mathiḥ 13
1 aparañca tasmin dine yīśuḥ sadmano gatvā saritpate rodhasi samupaviveśa|
On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea,
2 tatra tatsannidhau bahujanānāṁ nivahopasthiteḥ sa taraṇimāruhya samupāviśat, tena mānavā rodhasi sthitavantaḥ|
and large crowds gathered around him. So he got into the boat and sat down, while the entire crowd stood on the shore.
3 tadānīṁ sa dṛṣṭāntaistān itthaṁ bahuśa upadiṣṭavān| paśyata, kaścit kṛṣīvalo bījāni vaptuṁ bahirjagāma,
Then he told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
4 tasya vapanakāle katipayabījeṣu mārgapārśve patiteṣu vihagāstāni bhakṣitavantaḥ|
As he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
5 aparaṁ katipayabījeṣu stokamṛdyuktapāṣāṇe patiteṣu mṛdalpatvāt tatkṣaṇāt tānyaṅkuritāni,
Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up immediately because they had no depth of soil.
6 kintu ravāvudite dagdhāni teṣāṁ mūlāpraviṣṭatvāt śuṣkatāṁ gatāni ca|
But when the sun rose, they were scorched. And because they had no root, they withered away.
7 aparaṁ katipayabījeṣu kaṇṭakānāṁ madhye patiteṣu kaṇṭakānyedhitvā tāni jagrasuḥ|
Other seeds fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
8 aparañca katipayabījāni urvvarāyāṁ patitāni; teṣāṁ madhye kānicit śataguṇāni kānicit ṣaṣṭiguṇāni kānicit triṁśaguṁṇāni phalāni phalitavanti|
But other seeds fell on good soil and produced fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times more than what was sown.
9 śrotuṁ yasya śrutī āsāte sa śṛṇuyāt|
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
10 anantaraṁ śiṣyairāgatya so'pṛcchyata, bhavatā tebhyaḥ kuto dṛṣṭāntakathā kathyate?
Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do yoʋ speak to the people in parables?”
11 tataḥ sa pratyavadat, svargarājyasya nigūḍhāṁ kathāṁ vedituṁ yuṣmabhyaṁ sāmarthyamadāyi, kintu tebhyo nādāyi|
Jesus answered them, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
12 yasmād yasyāntike varddhate, tasmāyeva dāyiṣyate, tasmāt tasya bāhulyaṁ bhaviṣyati, kintu yasyāntike na varddhate, tasya yat kiñcanāste, tadapi tasmād ādāyiṣyate|
For whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
13 te paśyantopi na paśyanti, śṛṇvantopi na śṛṇvanti, budhyamānā api na budhyante ca, tasmāt tebhyo dṛṣṭāntakathā kathyate|
That is why I speak to them in parables, because ‘they see but do not perceive, and they hear but do not listen or understand.’
14 yathā karṇaiḥ śroṣyatha yūyaṁ vai kintu yūyaṁ na bhotsyatha| netrairdrakṣyatha yūyañca parijñātuṁ na śakṣyatha| te mānuṣā yathā naiva paripaśyanti locanaiḥ| karṇai ryathā na śṛṇvanti na budhyante ca mānasaiḥ| vyāvarttiteṣu citteṣu kāle kutrāpi tairjanaiḥ| mattaste manujāḥ svasthā yathā naiva bhavanti ca| tathā teṣāṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ kriyante sthūlabuddhayaḥ| badhirībhūtakarṇāśca jātāśca mudritā dṛśaḥ|
In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, ‘Yoʋ will hear but never understand, and you will see but never perceive.
15 yadetāni vacanāni yiśayiyabhaviṣyadvādinā proktāni teṣu tāni phalanti|
For the heart of this people has become calloused; with their ears they have barely heard, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts and turn back, and I would heal them.’
16 kintu yuṣmākaṁ nayanāni dhanyāni, yasmāt tāni vīkṣante; dhanyāśca yuṣmākaṁ śabdagrahāḥ, yasmāt tairākarṇyate|
But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
17 mayā yūyaṁ tathyaṁ vacāmi yuṣmābhi ryadyad vīkṣyate, tad bahavo bhaviṣyadvādino dhārmmikāśca mānavā didṛkṣantopi draṣṭuṁ nālabhanta, punaśca yūyaṁ yadyat śṛṇutha, tat te śuśrūṣamāṇā api śrotuṁ nālabhanta|
For truly I say to you, many prophets and righteous people desired to see the things you see but did not see them, and to hear the things you hear but did not hear them.
18 kṛṣīvalīyadṛṣṭāntasyārthaṁ śṛṇuta|
“So hear what the parable of the sower means:
19 mārgapārśve bījānyuptāni tasyārtha eṣaḥ, yadā kaścit rājyasya kathāṁ niśamya na budhyate, tadā pāpātmāgatya tadīyamanasa uptāṁ kathāṁ haran nayati|
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
20 aparaṁ pāṣāṇasthale bījānyuptāni tasyārtha eṣaḥ; kaścit kathāṁ śrutvaiva harṣacittena gṛhlāti,
The seed sown on rocky ground is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.
21 kintu tasya manasi mūlāpraviṣṭatvāt sa kiñcitkālamātraṁ sthirastiṣṭhati; paścāta tatkathākāraṇāt kopi klestāḍanā vā cet jāyate, tarhi sa tatkṣaṇād vighnameti|
Yet he has no root in himself, but is only temporary. When tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, he immediately falls away.
22 aparaṁ kaṇṭakānāṁ madhye bījānyuptāni tadartha eṣaḥ; kenacit kathāyāṁ śrutāyāṁ sāṁsārikacintābhi rbhrāntibhiśca sā grasyate, tena sā mā viphalā bhavati| (aiōn g165)
The seed sown among the thorns is he who hears the word, but the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
23 aparam urvvarāyāṁ bījānyuptāni tadartha eṣaḥ; ye tāṁ kathāṁ śrutvā vudhyante, te phalitāḥ santaḥ kecit śataguṇāni kecita ṣaṣṭiguṇāni kecicca triṁśadguṇāni phalāni janayanti|
But the seed sown on the good soil is he who hears the word and understands it, who bears fruit and produces a hundred, sixty, or thirty times more than what was sown.”
24 anantaraṁ soparāmekāṁ dṛṣṭāntakathāmupasthāpya tebhyaḥ kathayāmāsa; svargīyarājyaṁ tādṛśena kenacid gṛhasthenopamīyate, yena svīyakṣetre praśastabījānyaupyanta|
Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a person who sowed good seed in his field,
25 kintu kṣaṇadāyāṁ sakalalokeṣu supteṣu tasya ripurāgatya teṣāṁ godhūmabījānāṁ madhye vanyayavamabījānyuptvā vavrāja|
but while people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and then went away.
26 tato yadā bījebhyo'ṅkarā jāyamānāḥ kaṇiśāni ghṛtavantaḥ; tadā vanyayavasānyapi dṛśyamānānyabhavan|
When the plants sprouted and produced grain, the tares also appeared.
27 tato gṛhasthasya dāseyā āgamya tasmai kathayāñcakruḥ, he maheccha, bhavatā kiṁ kṣetre bhadrabījāni naupyanta? tathātve vanyayavasāni kṛta āyan?
So the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did yoʋ not sow good seed in yoʋr field? How then does it have tares?’
28 tadānīṁ tena te pratigaditāḥ, kenacit ripuṇā karmmadamakāri| dāseyāḥ kathayāmāsuḥ, vayaṁ gatvā tānyutpāyya kṣipāmo bhavataḥ kīdṛśīcchā jāyate?
He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Do yoʋ want us to go and gather them up?’
29 tenāvādi, nahi, śaṅke'haṁ vanyayavasotpāṭanakāle yuṣmābhistaiḥ sākaṁ godhūmā apyutpāṭiṣyante|
He said, ‘No, lest in gathering the tares you uproot the wheat with them.
30 ataḥ śsyakarttanakālaṁ yāvad ubhayānyapi saha varddhantāṁ, paścāt karttanakāle karttakān vakṣyāmi, yūyamādau vanyayavasāni saṁgṛhya dāhayituṁ vīṭikā badvvā sthāpayata; kintu sarvve godhūmā yuṣmābhi rbhāṇḍāgāraṁ nītvā sthāpyantām|
Let them both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “Gather the tares first and bind them into bundles to burn them up, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
31 anantaraṁ soparāmekāṁ dṛṣṭāntakathāmutthāpya tebhyaḥ kathitavān kaścinmanujaḥ sarṣapabījamekaṁ nītvā svakṣetra uvāpa|
He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
32 sarṣapabījaṁ sarvvasmād bījāt kṣudramapi sadaṅkuritaṁ sarvvasmāt śākāt bṛhad bhavati; sa tādṛśastaru rbhavati, yasya śākhāsu nabhasaḥ khagā āgatya nivasanti; svargīyarājyaṁ tādṛśasya sarṣapaikasya samam|
Although it is the smallest of all seeds, it grows larger than the other garden plants and becomes a tree, and the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”
33 punarapi sa upamākathāmekāṁ tebhyaḥ kathayāñcakāra; kācana yoṣit yat kiṇvamādāya droṇatrayamitagodhūmacūrṇānāṁ madhye sarvveṣāṁ miśrībhavanaparyyantaṁ samācchādya nidhattavatī, tatkiṇvamiva svargarājyaṁ|
He spoke to them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour until it had all been leavened.”
34 itthaṁ yīśu rmanujanivahānāṁ sannidhāvupamākathābhiretānyākhyānāni kathitavān upamāṁ vinā tebhyaḥ kimapi kathāṁ nākathayat|
All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; he did not speak to them without using a parable.
35 etena dṛṣṭāntīyena vākyena vyādāya vadanaṁ nijaṁ| ahaṁ prakāśayiṣyāmi guptavākyaṁ purābhavaṁ| yadetadvacanaṁ bhaviṣyadvādinā proktamāsīt, tat siddhamabhavat|
This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables; I will declare things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
36 sarvvān manujān visṛjya yīśau gṛhaṁ praviṣṭe tacchiṣyā āgatya yīśave kathitavantaḥ, kṣetrasya vanyayavasīyadṛṣṭāntakathām bhavāna asmān spaṣṭīkṛtya vadatu|
Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house, and his disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”
37 tataḥ sa pratyuvāca, yena bhadrabījānyupyante sa manujaputraḥ,
So he said to them in response, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
38 kṣetraṁ jagat, bhadrabījānī rājyasya santānāḥ,
The field is the world, and the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom. The tares are the sons of the evil one,
39 vanyayavasāni pāpātmanaḥ santānāḥ| yena ripuṇā tānyuptāni sa śayatānaḥ, karttanasamayaśca jagataḥ śeṣaḥ, karttakāḥ svargīyadūtāḥ| (aiōn g165)
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. (aiōn g165)
Therefore, just as the tares are gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of this age. (aiōn g165)
41 arthāt manujasutaḥ svāṁyadūtān preṣayiṣyati, tena te ca tasya rājyāt sarvvān vighnakāriṇo'dhārmmikalokāṁśca saṁgṛhya
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all stumbling blocks and those who practice lawlessness.
42 yatra rodanaṁ dantagharṣaṇañca bhavati, tatrāgnikuṇḍe nikṣepsyanti|
They will throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43 tadānīṁ dhārmmikalokāḥ sveṣāṁ pitū rājye bhāskara̮iva tejasvino bhaviṣyanti| śrotuṁ yasya śrutī āsāte, ma śṛṇuyāt|
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
44 aparañca kṣetramadhye nidhiṁ paśyan yo gopayati, tataḥ paraṁ sānando gatvā svīyasarvvasvaṁ vikrīya ttakṣetraṁ krīṇāti, sa iva svargarājyaṁ|
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid again, and in his joy he went and sold all that he had and bought the field.
45 anyañca yo vaṇik uttamāṁ muktāṁ gaveṣayan
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls.
46 mahārghāṁ muktāṁ vilokya nijasarvvasvaṁ vikrīya tāṁ krīṇāti, sa iva svargarājyaṁ|
When he found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
47 punaśca samudro nikṣiptaḥ sarvvaprakāramīnasaṁgrāhyānāya̮iva svargarājyaṁ|
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea, catching all kinds of fish.
48 tasmin ānāye pūrṇe janā yathā rodhasyuttolya samupaviśya praśastamīnān saṁgrahya bhājaneṣu nidadhate, kutsitān nikṣipanti;
When it was full, the fishermen drew it to shore. Then they sat down and put the good fish into containers, but the bad ones they threw away.
49 tathaiva jagataḥ śeṣe bhaviṣyati, phalataḥ svargīyadūtā āgatya puṇyavajjanānāṁ madhyāt pāpinaḥ pṛthak kṛtvā vahnikuṇḍe nikṣepsyanti, (aiōn g165)
So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous (aiōn g165)
50 tatra rodanaṁ dantai rdantagharṣaṇañca bhaviṣyataḥ|
and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
51 yīśunā te pṛṣṭā yuṣmābhiḥ kimetānyākhyānānyabudhyanta? tadā te pratyavadan, satyaṁ prabho|
Jesus said to them, “Do you understand all these things?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”
52 tadānīṁ sa kathitavān, nijabhāṇḍāgārāt navīnapurātanāni vastūni nirgamayati yo gṛhasthaḥ sa iva svargarājyamadhi śikṣitāḥ svarva upadeṣṭāraḥ|
Then he said to them, “Every scribe that has been trained as a disciple for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”
53 anantaraṁ yīśuretāḥ sarvvā dṛṣṭāntakathāḥ samāpya tasmāt sthānāt pratasthe| aparaṁ svadeśamāgatya janān bhajanabhavana upadiṣṭavān;
When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.
54 te vismayaṁ gatvā kathitavanta etasyaitādṛśaṁ jñānam āścaryyaṁ karmma ca kasmād ajāyata?
Then he went to his hometown and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?
55 kimayaṁ sūtradhārasya putro nahi? etasya mātu rnāma ca kiṁ mariyam nahi? yākub-yūṣaph-śimon-yihūdāśca kimetasya bhrātaro nahi?
Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother's name Mary, and are not his brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
56 etasya bhaginyaśca kimasmākaṁ madhye na santi? tarhi kasmādayametāni labdhavān? itthaṁ sa teṣāṁ vighnarūpo babhūva;
Are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?”
57 tato yīśunā nigaditaṁ svadeśīyajanānāṁ madhyaṁ vinā bhaviṣyadvādī kutrāpyanyatra nāsammānyo bhavatī|
And they took offense at him. Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”
58 teṣāmaviśvāsahetoḥ sa tatra sthāne bahvāścaryyakarmmāṇi na kṛtavān|
And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.
