lūkaḥ 14
1 anantaraṁ viśrāmavāre yīśau pradhānasya phirūśino gṛhe bhoktuṁ gatavati te taṁ vīkṣitum ārebhire|
Then it happened, when He entered the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely.
2 tadā jalodarī tasya sammukhe sthitaḥ|
And then, there in front of Him was a man who had dropsy!
3 tataḥ sa vyavasthāpakān phirūśinaśca papraccha, viśrāmavāre svāsthyaṁ karttavyaṁ na vā? tataste kimapi na pratyūcuḥ|
And Jesus reacted by saying to the lawyers and Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
4 tadā sa taṁ rogiṇaṁ svasthaṁ kṛtvā visasarja;
But they kept silent. So He took hold of him, healed him, and let him go.
5 tānuvāca ca yuṣmākaṁ kasyacid garddabho vṛṣabho vā ced gartte patati tarhi viśrāmavāre tatkṣaṇaṁ sa kiṁ taṁ notthāpayiṣyati?
Then He addressed them saying, “Which of you, if a son or an ox falls into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”
6 tataste kathāyā etasyāḥ kimapi prativaktuṁ na śekuḥ|
And they could not answer Him regarding these things.
7 aparañca pradhānasthānamanonītatvakaraṇaṁ vilokya sa nimantritān etadupadeśakathāṁ jagāda,
Then He told a parable to those who were invited, having observed how they kept trying for the best places, saying to them:
8 tvaṁ vivāhādibhojyeṣu nimantritaḥ san pradhānasthāne mopāvekṣīḥ| tvatto gauravānvitanimantritajana āyāte
“Whenever you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not recline in the place of honor, in case someone more honorable than you has been invited by him;
9 nimantrayitāgatya manuṣyāyaitasmai sthānaṁ dehīti vākyaṁ ced vakṣyati tarhi tvaṁ saṅkucito bhūtvā sthāna itarasmin upaveṣṭum udyaṁsyasi|
then he who invited you both will come and say, ‘You, give this man place!’ and then, with shame, you start to take the lowest place.
10 asmāt kāraṇādeva tvaṁ nimantrito gatvā'pradhānasthāna upaviśa, tato nimantrayitāgatya vadiṣyati, he bandho proccasthānaṁ gatvopaviśa, tathā sati bhojanopaviṣṭānāṁ sakalānāṁ sākṣāt tvaṁ mānyo bhaviṣyasi|
Rather, whenever you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will have honor in the presence of your fellow guests.
11 yaḥ kaścit svamunnamayati sa namayiṣyate, kintu yaḥ kaścit svaṁ namayati sa unnamayiṣyate|
Because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
12 tadā sa nimantrayitāraṁ janamapi jagāda, madhyāhne rātrau vā bhojye kṛte nijabandhugaṇo vā bhrātṛgaṇo vā jñātigaṇo vā dhanigaṇo vā samīpavāsigaṇo vā etān na nimantraya, tathā kṛte cet te tvāṁ nimantrayiṣyanti, tarhi pariśodho bhaviṣyati|
Then He said directly to His host: “Whenever you give a dinner or a supper, do not invite your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.
13 kintu yadā bhejyaṁ karoṣi tadā daridraśuṣkakarakhañjāndhān nimantraya,
But whenever you make a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
14 tata āśiṣaṁ lapsyase, teṣu pariśodhaṁ karttumaśaknuvatsu śmaśānāddhārmmikānāmutthānakāle tvaṁ phalāṁ lapsyase|
and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you—you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
15 anantaraṁ tāṁ kathāṁ niśamya bhojanopaviṣṭaḥ kaścit kathayāmāsa, yo jana īśvarasya rājye bhoktuṁ lapsyate saeva dhanyaḥ|
Well when one of the fellow-recliners heard these things, he said to Him, “Blessed is he who will eat dinner in the Kingdom of God!”
16 tataḥ sa uvāca, kaścit jano rātrau bhejyaṁ kṛtvā bahūn nimantrayāmāsa|
So He said to him: “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many.
17 tato bhojanasamaye nimantritalokān āhvātuṁ dāsadvārā kathayāmāsa, khadyadravyāṇi sarvvāṇi samāsāditāni santi, yūyamāgacchata|
And at meal time he sent his slave to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’
18 kintu te sarvva ekaikaṁ chalaṁ kṛtvā kṣamāṁ prārthayāñcakrire| prathamo janaḥ kathayāmāsa, kṣetramekaṁ krītavānahaṁ tadeva draṣṭuṁ mayā gantavyam, ataeva māṁ kṣantuṁ taṁ nivedaya|
But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him: ‘I bought a field, and I need to go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’
19 anyo janaḥ kathayāmāsa, daśavṛṣānahaṁ krītavān tān parīkṣituṁ yāmi tasmādeva māṁ kṣantuṁ taṁ nivedaya|
Another said: ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’
20 aparaḥ kathayāmāsa, vyūḍhavānahaṁ tasmāt kāraṇād yātuṁ na śaknomi|
Yet another said, ‘I have married a wife, and so I cannot come.’
21 paścāt sa dāso gatvā nijaprabhoḥ sākṣāt sarvvavṛttāntaṁ nivedayāmāsa, tatosau gṛhapatiḥ kupitvā svadāsaṁ vyājahāra, tvaṁ satvaraṁ nagarasya sanniveśān mārgāṁśca gatvā daridraśuṣkakarakhañjāndhān atrānaya|
So that slave came and reported these things to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’
22 tato dāso'vadat, he prabho bhavata ājñānusāreṇākriyata tathāpi sthānamasti|
And the slave said, ‘Master, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’
23 tadā prabhuḥ puna rdāsāyākathayat, rājapathān vṛkṣamūlāni ca yātvā madīyagṛhapūraṇārthaṁ lokānāgantuṁ pravarttaya|
Then the master said to the slave: ‘Go out to the roads and hedges and make people come in, so that my house may be filled.
24 ahaṁ yuṣmabhyaṁ kathayāmi, pūrvvanimantritānamekopi mamāsya rātribhojyasyāsvādaṁ na prāpsyati|
For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will get a taste of my banquet!’”
25 anantaraṁ bahuṣu lokeṣu yīśoḥ paścād vrajiteṣu satsu sa vyāghuṭya tebhyaḥ kathayāmāsa,
Now large crowds were traveling with Him, and turning He said to them:
26 yaḥ kaścin mama samīpam āgatya svasya mātā pitā patnī santānā bhrātaro bhagimyo nijaprāṇāśca, etebhyaḥ sarvvebhyo mayyadhikaṁ prema na karoti, sa mama śiṣyo bhavituṁ na śakṣyati|
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
27 yaḥ kaścit svīyaṁ kruśaṁ vahan mama paścānna gacchati, sopi mama śiṣyo bhavituṁ na śakṣyati|
And whoever does not carry his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
28 durganirmmāṇe kativyayo bhaviṣyati, tathā tasya samāptikaraṇārthaṁ sampattirasti na vā, prathamamupaviśya etanna gaṇayati, yuṣmākaṁ madhya etādṛśaḥ kosti?
“Further, which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and calculate the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
29 noced bhittiṁ kṛtvā śeṣe yadi samāpayituṁ na śakṣyati,
This so he does not lay a foundation without being able to finish, and all who see it begin to ridicule him,
30 tarhi mānuṣoyaṁ nicetum ārabhata samāpayituṁ nāśaknot, iti vyāhṛtya sarvve tamupahasiṣyanti|
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’
31 aparañca bhinnabhūpatinā saha yuddhaṁ karttum udyamya daśasahasrāṇi sainyāni gṛhītvā viṁśatisahasreḥ sainyaiḥ sahitasya samīpavāsinaḥ sammukhaṁ yātuṁ śakṣyāmi na veti prathamaṁ upaviśya na vicārayati etādṛśo bhūmipatiḥ kaḥ?
“Or what king, going to engage another king in battle, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
32 yadi na śaknoti tarhi ripāvatidūre tiṣṭhati sati nijadūtaṁ preṣya sandhiṁ karttuṁ prārthayeta|
And if not, while the other is still far away he sends a delegation and asks for terms for peace.
33 tadvad yuṣmākaṁ madhye yaḥ kaścin madarthaṁ sarvvasvaṁ hātuṁ na śaknoti sa mama śiṣyo bhavituṁ na śakṣyati|
“So likewise, any of you who does not renounce all his own possessions cannot be my disciple.
34 lavaṇam uttamam iti satyaṁ, kintu yadi lavaṇasya lavaṇatvam apagacchati tarhi tat kathaṁ svāduyuktaṁ bhaviṣyati?
Salt is good; but should the salt become insipid, with what can it be seasoned?
35 tada bhūmyartham ālavālarāśyarthamapi bhadraṁ na bhavati; lokāstad bahiḥ kṣipanti|yasya śrotuṁ śrotre staḥ sa śṛṇotu|
It is fit for neither soil nor fertilizer; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
