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Romans 4 रोमिणः पत्रं 4

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1

अस्माकं पूर्व्वपुरुष इब्राहीम् कायिकक्रियया किं लब्धवान् एतदधि किं वदिष्यामः?

asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣa ibrāhīm kāyikakriyayā kiṁ labdhavān etadadhi kiṁ vadiṣyāmaḥ?

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
2

स यदि निजक्रियाभ्यः सपुण्यो भवेत् तर्हि तस्यात्मश्लाघां कर्त्तुं पन्था भवेदिति सत्यं, किन्त्वीश्वरस्य समीपे नहि।

sa yadi nijakriyābhyaḥ sapuṇyo bhavet tarhi tasyātmaślāghāṁ karttuṁ panthā bhavediti satyaṁ, kintvīśvarasya samīpe nahi|

For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
3

शास्त्रे किं लिखति? इब्राहीम् ईश्वरे विश्वसनात् स विश्वासस्तस्मै पुण्यार्थं गणितो बभूव।

śāstre kiṁ likhati? ibrāhīm īśvare viśvasanāt sa viśvāsastasmai puṇyārthaṁ gaṇito babhūva|

For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
4

कर्म्मकारिणो यद् वेतनं तद् अनुग्रहस्य फलं नहि किन्तु तेनोपार्जितं मन्तव्यम्।

karmmakāriṇo yad vetanaṁ tad anugrahasya phalaṁ nahi kintu tenopārjitaṁ mantavyam|

Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
5

किन्तु यः पापिनं सपुण्यीकरोति तस्मिन् विश्वासिनः कर्म्महीनस्य जनस्य यो विश्वासः स पुण्यार्थं गण्यो भवति।

kintu yaḥ pāpinaṁ sapuṇyīkaroti tasmin viśvāsinaḥ karmmahīnasya janasya yo viśvāsaḥ sa puṇyārthaṁ gaṇyo bhavati|

But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
6

अपरं यं क्रियाहीनम् ईश्वरः सपुण्यीकरोति तस्य धन्यवादं दायूद् वर्णयामास, यथा,

aparaṁ yaṁ kriyāhīnam īśvaraḥ sapuṇyīkaroti tasya dhanyavādaṁ dāyūd varṇayāmāsa, yathā,

Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
7

स धन्योऽघानि मृष्टानि यस्यागांस्यावृतानि च।

sa dhanyo'ghāni mṛṣṭāni yasyāgāṁsyāvṛtāni ca|

Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8

स च धन्यः परेशेन पापं यस्य न गण्यते।

sa ca dhanyaḥ pareśena pāpaṁ yasya na gaṇyate|

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
9

एष धन्यवादस्त्वक्छेदिनम् अत्वक्छेदिनं वा कं प्रति भवति? इब्राहीमो विश्वासः पुण्यार्थं गणित इति वयं वदामः।

eṣa dhanyavādastvakchedinam atvakchedinaṁ vā kaṁ prati bhavati? ibrāhīmo viśvāsaḥ puṇyārthaṁ gaṇita iti vayaṁ vadāmaḥ|

Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
10

स विश्वासस्तस्य त्वक्छेदित्वावस्थायां किम् अत्वक्छेदित्वावस्थायां कस्मिन् समये पुण्यमिव गणितः? त्वक्छेदित्वावस्थायां नहि किन्त्वत्वक्छेदित्वावस्थायां।

sa viśvāsastasya tvakcheditvāvasthāyāṁ kim atvakcheditvāvasthāyāṁ kasmin samaye puṇyamiva gaṇitaḥ? tvakcheditvāvasthāyāṁ nahi kintvatvakcheditvāvasthāyāṁ|

How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11

अपरञ्च स यत् सर्व्वेषाम् अत्वक्छेदिनां विश्वासिनाम् आदिपुरुषो भवेत्, ते च पुण्यवत्त्वेन गण्येरन्;

aparañca sa yat sarvveṣām atvakchedināṁ viśvāsinām ādipuruṣo bhavet, te ca puṇyavattvena gaṇyeran;

And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
12

ये च लोकाः केवलं छिन्नत्वचो न सन्तो ऽस्मत्पूर्व्वपुरुष इब्राहीम् अछिन्नत्वक् सन् येन विश्वासमार्गेण गतवान् तेनैव तस्य पादचिह्नेन गच्छन्ति तेषां त्वक्छेदिनामप्यादिपुरुषो भवेत् तदर्थम् अत्वक्छेदिनो मानवस्य विश्वासात् पुण्यम् उत्पद्यत इति प्रमाणस्वरूपं त्वक्छेदचिह्नं स प्राप्नोत्।

ye ca lokāḥ kevalaṁ chinnatvaco na santo 'smatpūrvvapuruṣa ibrāhīm achinnatvak san yena viśvāsamārgeṇa gatavān tenaiva tasya pādacihnena gacchanti teṣāṁ tvakchedināmapyādipuruṣo bhavet tadartham atvakchedino mānavasya viśvāsāt puṇyam utpadyata iti pramāṇasvarūpaṁ tvakchedacihnaṁ sa prāpnot|

And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
13

इब्राहीम् जगतोऽधिकारी भविष्यति यैषा प्रतिज्ञा तं तस्य वंशञ्च प्रति पूर्व्वम् अक्रियत सा व्यवस्थामूलिका नहि किन्तु विश्वासजन्यपुण्यमूलिका।

ibrāhīm jagato'dhikārī bhaviṣyati yaiṣā pratijñā taṁ tasya vaṁśañca prati pūrvvam akriyata sā vyavasthāmūlikā nahi kintu viśvāsajanyapuṇyamūlikā|

For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14

यतो व्यवस्थावलम्बिनो यद्यधिकारिणो भवन्ति तर्हि विश्वासो विफलो जायते सा प्रतिज्ञापि लुप्तैव।

yato vyavasthāvalambino yadyadhikāriṇo bhavanti tarhi viśvāso viphalo jāyate sā pratijñāpi luptaiva|

For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
15

अधिकन्तु व्यवस्था कोपं जनयति यतो ऽविद्यमानायां व्यवस्थायाम् आज्ञालङ्घनं न सम्भवति।

adhikantu vyavasthā kopaṁ janayati yato 'vidyamānāyāṁ vyavasthāyām ājñālaṅghanaṁ na sambhavati|

Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
16

अतएव सा प्रतिज्ञा यद् अनुग्रहस्य फलं भवेत् तदर्थं विश्वासमूलिका यतस्तथात्वे तद्वंशसमुदायं प्रति अर्थतो ये व्यवस्थया तद्वंशसम्भवाः केवलं तान् प्रति नहि किन्तु य इब्राहीमीयविश्वासेन तत्सम्भवास्तानपि प्रति सा प्रतिज्ञा स्थास्नुर्भवति।

ataeva sā pratijñā yad anugrahasya phalaṁ bhavet tadarthaṁ viśvāsamūlikā yatastathātve tadvaṁśasamudāyaṁ prati arthato ye vyavasthayā tadvaṁśasambhavāḥ kevalaṁ tān prati nahi kintu ya ibrāhīmīyaviśvāsena tatsambhavāstānapi prati sā pratijñā sthāsnurbhavati|

Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
17

यो निर्जीवान् सजीवान् अविद्यमानानि वस्तूनि च विद्यमानानि करोति इब्राहीमो विश्वासभूमेस्तस्येश्वरस्य साक्षात् सोऽस्माकं सर्व्वेषाम् आदिपुरुष आस्ते, यथा लिखितं विद्यते, अहं त्वां बहुजातीनाम् आदिपुरुषं कृत्वा नियुक्तवान्।

yo nirjīvān sajīvān avidyamānāni vastūni ca vidyamānāni karoti ibrāhīmo viśvāsabhūmestasyeśvarasya sākṣāt so'smākaṁ sarvveṣām ādipuruṣa āste, yathā likhitaṁ vidyate, ahaṁ tvāṁ bahujātīnām ādipuruṣaṁ kṛtvā niyuktavān|

(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
18

त्वदीयस्तादृशो वंशो जनिष्यते यदिदं वाक्यं प्रतिश्रुतं तदनुसाराद् इब्राहीम् बहुदेशीयलोकानाम् आदिपुरुषो यद् भवति तदर्थं सोऽनपेक्षितव्यमप्यपेक्षमाणो विश्वासं कृतवान्।

tvadīyastādṛśo vaṁśo janiṣyate yadidaṁ vākyaṁ pratiśrutaṁ tadanusārād ibrāhīm bahudeśīyalokānām ādipuruṣo yad bhavati tadarthaṁ so'napekṣitavyamapyapekṣamāṇo viśvāsaṁ kṛtavān|

Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
19

अपरञ्च क्षीणविश्वासो न भूत्वा शतवत्सरवयस्कत्वात् स्वशरीरस्य जरां सारानाम्नः स्वभार्य्याया रजोनिवृत्तिञ्च तृणाय न मेने।

aparañca kṣīṇaviśvāso na bhūtvā śatavatsaravayaskatvāt svaśarīrasya jarāṁ sārānāmnaḥ svabhāryyāyā rajonivṛttiñca tṛṇāya na mene|

And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:
20

अपरम् अविश्वासाद् ईश्वरस्य प्रतिज्ञावचने कमपि संशयं न चकार;

aparam aviśvāsād īśvarasya pratijñāvacane kamapi saṁśayaṁ na cakāra;

He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
21

किन्त्वीश्वरेण यत् प्रतिश्रुतं तत् साधयितुं शक्यत इति निश्चितं विज्ञाय दृढविश्वासः सन् ईश्वरस्य महिमानं प्रकाशयाञ्चकार।

kintvīśvareṇa yat pratiśrutaṁ tat sādhayituṁ śakyata iti niścitaṁ vijñāya dṛḍhaviśvāsaḥ san īśvarasya mahimānaṁ prakāśayāñcakāra|

And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
22

इति हेतोस्तस्य स विश्वासस्तदीयपुण्यमिव गणयाञ्चक्रे।

iti hetostasya sa viśvāsastadīyapuṇyamiva gaṇayāñcakre|

And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
23

पुण्यमिवागण्यत तत् केवलस्य तस्य निमित्तं लिखितं नहि, अस्माकं निमित्तमपि,

puṇyamivāgaṇyata tat kevalasya tasya nimittaṁ likhitaṁ nahi, asmākaṁ nimittamapi,

Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
24

यतोऽस्माकं पापनाशार्थं समर्पितोऽस्माकं पुण्यप्राप्त्यर्थञ्चोत्थापितोऽभवत् योऽस्माकं प्रभु र्यीशुस्तस्योत्थापयितरीश्वरे

yato'smākaṁ pāpanāśārthaṁ samarpito'smākaṁ puṇyaprāptyarthañcotthāpito'bhavat yo'smākaṁ prabhu ryīśustasyotthāpayitarīśvare

But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25

यदि वयं विश्वसामस्तर्ह्यस्माकमपि सएव विश्वासः पुण्यमिव गणयिष्यते।

yadi vayaṁ viśvasāmastarhyasmākamapi saeva viśvāsaḥ puṇyamiva gaṇayiṣyate|

Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

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.