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11)何年か経って決済の日が来た。貴族は息子たち一同を呼んで、報告をするように命じた。
12)貴族は長男が土地全部を独占し、弟たちを奴隷にしたことを知ると、
13)彼は長男を捕え、その僧服を引き裂いてこれを牢獄に投じ、犯した罪を債うまで、そこに入れておくことにした。
14)それから、人形に過ぎない傀儡王の玉座や甲胃を空にほうり投げ、剣を折って、彼を牢獄に入れた。
15)つぎに百姓になった息子を呼びつけ、なぜ荒野の砂地で恥かしい鎖につながれている弟を救わなかったかと尋ねた。
16)百姓息子が黙して一言もないので、父親は家事と土地と水の流れている井戸を奪い取り、
17)その犯した罪を全部つぐなうまで、砂漠に住まわせることにした。
18)それから、父親はくるしい鎖につながれている末子をさがし、手ずから鎖を断ち切り、安心して行くように命じた。
19)さて、いよいよ息子たちが、みんな憤務をすっかり払ってしまうと、一同は再びさばきの場に立った。
20)これで一同は訓戒を学び、これが十分身にしみこんだ。そして父親はもう一度改めて土地を分配してやった。
21)父親は息子らめいめいに土地を均等に分配し、平等と権利の法律を認めさせ、平和にくらせと命じた。
22)その時、ひとりの首陀（スドラ）が口を開いて言った、「わたしたちは奴隷で、僧侶の気まぐれのままになり、畜生同様に苦しめられて屠りますが、果して鎖を切って、自由な身になれる見込みがありましょうか。」
23)イエス、「聖なるお方は、わが子らはみんな自由になれ、魂はみな神の子なりと言った。
24)首陀（スドラ）も僧侶と同様に自由になるだろう、、百姓は王と手を携えて歩むだろう。それで全世界は四海同胞なることを認めるだろうから。
25)ああ、人々よ、起ちあがれ。あなたがたの権利を悟るがよい。志ある者は奴隷になっているに及ばない。
26)自分の兄弟が生活してほしいと思うように、あなたがたも生活するがよい。はながさくのと同じように毎日自由に咲くがよい。地がはあなたがたのもの、天はあなたがたのもの、かみはあなたがたの居るべきところに連れて行って下さるから。」
27)すると一同は叫んだ。「花の咲くように咲いて、わたしたちの居るべきところに行く道を示して下さい。」
【原文：The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus by Levi H. Dowling 】
SECTION VI
VAU
Life and Works of Jesus in India
CHAPTER 25
Jesus teaches the sudras and farmers.
Relates a parable of a nobleman and his unjust sons.
Makes known the possibilities of all men.
WHEN Jesus saw the sudras and the farmers in such multitudes draw near to hear his words, he spoke a parable to them; he said:
2)
A nobleman possessed a great estate; he had four sons, and he would
have them all grow strong by standing forth and making use of all the talents they possess.
3) And so he gave to each a share of his great wealth, and bade them go their way.
4) The eldest son was full of self; he was ambitious, shrewd and quick of thought.
5) He said within himself, I am the oldest son, and these, my brothers, must be servants at my feet.
6)
And then he called his brothers forth; and one he made a puppet king;
gave him a sword and charged him to defend the whole estate.
7)
To one he gave the use of lands and flowing wells, and flocks and
herds, and bade him till the soil, and tend the flocks and herds and
bring to him the choicest of his gains.
8) And to the other
one he said, You are the youngest son; the broad estate has been
assigned; you have no part nor lot in anything that is.
9) And he took a chain and bound his brother to a naked rock upon a desert plain, and said to him,
10)
You have been born a slave; you have no rights, and you must be
contented with your lot, for there is no release for you until you die
and go from hence.
11) Now, after certain years the day of reckoning came; the nobleman called up his sons to render their accounts.
12) And when he knew that one, his eldest son, had seized the whole estate and made his brothers slaves,
13)
He seized him, tore his priestly robes away and put him in a prison
cell, where he was forced to stay until he had atoned for all the
wrongs that he had done.
14) And then, as though they were but
toys, he threw in air the throne and armor of the puppet king; he broke
his sword, and put him in a prison cell.
15) And then he
called his farmer son and asked him why he had not rescued from his
galling chains his brother on the desert plains.
16) And when the son made answer not, the father took unto himself the flocks and herds, the fields and flowing wells,
17) And sent his farmer son to live out on the desert sands, until he had atoned for all the wrongs that he had done.
18)
And then the father went and found his youngest son in cruel chains;
with his own hands he broke the chains and bade his son to go in peace.
19) Now, when the sons had all paid up their debts they came again and stood before the bar of right.
20) They all had learned their lessons, learned them well; and then the father once again divided the estate.
21) He gave to each an equal share, and bade them recognize the law of equity and right, and live in peace.
22) And one, a sudra, spoke and said,
May
we who are but slaves, who are cut down like beasts to satisfy the
whims of priests - may we have hope that one will come to break our
chains and set us free?
23) And Jesus said,
The Holy One has said that all his children shall be free; and every soul is child of God.
24)
The sudras shall be free as priest; the farmer shall walk hand in hand
with king; for all the world will own the brotherhood of man.
25) O men, arise! be conscious of your powers, for he who wills need not remain a slave.
26)
Just live as you would have your brother live; unfold each day as does
the flower; for earth is yours, and heaven is yours, and God will bring
you to your own.
27) And all the people cried,
Show us the way that like the flower we may unfold and come unto our own.
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