mArkaH 12
1 anantaraM yIzu rdRSTAntEna tEbhyaH kathayitumArEbhE, kazcidEkO drAkSAkSEtraM vidhAya taccaturdikSu vAraNIM kRtvA tanmadhyE drAkSApESaNakuNPam akhanat, tathA tasya gaPamapi nirmmitavAn tatastatkSEtraM kRSIvalESu samarpya dUradEzaM jagAma|
He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went on a journey.
2 tadanantaraM phalakAlE kRSIvalEbhyO drAkSAkSEtraphalAni prAptuM tESAM savidhE bhRtyam EkaM prAhiNOt|
When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 kintu kRSIvalAstaM dhRtvA prahRtya riktahastaM visasRjuH|
They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 tataH sa punaranyamEkaM bhRtyaM praSayAmAsa, kintu tE kRSIvalAH pASANAghAtaistasya zirO bhagktvA sApamAnaM taM vyasarjan|
Again, he sent another servant to them; and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully.
5 tataH paraM sOparaM dAsaM prAhiNOt tadA tE taM jaghnuH, Evam anEkESAM kasyacit prahAraH kasyacid vadhazca taiH kRtaH|
And he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some.
6 tataH paraM mayA svaputrE prahitE tE tamavazyaM sammaMsyantE, ityuktvAvazESE tESAM sannidhau nijapriyam advitIyaM putraM prESayAmAsa|
He had one left, a beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
7 kintu kRSIvalAH parasparaM jagaduH, ESa uttarAdhikArI, Agacchata vayamEnaM hanmastathA kRtE 'dhikArOyam asmAkaM bhaviSyati|
But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
8 tatastaM dhRtvA hatvA drAkSAkSEtrAd bahiH prAkSipan|
They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
9 anEnAsau drAkSAkSEtrapatiH kiM kariSyati? sa Etya tAn kRSIvalAn saMhatya tatkSEtram anyESu kRSIvalESu samarpayiSyati|
What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.
10 aparanjca, "sthapatayaH kariSyanti grAvANaM yantu tucchakaM| prAdhAnaprastaraH kONE sa Eva saMbhaviSyati|
Haven't you even read this Scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.
11 Etat karmma parEzasyAMdbhutaM nO dRSTitO bhavEt||" imAM zAstrIyAM lipiM yUyaM kiM nApAThiSTa?
This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes'?"
12 tadAnIM sa tAnuddizya tAM dRSTAntakathAM kathitavAn, ta itthaM budvvA taM dharttAmudyatAH, kintu lOkEbhyO bibhyuH, tadanantaraM tE taM vihAya vavrajuH|
They tried to seize him, but they feared the crowd; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.
13 aparanjca tE tasya vAkyadOSaM dharttAM katipayAn phirUzinO hErOdIyAMzca lOkAn tadantikaM prESayAmAsuH|
They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.
14 ta Agatya tamavadan, hE gurO bhavAn tathyabhASI kasyApyanurOdhaM na manyatE, pakSapAtanjca na karOti, yathArthata IzvarIyaM mArgaM darzayati vayamEtat prajAnImaH, kaisarAya karO dEyO na vAM? vayaM dAsyAmO na vA?
When they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and do not defer to anyone; for you are not partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
15 kintu sa tESAM kapaTaM jnjAtvA jagAda, kutO mAM parIkSadhvE? EkaM mudrApAdaM samAnIya mAM darzayata|
Should we pay, or should we not pay?" But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it."
16 tadA tairEkasmin mudrApAdE samAnItE sa tAn papraccha, atra likhitaM nAma mUrtti rvA kasya? tE pratyUcuH, kaisarasya|
They brought it. He said to them, "Whose is this image and inscription?" They said to him, "Caesar's."
17 tadA yIzuravadat tarhi kaisarasya dravyANi kaisarAya datta, Izvarasya dravyANi tu IzvarAya datta; tatastE vismayaM mEnirE|
And Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were utterly amazed at him.
18 atha mRtAnAmutthAnaM yE na manyantE tE sidUkinO yIzOH samIpamAgatya taM papracchuH;
There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,
19 hE gurO kazcijjanO yadi niHsantatiH san bhAryyAyAM satyAM mriyatE tarhi tasya bhrAtA tasya bhAryyAM gRhItvA bhrAtu rvaMzOtpattiM kariSyati, vyavasthAmimAM mUsA asmAn prati vyalikhat|
"Teacher, Moses wrote to us, 'If a man's brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take the wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.'
20 kintu kEcit sapta bhrAtara Asan, tatastESAM jyESThabhrAtA vivahya niHsantatiH san amriyata|
There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.
21 tatO dvitIyO bhrAtA tAM striyamagRhaNat kintu sOpi niHsantatiH san amriyata; atha tRtIyOpi bhrAtA tAdRzObhavat|
The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise;
22 itthaM saptaiva bhrAtarastAM striyaM gRhItvA niHsantAnAH santO'mriyanta, sarvvazESE sApi strI mriyatE sma|
and the seven left no children. Last of all the woman also died.
23 atha mRtAnAmutthAnakAlE yadA ta utthAsyanti tadA tESAM kasya bhAryyA sA bhaviSyati? yatastE saptaiva tAM vyavahan|
In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife."
24 tatO yIzuH pratyuvAca zAstram Izvarazaktinjca yUyamajnjAtvA kimabhrAmyata na?
Jesus said to them, "Is not this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?
25 mRtalOkAnAmutthAnaM sati tE na vivahanti vAgdattA api na bhavanti, kintu svargIyadUtAnAM sadRzA bhavanti|
For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
26 punazca "aham ibrAhIma Izvara ishAka IzvarO yAkUbazcEzvaraH" yAmimAM kathAM stambamadhyE tiSThan IzvarO mUsAmavAdIt mRtAnAmutthAnArthE sA kathA mUsAlikhitE pustakE kiM yuSmAbhi rnApAThi?
But about the dead, that they are raised; have you not read in the book of Moses, about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?
27 IzvarO jIvatAM prabhuH kintu mRtAnAM prabhu rna bhavati, tasmAddhEtO ryUyaM mahAbhramENa tiSThatha|
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken."
28 Etarhi EkOdhyApaka Etya tESAmitthaM vicAraM zuzrAva; yIzustESAM vAkyasya saduttaraM dattavAn iti budvvA taM pRSTavAn sarvvAsAm AjnjAnAM kA zrESThA? tatO yIzuH pratyuvAca,
And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Seeing that he had answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the greatest of all?"
29 "hE isrAyEllOkA avadhatta, asmAkaM prabhuH paramEzvara Eka Eva,
Jesus answered, "The first is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
30 yUyaM sarvvantaHkaraNaiH sarvvaprANaiH sarvvacittaiH sarvvazaktibhizca tasmin prabhau paramEzvarE prIyadhvaM," ityAjnjA zrESThA|
And you are to love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.'
31 tathA "svaprativAsini svavat prEma kurudhvaM," ESA yA dvitIyAjnjA sA tAdRzI; EtAbhyAM dvAbhyAm AjnjAbhyAm anyA kApyAjnjA zrESThA nAsti|
The second is this, 'You are to love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."
32 tadA sOdhyApakastamavadat, hE gurO satyaM bhavAn yathArthaM prOktavAn yata EkasmAd IzvarAd anyO dvitIya IzvarO nAsti;
The scribe said to him, "Truly, Teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he,
33 aparaM sarvvAntaHkaraNaiH sarvvaprANaiH sarvvacittaiH sarvvazaktibhizca IzvarE prEmakaraNaM tathA svamIpavAsini svavat prEmakaraNanjca sarvvEbhyO hOmabalidAnAdibhyaH zraSThaM bhavati|
and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."
34 tatO yIzuH subuddhEriva tasyEdam uttaraM zrutvA taM bhASitavAn tvamIzvarasya rAjyAnna dUrOsi|itaH paraM tEna saha kasyApi vAkyasya vicAraM karttAM kasyApi pragalbhatA na jAtA|
When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one dared ask him any question after that.
35 anantaraM madhyEmandiram upadizan yIzurimaM praznaM cakAra, adhyApakA abhiSiktaM (tArakaM) kutO dAyUdaH santAnaM vadanti?
Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, "How can the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David?
36 svayaM dAyUd pavitrasyAtmana AvEzEnEdaM kathayAmAsa| yathA| "mama prabhumidaM vAkyavadat paramEzvaraH| tava zatrUnahaM yAvat pAdapIThaM karOmi na| tAvat kAlaM madIyE tvaM dakSapArzv upAviza|"
David himself said in the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."'
37 yadi dAyUd taM prabhUM vadati tarhi kathaM sa tasya santAnO bhavitumarhati? itarE lOkAstatkathAM zrutvAnananduH|
David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?" The common people heard him gladly.
38 tadAnIM sa tAnupadizya kathitavAn yE narA dIrghaparidhEyAni haTTE vipanau ca
In his teaching he said to them, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,
39 lOkakRtanamaskArAn bhajanagRhE pradhAnAsanAni bhOjanakAlE pradhAnasthAnAni ca kAgkSantE;
and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts:
40 vidhavAnAM sarvvasvaM grasitvA chalAd dIrghakAlaM prArthayantE tEbhya upAdhyAyEbhyaH sAvadhAnA bhavata; tE'dhikatarAn daNPAn prApsyanti|
those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."
41 tadanantaraM lOkA bhANPAgArE mudrA yathA nikSipanti bhANPAgArasya sammukhE samupavizya yIzustadavalulOka; tadAnIM bahavO dhaninastasya madhyE bahUni dhanAni nirakSipan|
And he sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the crowd cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.
42 pazcAd EkA daridrA vidhavA samAgatya dvipaNamUlyAM mudraikAM tatra nirakSipat|
A poor widow came, and she cast in two lepta, which equal a kodrantes.
43 tadA yIzuH ziSyAn AhUya kathitavAn yuSmAnahaM yathArthaM vadAmi yE yE bhANPAgArE'smina dhanAni niHkSipanti sma tEbhyaH sarvvEbhya iyaM vidhavA daridrAdhikam niHkSipati sma|
He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,
44 yatastE prabhUtadhanasya kinjcit nirakSipan kintu dInEyaM svadinayApanayOgyaM kinjcidapi na sthApayitvA sarvvasvaM nirakSipat|
for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on."
