< Matthew 17 >
1 A week after Jesus [said that], he took Peter, James, and John, the [younger] brother of James, and led them up a high mountain where they were away from other people.
අනන්තරං ෂඩ්දිනේභ්යඃ පරං යීශුඃ පිතරං යාකූබං තත්සහජං යෝහනඤ්ච ගෘහ්ලන් උච්චාද්රේ ර්විවික්තස්ථානම් ආගත්ය තේෂාං සමක්ෂං රූපමන්යත් දධාර|
2 [While they were there, the three disciples] saw that Jesus’ appearance was changed. His face shone like the sun, and his clothing [shone and] became as brilliant as light.
තේන තදාස්යං තේජස්වි, තදාභරණම් ආලෝකවත් පාණ්ඩරමභවත්|
3 Suddenly Moses and Elijah, [who were important prophets many years ago], appeared and started talking with him.
අන්යච්ච තේන සාකං සංලපන්තෞ මූසා ඒලියශ්ච තේභ්යෝ දර්ශනං දදතුඃ|
4 Peter [saw them and] said to Jesus, “Lord, it is wonderful for us to be here! If you want [me to], I will make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
තදානීං පිතරෝ යීශුං ජගාද, හේ ප්රභෝ ස්ථිතිරත්රාස්මාකං ශුභා, යදි භවතානුමන්යතේ, තර්හි භවදර්ථමේකං මූසාර්ථමේකම් ඒලියාර්ථඤ්චෛකම් ඉති ත්රීණි දූෂ්යාණි නිර්ම්මම|
5 While Peter was speaking, a bright cloud [appeared and] covered them. [They heard God] speaking [about Jesus from] inside the cloud. He said [to them], “This is my Son. I love him. He pleases me very much. [So] you must listen to him!”
ඒතත්කථනකාල ඒක උජ්ජවලඃ පයෝදස්තේෂාමුපරි ඡායාං කෘතවාන්, වාරිදාද් ඒෂා නභසීයා වාග් බභූව, මමායං ප්රියඃ පුත්රඃ, අස්මින් මම මහාසන්තෝෂ ඒතස්ය වාක්යං යූයං නිශාමයත|
6 When the three disciples heard [God speaking], they were terrified. [As a result], they fell prostrate on the ground.
කින්තු වාචමේතාං ශෘණ්වන්තඒව ශිෂ්යා මෘශං ශඞ්කමානා න්යුබ්ජා න්යපතන්|
7 But Jesus went to them and touched them [and] said [to them], “Stand up! Do not be afraid any more!”
තදා යීශුරාගත්ය තේෂාං ගාත්රාණි ස්පෘශන් උවාච, උත්තිෂ්ඨත, මා භෛෂ්ට|
8 And when they looked up [MTY], they saw that Jesus was the only one [who was still there].
තදානීං නේත්රාණ්යුන්මීල්ය යීශුං විනා කමපි න දදෘශුඃ|
9 When they were walking down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone what you saw [on the mountain top] until [God has caused me], the one who has come from heaven, to become alive again after I die.”
තතඃ පරම් අද්රේරවරෝහණකාලේ යීශුස්තාන් ඉත්යාදිදේශ, මනුජසුතස්ය මෘතානාං මධ්යාදුත්ථානං යාවන්න ජායතේ, තාවත් යුෂ්මාභිරේතද්දර්ශනං කස්මෛචිදපි න කථයිතව්යං|
10 [Those three disciples had just seen Elijah and he did not do anything to prepare people for the coming of the Messiah], so they asked Jesus, “If [what you say is true], why do the men who teach the [Jewish] laws say that it is necessary for Elijah to come [back to earth] before [the Messiah comes]?”
තදා ශිෂ්යාස්තං පප්රච්ඡුඃ, ප්රථමම් ඒලිය ආයාස්යතීති කුත උපාධ්යායෛරුච්යතේ?
11 Jesus answered [them], “It is true that [God promised that] Elijah would come to prepare many [HYP] [people for the Messiah’s coming].
තතෝ යීශුඃ ප්රත්යවාදීත්, ඒලියඃ ප්රාගේත්ය සර්ව්වාණි සාධයිෂ්යතීති සත්යං,
12 But note this: Elijah’s [representative] has already come, [and our leaders have seen him], but they did not recognize him [as the one who would come before the Messiah]. Instead, they treated him [badly], just like they desired. And those same rulers will soon treat [me], the one who came from heaven, in the same manner.”
කින්ත්වහං යුෂ්මාන් වච්මි, ඒලිය ඒත්ය ගතඃ, තේ තමපරිචිත්ය තස්මින් යථේච්ඡං ව්යවජහුඃ; මනුජසුතේනාපි තේෂාමන්තිකේ තාදෘග් දුඃඛං භෝක්තව්යං|
13 Then the three disciples understood that [when he was talking about Elijah], he was referring to John the Baptizer.
තදානීං ස මජ්ජයිතාරං යෝහනමධි කථාමේතාං ව්යාහෘතවාන්, ඉත්ථං තච්ඡිෂ්යා බුබුධිරේ|
14 When [Jesus and the three disciples] returned to the [rest of us disciples] and to the crowd [that had gathered], a man approached Jesus and knelt before him.
පශ්චාත් තේෂු ජනනිවහස්යාන්තිකමාගතේෂු කශ්චිත් මනුජස්තදන්තිකමේත්ය ජානූනී පාතයිත්වා කථිතවාන්,
15 He said [to him], “Sir/Lord, have mercy on my son and [heal him]! He has epilepsy and suffers very much. [Because of this illness], he has fallen in the fire and in the water many times.
හේ ප්රභෝ, මත්පුත්රං ප්රති කෘපාං විදධාතු, සෝපස්මාරාමයේන භෘශං ව්යථිතඃ සන් පුනඃ පුන ර්වහ්නෞ මුහු ර්ජලමධ්යේ පතති|
16 I brought him to your disciples [in order that they might heal him], but they were not able to heal him.”
තස්මාද් භවතඃ ශිෂ්යාණාං සමීපේ තමානයං කින්තු තේ තං ස්වාස්ථං කර්ත්තුං න ශක්තාඃ|
17 Jesus responded [by saying to everyone who had gathered there], “[You who have seen how I help people] do not believe [that you can do anything! Your minds] are distorted! How long do I have to be with you [before you] are [able to do what I do] [RHQ]? How long [do] I have to endure your [not believing] [RHQ]? Bring the boy here to me!”
තදා යීශුඃ කථිතවාන් රේ අවිශ්වාසිනඃ, රේ විපථගාමිනඃ, පුනඃ කතිකාලාන් අහං යුෂ්මාකං සන්නිධෞ ස්ථාස්යාමි? කතිකාලාන් වා යුෂ්මාන් සහිෂ්යේ? තමත්ර මමාන්තිකමානයත|
18 When [they brought the boy to Jesus], Jesus rebuked the demon [that was causing the epilepsy]. [As a result], the demon came out of the boy, and right then the boy was healed.
පශ්චාද් යීශුනා තර්ජතඒව ස භූතස්තං විහාය ගතවාන්, තද්දණ්ඩඒව ස බාලකෝ නිරාමයෝ(අ)භූත්|
19 [Later, some of us] disciples approached Jesus. We asked him privately, “Why were we [(exc)] not able to expel the demon?”
තතඃ ශිෂ්යා ගුප්තං යීශුමුපාගත්ය බභාෂිරේ, කුතෝ වයං තං භූතං ත්යාජයිතුං න ශක්තාඃ?
20 He answered us, “It is because you did not believe very much [in God’s power]. Think about this: Mustard seeds [are very small, but in this area they grow and produce large] [MET] [plants]. [Similarly], if your faith grows until you truly believe [that God will do what you ask him to], you will be able to do anything [LIT]! You [could even] say to this hill, ‘Move from here to there!’ and it would go [where you told it to go].”
යීශුනා තේ ප්රෝක්තාඃ, යුෂ්මාකමප්රත්යයාත්;
යුෂ්මානහං තථ්යං වච්මි යදි යුෂ්මාකං සර්ෂපෛකමාත්රෝපි විශ්වාසෝ ජායතේ, තර්හි යුෂ්මාභිරස්මින් ශෛලේ ත්වමිතඃ ස්ථානාත් තත් ස්ථානං යාහීති බ්රූතේ ස තදෛව චලිෂ්යති, යුෂ්මාකං කිමප්යසාධ්යඤ්ච කර්ම්ම න ස්ථාස්යාති| කින්තු ප්රාර්ථනෝපවාසෞ විනෛතාදෘශෝ භූතෝ න ත්යාජ්යේත|
22 When [we disciples] had gathered together in Galilee [district], Jesus said to us, “[I], the one who came from heaven, will soon be handed over {[Someone] will soon hand me, the one who came from heaven, over} to the authorities [SYN].
අපරං තේෂාං ගාලීල්ප්රදේශේ භ්රමණකාලේ යීශුනා තේ ගදිතාඃ, මනුජසුතෝ ජනානාං කරේෂු සමර්පයිෂ්යතේ තෛ ර්හනිෂ්යතේ ච,
23 They will kill me. But [God] will cause me to become alive again on the third day [after I am killed].” [When we heard that], we became very sad.
කින්තු තෘතීයේ(අ)හින ම උත්ථාපිෂ්යතේ, තේන තේ භෘශං දුඃඛිතා බභූවඃ|
24 When we came to Capernaum [city], the men who collect taxes [for the Temple approached Peter and said to him], “Your teacher pays the [Temple tax], does he not?”
තදනන්තරං තේෂු කඵර්නාහූම්නගරමාගතේෂු කරසංග්රාහිණඃ පිතරාන්තිකමාගත්ය පප්රච්ඡුඃ, යුෂ්මාකං ගුරුඃ කිං මන්දිරාර්ථං කරං න දදාති? තතඃ පිතරඃ කථිතවාන් දදාති|
25 He answered [them], “Yes, [he does pay it].” When we came into the house [where Jesus was saying], [before Peter began to talk about paying taxes], Jesus said [to him], “Simon, from whom do you think rulers collect revenue or taxes? [Do they collect taxes] from the citizens of their own [country], or from citizens of countries [they have conquered]?”
තතස්තස්මින් ගෘහමධ්යමාගතේ තස්ය කථාකථනාත් පූර්ව්වමේව යීශුරුවාච, හේ ශිමෝන්, මේදින්යා රාජානඃ ස්වස්වාපත්යේභ්යඃ කිං විදේශිභ්යඃ කේභ්යඃ කරං ගෘහ්ලන්ති? අත්ර ත්වං කිං බුධ්යසේ? තතඃ පිතර උක්තවාන්, විදේශිභ්යඃ|
26 Peter answered [him], “From [citizens of] other [countries].” Then Jesus said to him, “So citizens of their own [country] do not need to [pay taxes].
තදා යීශුරුක්තවාන්, තර්හි සන්තානා මුක්තාඃ සන්ති|
27 But [even though the Temple is mine, pay the tax for us so that the Temple tax collectors will not become angry with us. In order to get the money to pay it], go to the lake. Cast your [fish line and] hook, and take the first fish that you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a silver coin [that is worth enough to pay the tax] for you and me. Take that coin and give [it] to the Temple tax collectors.”
තථාපි යථාස්මාභිස්තේෂාමන්තරායෝ න ජන්යතේ, තත්කෘතේ ජලධේස්තීරං ගත්වා වඩිශං ක්ෂිප, තේනාදෞ යෝ මීන උත්ථාස්යති, තං ඝෘත්වා තන්මුඛේ මෝචිතේ තෝලකෛකං රූප්යං ප්රාප්ස්යසි, තද් ගෘහීත්වා තව මම ච කෘතේ තේභ්යෝ දේහි|