mathiḥ 21
1 anantaraṁ teṣu yirūśālamnagarasya samīpaverttino jaitunanāmakadharādharasya samīpasthtiṁ baitphagigrāmam āgateṣu, yīśuḥ śiṣyadvayaṁ preṣayan jagāda,
When they had almost reached Jerusalem, having come as far as Bethphage, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent on two disciples.
2 yuvāṁ sammukhasthagrāmaṁ gatvā baddhāṁ yāṁ savatsāṁ garddabhīṁ haṭhāt prāpsyathaḥ, tāṁ mocayitvā madantikam ānayataṁ|
‘Go to the village facing you,’ he said, ‘and you will immediately find a donkey tethered, with a foal by her side; untie her, and lead her here for me.
3 tatra yadi kaścit kiñcid vakṣyati, tarhi vadiṣyathaḥ, etasyāṁ prabhoḥ prayojanamāste, tena sa tatkṣaṇāt praheṣyati|
And, if anyone says anything to you, you are to say this – “The Master wants them”; and he will send them at once.’
4 sīyonaḥ kanyakāṁ yūyaṁ bhāṣadhvamiti bhāratīṁ| paśya te namraśīlaḥ san nṛpa āruhya gardabhīṁ| arthādāruhya tadvatsamāyāsyati tvadantikaṁ|
This happened in fulfilment of these words in the prophet –
5 bhaviṣyadvādinoktaṁ vacanamidaṁ tadā saphalamabhūt|
“Say to the people of Zion – ‘Your King is coming to you, gentle, and riding on a donkey, and on the foal of a beast of burden.’”
6 anantaraṁ tau śṣyi yīśo ryathānideśaṁ taṁ grāmaṁ gatvā
So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.
7 gardabhīṁ tadvatsañca samānītavantau, paścāt tadupari svīyavasanānī pātayitvā tamārohayāmāsatuḥ|
They led the donkey and the foal back, and, when they had put their cloaks on them, he seated himself on them.
8 tato bahavo lokā nijavasanāni pathi prasārayitumārebhire, katipayā janāśca pādapaparṇādikaṁ chitvā pathi vistārayāmāsuḥ|
The immense crowd of people spread their cloaks in the road, while some cut branches off the trees, and spread them on the road.
9 agragāminaḥ paścādgāminaśca manujā uccairjaya jaya dāyūdaḥ santāneti jagaduḥ parameśvarasya nāmnā ya āyāti sa dhanyaḥ, sarvvoparisthasvargepi jayati|
The crowds that led the way, as well as those that followed behind, kept shouting, ‘God save the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! God save him from on high!’
10 itthaṁ tasmin yirūśālamaṁ praviṣṭe ko'yamiti kathanāt kṛtsnaṁ nagaraṁ cañcalamabhavat|
When he had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred, and asked –
11 tatra lokoḥ kathayāmāsuḥ, eṣa gālīlpradeśīya-nāsaratīya-bhaviṣyadvādī yīśuḥ|
‘Who is this?’, to which the crowd replied – ‘This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.’
12 anantaraṁ yīśurīśvarasya mandiraṁ praviśya tanmadhyāt krayavikrayiṇo vahiścakāra; vaṇijāṁ mudrāsanānī kapotavikrayiṇāñcasanānī ca nyuvjayāmāsa|
Jesus went into the Temple Courts, and drove out all those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers, and the seats of the pigeon-dealers,
13 aparaṁ tānuvāca, eṣā lipirāste, "mama gṛhaṁ prārthanāgṛhamiti vikhyāsyati", kintu yūyaṁ tad dasyūnāṁ gahvaraṁ kṛtavantaḥ|
and said to them, ‘Scripture says “My house will be called a house of prayer”; but you are making it a den of robbers.’
14 tadanantaram andhakhañcalokāstasya samīpamāgatāḥ, sa tān nirāmayān kṛtavān|
While he was still in the Temple Courts, some blind and some lame people came up to him, and he cured them.
15 yadā pradhānayājakā adhyāpakāśca tena kṛtānyetāni citrakarmmāṇi dadṛśuḥ, jaya jaya dāyūdaḥ santāna, mandire bālakānām etādṛśam uccadhvaniṁ śuśruvuśca, tadā mahākruddhā babhūvaḥ,
But, when the chief priests and the teachers of the Law saw the wonderful things that Jesus did, and the boys who were calling out in the Temple Courts ‘God save the Son of David!’, they were indignant,
16 taṁ papracchuśca, ime yad vadanti, tat kiṁ tvaṁ śṛṇoṣi? tato yīśustān avocat, satyam; stanyapāyiśiśūnāñca bālakānāñca vaktrataḥ| svakīyaṁ mahimānaṁ tvaṁ saṁprakāśayasi svayaṁ| etadvākyaṁ yūyaṁ kiṁ nāpaṭhata?
and said to him, ‘Do you hear what these boys are saying?’ ‘Yes,’ answered Jesus, ‘but did you never read the words – “Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings you have called forth perfect praise”?’
17 tatastān vihāya sa nagarād baithaniyāgrāmaṁ gatvā tatra rajanīṁ yāpayāmāsa|
Then he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.
18 anantaraṁ prabhāte sati yīśuḥ punarapi nagaramāgacchan kṣudhārtto babhūva|
The next morning, in returning to the city, Jesus became hungry;
19 tato mārgapārśva uḍumbaravṛkṣamekaṁ vilokya tatsamīpaṁ gatvā patrāṇi vinā kimapi na prāpya taṁ pādapaṁ provāca, adyārabhya kadāpi tvayi phalaṁ na bhavatu; tena tatkṣaṇāt sa uḍumbaramāhīruhaḥ śuṣkatāṁ gataḥ| (aiōn g165)
and, noticing a solitary fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. So he said to it, ‘Never again will fruit be gathered off you.’ And suddenly the fruit tree withered up. (aiōn g165)
20 tad dṛṣṭvā śiṣyā āścaryyaṁ vijñāya kathayāmāsuḥ, āḥ, uḍumvarapādapo'titūrṇaṁ śuṣko'bhavat|
When the disciples saw this, they exclaimed in astonishment, ‘How suddenly the fig tree withered up!’
21 tato yīśustānuvāca, yuṣmānahaṁ satyaṁ vadāmi, yadi yūyamasandigdhāḥ pratītha, tarhi yūyamapi kevaloḍumvarapādapaṁ pratītthaṁ karttuṁ śakṣyatha, tanna, tvaṁ calitvā sāgare pateti vākyaṁ yuṣmābhirasmina śaile proktepi tadaiva tad ghaṭiṣyate|
‘I tell you,’ replied Jesus, ‘if you have faith and don’t doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you were to say to this hill “Be lifted up and hurled into the sea!” it would be done.
22 tathā viśvasya prārthya yuṣmābhi ryad yāciṣyate, tadeva prāpsyate|
And whatever you ask for in your prayers will, if you have faith, be granted you.’
23 anantaraṁ mandiraṁ praviśyopadeśanasamaye tatsamīpaṁ pradhānayājakāḥ prācīnalokāścāgatya papracchuḥ, tvayā kena sāmarthyanaitāni karmmāṇi kriyante? kena vā tubhyametāni sāmarthyāni dattāni?
After Jesus had come into the Temple Courts, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, ‘What authority have you to do these things? Who gave you this authority?’
24 tato yīśuḥ pratyavadat, ahamapi yuṣmān vācamekāṁ pṛcchāmi, yadi yūyaṁ taduttaraṁ dātuṁ śakṣyatha, tadā kena sāmarthyena karmmāṇyetāni karomi, tadahaṁ yuṣmān vakṣyāmi|
‘I, too,’ said Jesus in reply, ‘will ask you one question; if you will give me an answer to it, then I, also, will tell you what authority I have to act as I do.
25 yohano majjanaṁ kasyājñayābhavat? kimīśvarasya manuṣyasya vā? tataste parasparaṁ vivicya kathayāmāsuḥ, yadīśvarasyeti vadāmastarhi yūyaṁ taṁ kuto na pratyaita? vācametāṁ vakṣyati|
It is about John’s baptism. What was its origin? Divine or human?’ But they began arguing among themselves, ‘If we say “divine,” he will say to us “Why then didn’t you believe him?”
26 manuṣyasyeti vaktumapi lokebhyo bibhīmaḥ, yataḥ sarvvairapi yohan bhaviṣyadvādīti jñāyate|
But if we say “human,” we are afraid of the people, for everyone regards John as a prophet.’
27 tasmāt te yīśuṁ pratyavadan, tad vayaṁ na vidmaḥ| tadā sa tānuktavān, tarhi kena sāmarathyena karmmāṇyetānyahaṁ karomi, tadapyahaṁ yuṣmān na vakṣyāmi|
So the answer they gave Jesus was – ‘We do not know.’ ‘Then I,’ he said, ‘refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things.
28 kasyacijjanasya dvau sutāvāstāṁ sa ekasya sutasya samīpaṁ gatvā jagāda, he suta, tvamadya mama drākṣākṣetre karmma kartuṁ vraja|
What do you think of this? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the elder and said “Go and work in the vineyard today my son.”
29 tataḥ sa uktavān, na yāsyāmi, kintu śeṣe'nutapya jagāma|
“Yes, sir,” he answered; but he did not go.
30 anantaraṁ sonyasutasya samīpaṁ gatvā tathaiva kathtivān; tataḥ sa pratyuvāca, maheccha yāmi, kintu na gataḥ|
Then the father went to the second son, and said the same. “I will not,” he answered; but afterwards he was sorry and went.
31 etayoḥ putrayo rmadhye piturabhimataṁ kena pālitaṁ? yuṣmābhiḥ kiṁ budhyate? tataste pratyūcuḥ, prathamena putreṇa| tadānīṁ yīśustānuvāca, ahaṁ yuṣmān tathyaṁ vadāmi, caṇḍālā gaṇikāśca yuṣmākamagrata īśvarasya rājyaṁ praviśanti|
Which of the two sons did as his father wished?’ ‘The second,’ they said. ‘I tell you,’ added Jesus, ‘that tax collectors and prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God before you.
32 yato yuṣmākaṁ samīpaṁ yohani dharmmapathenāgate yūyaṁ taṁ na pratītha, kintu caṇḍālā gaṇikāśca taṁ pratyāyan, tad vilokyāpi yūyaṁ pratyetuṁ nākhidyadhvaṁ|
For when John came to you, walking in the path of righteousness, you did not believe him, but tax collectors and prostitutes did; and yet you, though you saw this, even then were not sorry, nor did you believe him.
33 aparamekaṁ dṛṣṭāntaṁ śṛṇuta, kaścid gṛhasthaḥ kṣetre drākṣālatā ropayitvā taccaturdikṣu vāraṇīṁ vidhāya tanmadhye drākṣāyantraṁ sthāpitavān, māñcañca nirmmitavān, tataḥ kṛṣakeṣu tat kṣetraṁ samarpya svayaṁ dūradeśaṁ jagāma|
‘Listen to another parable. A man, who was an employer, once planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad.
34 tadanantaraṁ phalasamaya upasthite sa phalāni prāptuṁ kṛṣīvalānāṁ samīpaṁ nijadāsān preṣayāmāsa|
When the time for the grape harvest drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to receive his share of the produce.
35 kintu kṛṣīvalāstasya tān dāseyān dhṛtvā kañcana prahṛtavantaḥ, kañcana pāṣāṇairāhatavantaḥ, kañcana ca hatavantaḥ|
But the tenants seized his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
36 punarapi sa prabhuḥ prathamato'dhikadāseyān preṣayāmāsa, kintu te tān pratyapi tathaiva cakruḥ|
A second time the owner sent some servants, a larger number than before, and the tenants treated them in the same way.
37 anantaraṁ mama sute gate taṁ samādariṣyante, ityuktvā śeṣe sa nijasutaṁ teṣāṁ sannidhiṁ preṣayāmāsa|
As a last resort he sent his son to them. “They will respect my son,” he said.
38 kintu te kṛṣīvalāḥ sutaṁ vīkṣya parasparam iti mantrayitum ārebhire, ayamuttarādhikārī vayamenaṁ nihatyāsyādhikāraṁ svavaśīkariṣyāmaḥ|
But the tenants, on seeing his son, said to each other “Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance.”
39 paścāt te taṁ dhṛtvā drākṣākṣetrād bahiḥ pātayitvābadhiṣuḥ|
So they seized him, and threw him outside the vineyard, and killed him.
40 yadā sa drākṣākṣetrapatirāgamiṣyati, tadā tān kṛṣīvalān kiṁ kariṣyati?
Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?’
41 tataste pratyavadan, tān kaluṣiṇo dāruṇayātanābhirāhaniṣyati, ye ca samayānukramāt phalāni dāsyanti, tādṛśeṣu kṛṣīvaleṣu kṣetraṁ samarpayiṣyati|
‘Miserable wretches!’ they exclaimed, ‘he will put them to a miserable death, and he will let out the vineyard to other tenants, who will pay him his share of the produce at the proper times.’
42 tadā yīśunā te gaditāḥ, grahaṇaṁ na kṛtaṁ yasya pāṣāṇasya nicāyakaiḥ| pradhānaprastaraḥ koṇe saeva saṁbhaviṣyati| etat pareśituḥ karmmāsmadṛṣṭāvadbhutaṁ bhavet| dharmmagranthe likhitametadvacanaṁ yuṣmābhiḥ kiṁ nāpāṭhi?
Then Jesus added, ‘Have you never read in the scriptures? – “The stone which the builders despised – has now itself become the cornerstone. This cornerstone has come from the Lord, and is marvellous in our eyes.”
43 tasmādahaṁ yuṣmān vadāmi, yuṣmatta īśvarīyarājyamapanīya phalotpādayitranyajātaye dāyiṣyate|
That, I tell you, is why the kingdom of God will be taken from you, and given to a nation that does produce the fruit of the kingdom.
44 yo jana etatpāṣāṇopari patiṣyati, taṁ sa bhaṁkṣyate, kintvayaṁ pāṣāṇo yasyopari patiṣyati, taṁ sa dhūlivat cūrṇīkariṣyati|
Yes, and he who falls on this stone will be dashed to pieces, while anyone on whom it falls – it will scatter him as dust.’
45 tadānīṁ prādhanayājakāḥ phirūśinaśca tasyemāṁ dṛṣṭāntakathāṁ śrutvā so'smānuddiśya kathitavān, iti vijñāya taṁ dharttuṁ ceṣṭitavantaḥ;
After listening to these parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees saw that it was about them that he was speaking;
46 kintu lokebhyo bibhyuḥ, yato lokaiḥ sa bhaviṣyadvādītyajñāyi|
yet, although eager to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who regarded him as a prophet.
