nothing in reply to Jesus.
वे इन बातों का कुछ उत्तर न दे सके।
7 Jesus noticed that those people who had been {whom [the Pharisee] had} invited [to the meal] chose [to sit in] the places where important [people usually sit]. Then he gave [this advice] to them:
जब उसने देखा, कि आमन्त्रित लोग कैसे मुख्य-मुख्य जगह चुन लेते हैं तो एक दृष्टान्त देकर उनसे कहा,
8 “When one of you [(sg)] is invited by someone {someone invites one of you [(sg)]} to a wedding feast, do not sit in a place where important people sit. Perhaps the man [giving the feast] has invited a man more important than you [(sg)].
“जब कोई तुझे विवाह में बुलाए, तो मुख्य जगह में न बैठना, कहीं ऐसा न हो, कि उसने तुझ से भी किसी बड़े को नेवता दिया हो।
9 [When that man comes], the man who invited both of you will come to you [(sg)] and say to you, ‘Let this man take your seat!’ Then you [(sg)] will have to take the most undesirable seat, and you will be ashamed.
और जिसने तुझे और उसे दोनों को नेवता दिया है, आकर तुझ से कहे, ‘इसको जगह दे,’ और तब तुझे लज्जित होकर सबसे नीची जगह में बैठना पड़े।
10 Instead, when you are invited {[someone] invites one of you} [to a feast], go and sit in the most undesirable seat. Then when the man who invited everyone comes, he will say to you [(sg)], ‘Friend, sit in a better seat!’ Then all the people who are eating with you [(sg)] will see that he is honoring you.
१०पर जब तू बुलाया जाए, तो सबसे नीची जगह जा बैठ, कि जब वह, जिसने तुझे नेवता दिया है आए, तो तुझ से कहे ‘हे मित्र, आगे बढ़कर बैठ,’ तब तेरे साथ बैठनेवालों के सामने तेरी बड़ाई होगी।
11 Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
११क्योंकि जो कोई अपने आपको बड़ा बनाएगा, वह छोटा किया जाएगा; और जो कोई अपने आपको छोटा बनाएगा, वह बड़ा किया जाएगा।”
12 [Jesus] also said to [the Pharisee] who had invited him to the meal, “When you [(sg)] invite people to a midday or evening meal, do not invite your friends or your family or your other relatives or your rich neighbors. They can later invite you [(sg) for a meal]. In that way they will repay you.
१२तब उसने अपने नेवता देनेवाले से भी कहा, “जब तू दिन का या रात का भोज करे, तो अपने मित्रों या भाइयों या कुटुम्बियों या धनवान पड़ोसियों को न बुला, कहीं ऐसा न हो, कि वे भी तुझे नेवता दें, और तेरा बदला हो जाए।
13 Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
१३परन्तु जब तू भोज करे, तो कंगालों, टुण्डों, लँगड़ों और अंधों को बुला।
14 They will be unable to repay you. [But God will bless you! He] will repay you [at the time] when [he causes] righteous people to become alive again.”
१४तब तू धन्य होगा, क्योंकि उनके पास तुझे बदला देने को कुछ नहीं, परन्तु तुझेधर्मियों के जी उठनेपर इसका प्रतिफल मिलेगा।”
15 One of those who were eating with Jesus heard him say that. He said to Jesus, “God [has truly] blessed [us Jews] who will eat [with the Messiah] when he starts to rule!”
१५उसके साथ भोजन करनेवालों में से एक ने ये बातें सुनकर उससे कहा, “धन्य है वह, जो परमेश्वर के राज्य में रोटी खाएगा।”
16 But [to show that many Jews whom God had invited would not accept God’s invitation] [MET], Jesus replied to him, “One time a man [decided] to prepare a large feast. He invited many people to come.
१६उसने उससे कहा, “किसी मनुष्य ने बड़ा भोज दिया और बहुतों को बुलाया।
17 When it was the day for the feast, he sent his servant to tell those who had been {whom he had} invited, ‘Come [now] because everything is ready!’
१७जब भोजन तैयार हो गया, तो उसने अपने दास के हाथ आमन्त्रित लोगों को कहला भेजा, ‘आओ; अब भोजन तैयार है।’
18 But [when the servant did that], all of the people [whom he had invited] began to say why they did not want to come. The first [man the servant went to] said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’
१८पर वे सब के सब क्षमा माँगने लगे, पहले ने उससे कहा, ‘मैंने खेत मोल लिया है, और अवश्य है कि उसे देखूँ; मैं तुझ से विनती करता हूँ, मुझे क्षमा कर दे।’
19 Another person said, ‘I have just bought five pair of oxen, and I must go to examine them. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’
१९दूसरे ने कहा, ‘मैंने पाँच जोड़े बैल मोल लिए हैं, और उन्हें परखने जा रहा हूँ; मैं तुझ से विनती करता हूँ, मुझे क्षमा कर दे।’
20 Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
२०एक और ने कहा, ‘मैंने विवाह किया है, इसलिए मैं नहीं आ सकता।’
21 So the servant returned to his master and reported what [everyone had said]. The owner of the house was angry [when he heard the reasons they gave for not] coming. He said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city [and find] poor and crippled and blind and lame [people, and bring] them here into [my house]!’
२१उस दास ने आकर अपने स्वामी को ये बातें कह सुनाईं। तब घर के स्वामी ने क्रोध में आकर अपने दास से कहा, ‘नगर के बाजारों और गलियों में तुरन्त जाकर कंगालों, टुण्डों, लँगड़ों और अंधों को यहाँ ले आओ।’
22 [After the servant went and did that], he [came back and] said, ‘Sir, I have done what you [(sg)] told me to do, but there is still room [for more people].’
२२दास ने फिर कहा, ‘हे स्वामी, जैसे तूने कहा था, वैसे ही किया गया है; फिर भी जगह है।’
23 [So] his master said to him, ‘Then go [outside the city]. Search for people along the highways. Search also along the narrow roads with hedges beside them [where homeless people may be staying]. Strongly urge the people in those places to come to [my house]. I want it to be full of [people]!’”
२३स्वामी ने दास से कहा, ‘सड़कों पर और बाड़ों की ओर जाकर लोगों को बरबस ले ही आ ताकि मेरा घर भर जाए।
24 [Then Jesus said], “I tell you [(pl)] this: Very few of you [Jewish] people will enjoy my feast, even though [I] invited you [first to eat it with me when I become king].”
२४क्योंकि मैं तुम से कहता हूँ, किउन आमन्त्रित लोगों में से कोई मेरे भोज को न चखेगा।’”
25 Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
२५और जब बड़ी भीड़ उसके साथ जा रही थी, तो उसने पीछे फिरकर उनसे कहा।
26 “If anyone comes to me who loves his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters [more than] [HYP] [he loves me], he cannot be my disciple. He must even love me more than he loves his own life!
२६“यदि कोई मेरे पास आए, और अपने पिता और माता और पत्नी और बच्चों और भाइयों और बहनों वरन् अपने प्राण को भी अप्रिय न जाने, तो वह मेरा चेला नहीं हो सकता;
27 [People who are ready to execute a prisoner make] him carry his cross [MET] [to the place where others will nail him] on it. Only those who are willing [to allow others to hurt them and disgrace them] like that because of being my disciples, and who are willing to obey what I teach, can be my disciples.
२७और जो कोई अपना क्रूस न उठाए; और मेरे पीछे न आए; वह भी मेरा चेला नहीं हो सकता।
28 [I will illustrate] [MET]. If one of you desired to build a (tower/big house), (you would surely first sit down and determine how much it would cost!/would you not first sit down and determine how much it would cost?) [RHQ] Then you would determine whether you had enough money to complete it.
२८“तुम में से कौन है कि गढ़ बनाना चाहता हो, और पहले बैठकर खर्च न जोड़े, कि पूरा करने की सामर्थ्य मेरे पास है कि नहीं?
29 [If you did not do that], if you laid the foundation and were not able to finish [the rest of the tower], everyone who saw it would make fun of you.
२९कहीं ऐसा न हो, कि जब नींव डालकर तैयार न कर सके, तो सब देखनेवाले यह कहकर उसका उपहास करेंगे,
30 They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
३०‘यह मनुष्य बनाने तो लगा, पर तैयार न कर सका?’
31 Or, if a king decided to [send his army to] war against another king, (he would surely first sit down [with those who] advised [him]./would he not first sit down [with those who] advised [him]?) [RHQ] They would determine whether [his army], which had only 10,000 soldiers, could defeat the [other army], which had 20,000 soldiers, and was about to attack his [army].
३१या कौन ऐसा राजा है, कि दूसरे राजा से युद्ध करने जाता हो, और पहले बैठकर विचार न कर ले कि जो बीस हजार लेकर मुझ पर चढ़ा आता है, क्या मैं दस हजार लेकर उसका सामना कर सकता हूँ, कि नहीं?
32 If he [decided] that his army could not [defeat that army], he would send messengers to [the other king] while the other army was still far away. He would tell the messengers to say to that king, ‘What things must I do to have peace with your country?’
३२नहीं तो उसके दूर रहते ही, वह दूत को भेजकर मिलाप करना चाहेगा।
33 So, similarly, if any one of you does not first decide that you [(sg)] are [willing to] give up all that you have, you cannot be my disciple.”
३३इसी रीति से तुम में से जो कोई अपना सब कुछ त्याग न दे, तो वह मेरा चेला नहीं हो सकता।
34 [Jesus also said, “You are like] [MET] salt, which is useful [to put on food]. But (salt certainly cannot be made {[you] certainly cannot make salt} to taste salty again if it stops tasting salty!/can salt be made {can [you] make salt} to taste salty again if it quits tasting salty?) [RHQ]
३४“नमक तो अच्छा है, परन्तु यदि नमक का स्वाद बिगड़ जाए, तो वह किस वस्तु से नमकीन किया जाएगा।
35 [If salt does not taste salty any more], it is not good for the soil or even for the manure heap. [People] throw it away. [The same thing will happen to you if you become useless to God]. If you want to understand what I just said [IDM], you must consider [carefully] what you have heard!”
३५वह न तो भूमि के और न खाद के लिये काम में आता है: उसे तो लोग बाहर फेंक देते हैं। जिसके सुनने के कान हों वह सुन ले।”

< Luke 14 >