Matthew 25
1 तब स्वर्ग का राज्य उन दस कुंवारियों के समान होगा जो अपनी मशालें लेकर दूल्हे से भेंट करने को निकलीं।
2 उन में पांच मूर्ख और पांच समझदार थीं।
3 मूर्खों ने अपनी मशालें तो लीं, परन्तु अपने साथ तेल नहीं लिया।
4 परन्तु समझदारों ने अपनी मशालों के साथ अपनी कुप्पियों में तेल भी भर लिया।
5 जब दुल्हे के आने में देर हुई, तो वे सब ऊंघने लगीं, और सो गई।
6 आधी रात को धूम मची, कि देखो, दूल्हा आ रहा है, उस से भेंट करने के लिये चलो।
7 तब वे सब कुंवारियां उठकर अपनी मशालें ठीक करने लगीं।
8 और मूर्खों ने समझदारों से कहा, अपने तेल में से कुछ हमें भी दो, क्योंकि हमारी मशालें बुझी जाती हैं।
9 परन्तु समझदारों ने उत्तर दिया कि कदाचित हमारे और तुम्हारे लिये पूरा न हो; भला तो यह है, कि तुम बेचने वालों के पास जाकर अपने लिये मोल ले लो।
10 जब वे मोल लेने को जा रही थीं, तो दूल्हा आ पहुंचा, और जो तैयार थीं, वे उसके साथ ब्याह के घर में चलीं गई और द्वार बन्द किया गया।
11 इसके बाद वे दूसरी कुंवारियां भी आकर कहने लगीं, हे स्वामी, हे स्वामी, हमारे लिये द्वार खोल दे।
12 उस ने उत्तर दिया, कि मैं तुम से सच कहता हूं, मैं तुम्हें नहीं जानता।
13 इसलिये जागते रहो, क्योंकि तुम न उस दिन को जानते हो, न उस घड़ी को॥
14 क्योंकि यह उस मनुष्य की सी दशा है जिस ने परदेश को जाते समय अपने दासों को बुलाकर, अपनी संपत्ति उन को सौंप दी।
15 उस ने एक को पांच तोड़, दूसरे को दो, और तीसरे को एक; अर्थात हर एक को उस की सामर्थ के अनुसार दिया, और तब पर देश चला गया।
16 तब जिस को पांच तोड़े मिले थे, उस ने तुरन्त जाकर उन से लेन देन किया, और पांच तोड़े और कमाए।
17 इसी रीति से जिस को दो मिले थे, उस ने भी दो और कमाए।
18 परन्तु जिस को एक मिला था, उस ने जाकर मिट्टी खोदी, और अपने स्वामी के रुपये छिपा दिए।
19 बहुत दिनों के बाद उन दासों का स्वामी आकर उन से लेखा लेने लगा।
20 जिस को पांच तोड़े मिले थे, उस ने पांच तोड़े और लाकर कहा; हे स्वामी, तू ने मुझे पांच तोड़े सौंपे थे, देख मैं ने पांच तोड़े और कमाए हैं।
21 उसके स्वामी ने उससे कहा, धन्य हे अच्छे और विश्वासयोग्य दास, तू थोड़े में विश्वासयोग्य रहा; मैं तुझे बहुत वस्तुओं का अधिकारी बनाऊंगा अपने स्वामी के आनन्द में सम्भागी हो।
22 और जिस को दो तोड़े मिले थे, उस ने भी आकर कहा; हे स्वामी तू ने मुझे दो तोड़े सौंपें थे, देख, मैं ने दो तोड़े और कमाएं।
23 उसके स्वामी ने उस से कहा, धन्य हे अच्छे और विश्वासयोग्य दास, तू थोड़े में विश्वासयोग्य रहा, मैं तुझे बहुत वस्तुओं का अधिकारी बनाऊंगा अपने स्वामी के आनन्द में सम्भागी हो।
24 तब जिस को एक तोड़ा मिला था, उस ने आकर कहा; हे स्वामी, मैं तुझे जानता था, कि तू कठोर मनुष्य है, और जहां नहीं छीटता वहां से बटोरता है।
25 सो मैं डर गया और जाकर तेरा तोड़ा मिट्टी में छिपा दिया; देख, जो तेरा है, वह यह है।
26 उसके स्वामी ने उसे उत्तर दिया, कि हे दुष्ट और आलसी दास; जब यह तू जानता था, कि जहां मैं ने नहीं बोया वहां से काटता हूं; और जहां मैं ने नहीं छीटा वहां से बटोरता हूं।
27 तो तुझे चाहिए था, कि मेरा रुपया सर्राफों को दे देता, तब मैं आकर अपना धन ब्याज समेत ले लेता।
28 इसलिये वह तोड़ा उस से ले लो, और जिस के पास दस तोड़े हैं, उस को दे दो।
29 क्योंकि जिस किसी के पास है, उसे और दिया जाएगा; और उसके पास बहुत हो जाएगा: परन्तु जिस के पास नहीं है, उस से वह भी जो उसके पास है, ले लिया जाएगा।
30 और इस निकम्मे दास को बाहर के अन्धेरे में डाल दो, जहां रोना और दांत पीसना होगा।
31 जब मनुष्य का पुत्र अपनी महिमा में आएगा, और सब स्वर्ग दूत उसके साथ आएंगे तो वह अपनी महिमा के सिहांसन पर विराजमान होगा।
32 और सब जातियां उसके साम्हने इकट्ठी की जाएंगी; और जैसा चरवाहा भेड़ों को बकिरयों से अलग कर देता है, वैसा ही वह उन्हें एक दूसरे से अलग करेगा।
33 और वह भेड़ों को अपनी दाहिनी ओर और बकिरयों को बाई और खड़ी करेगा।
34 तब राजा अपनी दाहिनी ओर वालों से कहेगा, हे मेरे पिता के धन्य लोगों, आओ, उस राज्य के अधिकारी हो जाओ, जो जगत के आदि से तुम्हारे लिये तैयार किया हुआ है।
35 क्योंकि मैं भूखा था, और तुम ने मुझे खाने को दिया; मैं प्यासा था, और तुम ने मुझे पानी पिलाया, मैं पर देशी था, तुम ने मुझे अपने घर में ठहराया।
36 मैं नंगा था, तुम ने मुझे कपड़े पहिनाए; मैं बीमार था, तुम ने मेरी सुधि ली, मैं बन्दीगृह में था, तुम मुझ से मिलने आए।
37 तब धर्मी उस को उत्तर देंगे कि हे प्रभु, हम ने कब तुझे भूखा देखा और खिलाया? या प्यासा देखा, और पिलाया?
38 हम ने कब तुझे पर देशी देखा और अपने घर में ठहराया या नंगा देखा, और कपड़े पहिनाए?
39 हम ने कब तुझे बीमार या बन्दीगृह में देखा और तुझ से मिलने आए?
40 तब राजा उन्हें उत्तर देगा; मैं तुम से सच कहता हूं, कि तुम ने जो मेरे इन छोटे से छोटे भाइयों में से किसी एक के साथ किया, वह मेरे ही साथ किया।
41 तब वह बाईं ओर वालों से कहेगा, हे स्रापित लोगो, मेरे साम्हने से उस अनन्त आग में चले जाओ, जो शैतान और उसके दूतों के लिये तैयार की गई है।
42 क्योंकि मैं भूखा था, और तुम ने मुझे खाने को नहीं दिया, मैं प्यासा था, और तुम ने मुझे पानी नहीं पिलाया।
43 मैं परदेशी था, और तुम ने मुझे अपने घर में नहीं ठहराया; मैं नंगा था, और तुम ने मुझे कपड़े नहीं पहिनाए; बीमार और बन्दीगृह में था, और तुम ने मेरी सुधि न ली।
44 तब वे उत्तर देंगे, कि हे प्रभु, हम ने तुझे कब भूखा, या प्यासा, या परदेशी, या नंगा, या बीमार, या बन्दीगृह में देखा, और तेरी सेवा टहल न की?
45 तब वह उन्हें उत्तर देगा, मैं तुम से सच कहता हूं कि तुम ने जो इन छोटे से छोटों में से किसी एक के साथ नहीं किया, वह मेरे साथ भी नहीं किया।
46 और यह अनन्त दण्ड भोगेंगे परन्तु धर्मी अनन्त जीवन में प्रवेश करेंगे।
1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.
2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,
5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.
6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
21 And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.