< John 18 >

1 After offering this prayer Jesus went out with His disciples to a place on the further side of the Ravine of the Cedars, where there was a garden which He entered--Himself and His disciples.
tāḥ kathāḥ kathayitvā yīśuḥ śiṣyānādāya kidrōnnāmakaṁ srōta uttīryya śiṣyaiḥ saha tatratyōdyānaṁ prāviśat|
2 Now Judas also, who at that very time was betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had often resorted there with His disciples.
kintu viśvāsaghātiyihūdāstat sthānaṁ paricīyatē yatō yīśuḥ śiṣyaiḥ sārddhaṁ kadācit tat sthānam agacchat|
3 So Judas, followed by the battalion and by a detachment of the Temple police sent by the High Priests and Pharisees, came there with torches and lamps and weapons.
tadā sa yihūdāḥ sainyagaṇaṁ pradhānayājakānāṁ phirūśināñca padātigaṇañca gr̥hītvā pradīpān ulkān astrāṇi cādāya tasmin sthāna upasthitavān|
4 Jesus therefore, knowing all that was about to befall Him, went out to meet them. "Who are you looking for?" He asked them.
svaṁ prati yad ghaṭiṣyatē taj jñātvā yīśuragrēsaraḥ san tānapr̥cchat kaṁ gavēṣayatha?
5 "For Jesus the Nazarene," was the answer. "I am he," He replied. (Now Judas who was betraying Him was also standing with them.)
tē pratyavadan, nāsaratīyaṁ yīśuṁ; tatō yīśuravādīd ahamēva saḥ; taiḥ saha viśvāsaghātī yihūdāścātiṣṭhat|
6 As soon then as He said to them, "I am he," they went backwards and fell to the ground.
tadāhamēva sa tasyaitāṁ kathāṁ śrutvaiva tē paścādētya bhūmau patitāḥ|
7 Again therefore He asked them, "Who are you looking for?" "For Jesus the Nazarene," they said.
tatō yīśuḥ punarapi pr̥ṣṭhavān kaṁ gavēṣayatha? tatastē pratyavadan nāsaratīyaṁ yīśuṁ|
8 "I have told you," replied Jesus, "that I am he. If therefore you are looking for me, let these my disciples go their way."
tadā yīśuḥ pratyuditavān ahamēva sa imāṁ kathāmacakatham; yadi māmanvicchatha tarhīmān gantuṁ mā vārayata|
9 He made this request in order that the words He had spoken might be fulfilled, "As for those whom Thou hast given me, I have not lost one."
itthaṁ bhūtē mahyaṁ yāllōkān adadāstēṣām ēkamapi nāhārayam imāṁ yāṁ kathāṁ sa svayamakathayat sā kathā saphalā jātā|
10 Simon Peter, however, having a sword, drew it, and, aiming at the High Priest's servant, cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
tadā śimōnpitarasya nikaṭē khaṅgalsthitēḥ sa taṁ niṣkōṣaṁ kr̥tvā mahāyājakasya mālkhanāmānaṁ dāsam āhatya tasya dakṣiṇakarṇaṁ chinnavān|
11 Jesus therefore said to Peter, "Put back your sword. Shall I refuse to drink the cup of sorrow which the Father has given me to drink?"
tatō yīśuḥ pitaram avadat, khaṅgaṁ kōṣē sthāpaya mama pitā mahyaṁ pātuṁ yaṁ kaṁsam adadāt tēnāhaṁ kiṁ na pāsyāmi?
12 So the battalion and their tribune and the Jewish police closed in, and took Jesus and bound Him.
tadā sainyagaṇaḥ sēnāpati ryihūdīyānāṁ padātayaśca yīśuṁ ghr̥tvā baddhvā hānannāmnaḥ kiyaphāḥ śvaśurasya samīpaṁ prathamam anayan|
13 They then brought Him to Annas first; for Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was High Priest that year.
sa kiyaphāstasmin vatsarē mahāyājatvapadē niyuktaḥ
14 (It was this Caiaphas who had advised the Jews, saying, "It is to your interest that one man should die for the People.")
san sādhāraṇalōkānāṁ maṅgalārtham ēkajanasya maraṇamucitam iti yihūdīyaiḥ sārddham amantrayat|
15 Meanwhile Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so also was another disciple. The latter was known to the High Priest, and went in with Jesus into the court of the High Priest's palace.
tadā śimōnpitarō'nyaikaśiṣyaśca yīśōḥ paścād agacchatāṁ tasyānyaśiṣyasya mahāyājakēna paricitatvāt sa yīśunā saha mahāyājakasyāṭṭālikāṁ prāviśat|
16 But Peter remained standing outside the door, till the disciple who was acquainted with the High Priest came out and induced the portress to let Peter in.
kintu pitarō bahirdvārasya samīpē'tiṣṭhad ataēva mahāyājakēna paricitaḥ sa śiṣyaḥ punarbahirgatvā dauvāyikāyai kathayitvā pitaram abhyantaram ānayat|
17 This led the girl, the portress, to ask Peter, "Are you also one of this man's disciples?" "No, I am not," he replied.
tadā sa dvārarakṣikā pitaram avadat tvaṁ kiṁ na tasya mānavasya śiṣyaḥ? tataḥ sōvadad ahaṁ na bhavāmi|
18 Now because it was cold the servants and the police had lighted a charcoal fire, and were standing and warming themselves; and Peter too remained with them, standing and warming himself.
tataḥ paraṁ yatsthānē dāsāḥ padātayaśca śītahētōraṅgārai rvahniṁ prajvālya tāpaṁ sēvitavantastatsthānē pitarastiṣṭhan taiḥ saha vahnitāpaṁ sēvitum ārabhata|
19 So the High Priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.
tadā śiṣyēṣūpadēśē ca mahāyājakēna yīśuḥ pr̥ṣṭaḥ
20 "As for me," replied Jesus, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have continually taught in some synagogue or in the Temple where all the Jews are wont to assemble, and I have said nothing in secret.
san pratyuktavān sarvvalōkānāṁ samakṣaṁ kathāmakathayaṁ guptaṁ kāmapi kathāṁ na kathayitvā yat sthānaṁ yihūdīyāḥ satataṁ gacchanti tatra bhajanagēhē mandirē cāśikṣayaṁ|
21 Why do you question me? Question those who heard what it was I said to them: these witnesses here know what I said."
mattaḥ kutaḥ pr̥cchasi? yē janā madupadēśam aśr̥ṇvan tānēva pr̥ccha yadyad avadaṁ tē tat jāninta|
22 Upon His saying this, one of the officers standing by struck Him with his open hand, asking Him as he did so, "Is that the way you answer the High Priest?"
tadētthaṁ pratyuditatvāt nikaṭasthapadāti ryīśuṁ capēṭēnāhatya vyāharat mahāyājakam ēvaṁ prativadasi?
23 "If I have spoken wrongly," replied Jesus, "bear witness to it as wrong; but if rightly, why that blow?"
tatō yīśuḥ pratigaditavān yadyayathārtham acakathaṁ tarhi tasyāyathārthasya pramāṇaṁ dēhi, kintu yadi yathārthaṁ tarhi kutō hētō rmām atāḍayaḥ?
24 So Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the High Priest.
pūrvvaṁ hānan sabandhanaṁ taṁ kiyaphāmahāyājakasya samīpaṁ praiṣayat|
25 But Simon Peter remained standing and warming himself, and this led to their asking him, "Are you also one of his disciples?" He denied it, and said, "No, I am not."
śimōnpitarastiṣṭhan vahnitāpaṁ sēvatē, ētasmin samayē kiyantastam apr̥cchan tvaṁ kim ētasya janasya śiṣyō na? tataḥ sōpahnutyābravīd ahaṁ na bhavāmi|
26 One of the High Priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?"
tadā mahāyājakasya yasya dāsasya pitaraḥ karṇamacchinat tasya kuṭumbaḥ pratyuditavān udyānē tēna saha tiṣṭhantaṁ tvāṁ kiṁ nāpaśyaṁ?
27 Once more Peter denied it, and immediately a cock crowed.
kintu pitaraḥ punarapahnutya kathitavān; tadānīṁ kukkuṭō'raut|
28 So they brought Jesus from Caiaphas's house to the Praetorium. It was the early morning, and they would not enter the Praetorium themselves for fear of defilement, and in order that they might be able to eat the Passover.
tadanantaraṁ pratyūṣē tē kiyaphāgr̥hād adhipatē rgr̥haṁ yīśum anayan kintu yasmin aśucitvē jātē tai rnistārōtsavē na bhōktavyaṁ, tasya bhayād yihūdīyāstadgr̥haṁ nāviśan|
29 Accordingly Pilate came out to them and inquired, "What accusation have you to bring against this man?"
aparaṁ pīlātō bahirāgatya tān pr̥ṣṭhavān ētasya manuṣyasya kaṁ dōṣaṁ vadatha?
30 "If the man were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed him over to you."
tadā tē pētyavadan duṣkarmmakāriṇi na sati bhavataḥ samīpē nainaṁ samārpayiṣyāmaḥ|
31 "Take him yourselves," said Pilate, "and judge him by your Law." "We have no power," replied the Jews, "to put any man to death."
tataḥ pīlātō'vadad yūyamēnaṁ gr̥hītvā svēṣāṁ vyavasthayā vicārayata| tadā yihūdīyāḥ pratyavadan kasyāpi manuṣyasya prāṇadaṇḍaṁ karttuṁ nāsmākam adhikārō'sti|
32 They said this that the words might be fulfilled in which Jesus predicted the kind of death He was to die.
ēvaṁ sati yīśuḥ svasya mr̥tyau yāṁ kathāṁ kathitavān sā saphalābhavat|
33 Re-entering the Praetorium, therefore, Pilate called Jesus and asked Him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"
tadanantaraṁ pīlātaḥ punarapi tad rājagr̥haṁ gatvā yīśumāhūya pr̥ṣṭavān tvaṁ kiṁ yihūdīyānāṁ rājā?
34 "Do you say this of yourself, or have others told it you about me?" replied Jesus.
yīśuḥ pratyavadat tvam ētāṁ kathāṁ svataḥ kathayasi kimanyaḥ kaścin mayi kathitavān?
35 "Am I a Jew?" exclaimed Pilate; "it is your own nation and the High Priests who have handed you over to me. What have you done?"
pīlātō'vadad ahaṁ kiṁ yihūdīyaḥ? tava svadēśīyā viśēṣataḥ pradhānayājakā mama nikaṭē tvāṁ samārpayana, tvaṁ kiṁ kr̥tavān?
36 "My kingdom," replied Jesus, "does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my subjects would have resolutely fought to save me from being delivered up to the Jews. But, as a matter of fact, my kingdom has not this origin."
yīśuḥ pratyavadat mama rājyam ētajjagatsambandhīyaṁ na bhavati yadi mama rājyaṁ jagatsambandhīyam abhaviṣyat tarhi yihūdīyānāṁ hastēṣu yathā samarpitō nābhavaṁ tadarthaṁ mama sēvakā ayōtsyan kintu mama rājyam aihikaṁ na|
37 "So then you are a king!" rejoined Pilate. "Yes," said Jesus, "you say truly that I am a king. For this purpose I was born, and for this purpose I have come into the world--to give testimony for the truth. Every one who is a friend of the truth listens to my voice."
tadā pīlātaḥ kathitavān, tarhi tvaṁ rājā bhavasi? yīśuḥ pratyuktavān tvaṁ satyaṁ kathayasi, rājāhaṁ bhavāmi; satyatāyāṁ sākṣyaṁ dātuṁ janiṁ gr̥hītvā jagatyasmin avatīrṇavān, tasmāt satyadharmmapakṣapātinō mama kathāṁ śr̥ṇvanti|
38 "What is truth?" said Pilate. But no sooner had he spoken the words than he went out again to the Jews and told them, "I find no crime in him.
tadā satyaṁ kiṁ? ētāṁ kathāṁ paṣṭvā pīlātaḥ punarapi bahirgatvā yihūdīyān abhāṣata, ahaṁ tasya kamapyaparādhaṁ na prāpnōmi|
39 But you have a custom that I should release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So shall I release to you the King of the Jews?"
nistārōtsavasamayē yuṣmābhirabhirucita ēkō janō mayā mōcayitavya ēṣā yuṣmākaṁ rītirasti, ataēva yuṣmākaṁ nikaṭē yihūdīyānāṁ rājānaṁ kiṁ mōcayāmi, yuṣmākam icchā kā?
40 With a roar of voices they again cried out, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
tadā tē sarvvē ruvantō vyāharan ēnaṁ mānuṣaṁ nahi barabbāṁ mōcaya| kintu sa barabbā dasyurāsīt|

< John 18 >