yohanaH 1:20-44

²⁰tadA sa svIkRtavAn nApahnUtavAn nAham abhiSikta ityaGgIkRtavAn|

²¹tadA te'pRcchan tarhi ko bhavAn? kiM eliyaH? sovadat na; tataste'pRcchan tarhi bhavAn sa bhaviSyadvAdI? sovadat nAhaM saH|

²²tadA te'pRcchan tarhi bhavAn kaH? vayaM gatvA prerakAn tvayi kiM vakSyAmaH? svasmin kiM vadasi?

²³tadA sovadat| paramezasya panthAnaM pariSkuruta sarvvataH| itIdaM prAntare vAkyaM vadataH kasyacidravaH| kathAmimAM yasmin yizayiyo bhaviSyadvAdI likhitavAn soham|

²⁴ye preSitAste phirUzilokAH|

²⁵tadA te'pRcchan yadi nAbhiSiktosi eliyosi na sa bhaviSyadvAdyapi nAsi ca, tarhi lokAn majjayasi kutaH?

²⁶tato yohan pratyavocat, toye'haM majjayAmIti satyaM kintu yaM yUyaM na jAnItha tAdRza eko jano yuSmAkaM madhya upatiSThati|

²⁷sa matpazcAd Agatopi matpUrvvaM varttamAna AsIt tasya pAdukAbandhanaM mocayitumapi nAhaM yogyosmi|

²⁸yarddananadyAH pArasthabaithabArAyAM yasminsthAne yohanamajjayat tasmina sthAne sarvvametad aghaTata|

²⁹pare'hani yohan svanikaTamAgacchantaM yizuM vilokya prAvocat jagataH pApamocakam Izvarasya meSazAvakaM pazyata|

³⁰yo mama pazcAdAgamiSyati sa matto gurutaraH, yato hetormatpUrvvaM so'varttata yasminnahaM kathAmimAM kathitavAn sa evAyaM|

³¹aparaM nAhamenaM pratyabhijJAtavAn kintu isrAyellokA enaM yathA paricinvanti tadabhiprAyeNAhaM jale majjayitumAgaccham|

³²punazca yohanaparamekaM pramANaM datvA kathitavAn vihAyasaH kapotavad avatarantamAtmAnam asyoparyyavatiSThantaM ca dRSTavAnaham|

³³nAhamenaM pratyabhijJAtavAn iti satyaM kintu yo jale majjayituM mAM prairayat sa evemAM kathAmakathayat yasyoparyyAtmAnam avatarantam avatiSThantaJca drakSayasi saeva pavitre Atmani majjayiSyati|

³⁴avastannirIkSyAyam Izvarasya tanaya iti pramANaM dadAmi|

³⁵pare'hani yohan dvAbhyAM ziSyAbhyAM sArddheM tiSThan

³⁶yizuM gacchantaM vilokya gaditavAn, Izvarasya meSazAvakaM pazyataM|

³⁷imAM kathAM zrutvA dvau ziSyau yIzoH pazcAd IyatuH|

³⁸tato yIzuH parAvRtya tau pazcAd Agacchantau dRSTvA pRSTavAn yuvAM kiM gavezayathaH? tAvapRcchatAM he rabbi arthAt he guro bhavAn kutra tiSThati?

³⁹tataH sovAdit etya pazyataM| tato divasasya tRtIyapraharasya gatatvAt tau taddinaM tasya saGge'sthAtAM|

⁴⁰yau dvau yohano vAkyaM zrutvA yizoH pazcAd AgamatAM tayoH zimonpitarasya bhrAtA AndriyaH

⁴¹sa itvA prathamaM nijasodaraM zimonaM sAkSAtprApya kathitavAn vayaM khrISTam arthAt abhiSiktapuruSaM sAkSAtkRtavantaH|

⁴²pazcAt sa taM yizoH samIpam Anayat| tadA yIzustaM dRSTvAvadat tvaM yUnasaH putraH zimon kintu tvannAmadheyaM kaiphAH vA pitaraH arthAt prastaro bhaviSyati|

⁴³pare'hani yIzau gAlIlaM gantuM nizcitacetasi sati philipanAmAnaM janaM sAkSAtprApyAvocat mama pazcAd Agaccha|

⁴⁴baitsaidAnAmni yasmin grAme pitarAndriyayorvAsa AsIt tasmin grAme tasya philipasya vasatirAsIt|