Mark 4
1 Once more He began to teach by the side of the Lake, and a vast multitude of people came together to listen to Him. He therefore went on board the boat and sat there, a little way from the land; and all the people were on the shore close to the water.
anantaraṁ sa samudrataṭē punarupadēṣṭuṁ prārēbhē, tatastatra bahujanānāṁ samāgamāt sa sāgarōpari naukāmāruhya samupaviṣṭaḥ; sarvvē lōkāḥ samudrakūlē tasthuḥ|
2 Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said,
tadā sa dr̥ṣṭāntakathābhi rbahūpadiṣṭavān upadiśaṁśca kathitavān,
3 "Listen: the sower goes out to sow.
avadhānaṁ kuruta, ēkō bījavaptā bījāni vaptuṁ gataḥ;
4 As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.
vapanakālē kiyanti bījāni mārgapāśvē patitāni, tata ākāśīyapakṣiṇa ētya tāni cakhāduḥ|
5 Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;
kiyanti bījāni svalpamr̥ttikāvatpāṣāṇabhūmau patitāni tāni mr̥dōlpatvāt śīghramaṅkuritāni;
6 but when the sun is risen, it is scorched, and through having no root it withers away.
kintūditē sūryyē dagdhāni tathā mūlānō nādhōgatatvāt śuṣkāṇi ca|
7 Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop.
kiyanti bījāni kaṇṭakivanamadhyē patitāni tataḥ kaṇṭakāni saṁvr̥dvya tāni jagrasustāni na ca phalitāni|
8 But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold."
tathā kiyanti bījānyuttamabhūmau patitāni tāni saṁvr̥dvya phalānyutpāditāni kiyanti bījāni triṁśadguṇāni kiyanti ṣaṣṭiguṇāni kiyanti śataguṇāni phalāni phalitavanti|
9 "Listen," He added, "every one who has ears to listen with!"
atha sa tānavadat yasya śrōtuṁ karṇau staḥ sa śr̥ṇōtu|
10 When He was alone, the Twelve and the others who were about Him requested Him to explain His figurative language.
tadanantaraṁ nirjanasamayē tatsaṅginō dvādaśaśiṣyāśca taṁ taddr̥ṣṭāntavākyasyārthaṁ papracchuḥ|
11 "To you," He replied, "has been entrusted the secret truth concerning the Kingdom of God; but to those others outside your number all this is spoken in figurative language;
tadā sa tānuditavān īśvararājyasya nigūḍhavākyaṁ bōddhuṁ yuṣmākamadhikārō'sti;
12 that "'They may look and look but not see, and listen and listen but not understand, lest perchance they should return and be pardoned.'"
kintu yē vahirbhūtāḥ "tē paśyantaḥ paśyanti kintu na jānanti, śr̥ṇvantaḥ śr̥ṇvanti kintu na budhyantē, cēttai rmanaḥsu kadāpi parivarttitēṣu tēṣāṁ pāpānyamōcayiṣyanta," atōhētōstān prati dr̥ṣṭāntairēva tāni mayā kathitāni|
13 "Do you all miss the meaning of this parable?" He added; "how then will you understand the rest of my parables?"
atha sa kathitavān yūyaṁ kimētad dr̥ṣṭāntavākyaṁ na budhyadhvē? tarhi kathaṁ sarvvān dr̥ṣṭāntāna bhōtsyadhvē?
14 "What the sower sows is the Message.
bījavaptā vākyarūpāṇi bījāni vapati;
15 Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them.
tatra yē yē lōkā vākyaṁ śr̥ṇvanti, kintu śrutamātrāt śaitān śīghramāgatya tēṣāṁ manaḥsūptāni tāni vākyarūpāṇi bījānyapanayati taēva uptabījamārgapārśvēsvarūpāḥ|
16 In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,
yē janā vākyaṁ śrutvā sahasā paramānandēna gr̥hlanti, kintu hr̥di sthairyyābhāvāt kiñcit kālamātraṁ tiṣṭhanti tatpaścāt tadvākyahētōḥ
17 but they have no root within them. They last for a time; then, when suffering or persecution comes because of the Message, they are immediately overthrown.
kutracit klēśē upadravē vā samupasthitē tadaiva vighnaṁ prāpnuvanti taēva uptabījapāṣāṇabhūmisvarūpāḥ|
18 Others there are who receive the seed among the thorns: these are they who have heard the Message,
yē janāḥ kathāṁ śr̥ṇvanti kintu sāṁsārikī cintā dhanabhrānti rviṣayalōbhaśca ētē sarvvē upasthāya tāṁ kathāṁ grasanti tataḥ mā viphalā bhavati (aiōn g165)
19 but worldly cares and the deceitfulness of wealth and the excessive pursuit of other objects come in and stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
taēva uptabījasakaṇṭakabhūmisvarūpāḥ|
20 Those, on the other hand, who have received the seed on the good ground, are all who hear the Message and welcome it, and yield a return of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold."
yē janā vākyaṁ śrutvā gr̥hlanti tēṣāṁ kasya vā triṁśadguṇāni kasya vā ṣaṣṭiguṇāni kasya vā śataguṇāni phalāni bhavanti taēva uptabījōrvvarabhūmisvarūpāḥ|
21 He went on to say, "Is the lamp brought in in order to be put under the bushel or under the bed? Is it not rather in order that it may be placed on the lampstand?
tadā sō'paramapi kathitavān kōpi janō dīpādhāraṁ parityajya drōṇasyādhaḥ khaṭvāyā adhē vā sthāpayituṁ dīpamānayati kiṁ?
22 Why, there is nothing hidden except with a view to its being ultimately disclosed, nor has anything been made a secret but that it may at last come to light.
atōhētō ryanna prakāśayiṣyatē tādr̥g lukkāyitaṁ kimapi vastu nāsti; yad vyaktaṁ na bhaviṣyati tādr̥śaṁ guptaṁ kimapi vastu nāsti|
23 Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"
yasya śrōtuṁ karṇau staḥ sa śr̥ṇōtu|
24 He also said to them, "Take care what you hear. With what measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and that with interest.
aparamapi kathitavān yūyaṁ yad yad vākyaṁ śr̥ṇutha tatra sāvadhānā bhavata, yatō yūyaṁ yēna parimāṇēna parimātha tēnaiva parimāṇēna yuṣmadarthamapi parimāsyatē; śrōtārō yūyaṁ yuṣmabhyamadhikaṁ dāsyatē|
25 For those who have will have more given them; and from those who have not, even what they have will be taken away."
yasyāśrayē varddhatē tasmai aparamapi dāsyatē, kintu yasyāśrayē na varddhatē tasya yat kiñcidasti tadapi tasmān nēṣyatē|
26 Another saying of His was this: "The Kingdom of God is as if a man scattered seed over the ground:
anantaraṁ sa kathitavān ēkō lōkaḥ kṣētrē bījānyuptvā
27 he spends days and nights, now awake, now asleep, while the seed sprouts and grows tall, he knows not how.
jāgaraṇanidrābhyāṁ divāniśaṁ gamayati, parantu tadvījaṁ tasyājñātarūpēṇāṅkurayati varddhatē ca;
28 Of itself the land produces the crop-- first the blade, then the ear; afterwards the perfect grain is seen in the ear.
yatōhētōḥ prathamataḥ patrāṇi tataḥ paraṁ kaṇiśāni tatpaścāt kaṇiśapūrṇāni śasyāni bhūmiḥ svayamutpādayati;
29 But no sooner is the crop ripe, than he sends the reapers, because the time of harvest has come."
kintu phalēṣu pakkēṣu śasyacchēdanakālaṁ jñātvā sa tatkṣaṇaṁ śasyāni chinatti, anēna tulyamīśvararājyaṁ|
30 Another saying of His was this: "How are we to picture the Kingdom of God? or by what figure of speech shall we represent it?
punaḥ sō'kathayad īśvararājyaṁ kēna samaṁ? kēna vastunā saha vā tadupamāsyāmi?
31 It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seeds in the world;
tat sarṣapaikēna tulyaṁ yatō mr̥di vapanakālē sarṣapabījaṁ sarvvapr̥thivīsthabījāt kṣudraṁ
32 yet when sown it springs up and becomes larger than all the herbs, and throws out great branches, so that the birds build under its shadow."
kintu vapanāt param aṅkurayitvā sarvvaśākād br̥had bhavati, tasya br̥hatyaḥ śākhāśca jāyantē tatastacchāyāṁ pakṣiṇa āśrayantē|
33 With many such parables He used to speak the Message to them according to their capacity for receiving it.
itthaṁ tēṣāṁ bōdhānurūpaṁ sō'nēkadr̥ṣṭāntaistānupadiṣṭavān,
34 But except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them; while to His own disciples He expounded everything, in private.
dr̥ṣṭāntaṁ vinā kāmapi kathāṁ tēbhyō na kathitavān paścān nirjanē sa śiṣyān sarvvadr̥ṣṭāntārthaṁ bōdhitavān|
35 The same day, in the evening, He said to them, "Let us cross to the other side."
taddinasya sandhyāyāṁ sa tēbhyō'kathayad āgacchata vayaṁ pāraṁ yāma|
36 So they got away from the crowd, and took Him--as He was--in the boat; and other boats accompanied Him.
tadā tē lōkān visr̥jya tamavilambaṁ gr̥hītvā naukayā pratasthirē; aparā api nāvastayā saha sthitāḥ|
37 But a heavy squall came on, and the waves were now dashing into the boat, so that it was fast filling.
tataḥ paraṁ mahājhañbhśagamāt nau rdōlāyamānā taraṅgēṇa jalaiḥ pūrṇābhavacca|
38 But He Himself was in the stern asleep, with His head on the cushion: so they woke Him. "Rabbi," they cried, "is it nothing to you that we are drowning?"
tadā sa naukācaścādbhāgē upadhānē śirō nidhāya nidrita āsīt tatastē taṁ jāgarayitvā jagaduḥ, hē prabhō, asmākaṁ prāṇā yānti kimatra bhavataścintā nāsti?
39 So He roused Himself and rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, "Silence! Be still!" The wind sank, and a perfect calm set in.
tadā sa utthāya vāyuṁ tarjitavān samudrañcōktavān śāntaḥ susthiraśca bhava; tatō vāyau nivr̥ttē'bdhirnistaraṅgōbhūt|
40 "Why are you so timid?" He asked; "have you still no faith?"
tadā sa tānuvāca yūyaṁ kuta ētādr̥kśaṅkākulā bhavata? kiṁ vō viśvāsō nāsti?
41 Then they were filled with terror, and began to say to one another, "Who is this, then? For even wind and sea obey Him."
tasmāttē'tīvabhītāḥ parasparaṁ vaktumārēbhirē, ahō vāyuḥ sindhuścāsya nidēśagrāhiṇau kīdr̥gayaṁ manujaḥ|
