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1 anantaraM sa samudrataTE punarupadESTuM prArEbhE, tatastatra bahujanAnAM samAgamAt sa sAgarOpari naukAmAruhya samupaviSTaH; sarvvE lOkAH samudrakUlE tasthuH|
Again he began to teach beside the sea, and a large crowd gathered around him. He stepped into a boat that was on the sea, and he sat down in it. The whole crowd was on the shore beside the sea.
2 tadA sa dRSTAntakathAbhi rbahUpadiSTavAn upadizaMzca kathitavAn,
He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching, this is what he said to them.
3 avadhAnaM kuruta, EkO bIjavaptA bIjAni vaptuM gataH;
“Listen, the farmer went out to sow his seed.
4 vapanakAlE kiyanti bIjAni mArgapAzvE patitAni, tata AkAzIyapakSiNa Etya tAni cakhAduH|
As he sowed, some seed fell on the road, and the birds came and devoured it.
5 kiyanti bIjAni svalpamRttikAvatpASANabhUmau patitAni tAni mRdOlpatvAt zIghramagkuritAni;
Other seed fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. Immediately it sprang up, because it did not have deep soil.
6 kintUditE sUryyE dagdhAni tathA mUlAnO nAdhOgatatvAt zuSkANi ca|
But when the sun rose, the plants were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up.
7 kiyanti bIjAni kaNTakivanamadhyE patitAni tataH kaNTakAni saMvRdvya tAni jagrasustAni na ca phalitAni|
Other seed fell among the thorn plants. The thorn plants grew up and choked it, and it did not produce a crop.
8 tathA kiyanti bIjAnyuttamabhUmau patitAni tAni saMvRdvya phalAnyutpAditAni kiyanti bIjAni triMzadguNAni kiyanti SaSTiguNAni kiyanti zataguNAni phalAni phalitavanti|
Other seed fell into good soil and it produced a crop growing up and increasing thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times.”
9 atha sa tAnavadat yasya zrOtuM karNau staH sa zRNOtu|
Then he said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear!”
10 tadanantaraM nirjanasamayE tatsagginO dvAdazaziSyAzca taM taddRSTAntavAkyasyArthaM papracchuH|
When Jesus was alone, those who were close to him and with the twelve asked him about the parables.
11 tadA sa tAnuditavAn IzvararAjyasya nigUPhavAkyaM bOddhuM yuSmAkamadhikArO'sti;
He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to those outside everything is in parables,
12 kintu yE vahirbhUtAH "tE pazyantaH pazyanti kintu na jAnanti, zRNvantaH zRNvanti kintu na budhyantE, cEttai rmanaHsu kadApi parivarttitESu tESAM pApAnyamOcayiSyanta," atOhEtOstAn prati dRSTAntairEva tAni mayA kathitAni|
so that when they look, yes they look, but do not see, and so that when they hear, yes they hear, but do not understand, or else they would turn and God would forgive them.”
13 atha sa kathitavAn yUyaM kimEtad dRSTAntavAkyaM na budhyadhvE? tarhi kathaM sarvvAn dRSTAntAna bhOtsyadhvE?
Then he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the other parables?
14 bIjavaptA vAkyarUpANi bIjAni vapati;
The farmer who sows his seed is the one who sows the word.
15 tatra yE yE lOkA vAkyaM zRNvanti, kintu zrutamAtrAt zaitAn zIghramAgatya tESAM manaHsUptAni tAni vAkyarUpANi bIjAnyapanayati taEva uptabIjamArgapArzvEsvarUpAH|
These are the ones that fall beside the road, where the word was sown, but when they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
16 yE janA vAkyaM zrutvA sahasA paramAnandEna gRhlanti, kintu hRdi sthairyyAbhAvAt kinjcit kAlamAtraM tiSThanti tatpazcAt tadvAkyahEtOH
These are the ones that are sown on rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy.
17 kutracit klEzE upadravE vA samupasthitE tadaiva vighnaM prApnuvanti taEva uptabIjapASANabhUmisvarUpAH|
They have no root in themselves, but endure for a short time. Then tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, and immediately they stumble.
18 yE janAH kathAM zRNvanti kintu sAMsArikI cintA dhanabhrAnti rviSayalObhazca EtE sarvvE upasthAya tAM kathAM grasanti tataH mA viphalA bhavati (aiōn g165)
The others are the ones that were sown among the thorns. They hear the word,
19 taEva uptabIjasakaNTakabhUmisvarUpAH|
but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires of other things enter in and choke the word, and it does not produce a crop. (aiōn g165)
20 yE janA vAkyaM zrutvA gRhlanti tESAM kasya vA triMzadguNAni kasya vA SaSTiguNAni kasya vA zataguNAni phalAni bhavanti taEva uptabIjOrvvarabhUmisvarUpAH|
Then those that were sown in the good soil are the ones who hear the word and receive it, and they produce crops—thirty, sixty, or a hundred times what was sown.”
21 tadA sO'paramapi kathitavAn kOpi janO dIpAdhAraM parityajya drONasyAdhaH khaTvAyA adhE vA sthApayituM dIpamAnayati kiM?
Jesus said to them, “Do you bring a lamp inside the house to put it under a basket, or under the bed? You bring it in and you put it on a lampstand.
22 atOhEtO ryanna prakAzayiSyatE tAdRg lukkAyitaM kimapi vastu nAsti; yad vyaktaM na bhaviSyati tAdRzaM guptaM kimapi vastu nAsti|
For nothing is hidden that will not be known, and nothing is secret that will not come out into the open.
23 yasya zrOtuM karNau staH sa zRNOtu|
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
24 aparamapi kathitavAn yUyaM yad yad vAkyaM zRNutha tatra sAvadhAnA bhavata, yatO yUyaM yEna parimANEna parimAtha tEnaiva parimANEna yuSmadarthamapi parimAsyatE; zrOtArO yUyaM yuSmabhyamadhikaM dAsyatE|
He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear, for the measure you use will be measured to you, and more will be added to you.
25 yasyAzrayE varddhatE tasmai aparamapi dAsyatE, kintu yasyAzrayE na varddhatE tasya yat kinjcidasti tadapi tasmAn nESyatE|
Because whoever has, to him will be given more, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken.”
26 anantaraM sa kathitavAn EkO lOkaH kSEtrE bIjAnyuptvA
He also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who sows his seed on the ground.
27 jAgaraNanidrAbhyAM divAnizaM gamayati, parantu tadvIjaM tasyAjnjAtarUpENAgkurayati varddhatE ca;
He sleeps at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
28 yatOhEtOH prathamataH patrANi tataH paraM kaNizAni tatpazcAt kaNizapUrNAni zasyAni bhUmiH svayamutpAdayati;
The earth bears grain by itself: First the blade, then the ear, then the mature grain in the ear.
29 kintu phalESu pakkESu zasyacchEdanakAlaM jnjAtvA sa tatkSaNaM zasyAni chinatti, anEna tulyamIzvararAjyaM|
When the crop is ripe, he immediately sends in the sickle because the harvest has come.”
30 punaH sO'kathayad IzvararAjyaM kEna samaM? kEna vastunA saha vA tadupamAsyAmi?
Again he said, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to explain it?
31 tat sarSapaikEna tulyaM yatO mRdi vapanakAlE sarSapabIjaM sarvvapRthivIsthabIjAt kSudraM
It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.
32 kintu vapanAt param agkurayitvA sarvvazAkAd bRhad bhavati, tasya bRhatyaH zAkhAzca jAyantE tatastacchAyAM pakSiNa AzrayantE|
Yet, when it is sown, it grows and becomes greater than all the garden plants, and it forms large branches, so that the birds of heaven can make their nests in its shade.”
33 itthaM tESAM bOdhAnurUpaM sO'nEkadRSTAntaistAnupadiSTavAn,
With many parables like this he spoke the word to them, as much as they were able to understand,
34 dRSTAntaM vinA kAmapi kathAM tEbhyO na kathitavAn pazcAn nirjanE sa ziSyAn sarvvadRSTAntArthaM bOdhitavAn|
and he did not speak to them without a parable. But when he was alone, he explained everything to his own disciples.
35 taddinasya sandhyAyAM sa tEbhyO'kathayad Agacchata vayaM pAraM yAma|
On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.”
36 tadA tE lOkAn visRjya tamavilambaM gRhItvA naukayA pratasthirE; aparA api nAvastayA saha sthitAH|
So they left the crowd, taking Jesus with them, just as he was, in the boat. There were other boats going along with him.
37 tataH paraM mahAjhanjbhzagamAt nau rdOlAyamAnA taraggENa jalaiH pUrNAbhavacca|
Just then a violent windstorm arose and the waves were breaking into the boat so that the boat was almost full of water.
38 tadA sa naukAcazcAdbhAgE upadhAnE zirO nidhAya nidrita AsIt tatastE taM jAgarayitvA jagaduH, hE prabhO, asmAkaM prANA yAnti kimatra bhavatazcintA nAsti?
But Jesus himself was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him up, saying, “Teacher, do you not care that we are about to die?”
39 tadA sa utthAya vAyuM tarjitavAn samudranjcOktavAn zAntaH susthirazca bhava; tatO vAyau nivRttE'bdhirnistaraggObhUt|
He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 tadA sa tAnuvAca yUyaM kuta EtAdRkzagkAkulA bhavata? kiM vO vizvAsO nAsti?
Then he said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still not have faith?”
41 tasmAttE'tIvabhItAH parasparaM vaktumArEbhirE, ahO vAyuH sindhuzcAsya nidEzagrAhiNau kIdRgayaM manujaH|
They were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, because even the wind and the sea obey him?”
