< prEritAH 3 >
1 tRtIyayAmavElAyAM satyAM prArthanAyAH samayE pitarayOhanau sambhUya mandiraM gacchataH|
2 tasminnEva samayE mandirapravEzakAnAM samIpE bhikSAraNArthaM yaM janmakhanjjamAnuSaM lOkA mandirasya sundaranAmni dvArE pratidinam asthApayan taM vahantastadvAraM Anayan|
3 tadA pitarayOhanau mantiraM pravESTum udyatau vilOkya sa khanjjastau kinjcid bhikSitavAn|
4 tasmAd yOhanA sahitaH pitarastam ananyadRSTyA nirIkSya prOktavAn AvAM prati dRSTiM kuru|
5 tataH sa kinjcit prAptyAzayA tau prati dRSTiM kRtavAn|
6 tadA pitarO gaditavAn mama nikaTE svarNarUpyAdi kimapi nAsti kintu yadAstE tad dadAmi nAsaratIyasya yIzukhrISTasya nAmnA tvamutthAya gamanAgamanE kuru|
7 tataH paraM sa tasya dakSiNakaraM dhRtvA tam udatOlayat; tEna tatkSaNAt tasya janasya pAdagulphayOH sabalatvAt sa ullamphya prOtthAya gamanAgamanE 'karOt|
8 tatO gamanAgamanE kurvvan ullamphan IzvaraM dhanyaM vadan tAbhyAM sArddhaM mandiraM prAvizat|
9 tataH sarvvE lOkAstaM gamanAgamanE kurvvantam IzvaraM dhanyaM vadantanjca vilOkya
10 mandirasya sundarE dvArE ya upavizya bhikSitavAn saEvAyam iti jnjAtvA taM prati tayA ghaTanayA camatkRtA vismayApannAzcAbhavan|
11 yaH khanjjaH svasthObhavat tEna pitarayOhanOH karayOrdhTatayOH satOH sarvvE lOkA sannidhim Agacchan|
12 tad dRSTvA pitarastEbhyO'kathayat, hE isrAyElIyalOkA yUyaM kutO 'nEnAzcaryyaM manyadhvE? AvAM nijazaktyA yadvA nijapuNyEna khanjjamanuSyamEnaM gamitavantAviti cintayitvA AvAM prati kutO'nanyadRSTiM kurutha?
13 yaM yIzuM yUyaM parakarESu samArpayata tatO yaM pIlAtO mOcayitum Ecchat tathApi yUyaM tasya sAkSAn nAggIkRtavanta ibrAhIma ishAkO yAkUbazcEzvarO'rthAd asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSANAm IzvaraH svaputrasya tasya yIzO rmahimAnaM prAkAzayat|
14 kintu yUyaM taM pavitraM dhArmmikaM pumAMsaM nAggIkRtya hatyAkAriNamEkaM svEbhyO dAtum ayAcadhvaM|
15 pazcAt taM jIvanasyAdhipatim ahata kintvIzvaraH zmazAnAt tam udasthApayata tatra vayaM sAkSiNa AsmahE|
16 imaM yaM mAnuSaM yUyaM pazyatha paricinutha ca sa tasya nAmni vizvAsakaraNAt calanazaktiM labdhavAn tasmin tasya yO vizvAsaH sa taM yuSmAkaM sarvvESAM sAkSAt sampUrNarUpENa svastham akArSIt|
17 hE bhrAtarO yUyaM yuSmAkam adhipatayazca ajnjAtvA karmmANyEtAni kRtavanta idAnIM mamaiSa bOdhO jAyatE|
18 kintvIzvaraH khrISTasya duHkhabhOgE bhaviSyadvAdinAM mukhEbhyO yAM yAM kathAM pUrvvamakathayat tAH kathA itthaM siddhA akarOt|
19 ataH svESAM pApamOcanArthaM khEdaM kRtvA manAMsi parivarttayadhvaM, tasmAd IzvarAt sAntvanAprAptEH samaya upasthAsyati;
20 punazca pUrvvakAlam Arabhya pracAritO yO yIzukhrISTastam IzvarO yuSmAn prati prESayiSyati|
21 kintu jagataH sRSTimArabhya IzvarO nijapavitrabhaviSyadvAdigaNOna yathA kathitavAn tadanusArENa sarvvESAM kAryyANAM siddhiparyyantaM tEna svargE vAsaH karttavyaH| (aiōn )
22 yuSmAkaM prabhuH paramEzvarO yuSmAkaM bhrAtRgaNamadhyAt matsadRzaM bhaviSyadvaktAram utpAdayiSyati, tataH sa yat kinjcit kathayiSyati tatra yUyaM manAMsi nidhaddhvaM|
23 kintu yaH kazcit prANI tasya bhaviSyadvAdinaH kathAM na grahISyati sa nijalOkAnAM madhyAd ucchEtsyatE," imAM kathAm asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSEbhyaH kEvalO mUsAH kathayAmAsa iti nahi,
24 zimUyElbhaviSyadvAdinam Arabhya yAvantO bhaviSyadvAkyam akathayan tE sarvvaEva samayasyaitasya kathAm akathayan|
25 yUyamapi tESAM bhaviSyadvAdinAM santAnAH, "tava vaMzOdbhavapuMsA sarvvadEzIyA lOkA AziSaM prAptA bhaviSyanti", ibrAhImE kathAmEtAM kathayitvA IzvarOsmAkaM pUrvvapuruSaiH sArddhaM yaM niyamaM sthirIkRtavAn tasya niyamasyAdhikAriNOpi yUyaM bhavatha|
26 ata IzvarO nijaputraM yIzum utthApya yuSmAkaM sarvvESAM svasvapApAt parAvarttya yuSmabhyam AziSaM dAtuM prathamatastaM yuSmAkaM nikaTaM prESitavAn|
