Matthew 18
1 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”
तदानीं शिष्या यीशोः समीपमागत्य पृष्टवन्तः स्वर्गराज्ये कः श्रेष्ठः?
2 Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them
ततो यीशुः क्षुद्रमेकं बालकं स्वसमीपमानीय तेषां मध्ये निधाय जगाद,
3 and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
युष्मानहं सत्यं ब्रवीमि, यूयं मनोविनिमयेन क्षुद्रबालवत् न सन्तः स्वर्गराज्यं प्रवेष्टुं न शक्नुथ।
4 Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
यः कश्चिद् एतस्य क्षुद्रबालकस्य सममात्मानं नम्रीकरोति, सएव स्वर्गराजये श्रेष्ठः।
5 Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,
यः कश्चिद् एतादृशं क्षुद्रबालकमेकं मम नाम्नि गृह्लाति, स मामेव गृह्लाति।
6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.
किन्तु यो जनो मयि कृतविश्वासानामेतेषां क्षुद्रप्राणिनाम् एकस्यापि विध्निं जनयति, कण्ठबद्धपेषणीकस्य तस्य सागरागाधजले मज्जनं श्रेयः।
7 “Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!
विघ्नात् जगतः सन्तापो भविष्यति, विघ्नोऽवश्यं जनयिष्यते, किन्तु येन मनुजेन विघ्नो जनिष्यते तस्यैव सन्तापो भविष्यति।
8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. (aiōnios g166)
तस्मात् तव करश्चरणो वा यदि त्वां बाधते, तर्हि तं छित्त्वा निक्षिप, द्विकरस्य द्विपदस्य वा तवानप्तवह्नौ निक्षेपात्, खञ्जस्य वा छिन्नहस्तस्य तव जीवने प्रवेशो वरं। (aiōnios g166)
9 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire. (Geenna g1067)
अपरं तव नेत्रं यदि त्वां बाधते, तर्हि तदप्युत्पाव्य निक्षिप, द्विनेत्रस्य नरकाग्नौ निक्षेपात् काणस्य तव जीवने प्रवेशो वरं। (Geenna g1067)
10 See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
तस्मादवधद्धं, एतेषां क्षुद्रप्राणिनाम् एकमपि मा तुच्छीकुरुत,
11 For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.
यतो युष्मानहं तथ्यं ब्रवीमि, स्वर्गे तेषां दूता मम स्वर्गस्थस्य पितुरास्यं नित्यं पश्यन्ति। एवं ये ये हारितास्तान् रक्षितुं मनुजपुत्र आगच्छत्।
12 “What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
यूयमत्र किं विविंग्घ्वे? कस्यचिद् यदि शतं मेषाः सन्ति, तेषामेको हार्य्यते च, तर्हि स एकोनशतं मेषान् विहाय पर्व्वतं गत्वा तं हारितमेकं किं न मृगयते?
13 If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
यदि च कदाचित् तन्मेषोद्देशं लमते, तर्हि युष्मानहं सत्यं कथयामि, सोऽविपथगामिभ्य एकोनशतमेषेभ्योपि तदेकहेतोरधिकम् आह्लादते।
14 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
तद्वद् एतेषां क्षुद्रप्राएिनाम् एकोपि नश्यतीति युष्माकं स्वर्गस्थपितु र्नाभिमतम्।
15 “If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.
यद्यपि तव भ्राता त्वयि किमप्यपराध्यति, तर्हि गत्वा युवयोर्द्वयोः स्थितयोस्तस्यापराधं तं ज्ञापय। तत्र स यदि तव वाक्यं शृणोति, तर्हि त्वं स्वभ्रातरं प्राप्तवान्,
16 But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
किन्तु यदि न शृणोति, तर्हि द्वाभ्यां त्रिभि र्वा साक्षीभिः सर्व्वं वाक्यं यथा निश्चितं जायते, तदर्थम् एकं द्वौ वा साक्षिणौ गृहीत्वा याहि।
17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.
तेन स यदि तयो र्वाक्यं न मान्यते, तर्हि समाजं तज्ज्ञापय, किन्तु यदि समाजस्यापि वाक्यं न मान्यते, तर्हि स तव समीपे देवपूजकइव चण्डालइव च भविष्यति।
18 Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.
अहं युष्मान् सत्यं वदामि, युष्माभिः पृथिव्यां यद् बध्यते तत् स्वर्गे भंत्स्यते; मेदिन्यां यत् भोच्यते, स्वर्गेऽपि तत् मोक्ष्यते।
19 Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
पुनरहं युष्मान् वदामि, मेदिन्यां युष्माकं यदि द्वावेकवाक्यीभूय किञ्चित् प्रार्थयेते, तर्हि मम स्वर्गस्थपित्रा तत् तयोः कृते सम्पन्नं भविष्यति।
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”
यतो यत्र द्वौ त्रयो वा मम नान्नि मिलन्ति, तत्रैवाहं तेषां मध्येऽस्मि।
21 Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”
तदानीं पितरस्तत्समीपमागत्य कथितवान् हे प्रभो, मम भ्राता मम यद्यपराध्यति, तर्हि तं कतिकृत्वः क्षमिष्ये?
22 Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.
किं सप्तकृत्वः? यीशुस्तं जगाद, त्वां केवलं सप्तकृत्वो यावत् न वदामि, किन्तु सप्तत्या गुणितं सप्तकृत्वो यावत्।
23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
अपरं निजदासैः सह जिगणयिषुः कश्चिद् राजेव स्वर्गराजयं।
24 When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
आरब्धे तस्मिन् गणने सार्द्धसहस्रमुद्रापूरितानां दशसहस्रपुटकानाम् एकोऽघमर्णस्तत्समक्षमानायि।
25 But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
तस्य परिशोधनाय द्रव्याभावात् परिशोधनार्थं स तदीयभार्य्यापुत्रादिसर्व्वस्वञ्च विक्रीयतामिति तत्प्रभुरादिदेश।
26 The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’
तेन स दासस्तस्य पादयोः पतन् प्रणम्य कथितवान्, हे प्रभो भवता घैर्य्ये कृते मया सर्व्वं परिशोधिष्यते।
27 The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him and forgave him the debt.
तदानीं दासस्य प्रभुः सकरुणः सन् सकलर्णं क्षमित्वा तं तत्याज।
28 “But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’
किन्तु तस्मिन् दासे बहि र्याते, तस्य शतं मुद्राचतुर्थांशान् यो धारयति, तं सहदासं दृष्द्वा तस्य कण्ठं निष्पीड्य गदितवान्, मम यत् प्राप्यं तत् परिशोधय।
29 “So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’
तदा तस्य सहदासस्तत्पादयोः पतित्वा विनीय बभाषे, त्वया धैर्य्ये कृते मया सर्व्वं परिशोधिष्यते।
30 He would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay back that which was due.
तथापि स तत् नाङगीकृत्य यावत् सर्व्वमृणं न परिशोधितवान् तावत् तं कारायां स्थापयामास।
31 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their lord all that was done.
तदा तस्य सहदासास्तस्यैतादृग् आचरणं विलोक्य प्रभोः समीपं गत्वा सर्व्वं वृत्तान्तं निवेदयामासुः।
32 Then his lord called him in and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
तदा तस्य प्रभुस्तमाहूय जगाद, रे दुष्ट दास, त्वया मत्सन्निधौ प्रार्थिते मया तव सर्व्वमृणं त्यक्तं;
33 Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’
यथा चाहं त्वयि करुणां कृतवान्, तथैव त्वत्सहदासे करुणाकरणं किं तव नोचितं?
34 His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him.
इति कथयित्वा तस्य प्रभुः क्रुद्ध्यन् निजप्राप्यं यावत् स न परिशोधितवान्, तावत् प्रहारकानां करेषु तं समर्पितवान्।
35 So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”
यदि यूयं स्वान्तःकरणैः स्वस्वसहजानाम् अपराधान् न क्षमध्वे, तर्हि मम स्वर्गस्यः पितापि युष्मान् प्रतीत्थं करिष्यति।
