lUkaH 15
1 tadA karasanjcAyinaH pApinazca lOkA upadEzkathAM zrOtuM yIzOH samIpam Agacchan|
The tax collectors and the outcasts were all drawing near to Jesus to listen to him;
2 tataH phirUzina upAdhyAyAzca vivadamAnAH kathayAmAsuH ESa mAnuSaH pApibhiH saha praNayaM kRtvA taiH sArddhaM bhuMktE|
but the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law found fault. ‘This man always welcomes outcasts, and takes meals with them!’ they complained.
3 tadA sa tEbhya imAM dRSTAntakathAM kathitavAn,
So Jesus told them this parable –
4 kasyacit zatamESESu tiSThatmu tESAmEkaM sa yadi hArayati tarhi madhyEprAntaram EkOnazatamESAn vihAya hAritamESasya uddEzaprAptiparyyanataM na gavESayati, EtAdRzO lOkO yuSmAkaM madhyE ka AstE?
‘Who among you who has a hundred sheep, and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine out in the open country, and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?
5 tasyOddEzaM prApya hRSTamanAstaM skandhE nidhAya svasthAnam AnIya bandhubAndhavasamIpavAsina AhUya vakti,
And, when he has found it, he puts in on his shoulders rejoicing;
6 hAritaM mESaM prAptOham atO hEtO rmayA sArddham Anandata|
and, on reaching home, he calls his friends and his neighbours together, and says “Come and rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.”
7 tadvadahaM yuSmAn vadAmi, yESAM manaHparAvarttanasya prayOjanaM nAsti, tAdRzaikOnazatadhArmmikakAraNAd ya AnandastasmAd Ekasya manaHparivarttinaH pApinaH kAraNAt svargE 'dhikAnandO jAyatE|
So, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one outcast who repents, than over ninety-nine religious people, who have no need to repent.
8 aparanjca dazAnAM rUpyakhaNPAnAm EkakhaNPE hAritE pradIpaM prajvAlya gRhaM sammArjya tasya prAptiM yAvad yatnEna na gavESayati, EtAdRzI yOSit kAstE?
Or again, what woman who has ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?
9 prAptE sati bandhubAndhavasamIpavAsinIrAhUya kathayati, hAritaM rUpyakhaNPaM prAptAhaM tasmAdEva mayA sArddham Anandata|
And, when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbours together, and says “Come and rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I lost.”
10 tadvadahaM yuSmAn vyAharAmi, EkEna pApinA manasi parivarttitE, Izvarasya dUtAnAM madhyEpyAnandO jAyatE|
So, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of God’s angels over one outcast who repents.’
11 aparanjca sa kathayAmAsa, kasyacid dvau putrAvAstAM,
Then Jesus continued, ‘A man had two sons;
12 tayOH kaniSThaH putraH pitrE kathayAmAsa, hE pitastava sampattyA yamaMzaM prApsyAmyahaM vibhajya taM dEhi, tataH pitA nijAM sampattiM vibhajya tAbhyAM dadau|
and the younger of them said to his father “Father, give me my share of the inheritance.” So the father divided the property between them.
13 katipayAt kAlAt paraM sa kaniSThaputraH samastaM dhanaM saMgRhya dUradEzaM gatvA duSTAcaraNEna sarvvAM sampattiM nAzayAmAsa|
A few days later the younger son got together all that he had, and went away into a distant land; and there he squandered his inheritance by leading a dissolute life.
14 tasya sarvvadhanE vyayaM gatE taddEzE mahAdurbhikSaM babhUva, tatastasya dainyadazA bhavitum ArEbhE|
After he has spent all that he had, there was a severe famine through all that country, and he began to be in actual want.
15 tataH paraM sa gatvA taddEzIyaM gRhasthamEkam Azrayata; tataH sataM zUkaravrajaM cArayituM prAntaraM prESayAmAsa|
So he went and engaged himself to one of the people of that country, who sent him into his fields to tend pigs.
16 kEnApi tasmai bhakSyAdAnAt sa zUkaraphalavalkalEna piciNPapUraNAM vavAnjcha|
He even longed to satisfy his hunger with the bean-pods on which the pigs were feeding; and no one gave him anything.
17 zESE sa manasi cEtanAM prApya kathayAmAsa, hA mama pituH samIpE kati kati vEtanabhujO dAsA yathESTaM tatOdhikanjca bhakSyaM prApnuvanti kintvahaM kSudhA mumUrSuH|
But, when he came to himself, he said “How many of my father’s hired servants have more bread than they can eat, while here am I starving to death!
18 ahamutthAya pituH samIpaM gatvA kathAmEtAM vadiSyAmi, hE pitar Izvarasya tava ca viruddhaM pApamakaravam
I will get up and go to my father, and say to him ‘Father, I sinned against heaven and against you;
19 tava putraiti vikhyAtO bhavituM na yOgyOsmi ca, mAM tava vaitanikaM dAsaM kRtvA sthApaya|
I am no longer fit to be called your son; make me one of your hired servants.’”
20 pazcAt sa utthAya pituH samIpaM jagAma; tatastasya pitAtidUrE taM nirIkSya dayAnjcakrE, dhAvitvA tasya kaNThaM gRhItvA taM cucumba ca|
And he got up and went to his father. But, while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was deeply moved; he ran and threw his arms round his neck and kissed him.
21 tadA putra uvAca, hE pitar Izvarasya tava ca viruddhaM pApamakaravaM, tava putraiti vikhyAtO bhavituM na yOgyOsmi ca|
“Father,” the son said, “I sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer fit to be called your son; make me one of your hired servants.”
22 kintu tasya pitA nijadAsAn AdidEza, sarvvOttamavastrANyAnIya paridhApayatainaM hastE cAggurIyakam arpayata pAdayOzcOpAnahau samarpayata;
But the father turned to his servants and said “Be quick and fetch a robe – the very best – and put it on him; give him a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet;
23 puSTaM gOvatsam AnIya mArayata ca taM bhuktvA vayam AnandAma|
and bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry;
24 yatO mama putrOyam amriyata punarajIvId hAritazca labdhObhUt tatasta Ananditum ArEbhirE|
for here is my son who was dead, and is alive again, was lost, and is found.” So they began making merry.
25 tatkAlE tasya jyESThaH putraH kSEtra AsIt| atha sa nivEzanasya nikaTaM Agacchan nRtyAnAM vAdyAnAnjca zabdaM zrutvA
Meanwhile the elder son was out in the fields; but, on coming home, when he got near the house, he heard music and dancing,
26 dAsAnAm Ekam AhUya papraccha, kiM kAraNamasya?
and he called one of the servants and asked what it all meant.
27 tataH sOvAdIt, tava bhrAtAgamat, tava tAtazca taM suzarIraM prApya puSTaM gOvatsaM mAritavAn|
“Your brother has come back,” the servant told him, “and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.”
28 tataH sa prakupya nivEzanAntaH pravESTuM na sammEnE; tatastasya pitA bahirAgatya taM sAdhayAmAsa|
This made him angry, and he would not go in. But his father came out and begged him to do so.
29 tataH sa pitaraM pratyuvAca, pazya tava kAnjcidapyAjnjAM na vilaMghya bahUn vatsarAn ahaM tvAM sEvE tathApi mitraiH sArddham utsavaM karttuM kadApi chAgamEkamapi mahyaM nAdadAH;
“No,” he said to his father, “look at all the years I have been serving you, without ever once disobeying you, and yet you have never given me even a young goat, so that I might have a party with my friends.
30 kintu tava yaH putrO vEzyAgamanAdibhistava sampattim apavyayitavAn tasminnAgatamAtrE tasyaiva nimittaM puSTaM gOvatsaM mAritavAn|
But, no sooner has this son of yours come, who has eaten up your property in the company of prostitutes, than you have killed the fattened calf for him.”
31 tadA tasya pitAvOcat, hE putra tvaM sarvvadA mayA sahAsi tasmAn mama yadyadAstE tatsarvvaM tava|
“Child,” the father answered, “you are always with me, and everything that I have is yours.
32 kintu tavAyaM bhrAtA mRtaH punarajIvId hAritazca bhUtvA prAptObhUt, EtasmAt kAraNAd utsavAnandau karttum ucitamasmAkam|
We could but make merry and rejoice, for here is your brother who was dead, and is alive; who was lost, and is found.”’
