Luke 15
1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.
tadā karasañcāyinaḥ pāpinaśca lokā upadeśkathāṁ śrotuṁ yīśoḥ samīpam āgacchan|
2 The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."
tataḥ phirūśina upādhyāyāśca vivadamānāḥ kathayāmāsuḥ eṣa mānuṣaḥ pāpibhiḥ saha praṇayaṁ kṛtvā taiḥ sārddhaṁ bhuṁkte|
3 He told them this parable.
tadā sa tebhya imāṁ dṛṣṭāntakathāṁ kathitavān,
4 "Which one of you, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
kasyacit śatameṣeṣu tiṣṭhatmu teṣāmekaṁ sa yadi hārayati tarhi madhyeprāntaram ekonaśatameṣān vihāya hāritameṣasya uddeśaprāptiparyyanataṁ na gaveṣayati, etādṛśo loko yuṣmākaṁ madhye ka āste?
5 When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
tasyoddeśaṁ prāpya hṛṣṭamanāstaṁ skandhe nidhāya svasthānam ānīya bandhubāndhavasamīpavāsina āhūya vakti,
6 When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.'
hāritaṁ meṣaṁ prāptoham ato heto rmayā sārddham ānandata|
7 I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
tadvadahaṁ yuṣmān vadāmi, yeṣāṁ manaḥparāvarttanasya prayojanaṁ nāsti, tādṛśaikonaśatadhārmmikakāraṇād ya ānandastasmād ekasya manaḥparivarttinaḥ pāpinaḥ kāraṇāt svarge 'dhikānando jāyate|
8 Or what woman, if she had ten zueza coins, if she lost one zueza coin, would not light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?
aparañca daśānāṁ rūpyakhaṇḍānām ekakhaṇḍe hārite pradīpaṁ prajvālya gṛhaṁ sammārjya tasya prāptiṁ yāvad yatnena na gaveṣayati, etādṛśī yoṣit kāste?
9 When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the zueza which I had lost.'
prāpte sati bandhubāndhavasamīpavāsinīrāhūya kathayati, hāritaṁ rūpyakhaṇḍaṁ prāptāhaṁ tasmādeva mayā sārddham ānandata|
10 Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting."
tadvadahaṁ yuṣmān vyāharāmi, ekena pāpinā manasi parivarttite, īśvarasya dūtānāṁ madhyepyānando jāyate|
11 He said, "A certain man had two sons.
aparañca sa kathayāmāsa, kasyacid dvau putrāvāstāṁ,
12 The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them.
tayoḥ kaniṣṭhaḥ putraḥ pitre kathayāmāsa, he pitastava sampattyā yamaṁśaṁ prāpsyāmyahaṁ vibhajya taṁ dehi, tataḥ pitā nijāṁ sampattiṁ vibhajya tābhyāṁ dadau|
13 Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.
katipayāt kālāt paraṁ sa kaniṣṭhaputraḥ samastaṁ dhanaṁ saṁgṛhya dūradeśaṁ gatvā duṣṭācaraṇena sarvvāṁ sampattiṁ nāśayāmāsa|
14 When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
tasya sarvvadhane vyayaṁ gate taddeśe mahādurbhikṣaṁ babhūva, tatastasya dainyadaśā bhavitum ārebhe|
15 He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
tataḥ paraṁ sa gatvā taddeśīyaṁ gṛhasthamekam āśrayata; tataḥ sataṁ śūkaravrajaṁ cārayituṁ prāntaraṁ preṣayāmāsa|
16 And he wanted to fill himself with the carob pods that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
kenāpi tasmai bhakṣyādānāt sa śūkaraphalavalkalena piciṇḍapūraṇāṁ vavāñcha|
17 But when he came to himself he said, 'How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm dying here with hunger.
śeṣe sa manasi cetanāṁ prāpya kathayāmāsa, hā mama pituḥ samīpe kati kati vetanabhujo dāsā yatheṣṭaṁ tatodhikañca bhakṣyaṁ prāpnuvanti kintvahaṁ kṣudhā mumūrṣuḥ|
18 I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.
ahamutthāya pituḥ samīpaṁ gatvā kathāmetāṁ vadiṣyāmi, he pitar īśvarasya tava ca viruddhaṁ pāpamakaravam
19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants."'
tava putra̮iti vikhyāto bhavituṁ na yogyosmi ca, māṁ tava vaitanikaṁ dāsaṁ kṛtvā sthāpaya|
20 "He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
paścāt sa utthāya pituḥ samīpaṁ jagāma; tatastasya pitātidūre taṁ nirīkṣya dayāñcakre, dhāvitvā tasya kaṇṭhaṁ gṛhītvā taṁ cucumba ca|
21 The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
tadā putra uvāca, he pitar īśvarasya tava ca viruddhaṁ pāpamakaravaṁ, tava putra̮iti vikhyāto bhavituṁ na yogyosmi ca|
22 "But the father said to his servants, 'Quickly, bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.
kintu tasya pitā nijadāsān ādideśa, sarvvottamavastrāṇyānīya paridhāpayatainaṁ haste cāṅgurīyakam arpayata pādayoścopānahau samarpayata;
23 Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;
puṣṭaṁ govatsam ānīya mārayata ca taṁ bhuktvā vayam ānandāma|
24 for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.
yato mama putroyam amriyata punarajīvīd hāritaśca labdhobhūt tatasta ānanditum ārebhire|
25 "Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
tatkāle tasya jyeṣṭhaḥ putraḥ kṣetra āsīt| atha sa niveśanasya nikaṭaṁ āgacchan nṛtyānāṁ vādyānāñca śabdaṁ śrutvā
26 He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.
dāsānām ekam āhūya papraccha, kiṁ kāraṇamasya?
27 He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.'
tataḥ sovādīt, tava bhrātāgamat, tava tātaśca taṁ suśarīraṁ prāpya puṣṭaṁ govatsaṁ māritavān|
28 But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and pleaded with him.
tataḥ sa prakupya niveśanāntaḥ praveṣṭuṁ na sammene; tatastasya pitā bahirāgatya taṁ sādhayāmāsa|
29 But he answered his father, 'Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
tataḥ sa pitaraṁ pratyuvāca, paśya tava kāñcidapyājñāṁ na vilaṁghya bahūn vatsarān ahaṁ tvāṁ seve tathāpi mitraiḥ sārddham utsavaṁ karttuṁ kadāpi chāgamekamapi mahyaṁ nādadāḥ;
30 But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'
kintu tava yaḥ putro veśyāgamanādibhistava sampattim apavyayitavān tasminnāgatamātre tasyaiva nimittaṁ puṣṭaṁ govatsaṁ māritavān|
31 "He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
tadā tasya pitāvocat, he putra tvaṁ sarvvadā mayā sahāsi tasmān mama yadyadāste tatsarvvaṁ tava|
32 But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive; and he was lost, and is found.'"
kintu tavāyaṁ bhrātā mṛtaḥ punarajīvīd hāritaśca bhūtvā prāptobhūt, etasmāt kāraṇād utsavānandau karttum ucitamasmākam|
