Matthew 11
1 When Jesus had finished instructing [us] twelve disciples [about what we should do, he sent us to various Israelite towns]. Then he went to teach and preach in [other Israelite] towns [in that area].
இத்த²ம்’ யீஸு²: ஸ்வத்³வாத³ஸ²ஸி²ஷ்யாணாமாஜ்ஞாபநம்’ ஸமாப்ய புரே புர உபதே³ஷ்டும்’ ஸுஸம்’வாத³ம்’ ப்ரசாரயிதும்’ தத்ஸ்தா²நாத் ப்ரதஸ்தே²|
2 While John [the Baptizer] was in prison, he heard what [Jesus, the man whom he thought was] the Messiah, was doing. So he sent [some of] his disciples [to him] in order
அநந்தரம்’ யோஹந் காராயாம்’ திஷ்ட²ந் க்²ரிஷ்டஸ்ய கர்ம்மணாம்’ வார்த்தம்’ ப்ராப்ய யஸ்யாக³மநவார்த்தாஸீத் ஸஏவ கிம்’ த்வம்’? வா வயமந்யம் அபேக்ஷிஷ்யாமஹே?
3 to ask him, “Are you the [Messiah] who [the prophets prophesied] would come, or is it someone else that we should expect [to come]?”
ஏதத் ப்ரஷ்டும்’ நிஜௌ த்³வௌ ஸி²ஷ்யௌ ப்ராஹிணோத்|
4 [After they asked] Jesus [that question], he answered them, “Go back and report to John what you hear [me telling people] and what you see [me doing].
யீஸு²: ப்ரத்யவோசத், அந்தா⁴ நேத்ராணி லப⁴ந்தே, க²ஞ்சா க³ச்ச²ந்தி, குஷ்டி²ந: ஸ்வஸ்தா² ப⁴வந்தி, ப³தி⁴ரா: ஸ்²ரு’ண்வந்தி, ம்ரு’தா ஜீவந்த உத்திஷ்ட²ந்தி, த³ரித்³ராணாம்’ ஸமீபே ஸுஸம்’வாத³: ப்ரசார்ய்யத,
5 I [am enabling] blind people to see and lame people to walk. I [am] healing [people] who have leprosy. I [am enabling] deaf people to hear and dead people to become alive again. I [am] telling poor people [God’s] good message.
ஏதாநி யத்³யத்³ யுவாம்’ ஸ்²ரு’ணுத²: பஸ்²யத²ஸ்²ச க³த்வா தத்³வார்த்தாம்’ யோஹநம்’ க³த³தம்’|
6 [Also tell John that God] is pleased with people who do not stop believing in me [because what I do is not what they expected the Messiah to do].”
யஸ்யாஹம்’ ந விக்⁴நீப⁴வாமி, ஸஏவ த⁴ந்ய: |
7 When John’s disciples had gone away, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, “[Think about] what sort of person you went to see in the desolate area [when you went there to see John]. ([You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed his message, like] a reed that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind [MET]!/Did you go there [to listen to a man whose message changes continually like] long grass that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind [changes its direction]?) [MET, RHQ]
அநந்தரம்’ தயோ: ப்ரஸ்தி²தயோ ர்யீஸு² ர்யோஹநம் உத்³தி³ஸ்²ய ஜநாந் ஜகா³த³, யூயம்’ கிம்’ த்³ரஷ்டும்’ வஹிர்மத்⁴யேப்ராந்தரம் அக³ச்ச²த? கிம்’ வாதேந கம்பிதம்’ நலம்’?
8 Then what [kind of person] did you go [there] to see [RHQ]? ([You did not go there to see] a man who was wearing expensive clothes.[/Did you go there to see] a man who was wearing expensive clothes?) [RHQ] [No! You know very well that] people who wear beautiful clothes reside in kings’ palaces [and not in desolate areas].
வா கிம்’ வீக்ஷிதும்’ வஹிர்க³தவந்த: ? கிம்’ பரிஹிதஸூக்ஷ்மவஸநம்’ மநுஜமேகம்’? பஸ்²யத, யே ஸூக்ஷ்மவஸநாநி பரித³த⁴தி, தே ராஜதா⁴ந்யாம்’ திஷ்ட²ந்தி|
9 Then what [kind of person] did you go to see [RHQ]? [Did you go there] [RHQ] [to see John because he was] (a prophet/a person who speaks what God tells him to say)? Yes! But I will tell you that [John] is more [important] than an [ordinary] prophet.
தர்ஹி யூயம்’ கிம்’ த்³ரஷ்டும்’ ப³ஹிரக³மத, கிமேகம்’ ப⁴விஷ்யத்³வாதி³நம்’? ததே³வ ஸத்யம்’| யுஷ்மாநஹம்’ வதா³மி, ஸ ப⁴விஷ்யத்³வாதி³நோபி மஹாந்;
10 He is the one [to whom God was referring when he said to the Messiah these words] that are written {about whom [the prophet Malachi] wrote} [in the Scriptures: ] Listen! I am going to send my messenger [to go] before you [SYN] to prepare [the people] [MET] for your coming.
யத: , பஸ்²ய ஸ்வகீயதூ³தோயம்’ த்வத³க்³ரே ப்ரேஷ்யதே மயா| ஸ க³த்வா தவ பந்தா²நம்’ ஸ்மயக் பரிஷ்கரிஷ்யதி|| ஏதத்³வசநம்’ யமதி⁴ லிகி²தமாஸ்தே ஸோ(அ)யம்’ யோஹந்|
11 Note this: Of all the people who have ever lived, [God does not consider] that any of them are greater than John the Baptizer. However, [God considers that all] those people who have let God rule their lives are greater than [John, even if they are insignificant people].
அபரம்’ யுஷ்மாநஹம்’ தத்²யம்’ ப்³ரவீமி, மஜ்ஜயிது ர்யோஹந: ஸ்²ரேஷ்ட²: கோபி நாரீதோ நாஜாயத; ததா²பி ஸ்வர்க³ராஜ்யமத்⁴யே ஸர்வ்வேப்⁴யோ ய: க்ஷுத்³ர: ஸ யோஹந: ஸ்²ரேஷ்ட²: |
12 From the time that John the Baptizer [preached] until now, [other people] have violently attacked the people who have [allowed] God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives, and they have suffered (OR, people have very eagerly been asking God to take control of their lives, OR, Israelite people [who have thought that I would become their king] have been extremely eager to be included in my kingdom) (OR, have been violently attacked and made to suffer).
அபரஞ்ச ஆ யோஹநோ(அ)த்³ய யாவத் ஸ்வர்க³ராஜ்யம்’ ப³லாதா³க்ராந்தம்’ ப⁴வதி ஆக்ரமிநஸ்²ச ஜநா ப³லேந தத³தி⁴குர்வ்வந்தி|
13 [All this that I am saying about John is confirmed by the fact that] all the men who wrote the Scriptures [MTY, SYN] foretold [about God ruling people’s lives], until John [the Baptizer came].
யதோ யோஹநம்’ யாவத் ஸர்வ்வப⁴விஷ்யத்³வாதி³பி⁴ ர்வ்யவஸ்த²யா ச உபதே³ஸ²: ப்ராகாஸ்²யத|
14 [Even though most of you are unwilling to believe what I am saying, I will tell this truth to] anyone who is willing to believe [it]: John is [the man who is like] Elijah [MET]. He is the one who [one of the prophets said] would come [in order to prepare the people to welcome the Messiah].
யதி³ யூயமித³ம்’ வாக்யம்’ க்³ரஹீதும்’ ஸ²க்நுத², தர்ஹி ஸ்²ரேய: , யஸ்யாக³மநஸ்ய வசநமாஸ்தே ஸோ(அ)யம் ஏலிய: |
15 If you want to understand this, you must think [carefully] [MTY] [about what I have just said] [MTY].”
யஸ்ய ஸ்²ரோதும்’ கர்ணௌ ஸ்த: ஸ ஸ்²ரு’ணோது|
16 “(I will illustrate what [you] people who have heard what John [the Baptizer] and I have taught are like./Do you know what [you] people who have heard what John and I have taught are like?) [RHQ] You are like children who are [playing games] in an open area. [Some of the children] are calling to the others, saying,
ஏதே வித்³யமாநஜநா: கை ர்மயோபமீயந்தே? யே பா³லகா ஹட்ட உபவிஸ்²ய ஸ்வம்’ ஸ்வம்’ ப³ந்து⁴மாஹூய வத³ந்தி,
17 ‘We played [happy music] on the flute for you, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry [MET]!’
வயம்’ யுஷ்மாகம்’ ஸமீபே வம்’ஸீ²ரவாத³யாம, கிந்து யூயம்’ நாந்ரு’த்யத; யுஷ்மாகம்’ ஸமீபே ச வயமரோதி³ம, கிந்து யூயம்’ ந வ்யலபத, தாத்³ரு’ஸை² ர்பா³லகைஸ்த உபமாயிஷ்யந்தே|
18 [Similarly, you are dissatisfied with both John and me]! When John came [and preached to you], he did not eat [good food] and did not drink [wine, like most people do]. But you [rejected him] saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’
யதோ யோஹந் ஆக³த்ய ந பு⁴க்தவாந் ந பீதவாம்’ஸ்²ச, தேந லோகா வத³ந்தி, ஸ பூ⁴தக்³ரஸ்த இதி|
19 [In contrast], [I], the one who came from heaven, eat [the same] food and drink [wine as other people do]. But you [reject me], saying, ‘Look! [This man] eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and [other] sinners!’ But people [who really think about] what [John] and I have done will realize that what we do is truly wise [MET, PRS].”
மநுஜஸுத ஆக³த்ய பு⁴க்தவாந் பீதவாம்’ஸ்²ச, தேந லோகா வத³ந்தி, பஸ்²யத ஏஷ போ⁴க்தா மத்³யபாதா சண்டா³லபாபிநாம்’ ப³ந்த⁴ஸ்²ச, கிந்து ஜ்ஞாநிநோ ஜ்ஞாநவ்யவஹாரம்’ நிர்தோ³ஷம்’ ஜாநந்தி|
20 [The people who lived in] the towns [MTY] [in the area where Jesus was saw him] perform many miracles. But they did not turn away from their sinful behavior. So Jesus began to reproach them [by saying to them],
ஸ யத்ர யத்ர புரே ப³ஹ்வாஸ்²சர்ய்யம்’ கர்ம்ம க்ரு’தவாந், தந்நிவாஸிநாம்’ மந: பராவ்ரு’த்த்யபா⁴வாத் தாநி நக³ராணி ப்ரதி ஹந்தேத்யுக்தா கதி²தவாந்,
21 “You [people who live in] Chorazin [city] [MTY] and you [people who live in] Bethsaida [city] [MTY] will suffer terribly in hell! [I] did great miracles in your [cities, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior]. If the miracles that I performed in your [cities] had been done in [the ancient cities of] Tyre and Sidon, the [wicked people who lived there] long ago would have sat in ashes, wearing coarse cloth [to show that they were sorry for their sins]. (questioned)
ஹா கோராஸீந், ஹா பை³த்ஸைதே³, யுஷ்மந்மத்⁴யே யத்³யதா³ஸ்²சர்ய்யம்’ கர்ம்ம க்ரு’தம்’ யதி³ தத் ஸோரஸீதோ³ந்நக³ர அகாரிஷ்யத, தர்ஹி பூர்வ்வமேவ தந்நிவாஸிந: ஸா²ணவஸநே ப⁴ஸ்மநி சோபவிஸ²ந்தோ மநாம்’ஸி பராவர்த்திஷ்யந்த|
22 So note this: [God will punish the wicked people who lived in the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [MTY], but he will punish you even more severely on the final day when he judges [all people].
தஸ்மாத³ஹம்’ யுஷ்மாந் வதா³மி, விசாரதி³நே யுஷ்மாகம்’ த³ஸா²த: ஸோரஸீதோ³நோ ர்த³ஸா² ஸஹ்யதரா ப⁴விஷ்யதி|
23 [also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city] [MTY]. (Do not [think that] you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven!/Do you think that you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven?) [RHQ] [That will not happen! On the contrary, after you die, you will be sent] {[God] will send you} down into the place where [sinful people] will be punished {he will punish sinful people} [forever. God destroyed the ancient city of] Sodom [because the people who lived in that city were extremely wicked]. If I had performed in [Sodom the miracles that I performed in your city, the people there would have turned away from their wicked behavior and] their [city] [MET] would still exist now [MTY]. But you, [although I did miracles in your city, you did not turn from your wicked behavior]. (Hadēs g86)
அபரஞ்ச ப³த கப²ர்நாஹூம், த்வம்’ ஸ்வர்க³ம்’ யாவது³ந்நதோஸி, கிந்து நரகே நிக்ஷேப்ஸ்யஸே, யஸ்மாத் த்வயி யாந்யாஸ்²சர்ய்யாணி கர்ம்மண்யகாரிஷத, யதி³ தாநி ஸிதோ³ம்நக³ர அகாரிஷ்யந்த, தர்ஹி தத³த்³ய யாவத³ஸ்தா²ஸ்யத்| (Hadēs g86)
24 So note this: [God] will punish [the people who lived in] Sodom [city] [MTY], but he will punish you [even] more severely on the final day when [he] judges [all people].”
கிந்த்வஹம்’ யுஷ்மாந் வதா³மி, விசாரதி³நே தவ த³ண்ட³த: ஸிதோ³மோ த³ண்டோ³ ஸஹ்யதரோ ப⁴விஷ்யதி|
25 At that time Jesus prayed, “Father, you rule over [everything in] heaven and [on] the earth. I thank you that you have prevented [people who think that they] are wise [IRO] because they are well-educated, from [knowing] these things. [Instead], you have revealed them to [people who accept your truth as readily as] little children [MET] [do].
ஏதஸ்மிந்நேவ ஸமயே யீஸு²: புநருவாச, ஹே ஸ்வர்க³ப்ரு’தி²வ்யோரேகாதி⁴பதே பிதஸ்த்வம்’ ஜ்ஞாநவதோ விது³ஷஸ்²ச லோகாந் ப்ரத்யேதாநி ந ப்ரகாஸ்²ய பா³லகாந் ப்ரதி ப்ரகாஸி²தவாந், இதி ஹேதோஸ்த்வாம்’ த⁴ந்யம்’ வதா³மி|
26 Yes, Father, [you have done that] because it seemed good to you [to do] so.”
ஹே பித: , இத்த²ம்’ ப⁴வேத் யத இத³ம்’ த்வத்³ரு’ஷ்டாவுத்தமம்’|
27 [Then Jesus said to the people there who wanted him to teach them], “[God], my Father, has revealed to me all the things [that I need to know in order to do my work]. Only my Father knows [who] I [really am]. Furthermore, only I and those [people] to whom I wish to reveal him know [what God] my Father [is like].
பித்ரா மயி ஸர்வ்வாணி ஸமர்பிதாநி, பிதரம்’ விநா கோபி புத்ரம்’ ந ஜாநாதி, யாந் ப்ரதி புத்ரேண பிதா ப்ரகாஸ்²யதே தாந் விநா புத்ராத்³ அந்ய: கோபி பிதரம்’ ந ஜாநாதி|
28 Come to me, all you people who are very weary [of trying to obey all the many laws that your religious teachers tell you to obey] [MET]. I will enable you to quit [trying to obey all those laws].
ஹே பரிஸ்²ராந்தா பா⁴ராக்ராந்தாஸ்²ச லோகா யூயம்’ மத்ஸந்நிதி⁴ம் ஆக³ச்ச²த, அஹம்’ யுஷ்மாந் விஸ்²ரமயிஷ்யாமி|
29 Let me [help] you [carry those loads, just like two oxen who have] a yoke [on their necks] [MET, DOU] [help each other pull a heavy load]. It will not be difficult for you to do the things that I ask you to do for me [DOU]. Because I am gentle and humble [DOU], accept what I teach [about what God wants you to do]. [And as a result, you will quit worrying about obeying all the religious laws, and] your spirits will be at peace.”
அஹம்’ க்ஷமணஸீ²லோ நம்ரமநாஸ்²ச, தஸ்மாத் மம யுக³ம்’ ஸ்வேஷாமுபரி தா⁴ரயத மத்த: ஸி²க்ஷத்⁴வஞ்ச, தேந யூயம்’ ஸ்வே ஸ்வே மநஸி விஸ்²ராமம்’ லப்ஸ்யத்⁴பே³|
யதோ மம யுக³ம் அநாயாஸம்’ மம பா⁴ரஸ்²ச லகு⁴: |
