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Matthew 3 मथिलिखितः सुसंवादः 3

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1

तदानों योह्न्नामा मज्जयिता यिहूदीयदेशस्य प्रान्तरम् उपस्थाय प्रचारयन् कथयामास,

tadānoṁ yohnnāmā majjayitā yihūdīyadeśasya prāntaram upasthāya pracārayan kathayāmāsa,

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
2

मनांसि परावर्त्तयत, स्वर्गीयराजत्वं समीपमागतम्।

manāṁsi parāvarttayata, svargīyarājatvaṁ samīpamāgatam|

And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
3

परमेशस्य पन्थानं परिष्कुरुत सर्व्वतः। तस्य राजपथांश्चैव समीकुरुत सर्व्वथा। इत्येतत् प्रान्तरे वाक्यं वदतः कस्यचिद् रवः॥

parameśasya panthānaṁ pariṣkuruta sarvvataḥ| tasya rājapathāṁścaiva samīkuruta sarvvathā| ityetat prāntare vākyaṁ vadataḥ kasyacid ravaḥ||

For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4

एतद्वचनं यिशयियभविष्यद्वादिना योहनमुद्दिश्य भाषितम्। योहनो वसनं महाङ्गरोमजं तस्य कटौ चर्म्मकटिबन्धनं; स च शूककीटान् मधु च भुक्तवान्।

etadvacanaṁ yiśayiyabhaviṣyadvādinā yohanamuddiśya bhāṣitam| yohano vasanaṁ mahāṅgaromajaṁ tasya kaṭau carmmakaṭibandhanaṁ; sa ca śūkakīṭān madhu ca bhuktavān|

And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
5

तदानीं यिरूशालम्नगरनिवासिनः सर्व्वे यिहूदिदेशीया यर्द्दन्तटिन्या उभयतटस्थाश्च मानवा बहिरागत्य तस्य समीपे

tadānīṁ yirūśālamnagaranivāsinaḥ sarvve yihūdideśīyā yarddantaṭinyā ubhayataṭasthāśca mānavā bahirāgatya tasya samīpe

Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
6

स्वीयं स्वीयं दुरितम् अङ्गीकृत्य तस्यां यर्द्दनि तेन मज्जिता बभूवुः।

svīyaṁ svīyaṁ duritam aṅgīkṛtya tasyāṁ yarddani tena majjitā babhūvuḥ|

And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
7

अपरं बहून् फिरूशिनः सिदूकिनश्च मनुजान् मंक्तुं स्वसमीपम् आगच्छ्तो विलोक्य स तान् अभिदधौ, रे रे भुजगवंशा आगामीनः कोपात् पलायितुं युष्मान् कश्चेतितवान्?

aparaṁ bahūn phirūśinaḥ sidūkinaśca manujān maṁktuṁ svasamīpam āgacchto vilokya sa tān abhidadhau, re re bhujagavaṁśā āgāmīnaḥ kopāt palāyituṁ yuṣmān kaścetitavān?

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8

मनःपरावर्त्तनस्य समुचितं फलं फलत।

manaḥparāvarttanasya samucitaṁ phalaṁ phalata|

Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
9

किन्त्वस्माकं तात इब्राहीम् अस्तीति स्वेषु मनःसु चीन्तयन्तो मा व्याहरत। यतो युष्मान् अहं वदामि, ईश्वर एतेभ्यः पाषाणेभ्य इब्राहीमः सन्तानान् उत्पादयितुं शक्नोति।

kintvasmākaṁ tāta ibrāhīm astīti sveṣu manaḥsu cīntayanto mā vyāharata| yato yuṣmān ahaṁ vadāmi, īśvara etebhyaḥ pāṣāṇebhya ibrāhīmaḥ santānān utpādayituṁ śaknoti|

And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
10

अपरं पादपानां मूले कुठार इदानीमपि लगन् आस्ते, तस्माद् यस्मिन् पादपे उत्तमं फलं न भवति, स कृत्तो मध्येऽग्निं निक्षेप्स्यते।

aparaṁ pādapānāṁ mūle kuṭhāra idānīmapi lagan āste, tasmād yasmin pādape uttamaṁ phalaṁ na bhavati, sa kṛtto madhye'gniṁ nikṣepsyate|

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
11

अपरम् अहं मनःपरावर्त्तनसूचकेन मज्जनेन युष्मान् मज्जयामीति सत्यं, किन्तु मम पश्चाद् य आगच्छति, स मत्तोपि महान्, अहं तदीयोपानहौ वोढुमपि नहि योग्योस्मि, स युष्मान् वह्निरूपे पवित्र आत्मनि संमज्जयिष्यति।

aparam ahaṁ manaḥparāvarttanasūcakena majjanena yuṣmān majjayāmīti satyaṁ, kintu mama paścād ya āgacchati, sa mattopi mahān, ahaṁ tadīyopānahau voḍhumapi nahi yogyosmi, sa yuṣmān vahnirūpe pavitra ātmani saṁmajjayiṣyati|

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
12

तस्य कारे सूर्प आस्ते, स स्वीयशस्यानि सम्यक् प्रस्फोट्य निजान् सकलगोधूमान् संगृह्य भाण्डागारे स्थापयिष्यति, किंन्तु सर्व्वाणि वुषाण्यनिर्व्वाणवह्निना दाहयिष्यति।

tasya kāre sūrpa āste, sa svīyaśasyāni samyak prasphoṭya nijān sakalagodhūmān saṁgṛhya bhāṇḍāgāre sthāpayiṣyati, kiṁntu sarvvāṇi vuṣāṇyanirvvāṇavahninā dāhayiṣyati|

Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
13

अनन्तरं यीशु र्योहना मज्जितो भवितुं गालील्प्रदेशाद् यर्द्दनि तस्य समीपम् आजगाम।

anantaraṁ yīśu ryohanā majjito bhavituṁ gālīlpradeśād yarddani tasya samīpam ājagāma|

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
14

किन्तु योहन् तं निषिध्य बभाषे, त्वं किं मम समीपम् आगच्छसि? वरं त्वया मज्जनं मम प्रयोजनम् आस्ते।

kintu yohan taṁ niṣidhya babhāṣe, tvaṁ kiṁ mama samīpam āgacchasi? varaṁ tvayā majjanaṁ mama prayojanam āste|

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
15

तदानीं यीशुः प्रत्यवोचत्; ईदानीम् अनुमन्यस्व, यत इत्थं सर्व्वधर्म्मसाधनम् अस्माकं कर्त्तव्यं, ततः सोऽन्वमन्यत।

tadānīṁ yīśuḥ pratyavocat; īdānīm anumanyasva, yata itthaṁ sarvvadharmmasādhanam asmākaṁ karttavyaṁ, tataḥ so'nvamanyata|

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
16

अनन्तरं यीशुरम्मसि मज्जितुः सन् तत्क्षणात् तोयमध्याद् उत्थाय जगाम, तदा जीमूतद्वारे मुक्ते जाते, स ईश्वरस्यात्मानं कपोतवद् अवरुह्य स्वोपर्य्यागच्छन्तं वीक्षाञ्चक्रे।

anantaraṁ yīśurammasi majjituḥ san tatkṣaṇāt toyamadhyād utthāya jagāma, tadā jīmūtadvāre mukte jāte, sa īśvarasyātmānaṁ kapotavad avaruhya svoparyyāgacchantaṁ vīkṣāñcakre|

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
17

अपरम् एष मम प्रियः पुत्र एतस्मिन्नेव मम महासन्तोष एतादृशी व्योमजा वाग् बभूव।

aparam eṣa mama priyaḥ putra etasminneva mama mahāsantoṣa etādṛśī vyomajā vāg babhūva|

And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.