13 tasminnEva dinE dvau ziyyau yirUzAlamazcatuSkrOzAntaritam immAyugrAmaM gacchantau
14 tAsAM ghaTanAnAM kathAmakathayatAM
15 tayOrAlApavicArayOH kAlE yIzurAgatya tAbhyAM saha jagAma
16 kintu yathA tau taM na paricinutastadarthaM tayO rdRSTiH saMruddhA|
17 sa tau pRSTavAn yuvAM viSaNNau kiM vicArayantau gacchathaH?
18 tatastayOH kliyapAnAmA pratyuvAca yirUzAlamapurE’dhunA yAnyaghaTanta tvaM kEvalavidEzI kiM tadvRttAntaM na jAnAsi?
19 sa papraccha kA ghaTanAH? tadA tau vaktumArEbhAtE yIzunAmA yO nAsaratIyO bhaviSyadvAdI Izvarasya mAnuSANAnjca sAkSAt vAkyE karmmaNi ca zaktimAnAsIt
20 tam asmAkaM pradhAnayAjakA vicArakAzca kEnApi prakArENa kruzE viddhvA tasya prANAnanAzayan tadIyA ghaTanAH;
21 kintu ya isrAyElIyalOkAn uddhArayiSyati sa EvAyam ityAzAsmAbhiH kRtA|tadyathA tathAstu tasyA ghaTanAyA adya dinatrayaM gataM|
22 adhikantvasmAkaM sagginInAM kiyatstrINAM mukhEbhyO’sambhavavAkyamidaM zrutaM;
23 tAH pratyUSE zmazAnaM gatvA tatra tasya dEham aprApya vyAghuTyEtvA prOktavatyaH svargIsadUtau dRSTAvasmAbhistau cAvAdiSTAM sa jIvitavAn|
24 tatOsmAkaM kaizcit zmazAnamagamyata tE’pi strINAM vAkyAnurUpaM dRSTavantaH kintu taM nApazyan|
25 tadA sa tAvuvAca, hE abOdhau hE bhaviSyadvAdibhiruktavAkyaM pratyEtuM vilambamAnau;
26 EtatsarvvaduHkhaM bhuktvA svabhUtiprAptiH kiM khrISTasya na nyAyyA?
27 tataH sa mUsAgranthamArabhya sarvvabhaviSyadvAdinAM sarvvazAstrE svasmin likhitAkhyAnAbhiprAyaM bOdhayAmAsa|
28 atha gamyagrAmAbhyarNaM prApya tEnAgrE gamanalakSaNE darzitE
29 tau sAdhayitvAvadatAM sahAvAbhyAM tiSTha dinE gatE sati rAtrirabhUt; tataH sa tAbhyAM sArddhaM sthAtuM gRhaM yayau|
30 pazcAdbhOjanOpavEzakAlE sa pUpaM gRhItvA IzvaraguNAn jagAda tanjca bhaMktvA tAbhyAM dadau|
31 tadA tayO rdRSTau prasannAyAM taM pratyabhijnjatuH kintu sa tayOH sAkSAdantardadhE|
32 tatastau mithObhidhAtum Arabdhavantau gamanakAlE yadA kathAmakathayat zAstrArthanjcabOdhayat tadAvayO rbuddhiH kiM na prAjvalat?
33 tau tatkSaNAdutthAya yirUzAlamapuraM pratyAyayatuH, tatsthAnE ziSyANAm EkAdazAnAM sagginAnjca darzanaM jAtaM|
34 tE prOcuH prabhurudatiSThad iti satyaM zimOnE darzanamadAcca|
35 tataH pathaH sarvvaghaTanAyAH pUpabhanjjanEna tatparicayasya ca sarvvavRttAntaM tau vaktumArEbhAtE|