1 aparaJca yihUdinaH kiM zreSThatvaM? tathA tvakchedasya vA kiM phalaM?
2 sarvvathA bahUni phalAni santi, vizeSata Izvarasya zAstraM tebhyo'dIyata|
3 kaizcid avizvasane kRte teSAm avizvasanAt kim Izvarasya vizvAsyatAyA hAnirutpatsyate?
4 kenApi prakAreNa nahi| yadyapi sarvve manuSyA mithyAvAdinastathApIzvaraH satyavAdI| zAstre yathA likhitamAste, atastvantu svavAkyena nirddoSo hi bhaviSyasi| vicAre caiva niSpApo bhaviSyasi na saMzayaH|
5 asmAkam anyAyena yadIzvarasya nyAyaH prakAzate tarhi kiM vadiSyAmaH? ahaM mAnuSANAM kathAmiva kathAM kathayAmi, IzvaraH samucitaM daNDaM dattvA kim anyAyI bhaviSyati?
6 itthaM na bhavatu, tathA satIzvaraH kathaM jagato vicArayitA bhaviSyati?
7 mama mithyAvAkyavadanAd yadIzvarasya satyatvena tasya mahimA varddhate tarhi kasmAdahaM vicAre'parAdhitvena gaNyo bhavAmi?
8 maGgalArthaM pApamapi karaNIyamiti vAkyaM tvayA kuto nocyate? kintu yairucyate te nitAntaM daNDasya pAtrANi bhavanti; tathApi tadvAkyam asmAbhirapyucyata ityasmAkaM glAniM kurvvantaH kiyanto lokA vadanti|
9 anyalokebhyo vayaM kiM zreSThAH? kadAcana nahi yato yihUdino 'nyadezinazca sarvvaeva pApasyAyattA ityasya pramANaM vayaM pUrvvam adadAma|
10 lipi ryathAste, naikopi dhArmmiko janaH|
11 tathA jJAnIzvarajJAnI mAnavaH kopi nAsti hi|
12 vimArgagAminaH sarvve sarvve duSkarmmakAriNaH| eko janopi no teSAM sAdhukarmma karoti ca|
13 tathA teSAntu vai kaNThA anAvRtazmazAnavat| stutivAdaM prakurvvanti jihvAbhiste tu kevalaM| teSAmoSThasya nimne tu viSaM tiSThati sarppavat|
14 mukhaM teSAM hi zApena kapaTena ca pUryyate|
15 raktapAtAya teSAM tu padAni kSipragAni ca|
16 pathi teSAM manuSyANAM nAzaH klezazca kevalaH|
17 te janA nahi jAnanti panthAnaM sukhadAyinaM|
18 paramezAd bhayaM yattat taccakSuSoragocaraM|
19 vyavasthAyAM yadyallikhati tad vyavasthAdhInAn lokAn uddizya likhatIti vayaM jAnImaH| tato manuSyamAtro niruttaraH san Izvarasya sAkSAd aparAdhI bhavati|
20 ataeva vyavasthAnurUpaiH karmmabhiH kazcidapi prANIzvarasya sAkSAt sapuNyIkRto bhavituM na zakSyati yato vyavasthayA pApajJAnamAtraM jAyate|
21 kintu vyavasthAyAH pRthag IzvareNa deyaM yat puNyaM tad vyavasthAyA bhaviSyadvAdigaNasya ca vacanaiH pramANIkRtaM sad idAnIM prakAzate|
22 yIzukhrISTe vizvAsakaraNAd IzvareNa dattaM tat puNyaM sakaleSu prakAzitaM sat sarvvAn vizvAsinaH prati varttate|
23 teSAM kopi prabhedo nAsti, yataH sarvvaeva pApina IzvarIyatejohInAzca jAtAH|
24 ta IzvarasyAnugrahAd mUlyaM vinA khrISTakRtena paritrANena sapuNyIkRtA bhavanti|
25 yasmAt svazoNitena vizvAsAt pApanAzako balI bhavituM sa eva pUrvvam IzvareNa nizcitaH, ittham IzvarIyasahiSNutvAt purAkRtapApAnAM mArjjanakaraNe svIyayAthArthyaM tena prakAzyate,
26 varttamAnakAlIyamapi svayAthArthyaM tena prakAzyate, aparaM yIzau vizvAsinaM sapuNyIkurvvannapi sa yAthArthikastiSThati|
27 tarhi kutrAtmazlAghA? sA dUrIkRtA; kayA vyavasthayA? kiM kriyArUpavyavasthayA? itthaM nahi kintu tat kevalavizvAsarUpayA vyavasthayaiva bhavati|
28 ataeva vyavasthAnurUpAH kriyA vinA kevalena vizvAsena mAnavaH sapuNyIkRto bhavituM zaknotItyasya rAddhAntaM darzayAmaH|
29 sa kiM kevalayihUdinAm Izvaro bhavati? bhinnadezinAm Izvaro na bhavati? bhinnadezinAmapi bhavati;
30 yasmAd eka Izvaro vizvAsAt tvakchedino vizvAsenAtvakchedinazca sapuNyIkariSyati|
31 tarhi vizvAsena vayaM kiM vyavasthAM lumpAma? itthaM na bhavatu vayaM vyavasthAM saMsthApayAma eva|