lUkaH 23:3-42

³tadA pIlAtastaM pRSTavAn tvaM kiM yihUdIyAnAM rAjA? sa pratyuvAca tvaM satyamuktavAn|

⁴tadA pIlAtaH pradhAnayAjakAdilokAn jagAd, ahametasya kamapyaparAdhaM nAptavAn|

⁵tataste punaH sAhamino bhUtvAvadan, eSa gAlIla etatsthAnaparyyante sarvvasmin yihUdAdeze sarvvAllokAnupadizya kupravRttiM grAhItavAn|

⁶tadA pIlAto gAlIlapradezasya nAma zrutvA papraccha, kimayaM gAlIlIyo lokaH?

⁷tataH sa gAlIlpradezIyaherodrAjasya tadA sthitestasya samIpe yIzuM preSayAmAsa|

⁸tadA herod yIzuM vilokya santutoSa, yataH sa tasya bahuvRttAntazravaNAt tasya kiJi्cadAzcaryyakarmma pazyati ityAzAM kRtvA bahukAlamArabhya taM draSTuM prayAsaM kRtavAn|

⁹tasmAt taM bahukathAH papraccha kintu sa tasya kasyApi vAkyasya pratyuttaraM novAca|

¹⁰atha pradhAnayAjakA adhyApakAzca prottiSThantaH sAhasena tamapavadituM prArebhire|

¹¹herod tasya senAgaNazca tamavajJAya upahAsatvena rAjavastraM paridhApya punaH pIlAtaM prati taM prAhiNot|

¹²pUrvvaM herodpIlAtayoH parasparaM vairabhAva AsIt kintu taddine dvayo rmelanaM jAtam|

¹³pazcAt pIlAtaH pradhAnayAjakAn zAsakAn lokAMzca yugapadAhUya babhASe,

¹⁴rAjyaviparyyayakArakoyam ityuktvA manuSyamenaM mama nikaTamAnaiSTa kintu pazyata yuSmAkaM samakSam asya vicAraM kRtvApi proktApavAdAnurUpeNAsya kopyaparAdhaH sapramANo na jAtaH,

¹⁵yUyaJca herodaH sannidhau preSitA mayA tatrAsya kopyaparAdhastenApi na prAptaH|pazyatAnena vadhaheेtukaM kimapi nAparAddhaM|

¹⁶tasmAdenaM tADayitvA vihAsyAmi|

¹⁷tatrotsave teSAmeko mocayitavyaH|

¹⁸iti hetoste proccairekadA procuH, enaM dUrIkRtya barabbAnAmAnaM mocaya|

¹⁹sa barabbA nagara upaplavavadhAparAdhAbhyAM kArAyAM baddha AsIt|

²⁰kintu pIlAto yIzuM mocayituM vAJchan punastAnuvAca|

²¹tathApyenaM kruze vyadha kruze vyadheti vadantaste ruruvuH|

²²tataH sa tRtIyavAraM jagAda kutaH? sa kiM karmma kRtavAn? nAhamasya kamapi vadhAparAdhaM prAptaH kevalaM tADayitvAmuM tyajAmi|

²³tathApi te punarenaM kruze vyadha ityuktvA proccairdRDhaM prArthayAJcakrire;

²⁴tataH pradhAnayAjakAdInAM kalarave prabale sati teSAM prArthanArUpaM karttuM pIlAta Adideza|

²⁵rAjadrohavadhayoraparAdhena kArAsthaM yaM janaM te yayAcire taM mocayitvA yIzuM teSAmicchAyAM samArpayat|

²⁶atha te yIzuM gRhItvA yAnti, etarhi grAmAdAgataM zimonanAmAnaM kurINIyaM janaM dhRtvA yIzoH pazcAnnetuM tasya skandhe kruzamarpayAmAsuH|

²⁷tato loाkAraNyamadhye bahustriyo rudatyo vilapantyazca yIzoH pazcAd yayuH|

²⁸kintu sa vyAghuTya tA uvAca, he yirUzAlamo nAryyo yuyaM madarthaM na ruditvA svArthaM svApatyArthaJca ruditi;

²⁹pazyata yaH kadApi garbhavatyo nAbhavan stanyaJca nApAyayan tAdRzI rvandhyA yadA dhanyA vakSyanti sa kAla AyAti|

³⁰tadA he zailA asmAkamupari patata, he upazailA asmAnAcchAdayata kathAmIdRzIM lokA vakSyanti|

³¹yataH satejasi zAkhini cedetad ghaTate tarhi zuSkazAkhini kiM na ghaTiSyate?

³²tadA te hantuM dvAvaparAdhinau tena sArddhaM ninyuH|

³³aparaM ziraHkapAlanAmakasthAnaM prApya taM kruze vividhuH; taddvayoraparAdhinorekaM tasya dakSiNo tadanyaM vAme kruze vividhuH|

³⁴tadA yIzurakathayat, he pitaretAn kSamasva yata ete yat karmma kurvvanti tan na viduH; pazcAtte guTikApAtaM kRtvA tasya vastrANi vibhajya jagRhuH|

³⁵tatra lokasaMghastiSThan dadarza; te teSAM zAsakAzca tamupahasya jagaduH, eSa itarAn rakSitavAn yadIzvareNAbhirucito 'bhiSiktastrAtA bhavati tarhi svamadhunA rakSatu|

³⁶tadanyaH senAgaNA etya tasmai amlarasaM datvA parihasya provAca,

³⁷cettvaM yihUdIyAnAM rAjAsi tarhi svaM rakSa|

³⁸yihUdIyAnAM rAjeti vAkyaM yUnAnIyaromIyebrIyAkSarai rlikhitaM tacchirasa Urddhve'sthApyata|

³⁹tadobhayapArzvayo rviddhau yAvaparAdhinau tayorekastaM vinindya babhASe, cettvam abhiSiktosi tarhi svamAvAJca rakSa|

⁴⁰kintvanyastaM tarjayitvAvadat, IzvarAttava kiJcidapi bhayaM nAsti kiM? tvamapi samAnadaNDosi,

⁴¹yogyapAtre AvAM svasvakarmmaNAM samucitaphalaM prApnuvaH kintvanena kimapi nAparAddhaM|

⁴²atha sa yIzuM jagAda he prabhe bhavAn svarAjyapravezakAle mAM smaratu|